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All time listsFrom the Archive | Here is the compelte list of every VFL or AFL club captain that started their footballing journey at a Victorian country football club.



Comp 1st Yr capt Period of Captaincy Years Captain First name Surname Club Orginal club Original league
VFL 1897 1897 1 William Cleary Fitzroy South Ballarat Ballarat
VFL 1899 1899 1 David Adamson Sydney Traralgon Gippsland
VFL 1900 1900 1 Albert Wardill Melbourne Alberton Alberton
VFL 1900 1900 1 Peter Burns Geelong Ballarat Imperials Ballarat
VFL 1901 1901- 1902 2 Tod Collins Essendon Ballarat Ballarat
VFL 1901 1901 1 Albert Trim Sydney Beechworth Tallangatta & District
VFL 1903 1903 - 1905 3 Gerald Brosnan Fitzroy Ballarat Ballarat
VFL 1905 1905 - 1907 3 Jim Flynn Carlton Benalla Goulburn Valley
VFL 1907 1907 1 Arthur Coutie Melbourne Leopold Geelong
VFL 1907 1907 - 1908 2 Bill Dolphin Sydney Yarrawonga Ovens & Murray
VFL 1910 1910 - 1913 4 William Eason Geelong Barwon Geelong
VFL 1910 1910 - 1911 2 George Angus Collingwood Macorna Golden Rivers
VFL 1911 1911 1 Leonard Incigneri Richmond Mornington MPNFNL
VFL 1912 1912 1 George Morrissey St Kilda Ballarat Ballarat
VFL 1914 1914 - 1916 3 Dan Minogue Collingwood California Gully Bendigo
VFL 1914 1914 1 Leonard Incigneri Melbourne Mornington MPNFNL
VFL 1917 1917 1 Harry Marsham Geelong Chilwell Geelong
VFL 1918 1918 - 1919 2 Jim Kearney Geelong St Mary's Geelong
VFL 1919 1919- 1920 2 Alexander Eason Geelong Barwon Geelong
VFL 1919 1919 1 Charlie Fisher Carlton Kyabram Goulburn Valley
VFL 1920 1920 - 1925 6 Dan Minogue Richmond California Gully Bendigo
VFL 1921 1921 - 1922 2 Harold Craven Geelong Newtown Geelong
VFL 1921 1921 1 Gordon Green Carlton Yarrawonga Ovens & Murray
VFL 1922 1922 -1923 2 Horrie Clover Carlton Maryborough Bendigo
VFL 1923 1923 1 Albert Rankin Geelong Chilwell Geelong
VFL 1924 1924 1 Lloyd Hagger Geelong Barwon Geelong
VFL 1925 1925 - 1927 3 Clifford Rankin Geelong Chilwell Geelong
VFL 1926 1926 1 Dan Minogue Hawthorn California Gully Bendigo
VFL 1929 1929 - 1930 2 Arthur Coghlan Geelong Toora Mid Gippsland
VFL 1930 1930 - 1931 2 Colin Niven Fitzroy Maryborough Bendigo
VFL 1931 1931 1 Maurie Hunter Richmond St Patrick's Ovens & Murray
VFL 1932 1932 - 1940 9 Reg Hickey Geelong Cressy Western Plains
VFL 1932 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940 - 1941 5 Albert Mills Hawthorn Wangaratta Ovens & Murray
VFL 1932 1932 1 Hayden Sr Bunton Fitzroy West Albury Ovens & Murray
VFL 1933 1933 1 Ivan McAlpine Western Bulldogs Longwarry Ellinbank & District
VFL 1933 1933 - 1936 4 Jack Bisset Sydney Nar Nar Goon West Gippsland
VFL 1933 1933 1 Frank Gill Carlton Nhill Wimmera
