From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Essendon Football Club players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Essendon were one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897.
Current players are listed in bold. The statistics on the list are up to date as of the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season .
Players are listed by the date of their VFL/AFL debut with the club. In cases of players debuting in the same game, they are listed alphabetically.
1890s
1900s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1900
Llew Jones
5
2
1900
1900
Tommy Leahy
2
0
1900
1900
Mick Peppard
42
10
1900–1903
1900
Billy Grace
4
1
1900
1900
Herb Hunter
3
0
1900
1900
Alf Dear
6
1
1900
1900
Bill Crebbin
1
0
1900
1900
Hughie Johns
1
2
1900
1900
Fred Hiskins
50
78
1900–1902, 1906
1901
Bobby Byers
1
0
1901
1901
Ted Kennedy
43
1
1901–1903
1901
Bill Robinson
71
14
1901–1902, 1904–1906
1901
Herc Vollugi
70
5
1901–1906
1901
George Ward
1
0
1901
1901
Artie White
6
3
1901
1901
Marcus Evans
1
0
1901
1901
Mick Morris
1
0
1901
1901
Jim Beasley
2
0
1901
1901
Jack McKenzie
81
90
1901–1902, 1904–1906
1901
Fred Mann
27
1
1901–1903
1901
Jim Kennedy
3
9
1901
1902
Ben Baxter
67
4
1902–1906
1902
Jack Geggie
43
11
1902–1904
1902
Syd Hall
8
1
1902
1902
Jack Deas
3
0
1902
1902
Bill Webb
1
1
1902
1902
Vic Hutchens
11
8
1902
1902
Harry Ford
2
0
1902
1902
John Holligan
5
4
1902–1903
1903
Hughie Callan
35
15
1903–1905
1903
William Carkeek
26
8
1903–1905
1903
Mick Madden
65
51
1903–1906
1903
Bill McCarthy
3
0
1903
1903
Johnny Meadows
4
2
1903
1903
Dave Smith
142
114
1903–1911, 1913
1903
Tom Williams
2
0
1903
1903
Ted Flynn
1
0
1903
1903
Austin Gilligan
29
11
1903–1905
1903
Joe Marr
14
1
1903
1903
Tom Hedley
24
6
1903–1904
1903
George Barker
47
74
1903–1905, 1907, 1909
1903
Jack Trehey
6
1
1903
1903
Jack Rosser
8
1
1903
1903
Jack Sullivan
2
1
1903, 1907
1903
Jack McIntyre
4
1
1903
1903
Fred Fooks
3
2
1903
1903
Jim McDonald
28
2
1903–1906
1903
Percy Abercrombie
2
0
1903
1903
Jack Godby
2
0
1903
1903
Joe Shippen
1
0
1903
1904
Norman Belcher
2
0
1904
1904
Bill Busbridge
103
32
1904–1912
1904
Alex Robinson
9
5
1904
1904
Harry Laxton
44
3
1904–1907
1904
Fred Robinson
35
0
1904–1905
1904
Arthur Legge
69
30
1904–1909
1904
Alf Swift
7
2
1904
1904
Mick Pleass
4
0
1904
1904
Jim Phipps
22
0
1904–1906
1905
Harry Davis
11
3
1905
1905
Dick Harris
3
5
1905
1905
Bill Kerr
1
0
1905
1905
Jack Megson
1
0
1905
1905
Jimmy O'Brien
8
0
1905
1905
Simon Fraser
21
8
1905–1906
1905
Bill Sewart
171
7
1905–1915
1905
Alby Matheson
1
0
1905
1905
Bill McVitty
9
0
1905, 1907
1905
Mark Shea
71
0
1905–1909
1905
Ernie Cameron
114
55
1905–1912
1905
Athol Tymms
3
1
1905
1905
John Everard
1
0
1905
1905
Lewis Blackmore
7
10
1905–1907
1905
Arch McDonald
1
0
1905
1905
Edwin McDonald
1
1
1905
1906
Allan Belcher
176
40
1906–1915, 1918–1919
1906
Jack Borthwick
2
0
1906
1906
Bill Davies
65
4
1906–1909
1906
John Green
3
0
1906
1906
Charlie Morley
3
0
1906
1906
Charlie Teather
20
3
1906–1907, 1910
