Misplaced Pages

List of AFL debuts in 1996

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

During the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season 81 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 48 others playing their first game for a new club.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1996
Club AFL debuts Change of club
Adelaide 4 5
Brisbane Bears 6 0
Carlton 1 5
Collingwood 4 4
Essendon 3 2
Fitzroy 8 1
Footscray 2 4
Fremantle 8 3
Geelong 6 2
Hawthorn 5 4
Melbourne 6 5
North Melbourne 6 2
Richmond 6 2
St Kilda 6 5
Sydney 3 3
West Coast 7 1
Total 81 48

AFL debuts

Name Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Notes
1996 Career 1996 Career
Kane Johnson Adelaide 18 years, 115 days 14 2 220 3 76
Peter Vardy Adelaide 20 years, 163 days 14 7 137 5 206
Matthew Collins Adelaide 19 years, 129 days 10 8 43 2 7
Ronnie Burns Geelong 23 years, 16 days 1 21 154 31 262
Jason Snell Geelong 18 years, 246 days 1 3 68 3 62
David Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne 17 years, 363 days 1 1 2 0 0 Twin brother of Don
Don Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne 17 years, 363 days 1 2 9 4 3 Twin brother of David
Brad Cassidy Fitzroy 19 years, 249 days 1 14 16 10 10
Peter Berbakov Essendon 22 years, 221 days 1 17 52 4 14
Scott Bamford Fitzroy 21 years, 281 days 1 22 59 6 33
Matthew Primus Fitzroy 21 years, 79 days 1 20 157 5 81 Round 1 1996 Rising Star nomination
Daniel Chick Hawthorn 20 years, 50 days 1 22 252 14 210 Round 10 1996 Rising Star nomination
Craig Treleven Hawthorn 25 years, 290 days 1 21 78 7 22
Joe McLaren St Kilda 18 years, 110 days 1 11 69 2 39
Jason Traianidis St Kilda 21 years, 144 days 1 13 62 9 36
Andrew McLean St Kilda 22 years, 256 days 1 6 6 1 1
Danny Dickfos Brisbane Bears 25 years, 182 days 1 22 65 1 0
Troy Johnson Brisbane Bears 18 years, 248 days 1 2 2 0 0
Scott Taylor Footscray 19 years, 160 days 1 1 1 0 0
Andrew Donnelly West Coast 23 years, 2 days 1 20 68 28 69
Chad Morrison West Coast 18 years, 2 days 1 18 169 24 88 Round 16 1996 Rising Star nomination
Steven Pitt Collingwood 22 years, 253 days 1 13 18 14 16
Gavin Mitchell Fremantle 23 years, 94 days 1 21 88 11 82
Greg Harding Fremantle 19 years, 196 days 1 18 78 1 3 Round 4 1996 Rising Star nomination
Brendon Fewster West Coast 22 years, 88 days 1 3 70 2 43
Mark West Footscray 23 years, 3 days 2 4 16 2 3
Tristan Lynch Brisbane Bears 22 years, 228 days 2 21 72 1 15
Kane Fraser Hawthorn 18 years, 266 days 3 2 5 2 0
Ben Holland Richmond 18 years, 339 days 3 11 191 3 179 Brother of Nick Holland
Matthew Nicks Sydney 20 years, 337 days 3 6 175 2 125
Jason Cripps St Kilda 19 years, 183 days 3 11 60 3 10
Clive Waterhouse Fremantle 21 years, 296 days 3 11 106 9 178
Darren O'Brien Melbourne 27 years, 31 days 4 13 24 7 9
Michael Brown Fremantle 19 years, 213 days 4 10 22 6 15
Ben Cousins West Coast 17 years, 296 days 4 20 270 34 217 Round 12 1996 Rising Star nomination & overall winner, son of Bryan Cousins
