The 1994 Australian Football League (AFL) season was the 98th season of the VFL/AFL. The season saw 92 Australian rules footballers make their senior AFL debut and a further 50 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the AFL.
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Adelaide | 8 | 1 |
Brisbane Bears | 3 | 6 |
Carlton | 5 | 4 |
Collingwood | 7 | 6 |
Essendon | 9 | 3 |
Fitzroy | 8 | 5 |
Footscray | 8 | 2 |
Geelong | 7 | 0 |
Hawthorn | 6 | 1 |
Melbourne | 2 | 2 |
North Melbourne | 5 | 2 |
Richmond | 4 | 7 |
St Kilda | 9 | 5 |
Sydney | 8 | 6 |
West Coast | 3 | 0 |
Total | 92 | 50 |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brett Chalmers | Adelaide | 20 years, 359 days | 4 [1] | 50 | 8 | Father of Kyle Chalmers. |
Sean Wellman | Adelaide | 19 years, 222 days | 6 [2] | 34 | 9 | |
Nick Pesch | Adelaide | 20 years, 22 days | 17 [3] | 31 | 15 | |
Martin McKinnon | Adelaide | 19 years, 5 days | 16 [4] | 25 | 7 | |
Matthew Kluzek | Adelaide | 19 years, 5 days | 15 [5] | 24 | 15 | |
Tony Hall | Adelaide | 29 years, 192 days | 1 [6] | 17 | 30 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Shane Tongerie | Adelaide | 23 years, 79 days | 6 [7] | 4 | 3 | |
Joshua Mail | Adelaide | 19 years, 162 days | 10 [8] | 4 | 0 | |
Peter Turner | Adelaide | 20 years, 112 days | 8 [9] | 3 | 1 | |
Nigel Lappin | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 292 days | 3 [10] | 279 | 174 | Cousin of Matthew Lappin. |
Chris Scott | Brisbane Bears | 17 years, 328 days | 1 [11] | 215 | 79 | AFL Premiership coach 2011 and 2022. Brother of Brad Scott. |
Alastair Lynch | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 302 days | 1 [12] | 186 | 460 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Craig Lambert | Brisbane Bears | 25 years, 173 days | 1 [13] | 96 | 27 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Andrew Bews | Brisbane Bears | 29 years, 215 days | 1 [14] | 75 | 2 | Father of Jed Bews. Previously played for Geelong. |
Gilbert McAdam | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 362 days | 1 [15] | 58 | 44 | Brother of Adrian and Greg McAdam. Previously played for St Kilda. |
Craig Starcevich | Brisbane Bears | 26 years, 322 days | 1 [16] | 20 | 16 | Uncle of Brandon Starcevich. Previously played for Collingwood. |
Troy Lehmann | Brisbane Bears | 22 years, 37 days | 10 [17] | 8 | 1 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Rudi Frigo | Brisbane Bears | 20 years, 118 days | 2 [18] | 13 | 10 | |
Matthew Allan | Carlton | 19 years, 126 days | 15 [19] | 140 | 72 | |
Dean Rice | Carlton | 26 years, 57 days | 8 [20] | 118 | 42 | Father of Bailey Rice and nephew of Colin Rice. Previously played for St Kilda. |
Brad Pearce | Carlton | 22 years, 292 days | 11 [21] | 77 | 151 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
Adrian Whitehead | Carlton | 18 years, 228 days | 3 [22] | 63 | 22 | |
Barry Mitchell | Carlton | 28 years, 110 days | 1 [23] | 38 | 25 | Father of Tom Mitchell. Previously played for Sydney and Collingwood. |
Troy Bond | Carlton | 20 years, 256 days | 1 [24] | 36 | 26 | Brother of Shane Bond. |
Tony Lynn | Carlton | 25 years, 346 days | 3 [25] | 27 | 14 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
James Cook | Carlton | 20 years, 79 days | 1 [26] | 25 | 35 | |
Peter Green | Carlton | 20 years, 25 days | 10 [27] | 1 | 0 | |
Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 21 years, 243 days | 1 [28] | 260 | 263 | 2003 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Brisbane. |
Jon Hassall | Collingwood | 20 years, 224 days | 1 [29] | 50 | 12 | |
