The 1908 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the twelfth season of the VFL. The season saw 137 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 39 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Carlton | 6 | 0 |
Collingwood | 12 | 0 |
Essendon | 13 | 3 |
Fitzroy | 10 | 0 |
Geelong | 18 | 1 |
Melbourne | 12 | 5 |
Richmond | 21 | 13 |
St Kilda | 15 | 1 |
South Melbourne | 14 | 0 |
University | 16 | 16 |
Total | 137 | 39 |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Kelly | Carlton | 23 years, 174 days | 2 [1] | 8 | 11 | Brother of Harvey and Otto Kelly. |
Andy Pattison | Carlton | 22 years, 259 days | 13 [2] | 8 | 1 | |
Wally Koochew | Carlton | 20 years, 315 days | 3 [3] | 4 | 2 | First Victorian Football League player of Chinese background. |
Bill Marchbank | Carlton | 20 years, 323 days | 12 [4] | 3 | 2 | Brother of Jim Marchbank. |
Bill Laver | Carlton | 19 years, 269 days | 3 [5] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Carmody | Carlton | 18 years, 317 days | 7 [6] | 1 | 0 | |
Les Hughes | Collingwood | 24 years, 14 days | 1 [7] | 225 | 175 | |
Jim Sadler | Collingwood | 21 years, 293 days | 5 [8] | 135 | 64 | |
Marshall Herbert | Collingwood | 30 years, 273 days | 1 [9] | 51 | 8 | |
Bill Heatley | Collingwood | 22 years, 50 days | 1 [10] | 50 | 19 | |
Artie Freeman | Collingwood | 20 years, 235 days | 2 [11] | 27 | 17 | |
Richard Daykin | Collingwood | 21 years, 207 days | 15 [12] | 21 | 7 | |
Alex Dunstan | Collingwood | 22 years, 293 days | 1 [13] | 10 | 2 | |
Harold Gyton | Collingwood | 24 years, 56 days | 3 [14] | 9 | 1 | |
Bill Carden | Collingwood | 21 years, 344 days | 1 [15] | 5 | 0 | |
Tom Holland | Collingwood | 22 years, 251 days | 4 [16] | 5 | 0 | Brother of Jack Holland. |
Mick Ryan | Collingwood | 25 years, 321 days | 2 [17] | 1 | 0 | |
Harry Lees | Collingwood | 18 years, 60 days | 10 [18] | 1 | 0 | |
Paddy Shea | Essendon | 22 years, 46 days | 1 [19] | 142 | 156 | Brother of Mark. Previously played for Fitzroy. Also played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
Lou Armstrong | Essendon | 23 years, 84 days | 1 [20] | 107 | 109 | |
Bert Daykin | Essendon | 19 years, 359 days | 13 [21] | 32 | 9 | Brother of Percy and Richard Daykin. |
Harry Prout | Essendon | 21 years, 152 days | GF [22] | 29 | 35 | |
Les Minto | Essendon | 21 years, 296 days | 1 [23] | 25 | 7 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Harry Farnsworth | Essendon | 22 years, 179 days | 5 [24] | 24 | 16 | |
Bert Ryan | Essendon | 27 years, 334 days | 1 [25] | 15 | 3 | |
Alan Irwin | Essendon | 19 years, 109 days | 7 [26] | 8 | 2 | |
Lon Smith | Essendon | 21 years, 348 days | 4 [27] | 6 | 1 | |
Bill Heaphy | Essendon | 19 years, 262 days | 18 [28] | 5 | 3 | |
Tommy Crow | Essendon | 20 years, 307 days | 1 [29] | 4 | 0 | |
Bill French | Essendon | 24 years, 68 days | 10 [30] | 3 | 0 | |
Tom Sevior | Essendon | 20 years, 203 days | 3 [31] | 1 | 0 | |
Archie Snell | Essendon | 30 years, 312 days | 6 [32] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jim Campbell | Essendon | 22 years, 89 days | 9 [33] | 1 | 0 | |
Fred Anderson | Essendon | 22 years, 103 days | 10 [34] | 1 | 0 | |
George Holden | Fitzroy | 19 years, 17 days | 1 [35] | 165 | 37 | |
Billy Dick | Fitzroy | 18 years, 291 days | 1 [36] | 53 | 40 | |
Bill Dinsmore | Fitzroy | 21 years, 155 days | 13 [37] | 19 | 13 | |
Val Duncan | Fitzroy | 23 years, 364 days | 1 [38] | 11 | 0 | |
Bill Franklin | Fitzroy | 24 years, 10 days | 1 [39] | 5 | 4 | |
Fred Forbes | Fitzroy | 25 years, 65 days | 13 [40] | 5 | 6 | |
Jim Thorpe | Fitzroy | 23 years, 194 days | 1 [41] | 2 | 0 | |
Ned Richardson | Fitzroy | 22 years, 32 days | 10 [42] | 2 | 0 | |
Bill Campbell | Fitzroy | 24 years, 295 days | 3 [43] | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Norton | Fitzroy | 22 years, 156 days | 18 [44] | 1 | 2 | |
Les Armstrong | Geelong | 21 years, 32 days | 13 [45] | 175 | 2 | |
