List of VFL/AFL players born outside of Australia

This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside of Australia. The first non-Australian-born players were Ivan Astruc (Fitzroy; born in Mauritius), George Hastings (Essendon; born in Ireland) and Henry McPetrie (Carlton; born in England), who each played for their respective clubs in round one of the inaugural VFL season in 1897. There are currently 13 AFL-listed players who have played at least one game for their clubs. Peter Bell (Fremantle and the Kangaroos; born in South Korea) holds the games record for a non-Australian-born player, having played 286 games between 1995 and 2008. Jim Stynes (Melbourne, born in Ireland) is the only non-Australian-born player to win a Brownlow Medal, and Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton and St Kilda; born in Austria) was the only non-Australian-born player named in the VFL/AFL Team of the Century.

List

Players currently on an AFL list are listed in bold:

Name	Country of birth	Club(s)	First	Last	Games	Goals
Alexander, ColinColin Alexander	England	Brisbane Bears Collingwood	1989	1993	29	30
Anderson, RamsayRamsay Anderson	Scotland	Essendon University	1910	1912	31	0
Astruc, IvanIvan Astruc	Mauritius	Fitzroy	1897	1897	6	1
Baggott, JackJack Baggott	Natal	Essendon Richmond	1927	1937	138	140
Barlow, AlexAlex Barlow	Scotland	Carlton	1901	1903	14	0
Bayliss, MarkMark Bayliss	England	Collingwood	1989	1989	4	6
Begley, ColmColm Begley	Ireland	Brisbane Lions St Kilda	2006	2009	30	7
Bell, PeterPeter Bell	South Korea	Fremantle North Melbourne/Kangaroos	1995	2008	286	250
Bennett, PeterPeter Bennett	New Zealand	Essendon Hawthorn	1976	1981	80	27
Bevilacqua, PeterPeter Bevilacqua	Italy	Carlton	1953	1953	1	0
Bingham, LawrenceLawrence Bingham	England	Hawthorn St Kilda	1989	1993	25	0
Blackwell, WayneWayne Blackwell	England	Carlton	1984	1990	110	80
Bromberg, MordecaiMordecai Bromberg	Israel	St Kilda	1978	1981	34	11
Burton, ChrisChris Burton	England	Footscray Richmond	1980	1988	117	35
Campbell, AdamAdam Campbell	New Zealand	Fremantle	2006	2009	13	13
Carlile, AlipateAlipate Carlile	Fiji	Port Adelaide	2006	2011	89	4
Clarke, MartinMartin Clarke	Northern Ireland	Collingwood	2007	2009	46	16
Cook, SudjaiSudjai Cook	Thailand	Adelaide	1998	1998	7	2
Croad, TrentTrent Croad	New Zealand	Fremantle Hawthorn	1998	2008	222	189
Cupido, DamianDamian Cupido	South Africa	Brisbane Lions Essendon	2000	2005	53	66
Dargie, IanIan Dargie	England	St Kilda West Coast	1989	1991	11	1
Davie, HarryHarry Davie	England	Carlton Melbourne	1924	1928	58	186
Davies, JimJim Davies	Wales	Carlton	1949	1950	16	1
Dickie, DonaldDonald Dickie	New Zealand	Port Adelaide	1997	2000	55	19
Earley, PaulPaul Earley	Ireland	Melbourne	1984	1984	1	1
Edmond, BobBob Edmond	Scotland	Carlton	1967	1968	10	0
Edmond, JimJim Edmond	Scotland	Footscray Sydney Brisbane Bears	1977	1988	188	287
Edwards, AaronAaron Edwards	Western Samoa	Kangaroos/North Melbourne West Coast	2005	2011	73	107
Fairweather, FredFred Fairweather	England	North Melbourne	1944	1946	54	14
