List of VFL debuts in 1982

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.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1982
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 4 2
Collingwood 10 3
Essendon 6 2
Fitzroy 7 2
Footscray 13 1
Geelong 9 1
Hawthorn 4 2
Melbourne 11 3
North Melbourne 7 1
Richmond 4 5
St Kilda 13 1
Sydney 3 3
Total 91 26

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Paul Meldrum Carlton 21 years, 293 days 15[1] 158 140
Allan Montgomery Carlton 23 years, 206 days 1[2] 33 6
Ross Ditchburn Carlton 25 years, 58 days 8[3] 28 91
Mark Buckley Carlton 19 years, 340 days 18[4] 27 35 Son of Brian Buckley and brother of Stephen Buckley.
David Clarke Carlton 29 years, 114 days 5[5] 9 21 Father of David, Tim and Georgina Clarke. Previously played for Geelong.
Stephen Easton Carlton 22 years, 290 days 10[6] 1 0 Son of Kevin Easton. Previously played for North Melbourne.
Geoff Miles Collingwood 20 years, 90 days 3[7] 31 7 Father of Teia Miles and father-in-law of Mitch Duncan.
Chris Dalkin Collingwood 20 years, 45 days 4[8] 18 12
Wally Lovett Collingwood 20 years, 109 days 2[9] 15 11
Graham Teasdale Collingwood 26 years, 274 days 1[10] 14 21 1977 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Richmond and South Melbourne.
Tom Floyd Collingwood 21 years, 255 days 13[11] 14 8 Previously played for Geelong.
Neil Peart Collingwood 23 years, 173 days 1[12] 13 0
Mark Lawson Collingwood 20 years, 54 days 17[13] 11 0
Tony Russell Collingwood 21 years, 192 days 17[14] 8 17
Paul Ryan Collingwood 20 years, 22 days 12[15] 6 1
Tony Beers Collingwood 19 years, 182 days 7[16] 5 1 Son of Brian Beers and brother of Mark Beers.
Tony Keenan Collingwood 18 years, 79 days 17[17] 3 0
Gordon Towan Collingwood 28 years, 59 days 9[18] 2 0
Peter Carter Collingwood 23 years, 23 days 9[19] 1 1 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Billy Duckworth Essendon 23 years, 34 days 1[20] 126 64 Brother of John Duckworth.
Stephen Copping Essendon 25 years, 236 days 1[21] 42 88
Wayne Otway Essendon 25 years, 276 days 1[22] 36 65
Chris Waterson Essendon 21 years, 99 days 15[23] 31 11
Tony West Essendon 25 years, 218 days 4[24] 8 8
Roy Ramsay Essendon 26 years, 146 days 10[25] 3 0 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Brian Brown Essendon 24 years, 300 days 17[26] 2 0 Father of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Anton Grbac Essendon 21 years, 210 days 20[27] 2 0
Paul Roos Fitzroy 18 years, 295 days 4[28] 269 270
Richard Osborne Fitzroy 18 years, 17 days 15[29] 187 411 Brother of Graham Osborne.
Gary Pert Fitzroy 16 years, 325 days 4[30] 163 42 Son of Brian Pert.
Bradley Gotch Fitzroy 19 years, 277 days 1[31] 43 60 Father of Seb Gotch.
Garry Sidebottom Fitzroy 27 years, 238 days 16[32] 43 53 Brother of Allan Sidebottom. Previously played for St Kilda and Geelong.
Michael Coates Fitzroy 21 years, 80 days 1[33] 29 5 Son of George Coates.
Jan Smith Fitzroy 25 years, 354 days 8[34] 7 1 Previously played for Geelong.
Mark Eaves Fitzroy 20 years, 351 days 8[35] 2 0
Andrew Merryweather Fitzroy 21 years, 117 days 1[36] 1 0 Also known as Andrew Guthrie. Father of Cameron and Zach Guthrie.
Stephen MacPherson Footscray 17 years, 115 days 1[37] 188 152 Brother of Rod MacPherson and father of Darcy MacPherson.
Simon Beasley Footscray 25 years, 234 days 1[38] 154 575
Rod MacPherson Footscray 18 years, 285 days 15[39] 43 24 Brother of Stephen MacPherson and uncle of Darcy MacPherson.
Terry Love Footscray 18 years, 143 days 1[40] 13 11
Gary Walpole Footscray 18 years, 170 days 4[41] 12 5
Ian Rickman Footscray 19 years, 108 days 16[42] 11 10
Ross Christensen Footscray 20 years, 128 days 12[43] 10 16
Allan Jennings Footscray 23 years, 4 days 1[44] 9 15
Steven Hargrave Footscray 27 years, 295 days 4[45] 2 0 Father of Ryan Hargrave.
Lindsay Sneddon Footscray 20 years, 141 days 13[46] 2 1
Jamie Barham Footscray 21 years, 214 days 15[47] 1 0 Brother of Ricky Barham and uncle of Jaxson Barham. Previously played for Melbourne.
