List of VFL debuts in 1918

The 1918 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 22nd season of the VFL. The season saw 74 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 12 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1918
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 7 4
Collingwood 5 1
Essendon 19 1
Fitzroy 9 2
Geelong 7 0
Richmond 3 2
South Melbourne 11 0
St Kilda 13 2
Total 74 12

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Fred Johnson Carlton 22 years, 17 days 1[1] 77 0
Ern Cowley Carlton 25 years, 267 days 1[2] 24 51 Represented Victoria in baseball. Invented Austus, a hybrid of Australian rules and American football that was played during World War II.
Leo Tasker Carlton 17 years, 202 days 1[3] 15 13 Previously played for Geelong.
Harry Furnell Carlton 19 years, 213 days 3[4] 13 16
Jack Woolley Carlton 32 years, 130 days 7[5] 12 7 Previously played for Essendon and Melbourne.
Frank Mercovich Carlton 20 years, 130 days 11[6] 10 11 Australian national figure skating champion in 1934 and 1936. Married to Joyce Macbeth, three time world champion women's figure skater.
Jim Howe Carlton 22 years, 206 days 4[7] 8 2
Ray Stewart Carlton 26 years, 147 days 11[8] 8 1 Previously played for Richmond.
Jack Keily Carlton 19 years, 278 days 1[9] 4 0
Percy Jackson Carlton 24 years, 47 days 2[10] 1 1 Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda.
Bill Clohesy Carlton 23 years, 222 days 6[11] 1 0
Bill Twomey Collingwood 19 years, 46 days 8[12] 54 5 Father of Mick, Pat, and Bill Twomey Jr., and grandson of David Twomey.
Bill Walton Collingwood 23 years, 264 days 3[13] 27 17
Mick Maguire Collingwood 23 years, 339 days 1[14] 9 10 Father of Mary Maguire. Previously played for Richmond and Melbourne.
Stan McKenzie Collingwood 21 years, 261 days 2[15] 9 0
Stan Yates Collingwood 17 years, 353 days 3[16] 8 6 Uncle of Ken Turner and great uncle of Jamie Turner.
Jack O'Connor Collingwood 17 years, 191 days 2[17] 3 1
Jimmy Sullivan Essendon 22 years, 33 days 1[18] 90 20
Tom Fitzmaurice Essendon 19 years, 315 days 1[19] 85 30
Bert Drinkwater Essendon 22 years, 253 days 5[20] 27 15
Dave Walsh Essendon 19 years, 224 days 1[21] 25 18
Norm Dunn Essendon 22 years, 110 days 1[22] 14 3
Leo McInerney Essendon 20 years, 17 days 1[23] 12 2
Paddy McDonald Essendon 21 years, 94 days 8[24] 9 3 Brother of Frank McDonald.
Phil Furlong Essendon 25 years, 82 days 1[25] 5 3
Jim Alexander Essendon 19 years, 148 days 14[26] 5 1
Harry Sawyer Essendon 24 years, 208 days 2[27] 4 0
Len Phillips Essendon 28 years, 48 days 4[28] 4 0 Previously played for St Kilda.
Bill Hanson Essendon 24 years, 295 days 9[29] 3 1
Eric Sprague Essendon 23 years, 291 days 9[30] 3 0
Jack McGarity Essendon 21 years, 129 days 3[31] 2 0
Tom Greenwood Essendon 28 years, 296 days 8[32] 2 0
Bill Coffey Essendon 21 years, 213 days 1[33] 1 0
Jim Taylor Essendon 24 years, 203 days 2[34] 1 0
Sydney Barr Essendon 25 years, 279 days 8[35] 1 0
Jim Lavelle Essendon 22 years, 183 days 11[36] 1 1
George Hemingway Essendon 18 years, 2 days 8[37] 1 0
Stan Molan Fitzroy 24 years, 277 days 1[38] 111 59
