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
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Carlton | 7 | 0 |
Collingwood | 8 | 0 |
Essendon | 7 | 0 |
Fitzroy | 19 | 0 |
Footscray | 13 | 0 |
Geelong | 6 | 0 |
Hawthorn | 5 | 0 |
Melbourne | 7 | 0 |
North Melbourne | 9 | 2 |
Richmond | 11 | 1 |
St Kilda | 8 | 0 |
South Melbourne | 13 | 0 |
Total | 113 | 3 |
Debuts
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Hall | Carlton | 19 years, 67 days | 12 | 169 | 50 | |
John Goold | Carlton | 21 years, 339 days | 7 | 108 | 3 | |
John Comben | Carlton | 18 years, 311 days | 1 | 38 | 11 | |
Greg Hardie | Carlton | 17 years, 332 days | 1 | 24 | 18 | |
Trevor Best | Carlton | 21 years, 88 days | 10 | 21 | 10 | |
Dave Rogers | Carlton | 21 years, 136 days | 14 | 7 | 1 | |
Doug Ringholt | Carlton | 20 years, 259 days | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
Ted Potter | Collingwood | 18 years, 188 days | 5 | 182 | 0 | |
Terry Waters | Collingwood | 19 years, 134 days | 2 | 163 | 181 | |
Ricky Watt | Collingwood | 16 years, 219 days | 4 | 95 | 17 | |
Max Urquhart | Collingwood | 20 years, 307 days | 3 | 92 | 28 | |
Ian Graham | Collingwood | 20 years, 147 days | 7 | 63 | 132 | |
Ernie Hug | Collingwood | 19 years, 117 days | 10 | 59 | 5 | |
Kevin McLean | Collingwood | 20 years, 250 days | 5 | 33 | 1 | |
John Murton | Collingwood | 19 years, 317 days | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
Darryl Gerlach | Essendon | 19 years, 204 days | 15 | 168 | 6 | |
Greg Brown | Essendon | 20 years, 88 days | 6 | 83 | 4 | |
Kevin Egan | Essendon | 19 years, 348 days | 16 | 65 | 13 | |
Jim Forsyth | Essendon | 18 years, 348 days | 10 | 29 | 4 | Father of Tim Forsyth. |
Noel Raitt | Essendon | 19 years, 122 days | 2 | 18 | 7 | |
Garry Fenton | Essendon | 20 years, 168 days | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
John Booth | Essendon | 20 years, 314 days | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
Gary Lazarus | Fitzroy | 17 years, 211 days | 1 | 132 | 206 | |
Doug Hellings | Fitzroy | 18 years, 280 days | 3 | 64 | 15 | |
Ron Fry | Fitzroy | 26 years, 29 days | 7 | 46 | 7 | |
Barry Fitzgerald | Fitzroy | 24 years, 278 days | 10 | 35 | 4 | |
Terry O'Mara | Fitzroy | 22 years, 160 days | 13 | 20 | 1 | |
Tony Hirst | Fitzroy | 18 years, 8 days | 9 | 19 | 3 | |
Brett Pollock | Fitzroy | 20 years, 144 days | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
Brian Carroll | Fitzroy | 22 years, 77 days | 8 | 10 | 0 | Father of Damian Carroll. |
Ted Lovett | Fitzroy | 21 years, 115 days | 8 | 9 | 2 | Son of Alf Egan. |
Bill Storer | Fitzroy | 21 years, 205 days | 17 | 9 | 7 | |
Joe Dixon | Fitzroy | 22 years, 352 days | 5 | 5 | 0 | Father of Ben Dixon. |
Allan Anderson | Fitzroy | 19 years, 83 days | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Stan Haag | Fitzroy | 20 years, 94 days | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Kevin Ellis | Fitzroy | 18 years, 223 days | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
Graham Goninon | Fitzroy | 18 years, 129 days | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
Barry Rippon | Fitzroy | 23 years, 42 days | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
Brian Williams | Fitzroy | 26 years, 218 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Barry Sadler | Fitzroy | 23 years, 24 days | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
Geoff Doubleday | Fitzroy | 23 years, 145 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
George Bisset | Footscray | 20 years, 41 days | 1 | 166 | 288 | |
David Darcy | Footscray | 19 years, 252 days | 1 | 133 | 47 | Father of Luke Darcy. |
Ivan Marsh | Footscray | 20 years, 99 days | 17 | 77 | 33 | |
John Bradley | Footscray | 20 years, 8 days | 5 | 43 | 12 | |
Jack Greenwood | Footscray | 19 years, 150 days | 6 | 23 | 0 | |
Bob Gray | Footscray | 20 years, 145 days | 12 | 23 | 20 | |
Rod Coutts | Footscray | 20 years, 326 days | 7 | 16 | 22 | |
Bob Spurling | Footscray | 19 years, 335 days | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
Eddie O'Halloran | Footscray | 20 years, 110 days | 10 | 6 | 2 | |
Bob Parsons | Footscray | 21 years, 143 days | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Col Bendelle | Footscray | 19 years, 35 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
Robert Schultz | Footscray | 19 years, 199 days | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
Ron Birch | Footscray | 19 years, 284 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Ryan | Geelong | 18 years, 208 days | 9 | 167 | 220 | |
John Sharrock | Geelong | 19 years, 63 days | 1 | 94 | 109 | |
Gordon Hynes | Geelong | 18 years, 172 days | 2 | 61 | 52 | |
Colin Eales | Geelong | 18 years, 333 days | 7 | 56 | 24 | |
John Watts | Geelong | 26 years, 89 days | 1 | 52 | 4 | |
Ian Scott | Geelong | 23 years, 177 days | 17 | 36 | 0 | |
Ross Growcott | Hawthorn | 18 years, 29 days | 9 | 53 | 2 | |
Kevin Coverdale | Hawthorn | 22 years, 329 days | 2 | 50 | 33 | |
Peter Lyon | Hawthorn | 21 years, 113 days | 1 | 16 | 0 | Father of Garry Lyon. |
Graeme McArthur | Hawthorn | 18 years, 269 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
Danny Hegarty | Hawthorn | 18 years, 254 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Barry Bourke | Melbourne | 19 years, 223 days | 2 | 175 | 154 | |
Ray Groom | Melbourne | 18 years, 229 days | 1 | 92 | 36 | Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996. |
Tony Anderson | Melbourne | 21 years, 100 days | 4 | 75 | 2 | |
Graham Wise | Melbourne | 20 years, 189 days | 1 | 40 | 1 | |
David Robbie | Melbourne | 19 years, 49 days | 10 | 21 | 5 | |
Tony Thiessen | Melbourne | 20 years, 351 days | 4 | 7 | 2 | Father of James Thiessen. |