Brett James | Collingwood | 21 years, 101 days | 1 [30] | 42 | 26 | Brother of Roger James. |
Paul Sharkey | Collingwood | 20 years, 11 days | 13 [31] | 26 | 4 | |
Aaron James | Collingwood | 17 years, 209 days | 10 [32] | 23 | 6 | |
Trent Hotton | Collingwood | 20 years, 234 days | 18 [33] | 17 | 14 | |
Damian Houlihan | Collingwood | 18 years, 282 days | 7 [34] | 11 | 6 | Brother of Adam and Ryan Houlihan. |
Jon Ballantyne | Collingwood | 24 years, 240 days | 1 [35] | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Bradley Plain | Collingwood | 24 years, 191 days | 2 [36] | 9 | 6 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Stephen Ryan | Collingwood | 24 years, 191 days | 1 [37] | 8 | 4 | Brother of Des Ryan. Previously played for Richmond. |
Brenton Sanderson | Collingwood | 20 years, 55 days | 5 [38] | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Adelaide. |
Todd Curley | Collingwood | 21 years, 86 days | 3 [39] | 3 | 1 | |
Justin Staritski | Collingwood | 23 years, 322 days | 10 [40] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Damien Hardwick | Essendon | 21 years, 248 days | 5 [41] | 153 | 13 | AFL Premiership coach 2017, 2019 and 2020. |
Che Cockatoo-Collins | Essendon | 19 years, 21 days | 1 [42] | 85 | 109 | Brother of David and Donald Cockatoo-Collins and uncle of Nakia Cockatoo. |
Michael Prior | Essendon | 20 years, 333 days | 20 [43] | 81 | 19 | |
Ben Doolan | Essendon | 21 years, 75 days | 1 [44] | 76 | 7 | Previously played for Sydney. |
Barry Young | Essendon | 23 years, 315 days | 7 [45] | 76 | 45 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Ryan O'Connor | Essendon | 19 years, 314 days | 7 [46] | 63 | 47 | |
Scott Cummings | Essendon | 20 years, 159 days | 14 [47] | 40 | 83 | |
Robert Stevenson | Essendon | 17 years, 285 days | 1 [48] | 11 | 0 | |
Dale Kickett | Essendon | 25 years, 326 days | 1 [49] | 8 | 7 | Cousin of Derek Kickett and Lance Franklin. Previously played for West Coast, Fitzroy and St Kilda. |
Russell Williams | Essendon | 20 years, 093 days | 5 [50] | 3 | 1 | |
Lachlan Ross | Essendon | 20 years, 318 days | 14 [51] | 2 | 1 | |
Julian Kirzner | Essendon | 17 years, 314 days | 24 [52] | 1 | 1 | |
Chris Johnson | Fitzroy | 17 years, 307 days | 2 [53] | 59 | 67 | The last former Fitzroy player to retire. |
Jarrod Molloy | Fitzroy | 17 years, 325 days | 2 [54] | 59 | 54 | Son of Shane Molloy and uncle of Chloe Molloy. |
John Barker | Fitzroy | 19 years, 42 days | 2 [55] | 47 | 12 | |
Matthew Dent | Fitzroy | 22 years, 125 days | 9 [56] | 47 | 9 | |
Jeff Hogg | Fitzroy | 26 years, 110 days | 1 [57] | 40 | 41 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Trent Cummings | Fitzroy | 20 years, 88 days | 1 [58] | 27 | 18 | Great-grandson of Joe Johnson, son of Percy Cummings and brother of Robert Cummings. |
Rowan Warfe | Fitzroy | 18 years, 31 days | 18 [59] | 26 | 1 | |
Steven Stretch | Fitzroy | 30 years, 80 days | 1 [60] | 25 | 7 | Father of Billy Stretch. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Brett Cook | Fitzroy | 21 years, 103 days | 19 [61] | 25 | 7 | |
David Bain | Fitzroy | 27 years, 328 days | 1 [62] | 12 | 4 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
Kieran Sporn | Fitzroy | 27 years, 210 days | 1 [63] | 12 | 6 | Brother of Rachael Sporn. Previously played for Essendon. |
Nick Mitchell | Fitzroy | 21 years, 123 days | 11 [64] | 9 | 2 | |
Nigel Palfreyman | Fitzroy | 20 years, 322 days | 22 [65] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Brisbane. |
Brad Johnson | Footscray | 18 years, 5 days | 18 [66] | 364 | 558 | Club games record holder. |