Phillip Matera West Coast 20 years, 146 days 4 5 179 8 389 Brother of Wally & Peter Matera
Scott Lucas Essendon 18 years, 117 days 5 14 270 11 471
Steven Koops Fremantle 17 years, 277 days 5 6 89 6 49
David Wirrpanda West Coast 16 years, 268 days 5 5 227 4 131
Steven King Geelong 17 years, 157 days 5 13 240 3 83 Round 15 1996 Rising Star nomination
Stefan Carey Sydney 20 years, 100 days 6 4 48 1 23
Clint Bizzell Geelong 19 years, 310 days 6 4 163 1 79
Sam McFarlane North Melbourne 20 years, 150 days 6 2 2 2 0
Shane Clayton Fitzroy 17 years, 193 days 6 13 117 1 52
Brent Frewen Fitzroy 18 years, 197 days 6 2 2 1 0
Nick Carter Fitzroy 18 years, 8 days 6 17 25 4 6 Round 8 1996 Rising Star nomination
Ross Funcke Richmond 18 years, 170 days 6 4 40 2 5
Jade Rawlings Hawthorn 18 years, 208 days 6 2 148 1 96 Brother of Brady Rawlings
Clark Keating Brisbane Bears 20 years, 48 days 6 14 139 9 83 Brother of Aaron Keating
Todd McHardy Melbourne 19 years, 37 days 7 3 5 1 1
Luke Toia Fremantle 18 years, 171 days 7 13 63 11 33 Round 20 1996 Rising Star nomination
Michael Polley Melbourne 19 years, 254 days 9 5 5 2 0
Barry Hall St Kilda 19 years, 109 days 9 4 289 2 746
Damien Ryan Richmond 18 years, 297 days 9 11 60 1 9
Justin Blumfield Essendon 18 years, 197 days 10 10 148 3 91
Ben Moore Richmond 18 years, 347 days 11 4 24 2 11
Ben Wilson Collingwood 19 years, 113 days 11 2 6 2 0
Simon Prestigiacomo Collingwood 18 years, 138 days 11 12 233 6 3
James Clement Fremantle 19 years, 286 days 11 12 230 1 51
Ben Robbins Brisbane Bears 19 years, 178 days 12 5 92 1 21
Clinton King Sydney 18 years, 93 days 12 5 89 3 23
Scott Welsh North Melbourne 17 years, 199 days 12 1 205 0 363
Daniel Healy St Kilda 22 years, 53 days 12 1 38 0 24
Jason Ramsey Fitzroy 21 years, 158 days 13 2 2 7 0
Eric Lissenden North Melbourne 24 years, 187 days 14 2 2 1 1
Daniel Parker Fremantle 22 years, 45 days 14 1 25 1 18 Brother of Shane Parker
Aaron Hamill Carlton 18 years, 328 days 15 4 190 1 239
Jason Bevan Collingwood 18 years, 88 days 15 2 2 3 0
Robert Powell Richmond 20 years, 118 days 15 8 66 15 60
Andrew Leoncelli Melbourne 22 years, 3 days 16 7 146 3 66
Glenn Gorman North Melbourne 20 years, 183 days 17 2 2 1 0
Matthew Robbins Geelong 19 years, 82 days 17 1 146 0 135
Joel Bowden Richmond 18 years, 38 days 17 5 265 4 174 Son of Michael Bowden, brother of Patrick Bowden
Ashley Fernee Adelaide 19 years, 36 days 17 2 2 2 0
Angelo Lekkas Hawthorn 20 years, 35 days 18 3 180 3 120
Daniel Bradshaw Brisbane Bears 17 years, 257 days 18 3 231 3 524 Brother of Darren Bradshaw
Robert McMahon Fitzroy 19 years, 9 days 18 2 2 2 1
Shane Sikora West Coast 19 years, 148 days 18 2 3 2 0
Danny Stevens North Melbourne 19 years, 287 days 21 1 15 1 7
Carl Steinfort Geelong 19 years, 154 days 22 2 92 2 26
Brent Harvey North Melbourne 18 years, 112 days 22 1 432 0 518 Record holder, most matches played by an individual in VFL/AFL history. Brother of Shane Harvey

