List of Melbourne forwards
Forwards who have played in at least one match for Melbourne 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 Goding | 1897 | 4 | Forward | |
2 | Jack Leith | 1897-1912 | 133 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
3 | George Moysey | 1897-1899 | 35 | Forward | Key Forward |
4 | Charlie Young | 1897-1904 | 129 | Forward | |
5 | Dick Wardill | 1897-1902 | 60 | Ruckman / Forward | Ruckman / Half-Forward Flanker |
6 | Stewart Geddes | 1897-1902 | 81 | Forward / Defender | |
7 | Dick Pirrie | 1898-1900 | 24 | Forward | |
8 | Fred Elliott | 1899 | 12 | Midfielder / Forward | Rover / Forward |
9 | Tommy Ryan | 1899-1902 | 55 | Forward | |
10 | Frank Langley | 1900-1906 | 89 | Midfielder / Forward | |
11 | Vin Coutie | 1901-1911 | 152 | Forward | Key Forward |
12 | Jack Strong | 1901-1912 | 78 | Forward | |
13 | Les Rainey | 1902-1903 | 18 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
14 | Harry Cordner | 1903-1905 | 11 | Midfielder / Forward | Midfielder / Key Forward |
15 | Jim Conquest | 1904-1908 | 54 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
16 | Henri Jeanneret | 1904 | 4 | Forward / Defender | |
17 | Alick Ogilvie | 1905 | 1 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
18 | Vin Gardiner | 1905 | 2 | Forward | Key Forward |
19 | Frank Boynton | 1906 | 1 | Forward / Defender | |
20 | Jack Smith | 1907-1911 | 51 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
21 | Wally Sykes | 1907-1912 | 41 | Midfielder / Forward | Midfielder / Forward Pocket |
22 | Alf Jones | 1908-1909 | 24 | Forward | |
23 | Bill Tottey | 1908 | 14 | Ruckman / Forward | |
24 | Joe Hodgkins | 1908-1911 | 24 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
25 | Harry Brereton | 1909-1915 | 85 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
26 | Otto Landmann | 1910 | 2 | Forward | |
27 | Jack Geggie | 1911 | 1 | Forward / Defender | |
28 | George Heinz | 1919-1925 | 106 | Midfielder / Forward | |
29 | Herb Matthews | 1919-1922 | 50 | Ruckman / Forward | |
30 | Percy Tulloh | 1921-1927 | 69 | Forward | |
31 | Percy Wilson | 1921-1924 | 51 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
32 | Hugh Dunbar | 1922-1928 | 97 | Ruckman / Forward | |
33 | Dick Taylor | 1922-1935 | 164 | Midfielder / Forward | |
34 | Derek Mollison | 1923-1928 | 66 | Forward | |
35 | Jim Abernethy | 1923-1932 | 130 | Forward / Defender | |
36 | Norm Smith | 1935-1948 | 210 | Forward | |
37 | Alby Rodda | 1939-1950 | 131 | Midfielder / Forward | |
38 | Laurie Mithen | 1954-1962 | 153 | Midfielder / Forward | |
39 | Ian Ridley | 1954-1961 | 130 | Forward | |
40 | Bob Johnson | 1954-1961 | 140 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
41 | Trevor Johnson | 1955-1962 | 118 | Forward / Defender | |
42 | David Neitz | 1993-2008 | 306 | Forward | Key Forward |
43 | Martin Pike | 1993-1994 | 24 | Midfielder / Forward | Wingman / Forward |
44 | Jeff Farmer | 1995-2001 | 118 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
45 | Adem Yze | 1995-2008 | 271 | Midfielder / Forward | |
46 | Brent Grgic | 1997-2001 | 77 | Forward / Defender | |
47 | Russell Robertson | 1997-2009 | 228 | Forward | |
48 | Troy Longmuir | 1998-1999 | 17 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
49 | Cameron Bruce | 2000-2010 | 224 | Forward | |
50 | Stephen Powell | 2000-2002 | 44 | Midfielder / Forward | Rover / Half-Forward Flanker |
51 | Brad Green | 2000-2012 | 254 | Midfielder / Forward | Wingman / Forward |
52 | Steven Armstrong | 2002-2005 | 43 | Forward | |
53 | Peter Vardy | 2002-2004 | 41 | Forward | |
54 | Brad Miller | 2002-2010 | 133 | Forward | Key Forward |
