From 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 |