List of Essendon ruckmen

Ruckmen who have played in at least one match for Essendon 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 Charlie Forbes 1897-1902 52 Ruckman
2 George Martin 1897-1904 104 Ruckman / Forward
3 Pat O'Loughlin 1897-1902 74 Ruckman
4 Hugh Fitzpatrick 1899-1900 30 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Forward Pocket
5 Jack McKenzie 1901-1906 81 Ruckman
6 Hughie Callan 1903-1905 35 Ruckman / Forward
7 William Carkeek 1903-1905 26 Ruckman / Midfielder
8 Tom Hedley 1903-1904 24 Ruckman
9 Mick Pleass 1904 4 Ruckman
10 Chris Fogarty 1906 2 Ruckman
11 Jim Martin 1907-1913 95 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Forward Pocket
12 Fred Parkinson 1907-1910 53 Ruckman
13 Bruce Sloss 1907-1908 3 Ruckman / Forward
14 Bert Daykin 1908-1910 32 Ruckman / Defender
15 Norm Beckton 1921-1930 173 Ruckman
16 George Rawle 1923-1925 19 Ruckman
17 David Hille 2001-2013 197 Ruckman
18 Matthew Allan 2004-2005 21 Ruckman
19 Jason Laycock 2004-2008 58 Ruckman / Forward
20 Paddy Ryder 2006-2014 170 Ruckman
21 Tom Bellchambers 2008-2020 136 Ruckman
22 Jonathan Giles 2015 3 Ruckman
23 Matthew Leuenberger 2016-2018 29 Ruckman
24 Mark Jamar 2016 5 Ruckman
25 Sam Michael 2016 2 Ruckman
26 Andrew Phillips 2020-2022 21 Ruckman
27 Sam Draper 2020-2022 43 Ruckman
28 Nick Bryan 2021-2022 6 Ruckman