16. MATTHEW KREUZER
Drafted: 2007
Recruited from: Northern Knights (Vic)
Club: Carlton
Games: 56 (2008-)
Career achievements
Kreuzer was destined to be the No.1 pick in the 2007 NAB AFL Draft after a dominant season for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup. He not only won his team's best and fairest award, but the Morrish Medal as the competition's best player. He represented his state and was duly awarded All Australian honours after a stellar carnival.
The only question was who would benefit from the super-agile big man's talents? That came down to a round-22 showdown between Carlton and Melbourne at the MCG, which was dubbed the Kreuzer Cup. If the Blues had beaten the Dees, they would have forfeited a coveted priority pick.
While it's still early in Kreuzer's career, the 21-year-old has made a big impact in his limited time at AFL level. He earned a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination in his debut season, and has been the Blues' No.1 big man for much of his 56-game career.
A knee serious knee injury prematurely ended his 2010 campaign but, given his agility, he should overcome that setback to continue a career that could be as decorated as his junior days.
17. CLIVE WATERHOUSE
Drafted: 1995
Recruited from: Port Adelaide (SA)
Club: Fremantle
Games: 106
Career achievements
Born in England, Waterhouse didn't seriously start playing Australian football until he was 17. By age 20, he was considered the best young talent in the land and Fremantle plucked him with its first pick in the national draft.
The half-forward had devastating pace, which he had regularly displayed for Port Adelaide in the South Australian league. He struggled to reproduce that in his first season at Freo, but in 1997 started to show definite signs of improvement and became a danger to opposition sides in and around the forward 50.
He started the 1998 season with a five-goal haul, but it was his 1999 (42 goals) and 2000 (53 goals) seasons for which he will be best remembered. He struggled in 2001, and a knee injury early in 2002 forced him to miss the season. He was never the same after the injury, and retired from AFL football at the end of 2004, having booted 178 goals in 106 career matches.
18. JOHN HUTTON
Drafted: 1991
Recruited from: Claremont (WA)
Club: Brisbane Bears/Sydney Swans/Fremantle
Games: 36
Career achievements
Hutton was already 25 when the Brisbane Bears opted to take the West Australian with the No.1 pick in 1991.
Hutton had kicked a stack of goals for Claremont in the WAFL, but at just 185cm he didn't have the stature to really impose himself at AFL level. He was crafty around goals, but in an era when Ablett, Lockett and Dunstall were the kings of the goal square, Hutton wasn't in that class.
The very best was never seen of the lively forward , who played for three different clubs across four years.
Hutton booted bags of eight goals on three occasions - twice for the Bears and once for Fremantle. The day after he booted 8.5 in Freo's home win over the Swans, one West Australian newspaper ran the headline 'Dockers' Ablett'. His performance failed to impress the men in white, however, who didn't recognise him on Brownlow night, while his career was over at the end of that 1995 season.
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