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List of Geelong Football Club players

List of Geelong Football Club players

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Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 1114 players who have represented the Geelong Football Club in a senior VFL/AFL match. A senior VFL/AFL match is an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or were at the time, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It doesn't include pre-season competition matches, Night Series matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each player made his debut for Geelong in a senior VFL/AFL match. Where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Geelong's first game was played against the Essendon Football Club at Corio Oval in Geelong, Victoria. In this game they scored three goals and six points for a total of 24 points, and were defeated by Essendon who scored seven goals and five points for a total of 47 points. Geelong has contested 19 VFL/AFL Grand Finals, and have succeeded in winning 10 of these Grand Finals to claim the VFL/AFL premiership for those years. Their first premiership was won in the 1925 VFL Grand Final, with the most recent premiership being won in the 2022 AFL Grand Final. There were 123 players who have played in a premiership-winning side for Geelong before 2022,[1] with the addition of 20 more players stemming from the 2022 premiership victory.

Players (by decade): 1890s · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s
Other players
: Currently listed players · Delisted players

Players

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1890s

Australian Football Hall of Fame member Peter Burns was a part of Geelong's inaugural team in 1897.
Jim McShane played 82 games for Geelong between 1897 and 1901.
Teddy Rankin was part of Geelong's inaugural team in 1897, and, in 1903, became the first Geelong player to play 100 games.
Charles Coles played 72 games for Geelong between 1897 and 1904.
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1900s

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1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

Ben Graham played 219 matches for Geelong from 1993 to 2004 and was club captain from 2000 to 2002 prior to becoming a professional American football punter in the National Football League in 2005.
Premiership player Steven King played 193 matches for Geelong from 1996 to 2007 and was club captain from 2003 to 2006.
Triple premiership player Matthew Scarlett made his debut for Geelong in 1998.
Triple premiership player David Wojcinski played 203 matches for Geelong from 1998 to 2012.
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2000s

Cameron Ling played in three premierships in 246 games for Geelong from 2000 to 2011 and was premiership captain in 2011.
Triple premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist Paul Chapman played 251 games for Geelong between 2000 and 2013.
Triple premiership player Joel Corey made his debut for Geelong in 2000.
Dual club premiership player Cameron Mooney made his debut for Geelong in 2000.
The 2007 Brownlow Medallist, triple premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist Jimmy Bartel made his debut for Geelong in 2002.
Triple premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist Steve Johnson has played 233 games for Geelong since he made his debut in 2002.
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2010s

Premiership player Mitch Duncan made his debut for Geelong in the opening round of the 2010 season.
Club captain from the 2023 season, Patrick Dangerfield won the 2016 Brownlow Medal after transferring to Geelong from Adelaide.
Two-time winner of the club's Carji Greeves Medal as best and fairest, Tom Stewart is a five-time All-Australian team member.
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2020s

Isaac Smith won the Norm Smith Medal as best on field in the 2022 AFL Grand Final.
Jeremy Cameron was traded to Geelong from Greater Western Sydney before the 2021 season.
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  • * Nominated rookie (Elevated to senior list during season, eligible for senior selection)

See also

Notes

  1. Also known as Henry Molan and Con Ryan[2]
  2. Also known as Tommy Smith
  3. Liam Bedford was drafted by the West Coast Eagles in the 2009 AFL rookie draft, and was on the club's rookie list for the 2009 season. However, Bedford was delisted at the end of the season without playing an AFL game for the club.[8]
  4. Ezra Bray was drafted by Carlton in the 2002 AFL rookie draft, and was on the club's rookie list for the 2002 season. However, Bray was delisted at the end of the season without playing an AFL game for the club.[11]
  5. Adam Chatfield played one game for Carlton in 2000.[14]
  6. Andrew Carrazzo was drafted by Carlton in the 2004 AFL rookie draft, and has played 178 games for the club since 2004.[15]
  7. Jason Davenport was drafted by Port Adelaide in the 2008 AFL draft, and played 28 games[17] for the club between 2009 and 2011 before being delisted at the end of the 2011 season.[18]
  8. Marcus Drum played 22 games for Fremantle between 2006 and 2009.[20] Rather than being delisted, Drum retired due to ongoing injury problems in 2011.[21]
  9. Joel Hamling has been recruited by the Western Bulldogs as a delisted free agent for the 2015 AFL season.[25]
  10. Sam Hunt played seven games for Essendon between 2002 and 2005.[27]
  11. Brodie Moles was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in the 2010 AFL rookie draft, and played 17 games for the club in 2010 and 2011.[30] He was subsequently delisted by the Western Bulldogs at the conclusion of the 2012 season.[31]
  12. Joel Reynolds played 38 games for Essendon between 2002 and 2006.[32]

References

General
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Specific
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  21. McNicol, Adam (21 July 2011). "Cats defender retires". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  22. Bradshaw, Finn (21 July 2011). "Geelong Cats defender Marcus Drum calls it quits". Herald Sun. Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  23. Cleary, Mitch (11 September 2018). "Crameri axed as Cats confirm six cuts". AFL.com.au. AFL Media. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  24. Horan, Michael (18 October 2007). "Delisted Joel Reynolds upbeat". Herald Sun. Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  25. Davidson, Ryan (2 November 2014). "Bulldogs snare ex-Cat as delisted free agent". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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  31. Collins, Ben (14 September 2012). "Bulldogs delist three". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
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  33. "Geelong list update". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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  35. Cleary, Mitch (17 September 2021). "Veteran Cat retires, two youngsters cut in wake of prelim loss". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  36. Auciello, Michael (14 May 2015). "Geelong rookie James Toohey announces his retirement". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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