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Tom Wills , champion cricketer and co-founder of Australian rules football
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, 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
Eric Freeman
Port Adelaide Football Club
1964–1971
[1]
1967/68–1969/70
Neil Hawke
1956–1966
[2]
1962/63–1968
Clem Hill
South Adelaide Football Club
1890s–1900s
[3]
1894/95–1902/03
Ernie Jones
South Adelaide Football Club
North Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club
1894–1901
[4]
1892/93–1907/08
Gil Langley
Sturt Football Club
Essendon Football Club
1939–1950
[5]
1951/52–1956/57
Phil Lee
1923–1929
[6]
1931/32–1932/33
Keith Miller
1939–1946
[7]
1945/46–1956/57
Laurie Nash
South Melbourne Football Club (both player and coach)
1930–1945
[8]
1931/32–1936/37
John Reedman
South Adelaide Football Club
North Adelaide Football Club
1889–1909
[9]
1894
Vic Richardson
1915–1927
[10]
1924/25–1935/36
Keith Slater
1955–1963
[11]
1958/59
David Smith
1903–1914
[12]
1912
[ ]
Name
Australian rules football
International cricket
Club(s)
Career
Ref
Format(s)
Career
Frank Allan
South Melbourne Football Club
1867–1870s
1879
Warwick Armstrong
South Melbourne Football Club
1898–1900
[13]
1901/02–1921
Barlow Carkeek
1903–1905
[14]
1912
Joe Darling
1894–1895
1894/95–1905
Algy Gehrs
South Adelaide Football Club
North Adelaide Football Club
1902–1908
[15]
1903/04–1910/11
George Giffen
1878–1885
[16]
1881/82–1896
Harry Graham
1900
[17]
1893–1896
Albert Hartkopf
1908–1914
[18]
1924/25
Des Hoare
East Fremantle Football Club
1950s
[19]
1960/61
Sam Loxton
1942–1946
[20]
1947/48–1950/51
Mick Malone
1970s
[21]
1977–1981/82
Geoff Marsh
South Fremantle Football Club
1978
[22]
1985/86–1991/92
Jimmy Matthews
1907
[23]
1911/12–1912
Ted McDonald
Essendon Football Club
Fitzroy Football Club
1912–1919
[24]
1920/21–1921/22
Patrick McShane
1880s
[25]
1884/85
Simon O'Donnell
1982–1983
[26]
1984/85–1991/92
Roy Park
University Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
1912–1915
[27]
1920/21
Nip Pellew
North Adelaide Football Club
1914
[28]
1920/21–1921/22
Jamie Siddons
1984
[29]
1988/89
Joe Travers
1892–1896
[30]
1901/02
George Tribe
1940–1946
[31]
1946/47
Mervyn Waite
1930–1942
[32]
1938
Max Walker
1967–1972
[33]
1972/73–1980/81
Graeme Watson
1964–1965
[34]
1966/67–1972
Graeme Wood
East Fremantle Football Club
1975–1977
[35]
1977/78–1988/89
Jack Worrall
1902–1920
[36]
1884/85–1899
Tim Zoehrer
East Fremantle Football Club
1982
[37] [permanent dead link ]
1985/86–1993/94
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Queensland [ ]
South Australia [ ]
Tasmania [ ]
Victoria [ ]
Western Australia [ ]
[ ]
South Australia [ ]
Tasmania [ ]
Victoria [ ]
Name
Australian rules football
FC cricket
Club(s)
Career
Ref
Team(s)
Career
Noel Allanson
1947–1951
[132]
1956/57
Bill Allen
1910–1923
[133]
1914/15
Alfred Andrew-Street
Collingwood Football Club
1933–1934
[134]
1937/38
Cecil Austen
1942
[135]
1945/46
Jim Baird
1941–1951
[136]
1948/49–1949/50
Jack Barnes
South Melbourne Football Club
1925–1929
[137]
1929/30
Thomas Bird
Collingwood Football Club
1925, 1928
[138]
1928/29
Blair Campbell
Richmond Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
1966, 1968–1969
[139]
1969/70–1979/80
Frederick Chapman
1920–1921
[140]
