JORDAN Lewis will wear No.6 after Melbourne announced its jumper numbers for 2017.
The four-time Hawthorn premiership player has moved up three numbers, after wearing No.3 in 264 matches for the brown and gold from 2005-16.
Recently departed key forward Chris Dawes wore No.6 for Melbourne in 2016.
Former captain Frank Davis, club finals record holder Frank Adams and best and fairest winner Glenn Lovett are among the players to have worn No.6 for Melbourne.
Ex-Bomber Michael Hibberd, who like Lewis, joined the club in the recent trade period, will wear No.14, which became vacant after the long-serving Lynden Dunn switched to Collingwood in the off-season.
Dual Brownlow Medal winner Ivor Warne-Smith, popular Demon Rod Grinter and four-time premiership player Trevor Johnson are among those to have donned No.14 for the red and blue.
Former Australian under-19 cricket captain and ex-Giant Pat McKenna has been given No.40, which was vacant in 2016.
No.40 was most recently worn by former ruckman Mark Jamar, who played with Essendon this year.
Rookie Corey Maynard – the son of former Demon Peter – has been handed No.48.
Jack Fitzpatrick, who spent a season with Hawthorn in 2016, was the most recent player to wear No.48 for Melbourne in 2015.
Jamar (155 games) and Fitzpatrick (22) hold the record for the most Melbourne matches in their respective guernsey numbers.
And tough-nut Aaron vandenBerg has switched from No.37 to No.22.
He has taken the No.22, which was worn by midfielder Viv Michie in 2016.
Dual premiership player Bryan Kenneally, Brownlow Medal winner Shane Woewodin and former skipper Shane McGrath all wore No.22 for Melbourne.
The rest of the jumper numbers will be filled at the completion of the NAB AFL Draft and NAB AFL Rookie Draft in late November.
2016 Melbourne numbers
1 – Jesse Hogan
2 – Nathan Jones
3 – Christian Salem
4 – Jack Watts
5 –Christian Petracca
6 – Jordan Lewis (new player)
7 – Jack Viney
8 – Heritier Lumumba
9 – Jack Trengove
10 – Angus Brayshaw
11 – Max Gawn
12 – Dom Tyson
13 – Clayton Oliver
14 – Michael Hibberd (new player)
15 – Billy Stretch
16 – Dean Kent
17 – Sam Frost
18 – Jake Melksham
19 –
20 – Colin Garland
21 – Cameron Pedersen
22 – Aaron vandenBerg (previously No.37 in 2016)
23 – Bernie Vince
24 – Jay Kennedy-Harris
25 – Tom McDonald
26 – Sam Weideman
27 – Liam Hulett
28 – Oscar McDonald
29 – Jayden Hunt
30 – Alex Neal-Bullen
31 –
32 – Tomas Bugg
33 – Jake Spencer
34 – Mitch King
35 – Ben Kennedy
36 – Jeff Garlett
37 –
38 –
39 – Neville Jetta
40 – Pat McKenna (new player)
41 – Mitchell White
42 – Josh Wagner
43 – James Harmes
44 – Joel Smith
45 –
46 –
47 –
48 – Corey Maynard (joined the club late in the 2016 season)
