List of North Melbourne Football Club captains

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This is a list of all captains of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League.

DatesCaptain(s)Notes
1925 Wels Eicke
1926 Wels Eicke
Gerry Donnelly
1927 Syd Barker, Sr.
Charlie Tyson
1928 Charlie Tyson
1929 Charlie Tyson
Tim Trevaskis
1930–1931 Johnny Lewis
1932–1933 Dick Taylor
1934 Dick Taylor
Tom Fitzmaurice
1935 Tom Fitzmaurice
Ted Llewellyn
1936 Charlie Gaudion
1937 Charlie Gaudion
Jim Adamson
1938–1939 Keith Forbes
1940 Len Thomas
Jim Adamson
1941 Jock Cordner
Bill Findlay
1942–1943 Bill Findlay
1944–1945 Dally O'Brien
1946 Fred Fairweather
1947 Kevin Dynon
1948–1951 Les Foote
1952–1953 Kevin Dynon
1954 Gerald Marchesi
1955 Vic Lawrence
1956 Bob Brooker
1957–1959 John Brady
1960 Al Mantello
1961–1964 Allen Aylett
1965–1967 Noel Teasdale
1968–1970 John Dugdale
1971 Barry Goodingham
1972 David Dench
1973–1975 Barry Davis 1975 Premiership Captain
1976–1978 Keith Greig
1979 Keith Greig
Wayne Schimmelbusch
1980–1987 Wayne Schimmelbusch
1988 Wayne Schimmelbusch
John Law
1989 John Law
1990–1992 Matthew Larkin
1993–2001 Wayne Carey 1996 Premiership Captain
1999 Premiership Captain
2002–2003 Anthony Stevens
2004–2008 Adam Simpson
2009–2011 Brent Harvey
2012–2016 Andrew Swallow
2017–2022 Jack Ziebell [1]
2023– Jy Simpkin
Luke McDonald [2]

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References

  1. Wood, Lauren (8 December 2016). "Jack Ziebell to take over North Melbourne captaincy in 2017 from Andrew Swallow". Herald Sun .
  2. "Leaping into a new era: North appoint co-captains for first time in club's history". 20 January 2023.