Clarrie Sherry Fitzroy 22 years, 255 days 3[39] 75 3
Clarrie Featherston Fitzroy 25 years, 151 days 1[40] 14 4
Billy Billett Fitzroy 29 years, 355 days 1[41] 12 2
Les Gibaud Fitzroy 16 years, 345 days 5[42] 10 5
Bill Thorpe Fitzroy 21 years, 169 days 1[43] 5 3 Previously played for Richmond.
Les Boyne Fitzroy 18 years, 303 days 8[44] 4 1
Norm Byron Fitzroy 20 years, 251 days 10[45] 2 1
Vic Nankervis Fitzroy 25 years, 211 days 13[46] 2 1 Previously played for Essendon.
Cyril Zimmer Fitzroy 22 years, 20 days 1[47] 1 1
Wally Beckwith Fitzroy 24 years, 353 days 2[48] 1 0 Father of John Beckwith. Boundary umpired the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
Bill Bendle Geelong 20 years, 230 days 11[49] 14 6
Duncan Moodie Geelong 21 years, 4 days 1[50] 12 0
Ambrose Maher Geelong 24 years, 136 days 2[51] 10 3
Tommy Peterson Geelong 20 years, 123 days 7[52] 1 0
Jack Sheridan Geelong 19 years, 277 days 7[53] 1 0
Ern Everett Geelong 25 years, 255 days 10[54] 1 0
Bill Gliddon Geelong 21 years, 323 days 11[55] 1 0
Pat Dooley Richmond 19 years, 203 days 1[56] 15 1
Ted Fisher Richmond 30 years, 353 days 8[57] 4 1 Previously played for St Kilda.
Leo McCulloch Richmond 21 years, 352 days 2[58] 3 1
Jim Burchill Richmond 20 years, 268 days 1[59] 3 5
Frank Rigaldi Richmond 20 years, 345 days 3[60] 2 1 Previously played for Carlton.
Chip Turner South Melbourne 24 years, 335 days 1[61] 66 1
Tom O'Halloran South Melbourne 26 years, 63 days 1[62] 62 12
Chris Laird South Melbourne 25 years, 19 days 5[63] 59 99 Twin brother of Frank Laird.
Tammy Hynes South Melbourne 20 years, 280 days 2[64] 57 4
Reg Sampson South Melbourne 19 years, 38 days 1[65] 25 3
Jim Graham South Melbourne 26 years, 24 days 1[66] 15 0
Harry Bulpit South Melbourne 23 years, 26 days 7[67] 6 3
Frank Magill South Melbourne 22 years, 65 days 4[68] 2 0
Bill Talbot South Melbourne 23 years, 138 days 13[69] 2 0
Frank Cummins South Melbourne 21 years, 255 days 5[70] 1 0
Mick Ryan South Melbourne 20 years, 339 days 7[71] 1 0 1929 Australian Amateur Golf champion.
Bill Hannan St Kilda 19 years, 128 days 1[72] 29 0
Reg Berry St Kilda 25 years, 324 days 1[73] 26 9
Roy Ostberg St Kilda 21 years, 51 days 1[74] 22 7
Artie Dawson St Kilda 26 years, 363 days 6[75] 20 9
Alan Sinclair St Kilda 18 years, 24 days 1[76] 19 1
Carlyle Kenley St Kilda 26 years, 74 days 1[77] 18 5 Previously played for Melbourne.
Pat Kennedy St Kilda 19 years, 285 days 1[78] 11 3
Reg Thompson St Kilda 23 years, 39 days 2[79] 8 4
Bert Atkins St Kilda 33 years, 121 days 2[80] 7 1 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Joe Rahilly St Kilda 21 years, 323 days 1[81] 4 2
Arnold Buntine St Kilda 19 years, 142 days 2[82] 4 0 Married to Gladys "Jim" Buntine, Australian Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides from 1962 until 1968.
Edwin Hogan St Kilda 25 years, 13 days 3[83] 2 0
Eric Gordon St Kilda 22 years, 15 days 8[84] 2 0
Doug Thomson St Kilda 21 years, 239 days 14[85] 2 0
Frank McPherson St Kilda 22 years, 101 days 5[86] 1 0

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