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List of Essendon Football Club captains

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The following is a list of players who have captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW).

VFL/AFL

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Seasons Captain Notes
1897–1900 George Stuckey 1897 premiership captain
1901–1902 Tod Collins 1901 premiership captain
1903–1904 Jim Anderson
1904 Hugh Gavin (stand-in)
1905 William Robinson
1906 Jack McKenzie
1907–1909 William Griffith
1910 Allan Belcher
1911 David Smith 1911 premiership captain
1912–1915 Allan Belcher 1912 premiership captain
1918 Fred Baring
1919 Allan Belcher
1920–1921 Percy Ogden
1922–1924 Syd Barker 1923 and 1924 premiership captain
1925–1928 Frank Maher
1929–1930 Norm Beckton
1931–1933 Garnet Campbell
1934–1935 Keith Forbes
1936–1937 Jack Baggott
1937 Keith Forbes (stand-in)
1938 Len Webster
1939–1950 Dick Reynolds 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950 premiership captain
1951–1957 Bill Hutchison
1958–1964 Jack Clarke 1962 premiership captain
1965–1968 Ken Fraser 1965 premiership captain
1969 Don McKenzie
1970–1971 Barry Davis
1972–1975 Des Tuddenham
1976 Graham Moss
1977–1979 Ken Fletcher
1980–1981 Simon Madden
1982 Neale Daniher
1982 Ron Andrews (stand-in)
1983–1988 Terry Daniher 1984 and 1985 premiership captain
1989–1991 Tim Watson
1992–1995 Mark Thompson 1993 premiership captain
1996–1997 Gary O'Donnell
1998–2005 James Hird 2000 premiership captain
1999 Michael Long (stand-in)
2006–2009 Matthew Lloyd
2006 David Hille (stand-in)
2010–2016 Jobe Watson
2016 Brendon Goddard (stand-in)
2017–2022 Dyson Heppell
2023– Zach Merrett

AFL Women's

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Seasons Captain(s)
S7 (2022)– Steph Cain/Bonnie Toogood

Sources

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