In 2016, Queensland celebrates its 150th year of Australian Football.

But how many Magpies hail from the sunshine state?

The Herald Sun's Glenn McFarlane took a look at Collingwood's Queensland connection in 2014, and while the list has already changed substantially in the past eighteen months, the list of banana bending Magpies makes for interesting reading.

Take a look at the state of origin of Collingwood’s 2014 list and it gives an indication of how AFL recruiting has changed over the generations.

Six Magpies were either born or raised in Queensland. That’s a rarity for the Magpies, who like so many clubs have only embraced footballers from our most northern state in the last generation and a half.

Read the full story on Collingwood Forever and find out which Magpie McFarlane believes is the best Queenslander of them all.