List of Subiaco footballers who have also played in the VFL/AFL

Last updated July 23, 2022

West Australian Football League (WAFL) club Subiaco has a relationship with the VFL/AFL dating back to the start of the 20th century, with numerous players moving in both directions to and from Victoria and Western Australia. To cover for two-way movement, a separate list is provided for players who moved to Subiaco from the VFL/AFL. Lists are also provided for those who have played for the Western Australia-based AFL teams, West Coast and Fremantle. Only footballers who have played at least one senior game at VFL/AFL are included.

Players recruited / drafted into VFL/AFL from Subiaco


Club	Player(s)	Time at club	Games (Goals)	Notable achievements
Adelaide	Matthew Connell Tyson Stenglein	1995–2000 1999–2004	96 (28) 106 (26)	2× AFL Premiership (1997, 1998) 0
Brisbane Bears/Brisbane Lions	Des Headland Daniel Rich	1999–2002 2009–current	52 (52) 259 (114)	AFL Premiership 2002 0
Carlton	Brighton Diggins Mike Fitzpatrick Simon White	1938–1940 1975–1983 2010–2017	31 (6) 150 (150) 87 (12)	VFL Premiership 1938 3× VFL Premiership (1979, 1981, 1982) 0
Collingwood	Peter Eakins	1970–1972	32 (1)
Essendon	Michael Symons	1992–1999	109 (80)
Fitzroy
Footscray/Western Bulldogs	Peter Featherby Dennis Blair	1975–1976 1976–1978	42 (15) 41 (9)
Geelong	Len Metherell Peter Featherby Mitchell White Sam Menegola	1930–1936 1979–1983 2001–2003 2016–current	110 (117) 93 (79) 23 (21) 109 (76)	VFL Premiership 1931 0 0 0
Gold Coast	Kyal Horsley	2012–2013	14 (3)
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn	Cyril Collard Gary Buckenara	1957–1958 1982–1990	13 (3) 154 (293)	0 4× VFL Premiership (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989), 3× All-Australian (1983, 1985, 1986)
Melbourne	Warren Dean	1987–1989	32 (25)
North Melbourne	Matthew Burton	2000–2003	77 (33)
Port Adelaide	Jarrad Schofield Mitch Georgiades	1999–2004 2020–current	131 (93) 38 (50)	AFL Premiership 2004 0
Richmond	Neil Balme	1970–1979	159 (229)	2× VFL Premiership (1973, 1974)
South Melbourne/Sydney	Brighton Diggins Bill Faul Austin Robertson Jr. Trent Dennis-Lane	1932–1937 1932–1938 1966 2010–2012	65 (21) 117 (2) 18 (60) 19 (30)	VFL Premiership 1933 VFL Premiership 1933 0 0
St Kilda	George Young Jason Heatley Trent Dennis-Lane	1973–1978 1997–2000 2013–2014	108 (284) 60 (163) 10 (9)
sources: Subiaco Football Club 2018 Yearbook, p. 53; VFL/AFL Players from Subiaco - Draftguru

There is a list of past and present Subiaco players who have played at AFL/VFL:

Richard Ambrose (Sydney Swans) (1993)
Jack Anthony (Collingwood and Fremantle) (2008–2012)
David Antonowicz (West Coast Eagles) (2000)
Horrie Bant (1882–1957) (St Kilda and Essendon) (1906–1910)
Dave Barry (1888–1913) (South Melbourne) (1909–1910)
Peter Bird (Fitzroy) (1995–1996)
John Bowe (1911–1990) (South Melbourne) (1933)
Todd Breman (West Coast Eagles and Richmond) (1989–1993)
Peter Bennett (Hawthorn and Essendon) (1976-1981)
Greg Broughton (Fremantle and Gold Coast) (2009–2015)
Jay Burton (Fremantle) (1995)
Bill Bushell (1888–1951) (St Kilda) (1910)
Ted Cahill (1902–1968) (Footscray) (1927-1928)
Brad C. Campbell (St Kilda) (1997–1999)
Bruce Campbell (1890–1964) (Carlton, Fitzroy and Melbourne) (1911–1912; 1920)
Adam Cockie (West Coast Eagles) (2008–2009)
Davitt Coghlan (Fitzroy) (1925, 1928-1930)
Matthew Connell (West Coast Eagles and Adelaide) (1993–2000)
Brian Cook (Melbourne) (1977)
Jack Cooper (1922–2003) (Carlton) (1947)
Lou Daily (1911–1974) (Collingwood and Geelong) (1933–1934)
Ian Dargie (St Kilda and West Coast Eagles) (1989–1991)
Col Davey (1927–2013) (Collingwood) (1951–1952)
Rochford Devenish-Meares (Hawthorn) (1968)
Ernie Eiffler (1925–2014) (Collingwood) (1945)
Doug Fraser (1886–1919) (Carlton) (1910)
Michael R. Gardiner (Collingwood) (1998–1999)
Nick Gelavis (South Melbourne and Footscray) (1953–1954)
John Georgiades (Footscray) (1989–1991)
Tim Gepp (Richmond and Footscray) (1983–1986)
Tony Godden (West Coast Eagles and Fremantle) (1993–1998)
David Gourdis (Richmond) (2010–2011)
Chris Hall (Port Adelaide) (2003)
Damian Hampson (West Coast Eagles) (1993–1994)

Kyron Hayden (North Melbourne) (2018-Current)
David Haynes (West Coast Eagles and Geelong (2000–2005)
Graham Heal (North Melbourne) (1968)
Jason Heatley (West Coast Eagles and St Kilda) (1995–2000)
Evan Hewitt (North Melbourne and Adelaide) (1997–2002)
Todd Holmes (West Coast Eagles) (1998–2000)
Bret Hutchinson (Melbourne) (1985)

Ron Jacks (Footscray) (1973)
Jarrhan Jacky (Adelaide) (2008)
Bob Johnson (1935–2001) (Melbourne) (1954–1961)
Jarrod Kayler-Thomson (Hawthorn) (2010)
Adam Lange (Kangaroos) (1999–2002)
Johnny Leonard (1903–1995) (South Melbourne) (1932)
Andrew Macnish (West Coast Eagles and Geelong) (1987–1992)
Neil Marshall (West Coast Eagles) (1997–1998)
Sam McFarlane (North Melbourne) (1996)
Paul McDonald (Essendon) (1975–1978)
Daniel Metropolis (West Coast Eagles and Fremantle) (1992–2001)
Harry Morgan (1889–1956) (South Melbourne and Carlton) (1914–1915; 1917–1918; 1921)
George Moysey (1874–1932) (Melbourne) (1897–1899)
David Mundy (Fremantle) (2005–present)
John O'Connell (1951–1989) (Carlton) (1970–1976)
Glenn O'Loughlin (West Coast Eagles) (1987)
Billy Orr (1883–1963) (Carlton) (1903)
Daniel Parker (Fremantle) (1996–1999)
Seff Parry (1907–1980) (Fitzroy) (1933)
Stan Penberthy (1906–1989) (Footscray and Melbourne) (1932–1937)
Todd Ridley (Essendon, Fremantle and Hawthorn) (1991–1997)
Michael Rix (St Kilda) (2006–2008)
Lester Ross (St Kilda) (1959)
Eric Sarich (South Melbourne) (1965-1968; 1971)
Joe Scaddan (1886–1971) (Collingwood) (1910)
Phil Scott (West Coast Eagles) (1987–1990)
David Sierakowski (St Kilda and West Coast) (1994–2003)
Callum Sinclair (West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans) (2013–present)
Peter Spencer (North Melbourne) (1981–1982)
Lance Styles (Carlton) (1973–1974)
Jack Sweet (1919–2006) (South Melbourne) (1943)
Michael Taylor ^{[ citation needed ]} (Fremantle) (1995)
Robert Thompson (Essendon) (1967–1971)
Wayde Twomey (Carlton) (2011)
Bill Valli (Collingwood and Essendon) (1979–1980)
Cameron Venables (Collingwood) (1999)
Shane Yarran (Fremantle) (2016)
Mark Zanotti (West Coast Eagles, Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy) (1987–1995)

