List of AFL debuts in 1995
Andrew McLeod played the first of his 340 AFL games in 1995
During the 1995 Australian Football League (AFL) season 111 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 55 others playing their first game for a new club.
This was the Fremantle Football Club 's first season in the AFL, bringing the number of clubs participating to 16. 25 players made their AFL debut for Fremantle, more than double the number of debutantes in any other team during 1995.
Summary
Matthew Lloyd kicked 7 goals in his debut year, and 926 goals in his career to be the 7th highest goal scorer of all time
AFL debuts
Peter Bell was one of 25 players from Fremantle to make their AFL debut in 1995
Jeff Farmer
Darryl Wakelin
Jeff White
Jason Akermanis
Shaun McManus
Michael O'Loughlin
Tyson Edwards ⋅
Adem Yze
Adam Simpson was the first of the 1995 debutantes to become a senior AFL coach
Name
Club
Age at debut
Debut round
Games (in 1995)
Goals (in 1995)
Notes
Craig McRae
Brisbane Bears
21 years, 191 days
1 [ 1]
23
28
Shawn Lewfatt
Essendon
18 years, 22 days
1 [ 2]
3
2
Jonathon Robran
Hawthorn
22 years, 162 days
1 [ 3]
10
Son of Barrie Robran
Matthew Manfield
Fitzroy
17 years, 352 days
1 [ 4]
1
Brett Chandler
Fitzroy
19 years, 264 days
1 [ 5]
12
Quenton Leach
Fremantle
22 years, 224 days
1 [ 6]
19
8
Scott Chisholm
Fremantle
21 years, 308 days
1 [ 7]
15
4
Scott Edwards
Fremantle
26 years, 221 days
1 [ 8]
6
2
Craig Burrows
Fremantle
21 years, 161 days
1 [ 9]
19
23
Winston Abraham
Fremantle
20 years, 184 days
1 [ 10]
12
23
Peter Bell
Fremantle
19 years, 31 days
1 [ 11]
2
2
Round 17 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Matthew Burton
Fremantle
24 years, 317 days
1 [ 12]
17
6
Brother of Jay Burton
Gary Dhurrkay
Fremantle
21 years, 29 days
1 [ 13]
14
21
David Muir
Fremantle
23 years, 258 days
1 [ 14]
10
1
Jamie Merillo
Fremantle
22 years, 125 days
1 [ 15]
11
2
Robert Di Rosa
Geelong
17 years, 271 days
1 [ 16]
3
Luke McCabe
Hawthorn
18 years, 234 days
1 [ 17]
7
2
Luke Norman
Melbourne
23 years, 106 days
1 [ 18]
9
3
Jeff Farmer
Melbourne
17 years, 281 days
1 [ 19]
7
4
Round 21 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Scott Camporeale
Carlton
19 years, 234 days
1 [ 20]
24
11
Scott Burns
Collingwood
20 years, 100 days
1 [ 21]
21
2
Nick Hider
Collingwood
23 years, 214 days
1 [ 22]
2
1
Stephen Patterson
Collingwood
24 years, 89 days
1 [ 23]
19
21
Chad Liddell
Collingwood
18 years, 72 days
1 [ 24]
7
3
Lee Walker
Collingwood
22 years, 55 days
1 [ 25]
7
3
Tyson Lane
Footscray
18 years, 220 days
1 [ 26]
9
7
Round 1 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Sedat Sir
Footscray
20 years, 28 days
1 [ 27]
6
Shannon Grant
Sydney
17 years, 348 days
1 [ 28]
10
9
Round 6 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Darryl Wakelin
St Kilda
20 years, 234 days
1 [ 29]
21
Twin brother of Shane Wakelin
Steven Sziller
St Kilda
22 years, 108 days
1 [ 30]
22
6
Austinn Jones
St Kilda
18 years, 186 days
1 [ 31]
19
10
Round 9 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Fraser Gehrig
West Coast
19 years, 30 days
1 [ 32]
16
21
Round 18 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Travis Edmonds
Fremantle
24 years, 58 days
2 [ 33]
1
Leigh Wardell-Johnson
Fremantle
25 years, 22 days
2 [ 34]
11
10
Anthony Jones
Fremantle
20 years, 109 days
2 [ 35]
11
Peter Miller
Fremantle
26 years, 1 day
2 [ 36]
16
15
David Bourke
Richmond
19 years, 91 days
2 [ 37]
15
1