55 | Aaron Davey | 2004-2013 | 178 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
56 | Ben Holland | 2004-2008 | 66 | Forward / Defender | Forward Pocket / Back Pocket |
57 | Colin Sylvia | 2004-2013 | 157 | Forward | |
58 | Shannon Motlop | 2005-2006 | 10 | Forward | |
59 | Byron Pickett | 2006-2007 | 29 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
60 | Matthew Bate | 2006-2012 | 102 | Forward | |
61 | Ricky Petterd | 2007-2012 | 54 | Forward | |
62 | Michael Newton | 2007-2011 | 28 | Forward | |
63 | Jace Bode | 2007-2008 | 9 | Forward | |
64 | Cale Morton | 2008-2012 | 73 | Midfielder / Forward | Wingman / Half-Forward Flanker |
65 | Austin Wonaeamirri | 2008-2011 | 31 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
66 | Addam Maric | 2008-2011 | 21 | Forward | |
67 | Jamie Bennell | 2009-2012 | 57 | Forward / Defender | Forward / Back Pocket |
68 | Jack Watts | 2009-2017 | 153 | Forward | |
69 | Liam Jurrah | 2009-2012 | 36 | Forward | Key Forward |
70 | Rohan Bail | 2009-2015 | 71 | Forward | |
71 | Jordan Gysberts | 2010-2012 | 19 | Forward | |
72 | Luke Tapscott | 2011-2014 | 48 | Forward / Defender | |
73 | Sam Blease | 2011-2014 | 33 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
74 | Tom McDonald | 2011-2022 | 202 | Forward / Defender | Key Forward / Key Defender |
75 | Jack Fitzpatrick | 2011-2015 | 22 | Forward | Key Forward |
76 | Mitch Clark | 2012-2013 | 15 | Forward | Key Forward |
77 | James Sellar | 2012-2013 | 23 | Forward / Defender | Forward / Key Defender |
78 | Shannon Byrnes | 2013-2014 | 23 | Forward | |
79 | Cameron Pedersen | 2013-2018 | 64 | Forward | Key Forward |
80 | David Rodan | 2013 | 9 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
81 | Dean Kent | 2013-2018 | 63 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
82 | Chris Dawes | 2013-2016 | 50 | Forward | Key Forward |
83 | Troy Davis | 2013 | 2 | Forward | Key Forward |
84 | Jay Kennedy Harris | 2014-2019 | 39 | Forward | |
85 | Viv Michie | 2014-2016 | 21 | Forward | |
86 | Aidan Riley | 2014-2015 | 13 | Midfielder / Forward | |
87 | Dom Barry | 2014 | 5 | Forward / Defender | |
88 | Jeff Garlett | 2015-2019 | 78 | Forward | |
89 | Jesse Hogan | 2015-2018 | 71 | Forward | Key Forward |
90 | Aaron vandenBerg | 2015-2021 | 51 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
91 | Alex Neal-Bullen | 2015-2022 | 128 | Forward | |
92 | James Harmes | 2015-2022 | 143 | Midfielder / Forward | |
93 | Ben Kennedy | 2016 | 15 | Forward | Forward Pocket |
94 | Christian Petracca | 2016-2022 | 151 | Midfielder / Forward | |
95 | Sam Weideman | 2016-2022 | 59 | Forward | Key Forward |
96 | Mitch Hannan | 2017-2020 | 50 | Forward | |
97 | Jake Melksham | 2017-2022 | 94 | Midfielder / Forward | |
98 | Tim Smith | 2017-2019 | 13 | Forward | Key Forward |
99 | Bayley Fritsch | 2018-2022 | 109 | Forward | |
100 | Charlie Spargo | 2018-2022 | 83 | Forward | |
101 | Tom Sparrow | 2019-2022 | 51 | Midfielder / Forward | |
102 | Corey Wagner | 2019 | 11 | Forward | |
103 | Jay Lockhart | 2019-2020 | 22 | Forward / Defender | |
104 | Braydon Preuss | 2019-2020 | 10 | Ruckman / Forward | Ruckman / Key Forward |
105 | Declan Keilty | 2019 | 2 | Forward | Key Forward |
106 | Kade Chandler | 2019-2022 | 10 | Forward | |
107 | Toby Bedford | 2020-2022 | 18 | Forward | |
108 | Mitch Brown | 2020-2022 | 9 | Forward | Key Forward |
109 | Kysaiah Pickett | 2020-2022 | 62 | Forward | |
110 | Harley Bennell | 2020 | 5 | Forward | Half-Forward Flanker |
111 | Luke Jackson | 2020-2022 | 52 | Forward | Key Forward |
112 | Ben Brown | 2021-2022 | 32 | Forward | Key Forward |
Internal Links
- Players (Melbourne): Click here