List of VFL debuts in 1969

A statue of Leigh Matthews, who made his VFL debut in 1969

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1969.

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Bruce Doull Carlton 18 years, 234 days 5[1] 385 22
David McKay Carlton 19 years, 165 days 3[2] 263 277
Barry Armstrong Carlton 18 years, 307 days 16[3] 204 142
Phillip Pinnell Carlton 18 years, 137 days 8[4] 173 5
Syd Jackson Carlton 24 years, 278 days 1[5] 136 165
Bert Thornley Carlton 26 years, 228 days 3[6] 24 3
Doug Baird Carlton 18 years, 212 days 10[7] 6 8
Noel Mewett Carlton 20 years, 52 days 8[8] 5 3
Max Richardson Collingwood 20 years, 135 days 5[9] 211 158 Brother of Wayne Richardson.
Ronald Wearmouth Collingwood 18 years, 360 days 14[10] 186 127
Robert Dean Collingwood 18 years, 272 days 15[11] 121 37
Jeff Clifton Collingwood 20 years, 92 days 8[12] 102 0
Doug Gott Collingwood 19 years, 12 days 14[13] 97 26 Played first-class cricket for Victoria.
Jeff Pitts Collingwood 18 years, 281 days 3[14] 4 1
John Bell Collingwood 19 years, 225 days 2[15] 2 0
Gordon Lawrie Collingwood 18 years, 137 days 3[16] 2 0
Mark Slater Collingwood 17 years, 338 days 10[17] 2 0
Neville Fields Essendon 17 years, 240 days 15[18] 140 138
Wayne Headlam Essendon 20 years, 181 days 11[19] 60 25
Stuart Barclay Essendon 19 years, 211 days 5[20] 38 3
Doug Tassell Essendon 23 years, 140 days 7[21] 20 0
David Collins Essendon 22 years, 311 days 1[22] 14 6
Ian Stevenson Essendon 24 years, 243 days 8[23] 10 2
Roger Hampson Essendon 20 years, 197 days 9[24] 10 1
Gary Crouch Essendon 22 years, 192 days 1[25] 9 1
John Sinclair Essendon 20 years, 282 days 1[26] 2 0
John Carpenter Essendon 20 years, 324 days 15[27] 2 1
Harvey Merrigan Fitzroy 19 years, 157 days 6[28] 197 18
Leigh Robertson Fitzroy 18 years, 347 days 5[29] 76 14
Shane Molloy Fitzroy 19 years, 290 days 1[30] 61 4 Father of Jarrod Molloy.
Bill Sykes Fitzroy 20 years, 212 days 5[31] 48 5
Bob Hodgkin Fitzroy 19 years, 276 days 9[32] 24 0
Paul Shanahan Fitzroy 20 years, 260 days 13[33] 21 27
Bruce Baker Fitzroy 19 years, 37 days 3[34] 16 4
Peter Ellis Fitzroy 22 years, 74 days 7[35] 7 0
Robert Ireland Fitzroy 22 years, 74 days 19[36] 5 0
Peter Weightman Fitzroy 20 years, 53 days 10[37] 1 1
Stephen Power Footscray 18 years, 229 days 1[38] 177 25
Bernie Quinlan Footscray 17 years, 342 days 12[39] 177 241 Won Brownlow Medal in 1981.
Barry Round Footscray 19 years, 71 days 1[40] 135 136 Won Brownlow Medal in 1981. Father of David Round.
Gordon Casey Footscray 19 years, 25 days 3[41] 125 5 Previously played for Carlton.
Robert McGhie Footscray 17 years, 307 days 11[42] 49 6
Laurie Rippon Footscray 18 years, 267 days 5[43] 45 4
Graeme Joslin Footscray 18 years, 281 days 1[44] 24 0
Harry Skreja Footscray 16 years, 93 days 7[45] 18 13
Norm Mitchell Footscray 17 years, 237 days 1[46] 5 1
Richard Radziminski Footscray 19 years, 284 days 6[47] 14 0
Bruce Davidson Footscray 18 years, 286 days 1[48] 3 0
Geoff Thatcher Footscray 18 years, 223 days 5[49] 2 0
Tad Joniec Footscray 18 years, 246 days 20[50] 2 1
Bruce Greenhill Footscray 22 years, 255 days 01[51] 1 0
David Harris Geelong 22 years, 323 days 1[52] 44 20
Pat Patterson Geelong 22 years, 199 days 9[53] 8 0
Jeff Bates Geelong 19 years, 17 days 16[54] 6 1
Ray O'Rourke Geelong 21 years, 86 days 1[55] 2 0
Leigh Matthews Hawthorn 17 years, 147 days 16[56] 332 915 Voted "Player of the 20th Century". Brother of Kelvin Matthews.
Peter Knights Hawthorn 17 years, 62 days 9[57] 264 201
Brian Douge Hawthorn 18 years, 125 days 13[58] 91 8
Bruce Stevenson Hawthorn 19 years, 254 days 3[59] 72 26
Geoff Smith Hawthorn 20 years, 165 days 1[60] 38 24
Gene Chiron Hawthorn 19 years, 145 days 1[61] 37 1
Ron Stubbs Hawthorn 20 years, 184 days 1[62] 17 5
Lindsay Tipping Hawthorn 19 years, 141 days 20[63] 12 0