Frei, HarryHarry Frei	West Germany	Footscray	1973	1973	6	0
Goodwin, AndyAndy Goodwin	England	Melbourne Richmond	1987	1993	73	9
Hanley, PearcePearce Hanley	Ireland	Brisbane Lions	2008	2011	34	6
Hanna, MilMil Hanna	Lebanon	Carlton	1986	1997	190	83
Harding, PaulPaul Harding	England	Hawthorn St Kilda West Coast	1987	1994	116	14
Hastings, GeorgeGeorge Hastings	Ireland	Essendon	1897	1904	107	25
Haughton, HarryHarry Haughton	New Zealand	Carlton	1912	1919	113	49
Hunt, KarmichaelKarmichael Hunt	New Zealand	Gold Coast	2011	2011	15	1
Ishchenko, AlexAlex Ishchenko	Ukraine	Brisbane Bears North Melbourne West Coast	1987	1995	142	37
Jaworskyj, BohdanBohdan Jaworskyj	Germany	Hawthorn	1973	1975	67	3
Jeanneret, HenriHenri Jeanneret	Switzerland	Melbourne South Melbourne	1898	1904	113	49
Jesaulenko, AlexAlex Jesaulenko	Austria	Carlton St Kilda	1967	1981	279	444
Jones, WarrenWarren Jones	New Zealand	Carlton St Kilda	1978	1988	123	36
Kennelly, TadhgTadhg Kennelly	Ireland	Sydney	2001	2011	197	30
Klomp, RobbertRobbert Klomp	The Netherlands	Carlton Footscray	1979	1984	93	20
La Fontaine, AllanAllan La Fontaine	France	Melbourne	1934	1945	171	77
Lawrence, StephenStephen Lawrence	South Africa	Hawthorn	1988	1998	146	30
Leather, ThomasThomas Leather	Scotland	North Melbourne	1932	1933	16	11
Leonard, JohnnyJohnny Leonard	England	South Melbourne	1932	1932	12	17
MacKenzie, AubreyAubrey MacKenzie	Natal	Melbourne St Kilda	1914	1924	12	17
Magee, StuartStuart Magee	Ireland	Footscray South Melbourne	1962	1975	216	149
Mann, FredFred Mann	England	Essendon	1901	1903	27	1
Massie, KrisKris Massie	Sweden	Adelaide Carlton	1998	2008	131	23
McAlister, DanielDaniel McAlister	New Zealand	Essendon	1997	2002	6	0
McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy	Wales	Fitzroy North Melbourne	1986	1996	163	178
McDonnell, MartyMarty McDonnell	New Zealand	Footscray	1939	1950	92	2
McNeil, TomTom McNeil	Scotland	St Kilda	1951	1952	8	0
McNicholl, DermotDermot McNicholl	Northern Ireland	St Kilda	1990	1990	3	0
McPetrie, HenryHenry McPetrie	Scotland	Carlton	1897	1897	5	2
Michael, MalMal Michael	Papua New Guinea	Brisbane Lions Collingwood Essendon	1997	2008	238	33
Moore, CharlieCharlie Moore	Fiji	Essendon	1897	1899	30	34
Moran, BradBrad Moran	England	Adelaide North Melbourne	2006	2011	21	8
Muller, IanIan Muller	South Africa	Carlton St Kilda	1984	1991	27	2
Mulvihill, BrianBrian Mulvihill	England	North Melbourne	1971	1972	24	25
Mynott, BrianBrian Mynott	England	St Kilda	1964	1975	210	75
Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon	England	Richmond	1987	1990	37	3
O'Brien, HarryHarry O'Brien	Brazil	Collingwood	2005	2011	133	15
O'Halloran, ThomasThomas O'Halloran	New Zealand	Richmond	1925	1934	142	120
O'Reilly, JamieJamie O'Reilly	Northern Ireland	Richmond	2010	2011	4	0
Perkins, BillBill Perkins	England	Richmond	1940	1949	148	0
Perrie, IanIan Perrie	Rhodesia	Adelaide	1998	2007	115	133
Pringle, FredFred Pringle	India	Carlton	1923	1924	22	7
Pyke, DonDon Pyke	United States	West Coast	1989	1996	132	97
Pyke, MikeMike Pyke	Canada	Sydney	2009	2011	28	5
Quinn, MichaelMichael Quinn	Ireland	Essendon	2009	2011	8	2
