Collingwood star Daniel Wells is one of 10 players to be allocated a change of jumper number for Indigenous Round.

Wells will join six other players league-wide in wearing No. 67 this weekend.

The number commemorates the year of the referendum that ensured indigenous Australians would be counted in the census and allowed the federal government to make laws for them.



Others, including former Magpie Dayne Beams, will wear No. 50 to honour the 50th anniversary of the referendum.

In wearing No. 67, Wells will make his own piece of Collingwood history.

No Magpie has ever worn a number higher than No. 65 in 2,494 games since 1897.

Andrew Witts, who played seven senior games, wore No. 65 in his debut in round 15, 1985.

Players with new numbers for Indigenous Round

Brisbane Lions
Dayne Beams – 50
Cedric Cox – 67

Collingwood
Daniel Wells – 67 

Gold Coast
Tom Lynch – 50
Steven May – 67

Greater Western Sydney
Zac Williams – 67

Hawthorn
Shaun Burgoyne – 67

Richmond
Shane Edwards – 67

Sydney
Dane Rampe – 50
Lance Franklin – 67