The 1988 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the ninety second season of the VFL. The season saw 90 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 30 players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Summary
Club | AFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Brisbane Bears | 3 | 7 |
Carlton | 6 | 0 |
Collingwood | 4 | 4 |
Essendon | 7 | 3 |
Fitzroy | 5 | 2 |
Footscray | 9 | 3 |
Geelong | 2 | 0 |
Hawthorn | 8 | 0 |
Melbourne | 3 | 3 |
North Melbourne | 10 | 1 |
Richmond | 11 | 1 |
St Kilda | 8 | 3 |
Sydney | 6 | 5 |
West Coast | 8 | 1 |
Total | 90 | 33 |
Debuts
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Merrett | Brisbane Bears | 27 years, 350 days | 1 | 164 | 285 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Scott McIvor | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 238 days | 1 | 138 | 77 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Rod Lester-Smith | Brisbane Bears | 28 years, 330 days | 1 | 39 | 15 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Warwick Capper | Brisbane Bears | 24 years, 296 days | 1 | 34 | 71 | Previously played for Sydney. |
Andrew Taylor | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 295 days | 4 | 31 | 13 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Rodney Eade | Brisbane Bears | 29 years, 365 days | 1 | 30 | 3 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Michael Kennedy | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 60 days | 1 | 23 | 3 | |
Matthew Simpson | Brisbane Bears | 21 years, 36 days | 7 | 9 | 2 | |
Tony Lynn | Brisbane Bears | 20 years, 28 days | 9 | 6 | 5 | |
Robert Mace | Brisbane Bears | 29 years, 254 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn and St Kilda. |
Luke O'Sullivan | Carlton | 20 years, 138 days | 20 | 62 | 58 | |
Steven Da Rui | Carlton | 24 years, 12 days | 1 | 55 | 5 | |
David Kernahan | Carlton | 22 years, 266 days | 1 | 53 | 8 | Brother of Stephen Kernahan. |
Gerard Butts | Carlton | 21 years, 170 days | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
Michael Garvey | Carlton | 22 years, 204 days | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
Phillip Poursanidis | Carlton | 19 years, 364 days | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Damian Monkhorst | Collingwood | 18 years, 232 days | 2 | 205 | 45 | |
Graham Wright | Collingwood | 19 years, 302 days | 1 | 201 | 107 | |
Doug Barwick | Collingwood | 26 years, 57 days | 1 | 71 | 90 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Darren Saunders | Collingwood | 22 years, 258 days | 5 | 44 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Paul Hawke | Collingwood | 23 years, 274 days | 1 | 41 | 30 | Previously played for Sydney. |
David Robertson | Collingwood | 25 years, 232 days | 1 | 17 | 9 | |
Andrew Tarpey | Collingwood | 23 years, 27 days | 21 | 9 | 1 | |
Tony Elshaug | Collingwood | 27 years, 349 days | 14 | 6 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne and Essendon. |
Darren Bewick | Essendon | 20 years, 225 days | 1 | 238 | 332 | |
Peter Somerville | Essendon | 20 years, 2 days | 15 | 160 | 89 | Son of John Somerville. |
Greg Anderson | Essendon | 21 years, 324 days | 1 | 103 | 60 | 1986 Magarey Medallist. |
Bradley Plain | Essendon | 18 years, 337 days | 22 | 46 | 89 | |
Andrew Rogers | Essendon | 23 years, 231 days | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
Andrew Merryweather | Essendon | 27 years, 75 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Paul O'Brien | Essendon | 27 years, 14 days | 5 | 3 | 2 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Justin Stubbs | Essendon | 18 years, 267 days | 12 | 3 | 5 | |
Michael O'Sullivan | Essendon | 26 years, 123 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Peter Bourke | Essendon | 22 years, 82 days | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
Alastair Lynch | Fitzroy | 19 years, 302 days | 3 | 120 | 173 | |
Paul Broderick | Fitzroy | 18 years, 167 days | 12 | 93 | 80 | |
John Ironmonger | Fitzroy | 27 years, 48 days | 1 | 43 | 8 | Previously played for Sydney. |
Andrew Brockhurst | Fitzroy | 23 years, 264 days | 6 | 38 | 0 | |
Terry Board | Fitzroy | 19 years, 203 days | 1 | 15 | 1 | |
Darren Louttit | Fitzroy | 23 years, 28 days | 4 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Steven Newman | Fitzroy | 22 years, 200 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Scott Wynd | Footscray | 18 years, 188 days | 18 | 237 | 31 | |
Mark Hunter | Footscray | 22 years, 214 days | 1 | 130 | 10 | |
Terry Wallace | Footscray | 29 years, 113 days | 1 | 69 | 20 | Previously played for Hawthorn and Richmond. |
Matthew Hogg | Footscray | 19 years, 105 days | 1 | 59 | 4 | |
Stuart Wigney | Footscray | 19 years, 103 days | 18 | 47 | 21 | |
Darren Davies | Footscray | 22 years, 178 days | 2 | 37 | 35 | |
Adrian Campbell | Footscray | 19 years, 187 days | 15 | 30 | 31 | |
Stuart Nicol | Footscray | 21 years, 206 days | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
Michael Svilar | Footscray | 18 years, 256 days | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
Gary Irvine | Footscray | 22 years, 299 days | 11 | 7 | 0 | |
David Allday | Footscray | 23 years, 154 days | 5 | 6 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Russell Shields | Footscray | 25 years, 257 days | 1 | 3 | 7 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Shane Hamilton | Geelong | 17 years, 333 days | 16 | 27 | 40 | |
Darren Denneman | Geelong | 20 years, 33 days | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Stephen Lawrence | Hawthorn | 19 years, 8 days | 5 | 146 | 30 | Son of South African Test cricketer Godfrey Lawrence. |
Scott Maginness | Hawthorn | 21 years, 251 days | 2 | 131 | 8 | |
Tony Hall | Hawthorn | 23 years, 199 days | 1 | 97 | 144 | |
Andrew Gowers | Hawthorn | 19 years, 41 days | 8 | 89 | 54 | |
Dean Anderson | Hawthorn | 20 years, 364 days | 18 | 83 | 74 | |
Robert Dickson | Hawthorn | 24 years, 140 days | 1 | 17 | 12 | Australian Survivor winner. |
Sean Ralphsmith | Hawthorn | 21 years, 250 days | 21 | 4 | 3 | |
Andrew Demetriou | Hawthorn | 27 years, 38 days | 8 | 3 | 1 | Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League. Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Steven Febey | Melbourne | 18 years, 269 days | 7 | 258 | 40 | |
Andy Lovell | Melbourne | 17 years, 263 days | 3 | 164 | 166 | |
Peter Rohde | Melbourne | 23 years, 170 days | 6 | 117 | 22 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jamie Duursma | Melbourne | 24 years, 182 days | 7 | 33 | 0 | Previously played for Sydney and Brisbane. |
