List of AFL debuts in 1996

During the 1996 Australian Football League (AFL) season 81 Australian rules footballers made their AFL debut with 48 others playing their first game for a new club.

Summary

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Summary of debuts in 1996
Club AFL debuts Change of club
Adelaide 4 5
Brisbane Bears 6 0
Carlton 1 5
Collingwood 4 4
Essendon 3 2
Fitzroy 8 1
Footscray 2 4
Fremantle 8 3
Geelong 6 2
Hawthorn 5 4
Melbourne 6 5
North Melbourne 6 2
Richmond 6 2
St Kilda 6 5
Sydney 3 3
West Coast 7 1
Total 81 48

AFL debuts

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Name Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Notes
1996 Career 1996 Career
Kane Johnson Adelaide 18 years, 115 days 14[1] 2 220 3 76
Peter Vardy Adelaide 20 years, 163 days 14[2] 7 137 5 206
Matthew Collins Adelaide 19 years, 129 days 10[3] 8 43 2 7
Ronnie Burns Geelong 23 years, 16 days 1[4] 21 154 31 262
Jason Snell Geelong 18 years, 246 days 1[5] 3 68 3 62
David Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne 17 years, 363 days 1[6] 1 2 0 0 Twin brother of Don
Don Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne 17 years, 363 days 1[7] 2 9 4 3 Twin brother of David
Brad Cassidy Fitzroy 19 years, 249 days 1[8] 14 16 10 10
Peter Berbakov Essendon 22 years, 221 days 1[9] 17 52 4 14
Scott Bamford Fitzroy 21 years, 281 days 1[10] 22 59 6 33
Matthew Primus Fitzroy 21 years, 79 days 1[11] 20 157 5 81 Round 1 1996 Rising Star nomination
Daniel Chick Hawthorn 20 years, 50 days 1[12] 22 252 14 210 Round 10 1996 Rising Star nomination
Craig Treleven Hawthorn 25 years, 290 days 1[13] 21 78 7 22
Joe McLaren St Kilda 18 years, 110 days 1[14] 11 69 2 39
Jason Traianidis St Kilda 21 years, 144 days 1[15] 13 62 9 36
Andrew McLean St Kilda 22 years, 256 days 1[16] 6 6 1 1
Danny Dickfos Brisbane Bears 25 years, 182 days 1[17] 22 65 1 0
Troy Johnson Brisbane Bears 18 years, 248 days 1[18] 2 2 0 0
Scott Taylor Footscray 19 years, 160 days 1[19] 1 1 0 0
Andrew Donnelly West Coast 23 years, 2 days 1[20] 20 68 28 69
Chad Morrison West Coast 18 years, 2 days 1[21] 18 169 24 88 Round 16 1996 Rising Star nomination
Steven Pitt Collingwood 22 years, 253 days 1[22] 13 18 14 16
Gavin Mitchell Fremantle 23 years, 94 days 1[23] 21 88 11 82
Greg Harding Fremantle 19 years, 196 days 1[24] 18 78 1 3 Round 4 1996 Rising Star nomination
Brendon Fewster West Coast 22 years, 88 days 1[25] 3 70 2 43
Mark West Footscray 23 years, 3 days 2[26] 4 16 2 3
Tristan Lynch Brisbane Bears 22 years, 228 days 2[27] 21 72 1 15
Kane Fraser Hawthorn 18 years, 266 days 3[28] 2 5 2 0
Ben Holland Richmond 18 years, 339 days 3[29] 11 191 3 179 Brother of Nick Holland
Matthew Nicks Sydney 20 years, 337 days 3[30] 6 175 2 125
Jason Cripps St Kilda 19 years, 183 days 3[31] 11 60 3 10
Clive Waterhouse Fremantle 21 years, 296 days 3[32] 11 106 9 178
Darren O'Brien Melbourne 27 years, 31 days 4[33] 13 24 7 9
Michael Brown Fremantle 19 years, 213 days 4[34] 10 22 6 15
Ben Cousins West Coast 17 years, 296 days 4[35] 20 270 34 217 Round 12 1996 Rising Star nomination & overall winner, son of Bryan Cousins
