The 1901 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the fifth season of the VFL. The season saw 100 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 11 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Summary
Debuts
Name
|
Club
|
Age at debut
|
Round debuted
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Notes
|
Paddy Noonan
|
Carlton
|
25 years, 242 days
|
1[1]
|
19
|
5
|
Oldest first-time coach in VFL/AFL history. Previously played for Fitzroy.
|
Harry Pye
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 267 days
|
1[2]
|
16
|
1
|
|
Jack Gardiner
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 1 days
|
2[3]
|
16
|
5
|
Brother of Vin Gardiner and father of Jack Gardiner.
|
Bill Pettit
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 113 days
|
1[4]
|
15
|
0
|
|
Alex Barlow
|
Carlton
|
21 years, 108 days
|
14[5]
|
14
|
0
|
|
Frank Field
|
Carlton
|
21 years, 298 days
|
14[6]
|
13
|
1
|
|
Harry Daniel
|
Carlton
|
21 years, 319 days
|
1[7]
|
11
|
0
|
|
Dick Hart
|
Carlton
|
19 years, 130 days
|
1[8]
|
11
|
4
|
|
Harry Powell
|
Carlton
|
22 years, 314 days
|
6[9]
|
8
|
0
|
|
Jim Loriot
|
Carlton
|
22 years, 108 days
|
1[10]
|
4
|
0
|
|
Rhoda McDonald
|
Carlton
|
23 years, 33 days
|
6[11]
|
4
|
1
|
Previously played for Collingwood.
|
George McGann
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 184 days
|
13[12]
|
4
|
0
|
|
Jack Todd
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 131 days
|
17[13]
|
4
|
0
|
|
Charles Raff
|
Carlton
|
22 years, 207 days
|
1[14]
|
3
|
0
|
Previously played for St Kilda.
|
Charlie Stewart
|
Carlton
|
20 years, 317 days
|
5[15]
|
3
|
1
|
|
Simon Roberts
|
Carlton
|
24 years, 220 days
|
13[16]
|
3
|
0
|
|
Ted Rowell
|
Collingwood
|
24 years, 323 days
|
1[17]
|
189
|
175
|
|
Alf Dummett
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 147 days
|
1[18]
|
118
|
10
|
Brother of Charlie and Arthur Dummett, and uncle of Bob Dummett.
|
Oscar Hyman
|
Collingwood
|
23 years, 190 days
|
7[19]
|
41
|
12
|
|
Alf Boyack
|
Collingwood
|
23 years, 241 days
|
1[20]
|
23
|
3
|
|
Jack Farrell
|
Collingwood
|
29 years, 121 days
|
1[21]
|
22
|
6
|
|
Ted Leach
|
Collingwood
|
18 years, 173 days
|
11[22]
|
22
|
9
|
Brother of Arthur, and Fred Leach.
|
Leo Morgan
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 227 days
|
1[23]
|
19
|
6
|
|
Peter Martin
|
Collingwood
|
25 years, 284 days
|
1[24]
|
15
|
2
|
|
Bob Bryce
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 301 days
|
1[25]
|
13
|
11
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Bill McCulloch
|
Collingwood
|
28 years, 178 days
|
1[26]
|
12
|
5
|
Previously played for Melbourne.
|
George Ashman
|
Collingwood
|
21 years, 972 days
|
9[27]
|
3
|
1
|
|
Harry Knell
|
Collingwood
|
20 years, 231 days
|
10[28]
|
1
|
0
|
|
George Blundell
|
Collingwood
|
27 years, 50 days
|
17[29]
|
1
|
1
|
|
Jack McKenzie
|
Essendon
|
19 years, 203 days
|
6[30]
|
81
|
90
|
Father of Jack McKenzie Jr.
|
Bill Robinson
|
Essendon
|
20 years, 272 days
|
1[31]
|
71
|
14
|
Brother of Alex, Fred and Gordon Robinson, and uncle of Alexander and George Robinson.
|
Herc Vollugi
|
Essendon
|
20 years, 323 days
|
1[32]
|
70
|
5
|
|
Ted Kennedy
|
Essendon
|
23 years, 239 days
|
1[33]
|
43
|
1
|
Brother of James Kennedy.
|
Fred Mann
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 240 days
|
9[34]
|
27
|
1
|
|
Artie White
|
Essendon
|
21 years, 332 days
|
2[35]
|
6
|
3
|
|
Jim Kennedy
|
Essendon
|
19 years, 165 days
|
13[36]
|
4
|
9
|
Brother of Ted Kennedy.
