The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). The season saw 84 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 25 players transfer to new clubs, having previously played in the VFL.
Summary
editClub | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Brisbane Bears | 6 | 3 |
Carlton | 8 | 2 |
Collingwood | 7 | 1 |
Essendon | 6 | 1 |
Fitzroy | 7 | 3 |
Footscray | 4 | 3 |
Geelong | 4 | 2 |
Hawthorn | 3 | 0 |
Melbourne | 5 | 2 |
North Melbourne | 9 | 0 |
Richmond | 7 | 0 |
St Kilda | 4 | 4 |
Sydney | 4 | 2 |
West Coast | 10 | 2 |
Total | 84 | 25 |
Debuts
editName | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcus Ashcroft | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 243 days | 9[1] | 318 | 145 | |
John Gastev | Brisbane Bears | 24 years, 233 days | 1[2] | 113 | 41 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Martin Leslie | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 135 days | 1[3] | 107 | 11 | |
David Bain | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 334 days | 1[4] | 86 | 44 | |
Mark Zanotti | Brisbane Bears | 24 years, 199 days | 9[5] | 64 | 5 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Alex Ishchenko | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 362 days | 1[6] | 42 | 15 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Lachlan Sim | Brisbane Bears | 19 years, 136 days | 2[7] | 21 | 5 | |
Chris O'Sullivan | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 34 days | 9[8] | 8 | 2 | |
Simon Hose | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 361 days | 2[9] | 5 | 2 | |
Fraser Brown | Carlton | 18 years, 226 days | 1[10] | 177 | 91 | Son of Joyce Brown and grandson of Doug Anderson. |
Andrew Phillips | Carlton | 19 years, 92 days | 5[11] | 42 | 26 | Uncle of Tom and Ed Phillips. |
Simon Verbeek | Carlton | 22 years, 3 days | 1[12] | 38 | 33 | |
Glenn Hawker | Carlton | 28 years, 15 days | 1[13] | 27 | 26 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Simon Minton-Connell | Carlton | 20 years, 80 days | 15[14] | 19 | 50 | Nephew of Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson. |
Dominic Fotia | Carlton | 19 years, 148 days | 6[15] | 18 | 4 | |
Andrew McKinnon | Carlton | 20 years, 247 days | 1[16] | 15 | 7 | |
Ashley Matthews | Carlton | 19 years, 252 days | 18[17] | 9 | 3 | |
Paul Payne | Carlton | 24 years, 41 days | 3[18] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Peter White | Carlton | 18 years, 313 days | 8[19] | 3 | 1 | |
Craig Kelly | Collingwood | 22 years, 310 days | 4[20] | 122 | 43 | Grandson of Bert Kelly. |
Colin Alexander | Collingwood | 18 years, 354 days | 1[21] | 24 | 28 | |
Heath Shephard | Collingwood | 19 years, 220 days | 3[22] | 11 | 16 | Son of Graeme Shephard. |
Murray Wrensted | Collingwood | 24 years, 247 days | 5[23] | 10 | 4 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Brendan Tranter | Collingwood | 18 years, 114 days | 19[24] | 8 | 0 | |
Terry Hecker | Collingwood | 19 years, 239 days | 22[25] | 6 | 1 | |
Mark Bayliss | Collingwood | 23 years, 152 days | 7[26] | 4 | 6 | |
Simon Taylor | Collingwood | 18 years, 256 days | 21[27] | 2 | 1 | |
Michael Long | Essendon | 19 years, 181 days | 1[28] | 190 | 143 | |
David Grenvold | Essendon | 23 years, 25 days | 1[29] | 112 | 18 | |
Kieran Sporn | Essendon | 22 years, 215 days | 1[30] | 72 | 65 | Brother of Rachael Sporn. |
Michael Werner | Essendon | 19 years, 331 days | 6[31] | 40 | 60 | |
Andrew Manning | Essendon | 22 years, 256 days | 18[32] | 25 | 20 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Craig O'Brien | Essendon | 19 years, 175 days | 21[33] | 21 | 16 | |
Andrew Underwood | Essendon | 21 years, 260 days | 1[34] | 12 | 4 | |
Jason Baldwin | Fitzroy | 19 years, 215 days | 11[35] | 125 | 36 | |
Darren Wheildon | Fitzroy | 18 years, 197 days | 9[36] | 70 | 160 | |
Brendan McCormack | Fitzroy | 18 years, 277 days | 1[37] | 44 | 27 | |
Wally Matera | Fitzroy | 22 years, 125 days | 1[38] | 32 | 39 | Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. Previously played for West Coast. |
Carl Dilena | Fitzroy | 22 years, 15 days | 1[39] | 23 | 15 | |
Peter Bourke | Fitzroy | 22 years, 355 days | 7[40] | 22 | 3 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Tony Woods | Fitzroy | 19 years, 287 days | 3[41] | 13 | 4 | |
Kevin Caton | Fitzroy | 23 years, 333 days | 2[42] | 9 | 8 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Brad Edwards | Fitzroy | 21 years, 38 days | 1[43] | 6 | 1 | |
Dean Lupson | Fitzroy | 20 years, 175 days | 19[44] | 6 | 0 | |
Nigel Kellett | Footscray | 19 years, 224 days | 17[45] | 101 | 41 | |
Justin Charles | Footscray | 19 years, 332 days | 21[46] | 36 | 24 | Son of John R. Charles and nephew of Norm Charles. |
Tim Harrington | Footscray | 25 years, 216 days | 4[47] | 18 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Collingwood. |
John Georgiades | Footscray | 23 years, 88 days | 1[48] | 15 | 27 | Father of Mitch Georgiades. |
Mark Williams | Footscray | 22 years, 240 days | 1[49] | 14 | 13 | Son of John Williams. Previously played for Carlton. |
Phillip O'Keeffe | Footscray | 22 years, 105 days | 1[50] | 9 | 19 | |
Tony Evans | Footscray | 23 years, 83 days | 4[51] | 3 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Ken Hinkley | Geelong | 22 years, 184 days | 1[52] | 121 | 58 | Cousin of Gary Rohan. Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Andrew Rogers | Geelong | 24 years, 264 days | 6[53] | 75 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Spiro Malakellis | Geelong | 21 years, 120 days | 7[54] | 67 | 18 | Brother of Tony Malakellis. |
Adrian Fletcher | Geelong | 18 years, 289 days | 8[55] | 23 | 10 | |
Ray Sterrett | Geelong | 24 years, 16 days | 2[56] | 20 | 7 | |
Tim Bourke | Geelong | 19 years, 353 days | 1[57] | 5 | 0 | Brother of Damian Bourke and uncle of Jordan Bourke. |
Greg Madigan | Hawthorn | 19 years, 139 days | 11[58] | 40 | 4 | |