Rupe Brownlees | Geelong | 20 years, 6 days | 1 [46] | 100 | 4 | |
Charlie Cameron | Geelong | 21 years, 343 days | 1 [47] | 46 | 5 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Alex Boyd | Geelong | 24 years, 243 days | 11 [48] | 30 | 0 | |
Bert Whittington | Geelong | 23 years, 220 days | 16 [49] | 27 | 3 | |
Billy Wilton | Geelong | 19 years, 144 days | 16 [50] | 20 | 8 | |
Percy Salmon | Geelong | 22 years, 197 days | 11 [51] | 17 | 7 | |
Les Gell | Geelong | 21 years, 264 days | 1 [52] | 6 | 5 | |
George Tansing | Geelong | 24 years, 73 days | 6 [53] | 5 | 2 | |
Jack Pender | Geelong | 22 years, 253 days | 12 [54] | 4 | 0 | |
Johnny Keon | Geelong | 22 years, 298 days | 14 [55] | 4 | 1 | |
Bill Davern | Geelong | 24 years, 294 days | 2 [56] | 3 | 2 | |
Norm McGorlick | Geelong | 20 years, 219 days | 11 [57] | 3 | 2 | |
Les Chisholm | Geelong | 20 years, 38 days | 16 [58] | 3 | 0 | |
Jack Green | Geelong | 20 years, 283 days | 6 [59] | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Dickson | Geelong | 20 years, 60 days | 16 [60] | 2 | 0 | |
Fred James | Geelong | 24 years, 98 days | 17 [61] | 2 | 1 | |
Robert Ritchie | Geelong | 24 years, 206 days | 17 [62] | 2 | 0 | |
Bert Bourchier | Geelong | 23 years, 291 days | 8 [63] | 1 | 0 | |
Len Norman | Melbourne | 22 years, 220 days | 3 [64] | 30 | 15 | |
Fred Hewitt | Melbourne | 24 years, 227 days | 10 [65] | 27 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Alf Jones | Melbourne | 22 years, 341 days | 1 [66] | 24 | 18 | |
Joe Hodgkins | Melbourne | 22 years, 133 days | 8 [67] | 24 | 23 | |
Henry Wright | Melbourne | 26 years, 75 days | 2 [68] | 18 | 1 | |
Bill Tottey | Melbourne | 19 years, 209 days | 1 [69] | 14 | 6 | |
Jack Donaldson | Melbourne | 28 years, 7 days | 1 [70] | 9 | 3 | |
Albert Bickford | Melbourne | 20 years, 289 days | 7 [71] | 9 | 0 | Brother of Edric Bickford, brother-in-law of Rod McGregor and uncle of George Bickford. Previously played for Carlton. |
Joe Bray | Melbourne | 21 years, 210 days | 4 [72] | 3 | 0 | |
Herb Friend | Melbourne | 19 years, 301 days | 1 [73] | 2 | 0 | |
George Martin | Melbourne | 24 years, 317 days | 7 [74] | 2 | 2 | |
Alex Holland | Melbourne | 24 years, 13 days | 7 [75] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Bill Gillespie | Melbourne | 20 years, 361 days | 2 [76] | 1 | 0 | |
George McCart | Melbourne | 24 years, 320 days | 2 [77] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Andy Kennedy | Melbourne | 24 years, 186 days | 5 [78] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jim Bonelli | Melbourne | 23 years, 263 days | 18 [79] | 1 | 0 | |
Dick Fowler | Melbourne | 18 years, 205 days | 18 [80] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Mahoney | Richmond | 23 years, 122 days | 01 [81] | 114 | 53 | Previously played for Geelong and St Kilda. |
Ted Ohlson | Richmond | 21 years, 200 days | 1 [82] | 105 | 36 | |
Bob Bowden | Richmond | 21 years, 34 days | 1 [83] | 73 | 9 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Billy Schmidt | Richmond | 20 years, 125 days | 1 [84] | 75 | 71 | |
George Gibson | Richmond | 22 years, 328 days | 3 [85] | 70 | 6 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Len Incigneri | Richmond | 24 years, 120 days | 1 [86] | 62 | 4 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Tom Heaney | Richmond | 20 years, 30 days | 1 [87] | 56 | 37 | |
Bill Burns | Richmond | 28 years, 119 days | 1 [88] | 53 | 10 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bill Luff | Richmond | 22 years, 108 days | 1 [89] | 39 | 0 | Father of Bill Luff Jr. |
Bill Bourke | Richmond | 25 years, 284 days | 1 [90] | 32 | 45 | |
Dick Condon | Richmond | 32 years, 44 days | 1 [91] | 32 | 26 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Ivor Lawson | Richmond | 25 years, 14 days | 3 [92] | 32 | 3 | Previously played for Collingwood and St Kilda. |
