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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[]
AFL debuts[]
Name
|
Club
|
Age at debut
|
Debut round
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Notes
|
1996
|
Career
|
1996
|
Career
|
Ronnie Burns |
Geelong |
23 years, 16 days |
1[1] |
21 |
154 |
31 |
262 |
|
Jason Snell |
Geelong |
18 years, 246 days |
1[2] |
3 |
68 |
3 |
62 |
|
David Cockatoo-Collins |
Melbourne |
17 years, 363 days |
1[3] |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Twin brother of Don
|
Don Cockatoo-Collins |
Melbourne |
17 years, 363 days |
1[4] |
2 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
Twin brother of David
|
Brad Cassidy |
Fitzroy |
19 years, 249 days |
1[5] |
14 |
16 |
10 |
10 |
|
Peter Berbakov |
Essendon |
22 years, 221 days |
1[6] |
17 |
52 |
4 |
14 |
|
Scott Bamford |
Fitzroy |
21 years, 281 days |
1[7] |
22 |
59 |
6 |
33 |
|
Matthew Primus |
Fitzroy |
21 years, 79 days |
1[8] |
20 |
157 |
5 |
81 |
Round 1 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Daniel Chick |
Hawthorn |
20 years, 50 days |
1[9] |
22 |
252 |
14 |
210 |
Round 10 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Craig Treleven |
Hawthorn |
25 years, 290 days |
1[10] |
21 |
78 |
7 |
22 |
|
Joe McLaren |
St Kilda |
18 years, 110 days |
1[11] |
11 |
69 |
2 |
39 |
|
Jason Traianidis |
St Kilda |
21 years, 144 days |
1[12] |
13 |
62 |
9 |
36 |
|
Andrew McLean |
St Kilda |
22 years, 256 days |
1[13] |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Danny Dickfos |
Brisbane Bears |
25 years, 182 days |
1[14] |
22 |
65 |
1 |
0 |
|
Troy Johnson |
Brisbane Bears |
18 years, 248 days |
1[15] |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scott Taylor |
Footscray |
19 years, 160 days |
1[16] |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Andrew Donnelly |
West Coast |
23 years, 2 days |
1[17] |
20 |
68 |
28 |
69 |
|
Chad Morrison |
West Coast |
18 years, 2 days |
1[18] |
18 |
169 |
24 |
88 |
Round 16 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Steven Pitt |
Collingwood |
22 years, 253 days |
1[19] |
13 |
18 |
14 |
16 |
|
Gavin Mitchell |
Fremantle |
23 years, 94 days |
1[20] |
21 |
88 |
11 |
82 |
|
Greg Harding |
Fremantle |
19 years, 196 days |
1[21] |
18 |
78 |
1 |
3 |
Round 4 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Brendon Fewster |
West Coast |
22 years, 88 days |
1[22] |
3 |
70 |
2 |
43 |
|
Mark West |
Footscray |
23 years, 3 days |
2[23] |
4 |
16 |
2 |
3 |
|
Tristan Lynch |
Brisbane Bears |
22 years, 228 days |
2[24] |
21 |
72 |
1 |
15 |
|
Kane Fraser |
Hawthorn |
18 years, 266 days |
3[25] |
2 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
Ben Holland |
Richmond |
18 years, 339 days |
3[26] |
11 |
191 |
3 |
179 |
Brother of Nick Holland
|
Matthew Nicks |
Sydney |
20 years, 337 days |
3[27] |
6 |
175 |
2 |
125 |
|
Jason Cripps |
St Kilda |
19 years, 183 days |
3[28] |
11 |
60 |
3 |
10 |
|
Clive Waterhouse |
Fremantle |
21 years, 296 days |
3[29] |
11 |
106 |
9 |
178 |
|
Darren O'Brien |
Melbourne |
27 years, 31 days |
4[30] |
13 |
24 |
7 |
9 |
|
Michael Brown |
Fremantle |
19 years, 213 days |
4[31] |
10 |
22 |
6 |
15 |
|
Ben Cousins |
West Coast |
17 years, 296 days |
4[32] |
