List_of_Australian_rules_footballers_and_cricketers
This is a listing of players to have played both Australian rules football in the nation's premier leagues and first-class cricket or higher. These leagues are the Australian Football League (AFL) (formerly the VFL), AFL Women's (AFLW), West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). First-class cricketers who played football in other states are eligible if they had a notable career in that state's top league.
In the early years of the VFL it was quite common for footballers to play district cricket over the summer months, some of them even made their state sides and others represented Australia. Likewise cricketers would often play football in the off season to keep fit and if good enough would appear in their state's best league.
Players are divided into the lists below by which state they spent the majority of their sporting career or in come cases their state or origin.
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| Name | Australian rules football | International cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Format(s) | Career | |
| George Coulthard | 1876–1882 | 1882 | |||
| Jess Duffin | 2017–2022 | 2008/09–2015 | |||
| Eric Freeman | 1964–1971 | 1967/68–1969/70 | |||
| Neil Hawke | 1956–1966 | 1962/63–1968 | |||
| Clem Hill | 1890s–1900s | 1894/95–1902/03 | |||
| Ernie Jones | 1894–1901 | 1892/93–1907/08 | |||
| Gil Langley | 1939–1950 | 1951/52–1956/57 | |||
| Phil Lee | 1923–1929 | 1931/32–1932/33 | |||
| Keith Miller | 1939–1946 | 1945/46–1956/57 | |||
| Laurie Nash |
|
1930–1945 | 1931/32–1936/37 | ||
| John Reedman | 1889–1909 | 1894 | |||
| Vic Richardson | 1915–1927 | 1924/25–1935/36 | |||
| Keith Slater | 1955–1963 | 1958/59 | |||
| David Smith | 1903–1914 | 1912 | |||
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| Name | Australian rules football | International cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Format(s) | Career | |
| Frank Allan | 1867–1870s | 1879 | |||
| Warwick Armstrong | 1898–1900 | 1901/02–1921 | |||
| Barlow Carkeek | 1903–1905 | 1912 | |||
| Joe Darling | 1894–1895 | 1894/95–1905 | |||
| Algy Gehrs | 1902–1908 | 1903/04–1910/11 | |||
| George Giffen | 1878–1885 | 1881/82–1896 | |||
| Harry Graham | 1900 | 1893–1896 | |||
| Albert Hartkopf | 1908–1914 | 1924/25 | |||
| Des Hoare | 1950s | 1960/61 | |||
| Delissa Kimmince | 2017 | 2007/08–2020/21 | |||
| Sam Loxton | 1942–1946 | 1947/48–1950/51 | |||
| Mick Malone | 1970s | 1977–1981/82 | |||
| Geoff Marsh | 1978 | 1985/86–1991/92 | |||
| Jimmy Matthews | 1907 | 1911/12–1912 | |||
| Ted McDonald | 1912–1919 | 1920/21–1921/22 | |||
| Patrick McShane | 1880s | 1884/85 | |||
| Simon O'Donnell | 1982–1983 | 1984/85–1991/92 | |||
| Roy Park | 1912–1915 | 1920/21 | |||
| Nip Pellew | 1914 | 1920/21–1921/22 | |||
| Jamie Siddons | 1984 | 1988/89 | |||
| Joe Travers | 1892–1896 | 1901/02 | |||
| George Tribe | 1940–1946 | 1946/47 | |||
| Mervyn Waite | 1930–1942 | 1938 | |||
| Max Walker | 1967–1972 | 1972/73–1980/81 | |||
| Graeme Watson | 1964–1965 | 1966/67–1972 | |||
| Graeme Wood | 1975–1977 | 1977/78–1988/89 | |||
| Jack Worrall | 1902–1920 | 1884/85–1899 | |||
| Tim Zoehrer | 1982 | [permanent dead link] | 1985/86–1993/94 | ||
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Queensland
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| Name | Australian rules football | State cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Aub Carrigan | 1940s | 1945/46–1951/52 | |||
| Brian O'Connor | 1930s | 1934/35–1935/36 | |||
| Leo O'Connor | 1910–1911 | 1912/13–1929/30 | |||
| Harry Pegg | 1930s, 1940s | 1945/46–1946/47 | |||
| Leyland Sanders | 1940s, 1950s | 1950/51–1954/55 | |||