Change of AFL club

Name New Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Previous club
1996 Career 1996 Career
Anthony Ingerson Melbourne 26 years, 168 days 1 18 158 10 40 Adelaide
Martin McKinnon Geelong 20 years, 268 days 1 19 86 8 50 Adelaide
David Grant Melbourne 29 years, 235 days 1 7 198 1 75 St Kilda
Craig Turley Melbourne 30 years, 218 days 1 16 131 8 99 West Coast
Alastair Clarkson Melbourne 27 years, 337 days 1 22 134 13 85 North Melbourne
Mick Dwyer Fitzroy 27 years, 135 days 1 8 88 3 64 St Kilda
Peter Bell North Melbourne 20 years, 29 days 1 23 286 23 250 Fremantle, Round 17 1996 Rising Star nomination
Darren Kappler Hawthorn 31 years, 68 days 1 19 187 14 152 Fitzroy & Sydney
Robert Neill St Kilda 22 years, 86 days 1 20 44 7 16 Sydney
Brad Wira Footscray 24 years, 14 days 1 21 96 1 18 Fremantle
Todd Curley Footscray 23 years, 77 days 1 18 118 22 48 Collingwood
Adrian Hickmott Carlton 24 years, 1 days 1 22 184 13 131 Geelong
Justin Murphy Carlton 19 years, 342 days 1 16 185 19 151 Richmond
Brad Rowe Fremantle 26 years, 129 days 1 8 73 7 80 Brisbane Bears & Collingwood
Alex McDonald Collingwood 26 years, 48 days 1 22 107 9 44 Hawthorn
Scott Crow Collingwood 22 years, 104 days 1 22 75 7 37 Hawthorn
David Hynes Fremantle 29 years, 0 days 1 12 86 4 59 West Coast
Tony Godden Fremantle 23 years, 347 days 1 7 24 5 14 West Coast
Andy Lovell West Coast 25 years, 247 days 1 23 164 13 166 Melbourne
Shane Ellen Adelaide 23 years, 91 days 1 17 65 2 16 Footscray
Darren Jarman Adelaide 29 years, 64 days 1 19 230 46 386 Hawthorn
Troy Bond Adelaide 22 years, 261 days 1 20 94 14 77 Carlton
Peter Caven Adelaide 25 years, 320 days 1 20 139 17 55 Fitzroy & Sydney
Kym Koster Adelaide 23 years, 60 days 1 9 133 4 44 Footscray
Kevin Dyson Sydney 28 years, 332 days 1 22 105 1 28 Melbourne
Stuart Maxfield Sydney 23 years, 357 days 1 24 289 14 152 Richmond
Craig O'Brien Sydney 26 years, 28 days 1 18 114 34 191 Essendon & St Kilda
James Cook Footscray 22 years, 91 days 2 5 77 5 139 Carlton
Luke Beveridge St Kilda 25 years, 227 days 2 16 118 16 107 Melbourne & Footscray
Leon Higgins Hawthorn 27 years, 284 days 2 1 122 2 80 Sydney
Darren Gaspar Richmond 19 years, 322 days 2 20 228 1 23 Sydney
Craig Nettelbeck Melbourne 23 years, 318 days 2 20 78 10 42 Sydney
Brendan Krummel Hawthorn 23 years, 294 days 3 11 74 2 50 West Coast & Fremantle
Ben Sexton Carlton 23 years, 168 days 3 4 43 1 33 Footscray
Craig Devonport Carlton 26 years, 85 days 4 1 95 1 82 St Kilda
Matthew Francis Collingwood 25 years, 235 days 4 10 55 2 23 Richmond
Paul Salmon Hawthorn 31 years, 92 days 4 18 324 4 561 Essendon
Allen Jakovich Footscray 28 years, 31 days 4 7 54 7 208 Melbourne
Matthew Young St Kilda 23 years, 216 days 4 19 118 5 20 Hawthorn
Anthony Darcy St Kilda 24 years, 30 days 4 3 18 3 2 Geelong & Footscray
Sean Wellman Essendon 21 years, 213 days 4 9 212 1 34 Adelaide
Ben Harrison Richmond 21 years, 96 days 4 8 161 2 71 Carlton
Glenn Kilpatrick Geelong 23 years, 242 days 5 11 146 12 35 Essendon
Bradley Plain North Melbourne 26 years, 215 days 5 1 56 1 96 Essendon & Collingwood
Robert Pyman Collingwood 24 years, 211 days 6 5 40 1 17 North Melbourne
Paul Barnard Essendon 23 years, 97 days 8 15 151 3 79 Hawthorn
Jamie Elliott St Kilda 23 years, 124 days 10 9 58 1 69 Fitzroy & Essendon
Peter Turner Carlton 22 years, 187 days 17 2 5 0 1 Adelaide

