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List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia

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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 Australia.

Players born outside Australia

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Current AFL-listed players in bold.[1][2]

Name Country of birth Club(s) First Last Games Goals
Peter Agrums   Latvia North Melbourne 1963 1964 11 4
Leek Aleer   Kenya Greater Western Sydney 2022 7 1
Aliir Aliir   Kenya Sydney, Port Adelaide 2016 135 5
Mac Andrew   Egypt Gold Coast 2022 28 0
Ivan Astruc   Mauritius Fitzroy 1897 1897 6 1
Jack Baggott   South Africa Essendon, Richmond 1927 1937 138 140
Jack Barnett   New Zealand Richmond 1924 1926 13 11
Niels Becker   West Germany Footscray 1962 1963 10 3
Peter Bell   South Korea Fremantle, North Melbourne 1995 2008 286 250[3]
Peter Bennett   New Zealand Essendon, Hawthorn 1976 1981 80 27
Peter Bevilacqua   Italy Carlton 1953 1953 1 0[4]
Fred Birnstihl   Weimar Republic Footscray 1927 1927 2 0
James Borlase   Egypt Adelaide 2023 9 0
Atu Bosenavulagi   Fiji Collingwood, North Melbourne 2019 2022 20 1
Mordecai Bromberg   Israel St Kilda 1978 1981 34 11
Bob Bryce   New Zealand Sydney, Collingwood 1899 1902 18 12
Adam Campbell   New Zealand Fremantle 2006 2009 13 13
Alipate Carlile   Fiji Port Adelaide 2006 2016 167 5
Mabior Chol   Kenya Richmond , Gold Coast, Hawthorn 2016 65 83
Alf Clay   South Africa Hawthorn, Footscray, Fitzroy, North Melbourne 1937 1946 83 39
Brant Colledge   France West Coast 2014 2015 3 0
Harold Collocott   Fiji Geelong 1900 1900 1 0
Sudjai Cook   Thailand Adelaide 1998 1998 7 2
Mason Cox   United States Collingwood 2016 118 117
Jim Cowcher   New Zealand Carlton 1898 1898 5 0
Trent Croad   New Zealand Fremantle, Hawthorn 1998 2008 222 189
Damian Cupido   South Africa Brisbane Lions, Essendon 2000 2005 53 66
Ben Cunningham   New Zealand Fremantle 2000 2005 33 22
Majak Daw   Sudan North Melbourne, Melbourne 2013 2020 54 43
Donald Dickie   New Zealand Port Adelaide 1997 2000 55 19
Colin Dufty   Fiji Collingwood 1914 1914 1 1
Aaron Edwards   Samoa North Melbourne, West Coast 2005 2011 73 107
Harry Frei   West Germany Footscray 1973 1973 6 0
Ted Garside   South Africa Hawthorn 1931 1931 6 0
Arthur Gilligan   New Zealand Essendon, Fitzroy 1902 1905 32 15
Mil Hanna   Lebanon Carlton 1986 1997 190 83[4]
Harry Haughton   New Zealand Carlton 1912 1919 113 49[4]
Jason Holmes   United States St Kilda 2015 2017 5 0
Karmichael Hunt   New Zealand Gold Coast 2011 2014 44 6
Alex Ishchenko   Ukraine Brisbane Bears, North Melbourne, West Coast 1987 1995 142 37
Bohdan Jaworskyj   East Germany Hawthorn 1973 1975 67 3
Henri Jeanneret    Switzerland Melbourne, South Melbourne 1898 1904 113 49
Alex Jesaulenko   Austria Carlton, St Kilda 1967 1981 279 444[4]
Changkuoth Jiath   Ethiopia Hawthorn 2019 45 2
Jason Johannisen   South Africa Western Bulldogs 2012 191 75
Warren Jones   New Zealand Carlton, St Kilda 1978 1988 123 36[4]
Buku Khamis   Sudan Western Bulldogs 2019 13 7
Robbert Klomp   Netherlands Carlton, Footscray 1979 1984 93 20[4]
Stephen Lawrence   South Africa Hawthorn 1988 1998 146 30
Heritier Lumumba   Brazil Collingwood, Melbourne 2005 2016 178 25
Artie Machin   New Zealand Sydney 1898 1898 3 0
Aubrey MacKenzie   South Africa Melbourne, St Kilda 1914 1924 12 17
Frank Macky   New Zealand University 1911 1911 7 2
Oleg Markov   Belarus Richmond, Gold Coast, Collingwood 2016 77 6
Rowan Marshall   New Zealand St Kilda 2017 118 54
Kris Massie   Sweden Carlton, Adelaide 1998 2008 131 23[4]
Daniel McAlister   New Zealand Essendon 1997 2002 6 0
Dave McColl   New Zealand South Melbourne 1904 1904 5 0
Marty McDonnell   New Zealand Footscray 1939 1950 92 2
Abe McDougall   New Zealand Fitzroy 1898 1902 59 28
Andrew McGrath   Canada Essendon 2017 139 20
Charlie Meadway   New Zealand Carlton, Collingwood 1906 1907 4 0
Bill Mearns   New Zealand St Kilda 1910 1910 3 1
Eddie Melai   Netherlands South Melbourne 1964 1964 7 2
Mal Michael   Papua New Guinea Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Essendon 1997 2008 238 33
Charlie Moore   Fiji Essendon 1897 1899 30 34
Ian Muller   South Africa Carlton, St Kilda 1984 1991 27 2[4]
Bigoa Nyuon   Kenya Richmond, North Melbourne 2020 2024 4 0
Hewago Oea   Papua New Guinea Gold Coast 2022 2024 13 5
Thomas O'Halloran   New Zealand Richmond 1925 1934 142 120
Daniel Pearce   New Zealand Western Bulldogs 2012 2015 5 0
Val Perovic   Croatia Carlton, St Kilda 1973 1985 174 13[4]
Ian Perrie   Zimbabwe Adelaide 1998 2007 115 133
Cameron Polson   Hong Kong Carlton 2017 2020 19 4
Fred Pringle   India Carlton 1923 1924 22 7[4]
Don Pyke   United States West Coast 1989 1996 132 97
Mike Pyke   Canada Sydney 2009 2015 110 48
Willis Reeve   Myanmar Fitzroy 1927 1932 86 0
Brent Renouf   New Zealand Hawthorn, Port Adelaide 2008 2011 52 9
Bruce Reville   Papua New Guinea Brisbane Lions 2024 4 1
David Rodan   Fiji Port Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne 2002 2013 166 127
Brian Roet   Cuba Melbourne 1961 1968 88 1
Jose Romero   Chile Footscray/Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne 1988 2001 211 169
Alex Ruscuklic   East Germany Carlton, Fitzroy 1966 1974 117 209[4]
Shane Savage   New Zealand Hawthorn, St Kilda 2009 2020 165 63
Wayne Schwass   New Zealand North Melbourne, Sydney 1988 2002 282 154
Joe Sellwood   New Zealand Geelong 1930 1945 180 97
Dannie Seow   Singapore Collingwood, Melbourne 1986 1990 25 10
Ben Sexton   Papua New Guinea Carlton, Footscray 1991 1996 43 33[4]
Michael Sexton   Papua New Guinea Carlton 1990 2000 200 23[4]
Jack Southern   Papua New Guinea South Melbourne 1897 1899 31 3
Bob Svorinich   Italy South Melbourne 1969 1971 8 7
Ron Tenabel   Netherlands South Melbourne 1965 1967 17 0
Heinz Tonn   Weimar Republic Fitzroy 1947 1947 6 2
Wennie Van Lint   Netherlands Sydney 1967 1967 2 0
Ron Van T'Hag   Netherlands Geelong 1959 1959 2 0
Eric Vinar   Czech Republic Fitzroy 1964 1964 8 3
Paul Vinar   Czech Republic Geelong 1959 1966 132 45
Brandon Walker   Ghana Fremantle 2021 54 2
Fred Warry   Seychelles St Kilda 1900 1900 2 0
Arthur Watson   New Zealand Hawthorn 1929 1929 2 0
Tom Watson   New Zealand Carlton, Melbourne 1902 1904 15 0
Sanford Wheeler   United States Sydney 1989 1994 43 7
Reuben William   South Sudan Brisbane Lions 2016 2017 3 0
Rupert Wills   New Zealand Collingwood 2016 2020 23 1
Barney Wood   New Zealand Melbourne 1928 1928 5 0

Players born in the British Isles

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Name Country of birth Club(s) First Last Games Goals
Bill Ahern   Ireland Carlton 1897 1897 1 0
Colin Alexander   United Kingdom Brisbane Bears, Collingwood 1989 1993 29 30
Ramsay Anderson   Scotland Essendon, University 1910 1912 31 0
Bert Ashby   England Hawthorn 1928 1935 25 6
Harry Aylwin   England St Kilda 1897 1899 29 0
Alf Bartlett   England Fitzroy 1901 1907 80 5