Round 5 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star , son of Francis Bourke
Mark Orchard
Collingwood
19 years, 13 days
3 [ 38]
6
3
Chris Curran
Collingwood
20 years, 255 days
3 [ 39]
10
2
Shane Parker
Fremantle
22 years, 57 days
3 [ 40]
11
Jeff White
Fremantle
18 years, 56 days
3 [ 41]
6
3
Number 1 draft selection in 1994 AFL draft
Steven Lawrence
Brisbane Bears
18 years, 332 days
3 [ 42]
13
1
Round 6 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Justin Crawford
Sydney
18 years, 28 days
3 [ 43]
10
7
Round 19 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star , brother of Shane Crawford
Joel Smith
St Kilda
17 years, 348 days
3 [ 44]
20
6
Round 14 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Dean Matthews
St Kilda
23 years, 269 days
3 [ 45]
1
Glen Coghlan
St Kilda
20 years, 261 days
3 [ 46]
11
7
Josh Kitchen
St Kilda
19 years, 336 days
3 [ 47]
3
1
Mark Kennedy
St Kilda
22 years, 333 days
4 [ 48]
8
Tim Scott
Sydney
23 years, 131 days
4 [ 49]
1
Jason Akermanis
Brisbane Bears
18 years, 59 days
4 [ 50]
17
12
Jason Wild
Collingwood
19 years, 75 days
4 [ 51]
12
3
Peter Bird
Fitzroy
19 years, 90 days
5 [ 52]
12
5
Anthony Mellington
Fitzroy
20 years, 276 days
5 [ 53]
6
2
Shaun McManus
Fremantle
19 years, 80 days
5 [ 54]
18
13
Round 10 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Neil Mildenhall
Fremantle
26 years, 233 days
5 [ 55]
7
2
John Cunningham
Geelong
21 years, 70 days
5 [ 56]
2
Glenn Freeborn
North Melbourne
22 years, 84 days
5 [ 57]
9
4
Gary Moorcroft
Essendon
19 years, 14 days
5 [ 58]
1
Michael O'Loughlin
Sydney
18 years, 70 days
5 [ 59]
11
12
Round 8 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Andrew McLeod
Adelaide
18 years, 274 days
6 [ 60]
15
17
Round 20 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
John Rombotis
Fitzroy
18 years, 205 days
6 [ 61]
4
1
Brayden Lyle
West Coast
22 years, 62 days
6 [ 62]
15
4
Tony Brown
St Kilda
17 years, 343 days
6 [ 63]
17
9
Shannon Gibson
Hawthorn
19 years, 187 days
7 [ 64]
10
2
Clinton Wolf
Fremantle
26 years, 147 days
7 [ 65]
4
Anthony Rocca
Sydney
17 years, 277 days
8 [ 66]
12
8
Michael Martin
Footscray
18 years, 85 days
8 [ 67]
3
1
Sam Phillipou
Footscray
20 years, 244 days
8 [ 68]
3
3
Craig Callaghan
Fremantle
19 years, 72 days
8 [ 69]
10
4
Round 16 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star , Round 22 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Damien Gaspar
Melbourne
20 years, 54 days
8 [ 70]
8
James McLure
Geelong
20 years, 250 days
9 [ 71]
3
Jeff Bruce
Fitzroy
21 years, 199 days
9 [ 72]
7
3
Daryl Griffin
Footscray
19 years, 125 days
9 [ 73]
14
Simon Cox
Footscray
18 years, 123 days
9 [ 74]
2
2
Mark Stevens
North Melbourne
19 years, 220 days
10 [ 75]
8
12
Simon Arnott
Sydney
19 years, 110 days
10 [ 76]
5
2
Simon Beaumont
Carlton
19 years, 173 days
10 [ 77]
2
1
Daniel Harford
Hawthorn
18 years, 78 days
10 [ 78]
13
5
Jason Heatley
West Coast
23 years, 104 days
10 [ 79]
1
2
Matthew Jackson
St Kilda
20 years, 298 days
11 [ 80]
4
2
Stephen Jurica
Richmond
18 years, 349 days
11 [ 81]
13
21
Round 21 nomination, 1995 AFL Rising Star
Tyson Edwards
Adelaide
18 years, 308 days
11 [ 82]
12
2
Shane Hodges
Brisbane Bears
20 years, 160 days
11 [ 83]
4
Andrew Nichol
Footscray
20 years, 205 days
12 [ 84]
3
Brad Wira
Fremantle
23 years, 100 days
12 [ 85]
1
Kingsley Hunter
Fremantle
20 years, 29 days
12 [ 86]
3
Round 14 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Clay Sampson
