This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1933.
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
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Bob Green | Carlton | 22 years, 135 days | 4 [1] | 187 | 58 | Brother of Jack Green. |
Jack Hale | Carlton | 20 years, 131 days | 3 [2] | 123 | 78 | |
Jack Cooper | Carlton | 21 years, 297 days | 6 [3] | 15 | 31 | |
Les Hughson | Carlton | 25 years, 257 days | 5 [4] | 12 | 7 | Previously played for Collingwood and Hawthorn. In all, played for five different clubs. Brother of Fred and Mick Hughson. |
Rod Leffanue | Carlton | 20 years, 158 days | 7 [5] | 9 | 20 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Ray Quinn | Carlton | 19 years, 224 days | 15 [6] | 4 | 1 | |
Steve Bloomer | Carlton | 23 years, 253 days | 15 [7] | 3 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Ray Harry | Carlton | 24 years, 15 days | 17 [8] | 1 | 0 | |
Alby Pannam | Collingwood | 19 years, 094 days | 13 [9] | 181 | 453 | Son of Charlie Pannam. |
Marcus Whelan | Collingwood | 18 years, 327 days | 4 [10] | 173 | 31 | Father of Shane Whelan. |
Jack Carmody | Collingwood | 21 years, 340 days | 3 [11] | 94 | 12 | |
Leo Morgan | Collingwood | 20 years, 87 days | 14 [12] | 82 | 7 | |
Keith Fraser | Collingwood | 20 years, 26 days | 3 [13] | 62 | 9 | |
Norm Le Brun | Collingwood | 25 years, 21 days | 3 [14] | 19 | 23 | Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon. |
Reg Gibson | Collingwood | 20 years, 168 days | 5 [15] | 16 | 6 | |
Bernie Guthrie | Collingwood | 21 years, 219 days | 1 [16] | 7 | 5 | |
Lou Daily | Collingwood | 21 years, 125 days | 6 [17] | 7 | 7 | Won 1935 Sandover Medal. |
John Galbally | Collingwood | 23 years, 3 days | 15 [18] | 7 | 0 | Served as a Minister in the Victorian Government. Brother of Frank Galbally, |
Ivan McIntosh | Collingwood | 19 years, 136 days | 1 [19] | 6 | 0 | |
Alfred Andrew-Street | Collingwood | 19 years, 28 days | 2 [20] | 6 | 0 | Played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
Keith Kent | Collingwood | 20 years, 188 days | 3 [21] | 5 | 0 | |
Frank Slade | Collingwood | 17 years, 304 days | 1 [22] | 2 | 0 | |
Max Turner | Collingwood | 21 years, 272 days | 11 [23] | 2 | 0 | |
Noel Burrows | Collingwood | 22 years, 33 days | 1 [24] | 1 | 0 | |
Albert Downs | Collingwood | 27 years, 215 days | 1 [25] | 1 | 0 | |
George Bates | Collingwood | 19 years, 163 days | 8 [26] | 1 | 0 | |
Dick Reynolds | Essendon | 17 years, 331 days | 1 [27] | 314 | 67 | Three time Brownlow Medal winner (1934, 1937, 1938). Brother of Tom Reynolds and grandfather of Joel Reynolds. |
Hugh Torney | Essendon | 19 years, 252 days | 4 [28] | 173 | 81 | |
George Bell | Essendon | 21 years, 41 days | 8 [29] | 120 | 4 | |
Les Griggs | Essendon | 19 years, 28 days | 6 [30] | 99 | 52 | |
Ted Rippon | Essendon | 19 years, 84 days | 13 [31] | 69 | 12 | |
Wally Milne | Essendon | 22 years, 228 days | 14 [32] | 22 | 11 | |
Walt Wollermann | Essendon | 25 years, 10 days | 10 [33] | 9 | 2 | |
Clive McCorkell | Essendon | 22 years, 351 days | 2 [34] | 7 | 1 | |
Alby Jacobsen | Essendon | 30 years, 273 days | 7 [35] | 7 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Bill Ewing | Essendon | 24 years, 20 days | 8 [36] | 5 | 3 | |
Frank Hunting | Essendon | 23 years, 87 days | 6 [37] | 4 | 0 | |
Stan Lawler | Essendon | 23 years, 189 days | 6 [38] | 3 | 9 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Reg Twite | Essendon | 22 years, 0 days | 1 [39] | 2 | 0 | |