| Cyril Smith | 1940s, 1950s | 1947/48–1953/54 | |||
| Donald Watt | 1940s | 1939/40–1945/46 | |||
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South Australia
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| Name | Australian rules football | State cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Craig Bradley | 1986–2002 | 1983/84–1989/90 | |||
| Jack Chamberlain | 1908–1909, 1914 | 1906/07 | |||
| Norman Claxton | 1900s | 1898/99–1909/10 | |||
| John Halbert | 1955–1968 | 1961/62 | |||
| Lindsay Head | 1952–1970 | 1957/58–1958/59 | |||
| Eric Johnson | 1925–1934 | 1926/27–1929/30 | |||
| Bill Leak | 1939–1946 | 1935/35–1940/41 | |||
| James Matthews | 1900–1913 | 1900/01–1901/02 | |||
| Bob McLean | 1934–1941 | 1945/46–1950/51 | |||
| Barrie Robran | 1967–1980 | 1971/72 | |||
| Alfred Ryan | 1922–1931 | 1925/26–1936/37 | |||
| Bruce Schultz | 1933–1941 | 1936/37 | |||
| Bob Simunsen | 1964–1971 | 1972/73 | |||
| Richard Townsend | 1904–1920 | 1907/08–1923/24 | |||
| Alfred Waldron | 1879–1892 | 1881/82–1887/88 | |||
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Tasmania
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| Name | Australian rules football | State cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Jim Atkinson | 1917–1925 | 1921/22–1933/34 | |||
| Darrel Baldock | 1962–1968 | 1960/61 | |||
| Rex Garwood | 1950–1960 | 1952/53–1955/56 | |||
| Garney Goodrick | 1923–1925 | 1922/23 | |||
| Geoffrey Martin | 1946-1954 | 1950/51 | |||
| Stanley McKenzie | 1914 | 1909/10–1912/13 | |||
| Ray Stokes | 1946–1951 | 1952/53–1965/66 | |||
| George Vautin |
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1897–1898 | 1894/95–1889/90 | ||
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Victoria
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| Name | Australian rules football | State cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Allen Aylett | 1952–1964 | 1957/58–1958/59 | |||
| Charles Baker | 1902–1906 | 1903/04–1904/05 | |||
| Fred Baring | 1910–1924 | 1911/12–1928/29 | |||
| Percy Beames | 1931–1944 | 1933/34–1945/46 | |||
| Peter Bedford | 1968–1978 | 1966/67–1972/73 | |||
| Des Fothergill | 1937–1940, 1945–1947 | 1938/39–1948/49 | |||
| Emma Kearney | 2017–present | 2013/14–2016/17 | |||
| Chris Kiernan | 1897–1901, 1903, 1911 | 1909/10–1918/19 | |||
| Ian Law | 1960–1968 | 1961/62–1963/64 | |||
| Ernest McIntyre | 1940–1949 | 1946/47 | |||
| Keith Millar | 1924–1927, 1930 | 1924/25–1932/33 | |||
| Bill Sewart | 1905–1915 | 1908–1919 | |||
| Paddy Shea | 1904, 1908–1915, 1918 | 1912/13–1919/20 | |||
| George Stuckey | 1897–1902 | 1894/95–1902/03 | |||
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Western Australia
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| Name | Australian rules football | State cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Todd Breman | 1987–1993 | 1985/86–1987/88 | |||
| Fred Buttsworth | 1942–1953 | 1947/48–1949/50 | |||
| Wally Buttsworth | 1935–late 1940s | 1937/38 | |||
| Derek Chadwick | 1959–1972 | 1963/64–1971/72 | |||
| Michael Clark | 1996–1999 | 2000/01– | |||
| Jim Ditchburn | 1929–1939 | 1933/34–1935/36 | |||
| Ron Doig, Sr. | 1927–1932 | 1926/27–1931/32 | |||
| Bruce Duperouzel | 1969–1984 | 1971/72–1972/73 | |||
| Allan Evans | 1917–1929 | 1921/22–1931/32 | |||
| Jim Everett | 1901–1915 | 1909/10 | |||
| Bert Harrold | 1916–25, 1932 | 1925/26 | |||
| Dolph Heinrichs | 1899–1906 | 1922/23 | |||
| Carlisle Jarvis | 1920s, 1930s | 1932/33 | |||
| Harvey Kelly | 1903–1906 | 1905/06 | |||
| Ken McAullay | Late 1960s–1975 | 1970/71–1973/74 | |||
| George Moysey | 1890s–1900s | 1970/71–1973/74 | |||