Harry Neil | Richmond | 25 years, 260 days | 5 [93] | 31 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Herbert Hill | Richmond | 20 years, 156 days | 1 [94] | 24 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Doug Chapman | Richmond | 18 years, 358 days | 3 [95] | 23 | 5 | |
Jack Megson | Richmond | 25 years, 12 days | 1 [96] | 20 | 3 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Jack Hardiman | Richmond | 30 years, 280 days | 1 [97] | 15 | 5 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bill Lang | Richmond | 25 years, 301 days | 1 [98] | 14 | 7 | Australian heavyweight boxing champion in 1908. |
Charlie Pannam | Richmond | 33 years, 213 days | 1 [99] | 14 | 22 | Brother of Albert Pannam, father of Alby and Charlie Pannam and grandfather of Lou and Ron Richards. Previously played for Collingwood. |
Emmett Ryan | Richmond | 22 years, 270 days | 1 [100] | 12 | 2 | Father of Peter Ryan. |
Percy Stainer | Richmond | 19 years, 232 days | 4 [101] | 7 | 0 | |
Stan O'Connell | Richmond | 25 years, 17 days | 3 [102] | 5 | 3 | |
Ernie McDonald | Richmond | 25 years, 97 days | 1 [103] | 4 | 0 | |
Percy Speakman | Richmond | 22 years, 249 days | 12 [104] | 4 | 4 | |
George St John | Richmond | 30 years, 116 days | 16 [105] | 4 | 1 | |
Charles Williams | Richmond | 27 years, 101 days | 1 [106] | 3 | 0 | |
Jack Pemberton | Richmond | 25 years, 133 days | 4 [107] | 3 | 0 | |
Syd Barker | Richmond | 20 years, 200 days | 8 [108] | 2 | 1 | Father of Syd Barker Jr. |
George Rankine | Richmond | 23 years, 243 days | 11 [109] | 2 | 0 | |
Fred Larkin | Richmond | 20 years, 133 days | 15 [110] | 2 | 0 | |
Vin Hannaford | Richmond | 23 years, 14 days | 2 [111] | 1 | 0 | |
Alex Johnston | Richmond | 26 years, 154 days | 2 [112] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Walter Johnston | Richmond | 24 years, 148 days | 8 [113] | 1 | 0 | |
Frank Sanguinetti | Richmond | 22 years, 102 days | 17 [114] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Woodcock | St Kilda | 19 years, 322 days | 3 [115] | 155 | 48 | |
Wally Gant | St Kilda | 18 years, 60 days | 18 [116] | 49 | 6 | |
Bill Madden | St Kilda | 26 years, 166 days | 1 [117] | 26 | 14 | |
Mick Grace | St Kilda | 33 years, 283 days | 1 [118] | 16 | 26 | Brother of Fitzroy footballers Jim and Joe Grace. Previously played for Carlton and Fitzroy. |
Alby Landt | St Kilda | 19 years, 226 days | 1 [119] | 4 | 0 | |
Bismarck Kulpa | St Kilda | 21 years, 167 days | 1 [120] | 2 | 0 | |
Leo Duff | St Kilda | 23 years, 82 days | 7 [121] | 2 | 1 | |
Harry Hall | St Kilda | 25 years, 228 days | 15 [122] | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Northey | St Kilda | 26 years, 148 days | 16 [123] | 2 | 1 | |
Bert O'Connell | St Kilda | 22 years, 343 days | 17 [124] | 2 | 0 | |
Joe Prince | St Kilda | 22 years, 341 days | 18 [125] | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Cromie | St Kilda | 26 years, 297 days | 06 [126] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Grant | St Kilda | 25 years, 008 days | 06 [127] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Ernie Abbott | St Kilda | 25 years, 20 days | 15 [128] | 1 | 1 | |
Doug Hill | St Kilda | 24 years, 194 days | 16 [129] | 1 | 1 | |
Hector Mitchell | St Kilda | 20 years, 355 days | 16 [130] | 1 | 0 | |
Arthur Hiskins | South Melbourne | 21 years, 236 days | 1 [131] | 185 | 56 | Brother of Fred, Stan and Rupert Hiskins and uncle of Jack Hiskins. |
Tom Grimshaw | South Melbourne | 18 years, 145 days | 1 [132] | 85 | 0 | |
Alf Gough | South Melbourne | 20 years, 160 days | 1 [133] | 78 | 45 | |
Jack Jones | South Melbourne | 20 years, 287 days | 1 [134] | 15 | 9 | |
Jack Turnbull | South Melbourne | 22 years, 159 days | 6 [135] | 12 | 0 | |
Toner Hosking | South Melbourne | 17 years, 7 days | 3 [136] | 9 | 1 | |
Des Baird | South Melbourne | 20 years, 22 days | 13 [137] | 6 | 0 | |
Henry Paternoster | South Melbourne | 25 years, 306 days | 2 [138] | 2 | 0 | |
John Roberts | South Melbourne | 27 years, 126 days | 8 [139] | 2 | 0 | |