Owen Zinko | Melbourne | 18 years, 38 days | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
Tom Allison | North Melbourne | 19 years, 51 days | 1 | 106 | 61 | Father of Brett Allison. |
Maurie Wood | North Melbourne | 19 years, 55 days | 2 | 97 | 77 | |
Terry Benton | North Melbourne | 20 years, 316 days | 6 | 77 | 3 | Grandfather of Jaryd Cachia. |
Mike Delanty | North Melbourne | 26 years, 187 days | 1 | 54 | 12 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Bob Goode | North Melbourne | 19 years, 216 days | 7 | 20 | 0 | |
Graeme O'Donnell | North Melbourne | 24 years, 310 days | 6 | 16 | 18 | Father of Gary O'Donnell. Previously played for Geelong. |
Peter Agrums | North Melbourne | 22 years, 238 days | 5 | 11 | 4 | |
Roland Crosby | North Melbourne | 19 years, 115 days | 8 | 10 | 3 | |
Viv Peterson | North Melbourne | 21 years, 065 days | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
Bob Stewart | North Melbourne | 22 years, 34 days | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
Bob Wright | North Melbourne | 20 years, 144 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Billy Brown | Richmond | 20 years, 207 days | 3 | 130 | 124 | |
John Northey | Richmond | 19 years, 295 days | 1 | 118 | 192 | |
Ross Warner | Richmond | 18 years, 303 days | 7 | 49 | 45 | |
Peter Hogan | Richmond | 17 years, 143 days | 1 | 40 | 57 | |
Owen Madigan | Richmond | 19 years, 60 days | 7 | 40 | 1 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Gary Arnold | Richmond | 19 years, 171 days | 6 | 13 | 7 | |
Rodney Evans | Richmond | 17 years, 113 days | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
Tom Garland | Richmond | 20 years, 0 days | 10 | 11 | 4 | |
Jeff Lawson | Richmond | 18 years, 300 days | 14 | 10 | 7 | |
John Caulfield | Richmond | 19 years, 148 days | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
Bob Brownhill | Richmond | 19 years, 199 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
Brian Lienert | Richmond | 20 years, 126 days | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Carl Ditterich | St Kilda | 17 years, 192 days | 1 | 203 | 156 | |
Bob Murray | St Kilda | 21 years, 15 days | 1 | 153 | 14 | |
Ian Stewart | St Kilda | 19 years, 280 days | 1 | 127 | 25 | |
Daryl Griffiths | St Kilda | 17 years, 214 days | 8 | 123 | 40 | |
Jim Wallis | St Kilda | 21 years, 159 days | 1 | 39 | 41 | |
John Dowling | St Kilda | 19 years, 149 days | 18 | 37 | 6 | |
Bill Gerrand | St Kilda | 21 years, 239 days | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
Max Reed | St Kilda | 20 years, 348 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
John Rantall | South Melbourne | 19 years, 132 days | 1 | 260 | 8 | |
Paul Harrison | South Melbourne | 18 years, 268 days | 1 | 119 | 27 | |
Ken Phillips | South Melbourne | 19 years, 230 days | 4 | 60 | 28 | |
Des Bethke | South Melbourne | 19 years, 244 days | 1 | 56 | 43 | |
Trevor Somerville | South Melbourne | 19 years, 16 days | 3 | 49 | 4 | Brother of John and uncle of Peter Somerville. |
Gary Johnston | South Melbourne | 22 years, 5 days | 3 | 27 | 1 | |
Eric White | South Melbourne | 20 years, 250 days | 5 | 21 | 7 | |
Bill Ross | South Melbourne | 19 years, 35 days | 3 | 20 | 4 | |
Kevin Batch | South Melbourne | 22 years, 54 days | 15 | 16 | 0 | |
Bob Strachan | South Melbourne | 18 years, 321 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Ron Cotton | South Melbourne | 20 years, 236 days | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
Fred Rees | South Melbourne | 19 years, 334 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Fuller | South Melbourne | 19 years, 223 days | 10 | 1 | 0 |
References
- "Kevin Hall statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "John Goold statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "John Comben statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Greg Hardie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Trevor Best statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Dave Rogers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Doug Ringholt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Ted Potter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Terry Waters statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Ricky Watt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Max Urquhart statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Ian Graham statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Ernie Hug statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Kevin McLean statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "John Murton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Darryl Gerlach statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Greg Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Kevin Egan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Jim Forsyth statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Noel Raitt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Garry Fenton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "John Booth statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Gary Lazarus statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Doug Hellings statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Ron Fry statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Barry Fitzgerald statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Terry O'Mara statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Tony Hirst statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Brett Pollock statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Brian Carroll statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Ted Lovett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Bill