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
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
|
|
References
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