List of Geelong forwards

Forwards who have played in at least one match for Geelong 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 Teddy Holligan 1897-1903 84 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
2 Eddy James 1897-1900 46 Forward Key Forward
3 Jim McShane 1897-1901 82 Forward Forward Pocket
4 Archie Thompson 1897-1901 61 Forward / Defender Half-Forward Flanker / Defender
5 Charlie Coles 1897-1904 72 Forward
6 Dick Walker 1898 14 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
7 Ernie Leighton 1898-1899 29 Forward / Defender Key Forward / Defender
8 Tommy Buchan 1899-1902 41 Forward / Defender Forward / Half-Back Flanker
9 Teddy Lockwood 1899-1901 45 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
10 Ike Woods 1901-1906 68 Forward
11 Bill Eason 1902-1915 220 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
12 Alec McKenzie 1902-1908 87 Forward / Defender
13 Ivan Forbes 1902-1905 40 Forward
14 Peter Stephens 1902-1908 102 Forward / Defender
15 Dave Ryan 1906 2 Ruckman / Forward
16 Billy Orchard 1906-1915 112 Forward
17 Frank Boynton 1907 13 Forward / Defender
18 Tom Hardiman 1907-1908 31 Forward Forward Pocket
19 Frank Moran 1907-1911 65 Midfielder / Forward Wingman / Half-Forward Flanker
20 Hugh McKay 1907-1908 9 Forward
21 Herb Bennett 1907-1908 8 Forward / Defender
22 Les Gell 1908 6 Forward
23 George Tansing 1908 5 Forward
24 Percy Salmon 1908-1909 17 Forward
25 Percy Martini 1909-1920 149 Forward Key Forward
26 George Heinz 1910-1914 87 Midfielder / Forward
27 Lloyd Hagger 1917-1929 174 Forward Key Forward
28 Eric Fleming 1922-1928 105 Forward
29 Edward Greeves 1923-1933 124 Midfielder / Forward
30 Adrian Hickmott 1992-1995 50 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
31 Ben Graham 1993-2004 219 Forward Key Forward
32 Ronnie Burns 1996-2002 134 Forward Forward Pocket
33 Matthew Robbins 1996-1997 7 Forward Forward Pocket
34 David Spriggs 2000-2004 64 Midfielder / Forward Wingman / Forward
35 Paul Chapman 2000-2013 251 Forward
36 Cam Mooney 2000-2011 210 Forward Key Forward
37 Justin Murphy 2001 18 Midfielder / Forward Midfielder / Half-Forward Flanker
38 Kent Kingsley 2001-2006 110 Forward
39 Gary Ablett 2002-2020 247 Forward
40 Brent Grgic 2002-2003 13 Forward / Defender
41 Steve Johnson 2002-2015 253 Forward
42 Charlie Gardiner 2002-2007 51 Forward
43 Will Slade 2002-2006 17 Forward
44 Matthew McCarthy 2003-2006 22 Forward Key Forward
45 Henry Playfair 2003-2007 52 Forward Key Forward
46 David Haynes 2004-2005 19 Forward
47 Shannon Byrnes 2004-2012 108 Forward
48 Paul Koulouriotis 2004-2006 18 Midfielder / Forward Wingman / Forward
49 Brad Ottens 2005-2011 116 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Key Forward
50 Cameron Thurley 2005 7 Forward
51 Nathan Ablett 2005-2007 32 Forward Key Forward
52 Mathew Stokes 2006-2015 189 Forward
53 Ryan Gamble 2006-2010 24 Forward
54 Tom Hawkins 2007-2022 327 Forward Key Forward
55 Travis Varcoe 2007-2014 138 Forward
56 Nathan Djerrkura 2009-2010 4 Forward
57 Steven Motlop 2010-2017 135 Forward
58 James Podsiadly 2010-2013 83 Forward Key Forward
59 Daniel Menzel 2010-2018 73 Forward Forward Pocket
60 Allen Christensen 2011-2014 65 Forward
61 Josh Cowan 2011-2017 16 Forward / Defender
62 Mitch Brown 2011-2014 15 Forward Key Forward
63 Billie Smedts 2012-2016 38 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
64 Jesse Stringer 2012-2014 19 Forward
65 Lincoln McCarthy 2012-2018 29 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
66 Jordan Murdoch 2012-2018 108 Forward
67 Josh Walker 2012-2015 33 Forward / Defender Key Forward / Key Defender
68 Josh Caddy 2013-2016 71 Midfielder / Forward
69 George Burbury 2013-2014 7 Forward Forward Pocket
70 Brad Hartman 2014 5 Midfielder / Forward
71 Darcy Lang 2014-2017 44 Forward
72 Shane Kersten 2014-2016 37 Forward
73 Mitch Clark 2015-2016 9 Forward Key Forward
74 Nakia Cockatoo 2015-2018 34 Forward
75 Cory Gregson 2015-2018 39 Forward
76 Sam Blease 2015 1 Forward Half-Forward Flanker
77 Michael Luxford 2015 2 Forward
78 Sam Menegola 2016-2022 116 Midfielder / Forward Wingman / Half-Forward Flanker
79 Brandan Parfitt 2017-2022 112 Forward
80 James Parsons 2017-2019 35 Forward
81 Aaron Black 2017-2018 7 Forward
82 Wylie Buzza 2017-2018 9 Forward Key Forward
83 Sam Simpson 2017-2021 19 Forward Forward Pocket
84 Lachie Fogarty 2018-2020 23 Forward
85 Esava Ratugolea 2018-2022 59 Forward Key Forward
86 Stewart Crameri 2018 4 Forward
87 Jamaine Jones 2018 7 Forward / Defender Forward / Half-Back Flanker
88 Quinton Narkle 2018-2022 41 Midfielder / Forward
89 Tom Atkins 2019-2022 82 Forward / Defender Forward / Half-Back Flanker
90 Luke Dahlhaus 2019-2022 71 Forward
91 Gryan Miers 2019-2022 83 Forward
92 Gary Rohan 2019-2022 71 Forward
93 Darcy Fort 2019-2020 8 Ruckman / Forward
94 Brad Close 2020-2022 55 Forward Forward Pocket
95 Josh Jenkins 2020-2021 2 Forward Key Forward
96 Ben Jarvis 2020 1 Forward
97 Shaun Higgins 2021-2022 23 Midfielder / Forward
98 Francis Evans 2021-2022 7 Forward
99 Max Holmes 2021-2022 30 Midfielder / Forward
100 Jeremy Cameron 2021-2022 39 Forward Key Forward
101 Nathan Kreuger 2021 2 Forward / Defender
102 Tyson Stengle 2022 25 Forward Forward Pocket
103 Oliver Dempsey 2022 2 Forward
104 Shannon Neale 2022 2 Forward Key Forward