Storer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- "Joe Dixon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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- "Stan Haag statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Kevin Ellis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Graham Goninon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Barry Rippon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Brian Williams statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Barry Sadler statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Geoff Doubleday statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "George Bisset statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "David Darcy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Ivan Marsh statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "John Bradley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Jack Greenwood statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Bob Gray statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Rod Coutts statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Bob Spurling statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Eddie O'Halloran statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Bob Parsons statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Col Bendelle statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Robert Schultz statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Ron Birch statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Bill Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "John Sharrock statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Gordon Hynes statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Colin Eales statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "John Watts statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Ian Scott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Ross Growcott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Kevin Coverdale statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Peter Lyon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Graeme McArthur statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Danny Hegarty statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Barry Bourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Ray Groom statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Tony Anderson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Graham Wise statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "David Robbie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Tony Thiessen statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Owen Zinko statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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- "Maurie Wood statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Terry Benton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Mike Delanty statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Bob Goode statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Graeme O'Donnell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Peter Agrums statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Roland Crosby statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "Viv Peterson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "Bob Stewart statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "Bob Wright statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "Billy Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "John Northey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Ross Warner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Peter Hogan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Owen Madigan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Gary Arnold statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Rodney Evans statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Tom Garland statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Jeff Lawson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "John Caulfield statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Bob Brownhill statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Brian Lienert statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Carl Ditterich statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Bob Murray statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Ian Stewart statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Daryl Griffiths statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Jim Wallis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "John Dowling statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Bill Gerrand statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Max Reed statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "John Rantall statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Paul Harrison statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Ken Phillips statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Des Bethke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Trevor Somerville statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Gary Johnston statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Eric White statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Bill Ross statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Kevin Batch statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Bob Strachan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Ron Cotton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Fred Rees statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Jim Fuller statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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