Experience
average 81.2 games
ranked 1st for the year
Age
average 25.0 years old
ranked 1st for the year
Goals
average 59.8 career goals
ranked 3rd for the year
Coaches Votes
average 0.0 career votes
ranked 1st for the year
Brownlow Votes
average 18.0 career votes
ranked 1st for the year
| # ↧ | Player | Grade | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Coaches Prior | Brownlow Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Coaches 1997 | Brownlow 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Silvagni | A+ | 31 May 67 | 29yr | 194cm | 95kg | 212 | 127 | 0 | 58 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 5 | Marcellin College | AA: 1994, 1995, 1996; B&F: 1990, 1996; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 2 | Greg Williams | A | 30 Sep 63 | 33yr | 176cm | 86kg | 237 | 206 | 0 | 151 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Golden Square | AA: 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994; Brownlow: 1986, 1994; MVP: 1985, 1994; B&F: 1985, 1994; Norm Smith: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 3 | Rohan Welsh | C | 7 Oct 70 | 26yr | 189cm | 94kg | 39 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Bernard's College | #54 Pre-Season 1989 | ||
| 4 | Stephen Kernahan | B | 1 Sep 63 | 33yr | 196cm | 102kg | 235 | 715 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Glenelg | AA: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994; B&F: 1987, 1989, 1992; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 5 | Andrew McKay | B | 14 Jul 70 | 26yr | 185cm | 90kg | 86 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Lucindale/Glenelg | #13 National 1992 | AA: 1993; Prem: 1995 | |
| 6 | Matt Clape | C+ | 28 May 69 | 27yr | 187cm | 86kg | 69 | 55 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Guildford Grammar/East Perth | #9 National 1990 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 7 | Brett Ratten | C+ | 11 Jul 71 | 25yr | 184cm | 88kg | 121 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 12 | Yarra Glen | B&F: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 8 | Lance Whitnall | D | 23 Aug 79 | 17yr | 192cm | 100kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Lalor/Northern U18 | Father-Son 1996 | ||
| 9 | Adrian Hickmott | C+ | 30 Mar 72 | 25yr | 182cm | 88kg | 72 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Horsham FC | |||
| 11 | Earl Spalding | C+ | 11 Mar 65 | 32yr | 198cm | 110kg | 207 | 169 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wesley College (WA)/Perth | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 13 | Mil Hanna | B | 5 Apr 66 | 31yr | 184cm | 91kg | 182 | 81 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | East Brunswick | AA: 1992; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 14 | Michael Sexton | A | 5 Mar 71 | 26yr | 192cm | 92kg | 130 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Sandhurst | #54 National 1988 | AA: 1996; Prem: 1995 | |
| 15 | Ben Nelson | D | 23 Jan 77 | 20yr | 184cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scotch College (SA)/Sturt | |||
| 16 | Scott Camporeale | C+ | 11 Aug 75 | 21yr | 180cm | 80kg | 47 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | St Michael's College (SA)/Woodville-West Torrens | #15 National 1994 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 17 | Damien Lock | D | 1 Oct 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eaglehawk/Bendigo U18 | #52 National 1996 | ||
| 18 | Justin Murphy | C | 24 Apr 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 85kg | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 1 | De La Salle Old Collegians/Sandringham U18 | #3 National 1993 | ||
| 19 | Brad Pearce | B | 16 Aug 71 | 25yr | 185cm | 85kg | 42 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | South Launceston/St Kilda U19s | #16 Mid-Season 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 20 | Fraser Brown | B+ | 18 Aug 70 | 26yr | 181cm | 90kg | 122 | 78 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Lilydale | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 21 | Craig Bradley | A | 23 Oct 63 | 33yr | 180cm | 81kg | 245 | 183 | 0 | 75 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 15 | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | AA: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995; B&F: 1986, 1988, 1993; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Glenn Manton | C+ | 1 Jun 73 | 23yr | 185cm | 88kg | 57 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Strathmore/East Keilor | #47 National 1991 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 23 | Dean Rice | C+ | 17 Mar 68 | 29yr | 180cm | 92kg | 143 | 68 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Longwood/Salesian College/Geelong Reserves | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 24 | Matthew Allan | C | 26 Feb 75 | 22yr | 198cm | 104kg | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Olinda-Ferny Creek/Chirnside Park/North Ringwood | |||
| 25 | Sam Smart | D | 2 May 75 | 21yr | 200cm | 101kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Melrose/Prince Alfred College/Norwood | #86 National 1992 | ||
| 27 | Luke O'Sullivan | C | 28 Mar 68 | 29yr | 177cm | 92kg | 47 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Xavier College | |||
| 28 | Andrew Balkwill | D | 24 Mar 72 | 25yr | 192cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Central District | |||
| 29 | Simon Beaumont | C | 13 Dec 75 | 21yr | 189cm | 88kg | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | East Camberwell/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 | #18 National 1993 | ||
| 30 | Adam White | D | 9 Jan 76 | 21yr | 188cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | East Burwood/Eastern U18 | #41 National 1994 | ||
| 31 | Mick McGuane | B | 29 Dec 67 | 29yr | 186cm | 94kg | 152 | 128 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sebastopol/St Patrick's College | AA: 1992; B&F: 1992, 1993; Prem: 1990 | ||
| 32 | Adrian Whitehead | C+ | 25 Aug 75 | 21yr | 178cm | 81kg | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga FC | #43 National 1992 | Prem: 1995 | |
| 33 | Matthew Hogg | C+ | 21 Dec 68 | 28yr | 175cm | 79kg | 134 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | East Keilor | Prem: 1995 | ||
| 34 | Ron De Iulio | C+ | 15 Apr 72 | 25yr | 180cm | 82kg | 61 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Brunswick FC/Box Hill | |||
| 35 | Peter Dean | C+ | 9 Mar 65 | 32yr | 188cm | 85kg | 215 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | South Bendigo | Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 36 | Aaron Hamill | D | 20 Aug 77 | 19yr | 184cm | 95kg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | Tuggeranong | #79 National 1994 | ||
| 39 | Ang Christou | A | 16 Jan 72 | 25yr | 190cm | 90kg | 97 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Brunswick | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 40 | Tony Bourke | D | 13 Jun 76 | 20yr | 201cm | 91kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Patrick's College/North Ballarat U18/East Ballarat | #67 National 1994 | ||
| 41 | Jacob Anstey | D | 27 Jan 78 | 19yr | 176cm | 71kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Tuggeranong | #63 National 1995 | ||
| 43 | Anthony Koutoufides | A | 18 Jan 73 | 24yr | 191cm | 99kg | 85 | 55 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 6 | Lalor | AA: 1995; Prem: 1995 | ||
| 44 | Justin Madden | A | 31 May 61 | 35yr | 206cm | 107kg | 332 | 190 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Airport West/St Bernard's College | AA: 1995; B&F: 1985, 1991; Prem: 1987, 1995 | ||
| 45 | Anthony Franchina | D | 11 Oct 77 | 19yr | 176cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newlands-Coburg/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Calder U18/Northern U18 | #81 National 1996 | ||
| 46 | r | Mark Porter | D | 11 Oct 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 103kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | King Valley/Coburg Tigers | #10 Rookie 1996 | |
| 47 | Darren Hulme | D | 19 Jul 77 | 19yr | 175cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Frankston Bombers/Dandenong U18 | #8 Pre-Season 1996 | ||
| Chris Jackson | D | 7 Oct 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hay/NSW-ACT U18 | #74 National 1996 | |||
| David Walls | D | 21 Nov 78 | 18yr | 192cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Southport | Father-Son 1995 |