List of VFL debuts in 1988

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The 1988 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the ninety second season of the VFL. The season saw 90 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 30 players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

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Summary

Summary of debuts in 1988
ClubAFL debutsChange of club
Brisbane Bears 37
Carlton 60
Collingwood 44
Essendon 73
Fitzroy 52
Footscray 93
Geelong 20
Hawthorn 80
Melbourne 33
North Melbourne 101
Richmond 111
St Kilda 83
Sydney 65
West Coast 81
Total9033

Debuts

NameClubAge at debutRound debutedGames Goals Notes
Roger Merrett Brisbane Bears 27 years, 350 days1 [1] 164285Previously played for Essendon.
Scott McIvor Brisbane Bears 21 years, 238 days1 [2] 13877Previously played for Fitzroy.
Rod Lester-Smith Brisbane Bears 28 years, 330 days1 [3] 3915Previously played for Hawthorn.
Warwick Capper Brisbane Bears 24 years, 296 days1 [4] 3471Previously played for Sydney.
Andrew Taylor Brisbane Bears 22 years, 295 days4 [5] 3113Previously played for Footscray.
Rodney Eade Brisbane Bears 29 years, 365 days1 [6] 303Previously played for Hawthorn.
Michael Kennedy Brisbane Bears 21 years, 60 days1 [7] 233
Matthew Simpson Brisbane Bears 21 years, 36 days7 [8] 92
Tony Lynn Brisbane Bears 20 years, 28 days9 [9] 65
Robert Mace Brisbane Bears 29 years, 254 days4 [10] 10Previously played for Hawthorn and St Kilda.
Luke O'Sullivan Carlton 20 years, 138 days20 [11] 6258
Steven Da Rui Carlton 24 years, 12 days1 [12] 555
David Kernahan Carlton 22 years, 266 days1 [13] 538Brother of Stephen Kernahan.
Gerard Butts Carlton 21 years, 170 days6 [14] 30
Michael Garvey Carlton 22 years, 204 days6 [15] 30
Phillip Poursanidis Carlton 19 years, 364 days6 [16] 33
Damian Monkhorst Collingwood 18 years, 232 days2 [17] 20545
Graham Wright Collingwood 19 years, 302 days1 [18] 201107
Doug Barwick Collingwood 26 years, 57 days1 [19] 7190Previously played for Fitzroy.
Darren Saunders Collingwood 22 years, 258 days5 [20] 442Previously played for Footscray.
Paul Hawke Collingwood 23 years, 274 days1 [21] 4130Previously played for Sydney.
David Robertson Collingwood 25 years, 232 days1 [22] 179
Andrew Tarpey Collingwood 23 years, 27 days21 [23] 91
Tony Elshaug Collingwood 27 years, 349 days14 [24] 64Previously played for Melbourne and Essendon.
Darren Bewick Essendon 20 years, 225 days1 [25] 238332
Peter Somerville Essendon 20 years, 2 days15 [26] 16089Son of John Somerville.
Greg Anderson Essendon 21 years, 324 days1 [27] 103601986 Magarey Medallist.
Bradley Plain Essendon 18 years, 337 days22 [28] 4689
Andrew Rogers Essendon 23 years, 231 days1 [29] 81
Andrew Merryweather Essendon 27 years, 75 days1 [30] 50Previously played for Fitzroy.
Paul O'Brien Essendon 27 years, 14 days5 [31] 32Previously played for Melbourne.
Justin Stubbs Essendon 18 years, 267 days12 [32] 35
Michael O'Sullivan Essendon 26 years, 123 days19 [33] 10Previously played for Melbourne.
Peter Bourke Essendon 22 years, 82 days20 [34] 10
Alastair Lynch Fitzroy 19 years, 302 days3 [35] 120173
Paul Broderick Fitzroy 18 years, 167 days12 [36] 9380
John Ironmonger Fitzroy 27 years, 48 days1 [37] 438Previously played for Sydney.
Andrew Brockhurst Fitzroy 23 years, 264 days6 [38] 380
Terry Board Fitzroy 19 years, 203 days1 [39] 151
Darren Louttit Fitzroy 23 years, 28 days4 [40] 20Previously played for Melbourne.
Steven Newman Fitzroy 22 years, 200 days12 [41] 10
Scott Wynd Footscray 18 years, 188 days18 [42] 23731
Mark Hunter Footscray 22 years, 214 days1 [43] 13010
Terry Wallace Footscray 29 years, 113 days1 [44] 6920Previously played for Hawthorn and Richmond.
Matthew Hogg Footscray 19 years, 105 days1 [45] 594
Stuart Wigney Footscray 19 years, 103 days18 [46] 4721
Darren Davies Footscray 22 years, 178 days2 [47] 3735
Adrian Campbell Footscray 19 years, 187 days15 [48] 3031
Stuart Nicol Footscray 21 years, 206 days4 [49] 74
Michael Svilar Footscray 18 years, 256 days8 [50] 70
Gary Irvine Footscray 22 years, 299 days11 [51] 70
David Allday Footscray 23 years, 154 days5 [52] 61Previously played for Melbourne.
Russell Shields Footscray 25 years, 257 days1 [53] 37Previously played for Hawthorn.
Shane Hamilton Geelong 17 years, 333 days16 [54] 2740
Darren Denneman Geelong 20 years, 33 days4 [55] 40
Stephen Lawrence Hawthorn 19 years, 8 days5 [56] 14630Son of South African Test cricketer Godfrey Lawrence.
Scott Maginness Hawthorn 21 years, 251 days2 [57] 1318
Tony Hall Hawthorn 23 years, 199 days1 [58] 97144