Joe Larkin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 315 days | 11 [140] | 2 | 0 | |
Reuben Holland | South Melbourne | 17 years, 310 days | 1 [141] | 1 | 1 | |
Dave Bowen | South Melbourne | 22 years, 63 days | 3 [142] | 1 | 0 | |
Charles Millsom | South Melbourne | 22 years, 315 days | 3 [143] | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Clancy | South Melbourne | 21 years, 58 days | 7 [144] | 1 | 0 | |
Herbert Hurrey | University | 20 years, 131 days | 6 [145] | 101 | 29 | |
John Gray | University | 19 years, 295 days | 1 [146] | 85 | 3 | |
George Elliott | University | 22 years, 336 days | 1 [147] | 79 | 3 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Jack West | University | 19 years, 089 days | 3 [148] | 71 | 17 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Athol Tymms | University | 22 years, 071 days | 1 [149] | 60 | 29 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Ted Cordner | University | 20 years, 319 days | 1 [150] | 60 | 8 | Father of Ted Jr., Donald, Denis and John Cordner, brother of Harry Cordner, great-grandfather of Harriet Cordner and cousin of Alan and Larry Cordner. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Albert Hartkopf | University | 18 years, 163 days | 7 [151] | 48 | 87 | Also played Test cricket for Australia. |
Edgar Kneen | University | 25 years, 236 days | 1 [152] | 46 | 48 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Norm Richards | University | 18 years, 33 days | 2 [153] | 46 | 5 | |
Martin Ratz | University | 20 years, 201 days | 1 [154] | 42 | 52 | |
Jack Jones | University | 20 years, 93 days | 6 [155] | 40 | 3 | |
Denby Browning | University | 23 years, 316 days | 1 [156] | 38 | 25 | |
Frank Crawford | University | 20 years, 330 days | 1 [157] | 36 | 0 | |
Harry Cordner | University | 22 years, 320 days | 1 [158] | 29 | 7 | Brother of Ted Cordner, cousin of Alan and "Larry" Cordner, and uncle of Don, Denis, Ted and John Cordner. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Alick Ogilvie | University | 21 years, 116 days | 1 [159] | 27 | 20 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Chris Fogarty | University | 24 years, 95 days | 1 [160] | 26 | 12 | Brother of Tom, John, and Joe Fogarty, and uncle of Tom Fogarty. |
Frank Boynton | University | 21 years, 122 days | 1 [161] | 25 | 12 | Previously played for Melbourne and Geelong. |
Mark Gardner | University | 23 years, 283 days | 9 [162] | 21 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Tom Fogarty | University | 35 years, 42 days | 1 [163] | 19 | 5 | Brother of John, Chris and Joe Fogarty, and father of Tom Fogarty. Previously played for St Kilda and South Melbourne. |
Leo Seward | University | 22 years, 182 days | 2 [164] | 15 | 15 | Brother of Harrie Seward. |
Willie Marshall | University | 23 years, 298 days | 1 [165] | 11 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Lance Sleeman | University | 23 years, 42 days | 1 [166] | 8 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Henry Bowden | University | 20 years, 88 days | 10 [167] | 8 | 5 | |
Mal Williams | University | 21 years, 257 days | 4 [168] | 7 | 0 | |
Gilbert Barker | University | 25 years, 277 days | 1 [169] | 6 | 2 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Joe Fogarty | University | 22 years, 130 days | 1 [170] | 5 | 1 | Brother of Tom, John and Chris, and uncle of Tom Fogarty. Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon. |
John Laing | University | 23 years, 339 days | 7 [171] | 2 | 0 | |
Arthur Gall | University | 22 years, 272 days | 10 [172] | 2 | 0 | |
Jim Piper | University | 24 years, 128 days | 18 [173] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Ken Kendall | University | 24 years, 57 days | 01 [174] | 1 | 0 | |
Ted Fleming | University | 22 years, 119 days | 04 [175] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Frank Kirby | University | 22 years, 321 days | 16 [176] | 1 | 0 |
