List of VFL debuts in 1969
This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1969.
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A statue of Leigh Matthews, who made his VFL debut in 1969
Debuts
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
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Bruce Doull | Carlton | 18 years, 234 days | 5[1] | 385 | 22 | |
David McKay | Carlton | 19 years, 165 days | 3[2] | 263 | 277 | |
Barry Armstrong | Carlton | 18 years, 307 days | 16[3] | 204 | 142 | |
Phillip Pinnell | Carlton | 18 years, 137 days | 8[4] | 173 | 5 | |
Syd Jackson | Carlton | 24 years, 278 days | 1[5] | 136 | 165 | |
Bert Thornley | Carlton | 26 years, 228 days | 3[6] | 24 | 3 | |
Doug Baird | Carlton | 18 years, 212 days | 10[7] | 6 | 8 | |
Noel Mewett | Carlton | 20 years, 52 days | 8[8] | 5 | 3 | |
Glenn Elliott | St Kilda | 18 years, 289 days | 9[9] | 138 | 69 | |
Stephen Theodore | St Kilda | 18 years, 128 days | 4[10] | 134 | 111 | |
Barry Lawrence | St Kilda | 23 years, 51 days | 1[11] | 126 | 80 | Father of Steven Lawrence. |
Stephen Rae | St Kilda | 17 years, 17 days | 7[12] | 55 | 38 | |
Colin Antonie | St Kilda | 17 years, 87 days | 11[13] | 17 | 7 | |
John Evans | St Kilda | 18 years, 235 days | 5[14] | 14 | 10 | |
David Dench | North Melbourne | 17 years, 330 days | 15[15] | 275 | 29 | |
David Pretty | North Melbourne | 18 years, 3 days | 1[16] | 58 | 12 | |
Geoff Bryant | North Melbourne | 22 years, 257 days | 1[17] | 45 | 16 | |
Rod Elliott | North Melbourne | 17 years, 307 days | 3[18] | 15 | 9 | |
Noel Fincher | North Melbourne | 24 years, 320 days | 4[19] | 15 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray |
Frank Dimattina | North Melbourne | 22 years, 200 days | 11[20] | 14 | 16 | Previously played for Richmond. Father of Paul Dimattina |
John Duthie | North Melbourne | 18 years, 76 days | 4[21] | 11 | 5 | |
Brian Neal | North Melbourne | 21 years, 108 days | 20[22] | 5 | 10 | |
Lindsay Jacob | North Melbourne | 22 years, 132 days | 1[23] | 2 | 2 | |
Dick Ivey | North Melbourne | 22 years, 34 days | 15[24] | 1 | 0 | |
Harvey Merrigan | Fitzroy | 19 years, 157 days | 6[25] | 197 | 18 | |
Leigh Robertson | Fitzroy | 18 years, 347 days | 5[26] | 76 | 14 | |
Shane Molloy | Fitzroy | 19 years, 290 days | 1[27] | 61 | 4 | Father of Jarrod Molloy. |
Bill Sykes | Fitzroy | 20 years, 212 days | 5[28] | 48 | 5 | |
Bob Hodgkin | Fitzroy | 19 years, 276 days | 9[29] | 24 | 0 | |
Paul Shanahan | Fitzroy | 20 years, 260 days | 13[30] | 21 | 27 | |
Bruce Baker | Fitzroy | 19 years, 37 days | 3[31] | 16 | 4 | |
Peter Ellis | Fitzroy | 22 years, 74 days | 7[32] | 7 | 0 | |
Robert Ireland | Fitzroy | 22 years, 74 days | 19[33] | 5 | 0 | |
Peter Weightman | Fitzroy | 20 years, 53 days | 10[34] | 1 | 1 | |
David McLeish | South Melbourne | 19 years, 112 days | 12[35] | 213 | 22 | |
Steven Hoffman | South Melbourne | 17 years, 238 days | 7[36] | 149 | 187 | |
John Pitura | South Melbourne | 18 years, 217 days | 4[37] | 99 | 71 | Father of Mark Pitura. |
Robert Doyle | South Melbourne | 18 years, 102 days | 4[38] | 77 | 36 | Father of Stephen Doyle. |
Wayne Walsh | South Melbourne | 22 years, 333 days | 1[39] | 63 | 5 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Ron Wetzel | South Melbourne | 22 years, 32 days | 9[40] | 18 | 1 | |
Sid Catlin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 123 days | 4[41] | 15 | 14 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Graham Brandt | South Melbourne | 22 years, 35 days | 1[42] | 13 | 2 | |
Bob Svorinich | South Melbourne | 19 years, 26 days | 6[43] | 8 | 7 | |
Arthur Budd | South Melbourne | 23 years, 99 days | 1[44] | 7 | 2 | |
Ken Luscombe | South Melbourne | 18 years, 100 days | 7[45] | 7 | 0 | |
Alan Richardson | South Melbourne | 28 years, 228 days | 13[46] | 7 | 9 | Previously played for Richmond. Father of Matthew Richardson. |
Gary Williams | South Melbourne | 19 years, 55 days | 19[47] | 6 | 6 | |
Rob Dowsing | South Melbourne | 21 years, 214 days | 1[48] | 4 | 6 | |
John Coghlan | South Melbourne | 22 years, 143 days | 3[49] | 2 | 0 | |
Reuben Cooper | South Melbourne | 17 years, 339 days | 15[50] | 2 | 0 | |
Graham Page | South Melbourne | 18 years, 134 days | 4[51] | 1 | 0 | |
John Hartree | South Melbourne | 21 years, 139 days | 20[52] | 1 | 0 | |
Greg Wells | Melbourne | 19 years, 71 days | 18[53] | 224 | 251 | |
Trevor Rollinson | Melbourne | 21 years, 264 days | 1[54] | 49 | 1 | |
