Experience
average 49.7 games
ranked 9th for the year
Age
average 23.5 years old
ranked 5th for the year
Goals
average 34.9 career goals
ranked 10th for the year
Coaches Votes
average 0.0 career votes
ranked 1st for the year
Brownlow Votes
average 7.3 career votes
ranked 13th 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 | Mark Harvey | B | 11 Jun 65 | 31yr | 184cm | 87kg | 200 | 169 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Keilor | AA: 1985, 1993; B&F: 1992; Prem: 1984, 1985, 1993 | ||
| 2 | Mark Mercuri | C+ | 21 Feb 74 | 23yr | 178cm | 77kg | 79 | 115 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | Keilor Park | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 3 | Ryan O'Connor | C | 27 Jun 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 107kg | 33 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | Ulverstone | #37 National 1991 | ||
| 4 | Daniel McAlister | D | 22 Aug 78 | 18yr | 185cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Smithton/Tasmania U18 | #5 National 1996 | ||
| 5 | James Hird | A | 4 Feb 73 | 24yr | 188cm | 90kg | 88 | 149 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | Ainslie | #79 National 1990 | AA: 1995, 1996; Brownlow: 1996; B&F: 1994, 1995, 1996; Prem: 1993 | |
| 6 | Sean Wellman | C | 20 Sep 74 | 22yr | 193cm | 90kg | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | St Paul's College (SA)/North Adelaide | |||
| 7 | Chris Daniher | C+ | 31 Mar 66 | 31yr | 183cm | 86kg | 107 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Ungarie | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 8 | Darren Bewick | B | 21 Aug 67 | 29yr | 178cm | 81kg | 167 | 264 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | West Perth | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 9 | Che Cockatoo-Collins | C+ | 5 Mar 75 | 22yr | 181cm | 85kg | 54 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Cairns City JFC/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #42 National 1992 | ||
| 10 | Gary O'Donnell | C+ | 12 May 65 | 31yr | 181cm | 85kg | 206 | 77 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | North Ringwood | B&F: 1993; Prem: 1993 | ||
| 11 | Paul Hills | C+ | 20 Sep 72 | 24yr | 185cm | 78kg | 63 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Ballarat | #93 National 1988 | Prem: 1993 | |
| 12 | Michael Symons | C | 16 Sep 71 | 25yr | 182cm | 75kg | 77 | 75 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Subiaco | #8 National 1991 | ||
| 13 | Michael Long | A | 1 Oct 69 | 27yr | 178cm | 80kg | 126 | 99 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | St Marys/West Torrens | #23 National 1988 | AA: 1988, 1995; Norm Smith: 1993; Prem: 1993 | |
| 14 | David Calthorpe | C | 17 Aug 73 | 23yr | 179cm | 92kg | 63 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | East Keilor/North Ballarat | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 15 | Michael Prior | C | 6 Sep 73 | 23yr | 182cm | 79kg | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Noranda/East Perth | #3 National 1992 | ||
| 16 | Paul Barnard | C | 13 Feb 73 | 24yr | 189cm | 93kg | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #32 National 1993 | ||
| 17 | Robert Stevenson | C | 14 Jun 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 82kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taylors Lakes/Western U18 | #19 National 1993 | ||
| 18 | Matthew Lloyd | C | 16 Apr 78 | 19yr | 192cm | 93kg | 16 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 63 | 0 | 7 | Avondale Heights/St Bernard's College/Western U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 19 | Peter Somerville | B+ | 8 Jul 68 | 28yr | 195cm | 98kg | 121 | 86 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Moe | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 20 | Peter Berbakov | C | 22 Aug 73 | 23yr | 188cm | 90kg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Sunbury FC/Essendon U19s/Glenelg | #58 National 1995 | ||
| 21 | Dean Wallis | C | 27 Aug 69 | 27yr | 190cm | 91kg | 75 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Nhill | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 22 | Ben Doolan | C+ | 10 Jan 73 | 24yr | 181cm | 95kg | 72 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Albury FC | |||