References

  1. Kane Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  2. Peter Vardy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. Matthew Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  4. Ronnie Burns's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  5. Jason Snell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  6. David Cockatoo-Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  7. Don Cockatoo-Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  8. Brad Cassidy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  9. Peter Berbakov's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  10. Scott Bamford's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  11. Matthew Primus's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  12. Daniel Chick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  13. Craig Treleven's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  14. Joe McLaren's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  15. Jason Traianidis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  16. Andrew McLean's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  17. Danny Dickfos's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  18. Troy Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  19. Scott Taylor's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  20. Andrew Donnelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  21. Chad Morrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  22. Steven Pitt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  23. Gavin Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  24. Greg Harding's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  25. Brendon Fewster's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  26. Mark West's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  27. Tristan Lynch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  28. Kane Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  29. Ben Holland's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  30. Matthew Nicks's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  31. Jason Cripps's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  32. Clive Waterhouse's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  33. Darren O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  34. Michael Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  35. Ben Cousins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  36. Phillip Matera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  37. Scott Lucas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  38. Steven Koops's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  39. David Wirrpanda's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  40. Steven King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  41. Stefan Carey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  42. Clint Bizzell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  43. Sam McFarlane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  44. Shane Clayton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  45. Brent Frewen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  46. Nick Carter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  47. Ross Funcke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  48. Jade Rawlings's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  49. Clark Keating's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  50. Todd McHardy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  51. Luke Toia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  52. Michael Polley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  53. Barry Hall's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  54. Damien Ryan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  55. Justin Blumfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  56. Ben Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  57. Ben Wilson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  58. Simon Prestigiacomo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  59. James Clement's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  60. Ben Robbins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  61. Clinton King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  62. Scott Welsh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  63. Daniel Healy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  64. Jason Ramsey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  65. Eric Lissenden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  66. Daniel Parker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  67. Aaron Hamill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  68. Jason Bevan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  69. Robert Powell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  70. Andrew Leoncelli's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  71. Glenn Gorman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  72. Matthew Robbins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  73. Joel Bowden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  74. Ashley Fernee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  75. Angelo Lekkas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  76. Daniel Bradshaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  77. Robert McMahon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  78. Shane Sikora's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  79. Danny Stevens's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  80. Carl Steinfort's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  81. Brent Harvey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  82. Anthony Ingerson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  83. Martin McKinnon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  84. David Grant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  85. Craig Turley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  86. Alastair Clarkson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  87. Mick Dwyer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  88. Peter Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  89. Darren Kappler's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  90. Robert Neill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  91. Brad Wira's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  92. Todd Curley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  93. Adrian Hickmott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  94. Justin Murphy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  95. Brad Rowe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  96. Alex McDonald's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  97. Scott Crow's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  98. David Hynes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  99. Tony Godden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  100. Andy Lovell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  101. Shane Ellen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  102. Darren Jarman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  103. Troy Bond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  104. Peter Caven's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  105. Kym Koster's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  106. Kevin Dyson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  107. Stuart Maxfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  108. Craig O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  109. James Cook's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  110. Luke Beveridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  111. Leon Higgins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  112. Darren Gaspar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  113. Craig Nettelbeck's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  114. Brendan Krummel's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  115. Ben Sexton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  116. Craig Devonport's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  117. Matthew Francis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  118. Paul Salmon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  119. Allen Jakovich's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  120. Matthew Young's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  121. Anthony Darcy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  122. Sean Wellman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  123. Ben Harrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  124. Glenn Kilpatrick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  125. Bradley Plain's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  126. Robert Pyman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  127. Paul Barnard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  128. Jamie Elliott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  129. Peter Turner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Lists of Victorian/Australian Football League debuts
VFL debuts
AFL debuts
Categories: