List of VFL debuts in 1933
This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1933.
Debuts by clubs
Name
|
Club
|
Age at debut
|
Round debuted
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Notes
|
Bob Green
|
Carlton
|
22 years, 135 days
|
4[1]
|
187
|
58
|
Brother of Jack Green.
|
Jack Hale
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 131 days
|
3[2]
|
123
|
78
|
|
Jack Cooper
|
Carlton
|
21 years, 297 days
|
6[3]
|
15
|
31
|
|
Les Hughson
|
Carlton
|
25 years, 257 days
|
5[4]
|
12
|
7
|
Previously played for Collingwood and Hawthorn. In all, played for five different clubs. Brother of Fred and Mick Hughson.
|
Rod Leffanue
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 158 days
|
7[5]
|
9
|
20
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Ray Quinn
|
Carlton
|
19 years, 224 days
|
15[6]
|
4
|
1
|
|
Steve Bloomer
|
Carlton
|
23 years, 253 days
|
15[7]
|
3
|
0
|
Previously played for North Melbourne.
|
Ray Harry
|
Carlton
|
24 years, 15 days
|
17[8]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Alby Pannam
|
Collingwood
|
19 years, 094 days
|
13[9]
|
181
|
453
|
Son of Charlie Pannam.
|
Marcus Whelan
|
Collingwood
|
18 years, 327 days
|
4[10]
|
173
|
31
|
Father of Shane Whelan.
|
Jack Carmody
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 340 days
|
3[11]
|
94
|
12
|
|
Leo Morgan
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 87 days
|
14[12]
|
82
|
7
|
|
Keith Fraser
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 26 days
|
3[13]
|
62
|
9
|
|
Norm Le Brun
|
Collingwood
|
25 years, 21 days
|
3[14]
|
19
|
23
|
Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon.
|
Reg Gibson
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 168 days
|
5[15]
|
16
|
6
|
|
Bernie Guthrie
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 219 days
|
1[16]
|
7
|
5
|
|
Lou Daily
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 125 days
|
6[17]
|
7
|
7
|
Won 1935 Sandover Medal.
|
John Galbally
|
Collingwood
|
23 years, 3 days
|
15[18]
|
7
|
0
|
Served as a Minister in the Victorian Government. Brother of Frank Galbally,
|
Ivan McIntosh
|
Collingwood
|
19 years, 136 days
|
1[19]
|
6
|
0
|
|
Alfred Andrew-Street
|
Collingwood
|
19 years, 28 days
|
2[20]
|
6
|
0
|
Played first-class cricket for Victoria.
|
Keith Kent
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 188 days
|
3[21]
|
5
|
0
|
|
Frank Slade
|
Collingwood
|
17 years, 304 days
|
1[22]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Max Turner
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 272 days
|
11[23]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Noel Burrows
|
Collingwood
|
22 years, 33 days
|
1[24]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Albert Downs
|
Collingwood
|
27 years, 215 days
|
1[25]
|
1
|
0
|
|
George Bates
|
Collingwood
|
19 years, 163 days
|
8[26]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Dick Reynolds
|
Essendon
|
17 years, 331 days
|
1[27]
|
314
|
67
|
Three time Brownlow Medal winner (1934, 1937, 1938). Brother of Tom Reynolds and grandfather of Joel Reynolds.
|
Hugh Torney
|
Essendon
|
19 years, 252 days
|
4[28]
|
173
|
81
|
|
George Bell
|
Essendon
|
21 years, 41 days
|
8[29]
|
120
|
4
|
|
Les Griggs
|
Essendon
|
19 years, 28 days
|
6[30]
|
99
|
52
|
|
Ted Rippon
|
Essendon
|
19 years, 84 days
|
13[31]
|
69
|
12
|
|
Wally Milne
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 228 days
|
14[32]
|
22
|
11
|
|
Walt Wollermann
|
Essendon
|
25 years, 10 days
|
10[33]
|
9
|
2
|
|
Clive McCorkell
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 351 days
|
2[34]
|
7
|
1
|
|
Alby Jacobsen
|
Essendon
|
30 years, 273 days
|
7[35]
|
7
|
0
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Bill Ewing
|
Essendon
|
24 years, 20 days
|
8[36]
|
5
|
3
|
|
Frank Hunting
|
Essendon
|
23 years, 87 days
|
6[37]
|
4
|
0
|
|
Stan Lawler
|
Essendon
|
23 years, 189 days
|
6[38]
|
3
|
9
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Reg Twite
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 0 days
|
1[39]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Harold Dickinson
|
Essendon
|
24 years, 220 days
|
9[40]
|
2
|
2
|
|
Norm McCleary
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 22 days
|
15[41]
|
2
|
3
|
|
Jimmy Bates
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 315 days
|
2[42]
|
1
|
0
|
At the time of his death on 6 October 2009, Bates was the oldest living VFL/AFL player.
|
Dan Murray
|
Fitzroy
|
20 years, 131 days
|
1[43]
|
66
|
4
|
Father of Kevin Murray
|
Alf Callick
|
Fitzroy
|
24 years, 217 days
|
1[44]
|
37
|
6
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Frank Donnellan
|
Fitzroy
|
25 years, 163 days
|
1[45]
|
36
|
0
|
Previously played for Hawthorn and North Melbourne.
|
Leslie Watt
|
Fitzroy
|
20 years, 169 days
|
5[46]
|
35
|
19
|
Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Jock Cordner
|
Fitzroy
|
22 years, 324 days
|
1[47]
|
24
|
23
|
Previously played for Footscray.
|
Clete Turner
|
Fitzroy
|
24 years, 55 days
|
8[48]
|
15
|
3
|
Previously played for Geelong.
|
Frank O'Rourke
|
Fitzroy
|
27 years, 98 days
|
1[49]
|
7
|
2
|
Previously played for Carlton.
|
Seff Parry
|
Fitzroy
|
25 years, 255 days
|
1[50]
|
5
|
3
|
|
Arthur Williams
|
Fitzroy
|
31 years, 55 days
|
8[51]
|
3
|
0
|
Previously played for Footscray.
|
Wally Mitchell
|
Fitzroy
|
24 years, 343 days
|
5[52]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Keith Marshall
|
Fitzroy
|
26 years, 42 days
|
6[53]
|
2
|
5
|
|
Bruce Scharp
|
Fitzroy
|
28 years, 31 days
|
9[54]
|
2
|
0
|
Previously played for Carlton and Hawthorn.
|
Keith Giffen
|
Fitzroy
|
21 years, 316 days
|
14[55]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Claude Canaway
|
Fitzroy
|
21 years, 183 days
|
16[56]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Jack Kidd
|
Fitzroy
|
25 years, 167 days
|
15[57]
|
1
|
2
|
Previously played for Essendon and Carlton.
|
Ambrose Palmer
|
Footscray
|
22 years, 202 days
|
2[58]
|
83
|
44
|
Australian heavyweight boxing champion.
|
Bill Grundy
|
Footscray
|
21 years, 195 days
|
6[59]
|
28
|
4
|
|
Jack Vosti
|
Footscray
|
30 years, 18 days
|
3[60]
|
26
|
0
|
Previously played for Essendon.
|
Wally Kelly
|
Footscray
|
19 years, 102 days
|
1[61]
|
22
|
3
|
|
Bob Muir
|
Footscray
|
26 years, 44 days
|
4[62]
|
22
|
1
|
Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Alan Rait
|
Footscray
|
24 years, 171 days
|
1[63]
|
19
|
62
|
|
Charlie O'Leary
|
Footscray
|
22 years, 51 days
|
3[64]
|
16
|
0
|
|
Frank Spilling
|
Footscray
|
20 years, 272 days
|
13[65]
|
14
|
0
|
|
Jack Somerville
|
Footscray
|
21 years, 258 days
|
1[66]
|
10
|
1
|
|
Norm Honey
|
Footscray
|
19 years, 163 days
|
11[67]
|
10
|
4
|
|
Milton McIntyre
|
Footscray
|
23 years, 209 days
|
4[68]
|
14
|
11
|
|
Reg Thomas
|
Footscray
|
23 years, 360 days
|
10[69]
|
9
|
10
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Peter Hannan
|
Footscray
|
24 years, 200 days
|
2[70]
|
6
|
0
|
Previously played for Melbourne.
|
Bill Findlay
|
Footscray
|
19 years, 196 days
|
3[71]
|
5
|
8
|
|
Mick Higgins
|
Footscray
|
21 years, 300 days
|
6[72]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Charlie Richards
|
Footscray
|
22 years, 347 days
|
14[73]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Tom Arklay
|
Geelong
|
19 years, 97 days
|
10[74]
|
137
|
45
|
|
Angie Muller
|
Geelong
|
20 years, 167 days
|
1[75]
|
115
|
37
|
|
Joe Tucker
|
Geelong
|
20 years, 181 days
|
12[76]
|
24
|
17
|
|
Reg Gross
|
Geelong
|
23 years, 11 days
|
9[77]
|
16
|
0
|
|
Bob Walker
|
Geelong
|
21 years, 86 days
|
12[78]
|
14
|
1
|
|
Eric Orr
|
Geelong
|
23 years, 241 days
|
1[79]
|
11
|
2
|
|
Tom Stapleton
|
Geelong
|
25 years, 286 days
|
1[80]
|
6
|
0
|
|
Lindsay Lamb
|
Geelong
|
19 years, 306 days
|
17[81]
|
4
|
1
|
|
Jim Williamson
|
Geelong
|
22 years, 241 days
|
SF[82]
|
2
|
0
|
Previously played for St Kilda.
|
Ron Barling
|
Geelong
|
20 years, 311 days
|
15[83]
|
1
|
0
|
|
George Dower
|
Hawthorn
|
20 years, 53 days
|
18[84]
|
100
|
17
|
|
Ernie Loveless
|
Hawthorn
|
25 years, 144 days
|
1[85]
|
56
|
1
|
Previously played for St Kilda.
|
Roy Rodda
|
Hawthorn
|
22 years, 355 days
|
1[86]
|
34
|
31
|
|
Norm Hillard
|
Hawthorn
|
18 years, 91 days
|
18[87]
|
32
|
57
|
|
Alex Lee
|
Hawthorn
|
25 years, 36 days
|
1[88]
|
31
|
1
|
|
Steve Bravo
|
Hawthorn
|
21 years, 29 days
|
9[89]
|
31
|
12
|
|
Jack Zander
|
Hawthorn
|
22 years, 297 days
|
1[90]
|
14
|
3
|
|
Bert Carey
|
Hawthorn
|
22 years, 334 days
|
1[91]
|
10
|
16
|
Previously played for Fitzroy.
|
Bill Twomey, Sr.
|
Hawthorn
|
34 years, 13 days
|
1[92]
|
10
|
0
|
Father of Mick, Pat and Bill Twomey. Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Frank Aked, Sr.
|
Hawthorn
|
30 years, 155 days
|
1[93]
|
8
|
2
|
Father of Frank Aked, Jr., grandfather of Arthur and Allan Edwards and great-grandfather of Jake Edwards and Shane O'Bree. Previously played for Footscray.
|
Leo Clements
|
Hawthorn
|
25 years, 242 days
|
11[94]
|
7
|
0
|
|
Fred Sayers
|
Hawthorn
|
20 years, 81 days
|
17[95]
|
7
|
4
|
|
Charlie McGillivray
|
Hawthorn
|
23 years, 5 days
|
12[96]
|
3
|
0
|
|
Geoff Farrelly
|
Hawthorn
|
25 years, 20 days
|
1[97]
|
2
|
1
|
|
Tom Mercer
|
Hawthorn
|
22 years, 301 days
|
8[98]
|
2
|
0
|
Bruce Scharp
|
Hawthorn
|
27 years, 347 days
|
2[99]
|
1
|
0
|
Previously played for Carlton.
|
Laurence Cordner
|
Hawthorn
|
22 years, 144 days
|
10[100]
|
1
|
1
|
|
Jack White
|
Hawthorn
|
21 years, 80 days
|
18[101]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Rowley Fischer
|
Melbourne
|
23 years, 64 days
|
1[102]
|
137
|
34
|
|
Les Jones
|
Melbourne
|
23 years, 189 days
|
1[103]
|
121
|
88
|
|
Eric Glass
|
Melbourne
|
23 years, 66 days
|
1[104]
|
78
|
135
|
|
Colin Niven
|
Melbourne
|
29 years, 235 days
|
1[105]
|
44
|
13
|
Previously played for Fitzroy
|
Jack Bennett
|
Melbourne
|
23 years, 138 days
|
10[106]
|
43
|
28
|
|
Charlie Longhurst
|
Melbourne
|
22 years, 49 days
|
5[107]
|
40
|
1
|
|
Billy Libbis
|
Melbourne
|
29 years, 322 days
|
4[108]
|
39
|
25
|
Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Jack Sambell
|
Melbourne
|
24 years, 344 days
|
1[109]
|
24
|
6
|
|
Noel Barnett
|
Melbourne
|
24 years, 172 days
|
3[110]
|
11
|
2
|
|
Bill Robinson
|
Melbourne
|
24 years, 284 days
|
8[111]
|
3
|
1
|
|
Jack Harrison
|
Melbourne
|
24 years, 344 days
|
18[112]
|
3
|
2
|
|
Percy Streeter
|
Melbourne
|
21 years, 302 days
|
5[113]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Cliff Tyson
|
Melbourne
|
22 years, 272 days
|
8[114]
|
2
|
1
|
Previously played for North Melbourne.
|
Charlie Skinner
|
North Melbourne
|
20 years, 208 days
|
14[115]
|
114
|
7
|
|
Ted Ellis
|
North Melbourne
|
20 years, 141 days
|
12[116]
|
85
|
41
|
|
Jim Bicknell
|
North Melbourne
|
22 years, 229 days
|
1[117]
|
57
|
7
|
|
Leo Tyrrell
|
North Melbourne
|
18 years, 193 days
|
11[118]
|
22
|
7
|
|
Jack Diprose
|
North Melbourne
|
27 years, 227 days
|
5[119]
|
19
|
0
|
|
Trevor Wallace
|
North Melbourne
|
21 years, 187 days
|
14[120]
|
13
|
0
|
|
Roy Pope
|
North Melbourne
|
18 years, 360 days
|
7[121]
|
9
|
4
|
|
Dick May
|
North Melbourne
|
23 years, 102 days
|
17[122]
|
9
|
4
|
|
Len Johnson
|
North Melbourne
|
25 years, 2 days
|
11[123]
|
5
|
3
|
Previously played for Essendon.
