List of St Kilda Football Club captains

The following is a list of players who have been captains of the St Kilda Football Club (Australian rules football) in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL. ^[1]

VFL/AFL

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes
1897-99	Billy Shaw
1900	Cecil Sandford
1901	Dick McCabe, Jimmy Smith
1902	Joe Hogan
1903	Bill Jackson, Jimmy Smith
1904	Jimmy Smith
1905	Vic Barwick
1906	Jimmy Smith
1907	Jack Wells
1908	Jack Wells
1909	Vic Barwick
1910	Sam Gravenall
1911	Gordon Dangerfield
1912	George Morrissey
1913	Harry Lever
1914	Harry Lever, Dave McNamara
1915	Gordon Dangerfield
1918	Harry Lever
1919	Wels Eicke
1920	Roy Cazaly
1921	Charlie Ricketts, Stan Williams
1922	Bill Cubbins
1923	Dave McNamara
1924	Wels Eicke
1925	Bill Cubbins, Barney Carr
1926	Bill Cubbins
1927	George Heinz, Horrie Mason
1928	Horrie Mason, Bill Cubbins
1929–30	Bill Cubbins
1931	Harold Matthews
1932	Stuart King
1933	Col Deane, Clarrie Hindson
1934	Colin Watson
1935	Clarrie Hindson
1936	Jack Perkins
1937	Bill Mohr
1938–39	Ansell Clarke
1940	Stan Lloyd
1941	Jack Knight
1942–43	Reg Garvin
1944	Frank Kelly, Clarrie Vontom
1945	Clarrie Vontom
1946–47	Allan Hird
1948	Harold Bray
1949–50	Fred Green
1951–53	Keith Drinan
1954–55	Les Foote
1956–57	Keith Drinan
1958	Brian Gleeson
1959–62	Neil Roberts
1963–68	Darrel Baldock	1966 Premiership Captain
1969	Ian Stewart
1970–72	Ross Smith
1973	Stuart Trott
1974–75	Barry Lawrence
1976–77	Carl Ditterich
1978	Gary Colling
1979	Barry Breen	[2]
1980	Garry Sidebottom
1981	Alex Jesaulenko, Bruce Duperouzel
1982	Bruce Duperouzel
1983–86	Trevor Barker	[3]
1987–95	Danny Frawley	[4]
1996–98	Nathan Burke, Stewart Loewe
1998–00	Nathan Burke
2001–02	Robert Harvey
2003	Aaron Hamill
2004	Lenny Hayes
2005	Nick Riewoldt
2006	Luke Ball
2007	Lenny Hayes, Nick Riewoldt, Luke Ball (co-captains)
2008	Justin Koschitzke	2008 NAB Cup Premiership Captain (Grand Final)
2008–2016	Nick Riewoldt	Longest Serving Captain
2017–2020	Jarryn Geary
2021	Jarryn Geary, Jack Steele
2022–	Jack Steele

AFL Women's

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes
2020	Cat Phillips Kate Shierlaw Rhiannon Watt	[5]
2021	Cat Phillips Hannah Priest Kate Shierlaw Rhiannon Watt	[6]
2022–	Hannah Priest	[7]

References

1. "Honour Roll". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
2. "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers - Members Area". Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
3. "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers - Members Area". Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
4. "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers - Members Area". Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
5. Wood, Lauren (14 January 2020). "St Kilda names Cat Phillips, Kate Shierlaw and Rhiannon Watt as inaugural AFLW captains". Herald Sun .
6. "AFLW Saints name four co-captains for 2021". St Kilda . Telstra Media. 20 January 2021.
7. "Priest to captain St Kilda in 2022". St Kilda . Telstra Media. 11 November 2021.