1906
James Wilson
1
0
1906
1906
Norman Yeo
15
31
1906
1906
Bert Numa
1
0
1906
1906
Alf George
33
0
1906–1909
1906
Gordon Ross-Soden
1
0
1906
1906
John Dixon
1
0
1906
1906
George Gibson
12
1
1906–1907
1906
Con Kennedy
4
0
1906
1906
Ray Sartori
7
1
1906–1907
1906
Phil Gibson
6
0
1906
1906
Gerald Ryan
18
3
1906, 1909
1906
Chris Fogarty
2
0
1906
1906
Joe Fogarty
2
3
1906
1906
Cec Garton
1
0
1906
1907
John Anderson
3
0
1907
1907
Norm Busbridge
5
0
1907
1907
Alf Jackson
13
0
1907, 1909
1907
Bill Johnson
30
4
1907–1908
1907
Otto Landmann
27
34
1907–1910
1907
Jim Martin
95
71
1907–1913
1907
Alby Sykes
4
1
1907
1907
Len Bowe
185
4
1907–1915, 1918–1920
1907
Fred Parkinson
53
27
1907–1910
1907
Bruce Sloss
3
0
1907–1908
1907
Horrie Dick
1
0
1907
1907
John Stephenson
10
0
1907
1907
Dick Clough
2
0
1907–1908
1907
Gordon Kearney
5
0
1907
1907
Mike Londerigan
42
21
1907–1909
1907
Peter McCann
1
0
1907
1907
Charles Bolton
1
0
1907
1907
Charlie Haigbloom
9
10
1907
1907
Barney Jenkins
3
2
1907
1907
Cliff Bennett
3
0
1907
1907
Bill Lonergan
1
0
1907
1908
Lou Armstrong
104
109
1908–1914
1908
Tommy Crow
4
0
1908
1908
Les Minto
25
7
1908–1909
1908
Bert Ryan
15
3
1908
1908
Paddy Shea
142
156
1908–1915, 1918
1908
Tom Sevior
1
0
1908
1908
Lon Smith
6
1
1908
1908
Harry Farnsworth
24
16
1908–1909
1908
Archie Snell
1
0
1908
1908
Alan Irwin
8
2
1908–1909
1908
Jim Campbell
1
0
1908
1908
Fred Anderson
1
0
1908
1908
Bill French
3
0
1908–1909
1908
Bert Daykin
32
9
1908–1910
1908
Bill Heaphy
5
3
1908–1909
1908
Harry Prout
29
35
1908–1910
1909
Artie Bowe
2
0
1909
1909
Hurtle Rice
1
0
1909
1909
Billy Harrison
24
6
1909–1911
1909
Alby Kennedy
2
2
1909
1909
Wally Roach
4
0
1909
1909
Rupert Cooper
1
0
1909
1909
Fred Whelpton
10
5
1909–1910
1909
Charlie Beckley
13
9
1909–1910
1910s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1910
Ramsay Anderson
28
0
1910–1911
1910
Bert Armstrong
45
55
1910–1912, 1914
1910
Horrie Bant
12
0
1910
1910
Percy Ogden
161
91
1910–1915, 1918–1921
1910
Fred O'Shea
49
3
1910–1912
1910
Dick Bayford
5
2
1910
1910
Val Crawley
1
0
1910
1910
George McLeod
56
5
1910–1913
1910
Dick Monteith
20
0
1910–1912
1910
Hedley Bryant
3
2
1910
1910
Les White
75
1
1910–1915
1910
Fred Baring
154
92
1910–1915, 1918–1924
1910
Jack Wood
2
0
1910
1910
Leo O'Connor
10
6
1910–1911
1910
Arthur Slater
1
0
1910
1911
Bill Walker
66
53
1911–1915
1911
Wally Chalmers
73
11
1911–1915, 1918
1911
Rupe Benstead
4
0
1911
1911
Vernon Hazel
12
4
1911–1912
1911
Charlie Hay
2
0
1911
1911
Dan Hanley
67
9
1911–1914
1911
Johnny Hart
4
0
1911
1911
Jack Kirby
77
113
1911–1915, 1918
1911
Edgar Masters
1
0
1911
1911
Artie Freeman
1
0
1911
1911
Jimmy Jones
1
0
1911
1912
Fred Kirkwood
42
8
1912–1914
1912
Ted McDonald
2
0
1912
1912
Bruce Godfrey
1
0
1912
1912
Frank Caine
22
33
1912–1914
1912
Len Worle
4
0
1912
1912
Billy Harvey
9
2
1912
1912
Jack O'Brien
15
1
1912–1913
1912
Bill Kyme
3
2
1912
1912
Edric Bickford
1
0
1912
1912
Jack Blencowe
1
0
1912
1913
Clyde Donaldson
144
28
1913–1914, 1919–1926
1913
