List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia
This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.
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Current AFL-listed players in bold.[1][2]
Name | Country of birth | Club(s) | First | Last | Games | Goals |
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Bill Ahern | Ireland | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | 0 |
Colin Alexander | United Kingdom | Brisbane Bears, Collingwood | 1989 | 1993 | 29 | 30 |
Aliir Aliir | Kenya | Sydney, Port Adelaide | 2016 | 66 | 2 | |
Ramsay Anderson | United Kingdom | Essendon, University | 1910 | 1912 | 31 | 0 |
Bert Ashby | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1935 | 25 | 6 |
Ivan Astruc | Mauritius | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 6 | 1 |
Harry Aylwin | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1897 | 1899 | 29 | 0 |
Jack Baggott | South Africa | Essendon, Richmond | 1927 | 1937 | 138 | 140 |
Jack Barnett | New Zealand | Richmond | 1924 | 1926 | 13 | 11 |
Alf Bartlett | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1901 | 1907 | 80 | 5 |
Keith Baskin | United Kingdom | South Melbourne | 1964 | 1973 | 75 | 78 |
Mark Bayliss | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 6 |
Niels Becker | Germany | Footscray | 1962 | 1963 | 10 | 3 |
Colm Begley | Ireland | Brisbane, St Kilda | 2006 | 2009 | 30 | 7 |
Peter Bell | South Korea | Fremantle, North Melbourne | 1995 | 2008 | 286 | 250[3] |
Peter Bennett | New Zealand | Essendon, Hawthorn | 1976 | 1981 | 80 | 27 |
Peter Bevilacqua | Italy | Carlton | 1953 | 1953 | 1 | 0[4] |
Bernie Bignell | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1940 | 1945 | 6 | 0[4] |
Lawrence Bingham | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 1989 | 1993 | 25 | 0 |
Fred Birnstihl | Germany | Footscray | 1927 | 1927 | 2 | 0 |
Wayne Blackwell | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1984 | 1990 | 110 | 80[4] |
Bill Bourke | Ireland | Richmond | 1908 | 1909 | 32 | 45 |
Percy Bowyer | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1928 | 1938 | 154 | 33 |
Ted Brewis | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1925 | 1928 | 60 | 12[4] |
Alan Broadley | United Kingdom | South Melbourne | 1941 | 1941 | 3 | 1 |
Mordecai Bromberg | Israel | St Kilda | 1978 | 1981 | 34 | 11 |
Bob Bryce | New Zealand | Sydney, Collingwood | 1899 | 1902 | 18 | 12 |
Chris Burton | United Kingdom | Footscray, Richmond | 1980 | 1988 | 117 | 35 |
Adam Campbell | New Zealand | Fremantle | 2006 | 2009 | 13 | 13 |
Dick Campbell | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | 0 |
Alipate Carlile | Fiji | Port Adelaide | 2006 | 2016 | 167 | 5 |
Mabior Chol | South Sudan | Richmond | 2016 | 21 | 17 | |
Martin Clarke | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 2007 | 2013 | 72 | 19 |
Brant Colledge | France | West Coast | 2014 | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
Harold Collocott | Fiji | Geelong | 1900 | 1900 | 1 | 0 |
Sudjai Cook | Thailand | Adelaide | 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 2 |
Ted Cordner | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1941 | 1946 | 52 | 0 |
Aidan Corr | United Kingdom | Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne | 2013 | 100 | 2 | |
Mason Cox | United States | Collingwood | 2016 | 72 | 91 | |
Jim Cowcher | New Zealand | Carlton | 1898 | 1898 | 5 | 0 |
Trent Croad | New Zealand | Fremantle, Hawthorn | 1998 | 2008 | 222 | 189 |
Damian Cupido | South Africa | Brisbane, Essendon | 2000 | 2005 | 53 | 66 |
Ian Dargie | United Kingdom | St Kilda, West Coast | 1989 | 1991 | 11 | 1 |
Harry Davie | United Kingdom | Carlton, Melbourne | 1924 | 1928 | 58 | 186[4] |
Jim Davies | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1949 | 1950 | 16 | 1[4] |
Reg Davies | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1930 | 1931 | 3 | 0 |
Majak Daw | Sudan | North Melbourne, Melbourne | 2013 | 54 | 43 | |
Donald Dickie | New Zealand | Port Adelaide | 1997 | 2000 | 55 | 19 |
Bart Dinsmore | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1903 | 1903 | 2 | 3 |
Colin Dufty | Fiji | Collingwood | 1914 | 1914 | 1 | 1 |
Paul Earley | Ireland | Melbourne | 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 1 |
Bill Eason | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1902 | 1915 | 220 | 187 |
Jack Edgeley | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1907 | 1908 | 8 | 1 |
Bob Edmond | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1967 | 1968 | 10 | 0[4] |
Jim Edmond | United Kingdom | Footscray, Sydney, Brisbane Bears | 1977 | 1988 | 188 | 287 |
Aaron Edwards | Samoa | North Melbourne, West Coast | 2005 | 2011 | 73 | 107 |
Dinny Fagan | United Kingdom | Sydney | 1929 | 1931 | 19 | 0 |
Fred Fairweather | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1944 | 1946 | 54 | 14 |
Dick Fowler | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | 0 |
Harry Frei | Germany | Footscray | 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 0 |
Jack Frost | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 4 | 0[4] |
Ted Garside | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 0 |
Conor Glass | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 2017 | 2020 | 21 | 2 |
Fred Godfrey | United Kingdom | Footscray | 1938 | 1938 | 6 | 5 |
Andy Goodwin | United Kingdom | Melbourne, Richmond | 1987 | 1993 | 73 | 9 |
John Gray | United Kingdom | University | 1908 | 1913 | 85 | 3 |
Dick Hall | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | 0 |
Pearce Hanley | United Kingdom | Brisbane, Gold Coast | 2008 | 2020 | 169 | 60 |
Mil Hanna | Lebanon | Carlton | 1986 | 1997 | 190 | 83[4] |
Paul Harding | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast | 1987 | 1994 | 116 | 14 |
Harry Haughton | New Zealand | Carlton | 1912 | 1919 | 113 | 49[4] |
Bob Hay | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1899 | 1901 | 9 | 1 |
Jason Holmes | United States | St Kilda | 2015 | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
Karmichael Hunt | New Zealand | Gold Coast | 2011 | 2014 | 44 | 6 |
Connor Idun | United Kingdom[5] | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 | 11 | 0 | |
Alex Ishchenko | Ukraine | Brisbane Bears, North Melbourne, West Coast | 1987 | 1995 | 142 | 37 |
Bohdan Jaworskyj | Germany | Hawthorn | 1973 | 1975 | 67 | 3 |
Henri Jeanneret | Switzerland | Melbourne, South Melbourne | 1898 | 1904 | 113 | 49 |
Alex Jesaulenko | Austria | Carlton, St Kilda | 1967 | 1981 | 279 | 444[4] |
Changkuoth Jiath | Ethiopia | Hawthorn | 2019 | 23 | 0 | |
Jason Johannisen | South Africa | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | 143 | 47 | |
Bill Johnstone | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1941 | 1941 | 2 | 0 |
Warren Jones | New Zealand | Carlton, St Kilda | 1978 | 1988 | 123 | 36[4] |
Frank Kelly | United Kingdom | Footscray | 1941 | 1944 | 8 | 0 |
Tadhg Kennelly | Ireland | Sydney | 2001 | 2011 | 197 | 30 |
Bob Kenny | Ireland | St Kilda | 1899 | 1899 | 2 | 0 |
Robbert Klomp | Netherlands | Carlton, Footscray | 1979 | 1984 | 93 | 20[4] |
Denis Lanigan | Ireland | Collingwood, Melbourne, Carlton | 1897 | 1899 | 41 | 6 |
Stephen Lawrence | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1988 | 1998 | 146 | 30 |
Barney Lazarus | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1902 | 1902 | 7 | 0[4] |
Thomas Leather | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1932 | 1933 | 16 | 11 |
Harry Lees | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | 0 |
Johnny Leonard | United Kingdom | South Melbourne | 1932 | 1932 | 12 | 17 |
Heritier Lumumba | Brazil | Collingwood, Melbourne | 2005 | 2016 | 178 | 25 |
Artie Machin | New Zealand | Sydney | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
Aubrey MacKenzie | South Africa | Melbourne, St Kilda | 1914 | 1924 | 12 | 17 |
Frank Macky | New Zealand | University | 1911 | 1911 | 7 | 2 |
Stuart Magee | Ireland | Footscray, South Melbourne | 1962 | 1975 | 216 | 149 |
Fred Mann | United Kingdom | Essendon | 1901 | 1903 | 27 | 1 |
Frank Maple | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 1 |
Oleg Markov | Belarus | Richmond, Gold Coast | 2016 | 40 | 4 | |
Nick Marshall | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1907 | 1908 | 4 | 0 |
William Marshall | United Kingdom | Melbourne, University | 1905 | 1908 | 12 | 0 |
Bryan Martin | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1942 | 1943 | 5 | 0 |
Kris Massie | Sweden | Carlton, Adelaide | 1998 | 2008 | 131 | 23[4] |
Daniel McAlister | New Zealand | Essendon | 1997 | 2002 | 6 | 0 |
John McCarthy | United Kingdom | Fitzroy, North Melbourne | 1986 | 1996 | 163 | 178 |
Dave McColl | New Zealand | South Melbourne | 1904 | 1904 | 5 | 0 |
Alan McCrory | United Kingdom | Richmond, South Melbourne | 1938 | 1941 | 9 | 4 |
Marty McDonnell | New Zealand | Footscray | 1939 | 1950 | 92 | 2 |
Abe McDougall | New Zealand | Fitzroy | 1898 | 1902 | 59 | 28 |
Andrew McGrath | Canada | Essendon | 2017 | 80 | 16 | |
Bob McIlveen | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1943 | 1943 | 6 | 0 |
Niall McKeever | United Kingdom | Brisbane | 2011 | 2012 | 17 | 1 |
Conor McKenna | United Kingdom | Essendon | 2015 | 2020 | 79 | 20 |
Hugh McLaughlin Sr. | United Kingdom | South Melbourne, Footscray | 1929 | 1937 | 129 | 0 |
Tom McNeil | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1951 | 1952 | 8 | 0 |
Dermot McNicholl | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1990 | 1990 | 3 | 0 |
Henry McPetrie | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 2[4] |
Charlie Meadway | New Zealand | Carlton, Collingwood | 1906 | 1907 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Mearns | New Zealand | St Kilda | 1910 | 1910 | 3 | 1 |
Eddie Melai | Netherlands | South Melbourne | 1964 | 1964 | 7 | 2 |
Mal Michael | Papua New Guinea | Brisbane, Collingwood, Essendon | 1997 | 2008 | 238 | 33 |
Donald Mills | Jersey | Hawthorn | 1929 | 1931 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Money | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1928 | 1928 | 2 | 1 |
Charlie Moore | Fiji | Essendon | 1897 | 1899 | 30 | 34 |
Brad Moran | United Kingdom | Adelaide, North Melbourne | 2006 | 2011 | 21 | 8 |
Doug Morgan | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1909 | 1911 | 18 | 3 |
Ian Muller | South Africa | Carlton, St Kilda | 1984 | 1991 | 27 | 2[4] |
Brian Mulvihill | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1971 | 1972 | 24 | 25 |
Brian Mynott | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1964 | 1975 | 210 | 75 |
Conor Nash | Ireland | Hawthorn | 2018 | 21 | 11 | |
Eric Needham | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | 0 |
Richard Nixon | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1987 | 1990 | 37 | 3 |
Laurie Ogilvie | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1901 | 1901 | 4 | 3 |
Joe O'Grady | Ireland | St Kilda | 1897 | 1897 | 9 | 0 |
Thomas O'Halloran | New Zealand | Richmond | 1925 | 1934 | 142 | 120 |
Jamie O'Reilly | United Kingdom | Richmond | 2010 | 2011 | 4 | 0 |
Daniel Pearce | New Zealand | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
Bill Perkins | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1940 | 1949 | 148 | 0 |
Val Perovic | Croatia | Carlton, St Kilda | 1973 | 1985 | 174 | 13[4] |
Ian Perrie | Zimbabwe | Adelaide | 1998 | 2007 | 115 | 133 |
Fred Pringle | India | Carlton | 1923 | 1924 | 22 | 7[4] |
Don Pyke | United States | West Coast | 1989 | 1996 | 132 | 97 |
Mike Pyke | Canada | Sydney | 2009 | 2015 | 110 | 48 |
Michael Quinn | Ireland | Essendon | 2009 | 2011 | 8 | 2 |
Brent Renouf | New Zealand | Hawthorn, Port Adelaide | 2008 | 2011 | 52 | 9 |
George Renwick | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1909 | 1909 | 4 | 0 |
Ralph Robertson | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1898 | 1900 | 14 | 1 |
David Rodan | Fiji | Port Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne | 2002 | 2013 | 166 | 127 |
Jose Romero | Chile | Footscray/Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne | 1988 | 2001 | 211 | 169 |
