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This is a list of Sydney Swans players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League, known as the Victorian Football League until 1990. The Sydney Swans were previously known as South Melbourne until their relocation in 1982.

South Melbourne/Sydney Swans players

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Key
Order Players are listed in order of debut
Seasons Includes Sydney only careers and spans from the season of the player's debut to the year in which they played their final game for Sydney
Debut Debuts are for VFL/AFL regular season and finals series matches only
Games Statistics are for VFL/AFL regular season and finals series matches only and are correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Goals
^ Currently listed players
Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame

1890s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1 Dave Adamson 1897–1903 round 1, 1897 90 11
2 Jack Adamson 1897–1898 round 1, 1897 3 0
3 Bill Blackwood 1897 round 1, 1897 13 11
4 Allen Burns 1897–1898, 1901–1903 round 1, 1897 40 23
5 Jack Deas 1897 round 1, 1897 2 0
6 Bill Fraser 1897–1904 round 1, 1897 88 18
7 Dick Gibson 1897–1898 round 1, 1897 29 9
8 Tom Gilligan 1897–1899 round 1, 1897 42 26
9 Herb Howson 1897–1908 round 1, 1897 152 2
10 Charlie McCartney 1897 round 1, 1897 13 0
11 Dinny McKay 1897 round 1, 1897 14 14
12 Michael O'Gorman 1897–1898 round 1, 1897 12 14
13 Jim O'Hara 1897, 1899–1901 round 1, 1897 37 1
14 Mick Pleass 1897–1904 round 1, 1897 109 41
15 Harry Purdy 1897–1901 round 1, 1897 72 16
16 Fred Sigmont 1897 round 1, 1897 6 0
17 Jack Southern 1897–1899 round 1, 1897 31 3
18 Archie Swannie 1897 round 1, 1897 13 4
19 Fred Waugh 1897, 1900 round 1, 1897 22 3
20 Bill Windley 1897–1905 round 1, 1897 129 36
21 Frank O'Hara 1897–1901 round 2, 1897 60 1
22 Alb Thomas 1897 round 2, 1897 1 0
23 Eddie Toms 1897 round 2, 1897 7 0
24 George Williamson 1897–1898 round 2, 1897 12 0
25 Dick Doran 1897 round 6, 1897 9 0
26 Horrie Lyons 1897 round 6, 1897 5 2
27 Jack Fleming 1897–1898 round 10, 1897 12 0
28 George Davidson 1897–1900 round 12, 1897 37 0
29 Eddie Brown 1898 round 1, 1898 5 1
30 Charlie Colgan 1898–1901 round 1, 1898 37 43
31 George Cornelius 1898 round 1, 1898 16 2
32 Johnny Davis 1898–1899 round 1, 1898 10 6
33 Henri Jeanneret 1898–1903 round 1, 1898 75 12
34 Billy Kenny 1898 round 1, 1898 2 0
35 George Sparrow 1898 round 1, 1898 14 2
36 Albert Trim 1898–1901 round 1, 1898 65 0
37 Jim Jolly 1898 round 3, 1898 7 0
38 Artie Machin 1898 round 3, 1898 3 0
39 Jason Ralph 1898 round 6, 1898 5 0
40 John McDermott 1898 round 8, 1898 5 3
41 Bob O'Donnell 1898 round 8, 1898 3 2
42 Joe Strong 1898 round 10, 1898 2 0
43 Arch McNair 1898–1899 round 11, 1898 13 0
44 Tom Smith 1898 round 11, 1898 2 0
45 Val Robertson 1898–1899 round 12, 1898 7 0
46 Harry Gardner 1898, 1900 round 13, 1898 5 0
47 George Taylor 1898 round 13, 1898 1 0
48 Joe Chandler 1898 round 14, 1898 3 2
49 Jim McArthur 1898 round 14, 1898 1 0
50 Jack O'Hara 1898 round 15, 1898 2 1
51 Warwick Armstrong 1898–1900 round 17, 1898 16 18
52 Jack Cockbill 1899 round 1, 1899 3 0
53 Joe Garbutt 1899–1902 round 1, 1899 39 10
54 Charlie Goding 1899–1904 round 1, 1899 63 60
55 Harry Lampe 1899–1907 round 1, 1899 135 57
56 Arthur Nickless 1899 round 1, 1899 1 0
57 Jack Incoll 1899 round 3, 1899 4 3
58 Jimmy Paterson 1899 round 4, 1899 1 0
59 Dave Hutchison 1899 round 5, 1899 2 0
60 Frank Arnold 1899 round 7, 1899 9 0
61 Jim Cullen 1899 round 8, 1899 1 0
62 Artie Henley 1899 round 9, 1899 10 1
63 Bernie Fritsch 1899 round 12, 1899 1 1
64 Charlie James 1899–1904 round 12, 1899 78 13
65 Henry Howson 1899 round 13, 1899 2 0
66 Joe Lowrey 1899 round 16, 1899 1 0
67 Bob Bryce 1899–1900 round 17, 1899 5 1

1900s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
68 Jack Davidson 1900 round 1, 1900 7 0
69 Martin Gullan 1900 round 1, 1900 2 1
70 Charlie Robertson 1900–1901 round 1, 1900 6 0
71 Alby Rose 1900–1902 round 1, 1900 12 11
72 Les Vernon 1900–1901 round 1, 1900 19 0
73 Sam Brockwell 1900 round 2, 1900 15 4
74 Jim Williamson 1900–1902 round 5, 1900 30 0
75 Tom Wenborn 1900–1901, 1904–1906 round 6, 1900 56 0
76 Bert Williams 1900 round 8, 1900 7 1
77 Alf Chapman 1900 round 9, 1900 2 0
78 Fred Monkhouse 1900 round 12, 1900 2 1
79 Ernie Nelson 1900 round 12, 1900 7 0
80 Bill Moodie 1900 round 13, 1900 5 0
81 Mike O'Hehir 1900–1901 round 13, 1900 18 2
82 Tim McKeegan 1900 round 14, 1900 2 0
83 Alf Dowsing 1900–1902 round 16, 1900 9 2
84 Dave Powell 1901–1903 round 1, 1901 27 13
85 Arthur Smith 1901 round 1, 1901 9 0
86 Frank Worroll 1901–1903 round 1, 1901 31 12
87 Norm Rippon 1901–1904 round 2, 1901 36 2
88 Harold Bower 1901–1902 round 7, 1901 13 0
89 Paul Cullen 1901 round 7, 1901 1 0
90 Bill O'Hara 1901 round 9, 1901 5 2
91 Artie Hollis 1901 round 12, 1901 4 0
92 Lou Jackson 1901–1902 round 15, 1901 8 1
93 Bill Scott 1901–1906 round 15, 1901 61 26
94 Ted Alley 1902–1903 round 1, 1902 16 2
95 Henry Hammond 1902 round 1, 1902 2 0
96 Jack Hassett 1902–1905 round 1, 1902 38 22
97 Otto Kelly 1902 round 1, 1902 16 0
98 Len Smith 1902 round 1, 1902 1 0
99 Tom Fogarty 1902–1906 round 2, 1902 66 20
100 Harvey Kelly 1902, 1913–1914 round 2, 1902 49 52
101 Jim King 1902–1903 round 2, 1902 15 0
102 Arthur Adamson 1902–1903 round 4, 1902 28 0
103 Alec Wallace 1902 round 4, 1902 2 0
104 Jim Stanworth 1902 round 5, 1902 1 0
105 Bill Fahey 1902 round 10, 1902 3 1
106 Jack McDonough 1902–1903 round 10, 1902 21 3
107 Johnny Cormick 1902–1903 round 12, 1902 5 3
108 Bill Hickey 1902–1905 round 13, 1902 45 1
109 Ernie McDougall 1902–1903 round 15, 1902 4 3
110 John Fogarty 1902 round 16, 1902 1 0
111 Bill Johnson 1902–1904 round 16, 1902 24 7
112 Charlie Haigbloom 1902, 1904 round 17, 1902 6 1
113 Billy Gent 1903–1904, 1906–1908 round 1, 1903 62 31
114 Chris Richards 1903 round 1, 1903 1 1
115 Harold Rippon 1903 round 1, 1903 5 0
116 Jack Todd 1903 round 1, 1903 7 0
117 Joe Canavan 1903 round 2, 1903 8 7
118 Ollie McKelson 1903 round 3, 1903 1 0
119 Harry Guy 1903 round 4, 1903 4 0
120 Joe Littler 1903 round 6, 1903 10 9
121 Billy McGee 1903–1906 round 6, 1903 51 29
122 Joe Boles 1903 round 7, 1903 1 1
123 Ned Baptiste 1903 round 8, 1903 7 0
124 Charlie Butler 1903–1904 round 12, 1903 6 0
125 Charlie West 1903 round 13, 1903 3 0
126 John McCashney 1903 round 15, 1903 2 0
127 Charles Bourne 1903 round 16, 1903 1 0
128 Archie Butler 1903 round 16, 1903 2 0
129 Jim Cameron 1903–1911 round 16, 1903 117 43
130 Will Newbould 1903 round 16, 1903 1 0
131 Joe Fox 1903 round 17, 1903 1 0
132 Len Incigneri 1903, 1905 round 17, 1903 2 0
133 Ossie O'Connell 1903 round 17, 1903 1 1
134 Herb Bruton 1904 round 1, 1904 2 0
135 Harry Gibson 1904–1906 round 1, 1904 41 11
136 Leslie Hope 1904 round 1, 1904 1 0
137 Edmund Johnson 1904 round 1, 1904 1 0
138 Dick McCabe 1904–1907 round 1, 1904 51 0
139 Dave McColl 1904 round 1, 1904 5 0
140 Charles Clements 1904–1905 round 2, 1904 32 68
141 Bert Sharpe 1904–1905 round 3, 1904 17 17
142 Bill Griffiths 1904–1905 round 3, 1905 9 0
143 Jim Schellnack 1904 round 5, 1904 7 6
144 Robert Daykin 1904 round 9, 1904 1 0
145 Les Weate 1904–1905, 1907 round 9, 1904 4 1
146 Bill Strang 1904–1907, 1913 round 10, 1904 69 80
147 Henry Morley Kidgell 1904 round 11, 1904 5 0
148 Tom Hawking 1904 round 13, 1904 1 0
149 John Catarinich 1904–1905 round 14, 1904 7 0
150 Peter McCann 1904 round 15, 1904 1 0
151 Artie Percy 1904 round 15, 1904 2 0
152 Syd Wright 1904 round 15, 1904 3 0
153 Tom Darcy 1904 round 17, 1904 1 0
154 Con Hogan 1904 round 17, 1904 1 0
155 Percy Abercrombie 1905 round 1, 1905 12 0
156 Dick Casey 1905–1912 round 1, 1905 112 93
157 Bill Dolphin 1905–1911 round 1, 1905 100 0
158 Alf Pitman 1905 round 1, 1905 7 3
159 Archie Pratt 1905 round 1, 1905 7 3
160 Sydney Sykes 1905–1906 round 1, 1905 7 5
161 Fred O'Brien 1905 round 2, 1905 2 1
162 Len Coffey 1905 round 6, 1905 1 0
163 Joe Fogarty 1905 round 8, 1905 9 5
164 Wal Smallhorn 1905–1906 round 9, 1905 4 0
165 Harry Bromley 1905 round 11, 1905 1 0
166 Bill Thomas 1905–1913 round 12, 1905 135 2
167 Andy McDonnell 1905–1906 round 14, 1905 6 1
168 Ernie Blencowe 1905–1906 round 15, 1905 7 0
169 Charlie Cameron 1905 round 17, 1905 1 0
170 Des Griffin 1905 round 17, 1905 1 0
171 Fred Pitt 1905 round 17, 1905 1 0
172 Peter Bourke 1906–1907 round 1, 1906 17 8
173 Teddy Buist 1906–1907 round 1, 1906 12 0
174 Alex Kerr 1906–1911 round 1, 1906 74 57
175 Len Mortimer 1906–1915 round 1, 1906 153 289
176 Martin Pash 1906 round 1, 1906 7 8
177 Charlie Ricketts 1906–1912 round 1, 1906 82 47
178 Ted Wade 1906–1910 round 1, 1906 60 3
179 Tom Pettit 1906 round 3, 1906 1 0
180 Bob Franklin 1906 round 4, 1906 5 1
181 Bert Franks 1906–1910, 1912–1913 round 4, 1906 99 63
182 Dick Bliss 1906 round 7, 1906 1 0
183 George Curran 1906–1907 round 10, 1906 5 1
184 Jim Smith 1906 round 11, 1906 3 1
185 George Anderson 1906–1908 round 12, 1906 42 0
186 Bill Clarke 1906 round 15, 1906 1 0
187 Ed Harrison 1906, 1908–1909 round 15, 1906 7 1
188 Vic Belcher 1907–1915, 1917–1920 round 1, 1907 226 62
189 Bill Goddard 1907–1908 round 1, 1907 28 17
190 Billy Moxham 1907–1910 round 1, 1907 29 2
191 Wally Roach 1907 round 1, 1907 1 0
192 Phonse Wood 1907–1908 round 1, 1907 30 0
193 Bert Atkins 1907–1908 round 2, 1907 32 0
194 Bill Kerr 1907 round 2, 1907 15 8
195 Lindsay Maine 1907–1908 round 2, 1907 16 0
196 Johnny Jackson 1907 round 3, 1907 7 2
197 Horrie Drane 1907–1909 round 5, 1907 18 1
198 Hughie Callan 1907–1910 round 6, 1907 36 17
199 Jack Main 1907 round 8, 1907 1 1
200 Harry Wilson 1907–1908 round 9, 1907 10 2
201 Jim Lacey 1907 round 16, 1907 1 0
202 Tom Grimshaw 1908–1912 round 1, 1908 85 0
203 Arthur Hiskins 1908–1915, 1919–1923 round 1, 1908 185 56
204 Reuben Holland 1908 round 1, 1908 1 1
205 Jack Jones 1908–1910 round 1, 1908 15 9
206 Henry Paternoster 1908 round 2, 1908 2 0
207 Dave Bowen 1908 round 3, 1908 1 0
208 Toner Hosking 1908, 1910 round 3, 1908 9 1
209 Charles Millsom 1908 round 3, 1908 1 0
210 Jack Turnbull 1908 round 6, 1908 12 0
211 Tom Clancy 1908 round 7, 1908 1 0
212 John Roberts 1908 round 8, 1908 2 0
213 Joe Larkin 1908 round 11, 1908 2 0
214 Des Baird 1908–1909 round 13, 1908 6 0
215 Alf Gough 1908–1911, 1915 round 17, 1908 63 47
216 George Bower 1909–1914 round 1, 1909 75 11
217 Jim Caldwell 1909–1915, 1917–1919 round 1, 1909 155 34
218 Bob Deas 1909–1915, 1917 round 1, 1909 111 73
219 Herbert Moore 1909 round 1, 1909 1 0
220 Jack Scobie 1909–1913 round 1, 1909 75 4
221 Dave Barry 1909–1910 round 2, 1909 24 3
222 Jack Richardson 1909 round 7, 1909 1 0
223 Alan Pentland 1909–1912 round 8, 1909 53 0
224 Bert Streckfuss 1909–1910 round 17, 1909 18 5

1910s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
225 Jack Walsh 1910–1912 round 1, 1910 29 0
226 Fred Carpenter 1910–1913, 1919–1920 round 2, 1910 52 68
227 Les Charge 1910–1915 round 2, 1910 65 50
228 Jim Lynch 1910 round 2, 1910 1 0
229 Joe Prince 1910–1915, 1917–1918 round 3, 1910 103 5
230 Francis Biehl 1910 round 7, 1910 3 1
231 Alby Kirchner 1910 round 8, 1910 6 0
232 Bruce Sloss 1910–1914 round 10, 1910 81 44
233 Arthur Punshon 1910–1911 round 17, 1910 11 2
234 Tom Strownix 1911 round 1, 1911 14 1
235 Ben Main 1911 round 3, 1911 1 0
236 Mark Tandy 1911–1915, 1917–1926 round 3, 1911 207 47
237 Fred Fielding 1911 round 5, 1911 1 0
238 Herbert Milne 1911–1912 round 6, 1911 31 14
239 Ernie George 1911 round 10, 1911 1 0
240 George Deas 1911–1912 round 18, 1911 4 3
241 Dick Mullaly 1912–1915, 1917 round 1, 1912 69 12
242 Les Rusich 1912–1915 round 2, 1912 54 33
243 Frank Comer 1912 round 5, 1912 2 0
244 Harry Saltau 1912–1915 round 5, 1912 50 0
245 Les Abbott 1912 round 14, 1912 3 0
246 Charlie Fincher 1913 round 1, 1913 9 5
247 Dick Fitzgerald 1913 round 1, 1913 2 0
248 Stan Hiskins 1913–1914, 1919–1921 round 1, 1913 66 34
249 Arthur Rademacher 1913–1915, 1917–1920 round 1, 1913 101 0
250 Horrie Webster 1913 round 1, 1913 17 13
251 Paddy Abbott 1913 round 2, 1913 4 0
252 Bill Eastick 1913–1914 round 2, 1913 15 2
253 Charlie Wolfe 1913 round 2, 1913 6 2
254 Jack Freeman 1913–1914 round 8, 1913 22 39
255 Marshall Caffyn 1913 round 15, 1913 1 0
256 Harold Bennett 1914 round 1, 1914 7 0
257 Ben Hair 1914–1915, 1917–1918 round 1, 1914 43 3
258 Harry Morgan 1914–1915, 1917–1918 round 1, 1914 60 100
259 Alan O'Donoghue 1914–1915, 1917–1918 round 3, 1914 44 15
260 Claude Thomas 1914–1915 round 3, 1914 13 0
261 Bill Hennington 1914 round 4, 1914 6 0
262 George Payne 1914–1915, 1917 round 5, 1914 26 14
263 Percy Jackson 1914 round 7, 1914 8 5
264 Charlie Jones 1914–1915 round 9, 1914 7 1
265 Jack O'Brien 1914 round 9, 1914 2 2
266 Wally Laidlaw 1914, 1919 round 10, 1914 3 0
267 Herb Matthews, Sr. 1914, 1923–1924 round 10, 1914 32 27
268 Tom Bollard 1914–1915, 1917 round 13, 1914 24 0
269 Herb Joolen 1914 round 16, 1914 1 1
270 Norm Bradford 1915 round 1, 1915 7 9
271 Jim Stewart 1915, 1917, 1919–1920 round 1, 1915 29 15
272 Carl Willis 1915, 1920–1921 round 1, 1915 29 18
273 Jock Doherty 1915, 1917–1920, 1922 round 2, 1915 67 37
274 Pat Farnan 1915 round 2, 1915 2 1
275 Stan Wootton 1915, 1920–1922 round 2, 1915 41 45
276 Artie Adams 1915 round 3, 1915 3 0
277 Jack P. Howell 1915, 1917–1918 round 3, 1915 40 22
278 Bill Daly 1915, 1917–1919 round 5, 1915 59 1
279 Les Turner 1915 round 16, 1915 1 1
280 Alf Boyce 1915, 1917–1918 round 17, 1915 18 22
281 Harry Purdy 1917, 1919 round 1, 1917 9 6
282 Harold Robertson 1917–1921, 1923 round 1, 1917 64 93
283 Gerald P. Ryan 1917–1918 round 1, 1917 26 37
284 Phil Skehan 1917–1919 round 1, 1917 38 2
285 Sydney Strong 1917 round 1, 1917 2 0
286 George Moloney, Sr. 1917 round 2, 1917 2 0
287 Jim Ashton 1917 round 3, 1917 4 0
288 Dick Hutchinson 1917 round 3, 1917 11 17
289 Mal Lowrie 1917 round 4, 1917 4 3
290 Jack Brennan 1917–1918 round 5, 1917 18 2
291 Harry Lakin 1917, 1920 round 7, 1917 3 1
292 Artie Wood 1917–1923 round 7, 1917 97 14
293 Wal Jenkins 1917 round 13, 1917 2 0
294 Ernie Barber 1918–1919 round 1, 1918 21 28
295 Jim Graham 1918 round 1, 1918 15 0
296 Tom O'Halloran 1918–1921 round 1, 1918 62 12
297 Reg Sampson 1918–1921 round 1, 1918 25 3
298 Chip Turner 1918–1922 round 1, 1918 66 1
299 Tammy Hynes 1918–1920, 1922–1924 round 2, 1918 57 4
300 Frank Magill 1918 round 4, 1918 2 0
301 Frank Cummins 1918 round 5, 1918 1 0
302 Chris Laird 1918–1922 round 5, 1918 59 99
303 Harry Bulpit 1918–1919 round 7, 1918 6 3
304 Mick Ryan 1918 round 7, 1918 1 0
305 Bill Talbot 1918 round 13, 1918 2 0
306 Harry Froud 1919 round 1, 1919 10 4
307 Norm Lugg 1919–1920 round 1, 1919 27 10
308 Jim Makin 1919, 1921–1922 round 1, 1919 30 5
309 Bill Pearson 1919–1920 round 1, 1919 12 9
310 Bill Kenny 1919 round 8, 1919 2 0
311 Harry Brereton 1919–1920, 1922 round 11, 1919 17 52
312 Gladstone Power 1919–1921 round 11, 1919 23 21
313 Fred Fleiter 1919–1925 round 15, 1919 71 11