Harold Dickinson | Essendon | 24 years, 220 days | 9 [40] | 2 | 2 | |
Norm McCleary | Essendon | 22 years, 22 days | 15 [41] | 2 | 3 | |
Jimmy Bates | Essendon | 22 years, 315 days | 2 [42] | 1 | 0 | At the time of his death on 6 October 2009, Bates was the oldest living VFL/AFL player. |
Dan Murray | Fitzroy | 20 years, 131 days | 1 [43] | 66 | 4 | Father of Kevin Murray |
Alf Callick | Fitzroy | 24 years, 217 days | 1 [44] | 37 | 6 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Frank Donnellan | Fitzroy | 25 years, 163 days | 1 [45] | 36 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn and North Melbourne. |
Leslie Watt | Fitzroy | 20 years, 169 days | 5 [46] | 35 | 19 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Jock Cordner | Fitzroy | 22 years, 324 days | 1 [47] | 24 | 23 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Clete Turner | Fitzroy | 24 years, 55 days | 8 [48] | 15 | 3 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Frank O'Rourke | Fitzroy | 27 years, 98 days | 1 [49] | 7 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Seff Parry | Fitzroy | 25 years, 255 days | 1 [50] | 5 | 3 | |
Arthur Williams | Fitzroy | 31 years, 55 days | 8 [51] | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Wally Mitchell | Fitzroy | 24 years, 343 days | 5 [52] | 2 | 0 | |
Keith Marshall | Fitzroy | 26 years, 42 days | 6 [53] | 2 | 5 | |
Bruce Scharp | Fitzroy | 28 years, 31 days | 9 [54] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton and Hawthorn. |
Keith Giffen | Fitzroy | 21 years, 316 days | 14 [55] | 2 | 0 | |
Claude Canaway | Fitzroy | 21 years, 183 days | 16 [56] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Kidd | Fitzroy | 25 years, 167 days | 15 [57] | 1 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon and Carlton. |
Ambrose Palmer | Footscray | 22 years, 202 days | 2 [58] | 83 | 44 | Australian heavyweight boxing champion. |
Bill Grundy | Footscray | 21 years, 195 days | 6 [59] | 28 | 4 | |
Jack Vosti | Footscray | 30 years, 18 days | 3 [60] | 26 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Wally Kelly | Footscray | 19 years, 102 days | 1 [61] | 22 | 3 | |
Bob Muir | Footscray | 26 years, 44 days | 4 [62] | 22 | 1 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Alan Rait | Footscray | 24 years, 171 days | 1 [63] | 19 | 62 | |
Charlie O'Leary | Footscray | 22 years, 51 days | 3 [64] | 16 | 0 | |
Frank Spilling | Footscray | 20 years, 272 days | 13 [65] | 14 | 0 | |
Jack Somerville | Footscray | 21 years, 258 days | 1 [66] | 10 | 1 | |
Norm Honey | Footscray | 19 years, 163 days | 11 [67] | 10 | 4 | |
Milton McIntyre | Footscray | 23 years, 209 days | 4 [68] | 14 | 11 | |
Reg Thomas | Footscray | 23 years, 360 days | 10 [69] | 9 | 10 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Peter Hannan | Footscray | 24 years, 200 days | 2 [70] | 6 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Bill Findlay | Footscray | 19 years, 196 days | 3 [71] | 5 | 8 | |
Mick Higgins | Footscray | 21 years, 300 days | 6 [72] | 2 | 0 | |
Charlie Richards | Footscray | 22 years, 347 days | 14 [73] | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Arklay | Geelong | 19 years, 97 days | 10 [74] | 137 | 45 | |
Angie Muller | Geelong | 20 years, 167 days | 1 [75] | 115 | 37 | |
Joe Tucker | Geelong | 20 years, 181 days | 12 [76] | 24 | 17 | |
Reg Gross | Geelong | 23 years, 11 days | 9 [77] | 16 | 0 | |
Bob Walker | Geelong | 21 years, 86 days | 12 [78] | 14 | 1 | |
Eric Orr | Geelong | 23 years, 241 days | 1 [79] | 11 | 2 | |
