List of VFL debuts in 1989

The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). The season saw 84 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 25 players transfer to new clubs, having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

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Summary of debuts in 1989
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Brisbane Bears 6 3
Carlton 8 2
Collingwood 7 1
Essendon 6 1
Fitzroy 7 3
Footscray 4 3
Geelong 4 2
Hawthorn 3 0
Melbourne 5 2
North Melbourne 9 0
Richmond 7 0
St Kilda 4 4
Sydney 4 2
West Coast 10 2
Total 84 25

Debuts

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Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane Bears 17 years, 243 days 9[1] 318 145
John Gastev Brisbane Bears 24 years, 233 days 1[2] 113 41 Previously played for West Coast.
Martin Leslie Brisbane Bears 26 years, 135 days 1[3] 107 11
David Bain Brisbane Bears 22 years, 334 days 1[4] 86 44
Mark Zanotti Brisbane Bears 24 years, 199 days 9[5] 64 5 Previously played for West Coast.
Alex Ishchenko Brisbane Bears 26 years, 362 days 1[6] 42 15 Previously played for West Coast.
Lachlan Sim Brisbane Bears 19 years, 136 days 2[7] 21 5
Chris O'Sullivan Brisbane Bears 21 years, 34 days 9[8] 8 2
Simon Hose Brisbane Bears 21 years, 361 days 2[9] 5 2
Fraser Brown Carlton 18 years, 226 days 1[10] 177 91 Son of Joyce Brown and grandson of Doug Anderson.
Andrew Phillips Carlton 19 years, 92 days 5[11] 42 26 Uncle of Tom and Ed Phillips.
Simon Verbeek Carlton 22 years, 3 days 1[12] 38 33
Glenn Hawker Carlton 28 years, 15 days 1[13] 27 26 Previously played for Essendon.
Simon Minton-Connell Carlton 20 years, 80 days 15[14] 19 50 Nephew of Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson.
Dominic Fotia Carlton 19 years, 148 days 6[15] 18 4
Andrew McKinnon Carlton 20 years, 247 days 1[16] 15 7
Ashley Matthews Carlton 19 years, 252 days 18[17] 9 3
Paul Payne Carlton 24 years, 41 days 3[18] 5 0 Previously played for Melbourne.
Peter White Carlton 18 years, 313 days 8[19] 3 1
Craig Kelly Collingwood 22 years, 310 days 4[20] 122 43 Grandson of Bert Kelly.
Colin Alexander Collingwood 18 years, 354 days 1[21] 24 28
Heath Shephard Collingwood 19 years, 220 days 3[22] 11 16 Son of Graeme Shephard.
Murray Wrensted Collingwood 24 years, 247 days 5[23] 10 4 Previously played for West Coast.
Brendan Tranter Collingwood 18 years, 114 days 19[24] 8 0
Terry Hecker Collingwood 19 years, 239 days 22[25] 6 1
Mark Bayliss Collingwood 23 years, 152 days 7[26] 4 6
Simon Taylor Collingwood 18 years, 256 days 21[27] 2 1
Michael Long Essendon 19 years, 181 days 1[28] 190 143
David Grenvold Essendon 23 years, 25 days 1[29] 112 18
Kieran Sporn Essendon 22 years, 215 days 1[30] 72 65 Brother of Rachael Sporn.
Michael Werner Essendon 19 years, 331 days 6[31] 40 60
Andrew Manning Essendon 22 years, 256 days 18[32] 25 20 Previously played for St Kilda.
Craig O'Brien Essendon 19 years, 175 days 21[33] 21 16
Andrew Underwood Essendon 21 years, 260 days 1[34] 12 4
Jason Baldwin Fitzroy 19 years, 215 days 11[35] 125 36
Darren Wheildon Fitzroy 18 years, 197 days 9[36] 70 160
Brendan McCormack Fitzroy 18 years, 277 days 1[37] 44 27
Wally Matera Fitzroy 22 years, 125 days 1[38] 32 39 Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. Previously played for West Coast.
Carl Dilena Fitzroy 22 years, 15 days 1[39] 23 15
Peter Bourke Fitzroy 22 years, 355 days 7[40] 22 3 Previously played for Essendon.
Tony Woods Fitzroy 19 years, 287 days 3[41] 13 4
Kevin Caton Fitzroy 23 years, 333 days 2[42] 9 8 Previously played for West Coast.
Brad Edwards Fitzroy 21 years, 38 days 1[43] 6 1
Dean Lupson Fitzroy 20 years, 175 days 19[44] 6 0
Nigel Kellett Footscray 19 years, 224 days 17[45] 101 41
Justin Charles Footscray 19 years, 332 days 21[46] 36 24 Son of John R. Charles and nephew of Norm Charles.
Tim Harrington Footscray 25 years, 216 days 4[47] 18 0 Previously played for North Melbourne and Collingwood.
John Georgiades Footscray 23 years, 88 days 1[48] 15 27 Father of Mitch Georgiades.
Mark Williams Footscray 22 years, 240 days 1[49] 14 13 Son of John Williams. Previously played for Carlton.
Phillip O'Keeffe Footscray 22 years, 105 days 1[50] 9 19
Tony Evans Footscray 23 years, 83 days 4[51] 3 1 Previously played for St Kilda.
Ken Hinkley Geelong 22 years, 184 days 1[52] 121 58 Cousin of Gary Rohan. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Andrew Rogers Geelong 24 years, 264 days 6[53] 75 2 Previously played for Essendon.
Spiro Malakellis Geelong 21 years, 120 days 7[54] 67 18 Brother of Tony Malakellis.
Adrian Fletcher Geelong 18 years, 289 days 8[55] 23 10
Ray Sterrett Geelong 24 years, 16 days 2[56] 20 7
Tim Bourke Geelong 19 years, 353 days 1[57] 5 0 Brother of Damian Bourke and uncle of Jordan Bourke.
Greg Madigan Hawthorn 19 years, 139 days 11[58] 40 4
Lawrence Bingham Hawthorn 19 years, 308 days 1[59] 3 0
Matthew Bourke Hawthorn 20 years, 268 days 10[60] 1 0
Darren Bennett Melbourne 24 years, 96 days 3[61] 74 208 Previously played for West Coast.
Luke Beveridge Melbourne 18 years, 263 days 7[62] 42 41 2016 AFL Premiership coach. Grandson of Jack Beveridge.
John Howat Melbourne 18 years, 317 days 9[63] 20 10
Dannie Seow Melbourne 21 years, 317 days 1[64] 7 2 Previously played for Collingwood.
John Ahern Melbourne 18 years, 203 days 1[65] 2 0
Tom Kavanagh Melbourne 19 years, 22 days 7[66] 2 1 Son of Brent Crosswell.
Anthony Stevens North Melbourne 18 years, 41 days 19[67] 292 127
Wayne Carey North Melbourne 18 years, 14 days 11[68] 244 671
Liam Pickering North Melbourne 20 years, 309 days 15[69] 22 8 Son of Michael Pickering.
Warwick Angus North Melbourne 19 years, 275 days 3[70] 13 3
Derek Kickett North Melbourne 26 years, 213 days 6[71] 12 12 Uncle of Lance Franklin, Jarrod Garlett, Dale Kickett and Byron Pickett. Cousin of Nicky Winmar.
Leigh Tudor North Melbourne 19 years, 272 days 13[72] 8 6
Andrew Krakouer North Melbourne 18 years, 20 days 17[73] 8 8 Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew Krakouer.
Tim McGrath North Melbourne 18 years, 231 days 9[74] 7 0
Steven Venner North Melbourne 19 years, 209 days 1[75] 4 0
Barry Young Richmond 18 years, 303 days 4[76] 53 23
Stuart Griffiths Richmond 20 years, 67 days 2[77] 17 14
Cory Young Richmond 18 years, 166 days 20[78] 6 1
Mark Stockdale Richmond 20 years, 284 days 18[79] 6 2
Richard Lounder Richmond 22 years, 100 days 5[80] 4 5
Mark McLeod Richmond 20 years, 165 days 11[81] 3 0
Brett Mahony Richmond 19 years, 60 days 10[82] 2 0
Craig Devonport St Kilda 19 years, 92 days 5[83] 94 80
Lazar Vidovic St Kilda 24 years, 105 days 15[84] 80 13
Paul Harding St Kilda 24 years, 301 days 1[85] 62 7 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Danny Craven St Kilda 21 years, 333 days 1[86] 33 10
Peter Russo St Kilda 29 years, 168 days 3[87] 33 20 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Ian Dargie St Kilda 25 years, 249 days 16[88] 10 1
Brian Winton St Kilda 25 years, 359 days 16[89] 5 4 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Robert Handley St Kilda 24 years, 118 days 6[90] 4 2 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Sanford Wheeler Sydney Swans 19 years, 30 days 6[91] 43 7
Robert Teal Sydney Swans 21 years, 356 days 3[92] 18 18
Glenn Page Sydney Swans 19 years, 161 days 22[93] 18 3
Tim Barling Sydney Swans 24 years, 39 days 17[94] 13 2 Previously played for Richmond.
Darren Ogier Sydney Swans 26 years, 115 days 9[95] 8 16 Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne.
Paul Holdsworth Sydney Swans 19 years, 58 days 3[96] 6 3
Peter Sumich West Coast 21 years, 79 days 1[97] 150 514
Don Pyke West Coast 20 years, 116 days 1[98] 132 70 Son of Frank Pyke and brother of James Pyke.
Craig Turley West Coast 23 years, 219 days 1[99] 115 91
Scott Watters West Coast 20 years, 100 days 6[100] 46 13
Stevan Jackson West Coast 19 years, 52 days 5[101] 38 68
Todd Breman West Coast 23 years, 154 days 1[102] 23 15 Played first-class cricket for Western Australia.
Shane Ellis West Coast 28 years, 185 days 1[103] 10 8
Peter Melesso West Coast 27 years, 137 days 3[104] 6 4 Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda.
Clinton Browning West Coast 27 years, 47 days 4[105] 4 5
Peter Higgins West Coast 22 years, 243 days 11[106] 4 0
Richard Geary West Coast 25 years, 211 days 4[107] 2 0 Previously played for Richmond.
Shane Cable West Coast 19 years, 115 days 12[108] 1 0 Son of Barry Cable.

References

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