Phillip Matera West Coast 20 years, 146 days 4[36] 5 179 8 389 Brother of Wally & Peter Matera
Scott Lucas Essendon 18 years, 117 days 5[37] 14 270 11 471
Steven Koops Fremantle 17 years, 277 days 5[38] 6 89 6 49
David Wirrpanda West Coast 16 years, 268 days 5[39] 5 227 4 131
Steven King Geelong 17 years, 157 days 5[40] 13 240 3 83 Round 15 1996 Rising Star nomination
Stefan Carey Sydney 20 years, 100 days 6[41] 4 48 1 23
Clint Bizzell Geelong 19 years, 310 days 6[42] 4 163 1 79
Sam McFarlane North Melbourne 20 years, 150 days 6[43] 2 2 2 0
Shane Clayton Fitzroy 17 years, 193 days 6[44] 13 117 1 52
Brent Frewen Fitzroy 18 years, 197 days 6[45] 2 2 1 0
Nick Carter Fitzroy 18 years, 8 days 6[46] 17 25 4 6 Round 8 1996 Rising Star nomination
Ross Funcke Richmond 18 years, 170 days 6[47] 4 40 2 5
Jade Rawlings Hawthorn 18 years, 208 days 6[48] 2 148 1 96 Brother of Brady Rawlings
Clark Keating Brisbane Bears 20 years, 48 days 6[49] 14 139 9 83 Brother of Aaron Keating
Todd McHardy Melbourne 19 years, 37 days 7[50] 3 5 1 1
Luke Toia Fremantle 18 years, 171 days 7[51] 13 63 11 33 Round 20 1996 Rising Star nomination
Michael Polley Melbourne 19 years, 254 days 9[52] 5 5 2 0
Barry Hall St Kilda 19 years, 109 days 9[53] 4 289 2 746
Damien Ryan Richmond 18 years, 297 days 9[54] 11 60 1 9
Justin Blumfield Essendon 18 years, 197 days 10[55] 10 148 3 91
Ben Moore Richmond 18 years, 347 days 11[56] 4 24 2 11
Ben Wilson Collingwood 19 years, 113 days 11[57] 2 6 2 0
Simon Prestigiacomo Collingwood 18 years, 138 days 11[58] 12 233 6 3
James Clement Fremantle 19 years, 286 days 11[59] 12 230 1 51
Ben Robbins Brisbane Bears 19 years, 178 days 12[60] 5 92 1 21
Clinton King Sydney 18 years, 93 days 12[61] 5 89 3 23
Scott Welsh North Melbourne 17 years, 199 days 12[62] 1 205 0 363
Daniel Healy St Kilda 22 years, 53 days 12[63] 1 38 0 24
Jason Ramsey Fitzroy 21 years, 158 days 13[64] 2 2 7 0
Eric Lissenden North Melbourne 24 years, 187 days 14[65] 2 2 1 1
Daniel Parker Fremantle 22 years, 45 days 14[66] 1 25 1 18 Brother of Shane Parker
Aaron Hamill Carlton 18 years, 328 days 15[67] 4 190 1 239
Jason Bevan Collingwood 18 years, 88 days 15[68] 2 2 3 0
Robert Powell Richmond 20 years, 118 days 15[69] 8 66 15 60
Andrew Leoncelli Melbourne 22 years, 3 days 16[70] 7 146 3 66
Glenn Gorman North Melbourne 20 years, 183 days 17[71] 2 2 1 0
Matthew Robbins Geelong 19 years, 82 days 17[72] 1 146 0 135
Joel Bowden Richmond 18 years, 38 days 17[73] 5 265 4 174 Son of Michael Bowden, brother of Patrick Bowden
Ashley Fernee Adelaide 19 years, 36 days 17[74] 2 2 2 0
Angelo Lekkas Hawthorn 20 years, 35 days 18[75] 3 180 3 120
Daniel Bradshaw Brisbane Bears 17 years, 257 days 18[76] 3 231 3 524 Brother of Darren Bradshaw
Robert McMahon Fitzroy 19 years, 9 days 18[77] 2 2 2 1
Shane Sikora West Coast 19 years, 148 days 18[78] 2 3 2 0
Danny Stevens North Melbourne 19 years, 287 days 21[79] 1 15 1 7
Carl Steinfort Geelong 19 years, 154 days 22[80] 2 92 2 26
Brent Harvey North Melbourne 18 years, 112 days 22[81] 1 432 0 518 Record holder, most matches played by an individual in VFL/AFL history. Brother of Shane Harvey