Tom Stapleton | Geelong | 25 years, 286 days | 1 [80] | 6 | 0 | |
Lindsay Lamb | Geelong | 19 years, 306 days | 17 [81] | 4 | 1 | |
Jim Williamson | Geelong | 22 years, 241 days | SF [82] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Ron Barling | Geelong | 20 years, 311 days | 15 [83] | 1 | 0 | |
George Dower | Hawthorn | 20 years, 53 days | 18 [84] | 100 | 17 | |
Ernie Loveless | Hawthorn | 25 years, 144 days | 1 [85] | 56 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Roy Rodda | Hawthorn | 22 years, 355 days | 1 [86] | 34 | 31 | |
Norm Hillard | Hawthorn | 18 years, 91 days | 18 [87] | 32 | 57 | |
Alex Lee | Hawthorn | 25 years, 36 days | 1 [88] | 31 | 1 | |
Steve Bravo | Hawthorn | 21 years, 29 days | 9 [89] | 31 | 12 | |
Jack Zander | Hawthorn | 22 years, 297 days | 1 [90] | 14 | 3 | |
Bert Carey | Hawthorn | 22 years, 334 days | 1 [91] | 10 | 16 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Bill Twomey, Sr. | Hawthorn | 34 years, 13 days | 1 [92] | 10 | 0 | Father of Mick, Pat and Bill Twomey. Previously played for Collingwood. |
Frank Aked, Sr. | Hawthorn | 30 years, 155 days | 1 [93] | 8 | 2 | Father of Frank Aked, Jr., grandfather of Arthur and Allan Edwards and great-grandfather of Jake Edwards and Shane O'Bree. Previously played for Footscray. |
Leo Clements | Hawthorn | 25 years, 242 days | 11 [94] | 7 | 0 | |
Fred Sayers | Hawthorn | 20 years, 81 days | 17 [95] | 7 | 4 | |
Charlie McGillivray | Hawthorn | 23 years, 5 days | 12 [96] | 3 | 0 | |
Geoff Farrelly | Hawthorn | 25 years, 20 days | 1 [97] | 2 | 1 | |
Tom Mercer | Hawthorn | 22 years, 301 days | 8 [98] | 2 | 0 | |
Bruce Scharp | Hawthorn | 27 years, 347 days | 2 [99] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Laurence Cordner | Hawthorn | 22 years, 144 days | 10 [100] | 1 | 1 | |
Jack White | Hawthorn | 21 years, 80 days | 18 [101] | 1 | 0 | |
Rowley Fischer | Melbourne | 23 years, 64 days | 1 [102] | 137 | 34 | |
Les Jones | Melbourne | 23 years, 189 days | 1 [103] | 121 | 88 | |
Eric Glass | Melbourne | 23 years, 66 days | 1 [104] | 78 | 135 | |
Colin Niven | Melbourne | 29 years, 235 days | 1 [105] | 44 | 13 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
Jack Bennett | Melbourne | 23 years, 138 days | 10 [106] | 43 | 28 | |
Charlie Longhurst | Melbourne | 22 years, 49 days | 5 [107] | 40 | 1 | |
Billy Libbis | Melbourne | 29 years, 322 days | 4 [108] | 39 | 25 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Jack Sambell | Melbourne | 24 years, 344 days | 1 [109] | 24 | 6 | |
Noel Barnett | Melbourne | 24 years, 172 days | 3 [110] | 11 | 2 | |
Bill Robinson | Melbourne | 24 years, 284 days | 8 [111] | 3 | 1 | |
Jack Harrison | Melbourne | 24 years, 344 days | 18 [112] | 3 | 2 | |
Percy Streeter | Melbourne | 21 years, 302 days | 5 [113] | 2 | 0 | |
Cliff Tyson | Melbourne | 22 years, 272 days | 8 [114] | 2 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Charlie Skinner | North Melbourne | 20 years, 208 days | 14 [115] | 114 | 7 | |
Ted Ellis | North Melbourne | 20 years, 141 days | 12 [116] | 85 | 41 | |
Jim Bicknell | North Melbourne | 22 years, 229 days | 1 [117] | 57 | 7 | |
Leo Tyrrell | North Melbourne | 18 years, 193 days | 11 [118] | 22 | 7 | |
Jack Diprose | North Melbourne | 27 years, 227 days | 5 [119] | 19 | 0 | |
Trevor Wallace | North Melbourne | 21 years, 187 days | 14 [120] | 13 | 0 | |
Roy Pope | North Melbourne | 18 years, 360 days | 7 [121] | 9 | 4 | |
Dick May | North Melbourne | 23 years, 102 days | 17 [122] | 9 | 4 | |
