List of VFL debuts in 1982

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The 1982 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 86th season of the VFL. The season saw 91 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 26 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

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Summary

Summary of debuts in 1982
ClubVFL debutsChange of club
Carlton 42
Collingwood 103
Essendon 62
Fitzroy 72
Footscray 131
Geelong 91
Hawthorn 42
Melbourne 113
North Melbourne 71
Richmond 45
St Kilda 131
Sydney 33
Total9126

Debuts

NameClubAge at debutRound debutedGames Goals Notes
Paul Meldrum Carlton 21 years, 293 days15 [1] 158140
Allan Montgomery Carlton 23 years, 206 days1 [2] 336
Ross Ditchburn Carlton 25 years, 58 days8 [3] 2891
Mark Buckley Carlton 19 years, 340 days18 [4] 2735Son of Brian Buckley and brother of Stephen Buckley.
David Clarke Carlton 29 years, 114 days5 [5] 921Father of David, Tim and Georgina Clarke. Previously played for Geelong.
Stephen Easton Carlton 22 years, 290 days10 [6] 10Son of Kevin Easton. Previously played for North Melbourne.
Geoff Miles Collingwood 20 years, 90 days3 [7] 317Father of Teia Miles and father-in-law of Mitch Duncan.
Chris Dalkin Collingwood 20 years, 45 days4 [8] 1812
Wally Lovett Collingwood 20 years, 109 days2 [9] 1511
Graham Teasdale Collingwood 26 years, 274 days1 [10] 14211977 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Richmond and South Melbourne.
Tom Floyd Collingwood 21 years, 255 days13 [11] 148Previously played for Geelong.
Neil Peart Collingwood 23 years, 173 days1 [12] 130
Mark Lawson Collingwood 20 years, 54 days17 [13] 110
Tony Russell Collingwood 21 years, 192 days17 [14] 817
Paul Ryan Collingwood 20 years, 22 days12 [15] 61
Tony Beers Collingwood 19 years, 182 days7 [16] 51Son of Brian Beers and brother of Mark Beers.
Tony Keenan Collingwood 18 years, 79 days17 [17] 30
Gordon Towan Collingwood 28 years, 59 days9 [18] 20
Peter Carter Collingwood 23 years, 23 days9 [19] 11Previously played for South Melbourne.
Billy Duckworth Essendon 23 years, 34 days1 [20] 12664Brother of John Duckworth.
Stephen Copping Essendon 25 years, 236 days1 [21] 4288
Wayne Otway Essendon 25 years, 276 days1 [22] 3665
Chris Waterson Essendon 21 years, 99 days15 [23] 3111
Tony West Essendon 25 years, 218 days4 [24] 88
Roy Ramsay Essendon 26 years, 146 days10 [25] 30Previously played for North Melbourne.
Brian Brown Essendon 24 years, 300 days17 [26] 20Father of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Anton Grbac Essendon 21 years, 210 days20 [27] 20
Paul Roos Fitzroy 18 years, 295 days4 [28] 269270
Richard Osborne Fitzroy 18 years, 17 days15 [29] 187411Brother of Graham Osborne.
Gary Pert Fitzroy 16 years, 325 days4 [30] 16342Son of Brian Pert.
Bradley Gotch Fitzroy 19 years, 277 days1 [31] 4360Father of Seb Gotch.
Garry Sidebottom Fitzroy 27 years, 238 days16 [32] 4353Brother of Allan Sidebottom. Previously played for St Kilda and Geelong.
Michael Coates Fitzroy 21 years, 80 days1 [33] 295Son of George Coates.
Jan Smith Fitzroy 25 years, 354 days8 [34] 71Previously played for Geelong.
Mark Eaves Fitzroy 20 years, 351 days8 [35] 20
Andrew Merryweather Fitzroy 21 years, 117 days1 [36] 10Also known as Andrew Guthrie. Father of Cameron and Zach Guthrie.
Stephen MacPherson Footscray 17 years, 115 days1 [37] 188152Brother of Rod MacPherson and father of Darcy MacPherson.
Simon Beasley Footscray 25 years, 234 days1 [38] 154575
Rod MacPherson Footscray 18 years, 285 days15 [39] 4324Brother of Stephen MacPherson and uncle of Darcy MacPherson.
Terry Love Footscray 18 years, 143 days1 [40] 1311
Gary Walpole Footscray 18 years, 170 days4 [41] 125
Ian Rickman Footscray 19 years, 108 days16 [42] 1110
Ross Christensen Footscray 20 years, 128 days12 [43] 1016
Allan Jennings Footscray 23 years, 4 days1 [44] 915
Steven Hargrave Footscray 27 years, 295 days4 [45] 20Father of Ryan Hargrave.
Lindsay Sneddon Footscray 20 years, 141 days13 [46] 21
Jamie Barham Footscray 21 years, 214 days15 [47] 10Brother of Ricky Barham and uncle of Jaxson Barham. Previously played for Melbourne.
Darren Brown Footscray 17 years, 56 days15 [48] 10
Darren Grant Footscray 19 years, 97 days18 [49] 10
Bruce West Footscray 19 years, 265 days19 [50] 10
Andrew Bews Geelong 17 years, 222 days4 [51] 207132Father of Jed Bews.
Tim Darcy Geelong 18 years, 204 days9 [52] 17683
Damian Drum Geelong 21 years, 284 days7 [53] 6334Uncle of Marcus Drum.
David O'Keeffe Geelong 20 years, 70 days6 [54] 5822
Craig Cleave Geelong 19 years, 73 days17 [55] 4812
Rod Waddell Geelong 25 years, 13 days11 [56] 2010Uncle of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop. Previously played for Carlton.