Change of AFL club

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Name New Club Age at debut Debut round Games Goals Previous club
1996 Career 1996 Career
Anthony Ingerson Melbourne 26 years, 168 days 1[82] 18 158 10 40 Adelaide
Martin McKinnon Geelong 20 years, 268 days 1[83] 19 86 8 50 Adelaide
David Grant Melbourne 29 years, 235 days 1[84] 7 198 1 75 St Kilda
Craig Turley Melbourne 30 years, 218 days 1[85] 16 131 8 99 West Coast
Alastair Clarkson Melbourne 27 years, 337 days 1[86] 22 134 13 85 North Melbourne
Mick Dwyer Fitzroy 27 years, 135 days 1[87] 8 88 3 64 St Kilda
Peter Bell North Melbourne 20 years, 29 days 1[88] 23 286 23 250 Fremantle, Round 17 1996 Rising Star nomination
Darren Kappler Hawthorn 31 years, 68 days 1[89] 19 187 14 152 Fitzroy & Sydney
Robert Neill St Kilda 22 years, 86 days 1[90] 20 44 7 16 Sydney
Brad Wira Footscray 24 years, 14 days 1[91] 21 96 1 18 Fremantle
Todd Curley Footscray 23 years, 77 days 1[92] 18 118 22 48 Collingwood
Adrian Hickmott Carlton 24 years, 1 days 1[93] 22 184 13 131 Geelong
Justin Murphy Carlton 19 years, 342 days 1[94] 16 185 19 151 Richmond
Brad Rowe Fremantle 26 years, 129 days 1[95] 8 73 7 80 Brisbane Bears & Collingwood
Alex McDonald Collingwood 26 years, 48 days 1[96] 22 107 9 44 Hawthorn
Scott Crow Collingwood 22 years, 104 days 1[97] 22 75 7 37 Hawthorn
David Hynes Fremantle 29 years, 0 days 1[98] 12 86 4 59 West Coast
Tony Godden Fremantle 23 years, 347 days 1[99] 7 24 5 14 West Coast
Andy Lovell West Coast 25 years, 247 days 1[100] 23 164 13 166 Melbourne
Shane Ellen Adelaide 23 years, 91 days 1[101] 17 65 2 16 Footscray
Darren Jarman Adelaide 29 years, 64 days 1[102] 19 230 46 386 Hawthorn
Troy Bond Adelaide 22 years, 261 days 1[103] 20 94 14 77 Carlton
Peter Caven Adelaide 25 years, 320 days 1[104] 20 139 17 55 Fitzroy & Sydney
Kym Koster Adelaide 23 years, 60 days 1[105] 9 133 4 44 Footscray
Kevin Dyson Sydney 28 years, 332 days 1[106] 22 105 1 28 Melbourne
Stuart Maxfield Sydney 23 years, 357 days 1[107] 24 289 14 152 Richmond
Craig O'Brien Sydney 26 years, 28 days 1[108] 18 114 34 191 Essendon & St Kilda
James Cook Footscray 22 years, 91 days 2[109] 5 77 5 139 Carlton
Luke Beveridge St Kilda 25 years, 227 days 2[110] 16 118 16 107 Melbourne & Footscray
Leon Higgins Hawthorn 27 years, 284 days 2[111] 1 122 2 80 Sydney
Darren Gaspar Richmond 19 years, 322 days 2[112] 20 228 1 23 Sydney
Craig Nettelbeck Melbourne 23 years, 318 days 2[113] 20 78 10 42 Sydney
Brendan Krummel Hawthorn 23 years, 294 days 3[114] 11 74 2 50 West Coast & Fremantle
Ben Sexton Carlton 23 years, 168 days 3[115] 4 43 1 33 Footscray
Craig Devonport Carlton 26 years, 85 days 4[116] 1 95 1 82 St Kilda
Matthew Francis Collingwood 25 years, 235 days 4[117] 10 55 2 23 Richmond
Paul Salmon Hawthorn 31 years, 92 days 4[118] 18 324 4 561 Essendon
Allen Jakovich Footscray 28 years, 31 days 4[119] 7 54 7 208 Melbourne
Matthew Young St Kilda 23 years, 216 days 4[120] 19 118 5 20 Hawthorn
Anthony Darcy St Kilda 24 years, 30 days 4[121] 3 18 3 2 Geelong & Footscray
Sean Wellman Essendon 21 years, 213 days 4[122] 9 212 1 34 Adelaide
Ben Harrison Richmond 21 years, 96 days 4[123] 8 161 2 71 Carlton
Glenn Kilpatrick Geelong 23 years, 242 days 5[124] 11 146 12 35 Essendon
Bradley Plain North Melbourne 26 years, 215 days 5[125] 1 56 1 96 Essendon & Collingwood
Robert Pyman Collingwood 24 years, 211 days 6[126] 5 40 1 17 North Melbourne
Paul Barnard Essendon 23 years, 97 days 8[127] 15 151 3 79 Hawthorn
Jamie Elliott St Kilda 23 years, 124 days 10[128] 9 58 1 69 Fitzroy & Essendon
Peter Turner Carlton 22 years, 187 days 17[129] 2 5 0 1 Adelaide