Robert McKenzie | Melbourne | 19 years, 42 days | 14[55] | 42 | 21 | |
Paul Rowlands | Melbourne | 19 years, 319 days | 2[56] | 35 | 0 | |
Peter Sinclair | Melbourne | 22 years, 5 days | 8[57] | 34 | 18 | |
John Letcher | Melbourne | 18 years, 132 days | 2[58] | 25 | 2 | |
David Hone | Melbourne | 22 years, 281 days | 1[59] | 18 | 3 | |
Russell Colcott | Melbourne | 19 years, 279 days | 10[60] | 15 | 18 | |
Blair Campbell | Melbourne | 22 years, 248 days | 4[61] | 12 | 23 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Danny Jennings | Melbourne | 20 years, 13 days | 17[62] | 9 | 3 | |
Mark Mitchell | Melbourne | 17 years, 285 days | 10[63] | 6 | 2 | |
Daryl Powell | Melbourne | 17 years, 084 days | 19[64] | 2 | 0 | |
David Hayes | Melbourne | 20 years, 107 days | 6[65] | 1 | 0 | |
Steve Arnott | Melbourne | 20 years, 148 days | 11[66] | 1 | 0 | |
Ray Sampson | Melbourne | 19 years, 284 days | 19[67] | 1 | 0 | |
David Harris | Geelong | 22 years, 323 days | 1[68] | 44 | 20 | |
Pat Patterson | Geelong | 22 years, 199 days | 9[69] | 8 | 0 | |
Jeff Bates | Geelong | 19 years, 17 days | 16[70] | 6 | 1 | |
Ray O'Rourke | Geelong | 21 years, 86 days | 1[71] | 2 | 0 | |
Ian Owen | Richmond | 20 years, 279 days | 4[72] | 33 | 0 | |
Colin Beard | Richmond | 27 years, 205 days | 13[73] | 33 | 0 | |
Graham Robbins | Richmond | 20 years, 53 days | 12[74] | 13 | 9 | |
Ray Ball | Richmond | 20 years, 58 days | 3[75] | 12 | 0 | Father of Luke and Matthew Ball. |
Ron Thomas | Richmond | 20 years, 211 days | 5[76] | 11 | 0 | |
John Ferguson | Richmond | 20 years, 73 days | 9[77] | 7 | 0 | |
Wayne Judd | Richmond | 20 years, 217 days | 9[78] | 7 | 9 | |
Brenton Miels | Richmond | 21 years, 146 days | 10[79] | 7 | 1 | |
Anthony Smith | Richmond | 18 years, 119 days | 17[80] | 4 | 1 | |
Brian Shinners | Richmond | 19 years, 277 days | 6[81] | 2 | 0 | |
Barrie Trotter | Richmond | 19 years, 134 days | 13[82] | 2 | 0 | |
Stephen Power | Footscray | 18 years, 229 days | 1[83] | 177 | 25 | |
Bernie Quinlan | Footscray | 17 years, 342 days | 12[84] | 177 | 241 | Won Brownlow Medal in 1981. |
Barry Round | Footscray | 19 years, 71 days | 1[85] | 135 | 136 | Won Brownlow Medal in 1981. Father of David Round. |
Gordon Casey | Footscray | 19 years, 25 days | 3[86] | 125 | 5 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Robert McGhie | Footscray | 17 years, 307 days | 11[87] | 49 | 6 | |
Laurie Rippon | Footscray | 18 years, 267 days | 5[88] | 45 | 4 | |
Graeme Joslin | Footscray | 18 years, 281 days | 1[89] | 24 | 0 | |
Harry Skreja | Footscray | 16 years, 93 days | 7[90] | 18 | 13 | |
Norm Mitchell | Footscray | 17 years, 237 days | 1[91] | 5 | 1 | |
Richard Radziminski | Footscray | 19 years, 284 days | 6[92] | 14 | 0 | |
Bruce Davidson | Footscray | 18 years, 286 days | 1[93] | 3 | 0 | |
Geoff Thatcher | Footscray | 18 years, 223 days | 5[94] | 2 | 0 | |
Tad Joniec | Footscray | 18 years, 246 days | 20[95] | 2 | 1 | |
Bruce Greenhill | Footscray | 22 years, 255 days | 01[96] | 1 | 0 | |
Leigh Matthews | Hawthorn | 17 years, 147 days | 16[97] | 332 | 915 | Voted "Player of the 20th Century". Brother of Kelvin Matthews. |
Peter Knights | Hawthorn | 17 years, 62 days | 9[98] | 264 | 201 | |
Brian Douge | Hawthorn | 18 years, 125 days | 13[99] | 91 | 8 | |
Bruce Stevenson | Hawthorn | 19 years, 254 days | 3[100] | 72 | 26 | |
Geoff Smith | Hawthorn | 20 years, 165 days | 1[101] | 38 | 24 | |
Gene Chiron | Hawthorn | 19 years, 145 days | 1[102] | 37 | 1 | |
Ron Stubbs | Hawthorn | 20 years, 184 days | 1[103] | 17 | 5 | |
Lindsay Tipping | Hawthorn | 19 years, 141 days | 20[104] | 12 | 0 | |
Max Richardson | Collingwood | 20 years, 135 days | 5[105] | 211 | 158 | Brother of Wayne Richardson. |
Ronald Wearmouth | Collingwood | 18 years, 360 days | 14[106] | 186 | 127 | |
Robert Dean | Collingwood | 18 years, 272 days | 15[107] | 121 | 37 | |
Jeff Clifton | Collingwood | 20 years, 92 days | 8[108] | 102 | 0 | |
Doug Gott | Collingwood | 19 years, 12 days | 14[109] | 97 | 26 | Played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
Jeff Pitts | Collingwood | 18 years, 281 days | 3[110] | 4 | 1 | |
John Bell | Collingwood | 19 years, 225 days | 2[111] | 2 | 0 | |
Gordon Lawrie | Collingwood | 18 years, 137 days | 3[112] | 2 | 0 | |
Mark Slater | Collingwood | 17 years, 338 days | 10[113] | 2 | 0 | |
Neville Fields | Essendon | 17 years, 240 days | 15[114] | 140 | 138 | |
Wayne Headlam | Essendon | 20 years, 181 days | 11[115] | 60 | 25 | |
Stuart Barclay | Essendon | 19 years, 211 days | 5[116] | 38 | 3 | |
