List of VFL debuts in 1963

The 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the sixty-seventh season of the VFL. The season saw 113 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and three players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1963
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 7 0
Collingwood 8 0
Essendon 7 0
Fitzroy 19 0
Footscray 13 0
Geelong 6 0
Hawthorn 5 0
Melbourne 7 0
North Melbourne 9 2
Richmond 11 1
St Kilda 8 0
South Melbourne 13 0
Total 113 3

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Kevin Hall Carlton 19 years, 67 days 12[1] 169 50
John Goold Carlton 21 years, 339 days 7[2] 108 3
John Comben Carlton 18 years, 311 days 1[3] 38 11
Greg Hardie Carlton 17 years, 332 days 1[4] 24 18
Trevor Best Carlton 21 years, 88 days 10[5] 21 10
Dave Rogers Carlton 21 years, 136 days 14[6] 7 1
Doug Ringholt Carlton 20 years, 259 days 6[7] 6 0
Ted Potter Collingwood 18 years, 188 days 5[8] 182 0
Terry Waters Collingwood 19 years, 134 days 2[9] 163 181
Ricky Watt Collingwood 16 years, 219 days 4[10] 95 17
Max Urquhart Collingwood 20 years, 307 days 3[11] 92 28
Ian Graham Collingwood 20 years, 147 days 7[12] 63 132
Ernie Hug Collingwood 19 years, 117 days 10[13] 59 5
Kevin McLean Collingwood 20 years, 250 days 5[14] 33 1
John Murton Collingwood 19 years, 317 days 3[15] 2 3
Darryl Gerlach Essendon 19 years, 204 days 15[16] 168 6
Greg Brown Essendon 20 years, 88 days 6[17] 83 4
Kevin Egan Essendon 19 years, 348 days 16[18] 65 13
Jim Forsyth Essendon 18 years, 348 days 10[19] 29 4 Father of Tim Forsyth.
Noel Raitt Essendon 19 years, 122 days 2[20] 18 7
Garry Fenton Essendon 20 years, 168 days 5[21] 6 0
John Booth Essendon 20 years, 314 days 8[22] 2 0
Gary Lazarus Fitzroy 17 years, 211 days 1[23] 132 206
Doug Hellings Fitzroy 18 years, 280 days 3[24] 64 15
Ron Fry Fitzroy 26 years, 29 days 7[25] 46 7
Barry Fitzgerald Fitzroy 24 years, 278 days 10[26] 35 4
Terry O'Mara Fitzroy 22 years, 160 days 13[27] 20 1
Tony Hirst Fitzroy 18 years, 8 days 9[28] 19 3
Brett Pollock Fitzroy 20 years, 144 days 1[29] 10 7
Brian Carroll Fitzroy 22 years, 77 days 8[30] 10 0 Father of Damian Carroll.
Ted Lovett Fitzroy 21 years, 115 days 8[31] 9 2 Son of Alf Egan.
Bill Storer Fitzroy 21 years, 205 days 17[32] 9 7
Joe Dixon Fitzroy 22 years, 352 days 5[33] 5 0 Father of Ben Dixon.
Allan Anderson Fitzroy 19 years, 83 days 3[34] 4 0
Stan Haag Fitzroy 20 years, 94 days 4[35] 4 1
Kevin Ellis Fitzroy 18 years, 223 days 6[36] 4 1
Graham Goninon Fitzroy 18 years, 129 days 18[37] 4 0
Barry Rippon Fitzroy 23 years, 42 days 4[38] 3 5
Brian Williams Fitzroy 26 years, 218 days 1[39] 2 0
Barry Sadler Fitzroy 23 years, 24 days 12[40] 2 0
Geoff Doubleday Fitzroy 23 years, 145 days 19[41] 1 0
George Bisset Footscray 20 years, 41 days 1[42] 166 288
David Darcy Footscray 19 years, 252 days 1[43] 133 47 Father of Luke Darcy.
Ivan Marsh Footscray 20 years, 99 days 17[44] 77 33
John Bradley Footscray 20 years, 8 days 5[45] 43 12
Jack Greenwood Footscray 19 years, 150 days 6[46] 23 0
Bob Gray Footscray 20 years, 145 days 12[47] 23 20
Rod Coutts Footscray 20 years, 326 days 7[48] 16 22
Bob Spurling Footscray 19 years, 335 days 4[49] 6 2
Eddie O'Halloran Footscray 20 years, 110 days 10[50] 6 2
Bob Parsons Footscray 21 years, 143 days 4[51] 4 0
Col Bendelle Footscray 19 years, 35 days 15[52] 3 0
Robert Schultz Footscray 19 years, 199 days 17[53] 2 0
Ron Birch Footscray 19 years, 284 days 12[54] 1 0
Bill Ryan Geelong 18 years, 208 days 9[55] 167 220
John Sharrock Geelong 19 years, 63 days 1[56] 94 109
Gordon Hynes Geelong 18 years, 172 days 2[57] 61 52