|
Bert Clarke
|
North Melbourne
|
27 years, 74 days
|
13[124]
|
4
|
2
|
|
Jack Gaudion
|
North Melbourne
|
22 years, 287 days
|
2[125]
|
3
|
0
|
|
Jack Haskett
|
North Melbourne
|
21 years, 315 days
|
2[126]
|
3
|
0
|
|
Ted Wintle
|
North Melbourne
|
24 years, 144 days
|
5[127]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Jim Bolwell
|
North Melbourne
|
21 years, 343 days
|
15[128]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Geoff Fox
|
North Melbourne
|
23 years, 94 days
|
15[129]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Jack Stenhouse
|
Richmond
|
21 years, 174 days
|
3[130]
|
19
|
0
|
|
Horrie Farmer
|
Richmond
|
23 years, 251 days
|
2[131]
|
8
|
14
|
|
Richie Saunders
|
Richmond
|
19 years, 355 days
|
14[132]
|
8
|
0
|
|
Bob Gislingham
|
Richmond
|
25 years, 114 days
|
15[133]
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ron Fisher
|
St Kilda
|
21 years, 286 days
|
4[134]
|
82
|
71
|
|
Ken Mackie
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 181 days
|
16[135]
|
62
|
55
|
Previously played for Fitzroy.
|
Frank Roberts
|
St Kilda
|
21 years, 68 days
|
2[136]
|
27
|
44
|
|
Stewart Anderson
|
St Kilda
|
21 years, 326 days
|
1[137]
|
20
|
21
|
|
Les Jago
|
St Kilda
|
25 years, 140 days
|
1[138]
|
17
|
0
|
|
Bill Downie
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 146 days
|
1[139]
|
15
|
2
|
Previously played for Footscray.
|
Matt Cave
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 58 days
|
5[140]
|
14
|
3
|
Previously played for Footscray.
|
Tom Hallahan
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 211 days
|
12[141]
|
14
|
3
|
Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Les Evans
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 160 days
|
10[142]
|
12
|
0
|
|
George Schlitz
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 310 days
|
8[143]
|
7
|
1
|
|
George Chapman
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 88 days
|
5[144]
|
4
|
6
|
Previously played for Fitzroy.
|
George Batson
|
St Kilda
|
20 years, 247 days
|
11[145]
|
4
|
3
|
|
Col Deane
|
St Kilda
|
32 years, 292 days
|
1[146]
|
3
|
0
|
Previously played for Melbourne.
|
Jack McLeod
|
St Kilda
|
25 years, 246 days
|
1[147]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Ted McCarthy
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 48 days
|
2[148]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Colin Strang
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 304 days
|
7[149]
|
2
|
3
|
Son of Bill Strang, brother of Allan, Doug and Gordon Strang and uncle of Geoff Strang.
|
Charlie Bourne
|
St Kilda
|
26 years, 273 days
|
14[150]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Eric Needham
|
St Kilda
|
19 years, 326 days
|
1[151]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Reg Peterson
|
St Kilda
|
25 years, 293 days
|
6[152]
|
1
|
1
|
Previously played for Essendon.
|
Bob Hammond
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St Kilda
|
27 years, 310 days
|
11[153]
|
1
|
0
|
Previously played for Hawthorn.
|
Laurie Nash
|
South Melbourne
|
22 years, 362 days
|
1[154]
|
99
|
246
|
Played Test cricket for Australia. Son of Robert Nash.
|
Wilbur Harris
|
South Melbourne
|
21 years, 13 days
|
7[155]
|
69
|
19
|
|
Dinny Kelleher
|
South Melbourne
|
30 years, 344 days
|
11[156]
|
59
|
14
|
Previously played for Carlton.
|
Alan Welch
|
South Melbourne
|
22 years, 177 days
|
1[157]
|
49
|
24
|
Joe O'Meara
|
South Melbourne
|
24 years, 225 days
|
1[158]
|
47
|
36
|
|
Ossie Bertram
|
South Melbourne
|
24 years, 12 days
|
1[159]
|
23
|
43
|
|
John Bowe
|
South Melbourne
|
21 years, 296 days
|
2[160]
|
17
|
0
|
|
Frank Davies
|
South Melbourne
|
24 years, 121 days
|
6[161]
|
30
|
15
|
|
Fred Backway
|
South Melbourne
|
19 years, 272 days
|
10[162]
|
4
|
2
|
|
References
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