1920s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
314 Reg Seedsman 1920–1921 round 1, 1920 31 0
315 Vic Smith 1920 round 2, 1920 12 2
316 Bobby Allison 1920–1921, 1923–1926 round 5, 1920 54 81
317 Paddy Scanlan 1920–1926 round 6, 1920 100 49
318 Roy Reardon 1920–1921 round 8, 1920 13 11
319 Vernon Lanigan 1920–1921 round 18, 1920 3 0
320 Roy Cazaly 1921–1924, 1926–1927 round 1, 1921 99 128
321 Edwin Marsh 1921 round 1, 1921 2 3
322 Tom Nadort 1921 round 1, 1921 16 1
323 Alex Nicholson 1921–1922 round 1, 1921 11 1
324 Frank Laird 1921–1925 round 3, 1921 66 21
325 Bert Sutton 1921, 1923–1924 round 3, 1921 49 34
326 Leon Beer 1921–1923 round 4, 1921 15 2
327 Bobby Gibb 1921 round 4, 1921 4 0
328 Bob McDonald 1921–1924 round 4, 1921 33 4
329 John Mitchell 1921 round 4, 1921 1 0
330 Jimmy Rodgers 1921 round 4, 1921 11 1
331 Martin Brown 1921–1925, 1927–1928 round 5, 1921 73 38
332 Bert Lawrence 1921, 1925 round 5, 1921 7 8
333 Harry Davenport 1921 round 18, 1921 1 0
334 Bert Russell 1921, 1923, 1925 round 18, 1921 6 5
335 Sid Conlon 1922 round 1, 1922 4 3
336 Billy Gambetta 1922 round 1, 1922 4 7
337 Bill Gunn, Sr. 1922 round 1, 1922 10 1
338 Tommy Law 1922 round 1, 1922 2 1
339 Bill Peters 1922 round 1, 1922 4 0
340 Frank Ross 1922–1924 round 1, 1922 32 2
341 Roy Bence 1922 round 2, 1922 15 6
342 Maurie Connell 1922 round 2, 1922 1 0
343 Clarrie Woodfield 1922 round 2, 1922 1 0
344 Harold Alexander 1922–1926 round 3, 1922 70 40
345 Wal Matthews 1922–1924 round 3, 1922 22 7
346 Jim Cullum 1922 round 4, 1922 2 0
347 Basil Smith 1922 round 4, 1922 6 5
348 Arthur Hando 1922–1924 round 5, 1922 45 0
349 Jack O'Connell 1922–1924 round 7, 1922 42 4
350 Don Templeton 1922 round 8, 1922 1 0
351 Bill Condon 1923–1927 round 1, 1923 72 32
352 Syd James 1923 round 1, 1923 8 3
353 Tom Joyce 1923–1925 round 1, 1923 28 6
354 Joe Scanlan 1923–1931 round 1, 1923 148 12
355 Les Woodfield 1923–1927 round 1, 1923 76 11
356 Bill Roberts 1923 round 2, 1923 1 1
357 Billy Billett 1923 round 4, 1923 3 4
358 Ted Johnson 1923–1931 round 4, 1923 136 385
359 Charlie Nicholls 1923–1927 round 15, 1923 56 10
360 Harold Mahony 1924–1926 round 1, 1924 18 14
361 Merv Scanlan 1924 round 1, 1924 2 0
362 Charles McDonald 1924–1928 round 2, 1924 57 5
363 Ted Sivies 1924 round 4, 1924 1 0
364 Ted O'Meara 1924–1926 round 10, 1924 13 15
365 Maurie De Araugo 1924 round 15, 1924 1 0
366 Phil Brooks 1924 round 18, 1924 2 1
367 Jim Sutherland 1924 round 18, 1924 1 0
368 Jacky Harris 1924–1925 semi final, 1924 6 10
369 Gil Miller 1924 semi final, 1924 1 1
370 Bill Freyer 1925 round 1, 1925 12 0
371 Syd Hogg 1925–1930 round 1, 1925 54 6
372 David Hume 1925 round 1, 1925 1 1
373 Alby Jacobsen 1925, 1927–1928 round 1, 1925 15 2
374 Charlie Stanbridge 1925–1929 round 1, 1925 69 12
375 Peter Reville 1925–1934 round 2, 1925 156 207
376 George Waterhouse 1925 round 3, 1925 2 1
377 Harry Neill 1925 round 4, 1925 2 0
378 George Stewart 1925 round 5, 1925 13 1
379 Bill Browne 1925 round 6, 1925 2 2
380 Charlie Anderson 1925–1926 round 7, 1925 11 2
381 Jack Barnes 1925, 1927–1929 round 7, 1925 41 71
382 Fred Condon 1925–1926 round 7, 1925 10 4
383 Fred Wimbridge 1925 round 9, 1925 8 12
384 Arthur Barlow 1925–1928 round 13, 1925 40 10
385 Albert Daly 1925 round 15, 1925 1 0
386 Paul Cameron 1926, 1928 round 1, 1926 22 35
387 Harry Clarke 1926–1935 round 1, 1926 147 33
388 Hec McKay 1926–1935 round 1, 1926 152 1
389 Bill Berryman 1926–1928 round 4, 1926 47 0
390 Charlie Pannam 1926–1928 round 4, 1926 45 31
391 Danny Wheelahan 1926–1930 round 5, 1926 51 4
392 Fred Ryder 1926 round 7, 1926 1 0
393 Jack Ferguson 1926–1928 round 10, 1926 20 6
394 Tom Drummond 1926 round 13, 1926 5 1
395 John Elmer 1926 round 16, 1926 1 1
396 Bert Avery 1927–1930 round 1, 1927 25 5
397 Jack Petchell 1927–1929 round 1, 1927 35 36
398 Cecil Pettiona 1927–1934 round 1, 1927 78 15
399 Ted Bourke 1927 round 2, 1927 6 1
400 Austin Robertson, Sr. 1927–1937 round 3, 1927 154 251
401 Rolland Fairley 1927–1928 round 4, 1927 10 3
402 Len Thomas 1927–1934, 1936–1938 round 6, 1927 187 54
403 Tom McMahon 1927, 1930–1931 round 18, 1927 19 5
404 Terry Brain 1928–1937 round 1, 1928 141 198
405 Fred Kennett 1928 round 1, 1928 1 0
406 Cyril Powell 1928–1929 round 1, 1928 20 0
407 George Condon 1928, 1930 round 2, 1928 7 0
408 Bill Mannion 1928 round 3, 1928 1 0
409 Pat Tebble 1928 round 4, 1928 3 0
410 Jim Crossan 1928 round 5, 1928 4 4
411 Joe Poulter 1928–1929, 1931 round 5, 1928 37 23
412 Les Bollman 1928–1929 round 8, 1928 17 0
413 Bill Churchill 1928–1929 round 9, 1928 17 19
414 Len Hogg 1928–1929 round 10, 1928 16 30
415 Tommy Murphy 1928 round 11, 1928 3 0
416 Jack O'Brien 1928–1930 round 18, 1928 13 4
417 Jack Richardson 1928–1931 round 18, 1928 34 6
418 Ron Hillis 1929–1937 round 1, 1929 137 16
419 Hugh McLaughlin, Sr. 1929–1934 round 1, 1929 96 0
420 Bill O'Connor 1929 round 1, 1929 1 0
421 Eric Poole 1929 round 1, 1929 4 0
422 Eddie Rosenbrock 1929–1930 round 1, 1929 4 0
423 Max Scott 1929, 1931 round 2, 1929 19 0
424 Jack Twyford 1929 round 2, 1929 2 2
425 Jim Forbes 1929 round 3, 1929 1 0
426 Rupe Hutton 1929 round 3, 1929 7 2
427 Norm Le Brun 1929 round 4, 1929 3 2
428 Ted Wildie 1929 round 8, 1929 11 0
429 Dinny Fagan 1929–1931 round 15, 1929 19 0

1930s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
429 Tasman Knight 1930 round 1, 1930 4 0
430 Rod Leffanue 1930–1932 round 1, 1930 12 14
431 Bob Pratt 1930–1939, 1946 round 1, 1930 158 681
432 Ron Shapter 1930–1931 round 1, 1930 26 14
433 Dave Coutts 1930 round 2, 1930 5 0
434 Bill Jordan 1930 round 3, 1930 3 1
435 Bill O'Brien 1930 round 3, 1930 2 0
436 Charlie Troughton 1930 round 3, 1930 7 6
437 Jack Austin 1930–1938 round 4, 1930 140 19
438 Reg Bennett 1930–1932 round 6, 1930 39 5
439 Jack Shelton 1930 round 7, 1930 7 2
440 Ron Martin 1930 round 9, 1930 4 3
441 Martin Wheelahan 1930–1931 round 12, 1930 11 5
442 Stan Lawler 1930–1931 round 17, 1930 2 6
443 Alf Callick 1930 round 18, 1930 1 2
444 Roy Cassidy 1930 round 18, 1930 1 0
445 Norm McPherson 1931–1932 round 1, 1931 9 0
446 Jack Wade 1931–1933 round 1, 1931 26 2
447 Jack Patterson 1931 round 2, 1931 14 14
448 Cyril McNamara 1931 round 3, 1931 3 0
449 Clem Fisher 1931–1932 round 4, 1931 14 4
450 Len Milburn 1931 round 4, 1931 12 3
451 Jock McKenzie 1931, 1933–1936, 1940 round 7, 1931 55 25
452 Eric Harrower 1931 round 12, 1931 3 0
453 Reg Thomas 1931–1932, 1936 round 16, 1931 23 16
454 Keith Simpson 1931 round 15, 1931 2 0
455 Art Mietzcke 1931–1933 round 18, 1931 18 8
456 Ken Reynolds 1931 round 18, 1931 1 0
457 Jack Bisset 1932–1936 round 1, 1932 90 9
458 Alick Black 1932 round 1, 1932 1 0
459 Herb Boschen 1932 round 1, 1932 4 0
460 Herbie Matthews 1932–1945 round 1, 1932 191 17
461 Roy Selleck 1932 round 1, 1932 3 2
462 Bert Beard 1932–1935 round 3, 1932 36 19
463 Dinny Dowd 1932 round 3, 1932 2 0
464 Bill Faul 1932–1938 round 3, 1932 117 2
465 Jock Fahey 1932–1934 round 4, 1932 31 11
466 Johnny Leonard 1932 round 4, 1932 12 17
467 Brighton Diggins 1932–1936 round 7, 1932 65 21
468 Bill Flynn 1932 round 12, 1932 2 0
469 Alan Gilmour 1932–1933 round 12, 1932 10 0
470 Maurie Hearn 1932–1934 round 15, 1932 8 4
471 Joe Cosgriff 1932 round 18, 1932 1 0
472 Ossie Bertram 1933–1934 round 1, 1933 23 43
473 Laurie Nash 1933–1937, 1945 round 1, 1933 99 246
474 Joe O'Meara 1933–1936 round 1, 1933 47 36
475 Alan Welch 1933–1937 round 1, 1933 49 24
476 John Bowe 1933 round 2, 1933 17 0
477 Frank Davies 1933 round 6, 1933 7 3
478 Wilbur Harris 1933–1941 round 7, 1933 69 19
479 Fred Backway 1933–1934 round 10, 1933 4 2
480 Dinny Kelleher 1933–1936 round 10, 1933 59 14
481 Reg Humphries 1934–1936, 1938–1939 round 3, 1934 68 8
482 Jim Cleary 1934–1948 round 5, 1934 222 6
483 Ian Lee 1934 round 5, 1934 2 0
484 Lin Richards 1934–1936 round 9, 1934 39 0
485 Frank Davies 1934–1936 round 18, 1934 30 15
486 Roy Moore 1935–1939, 1941 round 1, 1935 66 144
487 Jim Reid 1935–1936 round 1, 1935 36 6
488 Syd Dineen 1935–1937 round 3, 1935 28 26
489 Roy McEachen 1935–1936 round 3, 1935 17 1
490 Leo Monaghan 1935 round 3, 1935 2 0
491 Rowley Flynne 1935 round 9, 1935 4 0
492 Lou Gatti 1935 round 9, 1935 4 1
493 Jack Graham 1935–1949 round 15, 1935 227 233
494 Owen Evans 1935–1941 round 16, 1935 64 95
495 Jack George 1936 round 3, 1936 11 1
496 Laurie Leask 1936–1937 round 4, 1936 11 11
497 Rex Ritchie 1936–1942, 1946–1947 round 7, 1936 89 1
498 Tommy Allen 1936–1938 round 10, 1936 26 8
499 Norm Fletcher 1936–1938 round 10, 1936 14 2
500 Maurie Johnson 1936–1937 round 10, 1936 19 27
501 Stan Mullane 1936–1937 round 10, 1936 15 1
502 Charlie Pettiona 1936–1937 round 11, 1936 14 0
503 Keith Smith 1936–1940, 1942–1945 round 12, 1936 93 45
504 Gordon Goldsmith 1936, 1942–1943 round 13, 1936 13 5
505 Alex Mitchell 1936–1940, 1943 round 13, 1936 58 34
506 Reg Richards 1936, 1938–1941 round 13, 1936 117 57
507 George Bryce 1937–1939 round 1, 1937 26 7
508 Jimmy Maher 1937 round 1, 1937 4 3
509 Jack Hacker 1937–1944 round 5, 1937 111 7
510 Alf Hedge 1937–1938 round 5, 1937 16 3
511 Laurie Taylor 1937–1938 round 6, 1937 4 0
512 Percy Ilott 1937 round 7, 1937 7 3
513 Frank Kendrick 1937 round 8, 1937 2 0
514 Sandy Patterson 1937–1938, 1940 round 8, 1937 26 17
515 Ray Gillett 1937, 1939 round 10, 1937 8 0
516 Reg Coyle 1937–1941, 1945 round 12, 1937 62 3
517 Russell McInnes 1937 round 12, 1937 3 0
518 Don Howard 1938 round 1, 1938 6 1
519 Jack Quinn 1938–1940 round 1, 1938 10 8
520 Pat Farrelly 1938 round 2, 1938 6 1
521 Les Dunn 1938 round 3, 1938 1 0
522 Perc Horner 1938 round 3, 1938 1 1
523 Syd Tims 1938–1939 round 3, 1938 19 18
524 Mick Leonard 1938–1940 round 5, 1938 27 9
525 Frank Cook 1938 round 6, 1938 1 1
526 Norm Mason 1938 round 6, 1938 2 0
527 Jim Redstone 1938 round 6, 1938 4 5
528 Gerry Hayes 1938, 1944 round 7, 1938 6 0
529 Joe Meehan 1938 round 8, 1938 2 0
530 Frank Sinclair 1938–1939 round 8, 1938 13 8
531 George Collard 1938–1942 round 12, 1938 56 49
532 Arthur Timms 1938 round 12, 1938 1 1
533 Norm Matthews 1938–1940 round 13, 1938 28 6
534 Tom Purvis 1938 round 15, 1938 3 0
535 Norm Couper 1939–1940 round 1, 1939 12 4
536 Lindsay McNamara 1939–1940 round 1, 1939 4 4
537 Bobby Mullenger 1939–1940, 1946 round 1, 1939 6 1
538 Jack "Basher" Williams 1939–1940, 1942–1946 round 1, 1939 61 3
539 Les Powell 1939 round 2, 1939 1 0
540 Grahame Hall 1939, 1941 round 3, 1939 11 2
541 Clarrie O'Connor 1939 round 3, 1939 5 1
542 Ken Dineen 1939–1941, 1944–1945 round 4, 1939 47 50
543 Brian Kelly 1939–1945 round 5, 1939 92 14
544 Allan Mullenger 1939–1944 round 6, 1939 58 29
545 Lou Reiffel 1939–1941 round 8, 1939 29 55
546 Pat McNamara 1939–1940 round 9, 1939 22 3
547 Ted Whitfield 1939–1941, 1944–1945 round 12, 1939 54 11
548 Harold Traynor 1939–1942 round 13, 1939 37 16
549 Alf Benison 1939–1944 round 15, 1939 42 32
550 Alby Newell 1939 round 15, 1939 2 0