VFL 1934 1934 - 1935 2 Colin Niven Melbourne Maryborough Bendigo
VFL 1935 1935 1 Charlie Davey Carlton Chelsea MPNFNL
VFL 1935 1935 1 Ted Llewllyn North Melbourne Port Fairy Hampden
VFL 1936 1936 - 1937 2 Jack Baggott Essendon Dimboola Wimmera
VFL 1937 1937, 1940 2 Jim Adamson North Melbourne Penshurst Mininera & District
VFL 1938 1938 1 Len Webster Essendon Loch Bass Valley
VFL 1940 1940 - 1942 3 Norman Ware Western Bulldogs Sale Gippsland
VFL 1941 1941 1 Tom Arklay Geelong North Geelong Geelong & District
VFL 1941 1941 1 Jack Knight St Kilda South Bendigo Bendigo
VFL 1942 1942 -1944 3 Percy Beames Melbourne Golden Point Ballarat
VFL 1944 1944 - 1945 2 Edward Butcher Geelong Drysdale Bellarine
VFL 1945 1945 1 Keith Shea Hawthorn Bacchus Marsh Ballarat
VFL 1945 1945 - 1946 2 Bob Chitty Carlton Cudgewa Upper Murray
VFL 1946 1946 1 Jack Grant Geelong Chilwell Geelong
VFL 1949 1949 1 Jim Fitzgerald Geelong CYMS Geelong Geelong
VFL 1949 1949 1 Tom Morrow Geelong North Geelong Geelong & District
VFL 1950 1950 - 1951 2 Gordon Hocking Collingwood Chelsea MPNFNL
VFL 1950 1950 1 Shane McGrath Melbourne Trafalgar Ellinbank & District
VFL 1950 1950 - 1951 2 Kevin Curran Hawthorn Traralgon Gippsland
VFL 1951 1951 - 1954 4 Fred Flanagan Geelong Swan Hill Central Murray
VFL 1952 1952 1 Ken Hands Carlton North Geelong Geelong & District
VFL 1955 1955 - 1958 4 Bob Davis Geelong Golden Point Ballarat
VFL 1957 1957 - 1959 3 John Brady North Melbourne Shepparton Goulburn Valley
VFL 1958 1958 1 Brian Gleeson St Kilda Berrigan Picola & District
VFL 1958 1958 - 1959 2 Frank Tuck Collingwood Strathmerton Picola & District
VFL 1959 1959 1 Neil Tresize Geelong Redan Ballarat
VFL 1960 1960 - 1962 3 Ron Branton Richmond Maryborough Bendigo
VFL 1960 1960 - 1968 9 Greame Arthur Hawthorn Sandhurst Bendigo
VFL 1960 1960 1 Ron Hovey Geelong Shepparton Goulburn Valley
VFL 1960 1960 1 Colin Rice Geelong Swan Hill Central Murray
VFL 1961 1961 - 1962 2 Graham Donaldson Carlton East Ballarat Ballarat
VFL 1961 1961 - 1962 2 John Yeates Geelong West Gambier Western Border
VFL 1963 1963 - 1964 2 Fred Wooler Geelong Bacchus Marsh Ballarat
VFL 1965 1965 - 1967 3 Noel Teasdale North Melbourne Daylesford Central Highlands
VFL 1965 1965 - 1969 5 Hassa Mann Melbourne Rutherglen Tallangatta & District
VFL 1966 1966 - 1969, 1976 5 Des Tuddenham Collingwood Ballarat YCW Ballarat
VFL 1966 1966 1 John Hayes Fitzroy Warracknabeal Wimmera
VFL 1967 1967 1 Fred Swift Richmond Sandhurst Bendigo
VFL 1968 1968 - 1973 6 John Nicholls Carlton Maryborough Bendigo
VFL 1968 1968 - 1971 4 BIll Goggin Geelong North Geelong Geelong & District
VFL 1971 1971 1 Barry Goodingham North Melbourne Edithvale-Aspendale MPNFNL
