Incoming Players
National Draft
| # | Club | Player | Original Club | Age | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Essendon | Darren Smith | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 24yr | 193cm | 90kg | 9 (0) | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Essendon | Gavin Wanganeen | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | 16yr | 181cm | 83kg | 300 (127) | 202 | 8 | 109 | AA: 1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003; Brownlow: 1993; B&F: 2003; Prem: 1993, 2004 | |
| 19 | Essendon | Ashley Green | Warragul | 16yr | 189cm | 87kg | 23 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Essendon | Alister Carr | South Bendigo | 16yr | 189cm | 90kg | 4 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Essendon | Peter Cransberg | East Perth | 22yr | 190cm | 87kg | 79 | 72 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 40 | Essendon | Travis St Clair | South Bendigo | 16yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | Essendon | Shane Radbone | Sturt | 19yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 58 | Essendon | Jason Dullard | Bairnsdale | 15yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 65 | Essendon | Alan Schwartz | West Torrens | 21yr | 191cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 72 | Essendon | Glenn Crawford | Barooga | 16yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 86 | Essendon | Gerrard Harrington | Southport | 16yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 99 | Essendon | Nick Tsiotinas | Bulleen-Templestowe | 22yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 100 | Essendon | David Pittman | Prince Alfred College/Norwood | 20yr | 201cm | 103kg | 131 (0) | 34 | 0 | 24 | Prem: 1997, 1998 | |
| 114 | Essendon | Jason Walsgott | West Gambier | 17yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pre-Season Draft
| # | Club | Player | Original Club | Age | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Essendon | Derek Kickett | Central District | 27yr | 180cm | 88kg | 140 (77) | 167 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 32 | Essendon | Ian McMullin | Melbourne Grammar/Old Melburnians | 25yr | 182cm | 85kg | 29 (24) | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Essendon | Neale Daniher | St Patrick's College (NSW)/Assumption College/Ungarie | 28yr | 188cm | 84kg | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Essendon | Rohan Welsh | St Bernard's College | 19yr | 189cm | 94kg | 42 (0) | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Mid-Season Draft
| # | Club | Player | Original Club | Age | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Essendon | Paul Morrish | Ouyen Rovers | 21yr | 188cm | 79kg | 27 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Essendon | David Robertson | Ingle Farm/North Adelaide | 27yr | 178cm | 78kg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Essendon | Andrew Mills | 19yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 43 | Essendon | Michael Thomson | 27yr | 187cm | 86kg | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outgoing Players
Delistings
| When | Club | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Original Club | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | Essendon | Brian Hinkley | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| May 31 | Essendon | Nick Tsiotinas | 23 | Bulleen-Templestowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trade Period
| # | Club | Player | Age | Height | Weight | Games | Goals | Coaches Votes |
Brownlow Votes |
Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | Steven Clark | 28yr | 173cm | 76kg | 27 | 24 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Essendon | Gavin Keane | 23yr | 178cm | 76kg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Essendon | Trevor Spencer | 24yr | 190cm | 89kg | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Net Trade Period Results
| Gave: | Steven Clark + Gavin Keane + Trevor Spencer |
| Got: | 11 (Darren Smith) + 19 (Ashley Green) + 39 (Peter Cransberg) + 65 (Alan Schwartz) + 99 (Nick Tsiotinas) |