List of VFL debuts in 1989

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The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). The season saw 84 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 25 players transfer to new clubs, having previously played in the VFL.

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Summary

Summary of debuts in 1989
ClubVFL debutsChange of club
Brisbane Bears 63
Carlton 82
Collingwood 71
Essendon 61
Fitzroy 73
Footscray 43
Geelong 42
Hawthorn 30
Melbourne 52
North Melbourne 90
Richmond 70
St Kilda 44
Sydney 42
West Coast 102
Total8425

Debuts

NameClubAge at debutRound debutedGames Goals Notes
Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane Bears 17 years, 243 days9 [1] 318145
John Gastev Brisbane Bears 24 years, 233 days1 [2] 11341Previously played for West Coast.
Martin Leslie Brisbane Bears 26 years, 135 days1 [3] 10711
David Bain Brisbane Bears 22 years, 334 days1 [4] 8644
Mark Zanotti Brisbane Bears 24 years, 199 days9 [5] 645Previously played for West Coast.
Alex Ishchenko Brisbane Bears 26 years, 362 days1 [6] 4215Previously played for West Coast.
Lachlan Sim Brisbane Bears 19 years, 136 days2 [7] 215
Chris O'Sullivan Brisbane Bears 21 years, 34 days9 [8] 82
Simon Hose Brisbane Bears 21 years, 361 days2 [9] 52
Fraser Brown Carlton 18 years, 226 days1 [10] 17791Son of Joyce Brown and grandson of Doug Anderson.
Andrew Phillips Carlton 19 years, 92 days5 [11] 4226Uncle of Tom and Ed Phillips.
Simon Verbeek Carlton 22 years, 3 days1 [12] 3833
Glenn Hawker Carlton 28 years, 15 days1 [13] 2726Previously played for Essendon.
Simon Minton-Connell Carlton 20 years, 80 days15 [14] 1950Nephew of Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson.
Dominic Fotia Carlton 19 years, 148 days6 [15] 184
Andrew McKinnon Carlton 20 years, 247 days1 [16] 157
Ashley Matthews Carlton 19 years, 252 days18 [17] 93
Paul Payne Carlton 24 years, 41 days3 [18] 50Previously played for Melbourne.
Peter White Carlton 18 years, 313 days8 [19] 31
Craig Kelly Collingwood 22 years, 310 days4 [20] 12243Grandson of Bert Kelly.
Colin Alexander Collingwood 18 years, 354 days1 [21] 2428
Heath Shephard Collingwood 19 years, 220 days3 [22] 1116Son of Graeme Shephard.
Murray Wrensted Collingwood 24 years, 247 days5 [23] 104Previously played for West Coast.
Brendan Tranter Collingwood 18 years, 114 days19 [24] 80
Terry Hecker Collingwood 19 years, 239 days22 [25] 61
Mark Bayliss Collingwood 23 years, 152 days7 [26] 46
Simon Taylor Collingwood 18 years, 256 days21 [27] 21
Michael Long Essendon 19 years, 181 days1 [28] 190143
David Grenvold Essendon 23 years, 25 days1 [29] 11218
Kieran Sporn Essendon 22 years, 215 days1 [30] 7265Brother of Rachael Sporn.
Michael Werner Essendon 19 years, 331 days6 [31] 4060
Andrew Manning Essendon 22 years, 256 days18 [32] 2520Previously played for St Kilda.
Craig O'Brien Essendon 19 years, 175 days21 [33] 2116
Andrew Underwood Essendon 21 years, 260 days1 [34] 124
Jason Baldwin Fitzroy 19 years, 215 days11 [35] 12536
Darren Wheildon Fitzroy 18 years, 197 days9 [36] 70160
Brendan McCormack Fitzroy 18 years, 277 days1 [37] 4427
Wally Matera Fitzroy 22 years, 125 days1 [38] 3239Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. Previously played for West Coast.
Carl Dilena Fitzroy 22 years, 15 days1 [39] 2315
Peter Bourke Fitzroy 22 years, 355 days7 [40] 223Previously played for Essendon.
Tony Woods Fitzroy 19 years, 287 days3 [41] 134
Kevin Caton Fitzroy 23 years, 333 days2 [42] 98Previously played for West Coast.
Brad Edwards Fitzroy 21 years, 38 days1 [43] 61
Dean Lupson Fitzroy 20 years, 175 days19 [44] 60
Nigel Kellett Footscray 19 years, 224 days17 [45] 10141
Justin Charles Footscray 19 years, 332 days21 [46] 3624Son of John R. Charles and nephew of Norm Charles.
Tim Harrington Footscray 25 years, 216 days4 [47] 180Previously played for North Melbourne and Collingwood.
John Georgiades Footscray 23 years, 88 days1 [48] 1527Father of Mitch Georgiades.
Mark Williams Footscray 22 years, 240 days1 [49] 1413Son of John Williams. Previously played for Carlton.
Phillip O'Keeffe Footscray 22 years, 105 days1 [50] 919