Doug Tassell | Essendon | 23 years, 140 days | 7[117] | 20 | 0 | |
David Collins | Essendon | 22 years, 311 days | 1[118] | 14 | 6 | |
Ian Stevenson | Essendon | 24 years, 243 days | 8[119] | 10 | 2 | |
Roger Hampson | Essendon | 20 years, 197 days | 9[120] | 10 | 1 | |
Gary Crouch | Essendon | 22 years, 192 days | 1[121] | 9 | 1 | |
John Sinclair | Essendon | 20 years, 282 days | 1[122] | 2 | 0 | |
John Carpenter | Essendon | 20 years, 324 days | 15[123] | 2 | 1 |
References
- "Bruce Doull statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "David McKay statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Barry Armstrong statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Phillip Pinnell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Syd Jackson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Bert Thornley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Doug Baird statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Noel Mewett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Glenn Elliott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Stephen Theodore statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Barry Lawrence statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Stephen Rae statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Colin Antonie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- "John Evans statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- "David Dench statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "David Pretty statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Geoff Bryant statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Rod Elliott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Noel Fincher statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Frank Dimattina statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "John Duthie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Brian Neal statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Lionel Jacob statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Dick Ivey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- "Harvey Merrigan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Leigh Robertson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Shane Molloy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Bill Sykes statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Bob Hodgkin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Paul Shanahan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Bruce Baker statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Peter Ellis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Robert Ireland statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "Peter Weightman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- "David McLeish statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Steve Hoffman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- "John Pitura statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- "Robert Doyle statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Wayne Walsh statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Ron Wetzel statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- "Sid Catlin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- "Graham Brandt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Bob Svorinich statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Arthur Budd statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Ken Luscombe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Alan Richardson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Gary Williams statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Rob Dowsing statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "John Coghlan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Reuben Cooper statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- "Graham Page statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "John Hartree statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Greg Wells statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Trevor Rollinson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Robert McKenzie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Paul Rowlands statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Peter Sinclair statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "John Letcher statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "David Hone statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Russell Colcott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- "Blair Campbell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- "Danny Jennings statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- "Mark Mitchell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Daryl Powell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "David Hayes statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Steve Arnott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Ray Sampson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "David Harris statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Pat Patterson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Jeff Bates statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Ray O'Rourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- "Ian Owen statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Colin Beard statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Graham Robbins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Ray Ball statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Ron Thomas statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "John Ferguson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Wayne Judd statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Brenton Miels statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Anthony Smith statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Brian Shinners statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Barrie Trotter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- "Stephen Power statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Bernie Quinlan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Barry Round statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Gordon Casey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Robert McGhie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Laurie Rippon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Graeme Joslin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Harry Skreja statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Norm Mitchell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Richard Radziminski statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Bruce Davidson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Geoff Thatcher statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Tad Joniec statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Bruce Greenhill statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Leigh Matthews statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Peter Knights statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Brian Douge statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Bruce Stevenson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Geoff Smith statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Gene Chiron statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Ron Stubbs statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Lindsay Tipping statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- "Max Richardson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Ron Wearmouth statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Robert Dean statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Jeff Clifton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Doug Gott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Jeff Pitts statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "John Bell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Gordon Lawrie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Mark Slater statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Neville Fields statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Wayne Headlam statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Stuart Barclay statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Doug Tassell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "David Collins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Ian Stevenson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- "Roger Hampson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- "Gary Crouch statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- "John Sinclair statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- "John Sinclair statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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