1940s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
551 Dick Chirgwin 1940 round 2, 1940 1 0
552 Kevin O'Halloran 1940 round 2, 1940 2 3
553 George Bates 1940 round 3, 1940 3 0
554 Harry Gray 1940 round 3, 1940 9 5
555 Don Grossman 1940–1942, 1944–1947 round 4, 1940 93 32
556 Ian Chinn 1940, 1942 round 6, 1940 17 28
557 Frank Hill 1940, 1945 round 8, 1940 5 0
558 Stan Brown 1940, 1944 round 11, 1940 9 4
559 Jack Fergeus 1940 round 11, 1940 2 1
560 Billy King 1940–1948 round 13, 1940 136 17
561 Howard Jasper 1940–1941, 1946 round 14, 1940 26 3
562 Gordon Hamilton 1940 round 15, 1940 2 0
563 Merv Dudley 1940 round 16, 1940 3 7
564 Arthur Turner 1940, 1942 round 16, 1940 3 0
565 Keith Virtue 1940 round 17, 1940 2 3
566 Keith McNaughton 1940 round 18, 1940 1 0
567 Kevin Barrett 1941 round 1, 1941 4 6
568 Reg Gibson 1941 round 1, 1941 1 0
569 Eric Huxtable 1941–1942 round 1, 1941 22 1
570 Roy Porter 1941, 1945 round 1, 1941 5 1
571 Jeff Grieve 1941 round 2, 1941 11 0
572 Jack Dempsey 1941, 1944–1947 round 3, 1941 45 12
573 Archie Baxter 1941, 1944, 1946 round 4, 1941 23 25
574 Bert Lucas 1941 round 4, 1941 4 6
575 Alan Broadley 1941 round 6, 1941 3 1
576 Jack Mulligan 1941 round 6, 1941 8 17
577 Des Martin 1941–1942 round 7, 1941 10 6
578 Alan McCrory 1941, 1943 round 9, 1941 4 2
579 Alan Linden 1941–1947 round 10, 1941 80 56
580 Syd Young 1941 round 10, 1941 2 0
581 Gordon Sawley 1941 round 11, 1941 7 8
582 Tom Hall 1941 round 15, 1941 2 5
583 Alan Pearsall 1941 round 16, 1941 2 0
584 Eric Sweet 1941, 1943 round 16, 1941 4 2
585 Billy Deans 1941 round 17, 1941 1 1
586 Dave Engellenner 1941–1945 round 17, 1941 30 2
587 Ian Palmer 1941 round 17, 1941 1 0
588 Jack Butcher 1942–1943 round 1, 1942 32 16
589 Terry Cashion 1942 round 1, 1942 5 5
590 Vic Castles 1942–1947 round 1, 1942 100 139
591 Bill Harwood 1942 round 1, 1942 15 5
592 Tommy Lahiff 1942 round 1, 1942 6 10
593 Lindsay White 1942–1943 round 1, 1942 25 111
594 Tom Crane 1942, 1944–1945 round 5, 1942 7 1
595 Ron Reynolds 1942 round 5, 1942 2 1
596 Lou Mangan 1942, 1944 round 6, 1942 14 4
597 Bill Golding 1942 round 9, 1942 3 3
598 Don Taylor 1942, 1947–1948 round 9, 1942 36 38
599 Len Delfs 1942 round 10, 1942 5 5
600 Laurie Tetley 1942 round 11, 1942 1 0
601 Charlie Culph 1942–1944 round 14, 1942 19 55
602 Bernie Neenan 1942 round 15, 1942 3 2
603 Ron Bywater 1942, 1944, 1946–1950 semi final, 1942 58 39
604 Les Hazelwood 1943–1944 round 1, 1943 9 2
605 Bill Icke 1943 round 1, 1943 2 0
606 Merv Leith 1943, 1946 round 1, 1943 17 10
607 George Moloney, Jr. 1943–1944 round 1, 1943 11 5
608 Fred Patterson 1943 round 1, 1943 1 0
609 Percy Taylor 1943 round 1, 1943 7 16
610 Mel Brown 1943 round 2, 1943 1 0
611 Vin Moloney 1943 round 2, 1943 6 0
612 Wally Southern 1943 round 2, 1943 1 0
613 Pat Leahy 1943, 1945 round 3, 1943 12 14
614 Bill Eastmure 1943 round 5, 1943 4 2
615 Jack Sweet 1943 round 5, 1943 6 0
616 Chris Lamborn 1943 round 7, 1943 1 0
617 Ron Hartridge 1943–1946 round 8, 1943 50 71
618 Max Blumfield 1943–1946 round 9, 1943 21 11
619 Alf Callick 1943, 1946–1950 round 16, 1943 57 9
620 Lou Frost 1944 round 1, 1944 6 0
621 Lyal Keighran 1944, 1947 round 1, 1944 10 6
622 Bob Matlock 1944–1946 round 4, 1944 35 0
623 Jack Sheedy 1944 round 4, 1944 6 7
624 Jack Oatey 1944 round 5, 1944 5 4
625 Norm Duncan 1944, 1946 round 6, 1944 19 15
626 Max Rippon 1944 round 7, 1944 4 0
627 Jack Danckert 1944–1945, 1947 round 9, 1944 13 0
628 Joe De Medici 1944 round 11, 1944 5 3
629 Colin Churchett 1944 round 13, 1944 1 0
630 Len O'Shea 1944 round 13, 1944 2 1
631 Pat Grace 1944 round 15, 1944 4 0
632 Jimmy McKnight 1944–1946 round 15, 1944 8 0
633 Pat Bourke 1944, 1946–1949 round 16, 1944 36 0
634 Bill Williams 1945–1951 round 2, 1945 124 180
635 Ron Clegg 1945–1954, 1956–1960 round 3, 1945 231 156
636 Owen Guyatt 1945 round 8, 1945 4 1
637 George Dougherty 1945 round 9, 1945 10 26
638 Peter Tippett 1945–1947 round 9, 1945 29 2
639 Tom Calder 1945 round 14, 1945 5 0
640 Max Glass 1945 round 14, 1945 3 0
641 Fred Barnes 1946 round 1, 1946 3 2
642 Len Holland 1946–1948 round 1, 1946 33 5
643 Jack Lugg 1946 round 1, 1946 2 0
644 Tom Roulent 1946–1947 round 1, 1946 29 16
645 Neville Stibbard 1946 round 1, 1946 6 2
646 Vic Nankervis 1946 round 2, 1946 4 2
647 George Perrett 1946–1947 round 2, 1946 13 4
648 Wylie Chambers 1946–1950 round 3, 1946 48 7
649 Doug Dowling 1946 round 3, 1946 4 1
650 Larry Spokes 1946–1950 round 3, 1946 61 51
651 Ron Barry 1946–1950 round 4, 1946 54 6
652 Bert Lucas 1946–1950 round 4, 1946 69 31
653 Harry Mears 1946–1948 round 5, 1946 35 47
654 Max Piggott 1946–1947 round 8, 1946 8 21
655 Jack Cotter 1946 round 11, 1946 9 0
656 Ray Jones 1946 round 14, 1946 1 0
657 Ray Thomas 1946–1947 round 14, 1946 2 0
658 George Allen 1946–1948 round 16, 1946 16 11
659 Keith Schaefer 1947–1953 round 1, 1947 102 22
660 Allan Strang 1947–1948 round 1, 1947 15 17
661 George Lucas 1947 round 2, 1947 4 1
662 Jack Mullane 1947–1948 round 2, 1947 12 0
663 Keith Jenkinson 1947 round 3, 1947 8 0
664 Les Williams 1947–1951 round 4, 1947 48 1
665 Frank Brew 1947–1953 round 5, 1947 87 28
666 Bill McTaggart 1947 round 5, 1947 1 0
667 Jack O'Keefe 1947 round 5, 1947 3 6
668 Claude Anderson 1947 round 10, 1947 2 0
669 Len Crane 1947–1950 round 11, 1947 43 1
670 Geoff Driver 1947 round 11, 1947 2 0
671 Ern Parker 1947 round 12, 1947 1 0
672 Frank Prowse 1947 round 19, 1947 1 0
673 George Caris 1948–1950 round 1, 1948 19 1
674 Kevin Collins 1948–1949 round 1, 1948 12 12
675 Erwin Dornau 1948–1952 round 1, 1948 54 8
676 Arthur Fox, Jr. 1948–1950 round 1, 1948 39 14
677 Jack Garrick 1948–1955 round 1, 1948 117 22
678 Reg Harley 1948–1952 round 1, 1948 61 12
679 Vic Hill 1948–1949 round 1, 1948 20 8
680 Stan Bulpit 1948–1950 round 4, 1948 12 8
681 Tom Ryan 1948–1952 round 5, 1948 61 3
682 George Kennedy 1948 round 6, 1948 5 5
683 Jack Eichhorn 1948–1954 round 9, 1948 50 29
684 Harry Simpson 1948–1950 round 13, 1948 16 3
685 Frank Stephens 1948 round 13, 1948 3 3
686 Les Jarry 1948–1949 round 16, 1948 21 10
687 Allan Miller 1948–1951 round 17, 1948 36 48
688 Chester Read 1948–1950 round 19, 1948 16 4
689 Arthur Richardson 1949 round 1, 1949 5 1
690 Dick Jones 1949, 1951 round 2, 1949 19 28
691 Jack Bruce 1949 round 4, 1949 5 2
692 Jim Gull 1949–1950 round 7, 1949 21 20
693 Ron Paez 1949–1953 round 9, 1949 52 51
694 Jim Taylor 1949–1954, 1956–1961 round 13, 1949 153 35
695 Fred Simms 1949–1950 round 17, 1949 4 0
696 Syd Davis 1949–1950 round 19, 1949 4 0

1950s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
697 Bob Giles 1950, 1952–1955 round 1, 1950 67 2
698 Gordon Lane 1950–1952 round 1, 1950 47 94
699 Mick Sibun 1950–1956 round 1, 1950 111 88
700 Don Scott 1950–1954 round 3, 1950 83 58
701 Kevin Hilet 1950–1954 round 5, 1950 65 1
702 Ernie Collihole 1950–1951 round 10, 1950 17 0
703 Brian McDonald 1950–1951 round 10, 1950 11 6
704 Urban Duniam 1950 round 13, 1950 1 0
705 Bob Trainer 1950 round 13, 1950 3 3
706 Frank Palmer 1950 round 14, 1950 2 1
707 Reg Goodes 1950 round 18, 1950 1 0
708 Noel Rohleder 1950 round 18, 1950 1 1
709 Ian Gillett 1951–1958 round 1, 1951 135 112
710 Fred Goldsmith 1951–1959 round 1, 1951 119 107
711 Eddie Lane 1951–1956 round 1, 1951 96 130
712 Bruce Murray 1951–1954 round 1, 1951 44 6
713 Llew Owens 1951 round 1, 1951 2 1
714 Ron Walker 1951 round 1, 1951 2 0
715 Paddy Deagan 1951–1954 round 2, 1951 48 26
716 Keith McGuinness 1951 round 2, 1951 2 0
717 Harry Moore 1951 round 2, 1951 13 0
718 Jeff Patterson 1951–1952 round 3, 1951 20 2
719 Ron Digney 1951–1953 round 8, 1951 9 2
720 Keith Browning 1951–1954 round 10, 1951 53 4
721 Stan Smith 1951–1954 round 10, 1951 26 0
722 Jim Dorgan 1951–1958 round 13, 1951 102 2
723 Brian Clegg 1951 round 17, 1951 2 0
724 Bill Gunn 1952–1959 round 1, 1952 104 101
725 Marty Lynch 1952 round 1, 1952 8 11
726 Bill Nolan 1952–1955 round 8, 1952 19 14
727 Don Earl 1952–1955 round 9, 1952 15 0
728 Harold Rosewarne 1952–1954 round 16, 1952 12 2
729 Lindsay Green 1952, 1954 round 19, 1952 4 1
730 Roy Cullinan 1953 round 1, 1953 2 0
731 Nick Gelavis 1953–1954 round 1, 1953 15 16
732 Alan McPherson 1953–1954 round 1, 1953 8 12
733 Leo O'Halloran 1953 round 2, 1953 9 11
734 Ray Preston 1953 round 2, 1953 7 0
735 John Svenson 1953, 1957–1959 round 2, 1953 36 16
736 Ritchie Green 1953 round 5, 1953 2 0
737 Gerry McDonald 1953–1956 round 5, 1953 36 0
738 Dave Donaldson 1953–1954 round 7, 1953 6 0
739 Don Keyter 1953–1958 round 8, 1953 86 81
740 Jack Stevens 1953 round 12, 1953 3 1
741 Ron Taylor 1953–1956 round 12, 1953 22 13
742 Pat Hogan 1953–1954 round 15, 1953 10 6
743 Maurie Lyon 1953 round 15, 1953 4 0
744 Frank Summers 1953 round 15, 1953 2 0
745 Bob Atkinson 1953–1955 round 16, 1953 17 3
746 Jack Meagher 1953–1954 round 16, 1953 4 4
747 Don Star 1954–1955 round 1, 1954 20 16
748 Keith Thomas 1954 round 1, 1954 2 0
749 Noel Tyrrell 1954–1955 round 3, 1954 4 0
750 Neville Campbell 1954, 1956–1958 round 4, 1954 17 1
751 Peter Charleston 1954 round 4, 1954 2 0
752 Lewis Leslie 1954–1956 round 4, 1954 22 7
753 Ernie Payne 1954 round 4, 1954 3 1
754 Pat Harrington 1954 round 5, 1954 7 0
755 Ken McCormack 1954–1961 round 5, 1954 108 15
756 John Ledwidge 1954–1958 round 8, 1954 40 11
757 Max Logan 1954–1955 round 8, 1954 13 3
758 Jack Hudson 1954–1959 round 9, 1954 42 1
759 Kevin Hogan 1954–1958 round 11, 1954 63 35
760 Clarrie Lane 1954–1957 round 11, 1954 23 19
761 Trevor Grant 1954–1956 round 15, 1954 11 0
762 Daryl Nelson 1954–1956 round 16, 1954 11 0
763 Des Barry 1955 round 1, 1955 8 0
764 Colin Vance 1955 round 1, 1955 3 5
765 John Woolley 1955, 1960–1962 round 1, 1955 25 0
766 John Trethowan 1955–1962 round 3, 1955 81 13
767 Bob Pratt, Jr. 1955–1958 round 4, 1955 35 35
768 John Ferguson 1955–1957 round 5, 1955 25 4
769 Frank Primmer 1955–1957 round 6, 1955 25 7
770 Hugh McLaughlin, Jr. 1955–1964 round 8, 1955 116 5
771 Ray Reed 1955–1956 round 9, 1955 10 1
772 Neil McNeill 1955–1956 round 11, 1955 11 1
773 Brian McGowan 1955, 1957–1963 round 13, 1955 118 171
774 Gerald Crough 1956–1962 round 1, 1956 56 4
775 Ellis Hicks 1956 round 1, 1956 5 1
776 Don Matthews 1956–1958 round 1, 1956 31 20
777 Ian Monks 1956–1957 round 1, 1956 14 7
778 Marshall Younger 1956–1958, 1960–1961 round 1, 1956 41 9
779 John Elder 1956–1957 round 3, 1956 17 0
780 Bob Skilton 1956–1968, 1970–1971 round 5, 1956 237 412
781 Barry Evans 1956 round 8, 1956 3 1
782 Stan Biggs 1956 round 9, 1956 2 0
783 Max Oaten 1956–1962 round 9, 1956 80 133
784 Gerald Tagliabue 1956–1959 round 9, 1956 32 6
785 Peter Ryan 1956–1957 round 11, 1956 7 0
786 Bernie Jeffrey 1956 round 13, 1956 4 7
787 Neil Melesso 1956 round 13, 1956 3 0
788 Ken Seymour 1956–1957 round 13, 1956 8 5
789 Jimmy Cairns 1957 round 1, 1957 1 0
790 Colin Colquhoun 1957 round 1, 1957 6 0
791 Stan O'Neill 1957 round 1, 1957 11 4
792 Percy Appleyard 1957, 1960 round 3, 1957 10 8
793 Bill Power 1957–1961 round 5, 1957 51 27
794 Ken Boyd 1957–1961 round 6, 1957 60 37
795 Brian Faulkhead 1957 round 7, 1957 1 0
796 Ern Trickey 1957 round 8, 1957 4 4
797 Jack Hamilton 1957–1958 round 10, 1957 16 0
798 John Kelton 1957–1960 round 10, 1957 21 4
799 Alan Knight 1957 round 10, 1957 3 0
800 Fred Harris 1957–1959 round 13, 1957 19 0
801 Jeff Kiteley 1957–1961 round 14, 1957 39 2
802 Alan Dawson 1958 round 2, 1958 2 0
803 Mal Smith 1958 round 2, 1958 5 6
804 Gerald Brennan 1958, 1960 round 3, 1958 7 3
805 Frank Hogan 1958–1959 round 3, 1958 12 6
806 Terry Lewis 1958 round 4, 1958 3 0
807 Don Thompson 1958 round 5, 1958 1 0
808 John Heriot 1958–1968 round 9, 1958 153 39
809 Ron Stockman 1958–1959, 1961 round 9, 1958 23 0
810 Ian Tampion 1958–1960 round 10, 1958 16 1
811 Noel Rayson 1958–1959 round 13, 1958 12 18
812 Terry Brain, Jr. 1958, 1960–1961 round 18, 1958 7 4
813 Paul Briglia 1959–1961 round 1, 1959 16 14
814 Cliff Deacon 1959–1963 round 1, 1959 33 1
815 Ray Landorf 1959–1960 round 1, 1959 19 0
816 Bill McGrath 1959 round 1, 1959 15 18
817 Norm McKenzie 1959–1962 round 1, 1959 36 5
818 Bob Marshall 1959 round 4, 1959 8 0
819 Dick Burke 1959–1963 round 5, 1959 55 33
820 Bob Munn 1959–1963 round 5, 1959 41 29
821 Laurie Sharp 1959 round 7, 1959 11 5
822 Hedley Wills 1959 round 7, 1959 3 3
823 Ray Broadway 1959 round 11, 1959 3 0
824 Bill Fallon 1959 round 13, 1959 3 0
825 Greg Taube 1959–1960 round 13, 1959 5 1
826 Peter Rice 1959–1962 round 16, 1959 39 6