Colin Eales Geelong 18 years, 333 days 7[58] 56 24
John Watts Geelong 26 years, 89 days 1[59] 52 4
Ian Scott Geelong 23 years, 177 days 17[60] 36 0
Ross Growcott Hawthorn 18 years, 29 days 9[61] 53 2
Kevin Coverdale Hawthorn 22 years, 329 days 2[62] 50 33
Peter Lyon Hawthorn 21 years, 113 days 1[63] 16 0 Father of Garry Lyon.
Graeme McArthur Hawthorn 18 years, 269 days 15[64] 2 0
Danny Hegarty Hawthorn 18 years, 254 days 2[65] 1 0
Barry Bourke Melbourne 19 years, 223 days 2[66] 175 154
Ray Groom Melbourne 18 years, 229 days 1[67] 92 36 Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996.
Tony Anderson Melbourne 21 years, 100 days 4[68] 75 2
Graham Wise Melbourne 20 years, 189 days 1[69] 40 1
David Robbie Melbourne 19 years, 49 days 10[70] 21 5
Tony Thiessen Melbourne 20 years, 351 days 4[71] 7 2 Father of James Thiessen.
Owen Zinko Melbourne 18 years, 38 days 5[72] 3 3
Tom Allison North Melbourne 19 years, 51 days 1[73] 106 61 Father of Brett Allison.
Maurie Wood North Melbourne 19 years, 55 days 2[74] 97 77
Terry Benton North Melbourne 20 years, 316 days 6[75] 77 3 Grandfather of Jaryd Cachia.
Mike Delanty North Melbourne 26 years, 187 days 1[76] 54 12 Previously played for Collingwood.
Bob Goode North Melbourne 19 years, 216 days 7[77] 20 0
Graeme O'Donnell North Melbourne 24 years, 310 days 6[78] 16 18 Father of Gary O'Donnell. Previously played for Geelong.
Peter Agrums North Melbourne 22 years, 238 days 5[79] 11 4
Roland Crosby North Melbourne 19 years, 115 days 8[80] 10 3
Viv Peterson North Melbourne 21 years, 065 days 1[81] 8 8
Bob Stewart North Melbourne 22 years, 34 days 1[82] 7 0
Bob Wright North Melbourne 20 years, 144 days 7[83] 1 0
Billy Brown Richmond 20 years, 207 days 3[84] 130 124
John Northey Richmond 19 years, 295 days 1[85] 118 192
Ross Warner Richmond 18 years, 303 days 7[86] 49 45
Peter Hogan Richmond 17 years, 143 days 1[87] 40 57
Owen Madigan Richmond 19 years, 60 days 7[88] 40 1 Previously played for Footscray.
Gary Arnold Richmond 19 years, 171 days 6[89] 13 7
Rodney Evans Richmond 17 years, 113 days 2[90] 11 0
Tom Garland Richmond 20 years, 0 days 10[91] 11 4
Jeff Lawson Richmond 18 years, 300 days 14[92] 10 7
John Caulfield Richmond 19 years, 148 days 9[93] 9 0
Bob Brownhill Richmond 19 years, 199 days 9[94] 4 0
Brian Lienert Richmond 20 years, 126 days 4[95] 2 0
Carl Ditterich St Kilda 17 years, 192 days 1[96] 203 156
Bob Murray St Kilda 21 years, 15 days 1[97] 153 14
Ian Stewart St Kilda 19 years, 280 days 1[98] 127 25
Daryl Griffiths St Kilda 17 years, 214 days 8[99] 123 40
Jim Wallis St Kilda 21 years, 159 days 1[100] 39 41
John Dowling St Kilda 19 years, 149 days 18[101] 37 6
Bill Gerrand St Kilda 21 years, 239 days 11[102] 3 1
Max Reed St Kilda 20 years, 348 days 4[103] 1 0
John Rantall South Melbourne 19 years, 132 days 1[104] 260 8
Paul Harrison South Melbourne 18 years, 268 days 1[105] 119 27
Ken Phillips South Melbourne 19 years, 230 days 4[106] 60 28
Des Bethke South Melbourne 19 years, 244 days 1[107] 56 43
Trevor Somerville South Melbourne 19 years, 16 days 3[108] 49 4 Brother of John and uncle of Peter Somerville.
Gary Johnston South Melbourne 22 years, 5 days 3[109] 27 1
Eric White South Melbourne 20 years, 250 days 5[110] 21 7
Bill Ross South Melbourne 19 years, 35 days 3[111] 20 4
Kevin Batch South Melbourne 22 years, 54 days 15[112] 16 0
Bob Strachan South Melbourne 18 years, 321 days 7[113] 7 0
Ron Cotton South Melbourne 20 years, 236 days 15[114] 4 0
Fred Rees South Melbourne 19 years, 334 days 2[115] 1 0
Jim Fuller South Melbourne 19 years, 223 days 10[116] 1 0

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