Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes Jim Mooring Carlton 22 years, 196 days 1 [ 1] 126 161 Jack Bennett Carlton 19 years, 332 days 4 [ 2] 119 46 Gordon Cameron Carlton 18 years, 97 days 6 [ 3] 17 1 Bert McTaggart Carlton 24 years, 49 days 7 [ 4] 9 6 Bernie Bignell Carlton 23 years, 20 days 7 [ 5] 6 0 Jack Bavin Carlton 22 years, 284 days 5 [ 6] 5 1 Dick Chandler Carlton 30 years, 100 days 12 [ 7] 1 1 Previously played for Hawthorn. Harry Mears Collingwood 18 years, 109 days 16 [ 8] 62 61 Jack Pimm Collingwood 19 years, 224 days 4 [ 9] 58 113 Ron Carruthers Collingwood 21 years, 322 days 12 [ 10] 48 3 Father of Ron Carruthers Jr. . Bill Noonan Collingwood 23 years, 122 days 10 [ 11] 42 16 Dan Knott Collingwood 21 years, 319 days 2 [ 12] 18 2 Brother of Arch and George Knott . Charlie Newman Collingwood 19 years, 150 days 2 [ 13] 17 0 Colin Campbell Collingwood 22 years, 137 days 4 [ 14] 17 4 Norm Oliver Collingwood 18 years, 16 days 18 [ 15] 13 2 Ken Williams Collingwood 22 years, 139 days 5 [ 16] 12 2 Kevin Barrett Collingwood 24 years, 292 days 1 [ 17] 4 4 Bennie Le Sueur Collingwood 23 years, 78 days 7 [ 18] 3 0 Previously played for Footscray. Leo Tyrrell Collingwood 25 years, 27 days 10 [ 19] 2 0 Previously played for North Melbourne. Geoff Nicholls Collingwood 20 years, 288 days 11 [ 20] 2 2 Gordon Lane Essendon 19 years, 44 days 12 [ 21] 131 256 Cec Ruddell Essendon 22 years, 340 days 1 [ 22] 122 0 Allan Hird Essendon 21 years, 365 days 15 [ 23] 102 2 Father of Allan Hird Jr. and grandfather of James Hird . Previously played for Hawthorn. Harold Lambert Essendon 18 years, 51 days 11 [ 24] 99 2 Brother of Chris Lambert . Norm Betson Essendon 25 years, 343 days 8 [ 25] 78 41 Joe Evans Essendon 20 years, 28 days 4 [ 26] 21 1 Ivor McIvor Essendon 22 years, 329 days 15 [ 27] 12 9 Max Smith Essendon 24 years, 135 days 4 [ 28] 7 2 Brother of Clive Smith . Charlie Challenger Essendon 22 years, 161 days 4 [ 29] 2 0 Jack Hunter Essendon 25 years, 275 days 11 [ 30] 2 7 Alan Ruthven Fitzroy 18 years, 80 days 11 [ 31] 222 442 1950 Brownlow Medallist . Bert Clay Fitzroy 25 years, 46 days 9 [ 32] 157 48 Brother of Ivor Clay . Stan Wright Fitzroy 22 years, 102 days 8 [ 33] 81 37 Ken Sier Fitzroy 18 years, 217 days 18 [ 34] 59 61 Des Calverley Fitzroy 20 years, 186 days 5 [ 35] 52 16 Lindsay Dyring Fitzroy 21 years, 169 days 9 [ 36] 45 5 Alf Clay Fitzroy 26 years, 110 days 1 [ 37] 41 17 Previously played for Hawthorn and Footscray. Kevin Fox Fitzroy 22 years, 204 days 1 [ 38] 22 32 Previously played for Carlton. Ted Hill Fitzroy 26 years, 103 days 1 [ 39] 22 2 Previously played for Collingwood. Shadrach James Fitzroy 22 years, 163 days 3 [ 40] 18 20 Cousin of Doug Nicholls . Syd McGain Fitzroy 23 years, 133 days 8 [ 41] 12 0 Previously played for Essendon. Bob Merrick Fitzroy 22 years, 155 days 1 [ 42] 6 2 Alan Muir Fitzroy 18 years, 242 days 1 [ 43] 6 0 Lindsay McNamara Fitzroy 21 years, 279 days 4 [ 44] 4 1 Previously played for South Melbourne. Keith Forbes Fitzroy 33 years, 363 days 5 [ 45] 4 10 Previously played for Essendon and North Melbourne. Wal Dudley Fitzroy 22 years, 24 days 9 [ 46] 3 4 Played first-class cricket for Victoria. George Tribe Footscray 19 years, 262 days 9 [ 47] 66 80 Australian Test cricketer . Brother of Tom Tribe . Ted Ellis Footscray 27 years, 64 days 1 [ 48] 65 2 Father of Lindsay and Kingsley Ellis , and grandfather of Daniel Merriweather . Previously played for North Melbourne. Len Murphy Footscray 30 years, 163 days 2 [ 49] 25 28 Brother of Frank Murphy . Previously played for Collingwood. Bill Crosling Footscray 21 years, 263 days 15 [ 50] 17 5 Harry Dolphin Footscray 21 years, 264 days 4 [ 51] 15 0 Billy Power Footscray 22 years, 365 days 13 [ 52] 12 0 Jim May Footscray 30 years, 12 days 1 [ 53] 6 3 Dick Chirgwin Footscray 26 years, 52 days 16 [ 54] 3 0 Previously played for Richmond and South Melbourne. Alf Boniface Footscray 23 years, 126 days 6 [ 55] 2 0 Lloyd Robinson Footscray 22 years, 113 days 18 [ 56] 1 0 Bill Harwood Geelong 19 years, 232 days 2 [ 57] 69 16 Len Toyne Geelong 17 years, 339 days 8 [ 58] 35 15 Ron Sceney Geelong 22 years, 233 days 6 [ 59] 2 3 Wally Culpitt Hawthorn 22 years, 118 days 3 [ 60] 125 116 Kevin Curran Hawthorn 19 years, 172 days 7 [ 61] 85 9 Colin Austen Hawthorn 19 years, 217 days 11 [ 62] 85 0 1949 Brownlow Medallist. Jack Carmody Hawthorn 28 years, 325 days 1 [ 63] 64 46 Previously played for Collingwood. Dudley Bragg Hawthorn 23 years, 64 days 1 [ 64] 44 1 Laurie Peters Hawthorn 24 years, 72 days 17 [ 65] 24 0 Reg Bell Hawthorn 26 years, 224 days 1 [ 66] 23 0 Bert Graham Hawthorn 19 years, 183 days 18 [ 67] 23 9 Alan Barelli Hawthorn 20 years, 61 days 13 [ 68] 18 16 Ern Elder Hawthorn 23 years, 178 days 7 [ 69] 12 0 Wally Bristowe Hawthorn 18 years, 105 days 15 [ 70] 11 4 Brendan Brady Hawthorn 23 years, 161 days 12 [ 71] 8 7 Vin Doherty Hawthorn 29 years, 32 days 1 [ 72] 5 13 Previously played for Collingwood. Bruce Hone Hawthorn 26 years, 276 days 1 [ 73] 5 3 Reg Farrant Hawthorn 19 years, 308 days 12 [ 74] 5 1 Dick Pirrie Hawthorn 20 years, 86 days 18 [ 75] 3 0 Son of Richard Pirrie , brother of Kevin Pirrie and uncle of Stephen Pirrie . Max Carmichael Hawthorn 20 years, 28 days 4 [ 76] 2 3 Roy Long Hawthorn 25 years, 292 days 9 [ 77] 2 0 Kevin Landrigan Hawthorn 23 years, 226 days 18 [ 78] 1 0 Col McLean Melbourne 19 years, 336 days 11 [ 79] 138 1 Shane McGrath Melbourne 20 years, 354 days 5 [ 80] 118 3 Adrian Dullard Melbourne 22 years, 225 days 17 [ 81] 116 143 Father of Anthony Dullard . Fred Fanning Melbourne 18 years, 174 days 1 [ 82] 104 411 Holds the record for most goals in a VFL/AFL match, with 18. Bernie Neenan Melbourne 22 years, 306 days 14 [ 83] 8 11 Jack Atkins Melbourne 23 years, 144 days 3 [ 84] 4 1 Son of Ernie Atkins . Noel Ellis Melbourne 19 years, 46 days 17 [ 85] 3 0 Jock McCorkell North Melbourne 21 years, 300 days 1 [ 86] 167 5 Arthur Slater North Melbourne 25 years, 196 days 10 [ 87] 39 27 Previously played for Essendon. Geoff Willis North Melbourne 18 years, 328 days 12 [ 88] 36 3 Col Spratling North Melbourne 22 years, 74 days 11 [ 89] 18 7 Jack Ryan North Melbourne 25 years, 146 days 1 [ 90] 9 2 Previously played for Footscray. Laurie Davies North Melbourne 23 years, 287 days 4 [ 91] 9 3 Vin Casey North Melbourne 22 years, 104 days 16 [ 92] 8 2 Vin Hogan North Melbourne 19 years, 215 days 7 [ 93] 7 0 Len Thomas North Melbourne 26 years, 131 days 1 [ 94] 6 9 Son of