Peter Zychla Geelong 18 years, 279 days5 [57] 121
Stephen Nichols Geelong 18 years, 331 days8 [58] 76
Phillip Maddock Geelong 20 years, 185 days3 [59] 31
Karl Fedke Geelong 20 years, 24 days21 [60] 20
Dermott Brereton Hawthorn 18 years, 23 daysSF [61] 189427
Gary Buckenara Hawthorn 23 years, 267 days1 [62] 154293
Richard Loveridge Hawthorn 19 years, 71 days1 [63] 136119
Michael Byrne Hawthorn 23 years, 131 days3 [64] 9097Previously played for Melbourne.
Gary Ablett Hawthorn 20 years, 184 days2 [65] 610Brother of Geoff and Kevin Ablett, brother-in-law of Michael Tuck, father of Gary Jr. and Nathan Ablett, and uncle of Luke Ablett and Shane and Travis Tuck.
Robert Dutton Hawthorn 19 years, 71 days14 [66] 11Previously played for Carlton.
Brian Wilson Melbourne 20 years, 179 days1 [67] 1542081982 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Footscray and North Melbourne.
Alan Johnson Melbourne 25 years, 128 days1 [68] 13595First player to be drafted in VFL/AFL Draft history. Father of Chris Johnson.
Adrian Battiston Melbourne 18 years, 193 days1 [69] 9675
Alan Jarrott Melbourne 25 years, 223 days1 [70] 9126Previously played for North Melbourne.
Chris Connolly Melbourne 19 years, 86 days13 [71] 8438
Steven Icke Melbourne 26 years, 21 days1 [72] 7817Previously played for North Melbourne.
Dale Dickson Melbourne 19 years, 288 days4 [73] 5620
David Cordner Melbourne 19 years, 307 days1 [74] 5361Grandson of Edward Cordner, son of Ted Cordner and nephew of Denis, Don and John Cordner.
Michael O'Sullivan Melbourne 19 years, 357 days1 [75] 5311
Ted Fidge Melbourne 19 years, 12 days1 [76] 4261Brother of John Fidge.
Peter Tossol Melbourne 19 years, 161 days6 [77] 1720Brother of John Tossol.
Stephen McCarthy Melbourne 19 years, 355 days6 [78] 129
Stuart McKenzie Melbourne 21 years, 84 days6 [79] 90
Scott Sutcliffe Melbourne 19 years, 178 days19 [80] 72
Donald McDonald North Melbourne 19 years, 363 days19 [81] 155165Father of Luke McDonald
Phil Krakouer North Melbourne 22 years, 71 days1 [82] 141224Brother of Andrew and Jim Krakouer and uncle of Andrew and Nathan Krakouer.
Jim Krakouer North Melbourne 23 years, 165 days1 [83] 134229Brother of Andrew and Phil Krakouer, father of Andrew Krakouer and uncle of Nathan Krakouer.
Graeme Atkins North Melbourne 18 years, 162 days3 [84] 6139
Bruce Abernethy North Melbourne 19 years, 321 days1 [85] 4321
Craig Holden North Melbourne 24 years, 225 days1 [86] 292
Phil Carman North Melbourne 31 years, 232 days5 [87] 1327Previously played for Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne.
Brad Nimmo North Melbourne 23 years, 171 days17 [88] 130
Phil Egan Richmond 19 years, 39 days2 [89] 125117
Maurice Rioli Richmond 24 years, 200 days2 [90] 11880
Andy Preston Richmond 24 years, 300 days12 [91] 186Previously played for Geelong.
Ian Sartori Richmond 23 years, 212 days16 [92] 187Previously played for St Kilda.
Wayne Shand Richmond 21 years, 104 days6 [93] 121
Stephen Pirrie Richmond 21 years, 88 days13 [94] 110Grandson of Richard Pirrie, son of Kevin Pirrie and nephew of Dick Pirrie.
Darryl Sutton Richmond 29 years, 259 days3 [95] 60Previously played for North Melbourne.
Ross Brewer Richmond 28 years, 274 days8 [96] 68Brother of Ian Brewer. Previously played for Melbourne and Collingwood.
Noel Mugavin Richmond 25 years, 265 days2 [97] 23Uncle of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Peter Kiel St Kilda 23 years, 176 days1 [98] 8029
Robert Mace St Kilda 23 years, 269 days7 [99] 7232Previously played for Hawthorn.
Darryl Cowie St Kilda 21 years, 26 days3 [100] 568
Glen Brown St Kilda 20 years, 160 days12 [101] 3125
John Favier St Kilda 21 years, 254 days2 [102] 261
Simon O'Donnell St Kilda 19 years, 60 days1 [103] 2418Represented Australia in cricket.
Greg Packham St Kilda 23 years, 26 days1 [104] 1731
Paul Armstrong St Kilda 25 years, 83 days2 [105] 121
Wayne Slattery St Kilda 21 years, 156 days2 [106] 1112Father of Tyson Slattery.
Steven Allan St Kilda 25 years, 221 days6 [107] 92
Allan Hassell St Kilda 24 years, 32 days6 [108] 60
Neil Park St Kilda 20 years, 22 days20 [109] 35
Geoff Linke St Kilda 26 years, 133 days2 [110] 23
Malcolm Smith St Kilda 23 years, 95 days22 [111] 10Father of Nick Smith.
Craig Braddy Sydney Swans 28 years, 24 days7 [112] 5683Brother of Shane Braddy. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Steven Taubert Sydney Swans 28 years, 242 days11 [113] 4426Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Jack Lucas Sydney Swans 21 years, 73 days13 [114] 196
John Reid Sydney Swans 29 years, 142 days16 [115] 102Previously played for Melbourne and Footscray.
Gerard Neesham Sydney Swans 27 years, 148 days7 [116] 91
Trevor Mustey Sydney Swans 18 years, 249 days11 [117] 20

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