List of VFL debuts in 1979

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The 1979 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the eighty third season of the VFL. The season saw 76 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 41 players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Debuts

NameClubAge at debutRound debutedGames Goals Notes
Wayne Johnston Carlton 21 years, 102 days3 [1] 209283
Alex Marcou Carlton 20 years, 268 days1 [2] 134148
Robbert Klomp Carlton 23 years, 321 days1 [3] 8417
Peter Francis Carlton 21 years, 74 days1 [4] 4715
Michael Jez Carlton 25 years, 72 days20 [5] 20
Peter Daicos Collingwood 17 years, 220 days4 [6] 250549
Denis Banks Collingwood 19 years, 337 days7 [7] 166111
Craig Davis Collingwood 24 years, 187 days1 [8] 102251Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne. Father of Nick Davis.
David Twomey Collingwood 18 years, 150 days16 [9] 6314
Mark Hannebery Collingwood 21 years, 237 days9 [10] 6123
Russell Ohlsen Collingwood 23 years, 141 days3 [11] 5022Previously played for Carlton.
Ross Brewer Collingwood 25 years, 347 days14 [12] 4785Previously played for Melbourne. Brother of Ian Brewer.
Allan Edwards Collingwood 21 years, 251 days16 [13] 3545Previously played for Richmond. Grandson of Frank Aked, son of Arthur Edwards and father of Jake Edwards.
Michael Woolnough Collingwood 26 years, 202 days2 [14] 248Previously played for Geelong. Father of Marc Woolnough.
David Young Collingwood 25 years, 150 days22 [15] 1812Previously played for South Melbourne.
Bill Valli Collingwood 28 years, 356 days1 [16] 1717
Mark Dreher Collingwood 18 years, 154 days20 [17] 150
Geoff Austen Collingwood 25 years, 176 days1 [18] 133Previously played for Fitzroy.
Stephen Roach Collingwood 20 years, 291 days1 [19] 40Previously played for Richmond.
Mick Warren Collingwood 20 years, 46 days1 [20] 30
Darren Williams Essendon 18 years, 204 days5 [21] 10994
Frank Dunell Essendon 21 years, 93 days11 [22] 10057
Neale Daniher Essendon 18 years, 44 days3 [23] 8232Brother of Terry, Anthony and Chris Daniher
Alan Reid Essendon 23 years, 61 days3 [24] 5218
Peter Keenan Essendon 27 years, 358 days3 [25] 3117Previously played for Melbourne and North Melbourne
Barry Day Essendon 25 years, 32 days3 [26] 1515
Craig Barbary Essendon 18 years, 291 days4 [27] 85
Kelvin Steel Essendon 24 years, 30 days14 [28] 60Previously played for Hawthorn
Robert Hyde Essendon 24 years, 311 daysEF [29] 10Previously played for Collingwood.
Leon Harris Fitzroy 20 years, 177 days5 [30] 186101
Michael Poynton Fitzroy 17 years, 348 days4 [31] 5266
Max Richardson Fitzroy 30 years, 104 days1 [32] 3041Previously played for Collingwood. Brother of Wayne Richardson
Kevin Higgins Fitzroy 28 years, 46 days1 [33] 250Previously played for Geelong
Malcolm Bramley Fitzroy 20 years, 56 days1 [34] 52
Keith MacLeod Fitzroy 20 years, 091 days1 [35] 20
Neil Cordy Footscray 20 years, 6 days2 [36] 13928Brother of Brian and Graeme Cordy
Michael McKenna Footscray 18 years, 115 days17 [37] 10255
Bill Berry Footscray 21 years, 354 days11 [38] 4318Previously played for Essendon.
Gary Cowton Footscray 26 years, 98 days1 [39] 404Previously played for North Melbourne.
Shane Loveless Footscray 20 years, 123 days1 [40] 2872
John Moylan Footscray 26 years, 114 days5 [41] 211Previously played for North Melbourne.
Steven Hoffman Footscray 27 years, 198 days1 [42] 115Previously played for South Melbourne.
Neil Bristow Footscray 23 years, 135 days1 [43] 104
Mark Williams Footscray 21 years, 203 days15 [44] 51Previously played for North Melbourne.
Gordon Polson Footscray 20 years, 123 days17 [45] 51
Robbie Peers Footscray 23 years, 196 days4 [46] 30
Shane Walsh Footscray 20 years, 129 days19 [47] 21
Mark Bos Geelong 18 years, 288 days6 [48] 19516
John Mossop Geelong 19 years, 297 days1 [49] 13487
Peter Featherby Geelong 27 years, 186 days11 [50] 9379Previously played for Footscray
Peter Johnston Geelong 21 years, 166 days4 [51] 92108Previously played for Melbourne
Glen Middlemiss Geelong 22 years, 303 days1 [52] 3429
John Burns Geelong 29 years, 240 days1 [53] 1710Previously played for North Melbourne
Mario Bortolotto Geelong 21 years, 362 days12 [54] 142
John Durnan Geelong 21 years, 284 days3 [55] 10
Greg Nichols Geelong 20 years, 224 days20 [56] 10
John Kennedy Hawthorn 19 years, 171 days6 [57] 241210Son of John Kennedy Sr. Father of Josh P. Kennedy.
