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