VFL 1972 1972 - 1975 4 Des Tuddenham Essendon Ballarat YCW Ballarat
VFL 1972 1972 1 John Rantall Sydney Cobden Hampden
VFL 1972 1972 1 Doug Wade Geelong Horsham Wimmera
VFL 1973 1973 - 1976 4 Stan Alves Melbourne Edithvale-Aspendale MPNFNL
VFL 1973 1973 1 Stuart Trott St Kilda Frankston Bombers MPNFNL
VFL 1976 1976 - 1977 2 Bruce Nankervis Geelong Barwon Geelong
VFL 1976 1976 - 1977 2 Francis Bourke Richmond Nathalia Murray
VFL 1978 1978 - 1981, 1983 5 Ian Nankervis Geelong Barwon Geelong
VFL 1978 1978 1 Gary Colling St Kilda Frankston Bombers MPNFNL
VFL 1979 1979 - 1981 3 Geoff Jennings Western Bulldogs Traralgon Gippsland
VFL 1980 1980 - 1984 5 Barry Round Sydney Warragul Gippsland
VFL 1981 1981 - 1985 5 Leigh Matthews Hawthorn Chelsea MPNFNL
VFL 1982 1982 1 Kelvin Templeton Western Bulldogs Traralgon Gippsland
VFL 1983 1983 - 1985 3 Jim Edmond Western Bulldogs Bairnsdale Gippsland
VFL 1983 1983 -1984 2 Barry Rowlings Richmond Moe Gippsland
VFL 1984 1984 - 1986 3 Michael Turner Geelong Warrnambool Hampden
VFL 1985 1985 - 1987 3 Mark Lee Richmond Mildura Sunraysia
VFL 1986 1986 - 1991 6 Michael Tuck Hawthorn Berwick Outer East
VFL 1986 1986 - 1988 3 Rick Kennedy Western Bulldogs Traralgon Gippsland
VFL 1987 1987 - 1995 9 Danny Frawley St Kilda Bungaree Central Highlands
VFL 1987 1987 - 1989 3 Damian Bourke Geelong St Joseph's Geelong
VFL 1988 1988 - 1990 3 Greg Healy Melbourne Edithvale-Aspendale MPNFNL
VFL 1988 1988 - 1992 5 Dale Weightman Richmond Mildura Imperials Sunraysia
VFL 1988 1988 - 1989 2 John Law North Melbourne Strathbogie Benalla & District
VFL 1989 1989 - 1991 3 Tim Watson Essendon Dimboola Wimmera
VFL 1989 1989 1 Stephen Wallis Western Bulldogs Leongatha Gippsland
AFL 1990 1990 - 1996 7 Rodger Merrett Brisbane Kaniva Horsham & District
AFL 1990 1990 - 1991 2 Andrew Bews Geelong North Geelong Geelong & District
AFL 1991 1991 - 1997 7 Garry Lyon Melbourne Kyabram Goulburn Valley
AFL 1992 1992 - 1993 2 Gary Ayres Hawthorn Warragul Gippsland
AFL 1994 1994 - 1996 3 Tony Free Richmond Lalbert Central Murray
AFL 1995 1995 1 Ken Hinkley Geelong Camperdown Hampden
AFL 1995 1995, 1999 2 Garry Hocking Geelong Cobram Murray
AFL 1995 1995 - 1996 2 Gary Ablett Geelong Drouin Gippsland
AFL 1995 1995 - 1998 4 Barry Stoneham Geelong St Joseph's Geelong
AFL 1996 1996 - 1998 3 Stewart Loewe St Kilda Mount Eliza MPNFNL
AFL 1996 1996 - 2000 5 Nathan Burke St Kilda Pines MPNFNL
AFL 1997 1997 - 2000 4 Matthew Knights Richmond Mildura Imperials Sunraysia
AFL 1999 1999 - 2004 6 Shane Crawford Hawthorn Finley Murray
AFL 1999 1999 1 Leigh Colbert Geelong South Bendigo Bendigo
AFL 2000 2000 - 2002 3 Ben Graham Geelong Leopold Geelong
AFL 2001 2001 - 2004 4 Wayne Campbell Richmond Golden Square Bendigo