The 1908 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the twelfth season of the VFL. The season saw 137 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 39 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Carlton | 6 | 0 |
Collingwood | 12 | 0 |
Essendon | 13 | 3 |
Fitzroy | 10 | 0 |
Geelong | 18 | 1 |
Melbourne | 12 | 5 |
Richmond | 21 | 13 |
St Kilda | 15 | 1 |
South Melbourne | 14 | 0 |
University | 16 | 16 |
Total | 137 | 39 |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Kelly | Carlton | 23 years, 174 days | 2 [1] | 8 | 11 | Brother of Harvey and Otto Kelly. |
Andy Pattison | Carlton | 22 years, 259 days | 13 [2] | 8 | 1 | |
Wally Koochew | Carlton | 20 years, 315 days | 3 [3] | 4 | 2 | First Victorian Football League player of Chinese background. |
Bill Marchbank | Carlton | 20 years, 323 days | 12 [4] | 3 | 2 | Brother of Jim Marchbank. |
Bill Laver | Carlton | 19 years, 269 days | 3 [5] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Carmody | Carlton | 18 years, 317 days | 7 [6] | 1 | 0 | |
Les Hughes | Collingwood | 24 years, 14 days | 1 [7] | 225 | 175 | |
Jim Sadler | Collingwood | 21 years, 293 days | 5 [8] | 135 | 64 | |
Marshall Herbert | Collingwood | 30 years, 273 days | 1 [9] | 51 | 8 | |
Bill Heatley | Collingwood | 22 years, 50 days | 1 [10] | 50 | 19 | |
Artie Freeman | Collingwood | 20 years, 235 days | 2 [11] | 27 | 17 | |
Richard Daykin | Collingwood | 21 years, 207 days | 15 [12] | 21 | 7 | |
Alex Dunstan | Collingwood | 22 years, 293 days | 1 [13] | 10 | 2 | |
Harold Gyton | Collingwood | 24 years, 56 days | 3 [14] | 9 | 1 | |
Bill Carden | Collingwood | 21 years, 344 days | 1 [15] | 5 | 0 | |
Tom Holland | Collingwood | 22 years, 251 days | 4 [16] | 5 | 0 | Brother of Jack Holland. |
Mick Ryan | Collingwood | 25 years, 321 days | 2 [17] | 1 | 0 | |
Harry Lees | Collingwood | 18 years, 60 days | 10 [18] | 1 | 0 | |
Paddy Shea | Essendon | 22 years, 46 days | 1 [19] | 142 | 156 | Brother of Mark. Previously played for Fitzroy. Also played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
Lou Armstrong | Essendon | 23 years, 84 days | 1 [20] | 107 | 109 | |
Bert Daykin | Essendon | 19 years, 359 days | 13 [21] | 32 | 9 | Brother of Percy and Richard Daykin. |
Harry Prout | Essendon | 21 years, 152 days | GF [22] | 29 | 35 | |
Les Minto | Essendon | 21 years, 296 days | 1 [23] | 25 | 7 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Harry Farnsworth | Essendon | 22 years, 179 days | 5 [24] | 24 | 16 | |
Bert Ryan | Essendon | 27 years, 334 days | 1 [25] | 15 | 3 | |
Alan Irwin | Essendon | 19 years, 109 days | 7 [26] | 8 | 2 | |
Lon Smith | Essendon | 21 years, 348 days | 4 [27] | 6 | 1 | |
Bill Heaphy | Essendon | 19 years, 262 days | 18 [28] | 5 | 3 | |
Tommy Crow | Essendon | 20 years, 307 days | 1 [29] | 4 | 0 | |
Bill French | Essendon | 24 years, 68 days | 10 [30] | 3 | 0 | |
Tom Sevior | Essendon | 20 years, 203 days | 3 [31] | 1 | 0 | |
Archie Snell | Essendon | 30 years, 312 days | 6 [32] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jim Campbell | Essendon | 22 years, 89 days | 9 [33] | 1 | 0 | |
Fred Anderson | Essendon | 22 years, 103 days | 10 [34] | 1 | 0 | |
George Holden | Fitzroy | 19 years, 17 days | 1 [35] | 165 | 37 | |
Billy Dick | Fitzroy | 18 years, 291 days | 1 [36] | 53 | 40 | |
Bill Dinsmore | Fitzroy | 21 years, 155 days | 13 [37] | 19 | 13 | |
Val Duncan | Fitzroy | 23 years, 364 days | 1 [38] | 11 | 0 | |
Bill Franklin | Fitzroy | 24 years, 10 days | 1 [39] | 5 | 4 | |
Fred Forbes | Fitzroy | 25 years, 65 days | 13 [40] | 5 | 6 | |
Jim Thorpe | Fitzroy | 23 years, 194 days | 1 [41] | 2 | 0 | |
Ned Richardson | Fitzroy | 22 years, 32 days | 10 [42] | 2 | 0 | |
Bill Campbell | Fitzroy | 24 years, 295 days | 3 [43] | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Norton | Fitzroy | 22 years, 156 days | 18 [44] | 1 | 2 | |
Les Armstrong | Geelong | 21 years, 32 days | 13 [45] | 175 | 2 | |