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[33] |
5 |
179 |
8 |
389 |
Brother of Wally & Peter Matera
|
Scott Lucas |
Essendon |
18 years, 117 days |
5[34] |
14 |
270 |
11 |
471 |
|
Steven Koops |
Fremantle |
17 years, 277 days |
5[35] |
6 |
89 |
6 |
49 |
|
David Wirrpanda |
West Coast |
16 years, 268 days |
5[36] |
5 |
227 |
4 |
131 |
|
Steven King |
Geelong |
17 years, 157 days |
5[37] |
13 |
240 |
3 |
83 |
Round 15 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Stefan Carey |
Sydney |
20 years, 100 days |
6[38] |
4 |
48 |
1 |
23 |
|
Clint Bizzell |
Geelong |
19 years, 310 days |
6[39] |
4 |
163 |
1 |
79 |
|
Sam McFarlane |
North Melbourne |
20 years, 150 days |
6[40] |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Shane Clayton |
Fitzroy |
17 years, 193 days |
6[41] |
13 |
117 |
1 |
52 |
|
Brent Frewen |
Fitzroy |
18 years, 197 days |
6[42] |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Nick Carter |
Fitzroy |
18 years, 8 days |
6[43] |
17 |
25 |
4 |
6 |
Round 8 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Ross Funcke |
Richmond |
18 years, 170 days |
6[44] |
4 |
40 |
2 |
5 |
|
Jade Rawlings |
Hawthorn |
18 years, 208 days |
6[45] |
2 |
148 |
1 |
96 |
Brother of Brady Rawlings
|
Clark Keating |
Brisbane Bears |
20 years, 48 days |
6[46] |
14 |
139 |
9 |
83 |
Brother of Aaron Keating
|
Todd McHardy |
Melbourne |
19 years, 37 days |
7[47] |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Luke Toia |
Fremantle |
18 years, 171 days |
7[48] |
13 |
63 |
11 |
33 |
Round 20 1996 Rising Star nomination
|
Michael Polley |
Melbourne |
19 years, 254 days |
9[49] |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
Barry Hall |
St Kilda |
19 years, 109 days |
9[50] |
4 |
289 |
2 |
746 |
|
Damien Ryan |
Richmond |
18 years, 297 days |
9[51] |
11 |
60 |
1 |
9 |
|
Justin Blumfield |
Essendon |
18 years, 197 days |
10[52] |
10 |
148 |
3 |
91 |
|
Matthew Collins |
Adelaide |
19 years, 129 days |
10[53] |
8 |
43 |
2 |
7 |
|
Ben Moore |
Richmond |
18 years, 347 days |
11[54] |
4 |
24 |
2 |
11 |
|
Ben Wilson |
Collingwood |
19 years, 113 days |
11[55] |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
|
Simon Prestigiacomo |
Collingwood |
18 years, 138 days |
11[56] |
12 |
233 |
6 |
3 |
|
James Clement |
Fremantle |
19 years, 286 days |
11[57] |
12 |
230 |
1 |
51 |
|
Ben Robbins |
Brisbane Bears |
19 years, 178 days |
12[58] |
5 |
92 |
1 |
21 |
|
Clinton King |
Sydney |
18 years, 93 days |
12[59] |
5 |
89 |
3 |
23 |
|
Scott Welsh |
North Melbourne |
17 years, 199 days |
12[60] |
1 |
205 |
0 |
363 |
|
Daniel Healy |
St Kilda |
22 years, 53 days |
12[61] |
1 |
38 |
0 |
24 |
|
Jason Ramsey |
Fitzroy |
21 years, 158 days |
13[62] |
2 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
|
Eric Lissenden |
North Melbourne |
24 years, 187 days |
14[63] |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kane Johnson |
Adelaide |
18 years, 115 days |
14[64] |
2 |
220 |
3 |
76 |
|
Peter Vardy |
Adelaide |
20 years, 163 days |
14[65] |
7 |
137 |
5 |
206 |
|
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 |
384* |
0 |
458 |
Brother of Shane Harvey
|
Change of AFL club[]
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
|
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