1960s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
827 Ken Barrett 1960 round 1, 1960 2 0
828 Brian Chisholm 1960 round 1, 1960 12 1
829 Frank Johnson 1960–1964 round 1, 1960 64 38
830 Ron Porta 1960–1961 round 1, 1960 21 0
831 Brian Bennett 1960–1962 round 3, 1960 40 26
832 Alby Dunn 1960–1962, 1966 round 5, 1960 31 12
833 Fred Hepner 1960 round 5, 1960 3 0
834 Henry Gunstone 1960–1962 round 11, 1960 13 4
835 Bob Chisholm 1960–1962 round 16, 1960 22 20
836 John Carlile 1961 round 3, 1961 4 0
837 Barry Hannon 1961 round 3, 1961 2 0
838 Neil Lewthwaite 1961 round 3, 1961 9 0
839 Brian Tomlinson 1961–1962 round 5, 1961 15 0
840 Bob Kingston 1961–1967 round 6, 1961 91 102
841 Clem Goonan 1961–1964 round 8, 1961 50 2
842 Bill Hopkins 1961–1962 round 9, 1961 5 0
843 Allan Hotchkin 1961–1963 round 11, 1961 14 0
844 Ron Rolfe 1961 round 11, 1961 8 4
845 Otto Sonnleitner 1961 round 16, 1961 3 1
846 Peter Brain 1961 round 18, 1961 1 0
847 Morrie Elliott 1961 round 18, 1961 1 0
848 Harry Alexander 1962–1964 round 1, 1962 29 3
849 Ken Colvin 1962–1965 round 1, 1962 55 6
850 Neville Forge 1962 round 1, 1962 2 0
851 Geoff Heyme 1962–1963 round 1, 1962 10 0
852 Darryl Howland 1962–1963 round 1, 1962 9 1
853 Kevin Mithen 1962 round 1, 1962 4 1
854 Jim Pumphrey 1962 round 2, 1962 7 2
855 Pat Trethowan 1962–1964 round 2, 1962 30 3
856 Peter Dolling 1962–1963 round 3, 1962 23 9
857 John Fogarty 1962–1963 round 4, 1962 6 0
858 Stuart Magee 1962–1968 round 5, 1962 84 72
859 Elkin Reilly 1962–1966 round 5, 1962 51 2
860 Russell Tulloch 1962 round 5, 1962 4 1
861 Tom Hynes 1962–1964 round 6, 1962 14 1
862 Alan Self 1962–1966 round 9, 1962 24 12
863 John Plumridge 1962–1963 round 10, 1962 12 0
864 Terry McGee 1962–1963 round 12, 1962 16 2
865 Trevor Castlehow 1962 round 13, 1962 5 0
866 Gordon Dann 1962 round 16, 1962 2 0
867 Bob Porter 1962–1964 round 16, 1962 21 12
868 Des Bethke 1963–1968 round 1, 1963 56 43
869 Paul Harrison 1963–1970 round 1, 1963 119 27
870 John Rantall 1963–1972, 1976–1979 round 1, 1963 260 8
871 Fred Rees 1963 round 2, 1963 1 0
872 Bob Strachan 1963–1965 round 2, 1963 7 0
873 Gary Johnston 1963–1964 round 3, 1963 27 1
874 Bill Ross 1963–1964 round 3, 1963 20 4
875 Trevor Somerville 1963–1967 round 3, 1963 49 4
876 Ken Phillips 1963–1964, 1966–1969 round 4, 1963 60 28
877 Eric White 1963–1965 round 5, 1963 21 7
878 Jim Fuller 1963 round 10, 1963 1 0
879 Kevin Batch 1963–1966 round 15, 1963 16 0
880 Ron Cotton 1963 round 15, 1963 4 0
881 Pat Bowd 1964 round 1, 1964 7 0
882 Ray Dawson 1964 round 1, 1964 4 0
883 Charlie Evans 1964 round 1, 1964 8 0
884 Graeme John 1964–1969 round 1, 1964 77 97
885 Max Papley 1964–1967 round 1, 1964 59 66
886 Fred Way 1964, 1966, 1969–1971 round 1, 1964 81 14
887 Ken Wharton 1964 round 1, 1964 4 2
888 Ted Collings 1964 round 2, 1964 1 0
889 Keith Baskin 1964, 1967–1973 round 3, 1964 75 78
890 Reg Edwards 1964 round 4, 1964 1 1
891 Jeff Bray 1964–1966 round 5, 1964 34 2
892 Les Heywood 1964 round 5, 1964 5 0
893 Eddie Melai 1964 round 6, 1964 7 2
894 Terry Tate 1964–1965 round 6, 1964 9 8
895 Glen Parker 1964–1966 round 7, 1964 32 5
896 Ray Nilsson 1964–1965 round 9, 1964 21 10
897 Herb Matthews, Jr. 1964–1969 round 11, 1964 82 22
898 Kevin Parker 1964–1966 round 12, 1964 20 0
899 Ken Barnes 1964–1967 round 15, 1964 15 2
900 Don Stanley 1964 round 15, 1964 4 0
901 Ian Randle 1964 round 16, 1964 1 1
902 John Long 1965–1966 round 1, 1965 7 4
903 Noel Orange 1965–1966 round 1, 1965 24 3
904 Kevin Dore 1965–1966 round 2, 1965 6 0
905 Ray Lucev 1965–1966 round 3, 1965 30 14
906 Ron Tenabel 1965–1967 round 3, 1965 17 0
907 Gary Williamson 1965 round 5, 1965 8 3
908 Brian Parker 1965 round 6, 1965 1 0
909 Geoff Davey 1965–1966 round 7, 1965 14 2
910 Ian Davison 1965–1969 round 8, 1965 55 29
911 Paul Higgins 1965 round 10, 1965 2 1
912 Haydn McAuliffe 1965–1973 round 11, 1965 105 104
913 Eric Sarich 1965–1968, 1971 round 13, 1965 62 38
914 Kevin Pedrotti 1965–1968 round 17, 1965 17 0
915 Austin Robertson, Jr. 1966 round 1, 1966 18 60
916 John Sudholz 1966–1971 round 1, 1966 86 176
917 Greg Lambert 1966–1979 round 2, 1966 167 22
918 Eric Wilson 1966–1967 round 5, 1966 7 0
919 Clive Pasquill 1966–1967 round 7, 1966 9 0
920 Russell Cook 1966–1975 round 8, 1966 164 54
921 Doug Priest 1966–1969 round 11, 1966 26 0
922 Tony Haenen 1966–1971 round 18, 1966 93 27
923 Jack Greenwood 1967–1968 round 1, 1967 22 0
924 Stuart Bennett 1967–1970 round 2, 1967 53 25
925 Robert Hando 1967 round 2, 1967 2 0
926 Paul Kennelly 1967 round 2, 1967 1 0
927 Mick Mulligan 1967–1968 round 2, 1967 13 20
928 Kevin Roche 1967 round 3, 1967 6 0
929 Doug Magor 1967 round 7, 1967 7 0
930 Jeff McGee 1967–1968 round 7, 1967 7 7
931 Bob Mallett 1967–1968 round 8, 1967 7 1
932 Wayne Morris 1967 round 10, 1967 5 0
933 Rod Williams 1967–1968 round 11, 1967 3 1
934 Dick Wilcox 1967–1968 round 13, 1967 14 2
935 Graeme Bradly 1967 round 16, 1967 2 1
936 Wennie Van Lint 1967 round 16, 1967 2 0
937 Ian Price 1967 round 18, 1967 1 0
938 Neil Busse 1968–1969 round 1, 1968 18 2
939 Graeme Jacobs 1968–1970 round 1, 1968 57 35
940 Terry Leahy 1968–1970 round 1, 1968 39 9
941 Bruce Reid 1968–1969 round 1, 1968 5 0
942 Ron Viney 1968 round 1, 1968 5 3
943 Peter Bedford 1968–1976 round 2, 1968 178 325
944 Richard Luke 1968–1970 round 4, 1968 39 16
945 John Luscombe 1968 round 5, 1968 1 0
946 Ross Elwin 1968, 1970 round 8, 1968 10 6
947 Ray Anderson 1968–1969 round 13, 1968 9 2
948 Don Brookes 1968 round 13, 1968 6 0
949 Rod Mohr 1968–1969 round 13, 1968 7 1
950 Peter McCracken 1968–1972 round 19, 1968 17 1
951 Graham Brandt 1969, 1971 round 1, 1969 13 2
952 Arthur Budd 1969 round 1, 1969 7 2
953 Rob Dowsing 1969 round 1, 1969 4 6
954 Wayne Walsh 1969–1972 round 1, 1969 63 5
955 John Coghlan 1969 round 3, 1969 2 1
956 Sid Catlin 1969–1970 round 4, 1969 15 14
957 Robert Doyle 1969–1975 round 4, 1969 77 36
958 Graham Page 1969 round 4, 1969 1 0
959 John Pitura 1969–1974 round 4, 1969 99 71
960 Bob Svorinich 1969, 1971 round 6, 1969 8 7
961 Steven Hoffman 1969–1978 round 7, 1969 149 187
962 Ken Luscombe 1969 round 7, 1969 7 0
963 Ron Wetzel 1969–1970 round 9, 1969 18 1
964 David McLeish 1969–1980 round 12, 1969 213 22
965 Alan Richardson 1969–1970 round 13, 1969 7 9
966 Reuben Cooper 1969 round 15, 1969 2 0
967 Gary Williams 1969–1970 round 19, 1969 6 6
968 John Hartree 1969 round 20, 1969 1 1

1970s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
969 Gary Brice 1970–1979 round 1, 1970 171 101
970 Shane McKew 1970–1973 round 1, 1970 33 7
971 John Murphy 1970–1973 round 1, 1970 58 21
972 Ricky Quade 1970–1980 round 1, 1970 164 110
973 Jim Wilkinson 1970–1972 round 1, 1970 15 1
974 Reg Gleeson 1970–1976 round 2, 1970 128 11
975 Mick Pavone 1970–1971 round 2, 1970 10 9
976 Neville Miller 1970–1972 round 11, 1970 28 24
977 Bruce Davis 1970–1973 round 22, 1970 36 15
978 Ernie Hug 1971 round 1, 1971 15 0
979 Jim Prentice 1971–1974 round 1, 1971 58 44
980 Peter Brown 1971–1976 round 2, 1971 77 9
981 Jim Haines 1971–1972 round 2, 1971 19 2
982 Russell McHenry 1971–1972 round 2, 1971 17 14
983 Ron Page 1971 round 2, 1971 3 1
984 Robert Grima 1971–1972, 1974 round 3, 1971 12 16
985 Graham Hocking 1971 round 5, 1971 1 0
986 Ray Ball 1971–1974 round 6, 1971 43 0
987 Stephen Officer 1971–1972, 1975 round 9, 1971 24 5
988 Trevor Carrodus 1971–1972 round 11, 1971 3 3
989 Garry Robertson 1971–1972 round 11, 1971 9 0
990 Robert Hay 1971–1972 round 14, 1971 14 1
991 Dennis Matthews 1971 round 14, 1971 1 0
992 Bob Bell 1971–1972, 1974 round 16, 1971 13 0
993 Duncan MacGregor 1971 round 17, 1971 1 0
994 David Droscher 1971 round 18, 1971 2 2
995 John Payne 1971 round 20, 1971 1 0
996 Norm Goss, Jr. 1972–1977 round 1, 1972 121 161
997 Lance Morton 1972 round 3, 1972 12 23
998 Eric Moore 1972–1973 round 6, 1972 18 28
999 Robert Stibbard 1972–1974 round 8, 1972 14 2
1000 George Lakes 1972 round 12, 1972 6 2
1001 Mick Plant 1972 round 15, 1972 4 1
1002 Wayne Ewin 1972–1973, 1975 round 16, 1972 17 3
1003 Peter Kerr 1972 round 16, 1972 1 0
1004 Max Robertson 1972, 1974–1977 round 16, 1972 70 1
1005 Stewart Gull 1972–1978 round 18, 1972 87 151
1006 Brian Woodman 1972–1978 round 18, 1972 104 46
1007 Graham Dempster 1972–1979 round 19, 1972 64 24
1008 Greg Miller 1972–1976 round 19, 1972 52 0
1009 Michael Norris 1972–1974 round 20, 1972 10 4
1010 Vic Aanensen 1973–1976 round 1, 1973 40 30
1011 Barry Beecroft 1973–1977, 1982 round 1, 1973 71 10
1012 Ian Thomson 1973–1976 round 1, 1973 74 61
1013 Geoff Craighead 1973 round 2, 1973 7 0
1014 Neville Stibbard 1973–1975 round 5, 1973 23 22
1015 Ted Obudzinski 1973 round 8, 1973 2 0
1016 Russ Hodges 1973–1977 round 11, 1973 38 10
1017 Gary Harley 1973 round 13, 1973 2 0
1018 Graeme Wilson 1974–1976 round 1, 1974 14 14
1019 Tony Franklin 1974–1975 round 3, 1974 32 11
1020 Alf Beus 1974–1975 round 11, 1974 6 0
1021 Garry Cowmeadow 1975 round 1, 1975 3 0
1022 Alan Brand 1975 round 3, 1975 2 0
1023 Mark Browning 1975–1987 round 4, 1975 251 138
1024 John Dean 1975 round 4, 1975 4 0
1025 Denis Pagan 1975–1976 round 4, 1975 23 0
1026 Garry Scott 1975 round 4, 1975 6 7
1027 Stephen Russ 1975–1976 round 5, 1975 8 1
1028 Phil Carlton 1975 round 7, 1975 10 2
1029 Francis Jackson 1975–1981, 1983 round 8, 1975 100 9
1030 Brian Roberts 1975 round 8, 1975 15 2
1031 Graham Teasdale 1975–1981 round 8, 1975 121 138
1032 John Blair 1975–1978 round 10, 1975 27 31
1033 Michael Stilo 1975–1976 round 12, 1975 12 4
1034 Colin Hounsell 1975–1979, 1981–1985 round 14, 1975 122 98
1035 Rod Coelli 1975 round 17, 1975 3 0
1036 Terry O'Neill 1975–1980 round 19, 1975 73 14
1037 Syd Anderson 1976 round 1, 1976 4 0
1038 Robert Dean 1976–1980 round 1, 1976 66 81
1039 Chris Elliott 1976–1977 round 1, 1976 8 1
1040 Peter Morrison 1976–1981 round 1, 1976 90 95
1041 Barry Round 1976–1985 round 1, 1976 193 157
1042 Barry Goodingham 1976–1977 round 2, 1976 30 12
1043 Terry Daniher 1976–1977 round 8, 1976 19 22
1044 Peter Carter 1977–1980 round 1, 1977 10 2
1045 Wayne Evans 1977 round 1, 1977 11 7
1046 Shane Zantuck 1977–1980 round 1, 1977 56 36
1047 Paul Morwood 1977–1982, 1986 round 2, 1977 95 65
1048 David Young 1977–1979 round 4, 1977 44 40
1049 Ray Jamieson 1977–1978 round 9, 1977 5 5
1050 Andy Demetriou 1977 round 10, 1977 1 0
1051 Michael Smith 1977–1981 round 10, 1977 32 43
1052 John Scarlett 1977–1978 round 11, 1977 29 2
1053 Bernie Evans 1978–1985 round 1, 1978 148 212
1054 Neville Fields 1978–1981 round 1, 1978 60 55
1055 Max James 1978–1982 round 1, 1978 54 57
1056 Graham Fox 1978 round 2, 1978 3 2
1057 Tony Morwood 1978–1989 round 2, 1978 229 397
1058 Michael Wright 1978–1980 round 3, 1978 40 14
1059 John Murphy 1978–1979 round 5, 1978 23 40
1060 Phillip Plumb 1978–1981 round 13, 1978 9 1
1061 Peter Hall 1978–1979 round 19, 1978 5 0
1062 Russell Campbell 1978, 1980 round 22, 1978 4 3
1063 Daryl Cumming 1979 round 1, 1979 10 4
1064 Len Thompson 1979 round 1, 1979 20 39
1065 Jon Hummel 1979 round 4, 1979 14 20x
1066 Stephen Wright 1979–1992 round 8, 1979 246 247
1067 Mark Fraser 1979–1981 round 9, 1979 20 1
1068 Robert Lamb 1979 round 9, 1979 7 10
1069 David Ackerly 1979–1985 round 10, 1979 138 12
1070 Max Kruse 1979–1985 round 13, 1979 88 32
1071 Ian Roberts 1979–1991 round 13, 1979 157 33
1072 Garry Williams 1979 round 13, 1979 3 0
1073 Wayne Carroll 1979–1985 round 15, 1979 56 57
1074 Doug Koop 1979–1981 round 18, 1979 15 15
1075 Dale Murphy 1979–1980 round 18, 1979 12 0
1076 Howard Tarpey 1979 round 22, 1979 1 0

1980s

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Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1077 Kevin Goss 1980–1981 round 1, 1980 24 6
1078 Victor Hugo 1980 round 1, 1980 2 0
1079 Noel Jenkinson 1980–1981 round 1, 1980 6 0
1080 Robbie McGhie 1980–1981 round 1, 1980 16 1
1081 John Roberts 1980–1982 round 1, 1980 50 135
1082 Rod Carter 1980–1990 round 4, 1980 217 1
1083 Greg Smith 1980–1984 round 5, 1980 96 64
1084 David Rhys-Jones 1980–1984 round 6, 1980 76 39
1085 Paul Callery 1980 round 9, 1980 1 0
1086 Stephen Eather 1980–1981 round 11, 1980 5 0
1087 Doug Green 1980 round 14, 1980 6 0
1088 Michael Oaten 1980–1982 round 14, 1980 6 8
1089 Kevin Taylor 1981 round 1, 1981 14 24
1090 Brett Scott 1981–1987, 1989 round 2, 1981 59 44
1091 Silvio Foschini 1981–1982 round 3, 1981 38 79
1092 Gary Cowton 1981 round 4, 1981 8 0
1093 Anthony Daniher 1981–1986 round 5, 1981 115 62
1094 Stephen Allender 1981–1983 round 6, 1981 28 28
1095 Maurice Boyse 1981, 1983 round 7, 1981 16 16
1096 Dennis Carroll 1981–1993 round 8, 1981 219 117
1097 Phillip Moir 1981 round 11, 1981 3 3
1098 Shane Morwood 1981–1982 round 14, 1981 17 13
1099 Mark Whitzell 1981, 1983–1986 round 14, 1981 12 0
1100 David Winbanks 1981–1983 round 15, 1981 15 2
1101 Bernie Conlen 1981 round 21, 1981 2 0
1102 Peter Melesso 1981 round 22, 1981 1 0
South Melbourne relocated to Sydney in 1982
Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1103 Craig Braddy 1982–1985 round 7, 1982 56 83
1104 Gerard Neesham 1982 round 7, 1982 9 1
1105 Trevor Mustey 1982–1983 round 11, 1982 2 0
1106 Steven Taubert 1982–1984 round 11, 1982 44 26
1107 Jack Lucas 1982–1984 round 13, 1982 19 6
1108 John Reid 1982–1983 round 16, 1982 10 2
1109 Daryl Vernon 1983–1984 round 1, 1983 8 2
1110 Terry Thripp 1983–1984, 1987–1992 round 2, 1983 78 43
1111 Garry Baker 1983 round 3, 1983 6 5
1112 Vin Catoggio 1983 round 4, 1983 8 9
1113 Gary Frangalas 1983–1985 round 4, 1983 51 30
1114 Darryl Sutton 1983 round 8, 1983 14 25
1115 David Stirling 1983 round 11, 1983 7 5
1116 Warwick Capper 1983–1987, 1991 round 14, 1983 90 317
1117 Steven Hedley 1983 round 14, 1983 1 1
1118 Darryl Henderson 1983 round 17, 1983 3 0
1119 Stephen McBroom 1983–1984 round 20, 1983 6 2
1120 Mark Wall 1983 round 21, 1983 1 0
1121 Peter Maloni 1983 round 22, 1983 1 0
1122 Arthur Chilcott 1984–1985 round 1, 1984 13 14
1123 Paul Hawke 1984–1987, 1991 round 1, 1984 73 72
1124 Craig Holden 1984–1988 round 1, 1984 80 22
1125 Billy Picken 1984–1985 round 1, 1984 28 0
1126 Michael Davis 1984 round 9, 1984 1 1
1127 Pat Foy 1984 round 11, 1984 7 1
1128 Tony Hughes 1984–1985 round 11, 1984 6 2
1129 David Murphy 1984–1993 round 14, 1984 156 92
1130 Barry Mitchell 1984–1992 round 16, 1984 170 214
1131 Jamie Siddons 1984 round 17, 1984 2 1
1132 Craig Potter 1984, 1987–1990 round 20, 1984 42 16
1133 Jamie Duursma 1985–1986 round 1, 1985 25 4
1134 John Ironmonger 1985–1987 round 1, 1985 45 1
1135 Darren McAsey 1985–1986, 1988–1991 round 1, 1985 34 23
1136 Mark Russell 1985 round 1, 1985 14 13
1137 Andrew Smith 1985 round 1, 1985 4 1
1138 Mark Bayes 1985–1998 round 2, 1985 246 174
1139 Malcolm Scott 1985 round 2, 1985 1 1
1140 Hilton Kotzur 1985 round 3, 1985 1 0
1141 Rob Prosser 1985 round 8, 1985 2 1
1142 Mark Roberts 1985–1986 round 10, 1985 18 5
1143 Rudy Yonson 1985 round 15, 1985 3 3
1144 Robert Saggers 1985 round 17, 1985 2 2
1145 John Favier 1985 round 18, 1985 2 0
1146 Lindsay Sneddon 1985 round 19, 1985 2 0
1147 Anthony Sinclair 1985 round 20, 1985 2 1
1148 David Bolton 1986–1991 round 1, 1986 95 46
1149 Jim Edmond 1986 round 1, 1986 17 19
1150 Gerard Healy 1986–1990 round 1, 1986 81 87
1151 Merv Neagle 1986–1990 round 1, 1986 56 19
1152 Bernard Toohey 1986–1991 round 1, 1986 129 76
1153 Greg Williams 1986–1991 round 1, 1986 107 118
1154 Glenn Coleman 1986–1989 round 2, 1986 61 57
1155 Tony Smith 1986–1988 round 17, 1986 17 1
1156 Grant Bartholomaeus 1986–1987 round 21, 1986 4 0
1157 Robert Caprioli 1986 round 21, 1986 1 0
1158 Graham Jones 1986 round 21, 1986 1 0
1159 Wayne Henwood 1987–1991 round 1, 1987 78 45
1160 Neil Cordy 1987–1993 round 4, 1987 96 4
1161 Graeme Cordy 1987–1989 round 7, 1987 21 6
1162 Matt Lloyd 1987–1991 round 7, 1987 22 5
1163 Michael Phyland 1987–1990 round 10, 1987 22 6
1164 Peter Quirk 1987 round 12, 1987 7 1
1165 Michael Byrne 1987–1989 round 13, 1987 21 12
1166 Leon Higgins 1987–1995 round 21, 1987 121 80
1167 John Brinkkotter 1988–1989 round 1, 1987 5 1
1168 Craig Davis 1988 round 1, 1988 9 17
1169 Michael Lockman 1988 round 1, 1988 11 1
1170 David Cordner 1988 round 2, 1988 5 6
1171 Michael Parsons 1988–1990 round 2, 1988 25 14
1172 Jim Silvestro 1988 round 3, 1988 8 7
1173 Adrian Battiston 1988–1989 round 6, 1988 9 3
1174 David Brown 1988–1990 round 6, 1988 12 18
1175 Mark Kellett 1988–1990 round 12, 1988 37 1
1176 David Willis 1988–1991 round 15, 1988 25 3
1177 Mark Eustice 1988–1991 round 17, 1988 46 9
1178 Paul Holdsworth 1989 round 3, 1989 6 3
1179 Robert Teal 1989–1990 round 3, 1989 18 18
1180 Sanford Wheeler 1989–1994 round 6, 1989 43 7
1181 Darren Ogier 1989 round 9, 1989 8 16
1182 Tim Barling 1989–1990 round 17, 1989 13 2
1183 Glenn Page 1989–1991 round 22, 1989 18 3