Luke Darcy | Footscray | 19 years, 32 days | 21 [67] | 226 | 183 | Son of David Darcy. |
Craig Ellis | Footscray | 18 years, 316 days | 4 [68] | 107 | 6 | |
Daniel Southern | Footscray | 19 years, 84 days | 1 [69] | 103 | 28 | |
Jason Watts | Footscray | 22 years, 240 days | 1 [70] | 57 | 51 | |
Richard Osborne | Footscray | 29 years, 312 days | 5 [71] | 51 | 98 | Brother of Graham Osborne. Previously played for Fitzroy and Sydney. |
Kym Koster | Footscray | 21 years, 62 days | 2 [72] | 38 | 13 | |
Daniel Hargraves | Footscray | 18 years, 124 days | 10 [73] | 38 | 62 | |
Scott Allen | Footscray | 19 years, 55 days | 1 [74] | 15 | 8 | |
Robbie West | Footscray | 25 years, 34 days | 3 [75] | 7 | 1 | Father of Connor West. Previously played for West Coast. |
Shayne Breuer | Geelong | 21 years, 198 days | 1 [76] | 71 | 77 | |
Grant Tanner | Geelong | 23 years, 301 days | 9 [77] | 69 | 28 | |
Aaron Lord | Geelong | 18 years, 276 days | 5 [78] | 57 | 49 | |
Cain Liddle | Geelong | 18 years, 289 days | 1 [79] | 4 | 0 | |
Shane Crothers | Geelong | 21 years, 35 days | 20 [80] | 4 | 0 | |
Cristian O'Brien | Geelong | 20 years, 140 days | 11 [81] | 2 | 1 | |
Daniel Fletcher | Geelong | 19 years, 292 days | 11 [82] | 1 | 0 | Brother of Simon Fletcher. |
Nick Holland | Hawthorn | 20 years, 76 days | 3 [83] | 179 | 239 | |
Rayden Tallis | Hawthorn | 18 years, 303 days | 3 [84] | 163 | 27 | |
Tim Hargreaves | Hawthorn | 18 years, 329 days | 5 [85] | 42 | 57 | |
Shayne Stevenson | Hawthorn | 24 years, 101 days | 19 [86] | 34 | 30 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Matthew Young | Hawthorn | 21 years, 239 days | 8 [87] | 21 | 6 | |
Simon Crawshay | Hawthorn | 19 years, 213 days | 1 [88] | 19 | 2 | Brother of Matthew Young. |
Paul Barnard | Hawthorn | 21 years, 48 days | 2 [89] | 11 | 4 | |
Paul Prymke | Melbourne | 23 years, 109 days | 1 [90] | 49 | 2 | |
Jeff Hilton | Melbourne | 21 years, 304 days | 1 [91] | 43 | 23 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Dean Irving | Melbourne | 27 years, 352 days | 22 [92] | 23 | 4 | Previously played for West Coast. |
Brad Campbell | Melbourne | 18 years, 229 days | 19 [93] | 1 | 0 | Son of Des Campbell and brother of Blake Campbell. |
David King | North Melbourne | 22 years, 26 days | 2 [94] | 241 | 145 | |
Mathew Capuano | North Melbourne | 18 years, 289 days | 13 [95] | 82 | 24 | |
Stuart Anderson | North Melbourne | 19 years, 307 days | 6 [96] | 61 | 20 | |
Trent Nichols | North Melbourne | 24 years, 360 days | 2 [97] | 33 | 39 | Previously played for Richmond and West Coast. |
Warren Campbell | North Melbourne | 19 years, 200 days | 7 [98] | 19 | 17 | |
John Barnett | North Melbourne | 18 years, 300 days | 12 [99] | 6 | 4 | |
Gareth John | North Melbourne | 22 years, 103 days | 6 [100] | 1 | 0 | Son of Graeme John. Previously played for Sydney. |
Matthew Rogers | Richmond | 20 years, 121 days | 1 [101] | 197 | 163 | |
Paul Broderick | Richmond | 24 years, 82 days | 1 [102] | 169 | 90 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Michael Gale | Richmond | 27 years, 95 days | 1 [103] | 91 | 20 | Grandson of Jack Gale, son of Don Gale and brother of Brendon Gale. Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Jamie Tape | Richmond | 19 years, 355 days | 1 [104] | 75 | 4 | |
Mark Merenda | Richmond | 18 years, 227 days | 12 [105] | 75 | 62 | |
Greg Dear | Richmond | 30 years, 343 days | 1 [106] | 53 | 9 | Brother of Paul Dear. Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Mark Neeld | Richmond | 24 years, 318 days | 7 [107] | 26 | 16 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Matthew Dundas | Richmond | 22 years, 109 days | 1 [108] | 14 | 5 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Justin Murphy | Richmond | 18 years, 41 days | 11 [109] | 12 | 9 | |