Darren Brown Footscray 17 years, 56 days 15[48] 1 0
Darren Grant Footscray 19 years, 97 days 18[49] 1 0
Bruce West Footscray 19 years, 265 days 19[50] 1 0
Andrew Bews Geelong 17 years, 222 days 4[51] 207 132 Father of Jed Bews.
Tim Darcy Geelong 18 years, 204 days 9[52] 176 83
Damian Drum Geelong 21 years, 284 days 7[53] 63 34 Uncle of Marcus Drum.
David O'Keeffe Geelong 20 years, 70 days 6[54] 58 22
Craig Cleave Geelong 19 years, 73 days 17[55] 48 12
Rod Waddell Geelong 25 years, 13 days 11[56] 20 10 Uncle of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop. Previously played for Carlton.
Peter Zychla Geelong 18 years, 279 days 5[57] 12 1
Stephen Nichols Geelong 18 years, 331 days 8[58] 7 6
Phillip Maddock Geelong 20 years, 185 days 3[59] 3 1
Karl Fedke Geelong 20 years, 24 days 21[60] 2 0
Dermott Brereton Hawthorn 18 years, 23 days SF[61] 189 427
Gary Buckenara Hawthorn 23 years, 267 days 1[62] 154 293
Richard Loveridge Hawthorn 19 years, 71 days 1[63] 136 119
Michael Byrne Hawthorn 23 years, 131 days 3[64] 90 97 Previously played for Melbourne.
Gary Ablett Hawthorn 20 years, 184 days 2[65] 6 10 Brother 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 days 14[66] 1 1 Previously played for Carlton.
Brian Wilson Melbourne 20 years, 179 days 1[67] 154 208 1982 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Footscray and North Melbourne.
Alan Johnson Melbourne 25 years, 128 days 1[68] 135 95 First player to be drafted in VFL/AFL Draft history. Father of Chris Johnson.
Adrian Battiston Melbourne 18 years, 193 days 1[69] 96 75
Alan Jarrott Melbourne 25 years, 223 days 1[70] 91 26 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Chris Connolly Melbourne 19 years, 86 days 13[71] 84 38
Steven Icke Melbourne 26 years, 21 days 1[72] 78 17 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Dale Dickson Melbourne 19 years, 288 days 4[73] 56 20
David Cordner Melbourne 19 years, 307 days 1[74] 53 61 Grandson of Edward Cordner, son of Ted Cordner and nephew of Denis, Don and John Cordner.
Michael O'Sullivan Melbourne 19 years, 357 days 1[75] 53 11
Ted Fidge Melbourne 19 years, 12 days 1[76] 42 61 Brother of John Fidge.
Peter Tossol Melbourne 19 years, 161 days 6[77] 17 20 Brother of John Tossol.
Stephen McCarthy Melbourne 19 years, 355 days 6[78] 12 9
Stuart McKenzie Melbourne 21 years, 84 days 6[79] 9 0
Scott Sutcliffe Melbourne 19 years, 178 days 19[80] 7 2
Donald McDonald North Melbourne 19 years, 363 days 19[81] 155 165 Father of Luke McDonald
Phil Krakouer North Melbourne 22 years, 71 days 1[82] 141 224 Brother of Andrew and Jim Krakouer and uncle of Andrew and Nathan Krakouer.
Jim Krakouer North Melbourne 23 years, 165 days 1[83] 134 229 Brother of Andrew and Phil Krakouer, father of Andrew Krakouer and uncle of Nathan Krakouer.
Graeme Atkins North Melbourne 18 years, 162 days 3[84] 61 39
Bruce Abernethy North Melbourne 19 years, 321 days 1[85] 43 21
Craig Holden North Melbourne 24 years, 225 days 1[86] 29 2
Phil Carman North Melbourne 31 years, 232 days 5[87] 13 27 Previously played for Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne.
Brad Nimmo North Melbourne 23 years, 171 days 17[88] 13 0
Phil Egan Richmond 19 years, 39 days 2[89] 125 117
Maurice Rioli Richmond 24 years, 200 days 2[90] 118 80
Andy Preston Richmond 24 years, 300 days 12[91] 18 6 Previously played for Geelong.
Ian Sartori Richmond 23 years, 212 days 16[92] 18 7 Previously played for St Kilda.
Wayne Shand Richmond 21 years, 104 days 6[93] 12 1
Stephen Pirrie Richmond 21 years, 88 days 13[94] 11 0 Grandson of Richard Pirrie, son of Kevin Pirrie and nephew of Dick Pirrie.
Darryl Sutton Richmond 29 years, 259 days 3[95] 6 0 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Ross Brewer Richmond 28 years, 274 days 8[96] 6 8 Brother of Ian Brewer. Previously played for Melbourne and Collingwood.
Noel Mugavin Richmond 25 years, 265 days 2[97] 2 3 Uncle of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Peter Kiel St Kilda 23 years, 176 days 1[98] 80 29
Robert Mace St Kilda 23 years, 269 days 7[99] 72 32 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Darryl Cowie St Kilda 21 years, 26 days 3[100] 56 8
Glen Brown St Kilda 20 years, 160 days 12[101] 31 25
John Favier St Kilda 21 years, 254 days 2[102] 26 1
Simon O'Donnell St Kilda 19 years, 60 days 1[103] 24 18 Represented Australia in cricket.