Rupe Brownlees | Geelong | 20 years, 6 days | 1 [46] | 100 | 4 | |
Charlie Cameron | Geelong | 21 years, 343 days | 1 [47] | 46 | 5 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Alex Boyd | Geelong | 24 years, 243 days | 11 [48] | 30 | 0 | |
Bert Whittington | Geelong | 23 years, 220 days | 16 [49] | 27 | 3 | |
Billy Wilton | Geelong | 19 years, 144 days | 16 [50] | 20 | 8 | |
Percy Salmon | Geelong | 22 years, 197 days | 11 [51] | 17 | 7 | |
Les Gell | Geelong | 21 years, 264 days | 1 [52] | 6 | 5 | |
George Tansing | Geelong | 24 years, 73 days | 6 [53] | 5 | 2 | |
Jack Pender | Geelong | 22 years, 253 days | 12 [54] | 4 | 0 | |
Johnny Keon | Geelong | 22 years, 298 days | 14 [55] | 4 | 1 | |
Bill Davern | Geelong | 24 years, 294 days | 2 [56] | 3 | 2 | |
Norm McGorlick | Geelong | 20 years, 219 days | 11 [57] | 3 | 2 | |
Les Chisholm | Geelong | 20 years, 38 days | 16 [58] | 3 | 0 | |
Jack Green | Geelong | 20 years, 283 days | 6 [59] | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Dickson | Geelong | 20 years, 60 days | 16 [60] | 2 | 0 | |
Fred James | Geelong | 24 years, 98 days | 17 [61] | 2 | 1 | |
Robert Ritchie | Geelong | 24 years, 206 days | 17 [62] | 2 | 0 | |
Bert Bourchier | Geelong | 23 years, 291 days | 8 [63] | 1 | 0 | |
Len Norman | Melbourne | 22 years, 220 days | 3 [64] | 30 | 15 | |
Fred Hewitt | Melbourne | 24 years, 227 days | 10 [65] | 27 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Alf Jones | Melbourne | 22 years, 341 days | 1 [66] | 24 | 18 | |
Joe Hodgkins | Melbourne | 22 years, 133 days | 8 [67] | 24 | 23 | |
Henry Wright | Melbourne | 26 years, 75 days | 2 [68] | 18 | 1 | |
Bill Tottey | Melbourne | 19 years, 209 days | 1 [69] | 14 | 6 | |
Jack Donaldson | Melbourne | 28 years, 7 days | 1 [70] | 9 | 3 | |
Albert Bickford | Melbourne | 20 years, 289 days | 7 [71] | 9 | 0 | Brother of Edric Bickford, brother-in-law of Rod McGregor and uncle of George Bickford. Previously played for Carlton. |
Joe Bray | Melbourne | 21 years, 210 days | 4 [72] | 3 | 0 | |
Herb Friend | Melbourne | 19 years, 301 days | 1 [73] | 2 | 0 | |
George Martin | Melbourne | 24 years, 317 days | 7 [74] | 2 | 2 | |
Alex Holland | Melbourne | 24 years, 13 days | 7 [75] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Bill Gillespie | Melbourne | 20 years, 361 days | 2 [76] | 1 | 0 | |
George McCart | Melbourne | 24 years, 320 days | 2 [77] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Andy Kennedy | Melbourne | 24 years, 186 days | 5 [78] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jim Bonelli | Melbourne | 23 years, 263 days | 18 [79] | 1 | 0 | |
Dick Fowler | Melbourne | 18 years, 205 days | 18 [80] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Mahoney | Richmond | 23 years, 122 days | 01 [81] | 114 | 53 | Previously played for Geelong and St Kilda. |
Ted Ohlson | Richmond | 21 years, 200 days | 1 [82] | 105 | 36 | |
Bob Bowden | Richmond | 21 years, 34 days | 1 [83] | 73 | 9 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Billy Schmidt | Richmond | 20 years, 125 days | 1 [84] | 75 | 71 | |
George Gibson | Richmond | 22 years, 328 days | 3 [85] | 70 | 6 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Len Incigneri | Richmond | 24 years, 120 days | 1 [86] | 62 | 4 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Tom Heaney | Richmond | 20 years, 30 days | 1 [87] | 56 | 37 | |
Bill Burns | Richmond | 28 years, 119 days | 1 [88] | 53 | 10 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bill Luff | Richmond | 22 years, 108 days | 1 [89] | 39 | 0 | Father of Bill Luff Jr. |
Bill Bourke | Richmond | 25 years, 284 days | 1 [90] | 32 | 45 | |
Dick Condon | Richmond | 32 years, 44 days | 1 [91] | 32 | 26 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Ivor Lawson | Richmond | 25 years, 14 days | 3 [92] | 32 | 3 | Previously played for Collingwood and St Kilda. |
