All fair points, except for the one about forwards versus midfielders. Skilton played his whole career as a rover, when midfielders were a variety of soccer player, and when rovers were heavily dependent on their ruckman. It was a different game then. With the exception of a couple of brief exceptions in the form of Ken Boyd and Fred Way, Skilton played throughout to a losing ruck. He also managed to garner three Brownlow votes many, many times in losing teams, something that is almost unheard of in today's game.
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