Greg Wells Melbourne 19 years, 71 days 18[64] 224 251
Trevor Rollinson Melbourne 21 years, 264 days 1[65] 49 1
Robert McKenzie Melbourne 19 years, 42 days 14[66] 42 21
Paul Rowlands Melbourne 19 years, 319 days 2[67] 35 0
Peter Sinclair Melbourne 22 years, 5 days 8[68] 34 18
John Letcher Melbourne 18 years, 132 days 2[69] 25 2
David Hone Melbourne 22 years, 281 days 1[70] 18 3
Russell Colcott Melbourne 19 years, 279 days 10[71] 15 18
Blair Campbell Melbourne 22 years, 248 days 4[72] 12 23 Previously played for Richmond.
Danny Jennings Melbourne 20 years, 13 days 17[73] 9 3
Mark Mitchell Melbourne 17 years, 285 days 10[74] 6 2
Daryl Powell Melbourne 17 years, 084 days 19[75] 2 0
David Hayes Melbourne 20 years, 107 days 6[76] 1 0
Steve Arnott Melbourne 20 years, 148 days 11[77] 1 0
Ray Sampson Melbourne 19 years, 284 days 19[78] 1 0
Glenn Elliott St Kilda 18 years, 289 days 9[79] 138 69
Stephen Theodore St Kilda 18 years, 128 days 4[80] 134 111
Barry Lawrence St Kilda 23 years, 51 days 1[81] 126 80 Father of Steven Lawrence.
Stephen Rae St Kilda 17 years, 17 days 7[82] 55 38
Colin Antonie St Kilda 17 years, 87 days 11[83] 17 7
John Evans St Kilda 18 years, 235 days 5[84] 14 10
David Dench North Melbourne 17 years, 330 days 15[85] 275 29
David Pretty North Melbourne 18 years, 3 days 1[86] 58 12
Geoff Bryant North Melbourne 22 years, 257 days 1[87] 45 16
Rod Elliott North Melbourne 17 years, 307 days 3[88] 15 9
Noel Fincher North Melbourne 24 years, 320 days 4[89] 15 0 Previously played for Footscray
Frank Dimattina North Melbourne 22 years, 200 days 11[90] 14 16 Previously played for Richmond. Father of Paul Dimattina
John Duthie North Melbourne 18 years, 76 days 4[91] 11 5
Brian Neal North Melbourne 21 years, 108 days 20[92] 5 10
Lindsay Jacob North Melbourne 22 years, 132 days 1[93] 2 2
Dick Ivey North Melbourne 22 years, 34 days 15[94] 1 0
David McLeish South Melbourne 19 years, 112 days 12[95] 213 22
Steven Hoffman South Melbourne 17 years, 238 days 7[96] 149 187
John Pitura South Melbourne 18 years, 217 days 4[97] 99 71 Father of Mark Pitura.
Robert Doyle South Melbourne 18 years, 102 days 4[98] 77 36 Father of Stephen Doyle.
Wayne Walsh South Melbourne 22 years, 333 days 1[99] 63 5 Previously played for Richmond.
Ron Wetzel South Melbourne 22 years, 32 days 9[100] 18 1
Sid Catlin South Melbourne 19 years, 123 days 4[101] 15 14 Previously played for Melbourne.
Graham Brandt South Melbourne 22 years, 35 days 1[102] 13 2
Bob Svorinich South Melbourne 19 years, 26 days 6[103] 8 7
Arthur Budd South Melbourne 23 years, 99 days 1[104] 7 2
Ken Luscombe South Melbourne 18 years, 100 days 7[105] 7 0
Alan Richardson South Melbourne 28 years, 228 days 13[106] 7 9 Previously played for Richmond. Father of Matthew Richardson.
Gary Williams South Melbourne 19 years, 55 days 19[107] 6 6
Rob Dowsing South Melbourne 21 years, 214 days 1[108] 4 6
John Coghlan South Melbourne 22 years, 143 days 3[109] 2 0
Reuben Cooper South Melbourne 17 years, 339 days 15[110] 2 0
Graham Page South Melbourne 18 years, 134 days 4[111] 1 0
John Hartree South Melbourne 21 years, 139 days 20[112] 1 0
Ian Owen Richmond 20 years, 279 days 4[113] 33 0
Colin Beard Richmond 27 years, 205 days 13[114] 33 0
Graham Robbins Richmond 20 years, 53 days 12[115] 13 9
Ray Ball Richmond 20 years, 58 days 3[116] 12 0 Father of Luke and Matthew Ball.
Ron Thomas Richmond 20 years, 211 days 5[117] 11 0
John Ferguson Richmond 20 years, 73 days 9[118] 7 0
Wayne Judd Richmond 20 years, 217 days 9[119] 7 9
Brenton Miels Richmond 21 years, 146 days 10[120] 7 1
Anthony Smith Richmond 18 years, 119 days 17[121] 4 1
Brian Shinners Richmond 19 years, 277 days 6[122] 2 0
Barrie Trotter Richmond 19 years, 134 days 13[123] 2 0

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