Len Johnson | North Melbourne | 25 years, 2 days | 11 [123] | 5 | 3 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Bert Clarke | North Melbourne | 27 years, 74 days | 13 [124] | 4 | 2 | |
Jack Gaudion | North Melbourne | 22 years, 287 days | 2 [125] | 3 | 0 | |
Jack Haskett | North Melbourne | 21 years, 315 days | 2 [126] | 3 | 0 | |
Ted Wintle | North Melbourne | 24 years, 144 days | 5 [127] | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Bolwell | North Melbourne | 21 years, 343 days | 15 [128] | 1 | 0 | |
Geoff Fox | North Melbourne | 23 years, 94 days | 15 [129] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Stenhouse | Richmond | 21 years, 174 days | 3 [130] | 19 | 0 | |
Horrie Farmer | Richmond | 23 years, 251 days | 2 [131] | 8 | 14 | |
Richie Saunders | Richmond | 19 years, 355 days | 14 [132] | 8 | 0 | |
Bob Gislingham | Richmond | 25 years, 114 days | 15 [133] | 1 | 1 | |
Ron Fisher | St Kilda | 21 years, 286 days | 4 [134] | 82 | 71 | |
Ken Mackie | St Kilda | 22 years, 181 days | 16 [135] | 62 | 55 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Frank Roberts | St Kilda | 21 years, 68 days | 2 [136] | 27 | 44 | |
Stewart Anderson | St Kilda | 21 years, 326 days | 1 [137] | 20 | 21 | |
Les Jago | St Kilda | 25 years, 140 days | 1 [138] | 17 | 0 | |
Bill Downie | St Kilda | 24 years, 146 days | 1 [139] | 15 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Matt Cave | St Kilda | 23 years, 58 days | 5 [140] | 14 | 3 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Tom Hallahan | St Kilda | 24 years, 211 days | 12 [141] | 14 | 3 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Les Evans | St Kilda | 24 years, 160 days | 10 [142] | 12 | 0 | |
George Schlitz | St Kilda | 23 years, 310 days | 8 [143] | 7 | 1 | |
George Chapman | St Kilda | 24 years, 88 days | 5 [144] | 4 | 6 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
George Batson | St Kilda | 20 years, 247 days | 11 [145] | 4 | 3 | |
Col Deane | St Kilda | 32 years, 292 days | 1 [146] | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Jack McLeod | St Kilda | 25 years, 246 days | 1 [147] | 2 | 0 | |
Ted McCarthy | St Kilda | 22 years, 48 days | 2 [148] | 2 | 0 | |
Colin Strang | St Kilda | 22 years, 304 days | 7 [149] | 2 | 3 | Son of Bill Strang, brother of Allan, Doug and Gordon Strang and uncle of Geoff Strang. |
Charlie Bourne | St Kilda | 26 years, 273 days | 14 [150] | 2 | 0 | |
Eric Needham | St Kilda | 19 years, 326 days | 1 [151] | 1 | 0 | |
Reg Peterson | St Kilda | 25 years, 293 days | 6 [152] | 1 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Bob Hammond | St Kilda | 27 years, 310 days | 11 [153] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Laurie Nash | South Melbourne | 22 years, 362 days | 1 [154] | 99 | 246 | Played Test cricket for Australia. Son of Robert Nash. |
Wilbur Harris | South Melbourne | 21 years, 13 days | 7 [155] | 69 | 19 | |
Dinny Kelleher | South Melbourne | 30 years, 344 days | 11 [156] | 59 | 14 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Alan Welch | South Melbourne | 22 years, 177 days | 1 [157] | 49 | 24 | |
Joe O'Meara | South Melbourne | 24 years, 225 days | 1 [158] | 47 | 36 | |
Ossie Bertram | South Melbourne | 24 years, 12 days | 1 [159] | 23 | 43 | |
John Bowe | South Melbourne | 21 years, 296 days | 2 [160] | 17 | 0 | |
Frank Davies | South Melbourne | 24 years, 121 days | 6 [161] | 30 | 15 | |
Fred Backway | South Melbourne | 19 years, 272 days | 10 [162] | 4 | 2 |