Greg Packham St Kilda 23 years, 26 days 1[104] 17 31
Paul Armstrong St Kilda 25 years, 83 days 2[105] 12 1
Wayne Slattery St Kilda 21 years, 156 days 2[106] 11 12 Father of Tyson Slattery.
Steven Allan St Kilda 25 years, 221 days 6[107] 9 2
Allan Hassell St Kilda 24 years, 32 days 6[108] 6 0
Neil Park St Kilda 20 years, 22 days 20[109] 3 5
Geoff Linke St Kilda 26 years, 133 days 2[110] 2 3
Malcolm Smith St Kilda 23 years, 95 days 22[111] 1 0 Father of Nick Smith.
Craig Braddy Sydney Swans 28 years, 24 days 7[112] 56 83 Brother of Shane Braddy. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Steven Taubert Sydney Swans 28 years, 242 days 11[113] 44 26 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Jack Lucas Sydney Swans 21 years, 73 days 13[114] 19 6
John Reid Sydney Swans 29 years, 142 days 16[115] 10 2 Previously played for Melbourne and Footscray.
Gerard Neesham Sydney Swans 27 years, 148 days 7[116] 9 1
Trevor Mustey Sydney Swans 18 years, 249 days 11[117] 2 0

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Meldrum statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Allan Montgomery statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ross Ditchburn statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mark Buckley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "David Clarke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Easton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Geoff Miles statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Chris Dalkin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Wally Lovett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Graham Teasdale statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tom Floyd statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Neil Peart statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Mark Lawson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Tony Russell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Paul Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Tony Beers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Stephen Copping statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  22. ↑ "Wayne Otway statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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  36. ↑ "Andrew Merryweather statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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  41. ↑ "Gary Walpole statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  42. ↑ "Ian Rickman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  43. ↑ "Ross Christensen statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  44. ↑ "Allan Jennings statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  45. ↑ "Steven Hargrave statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  46. ↑ "Lindsay Sneddon statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  47. ↑ "Jamie Barham statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  48. ↑ "Darren Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  49. ↑ "Darren Grant statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  50. ↑ "Bruce West statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  51. ↑ "Andrew Bews statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  52. ↑ "Tim Darcy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  53. ↑ "Damian Drum statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  54. ↑ "David O'Keeffe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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  56. ↑ "Rod Waddell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  57. ↑ "Peter Zychla statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  58. ↑ "Stephen Nichols statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  59. ↑ "Phillip Maddock statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  60. ↑ "Karl Fedke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  61. ↑ "Dermott Brereton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  62. ↑ "Gary Buckenara statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  63. ↑ "Richard Loveridge statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  64. ↑ "Michael Byrne statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  65. ↑ "Gary Ablett statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  66. ↑ "Robert Dutton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  67. ↑ "Brian Wilson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  68. ↑ "Alan Johnson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  69. ↑ "Adrian Battiston statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  70. ↑ "Alan Jarrott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  71. ↑ "Chris Connolly statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  72. ↑ "Steven Icke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  73. ↑ "Dale Dickson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  74. ↑ "David Cordner statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  75. ↑ "Michael O'Sullivan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  76. ↑ "Ted Fidge statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  77. ↑ "Peter Tossol statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  78. ↑ "Stephen McCarthy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  79. ↑ "Stuart McKenzie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  80. ↑ "Scott Sutcliffe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  81. ↑ "Donald McDonald statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  82. ↑ "Phil Krakouer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  83. ↑ "Jim Krakouer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  84. ↑ "Graeme Atkins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  85. ↑ "Bruce Abernethy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  86. ↑ "Craig Holden statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  87. ↑ "Phil Carman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  88. ↑ "Brad Nimmo statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  89. ↑ "Phil Egan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  90. ↑ "Maurice Rioli statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  91. ↑ "Andy Preston statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  92. ↑ "Ian Sartori statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  93. ↑ "Wayne Shand statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  94. ↑ "Stephen Pirrie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  95. ↑ "Darryl Sutton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  96. ↑ "Ross Brewer statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  97. ↑ "Noel Mugavin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  98. ↑ "Peter Kiel statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  99. ↑ "Robert Mace statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  100. ↑ "Darryl Cowie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  101. ↑ "Glen Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  102. ↑ "John Favier statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  103. ↑ "Simon O'Donnell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  104. ↑ "Greg Packham statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  105. ↑ "Paul Armstrong statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  106. ↑ "Wayne Slattery statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  107. ↑ "Steven Allan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  108. ↑ "Allan Hassell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  109. ↑ "Neil Park statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  110. ↑ "Geoff Linke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  111. ↑ "Malcolm Smith statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  112. ↑ "Craig Braddy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  113. ↑ "Steven Taubert statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  114. ↑ "Jack Lucas statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  115. ↑ "John Reid statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  116. ↑ "Gerard Neesham statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  117. ↑ "Trevor Mustey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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