List of Essendon leaders
Players who were elected as a leader for Essendon for a VFL/AFL premiership. Click here for details on the nominated captains.
Captain List
| No. | Captain | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Stuckey | 1897-1900 |
| 2 | Tod Collins | 1901-1902 |
| 3 | Jim Anderson | 1903-1904 |
| 4 | Hugh Gavin | 1904 |
| 5 | Bill Robinson | 1905 |
| 6 | Jack McKenzie | 1906 |
| 7 | Billy Griffith | 1907-1909 |
| 8 | Allan Belcher | 1910, 1912-1915, 1919 |
| 9 | Dave Smith | 1911 |
| 10 | Fred Baring | 1918 |
| 11 | Percy Ogden | 1920-1921 |
| 12 | Syd Barker | 1922-1924 |
| 13 | Frank Maher | 1925-1928 |
| 14 | Norm Beckton | 1929-1930 |
| 15 | Garnet Campbell | 1931-1933 |
| 16 | Keith Forbes | 1934-1935, 1937 |
| 17 | Jack Baggott | 1936-1937 |
| 18 | Len Webster | 1938 |
| 19 | Dick Reynolds | 1939-1950 |
| 20 | Bill Hutchison | 1951-1957 |
| 21 | Jack Clarke | 1958-1964 |
| 22 | Ken Fraser | 1965-1968 |
| 23 | Don McKenzie | 1969 |
| 24 | Barry Davis | 1970-1971 |
| 25 | Des Tuddenham | 1972-1975 |
| 26 | Graham Moss | 1976 |
| 27 | Ken Fletcher | 1977-1979 |
| 28 | Simon Madden | 1980-1981 |
| 29 | Ron Andrews | 1982 |
| 30 | Neale Daniher | 1982 |
| 31 | Terry Daniher | 1983-1988 |
| 32 | Tim Watson | 1989-1991 |
| 33 | Mark Thompson | 1992-1995 |
| 34 | Gary O'Donnell | 1996-1997 |
| 35 | James Hird | 1998-2005 |
| 36 | Michael Long | 1999 |
| 37 | Matthew Lloyd | 2006-2009 |
| 38 | Jobe Watson | 2010-2015 |
| 39 | Brendon Goddard | 2016 |
| 40 | Dyson Heppell | 2017-2022 |
Vice-Captain List
| No. | Vice-Captain | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gus Kearney | 1897-1898 |
| 2 | Jim Anderson | 1899 |
| 3 | Tod Collins | 1900 |
| 4 | Ted Kinnear | 1901 |
| 5 | Hugh Gavin | 1902 |
| 6 | Jack McKenzie | 1905 |
| 7 | Mark Shea | 1908 |
| 8 | Lou Armstrong | 1912 |
| 9 | Bill Sewart | 1914-1915 |
| 10 | Percy Ogden | 1918 |
| 11 | Roy Laing | 1919-1921 |
| 12 | Tom Fitzmaurice | 1922 |
| 13 | Jimmy Sullivan | 1923 |
| 14 | Frank Maher | 1924 |
| 15 | Charlie May | 1926 |
| 16 | Greg Stockdale | 1928 |
| 17 | Joe Hammond | 1930-1931 |
| 18 | Syd Carman | 1933 |
| 19 | Bruce Anderson | 1934 |
| 20 | Bill Luff | 1939 |
| 21 | Hugh Torney | 1940, 1942 |
| 22 | Elton Plummer | 1944 |
| 23 | Cec Ruddell | 1945-1946 |
| 24 | Wally Buttsworth | 1949 |
| 25 | Bill Brittingham | 1951-1952 |
| 26 | Geoff Leek | 1957, 1959-1962 |
| 27 | Ken Fraser | 1964 |
| 28 | Ian Shelton | 1965 |
| 29 | Johnny Birt | 1966-1967 |
| 30 | Don McKenzie | 1968, 1970 |
| 31 | John Williams | 1971, 1973 |
| 32 | Barry Davis | 1972 |
| 33 | Alan Noonan | 1974-1975 |
| 34 | Ken Fletcher | 1976 |
| 35 | Ron Andrews | 1977, 1981 |
| 36 | Simon Madden | 1979 |
| 37 | Tim Watson | 1982, 1984-1985, 1988 |
| 38 | Paul Salmon | 1992 |
| 39 | Zach Merrett | 2017-2019, 2022 |
Season List
Internal Links
- Nominated Captains (Essendon): Click here
External Links
- Wikipedia: Click here