Rupe Lowell
10
0
1913
1913
Fred Edwards
1
1
1913
1913
Jim Moore
1
0
1913
1913
Hughie Tait
8
5
1913
1913
Ernie Lumsden
34
49
1913–1915
1913
Johnny Allan
10
2
1913
1913
Hugh Heron
2
0
1913
1913
Art Wilkinson
2
0
1913
1913
George Parkinson
9
0
1913–1914
1913
Herbert Wilson
1
0
1913
1913
Jack Woolley
9
5
1913–1914
1913
Bob Walker
51
17
1913–1915, 1919–1920
1913
Vic McNeil
12
1
1913–1914
1913
John Pike
4
0
1913
1913
Wilfred Stott
2
1
1913
1913
Jimmy Gordon
8
11
1913–1914
1913
Cyril Gove
28
3
1913–1915, 1918
1913
Roy Laing
131
3
1913–1915, 1918–1925
1913
Norm Hall
13
17
1913–1914, 1918
1914
Bill Dinsmore
13
17
1914–1915
1914
Jim Freeman
2
0
1914
1914
Neil King
3
0
1914–1915
1914
Harry Neate
3
0
1914–1915
1914
Bob Rahilly
2
4
1914
1914
Horrie Webster
23
13
1914–1915
1914
Henry Elkington
1
0
1914
1914
Basil Nehill
2
0
1914
1914
Tommy Wade
23
4
1914–1915, 1919
1914
Arthur Mann
3
0
1914, 1919
1914
Bert Day
68
0
1914–1915, 1918–1921
1914
Frank Hurren
2
1
1914–1915
1915
Fred McIntosh
14
1
1915
1915
Bill Wylie
9
1
1915, 1918
1915
Tom Pollard
8
5
1915
1915
Col Sinclair
11
4
1915, 1918
1915
Alby O'Connor
13
1
1915, 1918
1915
Bob Shearer
3
1
1915
1915
Charles Comber
1
0
1915
1915
Les Rogers
3
0
1915
1915
Harold Feehan
11
0
1915
1915
Percy Martyn
45
7
1915, 1918–1921
1915
Bobby Donald
22
3
1915, 1918–1920
1915
Flurence Moore
7
2
1915
1915
Ned Richardson
22
2
1915, 1918
1915
Jim Condon
17
15
1915, 1918
1915
Jack Garden
116
42
1915, 1920–1926
1915
Bill Scott
4
0
1915
1915
Vic Nankervis
6
0
1915, 1918
1915
Harold Day
1
1
1915
1918
Bill Coffey
1
0
1918
1918
Norm Dunn
14
3
1918–1919
1918
Phil Furlong
5
3
1918
1918
Leo McInerney
12
2
1918–1919
1918
Jimmy Sullivan
90
20
1918–1925
1918
Dave Walsh
25
18
1918–1920
1918
Tom Fitzmaurice
85
30
1918–1920, 1922–1924
1918
Harry Sawyer
4
0
1918
1918
Jim Taylor
1
0
1918
1918
Jack McGarity
2
0
1918
1918
Len Phillips
4
0
1918
1918
Bert Drinkwater
27
15
1918–1920
1918
Sydney Barr
1
0
1918
1918
Tom Greenwood
2
0
1918
1918
Paddy McDonald
9
3
1918–1919
1918
Bill Hanson
3
1
1918
1918
Eric Sprague
3
0
1918
1918
James Lavelle
1
1
1918
1918
Bertie Wollacott
11
7
1918–1921
1918
Jim Alexander
5
1
1918–1919
1918
George Hemingway
1
0
1918
1919
Harry Dussell
32
16
1919–1921
1919
Charlie Farrell
69
20
1919–1925
1919
Syd Sutherland
13
3
1919
1919
Stan Anderson
1
0
1919
1919
Jack Harrison
1
0
1919
1919
Col Laidlaw
41
16
1919–1923
1919
Pat Robertson
18
1
1919–1920
1919
Jim Collins
30
4
1919–1921
1919
Ivan More
2
0
1919
1919
Frank McDonald
28
56
1919–1921
1919
Jim McLear
1
0
1919
1919
Archie Giles
4
0
1919–1920
1920s
1930s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1930
Tommy Gubbins
17
1
1930–1931
1930
Charlie Sevior
5
2
1930
1930
Billy Lynch
18
1
1930–1931
1930
Mal MacRae
19
14
1930–1931
1930
Jock Turner
1
2
1930
1930
Leo Glynn
9
0
1930
1930
Gerry Donnelly
3
0
1930
1930
Lindsay Smail
1
1
1930
1930
Bill Lowenthal
73
14
1930–1935, 1937
1931
Norm Le Brun
23
4
1931–1932
1931
Les Rennie
13
0
1931
1931
Bruce Anderson
97
1
1931–1937
1931
Fred Coulsell
2
2
1931