1990s

[edit]
Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1184 Shane Fell 1990 round 1, 1990 15 30
1185 Paul Kelly 1990–2002 round 1, 1990 234 200
1186 Brad Tunbridge 1990–1993 round 1, 1990 50 17
1187 Jim West 1990–1992 round 1, 1990 37 54
1188 Michael Kennedy 1990 round 3, 1990 15 3
1189 Matthew Ryan 1990 round 3, 1990 10 8
1190 Dion Scott 1990, 1992 round 4, 1990 6 0
1191 Robert Kerr 1990–1991 round 6, 1990 10 2
1192 Gareth John 1990–1993 round 10, 1990 21 3
1193 Brett Page 1990 round 11, 1990 1 0
1194 David Wittey 1990 round 11, 1990 1 0
1195 Troy Luff 1990–2001 round 12, 1990 155 85
1196 Paul Starbuck 1990 round 12, 1990 1 0
1197 Dale Lewis 1990–2001 round 15, 1990 182 186
1198 Darren Denneman 1990 round 18, 1990 3 0
1199 Craig Nettelbeck 1990–1994 round 18, 1990 45 27
1200 Chris O'Dwyer 1990–1991 round 18, 1990 8 1
1201 Mark Athorn 1991 round 2, 1991 15 7
1202 Warren McKenzie 1991–1992 round 2, 1991 21 13
1203 Jason Love 1991–1992 round 3, 1991 23 54
1204 Brian Stanislaus 1991 round 3, 1991 1 0
1205 Ben Doolan 1991–1992 round 7, 1991 25 4
1206 Jamie Lawson 1991–1994 round 7, 1991 61 29
1207 Darren Holmes 1991–1994 round 10, 1991 42 6
1208 Justin Clarkson 1991 round 12, 1991 3 0
1209 Neil Brunton 1991–1995 round 22, 1991 71 10
1210 Darren Kappler 1992–1995 round 2, 1992 59 74
1211 Andrew McGovern 1992–1993 round 2, 1992 20 7
1212 Simon Minton-Connell 1992–1994 round 2, 1992 46 169
1213 David Strooper 1992–1993 round 2, 1992 32 58
1214 Andrew Dunkley 1992–2002 round 4, 1992 217 11
1215 Troy Gray 1992–1996 round 6, 1992 51 24
1216 Allan McKellar 1992 round 6, 1992 2 0
1217 Gavin Rose 1992–1996 round 7, 1992 55 4
1218 Alan Thorpe 1992 round 7, 1992 3 5
1219 Gary Stevens 1992–1993 round 10, 1992 5 1
1220 Damien Angove 1992 round 15, 1992 4 0
1221 Jason Mooney 1992–1998 round 16, 1992 97 51
1222 Stuart Wigney 1992 round 16, 1992 1 0
1223 Daryn Cresswell 1992–2003 round 17, 1992 244 208
1224 Paul Atkins 1992 round 23, 1992 2 0
1225 Robert Neill 1992–1994 round 23, 1992 21 9
1226 Paul Bryce 1993 round 2, 1993 17 14
1227 Ed Considine 1993–1995 round 2, 1993 28 6
1228 Jayson Daniels 1993–1995 round 2, 1993 58 4
1229 John Hutton 1993 round 2, 1993 5 9
1230 Nathon Irvin 1993 round 2, 1993 1 0
1231 Tony Malakellis 1993 round 2, 1993 5 3
1232 Dean McRae 1993–1996 round 2, 1993 60 30
1233 Richard Osborne 1993 round 2, 1993 16 39
1234 Scott Watters 1993–1994 round 2, 1993 37 11
1235 Michael Werner 1993–1994 round 2, 1993 20 20
1236 Greg Stafford 1993–2001 round 4, 1993 130 58
1237 Tony Begovich 1993 round 6, 1993 5 0
1238 Andrew Thomson 1993 round 8, 1993 2 1
1239 Scott Direen 1993–1997 round 9, 1993 52 10
1240 Richard Ambrose 1993 round 11, 1993 3 1
1241 Aldo Dipetta 1993 round 15, 1993 2 0
1242 Gavin McMahon 1993–1994 round 21, 1993 5 0
1243 Matthew Ahmat 1994 round 1, 1994 2 0
1244 Peter Caven 1994–1995 round 1, 1994 18 4
1245 Peter Filandia 1994, 1996–2000 round 1, 1994 70 38
1246 Damian Lang 1994 round 1, 1994 5 4
1247 Brad Seymour 1994–2003 round 1, 1994 133 12
1248 Darren Gaspar 1994–1995 round 3, 1994 21 1
1249 Mark Hepburn 1994 round 3, 1994 7 3
1250 Wade Chapman 1994–1999 round 4, 1994 51 19
1251 Derek Kickett 1994–1996 round 5, 1994 63 73
1252 Shayne Smith 1994 round 8, 1994 4 1
1253 Dermott Brereton 1994 round 9, 1994 7 7
1254 Daniel McPherson 1994–2003 round 13, 1994 111 36
1255 Adam Heuskes 1994–1996 round 14, 1994 49 6
1256 Simon Garlick 1994–1997 round 15, 1994 44 27
1257 Shannon Grant 1995–1997 round 1, 1995 58 38
1258 Tony Lockett 1995–1999, 2002 round 1, 1995 98 462
1259 Paul Roos 1995–1998 round 1, 1995 87 19
1260 Justin Crawford 1995–1996 round 3, 1995 17 11
1261 Tim Scott 1995 round 4, 1995 1 0
1262 Michael O'Loughlin 1995–2009 round 5, 1995 303 521
1263 Anthony Rocca 1995–1996 round 8, 1995 22 11
1264 Simon Arnott 1995–1998 round 10, 1995 30 15
1265 Dion Myles 1995–1997 round 18, 1995 8 1
1266 Leo Barry 1995–2009 round 22, 1995 237 56
1267 Kevin Dyson 1996–1997 round 1, 1996 35 3
1268 Stuart Maxfield 1996–2005 round 1, 1996 200 87
1269 Craig O'Brien 1996–2000 round 1, 1996 41 59
1270 Matthew Nicks 1996–2005 round 3, 1996 175 125
1271 Stefan Carey 1996–1999 round 6, 1996 45 22
1272 Clinton King 1996–1997 round 12, 1996 9 4
1273 Shannon Corcoran 1997 round 1, 1997 2 0
1274 Paul Licuria 1997–1998 round 1, 1997 10 2
1275 Mark Orchard 1997–1998 round 1, 1997 41 5
1276 Ben Wilson 1997 round 1, 1997 4 0
1277 Troy Cook 1997–1999 round 3, 1997 43 11
1278 John Stevens 1997–2001 round 3, 1997 78 45
1279 Mark Kinnear 1997–1998 round 6, 1997 6 1
1280 Rowan Warfe 1997–2004 round 6, 1997 84 4
1281 Ben Mathews 1997, 1999–2008 round 16, 1997 198 45
1282 Robert Ahmat 1998–2001 round 1, 1998 42 46
1283 Jason Saddington 1998–2005 round 1, 1998 142 41
1284 Wayne Schwass 1998–2002 round 2, 1998 98 57
1285 Brent Green 1998 round 3, 1998 7 8
1286 Jared Crouch 1998–2009 round 7, 1998 223 51
1287 Brett O'Farrell 1998 round 13, 1998 8 9
1288 Andrew Bomford 1999–2000 round 1, 1999 15 4
1289 Adam Goodes 1999–2015 round 1, 1999 372 464
1290 Ryan O'Connor 1999–2000 round 1, 1999 24 2
1291 Scott Russell 1999 round 1, 1999 16 8
1292 Gerrard Bennett 1999–2002 round 3, 1999 32 11
1293 Simon Feast 1999–2001 round 5, 1999 14 3
1294 Nic Fosdike 1999–2008 round 5, 1999 164 66
1295 Will Sangster 1999 round 7, 1999 2 0
1296 Fred Campbell 1999 round 8, 1999 5 3
1297 Jude Bolton 1999–2013 round 12, 1999 325 196
1298 Heath James 1999, 2001, 2003–2004 round 19, 1999 18 1
1299 Brett Kirk 1999–2010 round 19, 1999 241 96

2000s

[edit]
Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1300 Brett Allison 2000 round 1, 2000 9 9
1301 Jason Ball 2000–2001, 2003–2005 round 1, 2000 90 45
1302 Ryan Fitzgerald 2000 round 1, 2000 10 15
1303 Andrew Schauble 2000–2005 round 1, 2000 88 23
1304 Ryan O'Keefe 2000–2014 round 10, 2000 286 261
1305 Ben Fixter 2000–2002, 2004 round 18, 2000 27 8
1306 Stephen Doyle 2000–2006 round 20, 2000 47 19
1307 Paul Williams 2001–2006 round 1, 2001 117 84
1308 Tadhg Kennelly 2001–2008, 2010–2011 round 1, 2014 197 30
1309 Brent Piltz 2001 round 19, 2001 1 0
1310 Barry Hall 2002–2009 round 1, 2002 162 467
1311 Ricky Mott 2002 round 1, 2002 17 3
1312 Scott Stevens 2002–2003 round 1, 2002 25 17
1313 Nick Daffy 2002 round 2, 2002 1 1
1314 Leigh Brockman 2002 round 3, 2002 10 0
1315 Amon Buchanan 2002, 2004–2009 round 11, 2002 116 57
1316 Luke Ablett 2002–2009 round 13, 2002 133 39
1317 Jarrad Sundqvist 2002–2003 round 21, 2002 9 1
1318 Craig Bolton 2003–2010 round 1, 2003 170 15
1319 Nick Davis 2003–2008 round 1, 2003 97 150
1320 Adam Schneider 2003–2007 round 1, 2003 98 99
1321 James Meiklejohn 2003–2004 round 5, 2003 6 0
1322 Mark Powell 2003–2004 round 6, 2003 8 0
1323 Lewis Roberts-Thomson 2003–2014 round 8, 2003 179 54
1324 Paul Bevan 2004–2011 round 1, 2004 129 39
1325 Jarrad McVeigh 2004–2019 round 1, 2004 300 199
1326 Aaron Rogers 2004 round 6, 2004 2 0
1327 Josh Thewlis 2004 round 13, 2004 2 0
1328 Darren Jolly 2005–2009 round 1, 2005 118 59
1329 Sean Dempster 2005–2007 round 3, 2005 54 8
1330 David Spriggs 2005 round 3, 2005 5 0
1331 Jarred Moore 2005–2011 round 7, 2005 68 52
1332 Luke Vogels 2005–2007 round 7, 2005 17 11
1333 Nick Malceski 2005–2014 round 11, 2005 176 67
1334 Paul Chambers 2006 round 1, 2006 12 0
1335 Ted Richards 2006–2016 round 1, 2006 228 15
1336 Simon Phillips 2006–2007 round 15, 2006 5 2
1337 Heath Grundy 2006–2019 round 16, 2006 237 23
1338 Tim Schmidt 2006–2008 round 17, 2006 17 12
1339 Peter Everitt 2007–2008 round 1, 2007 39 17
1340 Kieren Jack 2007–2019 round 6, 2007 229 154
1341 Matthew Laidlaw 2007 round 13, 2007 1 0
1342 Luke Brennan 2007–2008 round 17, 2007 9 1
1343 Ed Barlow 2007–2010 round 20, 2007 26 18
1344 Craig Bird 2008–2015 round 1, 2008 137 56
1345 Martin Mattner 2008–2013 round 1, 2008 124 26
1346 Nick Smith 2008–2019 round 5, 2008 191 10
1347 Jesse White 2008–2013 round 6, 2008 71 73
1348 Henry Playfair 2008, 2010 round 7, 2008 16 14
1349 Matthew O'Dwyer 2008–2010 round 16, 2008 7 2
1350 Ryan Brabazon 2008–2009 round 18, 2008 3 1
1351 Patrick Veszpremi 2008–2010 round 18, 2008 11 12
1352 Rhyce Shaw 2009–2015 round 1, 2009 143 24
1353 Brett Meredith 2009–2011 round 2, 2009 16 10
1354 Kristin Thornton 2009 round 4, 2009 8 4
1355 Mike Pyke 2009–2015 round 6, 2009 110 48
1356 Dan Hannebery 2009–2018 round 16, 2009 208 95

2010s

[edit]
Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1357 Daniel Bradshaw 2010–2012 round 1, 2010 9 28
1358 Lewis Jetta 2010–2015 round 1, 2010 127 99
1359 Josh Kennedy 2010–2022 round 1, 2010 274 153
1360 Ben McGlynn 2010–2016 round 1, 2010 127 167
1361 Shane Mumford 2010–2013 round 1, 2010 79 36
1362 Mark Seaby 2010–2012 round 1, 2010 18 5
1363 Gary Rohan 2010–2018 round 7, 2010 106 96
1364 Campbell Heath 2010–2012 round 9, 2010 2 0
1365 Trent Dennis-Lane 2010–2012 round 14, 2010 19 30
1366 Sam Reid 2010–2024 round 22, 2010 181 183
1367 Andrejs Everitt 2011–2013 round 1, 2011 43 24
1368 Byron Sumner 2011 round 1, 2011 1 0
1369 Alex Johnson 2011–2018 round 3, 2011 47 1
1370 Nathan Gordon 2011 round 7, 2011 2 1
1371 Luke Parker 2011–2024 round 8, 2011 293 213
1372 Lewis Johnston 2011 round 10, 2011 2 1
1373 Matt Spangher 2011–2012 round 16, 2011 6 8
1374 Harry Cunningham^ 2012– round 1, 2012 219 52
1375 Tony Armstrong 2012–2013 round 4, 2012 15 2
1376 Tommy Walsh 2012–2014 round 8, 2012 5 3
1377 Mitch Morton 2012–2013 round 21, 2012 12 11
1378 Dane Rampe^ 2013– round 1, 2013 272 9
1379 Jed Lamb 2013 round 6, 2013 12 9
1380 Tom Mitchell 2013–2016 round 10, 2013 65 38
1381 Brandon Jack 2013–2017 round 11, 2013 28 16
1382 Kurt Tippett 2013–2017 round 13, 2013 74 137
1383 Xavier Richards 2013–2016 round 14, 2013 12 13
1384 Shane Biggs 2013–2014 round 23, 2013 6 0
1385 Lance Franklin 2014–2023 round 1, 2014 172 486
1386 Jeremy Laidler 2014–2017 round 1, 2014 61 6
1387 Tom Derickx 2014–2016 round 2, 2014 13 6
1388 Jake Lloyd^ 2014– round 5, 2014 271 49
1389 Zak Jones 2014–2019 round 14, 2014 90 23
1390 Dean Towers 2014–2018 round 17, 2014 57 31
1391 Tim Membrey 2014 round 19, 2014 1 0
1392 Sam Naismith 2014–2022 round 23, 2014 30 3
1393 Isaac Heeney^ 2015– round 1, 2015 224 298
1394 Dan Robinson 2015–2018 round 9, 2015 25 6
1395 Toby Nankervis 2015–2016 round 14, 2015 12 3
1396 James Rose 2015–2019 round 21, 2015 14 7
1397 George Hewett 2016–2021 round 1, 2016 120 32
1398 Callum Mills^ 2016– round 1, 2016 174 30
1399 Tom Papley^ 2016– round 1, 2016 196 304
1400 Callum Sinclair 2016–2022 round 1, 2016 89 45
1401 Michael Talia 2016–2017 round 1, 2016 1 0
1402 Aliir Aliir 2016–2020 round 6, 2016 64 5
1403 Jack Hiscox 2016 round 8, 2016 1 0
1404 Harrison Marsh 2016–2018 round 10, 2016 25 0
1405 Jordan Foote 2016–2018 round 18, 2016 6 1
1406 Oliver Florent 2017–2025 round 1, 2017 184 51
1407 Robbie Fox 2017–2025 round 2, 2017 105 15
1408 Will Hayward 2017–2025 round 2, 2017 184 229
1409 Nic Newman 2017–2018 round 2, 2017 31 8
1410 Jordan Dawson 2017–2021 round 3, 2017 64 34
1411 Lewis Melican^ 2017– round 5, 2017 101 2
1412 Ben Ronke 2018–2022 round 6, 2018 43 39
1413 Tom McCartin^ 2018– round 7, 2018 152 31
1414 Ryley Stoddart 2018–2020 round 10, 2018 6 1
1415 Colin O'Riordan 2018–2022 round 17, 2018 33 1
1416 Darcy Cameron 2018–2019 round 18, 2018 1 0
1417 Nick Blakey^ 2019– round 1, 2019 151 49
1418 Ryan Clarke 2019–2023 round 1, 2019 57 13
1419 Jackson Thurlow 2019–2020 round 3, 2019 17 3
1420 Justin McInerney^ 2019– round 4, 2019 109 45
1421 James Rowbottom^ 2019– round 5, 2019 140 44
1422 Daniel Menzel 2019 round 11, 2019 7 7
1423 Hayden McLean^ 2019– round 18, 2019 98 100
1424 James Bell 2019–2022 round 21, 2019 27 11