Bill Thomas . Previously played for South Melbourne and Hawthorn. Ray Wynd North Melbourne 19 years, 231 days 17 [ 95] 4 3 Merv Bolger North Melbourne 20 years, 353 days 6 [ 96] 3 0 Norm Tomkinson North Melbourne 22 years, 194 days 9 [ 97] 2 2 Ray Bromley North Melbourne 24 years, 329 days 16 [ 98] 2 0 Neil Hasell North Melbourne 21 years, 337 days 16 [ 99] 2 0 Trevor Jones North Melbourne 22 years, 106 days 16 [ 100] 1 1 Jack Kenny North Melbourne 25 years, 96 days 18 [ 101] 1 0 Leo Merrett Richmond 20 years, 50 days 5 [ 102] 170 53 Bill Perkins Richmond 20 years, 153 days 9 [ 103] 148 10 Bernie Waldron Richmond 20 years, 80 days 7 [ 104] 83 22 Ray Steele Richmond 22 years, 344 days 1 [ 105] 42 1 Grandfather of Stuart Steele . Roy Quinn Richmond 20 years, 345 days 8 [ 106] 25 25 Son of Billy Quinn . Jack Quinn Richmond 22 years, 25 days 11 [ 107] 19 14 Played for South Melbourne earlier in the 1940 VFL season. Joe Reilly Richmond 23 years, 244 days 4 [ 108] 17 0 Bill Cosgrove Richmond 21 years, 168 days 1 [ 109] 3 0 Killed in action in 1943. Uncle of Peter Cosgrove . Alby Hodges Richmond 22 years, 99 days 14 [ 110] 1 0 Billy King South Melbourne 19 years, 338 days 13 [ 111] 136 17 Don Grossman South Melbourne 19 years, 143 days 4 [ 112] 93 32 Howard Jasper South Melbourne 20 years, 326 days 14 [ 113] 26 3 Ian Chinn South Melbourne 23 years, 28 days 6 [ 114] 17 28 Harry Gray South Melbourne 24 years, 18 days 3 [ 115] 9 5 Stan Brown South Melbourne 18 years, 241 days 11 [ 116] 9 4 Frank Hill South Melbourne 26 years, 102 days 9 [ 117] 5 0 George Bates South Melbourne 26 years, 127 days 4 [ 118] 3 0 Previously played for Collingwood and Richmond. Merv Dudley South Melbourne 23 years, 78 days 16 [ 119] 3 7 Arthur Turner South Melbourne 20 years, 217 days 16 [ 120] 3 0 Kevin O'Halloran South Melbourne 25 years, 108 days 2 [ 121] 2 3 Father of Eddie O'Halloran . Previously played for St Kilda. Jack Fergeus South Melbourne 22 years, 31 days 11 [ 122] 2 1 Gordon Hamilton South Melbourne 20 years, 28 days 15 [ 123] 2 0 Drowned aged 20, while attempting to save the life of a young girl. Keith Virtue South Melbourne 23 years, 125 days 18 [ 124] 2 3 Dick Chirgwin South Melbourne 20 years, 137 days 2 [ 125] 1 0 Previously played for Richmond. Keith McNaughton South Melbourne 19 years, 11 days 18 [ 126] 1 0 Bob Wilkie St Kilda 19 years, 334 days 6 [ 127] 117 13 Brother-in-law of Jack and Tom Meehan . Ernest McIntyre St Kilda 19 years, 85 days 12 [ 128] 80 57 Played first-class cricket for Victoria. Keith Miller St Kilda 20 years, 165 days 3 [ 129] 50 42 Played Test cricket for Australia . Ron McLeod St Kilda 21 years, 205 days 14 [ 130] 39 35 Previously played for North Melbourne. Jack Cliff St Kilda 20 years, 347 days 2 [ 131] 32 8 Norm Raines St Kilda 19 years, 253 days 6 [ 132] 19 17 Jack Bray St Kilda 24 years, 198 days 14 [ 133] 17 18 Terry O'Brien St Kilda 21 years, 235 days 10 [ 134] 13 21 Ron Mudge St Kilda 19 years, 243 days 15 [ 135] 11 1 Marcus Hines St Kilda 20 years, 250 days 14 [ 136] 6 2 Eddie Cranage St Kilda 23 years, 10 days 9 [ 137] 4 0 Jack Rogers St Kilda 27 years, 154 days 18 [ 138] 4 0 Laurie Taylor St Kilda 23 years, 222 days 11 [ 139] 1 0 Previously played for South Melbourne.