1931
John Ryan
5
4
1931–1932
1931
Gerry Hartigan
1
1
1931
1931
Cliff Coulson
1
1
1931
1931
Reg Peterson
20
8
1931–1932
1931
Eddie Regan
1
0
1931
1931
Bill Roberts
12
1
1931, 1933
1932
Frank Ford
21
26
1932–1933
1932
Russell Madden
12
0
1932, 1934
1932
Carl Watson
11
1
1932
1932
Les Whitfield
1
1
1932
1932
Billy Wilson
30
7
1932–1933, 1935
1932
Dick O'Shea
7
0
1932
1932
Matt Carland
6
0
1932
1932
Ted Fay
28
1
1932–1934
1932
Jock O'Brien
22
12
1932–1934
1932
Johnny Walker
27
7
1932–1934
1932
Joe Lovett
5
0
1932
1932
Gavin Morgan
6
0
1932–1933
1932
Wally Colliss
1
0
1932
1933
Dick Reynolds
320
442
1933–1951
1933
Reg Twite
2
0
1933
1933
Jimmy Bates
1
0
1933
1933
Clive McCorkell
7
1
1933
1933
Hugh Torney
173
81
1933–1943
1933
Stan Lawler
3
9
1933
1933
Les Griggs
99
52
1933–1935, 1939–1942, 1944
1933
Frank Hunting
4
0
1933
1933
Alby Jacobsen
7
0
1933
1933
George Bell
120
4
1933–1942
1933
Bill Ewing
5
3
1933
1933
Harold Dickinson
2
2
1933
1933
Walt Wollermann
9
2
1933
1933
Ted Rippon
69
12
1933–1939
1933
Wally Milne
22
11
1933–1935
1933
Norm McCleary
2
3
1933
1934
Col Crawford
20
6
1934–1935
1934
Jack Hiskins
16
7
1934–1935
1934
Bill Luff
82
37
1934, 1936–1940
1934
Len Wallace
61
7
1934–1938
1934
Eric Dalton
5
6
1934
1934
Bill Earle
40
7
1934–1936
1934
Lew Sharpe
1
0
1934
1934
David Wilkie
1
3
1934
1934
Joe Oakley
2
2
1934
1934
Colin Braid
1
0
1934
1934
Kevin Hardiman
18
28
1934–1935, 1939
1934
Bill Turner
28
3
1934–1936
1934
Harry Gyles
9
6
1934
1934
Tom Bawden
5
3
1934
1934
Harry Plummer
2
0
1934
1934
George Pattinson
67
17
1934–1937, 1939–1940, 1942
1934
Merv Storey
2
2
1934
1934
Elton Plummer
141
1
1934, 1936–1944
1934
Steve Bloomer
1
0
1934
1935
Ted Bryce
106
125
1935–1942
1935
Tommy Lahiff
49
67
1935–1937
1935
Syd Slater
33
14
1935–1939
1935
Jack Stenhouse
4
0
1935
1935
Murray Exelby
113
102
1935–1944
1935
Frank Asling
7
0
1935
1935
George Prismall
1
0
1935
1935
Bob Mathews
2
0
1935
1935
Billy Hall
22
9
1935–1938, 1942
1935
George Coward
7
0
1935–1937
1935
Allan McHardy
1
0
1935
1935
George McGorlick
3
2
1935–1937
1936
Jack Baggott
19
0
1936–1937
1936
Harry Carey
3
0
1936
1936
Almond Richards
4
0
1936
1936
Ron Shapter
2
0
1936
1936
Tommy Smith
10
8
1936
1936
Jack Cassin
150
145
1936–1944, 1946–1947
1936
Stan Wilson
75
7
1936–1941
1936
Dick Welch
20
4
1936–1938
1936
Arnold Maltby
34
15
1936–1938
1936
Jack Crane
2
7
1936
1936
Mick McFarlane
11
15
1936–1937
1936
Perc Bushby
142
46
1936, 1939–1948
1936
Bill Kinnear
3
1
1936
1936
Eric Coutts
1
0
1936
1936
Harry Mallett
2
0
1936
1937
Frank Kelly
30
7
1937–1939
1937
Archie Roberts
12
0
1937
1937
Norm McDermott
21
13
1937–1939
1937
Les Powell
20
0
1937–1938
1937
Wally Coates
5
2
1937
1937
Don Howard
1
0
1937
1937
Tom Reynolds
109
361
1937–1944
1937
Jack Hubbert
2
1
1937
1937
Norm Baker
55
0
1937–1941
1937
Leo Maynes
36
7
1937–1940
1937
Bill Cahill
15
0
1937–1938
1937
Ray Watts
59
149
1937–1941
1937
Dick Eason
2
0
1937
1937
Doug Munro
1
0
1937
1938
Noel Smith
38
50
1938, 1943–1945
1938
Paul Buckley
2
0
1938
1938