Melbourne
19 years, 122 days
12 [ 87]
5
Ian Downsborough
West Coast
23 years, 164 days
13 [ 88]
1
Adem Yze
Melbourne
17 years, 283 days
13 [ 89]
9
3
Round 11 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Ashley Blurton
West Coast
20 years, 119 days
13 [ 90]
3
Danny Morgan
Essendon
20 years, 316 days
13 [ 91]
8
2
Trent Bartlett
Brisbane Bears
18 years, 224 days
14 [ 92]
8
1
Matthew Lloyd
Essendon
17 years, 84 days
14 [ 93]
5
7
Round 19 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Mark Gale
Fremantle
19 years, 63 days
14 [ 94]
1
Jason Torney
Richmond
18 years, 29 days
15 [ 95]
6
2
Ben Harrison
Carlton
20 years, 180 days
15 [ 96]
2
Robert Ahmat
Collingwood
17 years, 362 days
15 [ 97]
3
1
Jay Burton
Fremantle
22 years, 271 days
16 [ 98]
2
Brother of Matthew Burton
Adam Simpson
North Melbourne
19 years, 171 days
18 [ 99]
2
Round 5 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Chris Hemley
St Kilda
17 years, 331 days
18 [ 100]
1
Dion Myles
Sydney
19 years, 96 days
18 [ 101]
3
Andrew Schauble
Collingwood
18 years, 262 days
18 [ 102]
3
1
Round 7 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Paul Dimattina
Footscray
20 years, 257 days
18 [ 103]
2
Son of Frank Dimattina
Peter Doyle
Fitzroy
21 years, 347 days
18 [ 104]
5
1
Daniel Bandy
Fremantle
19 years, 267 days
19 [ 105]
3
6
Round 2 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Marty Warry
Fitzroy
18 years, 221 days
19 [ 106]
3
Craig Biddiscombe
Geelong
18 years, 332 days
20 [ 107]
2
Round 13 nomination, 1996 AFL Rising Star
Brent Green
Brisbane Bears
19 years, 144 days
20 [ 108]
1
Trent Ormond-Allen
Melbourne
19 years, 82 days
22 [ 109]
1
Paul Geister
North Melbourne
23 years, 217 days
22 [ 110]
3
Leo Barry
Sydney
18 years, 108 days
22 [ 111]
1
1
Change of AFL club
Name
Club
Age at debut
Debut round
Games (in 1995)
Goals (in 1995)
Notes
Jason McCartney
Adelaide
21 years, 17 days
1 [ 112]
20
16
Previously played for Collingwood
Matthew Connell
Adelaide
22 years, 240 days
1 [ 113]
21
6
Previously played for West Coast
Matthew Armstrong
North Melbourne
28 years, 30 days
1 [ 114]
25
13
Previously played for Fitzroy
Robert Scott
North Melbourne
26 years, 30 days
1 [ 115]
25
17
Previously played for Geelong
Keenan Reynolds
North Melbourne
26 years, 84 days
1 [ 116]
9
2
Previously played for Footscray
Ross Lyon
Brisbane Bears
28 years, 144 days
1 [ 117]
2
Previously played for Fitzroy
Stephen O'Reilly
Fremantle
22 years, 143 days
1 [ 118]
20
3
Previously played for Geelong
Tim Darcy
Essendon
31 years, 77 days
1 [ 119]
14
5
Previously played for Geelong
Martin Pike
Fitzroy
22 years, 138 days
1 [ 120]
14
10
Previously played for Melbourne
Simon Atkins
Fitzroy
26 years, 99 days
1 [ 121]
22
7
Previously played for Footscray
Doug Hawkins
Fitzroy
34 years, 331 days
1 [ 122]
21
11
Previously played for Footscray
Wayne Lamb
Fitzroy
22 years, 164 days
1 [ 123]
16
10
Previously played for Melbourne
Simon Minton-Connell
Hawthorn
25 years, 340 days
1 [ 124]
19
31
Previously played for Carlton and Sydney
Jason Norrish
Fremantle
23 years, 66 days
1 [ 125]
17
2
Previously played for Melbourne
Phil Gilbert
Fremantle
25 years, 137 days
1 [ 126]
11
2
Previously played for Melbourne
Dale Kickett
Fremantle
26 years, 332 days
1 [ 127]
20
Previously played for Fitzroy , West Coast , St Kilda and Essendon
Peter Mann
Fremantle
24 years, 206 days
1 [ 128]
22
33
Previously played for North Melbourne
Ben Allan
Fremantle
26 years, 168 days