Keith Baskin   England South Melbourne 1964 1973 75 78
Mark Bayliss   United Kingdom Collingwood 1989 1989 4 6
Colm Begley   Ireland Brisbane Lions, St Kilda 2006 2009 30 7
Ted Besford   England Fitzroy 1939 1941 2 0
Bernie Bignell   England Carlton 1940 1945 6 0[4]
Lawrence Bingham   England Hawthorn, St Kilda 1989 1993 25 0
Wayne Blackwell   England Carlton 1984 1990 110 80[4]
Bill Bourke   Ireland Richmond 1908 1909 32 45
Percy Bowyer   England Collingwood 1928 1938 154 33
Ted Brewis   England Carlton 1925 1928 60 12[4]
Alan Broadley   England South Melbourne 1941 1941 3 1
Callum Brown   Ireland Greater Western Sydney 2021 37 40
Chris Burton   England Footscray, Richmond 1980 1988 117 35
Ciarán Byrne   Ireland Carlton 2014 2018 22 0
Dick Campbell   Northern Ireland St Kilda 1909 1909 1 0
Martin Clarke   Ireland Collingwood 2007 2013 72 19
Ted Cordner   England Melbourne 1941 1946 52 0
Aidan Corr   Northern Ireland Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne 2013 143 3
Ian Dargie   England St Kilda, West Coast 1989 1991 11 1
Harry Davie   United Kingdom Carlton, Melbourne 1924 1928 58 186[4]
Jim Davies   Wales Carlton 1949 1950 16 1[4]
Reg Davies   Wales Hawthorn 1930 1931 3 0
Bart Dinsmore   Scotland St Kilda 1903 1903 2 3
Paul Earley   England Melbourne 1984 1984 1 1
Bill Eason   England Geelong 1902 1915 220 187
Jack Edgeley   England Fitzroy 1907 1908 8 1
Bob Edmond   Scotland Carlton 1967 1968 10 0[4]
Jim Edmond   Scotland Footscray, Sydney, Brisbane Bears 1977 1988 188 287
Dinny Fagan   England Sydney 1929 1931 19 0
Fred Fairweather   England North Melbourne 1944 1946 54 14
Dick Fowler   England Melbourne 1908 1908 1 0
Jack Frost   England Carlton 1897 1897 4 0[4]
Conor Glass   Ireland Hawthorn 2017 2020 21 2
Fred Godfrey   England Footscray 1938 1938 6 5
Andy Goodwin   England Melbourne, Richmond 1987 1993 73 9
John Gray   Scotland University 1908 1913 85 3
Dick Hall   Wales Collingwood 1897 1897 1 0
Pearce Hanley   England Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2008 2020 169 60
Paul Harding   England Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast 1987 1994 116 14
Bob Hay   Scotland Fitzroy 1899 1901 9 1
Connor Idun   England[5] Greater Western Sydney 2019 72 0
Bill Johnstone   Scotland Collingwood 1941 1941 2 0
Denis Lanigan   Ireland Collingwood, Melbourne, Carlton 1897 1899 41 6
Darragh Joyce   Ireland St Kilda, Brisbane Lions 2018 18 0
Mark Keane   Ireland Collingwood, Adelaide 2019 10 0
Frank Kelly   England Footscray 1941 1944 8 0
Tadhg Kennelly   Ireland Sydney 2001 2011 197 30
Bob Kenny   Ireland St Kilda 1899 1899 2 0
Barney Lazarus   Ireland Carlton 1902 1902 7 0[4]
Thomas Leather   Scotland North Melbourne 1932 1933 16 11
Harry Lees   England Collingwood 1908 1908 1 0
Johnny Leonard   England South Melbourne 1932 1932 12 17
James Madden   Ireland Brisbane Lions 2021 11 1
Stuart Magee   Northern Ireland Footscray, South Melbourne 1962 1975 216 149
Fred Mann   England Essendon 1901 1903 27 1
Frank Maple   England Hawthorn 1926 1926 2 1
Nick Marshall   Scotland Geelong 1907 1908 4 0
William Marshall   England Melbourne, University 1905 1908 12 0
Bryan Martin   England Melbourne 1942 1943 5 0
John McCarthy   Wales Fitzroy, North Melbourne 1986 1996 163 178
Alan McCrory   Ireland Richmond, South Melbourne 1938 1941 9 4
Bob McIlveen   Scotland Richmond 1943 1943 6 0
Niall McKeever   Northern Ireland Brisbane Lions 2011 2012 17 1
Conor McKenna   Northern Ireland Essendon, Brisbane Lions 2015 105 27