Lawrence Bingham | Hawthorn | 19 years, 308 days | 1[59] | 3 | 0 | |
Matthew Bourke | Hawthorn | 20 years, 268 days | 10[60] | 1 | 0 | |
Darren Bennett | Melbourne | 24 years, 96 days | 3[61] | 74 | 208 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Luke Beveridge | Melbourne | 18 years, 263 days | 7[62] | 42 | 41 | 2016 AFL Premiership coach. Grandson of Jack Beveridge. |
John Howat | Melbourne | 18 years, 317 days | 9[63] | 20 | 10 | |
Dannie Seow | Melbourne | 21 years, 317 days | 1[64] | 7 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
John Ahern | Melbourne | 18 years, 203 days | 1[65] | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Kavanagh | Melbourne | 19 years, 22 days | 7[66] | 2 | 1 | Son of Brent Crosswell. |
Anthony Stevens | North Melbourne | 18 years, 41 days | 19[67] | 292 | 127 | |
Wayne Carey | North Melbourne | 18 years, 14 days | 11[68] | 244 | 671 | |
Liam Pickering | North Melbourne | 20 years, 309 days | 15[69] | 22 | 8 | Son of Michael Pickering. |
Warwick Angus | North Melbourne | 19 years, 275 days | 3[70] | 13 | 3 | |
Derek Kickett | North Melbourne | 26 years, 213 days | 6[71] | 12 | 12 | Uncle of Lance Franklin, Jarrod Garlett, Dale Kickett and Byron Pickett. Cousin of Nicky Winmar. |
Leigh Tudor | North Melbourne | 19 years, 272 days | 13[72] | 8 | 6 | |
Andrew Krakouer | North Melbourne | 18 years, 20 days | 17[73] | 8 | 8 | Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew Krakouer. |
Tim McGrath | North Melbourne | 18 years, 231 days | 9[74] | 7 | 0 | |
Steven Venner | North Melbourne | 19 years, 209 days | 1[75] | 4 | 0 | |
Barry Young | Richmond | 18 years, 303 days | 4[76] | 53 | 23 | |
Stuart Griffiths | Richmond | 20 years, 67 days | 2[77] | 17 | 14 | |
Cory Young | Richmond | 18 years, 166 days | 20[78] | 6 | 1 | |
Mark Stockdale | Richmond | 20 years, 284 days | 18[79] | 6 | 2 | |
Richard Lounder | Richmond | 22 years, 100 days | 5[80] | 4 | 5 | |
Mark McLeod | Richmond | 20 years, 165 days | 11[81] | 3 | 0 | |
Brett Mahony | Richmond | 19 years, 60 days | 10[82] | 2 | 0 | |
Craig Devonport | St Kilda | 19 years, 92 days | 5[83] | 94 | 80 | |
Lazar Vidovic | St Kilda | 24 years, 105 days | 15[84] | 80 | 13 | |
Paul Harding | St Kilda | 24 years, 301 days | 1[85] | 62 | 7 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Danny Craven | St Kilda | 21 years, 333 days | 1[86] | 33 | 10 | |
Peter Russo | St Kilda | 29 years, 168 days | 3[87] | 33 | 20 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Ian Dargie | St Kilda | 25 years, 249 days | 16[88] | 10 | 1 | |
Brian Winton | St Kilda | 25 years, 359 days | 16[89] | 5 | 4 | Previously played for Richmond and Essendon. |
Robert Handley | St Kilda | 24 years, 118 days | 6[90] | 4 | 2 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Sanford Wheeler | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 30 days | 6[91] | 43 | 7 | |
Robert Teal | Sydney Swans | 21 years, 356 days | 3[92] | 18 | 18 | |
Glenn Page | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 161 days | 22[93] | 18 | 3 | |
Tim Barling | Sydney Swans | 24 years, 39 days | 17[94] | 13 | 2 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Darren Ogier | Sydney Swans | 26 years, 115 days | 9[95] | 8 | 16 | Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne. |
Paul Holdsworth | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 58 days | 3[96] | 6 | 3 | |
Peter Sumich | West Coast | 21 years, 79 days | 1[97] | 150 | 514 | |
Don Pyke | West Coast | 20 years, 116 days | 1[98] | 132 | 70 | Son of Frank Pyke and brother of James Pyke. |
Craig Turley | West Coast | 23 years, 219 days | 1[99] | 115 | 91 | |
Scott Watters | West Coast | 20 years, 100 days | 6[100] | 46 | 13 | |
Stevan Jackson | West Coast | 19 years, 52 days | 5[101] | 38 | 68 | |
Todd Breman | West Coast | 23 years, 154 days | 1[102] | 23 | 15 | Played first-class cricket for Western Australia. |
Shane Ellis | West Coast | 28 years, 185 days | 1[103] | 10 | 8 | |
Peter Melesso | West Coast | 27 years, 137 days | 3[104] | 6 | 4 | Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda. |
Clinton Browning | West Coast | 27 years, 47 days | 4[105] | 4 | 5 | |
Peter Higgins | West Coast | 22 years, 243 days | 11[106] | 4 | 0 | |
Richard Geary | West Coast | 25 years, 211 days | 4[107] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Shane Cable | West Coast | 19 years, 115 days | 12[108] | 1 | 0 | Son of Barry Cable. |
References
edit- ^ "Marcus Ashcroft statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "John Gastev statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Martin Leslie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "David Bain statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Mark Zanotti statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Alex Ishchenko statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Lachlan Sim statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Chris O'Sullivan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Simon Hose statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Fraser Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Andrew Phillips statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Simon Verbeek statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Glenn Hawker statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Simon Minton-Connell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Dominic Fotia statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Andrew McKinnon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Ashley Matthews statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Paul Payne statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Peter White statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Craig Kelly statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Colin Alexander statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Heath Shephard statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Murray Wrensted statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Brendan Tranter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Terry Hecker statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Mark Bayliss statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Simon Taylor statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Michael Long statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "David Grenvold statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Kieran Sporn statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Michael Werner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Manning statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Craig O'Brien statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Underwood statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Jason Baldwin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Darren Wheildon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Brendan McCormack statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Wally Matera statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Carl Dilena statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Peter Bourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Tony Woods statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Caton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Brad Edwards statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Dean Lupson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Nigel Kellett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Justin Charles statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Tim Harrington statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "John Georgiades statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Mark Williams statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Phillip O'Keeffe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Tony Evans statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Ken Hinkley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Rogers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Spiro Malakellis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Adrian Fletcher statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Ray Sterrett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Tim Bourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Greg Madigan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Lawrence Bingham statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Bourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Darren Bennett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Luke Beveridge statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "John Howat statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Dannie Seow statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "John Ahern statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Tom Kavanagh statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Anthony Stevens statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Wayne Carey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Liam Pickering statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Warwick Angus statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Derek Kickett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Leigh Tudor statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Krakouer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Tim McGrath statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Steven Venner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Barry Young statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Stuart Griffiths statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Cory Young statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Mark Stockdale statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Richard Lounder statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Mark McLeod statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Brett Mahony statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Craig Devonport statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Lazar Vidovic statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Paul Harding statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Danny Craven statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Peter Russo statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Ian Dargie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Brian Winton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Robert Handley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Sanford Wheeler statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Robert Teal statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Glenn Page statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Tim Barling statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Darren Ogier statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Paul Holdsworth statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Peter Sumich statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Don Pyke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Craig Turley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Scott Watters statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Stevan Jackson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Todd Breman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Shane Ellis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Peter Melesso statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Clinton Browning statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Peter Higgins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Richard Geary statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Shane Cable statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.