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PORT ADELAIDE has had 23 players who have received All-Australian honours over the years but ahead of the announcement of the 2018 Virgin Australia AFL All-Australian team on Wednesday night could you name the first?

We’ll give you some clues… He was the full back in the club’s official Greatest Team, a seven-time premiership player, club life member and Australian record holder.

It’s one of the better trivia questions and often forgotten in such a proud history.

John Abley will forever have a place in Port Adelaide history as Port Adelaide’s first All-Australian.

The dominant defender of his era, he played in each of the record-breaking six premierships in a row team in the 1950s and was full back in 23 games for South Australia, earning All-Australian nominations in each of the three carnivals in which he played.

There are 22 others to be recognised including eight others in the club’s pre-AFL days.

The Power’s first All-Australian was Adam Heuskes.

He was drafted from SANFL club Norwood as a member of the inaugural Power AFL squad in 1997, and played just 37 games for the Power.

The man known for his outrageous hairstyles started his career with the Sydney Swans and finished it with the Brisbane Lions, but he won All-Australian honours with Port when the club finished 9^th in its first AFL campaign.

The dashing half back flanker averaged 19.1 possessions to rank 2^nd behind Brayden Lyle and finished 5^th in the club best & fairest behind Darren Mead (1^st), Matthew Primus (2^nd), Stephen Paxman and Michael Wilson (equal 3^rd).

Heuskes was the first of 14 Power players to win a total of 26 All-Australian jumpers.

This list is headed by Warren Tredrea (4), Robbie Gray (3), Gavin Wanganeen (2), Kane Cornes (2), Travis Boak (2), Primus (2), Chad Wingard (2), Heuskes (1), Brett Montgomery (1), Josh Francou (1), Shaun Burgoyne (1) and Paddy Ryder (1).

Mark Williams is the other Port Adelaide person to win All-Australian honours since the club joined the AFL - he was All-Australian coach in the 2004 premiership year.

Robbie Gray, chosen in the 40-man 2018 All-Australian squad on Monday, is in line for a fourth All-Australian jumper that would see him join Warren Tredrea as the Power player recognised most often in that time.

Tom Jonas, also included in the squad, is in contention for his first All-Australian jumper after also making the 40-man list last year.

But if Port is going to add to this number when the 2018 side is announced on Wednesday night it will take something special.

Only five times in 21 years has a Power player been All-Australian when the team has missed the top eight - Heuskes in 1997, Lade and Shaun Burgoyne in 2006 when the Power were 12^th, and Gray and Chad Wingard in 2015 when they finished 9^th.

Oddly, in the 2004 premiership year only two Power players were chosen in the All-Australian side when grand final losers Brisbane had five.

Since 2007 the All-Australian selectors have also nominated a 40-man squad before naming the 22-man All-Australian side. Port players included in this squad without making the final team have been Brett Ebert (2007), Daniel Motlop (2008), Jay Schulz (2014), Jasper Pittard (2016) and Tom Jonas (2017).

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