2020s

[edit]
Order Name Seasons Debut Games Goals
1425 Kaiden Brand 2020–2021 round 1, 2020 5 0
1426 Sam Gray 2020–2021 round 1, 2020 7 1
1427 Lewis Taylor 2020–2022 round 1, 2020 11 6
1428 Dylan Stephens 2020–2023 round 6, 2020 43 11
1429 Chad Warner^ 2020– round 6, 2020 108 98
1430 Elijah Taylor 2020 round 7, 2020 4 1
1431 Matthew Ling 2020–2021 round 8, 2020 4 0
1432 Sam Wicks^ 2020– round 10, 2020 87 44
1433 Zac Foot 2020 round 12, 2020 2 1
1434 Joel Amartey^ 2020– round 17, 2020 61 86
1435 Braeden Campbell^ 2021– round 1, 2021 94 32
1436 Errol Gulden^ 2021– round 1, 2021 103 75
1437 Tom Hickey 2021–2023 round 1, 2021 49 13
1438 Logan McDonald^ 2021– round 1, 2021 70 93
1439 Paddy McCartin 2022–2023 round 1, 2022 28 1
1440 Angus Sheldrick^ 2022– round 1, 2022 29 9
1441 Peter Ladhams^ 2022– round 4, 2022 31 13
1442 Matthew Roberts^ 2022– round 11, 2022 48 4
1443 Will Gould 2023 round 5, 2023 4 0
1444 Corey Warner^ 2023– round 5, 2023 23 10
1445 Aaron Francis 2023–2025 round 6, 2023 30 6
1446 Marc Sheather 2023 round 7, 2023 3 1
1447 Lachlan McAndrew 2023–2024 round 10, 2023 2 0
1448 Jack Buller 2023–2025 round 14, 2023 10 11
1449 Brodie Grundy^ 2024– round 0, 2024 48 9
1450 James Jordon^ 2024– round 0, 2024 49 19
1451 Caleb Mitchell 2024–2025 round 3, 2024 3 0
1452 Taylor Adams^ 2024– round 4, 2024 23 10
1453 Caiden Cleary^ 2024– round 15, 2024 17 3
1454 Tom Hanily^ 2025– round 0, 2025 8 6
1455 Ben Paton 2025 round 0, 2025 4 0
1456 Riley Bice^ 2025– round 1, 2025 16 1
1457 Joel Hamling^ 2025– round 1, 2025 14 3
1458 Jesse Dattoli^ 2025– round 1, 2025 3 0

Other players

[edit]

Listed players yet to make their debut for Sydney

[edit]
Player Date of birth Acquired Listed
Rookie Senior
Riak Andrew February 17, 2005 No. 55, 2024 national draft from Dandenong Stingrays 2025–
Ned Bowman August 9, 2005 No. 26, 2024 national draft from Norwood 2025–
Charlie Curnow February 3, 1997 Trade with Carlton 2026–
Will Edwards May 8, 2003 Category B Rookie, 2023 rookie draft from Sydney 2023–
Will Green 9 August 2005 No. 16, 2023 national draft from Northern Knights 2024–
Malcolm Rosas June 27, 2001 Trade with Sydney 2026–
Jai Serong February 16, 2003 Trade with Hawthorn 2026–
Patrick Snell July 18, 2005 No. 53, 2023 national draft from Wilston Grange 2024–

Delisted players who did not play a senior game for Sydney

[edit]
Player Date of birth Draft details Rookie list Senior list
Harrison Arnold 4 August 1999 No. 5, 2023 mid-season rookie draft from Brisbane 2023–2024
Kent Butcher 5 November 1973 No. 45, 1993 pre-season draft from Geelong 1996
Jake Brown 13 March 1998 No.41, 2017 pre-rookie draft selection from Sydney Academy/St George 2018
Malachy Carruthers 11 May 2002 No. 3, 2021 Rookie draft from Sturt 2021
Andrew Donnelly 29 March 1973 No. 50, 1992 national draft from Subiaco 1994
Shaun Edwards 13 December 1993 No. 49, 2017 rookie draft from Essendon 2017
Sam Fisher 23 February 1998 2016 pre-rookie draft selection from Canberra 2017
Taylor Gilchrist 19 October 1990 No. 28, 2008 rookie draft from Sandringham Dragons 2008-2010
Glenn Gorman 26 January 1976 No. 4, 1992 national draft from Geelong Falcons 1994
Peter Green 3 May 1974 Recruited from Barellan
Daryl Griffin 23 January 1976 No. 28, 1992 national draft from Western Jets 1994
Hugo Hall-Kahan 22 September 2003 No. 11, 2022 mid-season rookie draft from Sandringham Dragons 2022–2023
Simon Hawking 5 March 1973 Traded from Brisbane 1998
Simon Hose 13 April 1967 Recruited from Western Districts 1987–1988
Jacob Konstanty 9 November 2004 No. 20, 2022 national draft from Gippsland Power 2023–2024
Indhi Kirk 31 August 2004 Category B Rookie, 2024 rookie draft from Sydney 2024–2025
Blake Leidler 20 March 2006 No. 14 2025 rookie draft from Oakleigh Chargers 2025
Tyrone Leonardis 22 July 1997 No. 51, 2015 national draft from Northern Knights 2016–2017
Jaiden Magor 16 February 2004 No. 31, 2023 rookie draft from South Adelaide 2023–2024
Stuart Mangin 8 February 1977 No. 10, 1994 national draft from Northern Knights 1995–1997
Sam Murray 2 September 1997 No. 66, 2016 rookie draft from Wodonga 2016–2017
Barry O'Connor 26 June 1998 Category B Rookie, 2020 rookie draft from Wexford GAA 2020–2022
Chris Obst 9 October 1979 No. 26, 2002 rookie draft from Hawthorn 2002
Jake Orreal 26 September 1989 No. 41, 2007 rookie draft from Western Taipans 2007-2010
Cameron Owen 28 May 2004 No. 17, 2023 rookie draft from Tasmania Devils 2023
Toby Pink 11 August 1998 No. 54, 2016 rookie draft from Glenelg 2017–2019
Lachlan Rankin 5 February 2003 No. 58, 2021 national draft from Oakleigh Chargers 2022–2023
Harry Reynolds 11 October 2000 No. 28 2019 rookie draft from Sandringham Dragons 2019–2020
Paul Rouvray 18 April 1972 Traded from Adelaide 1995
Brady Rowles 12 February 2001 No. 4, 2019 rookie draft from Bendigo 2020
Dwayne Simpson 12 February 1981 No. 59, 1998 national draft from East Fremantle 1999–2000
Rohan Smith 28 June 1966 No. 36, 1989 national draft from Port Adelaide 1990
Stephen Tingay 13 August 1970 No. 6, 2001 pre-season draft from Melbourne 2001
Durak Tucker 9 February 2000 No. 12 2019 Rookie Draft from Peel Thunder 2019
Cooper Vickery 16 December 2004 No. 27, 2022 national draft from Gippsland Power 2023–2024

Sydney Swans AFLW players

[edit]
Key
Order Players are listed in order of jumper number
Seasons Includes Sydney Swans only careers and spans from when a player was first listed with the club to their final year on the list
Debut Debuts are for AFLW regular season and finals series matches only
Games Statistics are for AFLW regular season and finals games only and are correct as of round one, 2024.
Goals

2020s

[edit]
Cap Player Games Goals Playing Career
1 Brooke Lochland 29 11 2022 (S7)–2024
2 Bridie Kennedy 12 0 2022 (S7)–2023
3 Paige Sheppard 19 0 2022 (S7)–2024
4 Sarah Dargan 9 3 2022 (S7)
5 Ally Morphett^ 21 5 2022 (S7)
6 Molly Eastman 10 0 2022 (S7)
7 Cynthia Hamilton^ 33 18 2022 (S7)
8 Bella Smith 26 11 2022 (S7)-2024
9 Ella Heads 33 1 2022 (S7)-2024
10 Alana Woodward 18 0 2022 (S7)-2024
11 Sarah Skinner 8 1 2022 (S7)
12 Aliesha Newman 19 8 2022 (S7)-2023
13 Montana Ham^ 26 12 2022 (S7)
14 Rebecca Privitelli^ 32 34 2022 (S7)
15 Brenna Tarrant^ 34 0 2022 (S7)
16 Lisa Steane 27 0 2022 (S7)-2024
17 Aimee Whelan 16 3 2022 (S7)-2024
18 Genevieve Lawson-Tavan 7 0 2022 (S7)
19 Sofia Hurley^ 35 9 2022 (S7)
20 Lauren Szigeti 20 0 2022 (S7)-2024
21 Lexi Hamilton^ 30 4 2022 (S7)
22 Sarah Ford 2 0 2022 (S7)-2023
23 Kate Reynolds 2 0 2022 (S7)-2023
24 Eliza Vale 8 1 2022 (S7)-2024
25 Tiarne Cavanagh 1 0 2022 (S7)
26 Jaide Anthony 3 1 2022 (S7)-2023
27 Maddy Collier^ 13 0 2022 (S7)
28 Ruby Sargent-Wilson^ 16 2 2022 (S7)
29 Kiara Beesley 4 0 2022 (S7)–2023
30 Zoe Hurrell 2 1 2022 (S7)
31 Chloe Molloy^ 15 31 2023–
32 Alice Mitchell^ 23 0 2023–
32 Lucy McEvoy^ 25 6 2023–
33 Julie O'Sullivan^ 21 1 2023–
34 Tanya Kennedy^ 25 0 2023–
35 Laura Gardiner^ 23 3 2023–
36 Montana Beruldsen 14 4 2022 (S7)–2024
37 Paris McCarthy^ 13 4 2023–
38 Kiara Hillier^ 3 0 2024–
39 Sarah Grunden^ 10 2 2024–
40 Giselle Davies^ 10 0 2024–
41 Hayley Bullas 7 0 2024
42 Lara Hausegger^ 8 0 2024–
43 Holly Cooper^ 11 4 2024–
44 Darcy Moloney^ 2 1 2025–
45 Jasmine Grierson^ 2 0 2025–
46 Lulu Pullar^ 2 0 2025–
47 Caitlin Reid^ 2 0 2025–
48 Ash Van Loon^ 2 0 2025–
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The list of players encompasses every individual who has played at least one senior match for the Football Club, originally founded as the Football Club in 1874 and relocated to in 1982. This comprehensive record spans the club's entire in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), Victorian Football League (VFL), and Australian Football League (AFL), documenting players who have contributed to its legacy as one of the league's oldest teams. The Sydney Swans, known for their distinctive and and the "" moniker, achieved early with five VFA premierships between 1881 and 1890 before entering the VFL in 1897. The club's from to marked a pivotal expansion of the competition, with the team playing its first season in the new city in 1983 and establishing the Sydney Cricket Ground as its home venue. In the VFL/AFL era, the Swans have secured five premierships—in 1909, 1918, 1933, 2005, and 2012—ending a 72-year drought with the 2005 triumph over West Coast Eagles. Among the most notable figures in the club's player roster are Hall of Fame inductees such as three-time Brownlow Medalist , who captained for over a decade; goal-kicking icon , the AFL's all-time leading scorer; and long-serving leader Paul Kelly, elevated to legend status for his 234 games and inspirational play. Other champions include , namesake of the famous mark; Barry Round, the 1981 Brownlow Medalist; and modern stars like Michael O'Loughlin, who featured in the 2005 and 2012 successes. The list highlights the Swans' evolution from Victorian powerhouse to national contender, reflecting generations of talent that have shaped Australian rules football.

South Melbourne Football Club Players (1897–1981)

1890s

The 1890s represented the formative period for the South Melbourne Football Club upon its entry into the Victorian Football League (VFL) as one of the eight founding teams in 1897, with players debuting that year forming the nucleus of the squad during its inaugural season. The club, drawing from its successful Victorian Football Association (VFA) background including premierships in 1881, 1885, 1888, 1890, competed in 14 matches in 1897, securing 8 wins, 1 draw, and 5 losses to finish fifth overall. Key inaugural figures included full-forward Mick Pleass, who kicked a goal in the club's first VFL match against Melbourne on May 8, 1897, at Lake Oval, and captain Bill Fraser, who led the team in its debut and contributed to early defensive stability. These players, many transitioning from VFA ranks, established foundational tactics emphasizing physicality and territorial play, influencing the club's development toward its first VFL premiership in 1909. The following alphabetical list catalogs all South Melbourne players who made at least one senior VFL appearance with a debut between 1897 and 1899, including their debut year, total games played for the club, and total goals scored. Statistics reflect career totals while with South Melbourne (pre-1982 relocation). Data is sourced from official VFL/AFL historical records.
PlayerDebut YearGamesGoals
Dave Adamson18979011
Jack Adamson189730
Warwick Armstrong18981618
Bill Blackwood18971311
Eddie Brown189851
Allen Burns18974023
Joe Chandler189832
Jack Cockbill189930
Charlie Colgan18983743
George Cornelius1898162
Johnny Davis1898106
George Davidson1897370
Jack Deas189720
Dick Doran189790
Jack Fleming1897120
Bill Fraser18978818
Bernie Fritsch189911
Joe Garbutt18993910
Harry Gardner189850
Dick Gibson1897299
Tom Gilligan18974226
Charlie Goding18996360
Henri Jeanneret18987512
Jim Jolly189870
Jack Incoll189943
Charlie James18997813
Artie Machin189830
Arch McNair1898130
Charlie McCartney1897130
John McDermott189853
Dinny McKay18971414
Jim McArthur189810
Michael O'Gorman18971214
Jim O'Hara1897371
Frank O'Hara1897601
Jack O'Hara189821
Bob O'Donnell189832
Mick Pleass189710941
Harry Purdy18977216
Jason Ralph189850
Val Robertson189870
Fred Sigmont189760
Jack Southern1897313
George Sparrow1898142
Joe Strong189820
Archie Swannie1897134
Alb Thomas189710
Albert Trim1898650
Eddie Toms189770
George Taylor189810
George Williamson1897120
Bill Windley189712936
Fred Waugh1897223
Tom Smith189820
Notable among these early players was Bill Windley, who debuted in the opening round and went on to become a club stalwart, playing over 120 games and serving as , exemplifying the required in the rough-and-tumble VFL of the . Similarly, Tom Gilligan's 26 goals across highlighted the forward-line potency that carried over into the . Continuity from this decade's cohort, such as Pleass and Fraser, provided stability as the club built toward greater .

1900s

The represented a formative for the Football Club in the (VFL), as the team transitioned from inconsistent to competitive stability, setting the stage for their breakthrough premiership success in 1909. Following the foundational efforts of the , focused on recruiting and developing talent from Melbourne's working-class , fostering early rivalries with established clubs like Carlton and Collingwood, particularly over player poaching and on-field clashes that highlighted the league's growing . Players during this pre- era often filled versatile roles, such as rovers and half-backs who emphasized tough, physical play suited to the club's "" , contributing to a team-oriented style that emphasized endurance over individual flair. A representative alphabetical selection of players who made their senior VFL debuts for between and , along with their games and goals, illustrates the club's emerging depth:
PlayerDebut YearGamesGoals
George Anderson420
243
Vic Belcher22662
Jim Caldwell15534
Jim Cameron11743
Bob Deas11173
Bert Franks9963
Tom Grimshaw850
18556
Stan Dowsing92
These players exemplified the era's emphasis on durability, with standouts like Belcher serving as a rover and leader in multiple premiership pushes. The decade's pinnacle came in 1909, when South Melbourne secured their first VFL premiership after topping the ladder and navigating a challenging finals series. In the grand final on October 2 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, attended by 37,600 fans, South Melbourne edged Carlton 4.14 (38) to 4.12 (36) by two points in a tense, low-scoring affair marked by relentless Carlton attacks in the final quarter. Captain-coach Charlie Ricketts orchestrated the victory through strategic team building, while Bill Thomas anchored the half-back line with commanding defense, Jack Scobie excelled in the midfield, and Alan Pentland shone as a forward, booting 25 goals for the season. Alf Gough's crucial third-quarter goal proved decisive, underscoring the contributions of the premiership-winning side that included Ricketts, Pentland, Scobie, Thomas, Gough, Belcher, Caldwell, Deas, Franks, and others. Earlier, South Melbourne had drawn with Carlton in the second semi-final before winning the replay, and they capped the year by defeating West Adelaide in an exhibition "premier of premiers" match. Mick McAlister led the team's goalkicking with 29 goals in 1909, highlighting the forward line's potency amid the era's rugged play. This triumph solidified South Melbourne's status in the pre-WWI VFL landscape.

1910s

The were a challenging for the Football Club, as significantly disrupted the (VFL), leading to reduced team sizes and numerous enlistments among players. The league continued with a shortened competition from 1915 to 1917, involving only four teams, but South Melbourne persisted, drawing on a mix of pre-war veterans and new recruits. By , the club fielded a resilient squad that secured its second VFL premiership, topping the ladder with 13 wins from 14 games before defeating Collingwood by 5 points in the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Numerous players enlisted during the , with at least losing their lives on active service across both wars, though the 1910s saw the heaviest immediate impact. For instance, Len Thomas debuted in 1913 and played 59 for 29 goals before enlisting; he was killed in action in on October 1, 1918, shortly after the premiership win. Similarly, Norman debuted in 1912, appeared in 7 , and died at Pozières on August 4, 1916, as a corporal in the 23rd Battalion. These enlistments highlighted the war's toll on the club. Players debuting in the 1910s formed the backbone of the 1918 success, often balancing football with military duties or post-war recovery. Below is a selection of notable debutants from this period, including their debut year, total career games and goals for , and notes on wartime involvement where applicable.
PlayerDebut YearGamesGoalsNotes
Tammy Hynes191113325Centreman in 1918 premiership team; enlisted but returned to play post-war.
Chris Laird19138996Forward; kicked the winning goal in 1918 grand final (3 goals total); key contributor with 26 goals in 1918 season.
Harold Robertson19155742Half-forward in 1918 premiership team; scored 2 goals in grand final; 18 goals in 1918 season.
Len Thomas19135929Utility; enlisted in 1916, killed in action October 1918; Hall of Fame inductee.
Percy Trotter19181419Forward; joined mid-1918 after earlier VFL career at Fitzroy; contributed to premiership push with strong marking and goalkicking.
The premiership underscored the era's resilience, with key contributors like and Tammy Hynes exemplifying the blend of and amid wartime hardships. Jim Caldwell, who debuted in but anchored the through the , led from the half-forward line, while ruckman Vic Belcher (debut 1908) dominated stoppages despite prior service interruptions. This victory, the club's last until 1933, provided a rare moment of triumph during a period of profound loss.

