i think people are just jumping on the bandwagon a bit.people seem to forget his performances over the years.he played exc' well for hull over a number of years,gaining international honours along the way.

Yorkshire cup was a big event then I assure you!!

There's legends, favourites and unsung heroes:

Legends - the likes of Sullivan, Knocker
Favourites - the Mick Cranes and Motus of this world
Unsung heroes - Tony Grimaldi, McMenemy and the like

if i sat down and really thought about it,i could come up with around 100+ names from when i 1st saw an fc match(1982),for those 3 categories!!!

Yeah I know - keeping it to two a piece was tough. I really wanted to put Chris Davidson in the favourites because I used to really liked the way he played the game - but I don't know if he was actually any good because I was so young that I probably wasn't fit to judge.... unlike now.... hem hem

I certainly know that. Every cup victory was celebrated in style in our household. Especially the Sterlo YC final in which he ran the show. I believe Mal Maninga was the star of the Lancashire Cup final that year. Legends of the game playing in finals in the UK. Not only that but the beeb covered them as well generating national coverage which we would kill for today.

your not wrong!!
you know I miss Eddie waring and co you know, at least the coverage was funny as well

Legend in the true meaning of the word is someone who is spoken about decades after they have been gone, Whitely, Norton,Bunting can easily fit in this category.

More or less exactly what I was going to say. Whitely, Knocker, topliss, Sterlo certainly fit the bill and I think I would add Swain and Rich Horne to that list. Smith was fantastic for his first 2 seasons here, but it grated on me a bit when he "retired" cos his body couldnt take the hits and then went and played another 3 years in the NRL for the Coeboys and the Raiders.

I will consider this some more as to whether there are any more to add. Raynor does not fit the bill though, athough he was very good.

Knocker, Topliss and Sterling are certainly worthy of the word "legend" as nearly 30 years after they last played for the club they are still put in most people's greatest Hull team and probably will be for many years to come.

Not sure you could say the same for Gareth Raynor, great player as he was.

Exactly, you've proven my point. How the hell can you have 50 legends?

Legend status is for those who are truly exceptional. OK, there may be a case for a few others, but 50?

Can you tell me what the other 40 odd on your list have done that is comparable to Whiteley's contribution to the club?

It be interesting to see if you could pick a starting 13 of legends. You'd certainly need input from people who are much older than us (and from history books). We shouldn't confuse legends with personal favourites and very good players.