Harry Neil | Richmond | 25 years, 260 days | 5 [93] | 31 | 0 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Herbert Hill | Richmond | 20 years, 156 days | 1 [94] | 24 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Doug Chapman | Richmond | 18 years, 358 days | 3 [95] | 23 | 5 | |
Jack Megson | Richmond | 25 years, 12 days | 1 [96] | 20 | 3 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Jack Hardiman | Richmond | 30 years, 280 days | 1 [97] | 15 | 5 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bill Lang | Richmond | 25 years, 301 days | 1 [98] | 14 | 7 | Australian heavyweight boxing champion in 1908. |
Charlie Pannam | Richmond | 33 years, 213 days | 1 [99] | 14 | 22 | Brother of Albert Pannam, father of Alby and Charlie Pannam and grandfather of Lou and Ron Richards. Previously played for Collingwood. |
Emmett Ryan | Richmond | 22 years, 270 days | 1 [100] | 12 | 2 | Father of Peter Ryan. |
Percy Stainer | Richmond | 19 years, 232 days | 4 [101] | 7 | 0 | |
Stan O'Connell | Richmond | 25 years, 17 days | 3 [102] | 5 | 3 | |
Ernie McDonald | Richmond | 25 years, 97 days | 1 [103] | 4 | 0 | |
Percy Speakman | Richmond | 22 years, 249 days | 12 [104] | 4 | 4 | |
George St John | Richmond | 30 years, 116 days | 16 [105] | 4 | 1 | |
Charles Williams | Richmond | 27 years, 101 days | 1 [106] | 3 | 0 | |
Jack Pemberton | Richmond | 25 years, 133 days | 4 [107] | 3 | 0 | |
Syd Barker | Richmond | 20 years, 200 days | 8 [108] | 2 | 1 | Father of Syd Barker Jr. |
George Rankine | Richmond | 23 years, 243 days | 11 [109] | 2 | 0 | |
Fred Larkin | Richmond | 20 years, 133 days | 15 [110] | 2 | 0 | |
Vin Hannaford | Richmond | 23 years, 14 days | 2 [111] | 1 | 0 | |
Alex Johnston | Richmond | 26 years, 154 days | 2 [112] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Walter Johnston | Richmond | 24 years, 148 days | 8 [113] | 1 | 0 | |
Frank Sanguinetti | Richmond | 22 years, 102 days | 17 [114] | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Woodcock | St Kilda | 19 years, 322 days | 3 [115] | 155 | 48 | |
Wally Gant | St Kilda | 18 years, 60 days | 18 [116] | 49 | 6 | |
Bill Madden | St Kilda | 26 years, 166 days | 1 [117] | 26 | 14 | |
Mick Grace | St Kilda | 33 years, 283 days | 1 [118] | 16 | 26 | Brother of Fitzroy footballers Jim and Joe Grace. Previously played for Carlton and Fitzroy. |
Alby Landt | St Kilda | 19 years, 226 days | 1 [119] | 4 | 0 | |
Bismarck Kulpa | St Kilda | 21 years, 167 days | 1 [120] | 2 | 0 | |
Leo Duff | St Kilda | 23 years, 82 days | 7 [121] | 2 | 1 | |
Harry Hall | St Kilda | 25 years, 228 days | 15 [122] | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Northey | St Kilda | 26 years, 148 days | 16 [123] | 2 | 1 | |
Bert O'Connell | St Kilda | 22 years, 343 days | 17 [124] | 2 | 0 | |
Joe Prince | St Kilda | 22 years, 341 days | 18 [125] | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Cromie | St Kilda | 26 years, 297 days | 06 [126] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Grant | St Kilda | 25 years, 008 days | 06 [127] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Ernie Abbott | St Kilda | 25 years, 20 days | 15 [128] | 1 | 1 | |
Doug Hill | St Kilda | 24 years, 194 days | 16 [129] | 1 | 1 | |
Hector Mitchell | St Kilda | 20 years, 355 days | 16 [130] | 1 | 0 | |
Arthur Hiskins | South Melbourne | 21 years, 236 days | 1 [131] | 185 | 56 | Brother of Fred, Stan and Rupert Hiskins and uncle of Jack Hiskins. |
Tom Grimshaw | South Melbourne | 18 years, 145 days | 1 [132] | 85 | 0 | |
Alf Gough | South Melbourne | 20 years, 160 days | 1 [133] | 78 | 45 | |
Jack Jones | South Melbourne | 20 years, 287 days | 1 [134] | 15 | 9 | |
Jack Turnbull | South Melbourne | 22 years, 159 days | 6 [135] | 12 | 0 | |
Toner Hosking | South Melbourne | 17 years, 7 days | 3 [136] | 9 | 1 | |
Des Baird | South Melbourne | 20 years, 22 days | 13 [137] | 6 | 0 | |
Henry Paternoster | South Melbourne | 25 years, 306 days | 2 [138] | 2 | 0 | |
John Roberts | South Melbourne | 27 years, 126 days | 8 [139] | 2 | 0 | |