David Flintoff | Melbourne | 24 years, 138 days | 9 | 31 | 20 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Jay Viney | Melbourne | 19 years, 224 days | 18 | 23 | 4 | Brother of Todd Viney. |
Mick Martyn | North Melbourne | 19 years, 222 days | 2 | 287 | 16 | Son of Bryan Martyn. |
John Longmire | North Melbourne | 17 years, 114 days | 4 | 200 | 511 | |
Wayne Schwass | North Melbourne | 19 years, 127 days | 1 | 184 | 97 | |
Anthony Rock | North Melbourne | 17 years, 263 days | 12 | 178 | 138 | |
Jose Romero | North Melbourne | 17 years, 18 days | 21 | 89 | 98 | |
Michael Murphy | North Melbourne | 22 years, 207 days | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Mark O'Donoghue | North Melbourne | 20 years, 274 days | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Darren Ogier | North Melbourne | 25 years, 103 days | 7 | 2 | 3 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Brenton Harris | North Melbourne | 18 years, 282 days | 16 | 2 | 0 | Brother of Darren Harris. |
Kevin Hughes | North Melbourne | 25 years, 81 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Brett MacKenzie | North Melbourne | 20 years, 68 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
Matthew Knights | Richmond | 17 years, 299 days | 18 | 279 | 141 | |
Craig Lambert | Richmond | 19 years, 182 days | 1 | 123 | 53 | |
Brian Leys | Richmond | 20 years, 90 days | 6 | 110 | 19 | |
Trent Nichols | Richmond | 18 years, 363 days | 1 | 75 | 65 | |
Tim Powell | Richmond | 19 years, 361 days | 2 | 64 | 40 | |
Justin Pickering | Richmond | 20 years, 246 days | 1 | 59 | 54 | Brother of Michael Pickering. |
David Honybun | Richmond | 26 years, 1 days | 1 | 55 | 39 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Greg Hamilton | Richmond | 19 years, 326 days | 7 | 29 | 17 | |
Chris Pym | Richmond | 22 years, 28 days | 8 | 24 | 13 | |
Mark Summers | Richmond | 21 years, 249 days | 2 | 15 | 4 | |
Wayne Peters | Richmond | 19 years, 77 days | 21 | 5 | 1 | |
Paul Barlow | Richmond | 19 years, 149 days | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Robert Harvey | St Kilda | 16 years, 351 days | 19 | 383 | 215 | 1997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist. Brother of Anthony Harvey. |
Jayson Daniels | St Kilda | 17 years, 57 days | 3 | 115 | 26 | |
Brett Bowey | St Kilda | 19 years, 67 days | 19 | 85 | 79 | |
Gordon Fode | St Kilda | 17 years, 22 days | 22 | 52 | 31 | |
Ian Muller | St Kilda | 22 years, 304 days | 8 | 21 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Bob Jones | St Kilda | 26 years, 165 days | 1 | 20 | 2 | Father of Liam Jones. |
Steve Turner | St Kilda | 27 years, 99 days | 1 | 12 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Sean Simpson | St Kilda | 18 years, 14 days | 5 | 7 | 1 | |
Peter Freeman | St Kilda | 19 years, 99 days | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
Mark Dwyer | St Kilda | 23 years, 353 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Glenn MacMillan | St Kilda | 18 years, 307 days | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Mark Eustice | Sydney | 25 years, 160 days | 17 | 46 | 9 | Previously played for Essendon and Richmond. |
Mark Kellett | Sydney | 27 years, 326 days | 12 | 37 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda and Footscray. |
Michael Parsons | Sydney | 27 years, 190 days | 2 | 25 | 14 | |
David Willis | Sydney | 20 years, 182 days | 15 | 25 | 3 | |
David Brown | Sydney | 20 years, 266 days | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
Michael Lockman | Sydney | 24 years, 219 days | 1 | 11 | 1 | Previously played for Richmond and Collingwood. |
Craig Davis | Sydney | 33 years, 185 days | 1 | 9 | 17 | Father of Nick Davis. Previously played for Carlton, North Melbourne and Collingwood. |
Adrian Battiston | Sydney | 24 years, 235 days | 1 | 9 | 3 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Jim Silvestro | Sydney | 24 years, 322 days | 3 | 8 | 7 | |
John Brinkkotter | Sydney | 21 years, 334 days | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
David Cordner | Sydney | 21 years, 334 days | 2 | 5 | 6 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Guy McKenna | West Coast | 18 years, 327 days | 1 | 267 | 28 | Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club coach. |
Chris Waterman | West Coast | 19 years, 223 days | 5 | 177 | 75 | |
Karl Langdon | West Coast | 20 years, 5 days | 1 | 100 | 107 | |
Murray Rance | West Coast | 26 years, 68 days | 1 | 57 | 7 | Father of Alex Rance. Previously played for Footscray. |
Troy Ugle | West Coast | 19 years, 356 days | 2 | 43 | 43 | |
David O'Connell | West Coast | 25 years, 18 days | 2 | 27 | 6 | Brother of Michael O'Connell |
Brent Hutton | West Coast | 24 years, 8 days | 4 | 13 | 9 | |
Joe Cormack | West Coast | 21 years, 257 days | 7 | 10 | 7 | |
Kevin Caton | West Coast | 22 years, 300 days | 18 | 1 | 1 |
References
- "Roger Merrett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Scott McIvor statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Rod Lester-Smith statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Warwick Capper statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Andrew Taylor statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Rodney Eade statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Michael Kennedy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Matthew Simpson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Tony Lynn statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Robert Mace statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- "Luke O'Sullivan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Steven Da Rui statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "David Kernahan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Gerald Butts statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Michael Garvey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Phillip Poursanidis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Damian Monkhorst statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Graham Wright statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Doug Barwick statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Darren Saunders statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Paul Hawke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "David Robertson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Andrew Tarpey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Tony Elshaug statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Darren Bewick statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Peter Somerville statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Greg Anderson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Bradley