Jack Caesar
75
15
1938–1942
1938
Les Begley
50
32
1938–1941
1938
Harry Lippiatt
22
1
1938–1939
1938
Bob Standfield
26
1
1938–1940
1938
Jack Allister
1
1
1938
1938
Syd McGain
1
1
1938
1938
Peter Paterson
9
5
1938–1939, 1945
1939
Wally Buttsworth
188
2
1939–1949
1939
Fred Green
49
7
1939–1941, 1943, 1946
1939
Ernie Coward
118
20
1939–1945
1939
Ron Smith
11
0
1939–1941
1939
Ashley Foley
7
1
1939
1939
Godfrey Goldin
8
6
1939
1939
Bill Green
6
6
1939–1940
1939
Chris Lambert
137
18
1939–1942, 1944–1951
1939
Norman Doig
2
0
1939
1939
Ted Regan
7
1
1939, 1941
1939
Bill Eastmure
1
0
1939
1940s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1940
Cec Ruddell
122
0
1940–1943, 1945–1949
1940
Max Smith
7
0
1940
1940
Charlie Challenger
2
0
1940
1940
Joe Evans
21
1
1940–1942
1940
Norm Betson
78
41
1940–1945
1940
Jack Hunter
2
7
1940
1940
Harold Lambert
99
2
1940–1941, 1946–1951
1940
Gordon Lane
131
256
1940–1949
1940
Allan Hird, Sr.
102
2
1940–1945
1940
Ivor McIvor
12
9
1940, 1944, 1946
1941
Bob Flanigan
42
1
1941–1942, 1944–1945
1941
Keith Forsyth
2
0
1941
1941
Gordon Abbott
83
43
1941–1947
1941
Dick Molloy
2
0
1941
1941
Andy McPartland
1
0
1941
1941
Ritchie Thomas
4
0
1941
1941
Jack Keddie
1
0
1941
1941
Sid Silk
15
0
1941–1944
1942
Laurie Dearle
76
42
1942–1947
1942
Bill Hutchison
290
496
1942–1957
1942
Keith Rawle
111
98
1942–1943, 1946–1949
1942
Ted Leehane
83
140
1942–1943, 1946–1950
1942
Ray Powell
49
69
1942–1947
1942
Murray Dimble
20
17
1942, 1944–1945
1942
Maurie Edwards
5
0
1942–1943
1943
Les Gardiner
166
0
1943, 1945–1953
1943
Bert Harper
76
32
1943–1944, 1946–1952
1943
Bill Brittingham
172
181
1943–1952
1943
Jimmy Farrell
4
9
1943
1943
Bob Drummond
14
31
1943–1945
1943
Bill Gregg
1
0
1943
1943
Jack Cockburn
10
2
1943–1944
1943
Gil Langley
4
1
1943
1944
Herbie Tonkes
37
0
1944, 1946–1947
1944
Ray Finn
10
14
1944–1945
1944
Jack Symons
3
0
1944
1944
Bob Syme
116
59
1944–1945, 1947–1953
1944
Jack Vinall
2
1
1944
1944
Ron Kennedy
3
1
1944
1944
Alan Randall
9
0
1944–1945
1944
Ken Collicoat
2
0
1944
1944
Terry Healy
15
1
1944–1945
1944
Jack Henry
4
1
1944–1945
1944
Alan Shaw
5
0
1944–1945
1944
Russell Hill
14
1
1944, 1946–1947
1945
Bob Annesley
6
7
1945
1945
Ron Jory
25
17
1945–1946
1945
Bill Pearson
51
24
1945–1947
1945
Ray Thomas
4
0
1945
1945
Jack Lyons
32
3
1945–1946
1945
Fred Buttsworth
8
9
1945
1945
Jackie Huggard
1
0
1945
1945
Milton Clark
3
0
1945
1945
Harry Ralph
4
0
1945
1945
Harry Equid
40
67
1945–1948
1946
George Hassell
63
4
1946–1950
1946
Jack Jones
175
156
1946–1954
1946
Allan Matheson
3
2
1946
1946
Ivan Goodingham
36
37
1946–1949
1946
Ray Bower
10
1
1946–1947
1946
Bob McClure
90
17
1946–1951
1947
Wally May
94
8
1947–1952
1947
Jack Johnson
5
8
1947
1947
Norm McDonald
128
3
1947–1953
1947
Noel Allanson
57
1
1947–1951
1947
Les Field
2
0
1947
1947
Ken Newton
24
19
1947–1950
1947
Bob Bradley
62
5
1947–1950
1947
Doug Bigelow
148
27
1947–1956
1947
Greg Tate
70
95
1947–1951
1948
Ron McEwin
77
76
1948–1952
1948
Dick Bryar
3
0
1948
1948
Vic Fisher
25
4