Joe Larkin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 315 days | 11 [140] | 2 | 0 | |
Reuben Holland | South Melbourne | 17 years, 310 days | 1 [141] | 1 | 1 | |
Dave Bowen | South Melbourne | 22 years, 63 days | 3 [142] | 1 | 0 | |
Charles Millsom | South Melbourne | 22 years, 315 days | 3 [143] | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Clancy | South Melbourne | 21 years, 58 days | 7 [144] | 1 | 0 | |
Herbert Hurrey | University | 20 years, 131 days | 6 [145] | 101 | 29 | |
John Gray | University | 19 years, 295 days | 1 [146] | 85 | 3 | |
George Elliott | University | 22 years, 336 days | 1 [147] | 79 | 3 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Jack West | University | 19 years, 089 days | 3 [148] | 71 | 17 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Athol Tymms | University | 22 years, 071 days | 1 [149] | 60 | 29 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Ted Cordner | University | 20 years, 319 days | 1 [150] | 60 | 8 | Father of Ted Jr., Donald, Denis and John Cordner, brother of Harry Cordner, great-grandfather of Harriet Cordner and cousin of Alan and Larry Cordner. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Albert Hartkopf | University | 18 years, 163 days | 7 [151] | 48 | 87 | Also played Test cricket for Australia. |
Edgar Kneen | University | 25 years, 236 days | 1 [152] | 46 | 48 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Norm Richards | University | 18 years, 33 days | 2 [153] | 46 | 5 | |
Martin Ratz | University | 20 years, 201 days | 1 [154] | 42 | 52 | |
Jack Jones | University | 20 years, 93 days | 6 [155] | 40 | 3 | |
Denby Browning | University | 23 years, 316 days | 1 [156] | 38 | 25 | |
Frank Crawford | University | 20 years, 330 days | 1 [157] | 36 | 0 | |
Harry Cordner | University | 22 years, 320 days | 1 [158] | 29 | 7 | Brother of Ted Cordner, cousin of Alan and "Larry" Cordner, and uncle of Don, Denis, Ted and John Cordner. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Alick Ogilvie | University | 21 years, 116 days | 1 [159] | 27 | 20 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Chris Fogarty | University | 24 years, 95 days | 1 [160] | 26 | 12 | Brother of Tom, John, and Joe Fogarty, and uncle of Tom Fogarty. |
Frank Boynton | University | 21 years, 122 days | 1 [161] | 25 | 12 | Previously played for Melbourne and Geelong. |
Mark Gardner | University | 23 years, 283 days | 9 [162] | 21 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Tom Fogarty | University | 35 years, 42 days | 1 [163] | 19 | 5 | Brother of John, Chris and Joe Fogarty, and father of Tom Fogarty. Previously played for St Kilda and South Melbourne. |
Leo Seward | University | 22 years, 182 days | 2 [164] | 15 | 15 | Brother of Harrie Seward. |
Willie Marshall | University | 23 years, 298 days | 1 [165] | 11 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Lance Sleeman | University | 23 years, 42 days | 1 [166] | 8 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Henry Bowden | University | 20 years, 88 days | 10 [167] | 8 | 5 | |
Mal Williams | University | 21 years, 257 days | 4 [168] | 7 | 0 | |
Gilbert Barker | University | 25 years, 277 days | 1 [169] | 6 | 2 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Joe Fogarty | University | 22 years, 130 days | 1 [170] | 5 | 1 | Brother of Tom, John and Chris, and uncle of Tom Fogarty. Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon. |
John Laing | University | 23 years, 339 days | 7 [171] | 2 | 0 | |
Arthur Gall | University | 22 years, 272 days | 10 [172] | 2 | 0 | |
Jim Piper | University | 24 years, 128 days | 18 [173] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Ken Kendall | University | 24 years, 57 days | 01 [174] | 1 | 0 | |
Ted Fleming | University | 22 years, 119 days | 04 [175] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Frank Kirby | University | 22 years, 321 days | 16 [176] | 1 | 0 |