Plain statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Andrew Rogers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Andrew Merryweather statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Paul O'Brien statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Justin Stubbs statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Michael O'Sullivan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Peter Bourke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Alastair Lynch statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Paul Broderick statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "John Ironmonger statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- "Andrew Brockhurst statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Terry Board statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Darren Louttit statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Steven Newman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Scott Wynd statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Mark Hunter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Terry Wallace statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Matthew Hogg statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Stuart Wigney statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- "Darren Davies statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Adrian Campbell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Stuart Nicol statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Michael Svilar statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Gary Irvine statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "David Allday statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Russell Shields statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Shane Hamilton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Darren Denneman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Stephen Lawrence statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Scott Maginness statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Tony Hall statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Andrew Gowers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Dean Anderson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Robert Dickson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Sean Ralphsmith statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Andrew Demetriou statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Steven Febey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Andy Lovell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Peter Rohde statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- "Jamie Duursma statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "David Flintoff statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Jay Viney statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Mick Martyn statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "John Longmire statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Wayne Schwass statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Anthony Rock statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Jose Romero statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Michael Murphy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Mark O'Donoghue statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- "Darren Ogier statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- "Brenton Harris statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- "Kevin Hughes statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- "Brett MacKenzie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- "Matthew Knights statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Craig Lambert statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Brian Leys statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Trent Nichols statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Tim Powell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Justin Pickering statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "David Honybun statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Greg Hamilton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Chris Pym statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Mark Summers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Wayne Peters statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Paul Barlow statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Robert Harvey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Jayson Daniels statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Brett Bowey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Gordon Fode statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Ian Muller statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Bob Jones statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Steve Turner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Sean Simpson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Peter Freeman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- "Mark Dwyer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- "Glenn MacMillan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- "Mark Eustice statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- "Mark Kellett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- "Michael Parsons statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- "David Willis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "David Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "Michael Lockman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "Craig Davis statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "Adrian Battiston statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "Jim Silvestro statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "John Brinkkotter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "David Cordner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- "Guy McKenna statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Chris Waterman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Karl Langdon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Murray Rance statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Troy Ugle statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "David O'Connell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Brent Hutton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Joe Cormack statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Kevin Caton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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