Players who came to Subiaco from the VFL/AFL

Frank Murphy, from Collingwood (1935–1937: 53 games, 11 goals)
Haydn Bunton Sr., from Fitzroy (1938–1941: 72 games, 190 goals — 3× Sandover Medal 1938, 1939, 1941)
Les Hardiman, from Geelong (1938–1941: 69 games, 122 goals)
Keith Shea from Carlton (1938–1939: 37 games, 69 goals)
Dave Cuzens, from Richmond (1962: 13 games, 8 goals)
Brian Sierakowski, from St Kilda (1969–1974: 115 games, 20 goals — WANFL Premiership 1973)
Peter Ellis, from Fitzroy (1972, 1974–78: 88 games, 63 goals)
Ross Smith, from St Kilda (1973–1974: 39 games, 22 goals — WANFL Premiership captain-coach 1973)
David Rhodes, from Fitzroy (1974–1977: 48 games, 33 goals)
David Parkin, from Hawthorn (1975: 8 games, 2 goals)
Graeme Schultz, from Essendon (1975–1981: 85 games, 137 goals)
Vin Catoggio, from Carlton (1976–1977: 30 games, 53 goals)
Brian Douge, from Hawthorn (1977–1981: 81 games, 23 goals)
Derek Kickett, from Sydney (1997: 12 games, 29 goals)
Daniel Chick, from West Coast (2008–2009: 22 games, 13 goals — WAFL Premiership 2008) [originally from East Fremantle]

West Coast representatives

Laurie Keene, 1987–1990: 36 games, 38 goals — Kicked West Coast's first VFL/AFL goal
Dwayne Lamb, 1987–1994: 151 games, 44 goals — AFL Premiership 1992
Mark Zanotti, 1987–1988: 36 games, 6 goals
Karl Langdon, 1988–1995: 100 games, 107 goals — AFL Premiership 1992
Brett Heady, 1990–1999: 156 games, 237 goals — 2× AFL Premiership (1992, 1994)
Dean Kemp, 1990–2001: 243 games, 117 goals — 2× AFL Premiership (1992, 1994), Norm Smith Medal 1994, All-Australian 1992
Drew Banfield, 1993–2006: 265 games, 76 goals — 2× AFL Premiership (1994, 2006)
Jarrad Schofield 1993–1998: 63 games, 34 goals
Andrew Donnelly, 1996–2000: 68 games, 69 goals
Josh Wooden, 1997–2007: 96 games, 18 goals
Chad Fletcher, 1999–2009: 179 games, 74 goals — AFL Premiership 2006, All-Australian 2004
Mark Nicoski, 2004–2013: 112 games, 61 goals
Tyson Stenglein, 2005–2009: 102 games, 25 goals — AFL Premiership 2006
Matt Priddis, 2006–2017: 240 games, 73 goals — Brownlow Medal 2014, All-Australian 2015
Dom Sheed, 2014–current: 141 games, 64 goals — AFL Premiership 2018
Brayden Ainsworth, 2018–current: 15 games, 4 goals
Liam Ryan, 2018–current: 77 games, 111 goals — AFL Premiership 2018, All-Australian 2020

Fremantle representatives

Matthew Burton, 1995–1999: 70 games, 32 goals
Shane Parker, 1995–2007: 238 games, 11 goals — First player to reach 200 AFL games for Fremantle
Luke Toia, 1996–2003: 63 games, 33 goals
Antoni Grover, 1999–2012: 202 games, 27 goals
Ryan Crowley, 2003–2015: 188 games, 117 goals
Des Headland, 2003–2010: 114 games, 125 goals
Jarrad Schofield, 2005–2006: 12 games, 2 goals

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