| Tom Mullooly | 1971–1986 | 1976/77 | |||
| John Munro | 1950s | 1948/49–1954/55 | |||
| Alan Preen | 1953–1959 | 1953/54–1956/57 | |||
| Harry Price | 1940s, 1950s | 1949/50–1955/56 | |||
| Alex Robinson | 1904 | 1907/08 | |||
| Earl Spalding | 1983–1999 | 1984/85 | |||
| William Truscott | 1910s, 1920s | 1929/30 | |||
| George Young | 1973–1978 | 1972/73 | |||
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Australian Capital Territory
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| Name | Australian rules football | FC cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Jodie Hicks | 2018–present | 2014/15–2016/17 | |||
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South Australia
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| Name | Australian rules football | FC cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Cornelius Chamberlain | 1907–1908 | 1905/06–1910/11 | |||
| Leonard Chamberlain | 1907–1914 | 1907/08–1913/14 | |||
| Mick Clingly | 1951–1959 | 1957/58–1959/60 | |||
| Neil Dansie | 1946–1949 | 1949/50–1966/67 | |||
| Alan Dowding | 1940s | 1951–1956 | |||
| Alby Green | 1893–1899 | 1894/95–1898/99 | |||
| Gordon Gurr | 1902–1907 | 1905/06 | |||
| Les Hill | 1903–1910 | 1905/06–1910/11 | |||
| Norman Jolly | 1900s | 1907 | |||
| Bob Lee | 1945–1957 | 1956/57–1959/60 | |||
| John Lill | 1959–1962 | 1955/56–1965/66 | |||
| Phil Newland | 1900–1907 | 1899/1900–1905/06 | |||
| Brittany Perry | 2019–2022 | 2014/15–2017/18 | |||
| Katelyn Pope | 2021–present | 2014/15–2018/19 | |||
| James Pyke | 1986–1990 | 1985/86–1987/88 | |||
| Karl Schneider | 1926–1927 | 1922/23–1927/28 | |||
| Libby Waye | 1907–1914 | 1912/13 | |||
| Courtney Webb | 2018–2019 | 2017/18–present | |||
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Tasmania
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| Name | Australian rules football | FC cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Dale Anderson | 1953–1954 | 1952/53–1963/4 | |||
| Ray Biffin | 1968–1979 | 1967/68 | |||
| Bill Cahill | 1937–1938 | 1931/32 | |||
| Colin Campbell | 1897–1899 | 1896/97 | |||
| Ivor Clay | 1941–1946 | 1949/50–1950/51 | |||
| Mark Colegrave | 1990s | 2000/01 | |||
| Garry Cowmeadow | 1975 | 1976/77–1978/79 | |||
| Bert Davie | 1917–1919 | 1921/22–1926/27 | |||
| Barry Harper | 1960s, 1970s | 1961/62–1968/69 | |||
| Brent Palfreyman | 1960s, 1970s | 1965/66–1972/73 | |||
| Alan Pearsall | 1941 | 1933/34–1938/39 | |||
| Ted Pickett | 1928–1938 | 1928/29–1935/36 | |||
| Emily Smith | 2022–present | 2013/14–2020/21 | |||
| Jim Wilkinson | 1970–1972 | 1973/74–1974/75 | |||
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Victoria
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| Name | Australian rules football | FC cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Noel Allanson | 1947–1951 | 1956/57 | |||
| Bill Allen | 1910–1923 | 1914/15 | |||
| Alfred Andrew-Street | 1933–1934 | 1937/38 | |||
| Cecil Austen | 1942 | 1945/46 | |||
| Jim Baird | 1941–1951 | 1948/49–1949/50 | |||
| Jack Barnes | 1925–1929 | 1929/30 | |||
| Thomas Bird | 1925, 1928 | 1928/29 | |||
| Blair Campbell | 1966, 1968–1969 | 1969/70–1979/80 | |||
| Frederick Chapman | 1920–1921 | 1928/29–1930/31 | |||
| Bernard Considine | 1952–1953 | 1949/50–1954/55 | |||
| Russell Cook | 1966–1975 | 1968/69 | |||
| John Cordner | 1951 | 1951–1952 | |||
| Laurence Cordner | 1933 | 1930/31–1933/34 | |||
| Bryan Cosgrave | 1924 | 1925/26–1931/32 | |||
| Neil Crompton | 1957–1966 | 1957–62 | |||
| John Douglas | 1972, 1975–1976 | 1975/76–1978/79 | |||
| Harcourt Dowsley | 1941 | 1937/38–1946/47 | |||
| Walter Dudley | 1940 | 1940/41 | |||
| Reg Ellis | 1913–1915, 1920 | 1927/28–1929/30 | |||