Tony Evans Footscray 23 years, 83 days4 [51] 31Previously played for St Kilda.
Ken Hinkley Geelong 22 years, 184 days1 [52] 12158Cousin of Gary Rohan. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Andrew Rogers Geelong 24 years, 264 days6 [53] 752Previously played for Essendon.
Spiro Malakellis Geelong 21 years, 120 days7 [54] 6718Brother of Tony Malakellis.
Adrian Fletcher Geelong 18 years, 289 days8 [55] 2310
Ray Sterrett Geelong 24 years, 16 days2 [56] 207
Tim Bourke Geelong 19 years, 353 days1 [57] 50Brother of Damian Bourke and uncle of Jordan Bourke.
Greg Madigan Hawthorn 19 years, 139 days11 [58] 404
Lawrence Bingham Hawthorn 19 years, 308 days1 [59] 30
Matthew Bourke Hawthorn 20 years, 268 days10 [60] 10
Darren Bennett Melbourne 24 years, 96 days3 [61] 74208Previously played for West Coast.
Luke Beveridge Melbourne 18 years, 263 days7 [62] 4241 2016 AFL Premiership coach. Grandson of Jack Beveridge.
John Howat Melbourne 18 years, 317 days9 [63] 2010
Dannie Seow Melbourne 21 years, 317 days1 [64] 72Previously played for Collingwood.
John Ahern Melbourne 18 years, 203 days1 [65] 20
Tom Kavanagh Melbourne 19 years, 22 days7 [66] 21Son of Brent Crosswell.
Anthony Stevens North Melbourne 18 years, 41 days19 [67] 292127
Wayne Carey North Melbourne 18 years, 14 days11 [68] 244671
Liam Pickering North Melbourne 20 years, 309 days15 [69] 228Son of Michael Pickering.
Warwick Angus North Melbourne 19 years, 275 days3 [70] 133
Derek Kickett North Melbourne 26 years, 213 days6 [71] 1212Uncle of Lance Franklin, Jarrod Garlett, Dale Kickett and Byron Pickett. Cousin of Nicky Winmar.
Leigh Tudor North Melbourne 19 years, 272 days13 [72] 86
Andrew Krakouer North Melbourne 18 years, 20 days17 [73] 88Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew Krakouer.
Tim McGrath North Melbourne 18 years, 231 days9 [74] 70
Steven Venner North Melbourne 19 years, 209 days1 [75] 40
Barry Young Richmond 18 years, 303 days4 [76] 5323
Stuart Griffiths Richmond 20 years, 67 days2 [77] 1714
Cory Young Richmond 18 years, 166 days20 [78] 61
Mark Stockdale Richmond 20 years, 284 days18 [79] 62
Richard Lounder Richmond 22 years, 100 days5 [80] 45
Mark McLeod Richmond 20 years, 165 days11 [81] 30
Brett Mahony Richmond 19 years, 60 days10 [82] 20
Craig Devonport St Kilda 19 years, 92 days5 [83] 9480
Lazar Vidovic St Kilda 24 years, 105 days15 [84] 8013
Paul Harding St Kilda 24 years, 301 days1 [85] 627Previously played for Hawthorn.
Danny Craven St Kilda 21 years, 333 days1 [86] 3310
Peter Russo St Kilda 29 years, 168 days3 [87] 3320Previously played for Hawthorn.
Ian Dargie St Kilda 25 years, 249 days16 [88] 101
Brian Winton St Kilda 25 years, 359 days16 [89] 54Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Robert Handley St Kilda 24 years, 118 days6 [90] 42Previously played for Hawthorn.
Sanford Wheeler Sydney Swans 19 years, 30 days6 [91] 437
Robert Teal Sydney Swans 21 years, 356 days3 [92] 1818
Glenn Page Sydney Swans 19 years, 161 days22 [93] 183
Tim Barling Sydney Swans 24 years, 39 days17 [94] 132Previously played for Richmond.
Darren Ogier Sydney Swans 26 years, 115 days9 [95] 816Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne.
Paul Holdsworth Sydney Swans 19 years, 58 days3 [96] 63
Peter Sumich West Coast 21 years, 79 days1 [97] 150514
Don Pyke West Coast 20 years, 116 days1 [98] 13270Son of Frank Pyke and brother of James Pyke.
Craig Turley West Coast 23 years, 219 days1 [99] 11591
Scott Watters West Coast 20 years, 100 days6 [100] 4613
Stevan Jackson West Coast 19 years, 52 days5 [101] 3868
Todd Breman West Coast 23 years, 154 days1 [102] 2315Played first-class cricket for Western Australia.
Shane Ellis West Coast 28 years, 185 days1 [103] 108
Peter Melesso West Coast 27 years, 137 days3 [104] 64Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda.
Clinton Browning West Coast 27 years, 47 days4 [105] 45
Peter Higgins West Coast 22 years, 243 days11 [106] 40
Richard Geary West Coast 25 years, 211 days4 [107] 20Previously played for Richmond.
Shane Cable West Coast 19 years, 115 days12 [108] 10Son of Barry Cable.

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