1920s

The marked a period of post-World War I recovery and consolidation for the South Melbourne Football Club, as the team rebuilt depth amid the league's expansion and stabilizing structure. Influenced briefly by surviving players from the war-disrupted , the club focused on aggressive recruiting to bolster its roster, attracting high-profile talents that enhanced competitiveness without securing a premiership. South Melbourne finished as high as third on the ladder in and fourth in 1925, demonstrating improved form through consistent mid-table contention, but ultimately fell short in finals campaigns. A key aspect of the club's rising stature was its evolving midfield and ruck play, which adapted to the era's growing emphasis on aerial contests and structured marking. The recruitment of legendary ruckman in 1921 exemplified this shift, as his spectacular leaping style—often involving contested marks over packs—became a hallmark of Melbourne's forward tactics, influencing strategies toward more dynamic ruck-rover combinations. Complementing Cazaly were forwards like , who led the club's goalkicking from 1920 to 1923 and again in 1926 and 1928, amassing 385 goals in 136 games and driving offensive evolution through accurate set shots and opportunistic play. These players contributed to a more robust identity, though the ended without silverware, setting the stage for . The following table lists South Melbourne players who debuted between 1920 and 1929, arranged alphabetically, with their debut year, total games played for the club, and total goals scored. Statistics reflect senior VFL appearances only.
Player NameDebut YearGamesGoals
Alexander, Harold19227040
Allison, Bobby19205481
Barnes, Jack19254171
Barlow, Arthur19254010
Berryman, Bill1926470
Brain, Terry1928141198
Cazaly, Roy192199128
Clarke, Harry192614733
Condon, Bill19237232
Hando, Arthur1922450
Hillis, Ron192913716
Hogg, Syd1925546
Hec 19261521
Johnson, Ted1923136385
McDonald, Charles1924575
Nicholls, Charlie19235610
O’Connell, Jack1922424
Pannam, Charles19264531
Petchell, Jack19273536
Poulter, Joe19283723
Reville, Peter1925156207
Robertson, Austin1927154251
Scanlan, Joe192314812
Scanlan, Paddy192010049
Stanbridge, Charles19256912
Thomas, Len192718754
Wheelahan, Danny1926514
Woodfield, Les19237611

1930s

The marked a period of resurgence for the Football Club amid the economic hardships of the , which strained player retention as many sought stable employment outside Victoria, leading to increased interstate to bolster the squad. The club debuted several influential players during this decade, including full-forward Bob Pratt in 1930, who kicked 681 goals in 158 games before retiring in 1939; half-back flanker Herbie Matthews in 1932, amassing 114 games and 23 goals by the end of the decade; and utility Laurie Nash in 1933, contributing 55 goals in 53 games through 1937. Other notable debutants included forward Ossie Bertram in 1931 (77 games, 104 goals), rover Len Thomas in 1931 (170 games, 22 goals), and defender Hugh McLaughlin in 1931 (82 games, 1 goal), whose arrivals helped transform the team from mid-table contenders into premiership favorites. The decade's pinnacle came in 1933, when secured its third VFL premiership, overcoming a challenging home-and-away season finish in second place to defeat Richmond by 42 points in the Grand Final at the before 75,754 spectators. The premiership side, coached by captain Jack Bisset, showcased a balanced lineup that emphasized defensive solidity and forward potency, with Nash earning best-on-ground honors for his commanding half-back flank performance that restricted Richmond's attacks. Key contributors included Pratt, who booted three goals from full-forward, and Matthews, who provided drive from the forward pocket; the team's 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29) victory highlighted their resilience, having staged a remarkable comeback from a 28-point deficit earlier in the finals against the same opponent.
PositionPlayers
BacksJock McKenzie, Hec McKay, Jack Austin
Half-BacksBill Faul, Laurie Nash, Hugh McLaughlin
Centre, Len Thomas, Johnny Bowe
Half-ForwardsJim O'Meara, Brighton Diggins, Peter Reville
ForwardsHerbie Matthews, Bob Pratt, Ossie Bertram
Followers (capt.), Dinny Kelleher, Terry Brain
ReservesGilbert Beard
Coach
This success was bittersweet amid the Depression, as the of capped match payments at £3 per player, forcing many, including who balanced football with commitments, to prioritize off-field jobs, which contributed to talent drain and roster instability by mid-decade. Despite reaching four consecutive Grand Finals from to 1937, fell short of repeating the 1933 triumph, underscoring the era's blend of on-field excellence and off-field adversity.

1940s

The marked a challenging era for the Football Club, as significantly disrupted the (VFL), leading to reduced seasons from 1942 to 1944 with fewer rounds and widespread player enlistments that caused roster instability. Many club members served in the armed forces, contributing to the total of 20 South Melbourne players who lost their lives across both world wars, including Hall of Famers Bruce Sloss and Len Thomas. This period saw limited opportunities for new talent, with the club relying on a mix of pre-war veterans and wartime recruits to maintain competitiveness. Several players made their debuts in the early 1940s amid these constraints, often facing interrupted careers due to military obligations. For instance, Jack Graham debuted in 1940 and went on to play 227 games for , kicking 233 goals, becoming a key forward despite the era's uncertainties. Similarly, Jim Cleary debuted the same year, amassing 222 games and 6 goals as a durable defender, while Billy King (136 games, 17 goals) and Don Grossman (93 games, 32 goals) also emerged, contributing to the team's efforts in the shortened wartime competitions. Keith Smith, debuting in 1940, played 93 games and booted 45 goals before his career was curtailed by service demands. Prominent examples of war service's impact include Laurie Nash, a pre-war star who enlisted as a trooper in and rejected safer postings to serve on the front lines; his absence limited his VFL appearances until a postwar return in , where he played 20 games and featured in the infamous "" grand final loss to Carlton. Other players like Rex Richards experienced similarly truncated seasons, with enlistment preventing full participation during the league's disrupted years. The club struggled overall, finishing outside the top four in most wartime seasons due to these losses. Postwar resumption in 1945 brought a return to a full 20-round home-and-away season, enabling comebacks and fresh debuts that helped rebuild the squad. Veterans like reintegrated, while later arrivals such as Jim Taylor (debut 1949, 153 games, 35 goals) and Ron Paez (debut 1949, 52 games, 51 goals) signaled renewal, though the club faced ongoing challenges in sustaining 1930s-level success. This transition period laid groundwork for the late-1940s roster, emphasizing resilience amid the war's lingering effects.
Representative Players Debuting 1940–1949Debut YearGames for South MelbourneGoalsNotes
Jack Graham1940227233Key forward; career spanned wartime disruptions.
Jim Cleary19402226Durable defender; consistent presence.
Laurie Nash (return)194523 (postwar total)45Served in ; featured in 1945 .
Jim Taylor194915335Emerged in postwar era; ruckman.
Ron Paez19495251Forward; contributed to late-1940s revival.

1950s

The marked a period of relative stability for the Football Club following the disruptions of the war years, yet the team grappled with persistent inconsistencies in performance, often finishing in the lower half of the VFL . Between 1950 and 1959, South Melbourne recorded seasons with 5 to 8 wins, culminating in ladder positions ranging from 8th to 11th, reflecting challenges in maintaining competitive depth amid the league's growing professionalism. The club's recruitment efforts were hampered by its inner-city zoning under the VFL's district system, which limited access to promising talent from expanding outer suburbs and contributed to difficulties in building a consistent roster. Despite these hurdles, several players who debuted in the decade emerged as key figures, providing moments of individual brilliance amid team struggles. Fred Goldsmith, debuting in 1951, became a defensive cornerstone and the club's first full-back to win the in 1955 with 21 votes, highlighting his exceptional consistency with 119 games and 107 goals for . , who first played in 1956, quickly established himself as a dynamic , amassing 237 games and 412 goals while earning the first of his three club best-and-fairest awards by 1958; his skill and endurance offered a bright spot during lean years. Other notable debutants contributed to the club's mid-century efforts, often through reliable service in key positions. Ian Gillett (debut 1951) played 135 games and kicked 112 goals as a versatile forward, while Jim Dorgan (debut 1951) provided defensive solidity over 102 games with just 2 goals. Bill Gunn (debut 1952) added 104 games and 101 goals as a goal-scoring half-forward, and John Heriot (debut 1958) debuted late in the decade but went on to a 153-game career with 39 goals, anchoring the backline. Max Oaten (debut 1956) impressed with 80 games and 133 goals, showcasing speed on the wings. These players exemplified the club's reliance on homegrown talent to navigate recruitment constraints.
PlayerDebut YearGames (South Melbourne)Goals (South Melbourne)Notable Achievement
Fred Goldsmith19511191071955 winner
Ian Gillett1951135112Club leading goalkicker (1954)
Jim Dorgan19511022 (1953)
Bill Gunn1952104101Interstate representative (1956)
Bob Skilton1956237412 (1959, 1963, 1968); Hall of Fame inductee
Max Oaten195680133Leading goalkicker (1958)
John Heriot195815339 (1960, 1962)
This era underscored South Melbourne's transition toward greater reliance on emerging stars like Skilton, who would anchor the club into the following decade, even as broader structural issues in player acquisition persisted.

1960s

The marked a challenging period for the South Melbourne Football Club in the (VFL), characterized by consistently poor on-field performance and the emergence of financial difficulties due to declining attendances and urban demographic shifts in the club's inner-city base. The team finished outside the top eight in every season of the decade, securing the (last place) in 1962 with only two wins from 20 games and again in 1969 with three wins from 20 games. This sustained underperformance continued trends from the , with no appearances and mounting pressures on club resources. Despite the team's struggles, several players who debuted in the 1960s contributed significantly to South Melbourne's efforts, with some achieving individual accolades. , who had debuted in 1956 but remained a cornerstone through the decade, won s in 1963 and 1965 while amassing 178 games and 369 goals for the club during this era. John Rantall, debuting in 1963, emerged as a durable with 142 games and just 4 goals for South Melbourne before transferring to . Peter , a 1968 debutant, showed early promise as a forward, kicking 85 goals in his first two seasons and later winning the 1970 . The following table lists all South Melbourne players who made their VFL debut between 1960 and 1969, including debut year, total career games, and total career goals (all with the club unless otherwise noted). Data reflects senior-level appearances only.
Player NameDebut YearCareer GamesCareer Goals
Frank Johnson19606438
Bob Kingston196191102
Stuart Magee19628472
Paul Harrison196311927
John Rantall1963142*4
Graeme John19647797
Jeff Kiteley1964392
Haydn McAuliffe1965105104
Ian Davison19655529
Greg Lambert196616722
Russell Cook196616454
Tony Haenen19669327
Keith Baskin19677578
Peter Bedford1968130*226*
Fred Way19698114
19697736
Wayne Walsh1969635
David McLeish1969179*22
*Figures include games/goals after leaving South Melbourne. Financial woes began to surface prominently during the decade, as low crowd numbers—often under at home games—strained the club's amid broader economic pressures on Victorian inner-city clubs. Multiple administrations worked to stabilize operations, but attendance declines exacerbated the on-field , setting the stage for deeper crises in subsequent years.

1970s

The 1970s represented a challenging decade for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), characterized by inconsistent on-field performance, rare finals appearances, and escalating off-field financial pressures that foreshadowed the club's relocation to Sydney in 1982. Following the outright decline of the 1960s, South Melbourne managed only two finals berths during the decade: a First Semi-Final loss to Carlton in 1970—their first postseason appearance since 1945—and an Elimination Final defeat to Collingwood in 1977. These near-misses highlighted fleeting moments of competitiveness amid frequent bottom-half finishes, including multiple wooden spoons and seasons where the team struggled to attract crowds at Lakeside Oval. Off-field instability compounded these issues, with diminishing attendances and membership numbers leading to mounting debts; by the late 1970s, the club faced near financial extinction, prompting urgent discussions about relocation to bolster viability. Despite the hardships, the 1970s saw the debut of several players who became club stalwarts, injecting talent into the squad during its final VFL years as . Key figures included forward Tony Morwood, who debuted in 1978 and emerged as a prolific goal-kicker, amassing 229 games and 397 goals over his career while representing Victoria. Other standouts like Barry Round (debut 1976), a versatile midfielder who played 193 games and kicked 157 goals before winning the in 1981, and Graham Teasdale (debut 1975), who contributed 121 games and 138 goals, provided leadership and skill amid the turmoil. These players exemplified the club's resilience, with many continuing into the era and helping bridge the transition. The following table lists all South Melbourne players who made their VFL senior debut between 1970 and 1979 (up to 1981), including total games and goals while with the club. Data reflects contributions during the club's final VFL phase, with many players' careers extending beyond the decade.
Debut YearPlayer NameGamesGoals
1970Gary Brice171101
1970Ricky Quade164110
1970Reg Gleeson12811
1970John Murphy5821
1971Peter Brown779
1971Bruce Davis3615
1971Jim Prentice5844
1972Norm Goss121161
1972Brian Woodman10446
1972Max Robertson701
1972Stewart Gull87151
1972Greg Miller520
1972Vic Aanensen4030
1972Ray Ball430
1973Ian Thomson7461
1973Russ Hodges3810
1975Mark Browning251138
1975Colin Hounsell12298
1975Graham Teasdale121138
1975Francis Jackson1009
1975Terry O’Neill7314
1976Barry Round193157
1976Peter Morrison9095
1976Robert Dean6681
1977Paul Morwood9565
1977Bernie Evans148212
1977Shane Zantuck5636
1977Barry Beecroft7110
1977Max James5457
1977Michael Wright4014
1978Tony Morwood229397
1978Steve Hoffman149187
1979Stephen Wright246247
1979Ian Roberts15733
1979David Ackerly13812
1979Max Kruse8832
1979Wayne Carroll5657

1980s

The early represented the final years of the Football Club in the (VFL) before its relocation to in 1982, amid severe financial pressures and declining viability in its inner-city base. The club focused on retaining core players and introducing limited new talent during the 1980-1981 seasons, as discussions about relocation intensified. finished 11th in 1980 (5 wins from 22 games) and 10th in 1981 (7 wins from 22 games), with persistent attendance issues at Lake Oval underscoring the need for change. Players debuting in 1980-1981 provided glimpses of potential amid the transition, though many careers were short-lived due to the club's instability. The following table lists players who made their senior VFL debuts in 1980 or 1981, with total games and goals for the club (pre-relocation totals). Statistics reflect senior appearances only.
Player NameDebut YearGamesGoals
1980246
Russell Campbell19802812
Tony Smith1980158
David Taylor19803214
Bakes1981185
Craig 1981229
Michael Taylor19814120
1981123
These debutants contributed to the club's efforts in its last Melbourne seasons, with the relocation marking the end of the South Melbourne era and the beginning of the chapter.

Sydney Swans AFL Men's Players (1982–present)

1980s

The relocation of the South Melbourne Football Club to in 1982 marked a pivotal revival for the franchise, rebranded as the , amid financial distress and skepticism about expanding beyond Victoria. The move, initially involving fly-in-fly-out home games at the , fostered a resilient "" culture among players and staff, emphasizing unity and determination in the face of adversity, which became a foundational element of the club's identity. This era saw the introduction of key recruits who helped stabilize and energize the team, including utility player Barry Mitchell, who debuted in 1984 after being drafted from New South Wales and quickly became a midfield dynamo, contributing to the Swans' growing Sydney-based fanbase. The 1980s debuts brought a mix of local talents and interstate acquisitions, bolstering the squad during its adaptation to the new environment. Notable among them was full-forward , who arrived from Glenelg in 1983 and became a spectacular goal-kicker, while backman , debuting in 1982, provided defensive over a long tenure. Other significant recruits included ruckman from Essendon in 1982, adding height and experience, and versatile Mark Bayes, who debuted in 1985 and anchored the backline. The Swans' on-field progress peaked in 1986 under coach Ron Barassi, with high-profile signings like Gerard Healy from Melbourne and Greg Williams from Geelong propelling the team to second on the ladder after a club-record 16 wins, including a finals appearance—the first since the relocation. Healy and Williams shared the Brownlow Medal that year, while Capper booted a league-high 92 goals, though the Swans fell short in the qualifying final to Carlton (by 16 points) and the semi-final to Fitzroy (by 5 points). Building on this momentum, the 1987 season under Tom Hafey saw further recruits like Merv Neagle and Neil Cordy join the fray, leading to third place and another finals berth, highlighted by explosive high-scoring games such as a 236-point haul against Essendon. Despite the promise, a semi-final loss to Hawthorn ended their campaign, underscoring the challenges of competing without a home-ground advantage in Melbourne-based finals. The following table highlights representative Sydney Swans players who debuted between 1982 and 1989, focusing on those with significant contributions (at least 50 games), along with their total games and goals for the club. Statistics are career totals for Sydney only.
PlayerDebut YearGamesGoals
Dennis Carroll1982219117
198211562
198390317
Barry Mitchell1984170214
David Murphy198415692
Mark Bayes1985246174
19865455
Greg Williams19866542

1990s

The 1990s marked a period of consolidation for the in the expanded (AFL), following the foundational resilience of the "" era in the . After struggling with three consecutive wooden spoons from 1992 to 1994, the club leveraged priority draft picks to rebuild, selecting talents such as Daryn Cresswell (pick 4, 1992) and (pick 6, 1994 national draft), who became long-term contributors. These selections, combined with high-profile recruits like in 1995, helped stabilize the team and foster growth in Sydney's AFL presence. The arrival of Lockett and O'Loughlin in 1995 injected excitement, with O'Loughlin debuting as a dynamic forward who would go on to play 303 games and kick 521 goals for the Swans. This period saw the club's first finals appearance since 1986 culminate in a historic 1996 campaign, where Sydney defeated Hawthorn by 15 points in a qualifying final—their first finals win in 51 years—before advancing to the Grand Final, drawing an average home crowd of 30,804 across 25 games, more than double the average of 15,452. Such on-field progress drove fanbase expansion, with attendance surging from 339,934 total in to 770,094 in 1996, reflecting increased local engagement in a rugby-dominated market. Below is a comprehensive list of Sydney Swans players who made their senior AFL debut between 1990 and 1999, including total games and goals scored for the club (AFL era only). The cohort totaled 47 players, many of whom formed the core of the team's resurgence.
Player NameDebut YearGamesGoals
Paul Kelly1990234200
Dale Lewis1990182186
Troy Luff199015585
Craig Nettelbeck19904527
Jim West19903754
Brad Tunbridge19905017
Neil Brunton19917110
Jamie Lawson19916129
Darren Holmes1991426
Andrew Dunkley199221711
Daryn Cresswell1992244208
Jason Mooney19929751
Gavin Rose1992554
Simon Minton-Connell199246169
Darren Kappler19925974
Jayson Daniels1993584
Scott Direen19935210
Dean McRae19936030
Scott Watters19933711
Greg Stafford199313058
Brad Seymour199413312
Peter Filandia19947038
Adam Heuskes1994496
Derek Kickett19946373
Simon Garlick19944427
Daniel McPherson199411136
Shannon Grant19955838
Tony Lockett199598462
Michael O'Loughlin1995303521
Leo Barry199523756
Stuart Maxfield199620087
Matthew Nicks1996175125
Stefan Carey19964522
Craig O'Brien19964159
Mark Orchard1997415
Ben Mathews199719845
Troy Cook19974311
John Stevens19977845
Rowan Warfe1997844
Robert AhMat19984246
Jason Saddington199814241
Jared Crouch199822351
Wayne Schwass19989857
Adam Goodes1999372464
Jude Bolton1999325196
Brett Kirk199924196
Nic Fosdike199916466
Data sourced from AFL historical records; games and goals reflect full AFL careers with the Swans.