| Michael Fitchett | 1950–1952 | 1950/51–1952/53 | |||
| John Francis | 1926 | 1932/33 | |||
| Harry Frei | 1973 | 1982–1986 | |||
| Herbert Fry | 1897–1898 | 1896/97–1907/08 | |||
| Norman Good | 1909 | 1909/10 | |||
| Doug Gott | 1969–1977 | 1973–1974 | |||
| Herbert Guthrie | 1925 | 1928/29–1929/30 | |||
| David Hone | 1969 | 1970 | |||
| Herb Howson | 1897–1908 | 1902/03 | |||
| Nick Jewell | 1997 | 2001/02–2006/07 | |||
| Stuart King | 1931–1933 | 1926/27–1932/33 | |||
| Bill Kinnear | 1936 | 1935/36 | |||
| Joe Kinnear | 1932–1937 | 1931/32 | |||
| Kirsty Lamb | 2017–present | 2012/13–2016 | |||
| Harry Lambert | 1941–1947 | 1946/47–1953/54 | |||
| Thomas Leather | 1932–1933 | 1933/34–1936/37 | |||
| Ian Lee | 1934 | 1931/32–1940/41 | |||
| Jack Lowry | 1938–1946 | 1937/38 | |||
| Frank Lugton | 1913–1914 | 1913/14 | |||
| Richard Maddocks | 1948 | 1948/49–1956/57 | |||
| Samuel McMichael | 1897 | 1891/92–1903/04 | |||
| Norman Mitchell | 1925 | 1925/26–1926/27 | |||
| Bruce Murray | 1951–1954 | 1957/58 | |||
| Basil Onyons | 1905–1908 | 1918/19–1928/29 | |||
| Geoff Parker | 1987,1989 | 1985/86–1998/99 | |||
| Joseph Plant | 1925 | 1932/33–1936/37 | |||
| Leslie Rainey | 1899–1903 | 1902/03–1904/05 | |||
| Keith Rawle | 1942–1949 | 1948/49 | |||
| Howard Richardson | 1915–1919 | 1923/24 | |||
| Alby Rose | 1900–1902 | 1904/05 | |||
| Robert Rose | 1970–1973 | 1971/72–1973/74 | |||
| Charles Salvana | 1919 | 1926/27 | |||
| Mick Schade | 1911 | 1921/22 | |||
| John Scholes | 1967–1971 | 1968/69–1981/82 | |||
| Heinrich Schrader | 1914 | 1929/30–1930/31 | |||
| David Shepherd | 1976–1977 | 1982/83 | |||
| Benjamin Sheppard | 1911–1912 | 1913/14 | |||
| Harold Shillinglaw | 1945–1951 | 1949/50–1953/54 | |||
| Keith Stackpole, Sr. | 1935–1944 | 1945/46–1949/50 | |||
| John Stephens | 1971–1973 | 1970/71–1971/72 | |||
| Les Stillman | 1968–1971 | 1970–1978 | |||
| Alan Thomson | 1923–1924 | 1925/26 | |||
| Herb Turner | 1944–1950 | 1948/49–1950/51 | |||
| Les Vernon | 1898–1901 | 1906/07–1908/09 | |||
| Bree White | 2017–2018 | 1999/2000–2001/02 | |||
| Carl Willis | 1912–15, 1920–21 | 1913/14–1928/29 | |||
| Tom Wills | 1850s–1870s | 1854–1875/76 | |||
| Charles 'Gillie' Wilson | 1897, 1900 | 1894/95–1919/20 | |||
| William Wilson | 1932–1933, 1935 | 1935/36 | |||
| Stan Wootton | 1915, 1920–1923 | 1923/24 | |||
| Harry Wright | 1897–1903 | 1900/01–1904/05 | |||
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Western Australia
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| Name | Australian rules football | FC cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club(s) | Career | Ref | Team(s) | Career | |
| Bill Bateman |
|
1880s and 1890s | 1892/93 | ||
| Mervyn Bessen | 1937 | 1937/38 | |||
| Ron Bowe | 1959–1963 | 1967/68–1968/69 | |||
| Ian Brayshaw | 1960s | 1960/61–1977/78 | |||
| Arnold Byfield | 1940–1947 | 1952/53–1953/54 | |||
| Victor Carlson | 1914–1923 | 1922/23–1925/26 | |||
| Kenneth Cumming | 1938–1940, 1947 | 1945/46–1947/48 | |||
| Bill Duffy | 1880s and 1890s | 1892/93 | |||
| Henry Edmondson | 1902–1907 | 1905/06–1912/13 | |||
| Matt Garnaut | 1994 | 1996/97–1997/98 | |||
| Percival Hussey | 1880s and 1890s | 1892/93 | |||
| Otto Kelly | 1903–1907 | 1906/07–1907/08 | |||
| Wally Langdon | 1946–1947 | 1946/47–1955/56 | |||
| Ossie Lovelock | 1932–34 | 1932/33–1939/40 | |||
| Frank Meares | 1899 | 1898/99–1901/02 | |||
| Alf Moffat |
|
1880s and 1890s | 1892/93 | ||
| Paul Nicholls | 1970s | 1971/72–1978/79 | |||
| Basil Rigg | 1940s | 1947/48–1956/57 | |||
| Stewart Walters | 2002 | 2005–2010 2011–2014 | |||
| Barney Wood | 1928–1930s | 1931/32 | |||
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