List of Melbourne Football Club captains
This is a list of all captains of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.
| Dates | Captain(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1897–1898 | Ned Sutton | |
| 1899 | Eddie Sholl | |
| 1900 | Dick Wardill | 1900 premiership captain |
| 1901–1904 | William C. McClelland | |
| 1905 | Frank Langley | |
| 1906 | Arthur Sowden | |
| 1907 | Vin Coutie | |
| 1908 | Hugh Purse | |
| 1909 | Bernie Nolan | |
| 1910–1911 | Vin Coutie | |
| 1912–1913 | Alf George | |
| 1914 | Len Incigneri | |
| 1915 | Jack McKenzie | |
| 1919–1920 | George Heinz | |
| 1921–1923 | Percy Wilson | |
| 1924–1927 | Albert Chadwick | 1926 premiership captain |
| 1928–1931 | Ivor Warne-Smith | |
| 1932–1933 | Francis Vine[1] | |
| 1934–1935 | Colin Niven | |
| 1936–1941 | Allan La Fontaine | 1939 premiership captain 1940 premiership captain 1941 premiership captain |
| 1942–1944 | Percy Beames | |
| 1945–1947 | Norm Smith | |
| 1948–1949 | Don Cordner | 1948 premiership captain |
| 1950 | Shane McGrath | |
| 1951–1953 | Denis Cordner | |
| 1954 | Geoff Collins | |
| 1955–1956 | Noel McMahen | 1955 premiership captain 1956 premiership captain |
| 1957–1959 | John Beckwith | 1957 premiership captain 1959 premiership captain |
| 1960–1964 | Ron Barassi | 1960 premiership captain 1964 premiership captain |
| 1965–1969 | Hassa Mann | |
| 1970 | Robert Johnson | |
| 1971–1972 | Frank Davis | |
| 1973–1976 | Stan Alves | |
| 1977–1978 | Greg Wells | |
| 1979–1980 | Carl Ditterich | |
| 1981–1987 | Robert Flower | |
| 1988–1990 | Greg Healy | |
| 1991–1997 | Garry Lyon | |
| 1998–1999 | Todd Viney | |
| 2000–2008 | David Neitz | |
| 2009–2010 | James McDonald | |
| 2011 | Brad Green | |
| 2012–2013 | Jack Trengove/Jack Grimes | |
| 2014 | Nathan Jones/Jack Grimes | |
| 2015– | Nathan Jones |
References
- ^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.