(Source: North Melbourne Football Club) As the countdown to the draft continues, NMFC.com.au looks back at some of the club's most famous recruits. Back in 1987 the draft was still very much in its initiation phase. Selections were somewhat of a lottery, with metropolitan zoning restricting clubs to choose from country Victoria or interstate. Thus begins the fascinating story of Wayne Carey's recruitment to North. Carey hailed from New South Wales and played for North Wagga in the Riverina League, meaning he was actually zoned to the Swans. But of course that wasn't to be. Sydney Recruiting Officer Greg Miller watched him as a 12-year-old representing NSW, which may not have had happened...
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