Hugh McLaughlin Sr.   Scotland South Melbourne, Footscray 1929 1937 129 0
Tom McNeil   Scotland St Kilda 1951 1952 8 0
Dermot McNicholl   Ireland St Kilda 1990 1990 3 0
Henry McPetrie   Scotland Carlton 1897 1897 5 2[4]
Donald Mills   Jersey Hawthorn 1929 1931 15 0
Jim Money   Scotland Geelong 1928 1928 2 1
Caolan Mooney   Ireland Collingwood 2012 2014 6 2
Brad Moran   England Adelaide, North Melbourne 2006 2011 21 8
Doug Morgan   Wales Geelong 1909 1911 18 3
Brian Mulvihill   England North Melbourne 1971 1972 24 25
Brian Mynott   England St Kilda 1964 1975 210 75
Conor Nash   Ireland Hawthorn 2018 77 16
Eric Needham   England St Kilda 1933 1933 1 0
Richard Nixon   United Kingdom Richmond 1987 1990 37 3
Ingy Norman   Wales Fitzroy 1938 1938 1 0
Jack Norman   Wales Fitzroy 1938 1938 1 0
Mark O'Connor   Ireland Geelong 2017 87 4
Laurie Ogilvie   Scotland Melbourne 1901 1901 4 3
Joe O'Grady   Ireland St Kilda 1897 1897 9 0
Setanta Ó hAilpín   Ireland Carlton, Greater Western Sydney 2005 2013 88 82
Bill Perkins   England Richmond 1940 1949 148 0
Jamie O'Reilly   Northern Ireland Richmond 2010 2011 4 0
Colin O'Riordan   Ireland Sydney 2015 2022 34 1
Michael Quinn   Ireland Essendon 2009 2011 8 2
Jim Redstone   England South Melbourne 1938 1938 4 5
George Renwick   England Carlton 1909 1909 4 0
Ralph Robertson   England St Kilda 1898 1900 14 1
Eddie Rosenbrock   England South Melbourne 1929 1930 4 0
Bobby Royle   England Melbourne 1898 1898 3 0
John Scarlett   United Kingdom Geelong, South Melbourne 1967 1979 212 44
Fred Scott   Northern Ireland Essendon, Carlton 1899 1904 50 36[4]
Ciarán Sheehan   Ireland Carlton 2014 2017 6 0
Arthur Sowden   England Melbourne 1897 1906 117 13
Ted Staniland   England Fitzroy 1897 1897 5 3
George Stewart   Scotland Carlton 1909 1909 2 0
Wilfred Stott   England Essendon, Richmond 1913 1920 11 1
Jack Strong   Scotland Melbourne 1901 1912 78 29
Brian Stynes   Ireland Melbourne 1992 1992 2 0
Jim Stynes   Ireland Melbourne 1987 1998 264 130
George Sutherland   Scotland St Kilda 1900 1901 16 14
Jim Tarbotton   England Fitzroy 1923 1926 37 1
Syd Tate   England Geelong 1947 1951 85 13
Ewan Thompson   Scotland Richmond 1997 1997 4 1
Anton Tohill   Ireland Collingwood 2019 2021 1 0
Will Thursfield   England Richmond 2005 2011 77 0
Zach Tuohy   Ireland[4] Carlton, Geelong 2011 2024 288 101
Tommy Walsh   Ireland Sydney 2012 2014 5 3
Clive Waterhouse   England Fremantle 1996 2004 106 178
Fergus Watts   England Adelaide, St Kilda 2004 2007 6 3
Fred West   England Hawthorn 1928 1929 12 3
Sean Wight   Scotland Melbourne 1985 1995 150 63
Art Wilkinson   England Collingwood, Essendon 1912 1913 13 8
Arnie Wilson   England St Kilda 1909 1910 2 0
Josh Worrell   England Adelaide 2021 30 0
Syd Young   England South Melbourne 1941 1941 2 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rohan Connolly (15 May 2010). "International rules OK". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Multicultural players putting AFL on the map". AFL Players Association. 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ Wilson, Caroline (30 March 2003). "Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond". The Sunday Age. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "From "Media City" to premiership glory". Carlton FC. 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ Zell, Alison (2 August 2019). "Idun to Debut". gwsgiants.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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