Jamie Elliott | Richmond | 21 years, 48 days | 1 [110] | 9 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Haydn Robins | Richmond | 21 years, 229 days | 1 [111] | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Shane Wakelin | St Kilda | 19 years, 240 days | 3 [112] | 94 | 19 | Brother of Darryl Wakelin. |
David Sierakowski | St Kilda | 19 years, 178 days | 14 [113] | 93 | 27 | Son of Brian Sierakowski and cousin of Will Sierakowski. |
Rod Keogh | St Kilda | 23 years, 15 days | 3 [114] | 60 | 21 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Matthew Lappin | St Kilda | 18 years, 114 days | 12 [115] | 55 | 26 | Cousin of Nigel Lappin. |
Kristian Bardsley | St Kilda | 21 years, 201 days | 2 [116] | 53 | 18 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Wayne Thornborrow | St Kilda | 21 years, 132 days | 7 [117] | 13 | 10 | |
Doug Bailey | St Kilda | 22 years, 110 days | 1 [118] | 11 | 2 | |
Michael Frost | St Kilda | 23 years, 87 days | 1 [119] | 11 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray. |
David Strooper | St Kilda | 26 years, 29 days | 1 [120] | 6 | 3 | Previously played for Fitzroy and Sydney. |
Clinton Shaw | St Kilda | 18 years, 51 days | 14 [121] | 6 | 0 | |
Adrian Burns | St Kilda | 22 years, 247 days | 3 [122] | 4 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Anthony Harvey | St Kilda | 20 years, 354 days | 08 [123] | 4 | 1 | Grandson of Merv Harvey, great-nephew of Neil Harvey and brother of Robert Harvey. |
Alister Carr | St Kilda | 21 years, 39 days | 12 [124] | 4 | 1 | |
Sam Jones | St Kilda | 20 years, 25 days | 10 [125] | 3 | 3 | |
Brad Seymour | Sydney Swans | 17 years, 328 days | 1 [126] | 133 | 12 | |
Daniel McPherson | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 349 days | 13 [127] | 111 | 36 | |
Peter Filandia | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 317 days | 1 [128] | 70 | 38 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Derek Kickett | Sydney Swans | 31 years, 199 days | 5 [129] | 63 | 73 | Previously played for North Melbourne and Essendon. |
Wade Chapman | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 102 days | 4 [130] | 51 | 19 | |
Adam Heuskes | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 98 days | 14 [131] | 49 | 6 | |
Simon Garlick | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 84 days | 15 [132] | 44 | 27 | |
Darren Gaspar | Sydney Swans | 17 years, 325 days | 3 [133] | 21 | 1 | Brother of Damien and Travis Gaspar. |
Peter Caven | Sydney Swans | 23 years, 315 days | 7 [134] | 18 | 4 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Mark Hepburn | Sydney Swans | 25 years, 224 days | 3 [135] | 7 | 3 | Previously played for North Melbourne and West Coast. |
Dermott Brereton | Sydney Swans | 29 years, 275 days | 9 [136] | 7 | 7 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Damian Lang | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 24 days | 1 [137] | 5 | 4 | |
Shayne Smith | Sydney Swans | 18 years, 337 days | 1 [138] | 4 | 1 | |
Matthew Ahmat | Sydney Swans | 19 years, 287 days | 1 [139] | 2 | 0 | Brother of Robert Ahmat. Previously played for Brisbane. |
Paul Symmons | West Coast | 20 years, 296 days | 14 [140] | 99 | 36 | |
Shane Bond | West Coast | 18 years, 260 days | 1 [141] | 34 | 20 | Brother of Troy Bond. |
Brett Spinks | West Coast | 20 years, 139 days | 1 [142] | 21 | 14 |
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