List of Footscray / Western Bulldogs defenders

Defenders who have played in at least one match for Footscray / Western Bulldogs in a VFL/AFL premiership. This list may be incomplete due to incomplete match player position records (from which these general player positions are generated).

Player List

No. Player Season(s) Match(es) Position(s) Detail(s)
1 Paddy O'Brien 1925-1926 15 Defender Key Defender
2 Chris Grant 1990-2007 341 Defender Key Defender
3 Matthew Croft 1991-2004 186 Defender Key Defender
4 Rohan Smith 1992-2006 300 Forward / Defender Forward / Half-Back Flanker
5 Steven Kretiuk 1992-2003 170 Defender
6 Brett Montgomery 1997-2007 78 Defender Half-Back Flanker
7 Luke Penny 2000-2002 35 Defender Key Defender
8 Bob Murphy 2000-2017 312 Forward / Defender Half-Forward Flanker / Half-Back Flanker
9 Ben Harrison 2001-2005 85 Forward / Defender Forward / Key Defender
10 Lindsay Gilbee 2001-2012 206 Defender Half-Back Flanker
11 Jordan McMahon 2001-2007 114 Defender Back Pocket
12 Ryan Hargrave 2002-2012 203 Defender
13 Kieran McGuinness 2002-2006 26 Forward / Defender Forward Pocket / Defender
14 Brian Lake 2002-2012 197 Defender Key Defender
15 Scott Bassett 2003-2004 15 Defender
16 Steven Koops 2004 11 Defender Back Pocket
17 Dale Morris 2005-2019 253 Defender Key Defender
18 Cameron Wight 2005-2008 36 Defender Key Defender
19 Jarrod Harbrow 2007-2010 70 Defender
20 Tom Williams 2007-2014 85 Defender Key Defender
21 Andrejs Everitt 2007-2010 36 Forward / Defender
22 Tim Callan 2008-2010 19 Defender Back Pocket
23 Sam Reid 2008-2011 10 Defender
24 Easton Wood 2009-2021 188 Defender
25 Jordan Roughead 2010-2018 138 Defender Key Defender
26 Liam Jones 2010-2014 66 Forward / Defender Key Forward / Key Defender
27 Lukas Markovic 2011-2013 29 Defender Key Defender
28 Christian Howard 2011-2014 20 Midfielder / Defender Wingman / Half-Back Flanker
29 Ed Barlow 2011 8 Forward / Defender Half-Forward Flanker / Defender
30 Mark Austin 2012-2014 29 Defender Key Defender
31 Jason Johannisen 2012-2022 176 Defender
32 Michael Talia 2012-2015 30 Defender Key Defender
33 Fletcher Roberts 2012-2019 51 Defender Key Defender
34 Brett Goodes 2013-2015 22 Defender Half-Back Flanker
35 Tom Young 2013-2014 19 Defender
36 Sam Darley 2014-2015 7 Defender
37 Bailey Dale 2015-2022 108 Defender
38 Shane Biggs 2015-2018 57 Defender
39 Joel Hamling 2015-2016 23 Defender Key Defender
40 Caleb Daniel 2015-2022 153 Defender
41 Josh Prudden 2015 4 Defender
42 Zaine Cordy 2015-2022 118 Defender Key Defender
43 Marcus Adams 2016-2018 27 Defender Key Defender
44 Matt Suckling 2016-2020 76 Defender Half-Back Flanker
45 Jed Adcock 2016 7 Defender
46 Bailey Williams 2016-2022 104 Defender
47 Kieran Collins 2016 1 Defender Key Defender
48 Lewis Young 2017-2021 24 Defender Key Defender
49 Hayden Crozier 2018-2022 69 Defender
50 Jackson Trengove 2018-2020 33 Defender Key Defender
51 Ed Richards 2018-2022 85 Defender
52 Brad Lynch 2018 9 Defender
53 Taylor Duryea 2019-2022 54 Defender
54 Lachie Young 2019-2020 8 Defender
55 Ryan Gardner 2019-2022 43 Defender Key Defender
56 Alex Keath 2020-2022 56 Defender Key Defender
57 Buku Khamis 2021-2022 9 Forward / Defender
58 Luke Cleary 2022 4 Defender
59 Sam Darcy 2022 4 Defender Key Defender