Port Adelaide champion Gavin Wanganeen with son Tex after the 2004 AFL grand final win over Brisbane. Picture: Cameron Tandy. Source: News Limited
GAVIN Wanganeen is clinging to hope an anonymous caller with information about the whereabouts of his 2004 Port Adelaide premiership guernsey will get back in touch with the club.
A mystery caller contacted the Power's Alberton headquarters last week and passed on details of a person he believes took the guernsey in the aftermath of the Power's maiden AFL premiership.
It came as fellow Power 2004 premiership star Peter Burgoyne revealed his guernsey was also stolen in the 24 hours after the grand final.
Darryl Wakelin's bloodstained shorts from his infamous clash with Alistair Lynch also went missing.
Wanganeen said he and Burgoyne did not become aware the guernseys had been taken until the day after Port's win over Brisbane, meaning it was hard to pinpoint when they were stolen.
But the AFL's website has reported the anonymous caller last week told Power staff the items were taken from Port's rooms at the MCG.
Wanganeen yesterday said the changerooms were virtually empty by the time he showered post-match possibly providing a window for a thief.
The Brownlow medallist and inaugural Power skipper had spent an extended time on the field with media and well wishers, meaning most of his teammates had already left for the team bus by the time he got to the rooms and left his bag unattended.
Wanganeen said the anonymous call had given him a glimmer of hope, but he doubted he'd see the guernsey again.
"It was so long ago now that I fell like it is gone forever but I guess all you can do is hope for a miracle,'' he said.
"It was our first premiership and there were only 22 of those guernseys, so it would mean a lot to me to get it back.
"I'd love to be able to give it to my kids one day just so they know that dad did actually play a bit of football."
Wanganeen, who starred in Port's win, said he would not ask questions if the guernseys reappeared.
"I don't want to know who took it,'' he said.
"They can drop it off somewhere anonymously if they want and that will be the end of it."
Burgoyne said the guernseys could not mean as much to whoever stole them as they did to he and Wanganeen.
"It was the club's first (AFL) premiership and a special guernsey for us to have,'' he said.
"It's not like someone can put it on the wall without people knowing they're Peter Burgoyne or Gavin Wanganeen's guernsey - they can't go around showing it off …
"I wore two guernseys on the day and it would mean a lot to get this one back. I'd like to donate it to a charity."
Port's general manager of member services Matthew Richardson urged the anonymous caller to recontact the club.
"We really want that caller to make contact again as, at this stage, they're the best chance of us finding the missing guernseys," he said.
"Clearly the thief has taken items from several bags and with the players getting together over coming months to mark 10 years since the historic win we'd love to get their guernseys back to them."
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MISSING GUERNSEYS? CONTACT KYM.MORGAN@NEWS.COM.AU
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