1 [ 129]
22
15
Previously played for Hawthorn
Tony Delaney
Fremantle
19 years, 95 days
1 [ 130]
11
8
Previously played for Essendon
Chris Groom
Fremantle
21 years, 216 days
1 [ 131]
7
18
Previously played for Adelaide
Brendan Krummel
Fremantle
22 years, 281 days
1 [ 132]
1
Previously played for West Coast
Todd Ridley
Fremantle
26 years, 50 days
1 [ 133]
18
15
Previously played for Essendon
Scott Watters
Fremantle
26 years, 67 days
1 [ 134]
16
6
Previously played for West Coast and Sydney
Brad Sholl
Geelong
22 years, 142 days
1 [ 135]
25
1
Previously played for North Melbourne
Brenton Sanderson
Geelong
21 years, 34 days
1 [ 136]
13
2
Previously played for Adelaide and Collingwood
Shaun Smith
Melbourne
25 years, 283 days
1 [ 137]
22
51
Previously played for North Melbourne
Marcus Seecamp
Melbourne
22 years, 248 days
1 [ 138]
22
3
Previously played for Fitzroy
Stuart Wigney
Richmond
25 years, 347 days
1 [ 139]
12
1
Previously played for Footscray , Sydney and Adelaide
Andrew Gowers
Brisbane Bears
25 years, 355 days
1 [ 140]
18
1
Previously played for Hawthorn
Matt Clape
Carlton
25 years, 309 days
1 [ 141]
23
31
Previously played for West Coast
Jose Romero
Footscray
23 years, 244 days
1 [ 142]
17
10
Previously played for North Melbourne
Paul Roos
Sydney
31 years, 279 days
1 [ 143]
21
7
Previously played for Fitzroy
Tony Lockett
Sydney
29 years, 25 days
1 [ 144]
19
110
Previously played for St Kilda
Andrew Wills
Fremantle
23 years, 95 days
2 [ 145]
13
18
Previously played for Geelong
Andrew McGovern
Fremantle
27 years, 0 days
2 [ 146]
17
1
Previously played for Sydney
Greg Madigan
Fremantle
25 years, 74 days
2 [ 147]
18
1
Previously played for Hawthorn
Andrew Cavedon
Fitzroy
23 years, 154 days
2 [ 148]
5
7
Previously played for Carlton
Dermott Brereton
Collingwood
30 years, 239 days
3 [ 149]
15
30
Previously played for Hawthorn and Sydney
John Hutton
Fremantle
28 years, 324 days
3 [ 150]
13
27
Previously played for Brisbane Bears and Sydney
Michael Dunstan
West Coast
24 years, 35 days
3 [ 151]
5
1
Previously played for Fitzroy
Justin Charles
Richmond
24 years, 200 days
3 [ 152]
17
10
Previously played for Footscray
Glenn Nugent
St Kilda
23 years, 159 days
3 [ 153]
11
1
Previously played for Hawthorn
Mark Fraser
Essendon
24 years, 73 days
3 [ 154]
5
Previously played for Collingwood
Derek Hall
Geelong
24 years, 143 days
4 [ 155]
12
6
Previously played for West Coast
Darren Holmes
Fitzroy
24 years, 231 days
4 [ 156]
14
2
Previously played for Sydney
Michael Johnston
Footscray
24 years, 67 days
4 [ 157]
2
Previously played for Hawthorn
Martin Heppell
Melbourne
20 years, 160 days
4 [ 158]
2
Previously played for St Kilda
Adam McCarthy
Fitzroy
23 years, 75 days
5 [ 159]
13
9
Previously played for North Melbourne
Chris Sullivan
Richmond
22 years, 264 days
5 [ 160]
2
1
Previously played for Melbourne
Tony Woods
Hawthorn
25 years, 302 days
5 [ 161]
18
2
Previously played for Fitzroy and Collingwood
Shannon Corcoran
Brisbane Bears
24 years, 75 days
6 [ 162]
3
Previously played for Footscray
Brendon Retzlaff
Fremantle
26 years, 29 days
8 [ 163]
6
2
Previously played for Brisbane Bears and West Coast
Randall Bone
Hawthorn
21 years, 203 days
10 [ 164]
7
3
Previously played for Adelaide
Glenn Manton
Carlton
22 years, 23 days
12 [ 165]
12
2
Previously played for Essendon
Tim Allen
Geelong
24 years, 325 days
22 [ 166]
1
Previously played for St Kilda
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