AFL 2001 2001 - 2002 2 Robert Harvey St Kilda Seaford MPNFNL
AFL 2002 2002 - 2003 2 Anthony Stevens North Melbourne Waaia Picola & District
AFL 2002 2002 - 2003 2 Brett Ratten Carlton Yarra Glen Outer East
AFL 2003 2003 - 2006 4 Steven King Geelong Shepparton Goulburn Valley
AFL 2005 2005 - 2008 4 Barry Hall Sydney Broadford Outer East
AFL 2005 2005 - 2008 4 Leo Barry Sydney Deniliquin Rams Murray
AFL 2005 2005 - 2007, 2009 - 2010 5 Brett Kirk Sydney North Albury Ovens & Murray
AFL 2007 2007 - 2008 2 Nigel Lappin Brisbane Chiltern Tallangatta & District
AFL 2007 2007 - 2013 7 Jonathan Brown Brisbane South Warrnambool Hampden
AFL 2009 2009 - 2012 4 Chris Newman Richmond Beaconsfield Outer East
AFL 2009 2009 - 2012 4 Adam Goodes Sydney Horsham Wimmera
AFL 2009 2009 - 2013 5 Nick Maxwell Collingwood St Joseph's Geelong
AFL 2010 2010 - 2011 2 Cameron Ling Geelong St Joseph's Geelong
AFL 2011 2011 - 2016 6 Luke Hodge Hawthorn Colac Geelong
AFL 2011 2011 - 2014 4 Chris Grant Western Bulldogs Daylesford Central Highlands
AFL 2011 2011 - 2016 6 Gary Jnr Ablett Gold Coast Modewarre Bellarine
AFL 2012 2012 - 2022 11 Joel Selwood Geelong Sandhurst Bendigo
AFL 2012 2012 1 Scott Selwood West Coast Sandhurst Bendigo
AFL 2013 2013 - 2018 6 Travis Boak Port Adelaide Torquay Bellarine
AFL 2014 2014 1 Jed Adcock Brisbane Maryborough Bendigo
AFL 2014 2014 - 2022 9 Scott Pendlebury Collingwood Sale Gippsland
AFL 2015 2105 - 2016 2 Tom Rockliff Brisbane Benalla Goulburn Valley
AFL 2015 2015 - 2019 5 Nathan Jones Melbourne Mount Eliza MPNFNL
AFL 2015 2015 - 2017 3 Robert Murphy Western Bulldogs Warragul Gippsland
AFL 2016 2016 1 David Mundy Fremantle Seymour Goulburn Valley
AFL 2016 2016 1 Brendan Goddard Essendon Traralgon Gippsland
AFL 2017 2017 - 2021 5 Jarryn Geary St Kilda Eaglehawk Bendigo
AFL 2017 2017 - 2022 6 Dyson Heppell Essendon Leongatha Gippsland
AFL 2017 2017 - 2018 2 Jarrod Roughead Hawthorn Leongatha Gippsland
AFL 2017 2017 - 2018 2 Tom Lynch Gold Coast Sorrento MPNFNL
AFL 2017 2017 - 2022 6 Jack Ziebell North Melbourne Wodonga Ovens & Murray
AFL 2018 2018 - 2019 2 Easton Wood Western Bulldogs Camperdown Hampden
AFL 2019 2019 1 Ollie Wines Port Adelaide Echuca Goulburn Valley
AFL 2019 2019 - 2023 5 Luke Parker Sydney Langwarrin MPNFNL
AFL 2019 2019 - 2022 4 Sam Docherty Carlton Phillip Island West Gippsland
AFL 2019 2019 - 2022 4 Rory Sloane Adelaide Upwey-Tecoma Outer East
AFL 2021 2021 - 2022 2 Ben McEvoy Hawthorn Dederang Mt Beauty Tallangatta & District
AFL 2023 2023 1 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong Anglesea Bellarine
AFL 2023 2023 1 Zach Merrett Essendon Cobden Hampden
AFL 2023 2023 1 Jy Simpkin North Melbourne Mooroopna Goulburn Valley