Renouf, BrentBrent Renouf	New Zealand	Hawthorn	2008	2011	52	9
Robertson, RalphRalph Robertson	England	St Kilda	1898	1900	14	1
Rodan, DavidDavid Rodan	Fiji	Port Adelaide Richmond	2002	2011	166	127
Romero, JoséJosé Romero	Chile	Footscray/Western Bulldogs North Melbourne	1988	2001	211	169
Ruscuklic, AlexAlex Ruscuklic	Germany	Carlton Fitzroy	1966	1974	117	209
Savage, ShaneShane Savage	New Zealand	Hawthorn	2009	2011	20	16
Scarlett, JohnJohn Scarlett	England	Geelong South Melbourne	1967	1979	212	44
Schwass, WayneWayne Schwass	New Zealand	North Melbourne Sydney	1988	2002	282	154
Sellwood, JoeJoe Sellwood	New Zealand	Geelong	1930	1945	180	97
Seow, DannieDannie Seow	Singapore	Collingwood Melbourne	1986	1990	25	10
Sexton, BenBen Sexton	Papua New Guinea	Carlton Footscray	1991	1996	43	33
Stynes, BrianBrian Stynes	Ireland	Melbourne	1992	1992	2	0
Stynes, JimJim Stynes	Ireland	Melbourne	1987	1998	264	130
Sutherland, GeorgeGeorge Sutherland	Scotland	St Kilda	1900	1901	16	14
Thompson, EwanEwan Thompson	Scotland	Richmond	1997	1997	4	1
Tonn, HeinzHeinz Tonn	Germany	Fitzroy	1947	1947	6	2
Thursfield, WillWill Thursfield	England	Richmond	2005	2011	77	0
Tuohy, ZachZach Tuohy	Ireland	Carlton	2010	2011	11	3
Vinar, PaulPaul Vinar	Czechoslovakia	Geelong	1959	1966	132	45
Waterhouse, CliveClive Waterhouse	England	Fremantle	1996	2004	106	178
Watts, FergusFergus Watts	England	Adelaide St Kilda	2004	2007	6	3
Wheeler, SanfordSanford Wheeler	United States	Sydney	1989	1994	43	7
Wight, SeanSean Wight	Scotland	Melbourne	1985	1995	150	63
Wood, BarneyBarney Wood	New Zealand	Melbourne	1928	1928	5	0

Notes

^a Now part of the Republic of South Africa.
^b Now the Independent State of Samoa.
^c Now part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
^d Now part of Northern Ireland.
^e Now part of the Republic of Fiji.
^f Now part of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
^g Now part of the Republic of India.
^h Now part of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
ⁱ Now part of either the Czech Republic or the Republic of Slovakia. Exact location of birth unknown.

The countries of the United Kingdom and the ex-USSR states are listed separately for ease of use.

See also

• List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity
• Australian rules football around the world

References

• Rohan Connolly (15 May 2010). "International rules OK". Melbourne: The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/international-rules-ok-20100515-v51p.html. Retrieved 15 May 2010. 
• Brian Clarke (2003). "Overseas Born VFL/AFL players". International Australian Football Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050909164247/http://www.iafc.com.au/history/overseas.html. Retrieved 14 December 2005. 
• "Other Nationalities". Full Points Footy. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/other_nationalities.htm. Retrieved 1 March 2006. 
• Rod Curtis (2005). "The AFL evangelist". The Age. http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2005/04/29/1114635749120.html?from=storyrhs. Retrieved 8 November 2006.