A centre half-back, Vine was club captain in 1932 and 1933.

A key defender, Lawrence was used as both a centre half-back and fullback during his career.

He took a long time to break into the side as a regular senior player, but settled in as a centre half-back.

He was used both on the flanks and at centre half-back.

He was a strong competitor at centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck.

After injury problems restricted his 1973 season, for the next three years Knights was rated the best centre half-back in the game.

He started out as a defender, playing at either centre half-back or fullback.

The role of centre half-back has remained largely unmodified throughout the years.

In the grand final that season he was Richmond's centre half-back, but couldn't prevent a 39 point loss.

Sharp was a centre half-back and started his career in 1901 with Fitzroy.