List of Melbourne ruckmen

Ruckmen 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 George Moodie 1897-1905 134 Ruckman
2 Dick Wardill 1897-1902 60 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Half-Forward Flanker
3 Vic Cumberland 1898-1901 50 Ruckman
4 Bernie Nolan 1904-1912 84 Ruckman
5 Bill Tottey 1908 14 Ruckman / Forward
6 Jack McKenzie 1915 16 Ruckman
7 Jack Brake 1915-1921 17 Ruckman / Defender
8 Herb Matthews 1919-1922 50 Ruckman / Forward
9 Bert Chadwick 1920-1928 141 Ruckman
10 Hugh Dunbar 1922-1928 97 Ruckman / Forward
11 Denis Cordner 1943-1956 152 Ruckman / Defender
12 Jeff White 1998-2008 236 Ruckman
13 Troy Simmonds 1999-2001 40 Ruckman
14 Darren Jolly 2001-2004 48 Ruckman
15 Mark Jamar 2003-2015 155 Ruckman
16 Stefan Martin 2008-2012 57 Ruckman
17 Jake Spencer 2009-2017 38 Ruckman
18 Max Gawn 2011-2022 181 Ruckman
19 Braydon Preuss 2019-2020 10 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Key Forward