1928/29–1930/31
Bernard Considine
1952–1953
[141]
1949/50–1954/55
Russell Cook
South Melbourne Football Club
1966–1975
[142]
1968/69
John Cordner
1951
[143]
1951–1952
Laurence Cordner
1933
[144]
1930/31–1933/34
Bryan Cosgrave
1924
[145]
1925/26–1931/32
Neil Crompton
1957–1966
[146]
1957–62
John Douglas
North Melbourne Football Club
1972, 1975–1976
[147]
1975/76–1978/79
Harcourt Dowsley
1941
[148]
1937/38–1946/47
Walter Dudley
1940
[149]
1940/41
Reg Ellis
1913–1915, 1920
[150]
1927/28–1929/30
Michael Fitchett
1950–1952
[151]
1950/51–1952/53
John Francis
1926
[152]
1932/33
Harry Frei
1973
[153]
1982–1986
Herbert Fry
1897–1898
[154]
1896/97–1907/08
Norman Good
1909
[155]
1909/10
Doug Gott
Collingwood Football Club
1969–1977
[156]
1973–1974
Herbert Guthrie
1925
[157]
1928/29–1929/30
David Hone
1969
[158]
1970
Herb Howson
South Melbourne Football Club
1897–1908
[159]
1902/03
Nick Jewell
1997
[160]
2001/02–2006/07
Stuart King
1931–1933
[161]
1926/27–1932/33
Bill Kinnear
1936
[162]
1935/36
Joe Kinnear
1932–1937
[163]
1931/32
Harry Lambert
Collingwood Football Club
1941–1947
[164]
1946/47–1953/54
Thomas Leather
North Melbourne Football Club
1932–1933
[165]
1933/34–1936/37
Ian Lee
South Melbourne Football Club
1934
[166]
1931/32–1940/41
Jack Lowry
1938–1946
[167]
1937/38
Frank Lugton
1913–1914
[168]
1913/14
Richard Maddocks
North Melbourne Football Club
1948
[169]
1948/49–1956/57
Samuel McMichael
1897
[170]
1891/92–1903/04
Norman Mitchell
1925
[171]
1925/26–1926/27
Bruce Murray
South Melbourne Football Club
1951–1954
[172]
1957/58
Basil Onyons
1905–1908
[173]
1918/19–1928/29
Geoff Parker
1987,1989
[174]
1985/86–1998/99
Joseph Plant
1925
[175]
1932/33–1936/37
Leslie Rainey
Essendon Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
1899–1903
[176]
1902/03–1904/05
Keith Rawle
1942–1949
[177]
1948/49
Howard Richardson
Richmond Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
1915–1919
[178]
1923/24
Alby Rose
South Melbourne Football Club
1900–1902
[179]
1904/05
Robert Rose
1970–1973
[180]
1971/72–1973/74
Charles Salvana
1919
[181]
1926/27
Mick Schade
1911
[182]
1921/22
John Scholes
North Melbourne Football Club
1967–1971
[183]
1968/69–1981/82
Heinrich Schrader
1914
[184]
1929/30–1930/31
David Shepherd
1976–1977
[185]
1982/83
Benjamin Sheppard
Melbourne Football Club
Richmond Football Club
1911–1912
[186]
1913/14
Harold Shillinglaw
1945–1951
[187]
1949/50–1953/54
Keith Stackpole, Sr.
Collingwood Football Club
Fitzroy Football Club
1935–1944
[188]
1945/46–1949/50
John Stephens
1971–1973
[189]
1970/71–1971/72
Les Stillman
1968–1971
[190]
1970–1978
Alan Thomson
1923–1924
[191]
1925/26
Herb Turner
Carlton Football Club
Hawthorn Football Club
1944–1950
[192]
1948/49–1950/51
Les Vernon
Carlton Football Club
South Melbourne Football Club
1898–1901
[193]
1906/07–1908/09
Carl Willis
1912–15, 1920–21
[194]
1913/14–1928/29
Tom Wills
Melbourne Football Club
Geelong Football Club
1850s–1870s
[195]
1854–1875/76
Charles 'Gillie' Wilson
1897, 1900
[196]
Victoria
Otago
Wellington
1894/95–1919/20
William Wilson
1932–1933, 1935
[197]
1935/36
Stan Wootton
South Melbourne Football Club
Richmond Football Club
1915, 1920–1923
[198]
1923/24
Harry Wright
1897–1903
[199]
1900/01–1904/05
Western Australia [ ]
References [ ]
Cricketers who played other sports