2000s

The 2000s represented a transformative period for the in the Australian Football League (AFL), as the club transitioned from consistent finals contenders to premiership winners, laying the foundation for sustained excellence. Under coach Paul Roos, the Swans emphasized a team-oriented "Bloods" culture, focusing on contested possessions and defensive pressure, which propelled them to top-four finishes in multiple seasons. Strategic , including high-profile trades and astute drafting, bolstered the list, with 26 players making their senior debuts for the club between 2000 and 2009. These players collectively played over 4,000 games and kicked more than 1,800 goals for the Swans, with many forming the core of the 2005 premiership team that defeated West Coast by four points in a thrilling . The following table lists all Sydney Swans players who debuted between 2000 and 2009, including their total games and goals for the club (figures encompass their entire Swans careers, many extending beyond the decade). Players from the 2005 premiership side are indicated.
Player NameDebut YearGamesGoals2005 Premiership
Ryan O'Keefe2000286261Yes
Andrew Schauble20008823No
Jason Ball20009045Yes
Stephen Doyle20004719No
Tadhg Kennelly200119730Yes
Paul Williams200111784Yes
Barry Hall2002162467Yes
Luke Ablett200213339Yes
Amon Buchanan200211657Yes
Craig Bolton200317015Yes
Lewis Roberts-Thomson200317954Yes
Adam Schneider20039899Yes
Jarrad McVeigh2004325201Yes
Paul Bevan200412939Yes
Nick Malceski200517667Yes
Darren Jolly200511859Yes
Heath Grundy200625624No
Ted Richards200622815No
Kieren Jack2007256166No
Jesse White20087173No
Nick Smith200821110No
Martin Mattner200812426No
Craig Bird200813756No
Dan Hannebery200920895No
Mike Pyke200911048No
Rhyce Shaw200914324No
The 2005 premiership team featured 19 players from the above list, alongside veterans like captain , , , and , who combined for a balanced lineup emphasizing midfield dominance and forward pressure. The side included ruckman (traded from in 2004), defenders like and Paul Bevan, and forwards such as and Nick Davis, who kicked crucial goals in the Grand Final. This victory, the club's first since relocating to in 1982, symbolized the culmination of Roos' rebuilding efforts and initiated what became known as the Swans' dynasty era of consistent contention. Barry , acquired via trade from St Kilda in 2001 for draft picks 46 and 61, emerged as the team's talismanic leader and key forward during the 2000s. Serving as captain from 2005 to 2007, Hall booted 467 goals in 162 games for the Swans through 2009, including 80 in the premiership year, earning All-Australian selection in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His physical presence and goal-scoring prowess were instrumental in the 2005 flag, where he kicked three goals and provided leadership in the forward line. Jude Bolton, a tenacious midfielder who had debuted in 1999, played a pivotal role in the 2000s with his relentless ball-winning and tackling. From 2000 to 2009, he amassed 219 games and 124 goals, averaging over 20 disposals per match, and was central to the 2005 premiership as a half-forward flanker, contributing 24 touches and two goals in the Grand Final. Bolton's endurance and leadership helped anchor the midfield alongside Brett Kirk, embodying the Swans' "no easy possessions" philosophy. Key trades in the decade further strengthened the list, including Hall's arrival in 2001, Jolly's in 2004 (for pick 42), and Martin Mattner's in 2008 (for picks 46 and 58 from ), which added premiership experience and depth to the backline and ruck division. These moves, combined with drafts yielding talents like (2000, pick 31) and Heath Grundy (2005, pick 16), solidified the Swans' contention window.

2010s

The 2010s represented a golden era of consistency and contention for the Sydney Swans in the AFL, guided by senior coach John Longmire, who assumed the role at the conclusion of the 2010 season after serving as an assistant under Paul Roos. Longmire's tenure emphasized a high-pressure defensive style and midfield dominance, leading the team to nine finals series in ten years, including a drought-breaking premiership in 2012. The Swans clinched the 2012 AFL premiership with a 14-point victory over Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, showcasing the emergence of key contributors from early-decade recruits such as ruckman Shane Mumford, forward Josh Kennedy, and utility Gary Rohan, who provided crucial support to veterans in the grand final lineup. This success built briefly on the 2000s championship legacy by fostering a culture of sustained excellence, though the decade later saw heartbreaking near-misses with grand final losses to Hawthorn in 2014 (63 points), Hawthorn again in 2015 (46 points), and the Western Bulldogs in 2016 (22 points). A pivotal development in the 2010s was the establishment of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy in 2010, which focused on talent identification and development across New South Wales/ACT for athletes aged 11-19, producing high-impact players like Isaac Heeney (debut 2015), Callum Mills (debut 2016), and Tom Papley (debut 2016) to bolster the club's list depth and future premiership aspirations. Heeney, in particular, became a versatile midfielder-forward, amassing over 200 games and 250 goals by the decade's end while earning All-Australian selection in 2017. The following table lists all Sydney Swans AFL men's players who made their senior debut for the club during the 2010s, including total games and goals recorded for the Swans (up to their last season with the club). Statistics are career totals at the time of writing and reflect contributions across the decade's successes.
Player NameDebut YearTotal GamesTotal Goals
Josh Kennedy2010277153
Ben McGlynn2010127167
Gary Rohan201010696
Shane Mumford20107936
Sam Reid2010181183
Luke Parker2011293213
Alex Johnson2011471
Andrejs Everitt20114324
Dane Rampe20122729
Tom Mitchell20126538
Kurt Tippett201374137
Jake Lloyd201427149
Lance Franklin2014172486
Zak Jones20149023
Jeremy Laidler2014616
Dean Towers20145731
Isaac Heeney2015224298
Callum Sinclair20168945
George Hewett201612032
Callum Mills201617430
Tom Papley2016196304
Aliir Aliir2016645
Jordan Dawson20176434
Oliver Florent201718451
Will Hayward2017184229
Robbie Fox201710515
Lewis Melican20171012
Tom McCartin201815231
Nick Blakey201915149
James Rowbottom201914044
Justin McInerney201910945
Hayden McLean201998100

2020s

The 2020s represented a transformative era for the Sydney Swans men's team, characterized by the integration of a new generation of players amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shortened the 2020 season and delayed full crowds until 2022. The club emphasized academy products and high draft picks, fostering a youthful core that propelled the Swans to consistent finals appearances and culminated in a grand final appearance in 2024, where they were defeated by 60 points by the Brisbane Lions. This period saw over 30 senior debuts, with many players contributing to the team's contention status, though the 2025 season was hampered by an injury crisis that left 14 players unavailable at key moments, forcing reliance on rookies and leading to a mid-table finish. Key debutants from this decade exemplified the Swans' shift toward dynamic, high-possession midfielders and versatile forwards. Errol Gulden, a Sydney Swans Academy graduate selected at pick 33 in the 2020 AFL Draft, made an immediate impact with his debut in Round 1 of 2021, recording 19 disposals and three goals against Brisbane, earning a Rising Star nomination in his second game. By November 2025, Gulden had played 103 games and kicked 75 goals despite a broken fibula limiting him in 2025, establishing himself as a two-time All-Australian and the club's leading possession-getter with over 8,000 career disposals. Similarly, Chad Warner, drafted at pick 39 in 2019 but debuting in Round 4 of the truncated 2020 season, emerged as a prolific ball-winner, accumulating 108 games and 98 goals by the end of 2025. Forward Joel Amartey, selected at pick 41 in 2019 and debuting in Round 16 of 2020, became a key tall option, booting approximately 90 goals in 60 games by 2025 despite injury interruptions, including a season-ending injury, highlighted by his 2023 season of 27 goals. Logan McDonald, a top-10 pick (No. 4) in 2020 who debuted in Round 1 of 2021, developed into a reliable key forward, reaching approximately 75 games and 110 goals by late 2025 despite injury setbacks, with his contested marking pivotal in the 2024 finals run. In 2022, Matt Roberts debuted as a tough inside midfielder, contributing 60 games and 10 goals through consistent rotations before a 2025 trade. The 2023 and 2024 drafts added depth, with Will Gould debuting in Round 5 of 2023 after a delayed start due to injuries, playing 40 games as a versatile defender by 2025. Caleb Mitchell, picked at No. 40 in 2022, made his debut in Round 3 of 2024 against Richmond, featuring in three senior games that year before moving to Tasmania in 2025. Mid-season recruit James Jordon debuted for the Swans in 2024 after prior games at Melbourne, adding 20 games and defensive pressure. In 2025, the injury toll accelerated debuts for several prospects, including small forward Tom Hanily (mid-season 2024 draftee), who played eight games after debuting in Round 1, and defender Ben Paton, who featured in five matches post his Opening Round debut. Riley Bice and Joel Hamling debuted in early rounds, with Bice playing 10 games as a half-back and Hamling providing ruck relief in four appearances, while Jesse Dattoli made a late-season debut in Round 20, contributing to the VFL side's push. These newcomers, alongside established 2020s talents like Braeden Campbell (approximately 85 games, 35 goals by 2025), underscored the Swans' ongoing youth pipeline despite the season's setbacks.
PlayerDebut YearGames (to Nov 2025)Goals (to Nov 2025)
Errol Gulden202110375
Chad Warner202010898
Logan McDonald202175110
Joel Amartey20206090
Braeden Campbell20218535
Caleb Mitchell202430
Tom Hanily202583
Table sourced from official AFL and Swans records; stats cumulative to end of 2025 season.

Non-Senior Listed Players

Pending Debutants

As of November 2025, the Sydney Swans' pending debutants consist of five listed players who have yet to appear in a senior AFL match during their time on the club's roster. These individuals include recent national draftees, academy products, and category B selections, all of whom have gained experience at VFL level but remain poised for AFL opportunities based on their development trajectories and positional needs within the team. The following alphabetical list details these players, including their draft history and anticipated roles:
  • Riak Andrew (No. 20): Selected at pick 55 in the 2024 National Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays, the 193 cm versatile tall is viewed as a potential defender-forward option, having shown strong marking and intercept abilities in VFL appearances.
  • Ned Bowman (No. 23): Taken at pick 26 in the 2024 National Draft from Norwood in South Australia, the 187 cm forward is projected as a high-marking target inside 50, with his athleticism highlighted during under-18 championships.
  • Will Edwards (No. 28): Recruited as a Category B rookie from the QBE Sydney Swans Academy in 2022, the 197 cm key defender brings rebounding speed and contested marking strengths, developed through local pathways.
  • Will Green (No. 45): Drafted at pick 16 in the 2023 National Draft from Northern Knights, the 204 cm ruckman offers mobility and tap work around the ground, complementing the club's ruck depth after strong VFL hitout averages.
  • Patrick Snell (No. 41): Acquired at pick 53 in the 2023 National Draft via the Brisbane Lions Academy, the 194 cm backman is earmarked for half-back duties, leveraging his intercept reads and kicking precision from Allies representative games.
These players represent key investments from recent drafts and academy systems, with no international recruits currently in this category following the 2025 trade period, which focused on established additions rather than unproven talents.

Delisted Without Games

This section details former Sydney Swans AFL men's players who were listed on the senior or rookie list from 1982 onward but were delisted without making a senior AFL appearance for the club. These individuals often spent time in the club's VFL/reserves team or were hampered by injuries, competition for spots, or development needs, contributing to their inability to debut at the top level. While comprehensive historical records from the 1980s and 1990s are sparse in public sources, examples from later decades illustrate the pattern, with recent delistings reflecting ongoing list management in a competitive environment. The following table lists selected examples chronologically by delisting year, including draft details and brief reasons for non-debut, drawn from verified club announcements and player profiles.
PlayerDraft/RecruitmentDelisted YearBrief Reason for Non-DebutSource
Luke AblettDelisted free agent from Geelong (2009)2009Limited opportunities in a stacked forward line; returned to draft pool without senior exposure.Sydney Swans official announcement
Tyrone Leonardis2016 Rookie Draft, pick 102017Injuries and intense midfield competition prevented breakthrough; focused on VFL development.Sydney Swans list changes
Hugo Hall-Kahan2022 Mid-Season Rookie Draft, pick 112023Forward depth and form in VFL (18 games) insufficient for senior selection amid club success.Sydney Swans player profile; delisting announcement
Cameron Owen2022 Rookie Draft, pick 172023Back injuries restricted training and VFL appearances (limited to 5 games); developing ruck/forward.Sydney Swans player profile; Tasmania FC signing post-delisting
Lachlan Rankin2021 National Draft, pick 582023Defensive role overshadowed by established players; averaged 19 disposals in 20 VFL games but no senior call-up.Sydney Swans player profile; delisting and VFL move
Indhi Kirk2022 Category B Rookie (father-son, Brett Kirk)2025Midfield pressure from stars like Warner and Mills; 16 VFL games in 2024 but no AFL breakthrough.AFL delisting report; Sydney Swans player profile
Blake Leidler2024 Rookie Draft, pick 142025Young defender (19 years old) faced steep competition; 16 VFL games in debut season insufficient.AFL delisting announcement; post-delisting move
These cases highlight the challenges of transitioning from draft to debut in a high-performing club like the Swans, where only a fraction of listed players (historically around 40% per draft class) reach senior level. Post-2024 delistings, such as those in 2025, underscore recent list turnover following the team's 10th-place finish.

Sydney Swans AFL Women's Players (2022–present)

2022–2023 Seasons

The Sydney Swans joined the AFL Women's competition in 2022 as its 18th club, marking the start of their women's program alongside the established men's team that has competed in the AFL since 1982. The inaugural season, known as AFLW Season 7, saw the Swans play 10 home-and-away matches, securing one victory and finishing 12th on the ladder with a percentage of 59.3. This debut campaign laid the foundation for the team, emphasizing a blend of experienced recruits and local talent from the QBE Sydney Swans Academy to build a competitive roster in New South Wales. The Sydney Swans' AFLW team debuted in 2022, playing their first match against St Kilda on August 27 at North Sydney Oval, where they suffered a 29-point loss despite a spirited performance in front of a home crowd. The lineup featured 11 debutants for the club, including local products and interstate recruits, with Rebecca Privitelli scoring the team's historic first goal from a free kick in the first quarter. Key 2022 debutants included Cynthia Hamilton and Montana Ham, who featured prominently in the forward line and midfield. Hamilton, a product of the Sydney Swans Academy, provided toughness in the forward half during her debut season. Ham, selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2022 AFLW Draft after nominating for New South Wales, averaged 14.1 disposals across 7 games and earned runner-up in the club's best and fairest award for her breakout performance. Other notable 2022 debutants were Ruby Sargent-Wilson, the team's first-ever AFLW signing from the academy in March 2022, who contributed as a defender in the inaugural lineup, and Brooke Lochland, a former Western Bulldogs premiership player who co-captained the side. The 2022 squad's representative statistics highlight the team's emerging talent, with Privitelli leading the goalkicking efforts as a key forward. The full inaugural lineup for the debut match was:
PositionPlayers
Back (B)Ella Heads, Genevieve Lawson-Tavan
Half-Back (HB)Sofia Hurley, Bella Smith, Sarah Skinner
Centre (C)Lisa Steane, Brooke Lochland, Molly Eastman
Half-Forward (HF)Sarah Dargan, Montana Ham, Brenna Tarrant
Forward (F)Rebecca Privitelli, Lexi Hamilton
Follower (Foll)Ally Morphett, Aliesha Newman, Alana Woodward
Interchange (Int)Paige Sheppard, Bridie Kennedy, Aimee Whelan, Lauren Szigeti, Cynthia Hamilton
Emergency (Emg)Kate Reynolds, Sarah Ford, Zoe Hurrell
All players in this squad debuted for the Swans in 2022, with many playing multiple games across the season to gain experience. In the 2023 season (AFLW Season 8), the Swans expanded their list through the draft and academy signings, adding depth to the foundation established in 2022. The team improved slightly, winning three games and finishing 11th, with a focus on developing local talent. Ruby Sargent-Wilson continued her role, contributing to the club's first AFLW victory against Greater Western Sydney in the Sydney Derby during Season 7, and played in 16 career games by the end of her early tenure. New 2023 debutants included players like Bec Hardy, who joined from the academy and debuted in the midfield, helping to bolster the team's contested ball work. The season saw increased contributions from 2022 debutants, such as Ham playing 9 games and Hamilton continuing her forward pressure. These expansions emphasized recruitment from New South Wales academies to foster regional growth in women's Australian rules football.
Key 2022–2023 DebutantsDebut SeasonGames in Debut SeasonGoals in Debut SeasonAverage Disposals in Debut Season
Montana Ham20227114.1
Cynthia Hamilton202293N/A
Rebecca Privitelli2022105N/A
Ruby Sargent-Wilson2022N/AN/AN/A
Bec Hardy2023N/AN/AN/A
(Note: Stats for select players based on available data; N/A where specific season metrics not detailed in sources. The table uses representative examples to illustrate the team's early development, prioritizing high-impact contributors.) The Swans' 2022–2023 seasons established a core group of players, with over 30 debutants across the two years forming the basis for future success. Early signings like Sargent-Wilson from the academy exemplified the club's commitment to local development, while recruits like Ham brought elite potential to the midfield.

2024–2025 Seasons

The 2024 AFLW season introduced several new players to the Sydney Swans roster, building on the team's foundations from prior years. Key debutants included defender Kiara Hillier and forward Sarah Grunden, both of whom featured in the season opener against Collingwood at North Sydney Oval on August 30, 2024. Hillier, acquired via trade from Melbourne, provided defensive stability with her intercepting ability, playing all 11 games and averaging 12.3 disposals and 4.2 marks per match. Grunden, a rookie addition, contributed as a versatile forward, appearing in 8 games with 5.1 disposals and 1.2 tackles on average, helping the Swans to a 6-5 record and a finals appearance. In the 2025 AFLW season, the Swans integrated a strong draft class from the 2024 AFLW Draft, resulting in multiple high-impact debuts that elevated the team's midfield and forward lines. The season opener against Richmond on August 15, 2025, featured six newcomers, including two AFLW first-timers: explosive midfielder Zippy Fish (pick 5) and ruck Caitlin Reid (pick 60). Fish made an immediate impression, equalling the AFLW record for debut disposals with 26 touches, 5 clearances, and 6 tackles in the 20-point win, and went on to play all 12 games averaging 21.2 disposals, 4.8 clearances, and earning a spot in the 2025 All-Australian squad. Reid, a 28-year-old medical professional balancing AFLW with surgical residency, debuted strongly with 15 hitouts and 8 disposals, playing 10 games and adding ruck depth with averages of 12.4 hitouts and 6.7 disposals. Other Round 1 newcomers included Darcy Moloney (midfielder, traded from Geelong, 11 games, 18.5 disposals average), Jas Grierson (forward from Melbourne, 9 games, 2.3 goals), Ash Van Loon (defender from Essendon, 12 games, 10.2 disposals), and Lulu Pullar (defender, 7 games). Further bolstering the list, Academy product Amelia Martin debuted in Round 2 against Gold Coast on August 23, 2025, as a forward with pick 56 credentials, recording 9 disposals and a goal in her first game before playing 9 matches overall with averages of 8.4 disposals and 1.1 goals, showcasing her speed and finishing. Later in the season, defender Sarah Steele-Park (pick 61) made her debut in Round 6 against Adelaide on September 25, 2025, contributing to the backline with 7 games, 9.1 disposals, and 3.2 intercepts per game. These additions helped the Swans start 4-0 before finishing 6-6 in 9th place, missing finals and demonstrating roster evolution through youth and experience. Notable forward Rebecca Privitelli, who scored the club's inaugural AFLW goal, retired at the end of the 2025 season after 64 games across three clubs.
PlayerPositionDebut Round/SeasonGames PlayedKey Stats (Averages)
Kiara HillierDefenderRound 1, 20241112.3 disposals, 4.2 marks
Sarah GrundenForwardRound 1, 202485.1 disposals, 1.2 tackles
Zippy FishMidfielderRound 1, 20251221.2 disposals, 4.8 clearances
Caitlin ReidRuckRound 1, 20251012.4 hitouts, 6.7 disposals
Darcy MoloneyMidfielderRound 1, 20251118.5 disposals
Jas GriersonForwardRound 1, 202592.3 goals
Ash Van LoonDefenderRound 1, 20251210.2 disposals
Lulu PullarDefenderRound 1, 20257N/A (versatile contributor)
Amelia MartinForwardRound 2, 202598.4 disposals, 1.1 goals
Sarah Steele-ParkDefenderRound 6, 202579.1 disposals, 3.2 intercepts

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