| 23 | Peter Cransberg | C+ | 29 Jul 67 | 29yr | 190cm | 87kg | 65 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #39 National 1989 | ||
| 24 | Joe Misiti | C+ | 9 Nov 74 | 22yr | 186cm | 88kg | 85 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Keilor Park | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 25 | Scott Lucas | C | 30 Dec 77 | 19yr | 192cm | 98kg | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 3 | Camperdown/Geelong U18 | #4 National 1994 | ||
| 26 | Chris Heffernan | D | 29 Jan 79 | 18yr | 187cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terang/Geelong U18 | #2 National 1996 | ||
| 27 | Steven Alessio | C | 8 Nov 71 | 25yr | 203cm | 106kg | 69 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/St Olivers | |||
| 28 | Andrew Bomford | D | 19 Jul 74 | 22yr | 184cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | North Shore (NSW) | #22 Pre-Season 1993 | ||
| 30 | Mark Fraser | C | 4 Feb 71 | 26yr | 183cm | 78kg | 58 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Montmorency | |||
| 31 | Dustin Fletcher | C+ | 7 May 75 | 21yr | 198cm | 93kg | 75 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | PEGS/Western U18 | Father-Son 1992 | Prem: 1993 | |
| 32 | Justin Blumfield | C | 24 Nov 77 | 19yr | 188cm | 86kg | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Tuggeranong | #62 National 1994 | ||
| 33 | Blake Caracella | D | 15 Mar 77 | 20yr | 186cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 3 | St Mary's (NFL)/Parade College/Northern U18 | #10 National 1994 | ||
| 35 | Barry Young | C | 26 Jun 70 | 26yr | 183cm | 93kg | 100 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | St Arnaud/Assumption College | |||
| 36 | Danny Morgan | C | 20 Aug 74 | 22yr | 178cm | 84kg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boolarra/Northern U18 | #87 National 1990 | ||
| 37 | Andrew Ukovic | D | 23 Nov 78 | 18yr | 189cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | West Coburg/Northern U18 | #31 National 1995 | ||
| 38 | Sean Denham | C+ | 29 Apr 69 | 27yr | 177cm | 80kg | 137 | 54 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Melton South | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 39 | Damien Hardwick | C | 18 Aug 72 | 24yr | 180cm | 82kg | 50 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Upwey-Tecoma/Springvale/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully)/North Melbourne U19s | #87 National 1992 | ||
| 42 | Jason Johnson | D | 25 Jan 78 | 19yr | 180cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kilmore/Assumption College/Calder U18 | #28 National 1996 | ||
| 44 | Matthew Watson | D | 2 Dec 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 98kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warragul/Gippsland U18/Essendon Reserves | #54 National 1996 | ||
| 46 | r | Gary Moorcroft | D | 16 Apr 76 | 21yr | 173cm | 86kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | Reservoir/Preston/Northern U18 | #45 National 1994 | Morrish: 1994 |
| 47 | Ricky Olarenshaw | C | 1 Feb 73 | 24yr | 179cm | 80kg | 45 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Keilor/PEGS | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 48 | Matthew Banks | D | 20 Jul 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 103kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ringwood/Eastern U18 | #33 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| Tim Williams | D | 22 Sep 75 | 21yr | 194cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #21 National 1996 | |||
| r | Damien Franken | D | 19 Jun 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donvale | Delisting 1993 | ||
| r | Andrew Ramsden | D | 27 Jan 74 | 23yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Old Trinity | #42 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Andrew Henderson | D | 3 Oct 76 | 20yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Uni Blues | #72 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Mark Johnson | D | 23 May 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calder U18 | #12 Rookie 1996 | ||
| r | Luke Trew | D | 17 Feb 78 | 19yr | 184cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga FC/Murray U18 | #14 National 1995 |