1948–1949
1948
George Goninon
9
11
1948–1950
1948
John Ward
1
0
1948
1949
John Coleman
98
537
1949–1954
1949
John McLeish
10
0
1949–1950
1949
Roy McConnell
135
0
1949–1956
1949
Jack Simpson
6
0
1949, 1951
1949
Fred Payne
42
7
1949–1953
1949
Alan Thaw
41
0
1949–1950, 1952–1954
1950s
1960s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1960
Bob Dunlop
27
28
1960–1961
1960
George Spero
5
0
1960
1960
John Somerville
106
96
1960–1967
1960
Don McKenzie
266
23
1960–1974
1960
Geoff Gosper
168
68
1960–1970
1960
Russell Blew
125
16
1960–1968
1961
Ted Fordham
128
214
1961–1969
1961
Barry Davis
218
65
1961–1972
1961
Ken Forge
15
0
1961–1962
1961
Alf King
13
6
1961–1962
1961
Graeme Beissel
36
17
1961–1962, 1964
1961
Terry Rodgers
38
42
1961–1964
1961
John Welsh
9
0
1961–1963
1962
Graeme Johnston
71
34
1962–1967
1962
Charlie Payne
184
128
1962–1972
1962
Ian Graham
5
2
1962–1963
1962
Barry Matthews
12
2
1962–1964
1962
Max Byers
7
0
1962–1963
1962
Bill Lieschke
1
0
1962
1963
Noel Raitt
18
7
1963–1964
1963
Garry Fenton
6
0
1963–1964
1963
Greg Brown
83
4
1963–1969
1963
John Booth
2
0
1963
1963
Jim Forsyth
29
4
1963–1967
1963
Darryl Gerlach
168
6
1963–1972
1963
Kevin Egan
65
13
1963–1969
1964
Lindsay McGie
31
2
1964–1965, 1968–1969
1965
Don Gross
121
105
1965–1974
1965
John Williams
161
14
1965–1973
1965
Keith Gent
7
0
1965–1966
1965
Bruce Armstrong
7
0
1965–1966
1965
Geoff Pryor
137
8
1965–1970, 1973–1974
1965
Bruce Waite
48
29
1965–1969
1965
Ian Payne
45
11
1965–1967, 1969–1971
1966
Allan Hird, Jr.
4
0
1966–1967
1966
Alan Noonan
182
420
1966–1976
1966
Bob Wilson
4
0
1966
1967
John Ellis
44
43
1967–1971
1967
Bill Thompson
17
2
1967–1969
1967
Neil Evans
12
7
1967–1968
1967
Ken Fletcher
264
55
1967–1980
1967
Ian Anderson
27
49
1967–1968, 1971
1967
Bob Greenwood
62
70
1967–1971
1967
Wally Buhaj
15
3
1967–1969
1968
Paul Sproule
60
60
1968–1971
1968
Peter Daniel
100
54
1968–1974
1968
Geoff Blethyn
84
216
1968–1972, 1976
1968
Bruce Lake
30
36
1968–1970
1968
Robin Close
147
233
1968–1978
1968
Eddie Lake
39
14
1968–1973
1968
Ian Crowley
1
0
1968
1968
Robert Thompson
8
0
1968, 1970–1971
1968
John Fanning
6
1
1968–1970
1968
Les Stillman
24
32
1968–1970
1968
Vic Papp
1
0
1968
1969
David Collins
14
6
1969–1970
1969
Gary Crouch
9
1
1969–1970
1969
John Sinclair
2
0
1969
1969
Stuart Barclay
38
3
1969–1973
1969
Doug Tassell
20
0
1969–1970
1969
Ian Stevenson
10
2
1969–1970
1969
Roger Hampson
10
1
1969, 1971
1969
Wayne Headlam
60
25
1969–1973
1969
John Carpenter
2
1
1969
1969
Neville Fields
140
138
1969–1977, 1981–1982
1970s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1970
Gary Grainger
30
19
1970–1972
1970
Greg Perry
63
38
1970, 1972–1974, 1976
1970
Bryan Pirouet
14
0
1970–1971
1970
Bruce Neish
21
13
1970–1971
1970
David Starbuck
13
2
1970–1971
1970
Len Halley
35
11
1970–1973
1970
John May
3
1
1970
1970
Ken Roberts
100
111
1970–1977
1970
Gary Parkes
96
39
1970–1976
1970
Sandy Talbot
33
0
1970–1973
1971
Rod McFarlane
4
3
1971
1971
Graeme Schultz
77
115
1971–1974, 1981–1983
1971