Andrew Gowers Hawthorn 19 years, 41 days8 [59] 8954
Dean Anderson Hawthorn 20 years, 364 days18 [60] 8374
Robert Dickson Hawthorn 24 years, 140 days1 [61] 1712 Australian Survivor winner.
Sean Ralphsmith Hawthorn 21 years, 250 days21 [62] 43
Andrew Demetriou Hawthorn 27 years, 38 days8 [63] 31Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League. Previously played for North Melbourne.
Steven Febey Melbourne 18 years, 269 days7 [64] 25840
Andy Lovell Melbourne 17 years, 263 days3 [65] 164166
Peter Rohde Melbourne 23 years, 170 days6 [66] 11722Previously played for Carlton.
Jamie Duursma Melbourne 24 years, 182 days7 [67] 330Previously played for Sydney and Brisbane.
David Flintoff Melbourne 24 years, 138 days9 [68] 3120Previously played for Hawthorn.
Jay Viney Melbourne 19 years, 224 days18 [69] 234Brother of Todd Viney.
Mick Martyn North Melbourne 19 years, 222 days2 [70] 28716Son of Bryan Martyn.
John Longmire North Melbourne 17 years, 114 days4 [71] 200511
Wayne Schwass North Melbourne 19 years, 127 days1 [72] 18497
Anthony Rock North Melbourne 17 years, 263 days12 [73] 178138
Jose Romero North Melbourne 17 years, 18 days21 [74] 8998
Michael Murphy North Melbourne 22 years, 207 days1 [75] 31
Mark O'Donoghue North Melbourne 20 years, 274 days2 [76] 22
Darren Ogier North Melbourne 25 years, 103 days7 [77] 23Previously played for Carlton.
Brenton Harris North Melbourne 18 years, 282 days16 [78] 20Brother of Darren Harris.
Kevin Hughes North Melbourne 25 years, 81 days1 [79] 10
Brett MacKenzie North Melbourne 20 years, 68 days19 [80] 10
Matthew Knights Richmond 17 years, 299 days18 [81] 279141
Craig Lambert Richmond 19 years, 182 days1 [82] 12353
Brian Leys Richmond 20 years, 90 days6 [83] 11019
Trent Nichols Richmond 18 years, 363 days1 [84] 7565
Tim Powell Richmond 19 years, 361 days2 [85] 6440
Justin Pickering Richmond 20 years, 246 days1 [86] 5954Brother of Michael Pickering.
David Honybun Richmond 26 years, 1 days1 [87] 5539Previously played for Carlton.
Greg Hamilton Richmond 19 years, 326 days7 [88] 2917
Chris Pym Richmond 22 years, 28 days8 [89] 2413
Mark Summers Richmond 21 years, 249 days2 [90] 154
Wayne Peters Richmond 19 years, 77 days21 [91] 51
Paul Barlow Richmond 19 years, 149 days4 [92] 40
Robert Harvey St Kilda 16 years, 351 days19 [93] 3832151997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist. Brother of Anthony Harvey.
Jayson Daniels St Kilda 17 years, 57 days3 [94] 11526
Brett Bowey St Kilda 19 years, 67 days19 [95] 8579
Gordon Fode St Kilda 17 years, 22 days22 [96] 5231
Ian Muller St Kilda 22 years, 304 days8 [97] 212Previously played for Carlton.
Bob Jones St Kilda 26 years, 165 days1 [98] 202Father of Liam Jones.
Steve Turner St Kilda 27 years, 99 days1 [99] 121Previously played for Melbourne.
Sean Simpson St Kilda 18 years, 14 days5 [100] 71
Peter Freeman St Kilda 19 years, 99 days15 [101] 50
Mark Dwyer St Kilda 23 years, 353 days17 [102] 10Previously played for Fitzroy.
Glenn MacMillan St Kilda 18 years, 307 days21 [103] 10
Mark Eustice Sydney 25 years, 160 days17 [104] 469Previously played for Essendon and Richmond.
Mark Kellett Sydney 27 years, 326 days12 [105] 371Previously played for St Kilda and Footscray.
Michael Parsons Sydney 27 years, 190 days2 [106] 2514
David Willis Sydney 20 years, 182 days15 [107] 253
David Brown Sydney 20 years, 266 days6 [108] 1218
Michael Lockman Sydney 24 years, 219 days1 [109] 111Previously played for Richmond and Collingwood.
Craig Davis Sydney 33 years, 185 days1 [110] 917Father of Nick Davis. Previously played for Carlton, North Melbourne and Collingwood.
Adrian Battiston Sydney 24 years, 235 days1 [111] 93Previously played for Melbourne.
Jim Silvestro Sydney 24 years, 322 days3 [112] 87
John Brinkkotter Sydney 21 years, 334 days1 [113] 51
David Cordner Sydney 21 years, 334 days2 [114] 56Previously played for Melbourne.
Guy McKenna West Coast 18 years, 327 days1 [115] 26728Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club coach.
Chris Waterman West Coast 19 years, 223 days5 [116] 17775
Karl Langdon West Coast 20 years, 5 days1 [117] 100107
Murray Rance West Coast 26 years, 68 days1 [118] 577Father of Alex Rance. Previously played for Footscray.
Troy Ugle West Coast 19 years, 356 days2 [119] 4343
David O'Connell West Coast 25 years, 18 days2 [120] 276Brother of Michael O'Connell
Brent Hutton West Coast 24 years, 8 days4 [121] 139
Joe Cormack West Coast 21 years, 257 days7 [122] 107
Kevin Caton West Coast 22 years, 300 days18 [123] 11

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