|
Jim Beasley
|
Essendon
|
20 years, 157 days
|
5[37]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Bobby Byers
|
Essendon
|
30 years, 16 days
|
1[38]
|
1
|
0
|
|
George Ward
|
Essendon
|
24 years, 12 days
|
1[39]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Marcus Evans
|
Essendon
|
22 years, 189 days
|
4[40]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Mick Morris
|
Essendon
|
18 years, 348 days
|
4[41]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Jim Sharp
|
Fitzroy
|
18 years, 352 days
|
1[42]
|
163
|
41
|
|
Percy Trotter
|
Fitzroy
|
17 years, 245 days
|
1[43]
|
109
|
145
|
|
Alf Wilkinson
|
Fitzroy
|
19 years, 180 days
|
10[44]
|
80
|
75
|
|
Alf Bartlett
|
Fitzroy
|
22 years, 315 days
|
4[45]
|
79
|
5
|
|
Bob Smith
|
Fitzroy
|
23 years, 197 days
|
8[46]
|
74
|
33
|
|
Frank Hince
|
Fitzroy
|
19 years, 209 days
|
15[47]
|
17
|
0
|
|
Bertie Loel
|
Fitzroy
|
22 years, 180 days
|
1[48]
|
15
|
2
|
|
Matt Paternoster
|
Fitzroy
|
21 years, 20 days
|
1[49]
|
12
|
4
|
Brother of Jim Paternoster.
|
Ike Woods
|
Geelong
|
21 years, 341 days
|
14[50]
|
68
|
108
|
|
Percy Fletcher
|
Geelong
|
21 years, 311 days
|
6[51]
|
47
|
4
|
|
Bill Bennion
|
Geelong
|
19 years, 352 days
|
17[52]
|
46
|
6
|
|
Frank Bowey
|
Geelong
|
19 years, 139 days
|
1[53]
|
44
|
5
|
|
Tim McKeegan
|
Geelong
|
23 years, 248 days
|
14[54]
|
13
|
0
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Jack Baker
|
Geelong
|
22 years, 361 days
|
1[55]
|
7
|
7
|
|
Billy Gill
|
Geelong
|
25 years, 71 days
|
9[56]
|
7
|
1
|
|
Bill Moodie
|
Geelong
|
21 years, 220 days
|
6[57]
|
4
|
6
|
Previously played for South Melbourne.
|
Don Lord
|
Geelong
|
26 years, 134 days
|
10[58]
|
2
|
10
|
|
George Palmer
|
Geelong
|
22 years, 20 days
|
10[59]
|
1
|
0
|
|
George Saxbee
|
Geelong
|
20 years, 12 days
|
16[60]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Vin Coutie
|
Melbourne
|
19 years, 237 days
|
9[61]
|
152
|
212
|
|
Jack Strong
|
Melbourne
|
17 years, 72 days
|
10[62]
|
78
|
29
|
|
Lindsay Anderson
|
Melbourne
|
17 years, 272 days
|
6[63]
|
16
|
3
|
|
George Cathie
|
Melbourne
|
25 years, 107 days
|
16[64]
|
15
|
14
|
|
Jim McLean
|
Melbourne
|
21 years, 2 days
|
1[65]
|
13
|
5
|
|
Graham Colclough
|
Melbourne
|
17 years, 206 days
|
2[66]
|
11
|
8
|
Belgian Croix de guerre recipient in World War I.
|
Harry Boully
|
Melbourne
|
21 years, 176 days
|
9[67]
|
8
|
3
|
|
Alf Tredinnick
|
Melbourne
|
27 years, 357 days
|
8[68]
|
7
|
1
|
|
Laurie Ogilvie
|
Melbourne
|
24 years, 1 days
|
6[69]
|
4
|
3
|
|
Bert Wregg
|
Melbourne
|
22 years, 78 days
|
13[70]
|
3
|
3
|
|
Billy Shaw
|
Melbourne
|
28 years, 187 days
|
2[71]
|
1
|
0
|
Previously played for St Kilda.
|
Ed Garlick
|
Melbourne
|
17 years, 227 days
|
3[72]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Harold De Gruchy
|
Melbourne
|
20 years, 140 days
|
10[73]
|
1
|
0
|
Brother of Bill de Grouchy.