Mark Turner Hawthorn 19 years, 084 days14 [58] 356
Terry Moore Hawthorn 27 years, 272 days5 [59] 2110Previously played for North Melbourne.
Robert Polkinghorne Hawthorn 21 years, 88 days8 [60] 50
Brendan McFaull Hawthorn 21 years, 341 days2 [61] 21
Gerard Healy Melbourne 18 years, 037 days1 [62] 130189Won Brownlow Medal in 1988. Brother of Greg Healy
Peter Giles Melbourne 20 years, 357 days9 [63] 12432
Kelly O'Donnell Melbourne 18 years, 156 days3 [64] 8067
Tony Elshaug Melbourne 19 years, 37 days21 [65] 6692
Cameron Clayton Melbourne 22 years, 110 days8 [66] 4418Previously played for Richmond
Robert Elliott Melbourne 25 years, 352 days2 [67] 438Previously played for St Kilda. Brother of Glenn Elliott
Wayne Gordon Melbourne 25 years, 271 days8 [68] 345Previously played for Collingwood
Tony Martyn Melbourne 22 years, 29 days1 [69] 325
Jim Durnan Melbourne 19 years, 066 days12 [70] 262
Glenn Elliott Melbourne 28 years, 235 days1 [71] 1511Previously played for St Kilda. Brother of Robert Elliott
Phil Carman Melbourne 28 years, 215 days1 [72] 1123Previously played for Collingwood
Don Whitford Melbourne 22 years, 161 days4 [73] 103Previously played for Fitzroy
Bruce Elliott Melbourne 22 years, 279 days5 [74] 50
John Wallace Melbourne 19 years, 232 days3 [75] 20
John Dellamarta Melbourne 24 years, 242 days4 [76] 21Previously played for Collingwood
Stewart Gull Melbourne 27 years, 319 days7 [77] 21Previously played for South Melbourne.
Gary Dempsey North Melbourne 30 years, 136 days1 [78] 12239Won 1975 Brownlow Medal. Previously played for Footscray.
Kevin Bryant North Melbourne 24 years, 89 days1 [79] 5838
Russell Ebert North Melbourne 29 years, 289 days1 [80] 2515Four time Magarey Medallist. Father of Brett Ebert
Shane Bond North Melbourne 24 years, 305 days3 [81] 98Previously played for Collingwood
John Murphy North Melbourne 29 years, 215 days12 [82] 98Previously played for Fitzroy and South Melbourne. Father of Marc Murphy
Graham Cornes North Melbourne 31 years, 7 days1 [83] 5101980 Tassie Medallist. Father of Chad and Kane Cornes
Mark Kellett St Kilda 18 years, 324 days11 [84] 557
Michael Nettlefold St Kilda 19 years, 351 days15 [85] 4313
Andrew Cross St Kilda 18 years, 099 days16 [86] 3131
Dean Herbert St Kilda 23 years, 157 days13 [87] 2223
Malcolm Scott St Kilda 21 years, 087 days14 [88] 1026
David Granger St Kilda 24 years, 123 days8 [89] 31
Allan Sinclair St Kilda 25 years, 326 days5 [90] 21Previously played for Fitzroy
Dean Ross St Kilda 24 years, 150 days11 [91] 21
Gary Lugg St Kilda 21 years, 25 days13 [92] 10
Stephen Wright South Melbourne 18 years, 81 days8 [93] 246247
Ian Roberts South Melbourne 22 years, 88 days13 [94] 15733
David Ackerly South Melbourne 18 years, 194 days10 [95] 13812
Max Kruse South Melbourne 20 years, 244 days13 [96] 12632
Wayne Carroll South Melbourne 21 years, 114 days15 [97] 12357Brother of Dennis Carroll
Len Thompson South Melbourne 31 years, 223 days8 [98] 2039Winner of Brownlow Medal in 1972. Previously played for Collingwood
Mark Fraser South Melbourne 19 years, 245 days9 [99] 201
Doug Koop South Melbourne 19 years, 13 days18 [100] 1515
Jon Hummel South Melbourne 22 years, 84 days4 [101] 1420Previously played for Richmond
Dale Murphy South Melbourne 19 years, 334 days18 [102] 120
Daryl Cumming South Melbourne 27 years, 327 days1 [103] 114Previously played for Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne
Robert Lamb South Melbourne 24 years, 136 days9 [104] 710Previously played for Richmond
Garry Williams South Melbourne 22 years, 225 days13 [105] 30
Howard Tarpey South Melbourne 21 years, 155 days22 [106] 10
Barry Rowlings Richmond 28 years, 257 days5 [107] 152117Previously played for Hawthorn
Graeme Landy Richmond 25 years, 065 days18 [108] 12038Previously played for Geelong
Robert Wiley Richmond 24 years, 14 days1 [109] 95127
Stephen Mount Richmond 19 years, 33 days1 [110] 319
Shane Williams Richmond 19 years, 308 days11 [111] 2714
Peter Williams Richmond 21 years, 149 days6 [112] 71
Craig Considine Richmond 20 years, 19 days14 [113] 71
Kim Kershaw Richmond 20 years, 100 days5 [114] 50
Rod Oborne Richmond 25 years, 304 days14 [115] 57Previously played for Collingwood. Father of Brad Oborne.
Frank Bain Richmond 19 years, 315 days3 [116] 20
Barrie Trotter Richmond 19 years, 134 days13 [117] 20

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