References

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  1. ^ Kane Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  2. ^ Peter Vardy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. ^ Matthew Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  4. ^ Ronnie Burns's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  5. ^ Jason Snell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  6. ^ David Cockatoo-Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  7. ^ Don Cockatoo-Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  8. ^ Brad Cassidy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  9. ^ Peter Berbakov's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  10. ^ Scott Bamford's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  11. ^ Matthew Primus's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  12. ^ Daniel Chick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  13. ^ Craig Treleven's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  14. ^ Joe McLaren's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  15. ^ Jason Traianidis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  16. ^ Andrew McLean's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  17. ^ Danny Dickfos's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  18. ^ Troy Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  19. ^ Scott Taylor's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  20. ^ Andrew Donnelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  21. ^ Chad Morrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  22. ^ Steven Pitt's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  23. ^ Gavin Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  24. ^ Greg Harding's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  25. ^ Brendon Fewster's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  26. ^ Mark West's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  27. ^ Tristan Lynch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  28. ^ Kane Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  29. ^ Ben Holland's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  30. ^ Matthew Nicks's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  31. ^ Jason Cripps's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  32. ^ Clive Waterhouse's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  33. ^ Darren O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  34. ^ Michael Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  35. ^ Ben Cousins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  36. ^ Phillip Matera's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  37. ^ Scott Lucas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  38. ^ Steven Koops's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  39. ^ David Wirrpanda's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  40. ^ Steven King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  41. ^ Stefan Carey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  42. ^ Clint Bizzell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  43. ^ Sam McFarlane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  44. ^ Shane Clayton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  45. ^ Brent Frewen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  46. ^ Nick Carter's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  47. ^ Ross Funcke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  48. ^ Jade Rawlings's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  49. ^ Clark Keating's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  50. ^ Todd McHardy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  51. ^ Luke Toia's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  52. ^ Michael Polley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  53. ^ Barry Hall's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  54. ^ Damien Ryan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  55. ^ Justin Blumfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  56. ^ Ben Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  57. ^ Ben Wilson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  58. ^ Simon Prestigiacomo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  59. ^ James Clement's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  60. ^ Ben Robbins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  61. ^ Clinton King's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  62. ^ Scott Welsh's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  63. ^ Daniel Healy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  64. ^ Jason Ramsey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  65. ^ Eric Lissenden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  66. ^ Daniel Parker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  67. ^ Aaron Hamill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  68. ^ Jason Bevan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  69. ^ Robert Powell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  70. ^ Andrew Leoncelli's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  71. ^ Glenn Gorman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  72. ^ Matthew Robbins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  73. ^ Joel Bowden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  74. ^ Ashley Fernee's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  75. ^ Angelo Lekkas's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  76. ^ Daniel Bradshaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  77. ^ Robert McMahon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  78. ^ Shane Sikora's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  79. ^ Danny Stevens's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  80. ^ Carl Steinfort's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  81. ^ Brent Harvey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  82. ^ Anthony Ingerson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  83. ^ Martin McKinnon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  84. ^ David Grant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  85. ^ Craig Turley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  86. ^ Alastair Clarkson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  87. ^ Mick Dwyer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  88. ^ Peter Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  89. ^ Darren Kappler's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  90. ^ Robert Neill's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  91. ^ Brad Wira's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  92. ^ Todd Curley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  93. ^ Adrian Hickmott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  94. ^ Justin Murphy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  95. ^ Brad Rowe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  96. ^ Alex McDonald's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  97. ^ Scott Crow's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  98. ^ David Hynes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  99. ^ Tony Godden's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  100. ^ Andy Lovell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  101. ^ Shane Ellen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  102. ^ Darren Jarman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  103. ^ Troy Bond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  104. ^ Peter Caven's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  105. ^ Kym Koster's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  106. ^ Kevin Dyson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  107. ^ Stuart Maxfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  108. ^ Craig O'Brien's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  109. ^ James Cook's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  110. ^ Luke Beveridge's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  111. ^ Leon Higgins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  112. ^ Darren Gaspar's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  113. ^ Craig Nettelbeck's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  114. ^ Brendan Krummel's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  115. ^ Ben Sexton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  116. ^ Craig Devonport's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  117. ^ Matthew Francis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  118. ^ Paul Salmon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  119. ^ Allen Jakovich's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  120. ^ Matthew Young's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  121. ^ Anthony Darcy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  122. ^ Sean Wellman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  123. ^ Ben Harrison's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  124. ^ Glenn Kilpatrick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  125. ^ Bradley Plain's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  126. ^ Robert Pyman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  127. ^ Paul Barnard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  128. ^ Jamie Elliott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  129. ^ Peter Turner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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