Bruce Dodson
11
3
1971
1971
Ken Hogan
18
9
1971–1972
1971
Hugh Delahunty
46
18
1971–1973
1971
Barry Grinter
78
7
1971–1972, 1974–1976
1971
Ray Smith
77
1
1971–1975
1971
Andrew Wilson
112
129
1971–1977
1971
John Cassin
51
32
1971–1974
1971
Trevor Heath
1
0
1971
1971
Allan Graco
8
2
1971
1971
Mick Bates
2
1
1971
1971
Laurie Moloney
80
8
1971–1976
1972
Des Tuddenham
69
66
1972–1975
1972
Peter Hickmott
58
18
1972–1977
1972
Bruce Brown
1
0
1972
1972
Pat Wellington
58
42
1972–1976
1973
Graham Moss
84
67
1973–1976
1973
Russell Ellen
35
5
1973–1977
1973
Ross Wright
11
0
1973–1974
1973
Graham Middleton
1
0
1973
1973
Robert Amos
54
15
1973–1976, 1978–1979
1973
Ron Andrews
151
32
1973–1983
1973
Rob Newton
59
22
1973–1978
1973
Trevor Tyler
12
0
1973–1976
1973
John Emin
3
1
1973
1974
Steve Beaumont
37
46
1974–1976
1974
Graeme Jenkin
22
10
1974–1976
1974
Garry Lowe
8
0
1974
1974
Robert Shaw
51
8
1974–1981
1974
Max Crow
136
139
1974, 1976–1982
1974
Garry Foulds
300
140
1974–1989
1974
Howard Staehr
5
0
1974, 1976
1974
Dean Hartigan
36
1
1974–1977
1974
Simon Madden
378
575
1974–1992
1974
Tom Park
3
0
1974
1974
Gary Fitzpatrick
13
10
1974–1975
1974
Stephen Robins
80
75
1974–1980
1975
Greg Bell
22
1
1975, 1977–1978
1975
Jim Demetriou
9
2
1975–1976
1975
Graeme Hatcher
9
0
1975–1976
1975
Maurice Boyse
9
1
1975
1975
Bill Berry
14
4
1975–1977
1975
Brian Walsh
51
100
1975–1978
1975
Larry Watson
31
2
1975–1978
1975
Paul McDonald
10
4
1975–1978
1975
Andrew Radchenko
1
0
1975
1976
Ian Marsh
68
16
1976–1980
1976
Geoff Burdett
37
46
1976–1978, 1981
1976
Terry Cahill
28
22
1976–1978
1976
Ken Mansfield
48
34
1976–1980
1976
Denis Scanlon
66
7
1976–1981
1976
Jack Mihocek
13
8
1976–1978
1977
Neil Clarke
135
35
1977–1987
1977
Gary Young
5
1
1977
1977
Colin Boyd
34
0
1977–1979
1977
Merv Neagle
147
52
1977–1985
1977
Russell Muir
67
3
1977–1981
1977
Shane Heard
168
39
1977–1987, 1991
1977
Steven Taubert
64
30
1977–1981
1977
Paul Vander Haar
201
278
1977–1990
1977
Don Mattson
1
0
1977
1977
Wayne Primmer
40
74
1977–1979
1977
Tim Watson
307
335
1977–1991, 1993–1994
1977
Phillip Early
10
3
1977
1978
Terry Daniher
294
447
1978–1992
1978
Allan Davis
33
27
1978–1979
1978
Bernie Jones
13
11
1978
1978
Roger Merrett
149
148
1978–1987
1978
Michael Sheldon
11
3
1978–1980
1978
Peter Bennett
67
22
1978–1981
1978
Neil Besanko
35
1
1978–1981
1978
Michael Redenbach
3
0
1978
1978
Glenn Hawker
200
172
1978–1988
1979
Neale Daniher
82
32
1979–1981, 1985, 1989–1990
1979
Barry Day
15
15
1979–1980
1979
Peter Keenan
31
17
1979–1980
1979
Alan Reid
45
18
1979–1983
1979
Craig Barbary
8
5
1979
1979
Darren Williams
109
94
1979, 1983–1989
1979
Frank Dunell
100
57
1979–1986
1979
Kelvin Steel
6
0
1979
1979
Robert Hyde
1
0
1979
1980s
Debut Year
Player
Games
Goals
Years at Club
1980
Phil Carman
10
12
1980–1981
1980
Alan Stoneham
72
20
1980–1983
1980
Jim McAllester
2
0
1980
1980
Wayne Foreman
26
30
1980–1981
1980
Grant Fowler
63
49
1980–1983
1980
David Burke
3
6
1980
1980
Peter Light
2
0
1980
1980
Barry Besanko
3
3
1980
1980
