This is a list of all captains of the Geelong Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.
This is a list of all captains of the Geelong Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.
| Geelong Football Club captains | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Name [1] | Years |
| 1 | James Wilson | 1879–1882 |
| 2 | Charles "Chas" Brownlow | 1883 |
| 3 | F H Steedman | 1884 |
| 4 | H McLean | 1885 |
| 5 | David Hickinbotham | 1886, 1888–1889 |
| 6 | R Talbot | 1887 |
| 7 | J Baker | 1890 |
| 8 | T Parkin | 1891 |
| 9 | R Houston | 1892–1894 |
| 10 | Jim McShane | 1895 |
| 11 | Peter Burns | 1896 |
| Geelong Football Club captains | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Name [1] | Years |
| 1 | Jack Conway | 1897–1899 |
| 2 | Peter Burns | 1900 |
| 3 | Henry Young | 1901–1909 |
| 4 | Bill Eason | 1910–1913 |
| 5 | Billy Orchard | 1914–1915 |
| Club recess due to World War I (1916) | ||
| 6 | Harry Marsham | 1917 |
| 7 | Jim Kearney | 1918–1919 |
| 8 | Alec Eason | 1919–1920 |
| 9 | Harold Craven | 1921–1922 |
| 10 | Bert Rankin | 1923 |
| 11 | Lloyd Hagger | 1924 |
| 12 | Cliff Rankin | 1925–1927 |
| 13 | Tom Fitzmaurice | 1928 |
| 14 | Arthur Coghlan | 1929–1930 |
| 15 | Ted Baker | 1931 |
| 16 | Reg Hickey | 1932–1940 |
| 17 | Tom Arklay | 1941 |
| Club recess due to World War II (1942–1943) | ||
| 18 | Jack Butcher | 1944–1945 |
| 19 | Lindsay White | 1945, 1948, 1950 |
| 20 | Jack Grant | 1946 |
| 21 | George Gniel | 1947 |
| 22 | Jim Fitzgerald | 1949 |
| 23 | Tom Morrow | 1949 |
| 24 | Bernie Smith | 1950, 1954 |
| 25 | Fred Flanagan | 1951–1954 |
| 26 | Bob Davis | 1955–1958 |
| 27 | Neil Trezise | 1959 |
| 28 | Ron Hovey | 1960 |
| 29 | Colin Rice | 1960 |
| 30 | John Yeates | 1961–1962 |
| 31 | Fred Wooller | 1963–1964 |
| 32 | Graham Farmer | 1965–1967 |
| 33 | Bill Goggin | 1968–1971 |
| 34 | Doug Wade | 1972 |
| 35 | Geoff Ainsworth | 1973 |
| 36 | John "Sam" Newman | 1974–1975 |
| 37 | Bruce Nankervis | 1976–1977 |
| 38 | Ian Nankervis | 1978–1981, 1983 |
| 39 | Brian Peake | 1982 |
| 40 | Michael Turner | 1984–1986 |
| 41 | Damian Bourke | 1987–1989 |
| 42 | Andrew Bews | 1990–1991 |
| 43 | Mark Bairstow | 1992–1994 |
| 44 | Gary Ablett Sr. | 1995–1996 |
| 45 | Ken Hinkley | 1995 |
| 46 | Garry Hocking | 1995, 1999 |
| 47 | Barry Stoneham | 1995–1998 |
| 48 | Leigh Colbert | 1999 |
| 49 | Ben Graham | 2000–2002 |
| 50 | Steven King | 2003–2006 |
| 51 | Tom Harley | 2007–2009 |
| 52 | Cameron Ling | 2010–2011 |
| 53 | Joel Selwood | 2012–2022 |
| 54 | Patrick Dangerfield | 2023– |
| 55 | Tom Stewart | 2023 |
| Dates | Captain(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019–2020 | Melissa Hickey | [2] |
| 2021– | Meghan McDonald | [3] |
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