|
Ben Sandford
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 185 days
|
4[74]
|
31
|
5
|
Brother of Cecil and George Sandford.
|
Tom Robertson
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 211 days
|
6[75]
|
27
|
7
|
|
Gus Robertson
|
St Kilda
|
17 years, 253 days
|
2[76]
|
18
|
1
|
|
Charlie Mullany
|
St Kilda
|
19 years, 356 days
|
5[77]
|
16
|
3
|
|
Henry Pinniger
|
St Kilda
|
28 years, 330 days
|
10[78]
|
12
|
0
|
|
Alfred Richardson
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 34 days
|
1[79]
|
11
|
2
|
|
George Sandford
|
St Kilda
|
28 years, 309 days
|
3[80]
|
11
|
0
|
Brother of Ben and Cecil Sandford.
|
Mick O'Loughlin
|
St Kilda
|
25 years, 109 days
|
6[81]
|
9
|
0
|
Previously played for Essendon.
|
Harry Luck
|
St Kilda
|
24 years, 188 days
|
1[82]
|
8
|
0
|
|
Cec Graeme
|
St Kilda
|
27 years, 335 days
|
1[83]
|
7
|
0
|
|
Tommy Carr
|
St Kilda
|
19 years, 75 days
|
10[84]
|
5
|
0
|
|
John Crennan
|
St Kilda
|
20 years, 342 days
|
12[85]
|
4
|
3
|
|
Bob Rinder
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 147 days
|
1[86]
|
3
|
0
|
|
George Carpenter
|
St Kilda
|
20 years, 6 days
|
7[87]
|
3
|
1
|
|
Bert Robertson
|
St Kilda
|
20 years, 236 days
|
7[88]
|
2
|
1
|
|
Lawrie Delaney
|
St Kilda
|
18 years, 11 days
|
9[89]
|
2
|
2
|
|
Reg Wilks
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 116 days
|
14[90]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Roy Adam
|
St Kilda
|
18 years, 152 days
|
15[91]
|
2
|
0
|
|
Harry Dowdall
|
St Kilda
|
28 years, 309 days
|
1[92]
|
1
|
0
|
Brother of Jim Dowdall. Previously played for Collingwood.
|
Bill Anderson
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 321 days
|
4[93]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Tim Murphy
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 307 days
|
5[94]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Bill Nash
|
St Kilda
|
18 years, 337 days
|
5[95]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Ern Aurish
|
St Kilda
|
22 years, 317 days
|
9[96]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Paddy McGuinness
|
St Kilda
|
23 years, 57 days
|
9[97]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Arthur Brennan
|
St Kilda
|
20 years, 161 days
|
15[98]
|
1
|
0
|
Brother of Owen Brennan.
|
Herb Clements
|
St Kilda
|
19 years, 204 days
|
15[99]
|
1
|
1
|
|
Sam Gray
|
St Kilda
|
21 years, 23 days
|
17[100]
|
1
|
0
|
|
Bill Scott
|
South Melbourne
|
21 years, 106 days
|
15[101]
|
61
|
26
|
|
Norm Rippon
|
South Melbourne
|
23 years, 119 days
|
2[102]
|
36
|
2
|
Brother of Harold and Les Rippon. Previously played for Melbourne.
|
Frank Worroll
|
South Melbourne
|
23 years, 303 days
|
1[103]
|
31
|
12
|
|
Dave Powell
|
South Melbourne
|
25 years, 75 days
|
1[104]
|
27
|
13
|
|
Johnny Jackson
|
South Melbourne
|
22 years, 182 days
|
15[105]
|
15
|
3
|
|
Harold Bower
|
South Melbourne
|
23 years, 29 days
|
7[106]
|
13
|
0
|
|
Arthur Smith
|
South Melbourne
|
21 years, 169 days
|
1[107]
|
9
|
0
|
|
Bill O'Hara
|
South Melbourne
|
20 years, 330 days
|
9[108]
|
5
|
2
|
|
Artie Hollis
|
South Melbourne
|
23 years, 54 days
|
12[109]
|
4
|
0
|
|
Paul Cullen
|
South Melbourne
|
18 years, 325 days
|
7[110]
|
1
|
0
|
|
References
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VFL debuts |
- 1897
- 1898
- 1899
- 1900
- 1902
- 1903
- 1904
- 1905
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1911
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- 1919
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- 1921
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
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- 1946
- 1947
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- 1967
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- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
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AFL debuts | |
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