Justin Madden
45
20
1980–1982
1980
Stephen Carey
105
6
1980–1986
1980
Michael Davis
4
1
1980, 1982–1983
1980
Greg Flanegan
2
3
1980
1980
Mark Eustice
29
19
1980–1984
1980
Bill Valli
1
0
1980
1981
Tony Buhagiar
83
135
1981–1984
1981
Michael Thomson
46
31
1981–1983, 1985–1986
1981
Kevin Walsh
162
20
1981–1991
1981
Ian Morrison
3
0
1981
1982
Stephen Copping
42
88
1982–1984
1982
Billy Duckworth
126
64
1982–1990
1982
Wayne Otway
36
65
1982–1983
1982
Tony West
8
8
1982–1984
1982
Roy Ramsay
3
0
1982
1982
Chris Waterson
31
11
1982–1986
1982
Brian Brown
2
0
1982
1982
Anton Grbac
2
0
1982
1983
Wayne Beddison
10
18
1983
1983
Cameron Clayton
17
1
1983
1983
Paul Salmon
224
520
1983–1995, 2002
1983
Mark Thompson
202
50
1983–1987, 1989–1996
1983
Paul Weston
60
12
1983–1985
1983
Peter Bradbury
49
19
1983–1986
1983
Rene Kink
20
35
1983, 1985
1983
Alan Ezard
184
200
1983–1993
1983
Bryan Wood
44
12
1983–1986
1983
Stephen Richardson
1
2
1983
1984
Leon Baker
86
70
1984–1988
1984
Doug Cox
3
0
1984
1984
Tony Elshaug
65
75
1984–1987
1984
Mark Harvey
206
170
1984–1997
1984
Peter Banfield
11
3
1984–1986
1984
Mark Hannebery
1
0
1984
1984
Brian Winton
32
4
1984–1988
1984
Merv Harbinson
2
0
1984–1985
1985
Steven Clark
53
73
1985–1989
1985
Stephen Pirrie
1
0
1985
1985
Trevor Spencer
31
28
1985–1989
1986
Brenton Phillips
10
3
1986
1986
Geoff Raines
14
2
1986
1986
David Flood
58
36
1986–1988, 1990–1995
1986
Paul Hamilton
105
7
1986–1992
1986
Mike Richardson
15
14
1986
1986
Dean Bailey
53
19
1986–1989, 1991–1992
1986
Ed Considine
49
12
1986–1992
1986
Nick Walsh
11
1
1986–1988
1987
Anthony Daniher
118
18
1987–1994
1987
Peter Francis
19
2
1987–1988
1987
Tony Antrobus
22
26
1987, 1989–1990
1987
Gavin Keane
29
18
1987–1988
1987
John Barnes
58
25
1987–1990, 2000–2001
1987
David Johnston
41
6
1987–1992
1987
Dean Wallis
127
42
1987–1989, 1991–2001
1987
Daryl Cunningham
7
5
1987
1987
David Sullivan
10
14
1987–1988
1987
Geoff Parker
3
0
1987, 1989
1987
Chris Daniher
124
40
1987–1997
1987
Brendon Moore
7
1
1987–1988, 1990
1987
Gary O'Donnell
243
88
1987–1998
1988
Greg Anderson
103
60
1988–1992
1988
Darren Bewick
238
332
1988–2000
1988
Andrew Merryweather
5
0
1988
1988
Andrew Rogers
8
1
1988
1988
Paul O'Brien
3
2
1988
1988
Justin Stubbs
3
5
1988, 1990
1988
Peter Somerville
160
89
1988–1999
1988
Michael O'Sullivan
1
0
1988
1988
Peter Bourke
1
0
1988
1988
Bradley Plain
46
89
1988–1993
1989
David Grenvold
112
18
1989–1990, 1992–1996
1989
Michael Long
190
143
1989–1993, 1995–2001
1989
Kieran Sporn
72
65
1989–1993
1989
Andrew Underwood
12
4
1989–1990
1989
Michael Werner
40
60
1989–1992
1989
Andrew Manning
25
20
1989–1991
1989
Craig O'Brien
21
16
1989–1991
1990s
2000s
2010s
See also
References
VFL/AFL home grounds VFA premierships (4) VFL/AFL premierships (16) Runner-up (14) VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144) AFLW home grounds AFLW seasons (3) Related articles Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to
World War I (indicated in grey)
Current squads Current clubs Former clubs