Bobby Royle | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
Alex Ruscuklic | Germany | Carlton, Fitzroy | 1966 | 1974 | 117 | 209[4] |
Shane Savage | New Zealand | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 2009 | 2020 | 165 | 63 |
John Scarlett | United Kingdom | Geelong, South Melbourne | 1967 | 1979 | 212 | 44 |
Wayne Schwass | New Zealand | North Melbourne, Sydney | 1988 | 2002 | 282 | 154 |
Fred Scott | United Kingdom | Essendon, Carlton | 1899 | 1904 | 50 | 36[4] |
Joe Sellwood | New Zealand | Geelong | 1930 | 1945 | 180 | 97 |
Dannie Seow | Singapore | Collingwood, Melbourne | 1986 | 1990 | 25 | 10 |
Ben Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton, Footscray | 1991 | 1996 | 43 | 33[4] |
Michael Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton | 1990 | 2000 | 200 | 23[4] |
Jack Southern | New Zealand | South Melbourne | 1897 | 1899 | 31 | 3 |
Arthur Sowden | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1897 | 1906 | 117 | 13 |
Ted Staniland | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 3 |
George Stewart | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1909 | 1909 | 2 | 0 |
Wilfred Stott | United Kingdom | Essendon, Richmond | 1913 | 1920 | 11 | 1 |
Jack Strong | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1901 | 1912 | 78 | 29 |
Brian Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1992 | 1992 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1987 | 1998 | 264 | 130 |
George Sutherland | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1900 | 1901 | 16 | 14 |
Jim Tarbotton | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1923 | 1926 | 37 | 1 |
Syd Tate | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1947 | 1951 | 85 | 13 |
Ewan Thompson | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 1 |
Heinz Tonn | Germany | Fitzroy | 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 2 |
Will Thursfield | United Kingdom | Richmond | 2005 | 2011 | 77 | 0 |
Zach Tuohy | Ireland | Carlton, Geelong | 2010 | 205 | 67[4] | |
Wennie Van Lint | Netherlands | Sydney | 1967 | 1967 | 2 | 0 |
Ron Van T'Hag | Netherlands | Geelong | 1959 | 1959 | 2 | 0 |
Eric Vinar | Czech Republic | Fitzroy | 1964 | 1964 | 8 | 3 |
Paul Vinar | Czech Republic | Geelong | 1959 | 1966 | 132 | 45 |
Fred Warry | Seychelles | St Kilda | 1900 | 1900 | 2 | 0 |
Clive Waterhouse | United Kingdom | Fremantle | 1996 | 2004 | 106 | 178 |
Arthur Watson | New Zealand | Hawthorn | 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Watson | New Zealand | Carlton, Melbourne | 1902 | 1904 | 15 | 0 |
Fergus Watts | United Kingdom | Adelaide, St Kilda | 2004 | 2007 | 6 | 3 |
Fred West | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1929 | 12 | 3 |
Sanford Wheeler | United States | Sydney | 1989 | 1994 | 43 | 7 |
Sean Wight | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1985 | 1995 | 150 | 63 |
Art Wilkinson | United Kingdom | Collingwood, Essendon | 1912 | 1913 | 13 | 8 |
Reuben William | South Sudan | Brisbane | 2016 | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
Arnie Wilson | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1909 | 1910 | 2 | 0 |
Barney Wood | New Zealand | Melbourne | 1928 | 1928 | 5 | 0 |
Syd Young | United Kingdom | South Melbourne | 1941 | 1941 | 2 | 0 |
See also[]
- VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
- Australian rules football around the world
References[]
- ^ Rohan Connolly (15 May 2010). "International rules OK". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Multicultural players putting AFL on the map". AFL Players Association.
- ^ Wilson, Caroline (30 March 2003). "Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond". The Sunday Age. p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "From "Media City" to premiership glory". Carlton FC. 3 August 2015.
- ^ Zell, Alison (2 August 2019). "Idun to Debut". gwsgiants.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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