Experience
average 55.1 games
ranked 6th for the year
Age
average 23.5 years old
ranked 7th for the year
Goals
average 61.2 career goals
ranked 1st for the year
Coaches Votes
average 0.0 career votes
ranked 1st for the year
Brownlow Votes
average 11.0 career votes
ranked 4th 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 | Steven King | C | 22 Nov 78 | 18yr | 201cm | 104kg | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Shepparton FC/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 2 | Leigh Colbert | C+ | 7 Jun 75 | 21yr | 192cm | 91kg | 65 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 6 | South Bendigo | #18 National 1992 | ||
| 3 | Adam Houlihan | D | 6 Apr 78 | 19yr | 185cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 4 | Matthew Robbins | D | 8 May 77 | 19yr | 179cm | 87kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ormond/Salesian College/Sandringham U18 | #36 National 1994 | ||
| 5 | Gary Ablett | A | 1 Oct 61 | 35yr | 185cm | 97kg | 248 | 1030 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Drouin | AA: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Coleman: 1993, 1994, 1995; MVP: 1993; B&F: 1984; Norm Smith: 1989 | ||
| 6 | John Barnes | C+ | 1 Jun 69 | 27yr | 193cm | 95kg | 111 | 47 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Cobram | |||
| 7 | Paul Couch | A | 19 Jul 64 | 32yr | 180cm | 82kg | 254 | 200 | 0 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Warrnambool FC | AA: 1991, 1995; Brownlow: 1989; B&F: 1986, 1989, 1995 | ||
| 8 | Ronnie Burns | C+ | 13 Mar 73 | 24yr | 183cm | 86kg | 21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 3 | St Marys/West Perth | #49 National 1995 | ||
| 10 | Grant Tanner | C+ | 24 Jul 70 | 26yr | 184cm | 80kg | 55 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Norwood | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 11 | Cameron Roberts | D | 7 Sep 78 | 18yr | 194cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Adelaide | |||
| 12 | Brad Sholl | C+ | 10 Nov 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 84kg | 49 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | Horsham FC | #32 National 1988 | ||
| 13 | Glenn Kilpatrick | C | 29 Aug 72 | 24yr | 184cm | 85kg | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 10 | Studfield | #37 Pre-Season 1991 | Magarey: 1995 | |
| 14 | Steven Handley | C+ | 23 Jul 70 | 26yr | 194cm | 93kg | 73 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Noranda/Swan Districts | #24 Mid-Season 1990 | ||
| 15 | Peter Riccardi | C+ | 17 Dec 72 | 24yr | 183cm | 92kg | 104 | 105 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 7 | Bannockburn/Geelong West St Peter's | |||
| 16 | Bill Brownless | B | 28 Jan 67 | 30yr | 192cm | 95kg | 190 | 436 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jerilderie/Assumption College | AA: 1991 | ||
| 17 | Tim McGrath | C+ | 7 Oct 70 | 26yr | 190cm | 94kg | 122 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | North Dandenong/North Melbourne U19s | Morrish: 1988 | ||
| 18 | Paul Lynch | C | 18 Oct 73 | 23yr | 185cm | 87kg | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 8 | Alvie/Colac | |||
| 19 | Derek Hall | C+ | 29 Nov 70 | 26yr | 189cm | 92kg | 36 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 5 | West Perth | #64 National 1990 | ||
| 20 | Carl Steinfort | D | 1 Apr 77 | 20yr | 191cm | 87kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Mazenod College/Sandringham U18/Mazenod Old Collegians | #17 National 1994 | ||
| 21 | Michael Mansfield | A | 8 Aug 71 | 25yr | 183cm | 85kg | 118 | 67 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | St Joseph's | AA: 1994, 1995 | ||
| 22 | Tim Hargreaves | C | 30 May 75 | 21yr | 184cm | 86kg | 42 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Berrigan | #74 National 1992 | ||
| 23 | Liam Pickering | C+ | 9 Sep 68 | 28yr | 184cm | 85kg | 87 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Stawell | #48 National 1987 | ||
| 24 | Hamish Simpson | D | 17 Jan 76 | 21yr | 191cm | 90kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange/Woodville-West Torrens | |||
| 25 | Jason Snell | D | 27 Jul 77 | 19yr | 181cm | 81kg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Upwey-Tecoma/Carey Grammar/Eastern U18 | #34 National 1995 | ||
| 26 | Barry Stoneham | B | 9 Feb 68 | 29yr | 194cm | 98kg | 173 | 160 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | St Joseph's College/St Joseph's | AA: 1992; B&F: 1990 | ||
| 27 | Brenton Sanderson | C+ | 27 Feb 74 | 23yr | 185cm | 90kg | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Sturt | Foundation 1990 | ||
| 28 | Martin McKinnon | C | 5 Jul 75 | 21yr | 189cm | 94kg | 44 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Central District | #26 National 1992 | ||
| 29 | Daniel Lowther | D | 19 Apr 77 | 20yr | 181cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Diamond Creek/Northern U18 | #61 National 1995 | ||
| 30 | Craig Biddiscombe | C | 21 Sep 76 | 20yr | 185cm | 84kg | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Traralgon/Gippsland U18 | #59 National 1993 | ||
| 31 | David Mensch | C+ | 14 Aug 72 | 24yr | 191cm | 93kg | 68 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale | |||
| 32 | Garry Hocking | A+ | 8 Oct 68 | 28yr | 182cm | 84kg | 187 | 170 | 0 | 104 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | Cobram | AA: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996; B&F: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 | ||
| 33 | Paul Corrigan | D | 30 Jul 77 | 19yr | 185cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia/Haileybury College/Dandenong U18/Melbourne Reserves | #43 National 1996 | ||
| 35 | David Ugrinic | D | 11 Feb 75 | 22yr | 183cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #13 National 1993 | ||
| 36 | Ben Graham | C+ | 2 Nov 73 | 23yr | 196cm | 98kg | 49 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Leopold | #40 Pre-Season 1991 | ||
| 37 | Sean Simpson | C+ | 16 Apr 70 | 27yr | 188cm | 85kg | 98 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Damascus College/East Ballarat | |||
| 39 | Darren Milburn | D | 15 Apr 77 | 20yr | 189cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kilmore/Calder U18 | #48 National 1995 | ||
| 40 | Paul Brown | C+ | 6 May 69 | 27yr | 187cm | 87kg | 83 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Echuca | |||
| r | Michael Brown | D | 13 Jul 77 | 19yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fitzroy Reserves | #9 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| Clint Bizzell | D | 28 Jun 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 85kg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Boys' College/Kedron Grange | #75 National 1995 | |||
| Leigh Brockman | D | 23 Jul 78 | 18yr | 193cm | 92kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #8 National 1996 | |||
| r | Shawn Lewfatt | D | 11 Mar 77 | 20yr | 174cm | 75kg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darwin FC/Western U18 | #28 National 1994 | ||
| Simon Fletcher | D | 17 Aug 78 | 18yr | 188cm | 86kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grovedale/Geelong U18 | Father-Son 1995 | |||
| Stuart Lamond | D | 2 Jul 78 | 18yr | 191cm | 77kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woodville-West Torrens | #73 National 1995 | |||
| Gerrard Bennett | D | 9 Apr 79 | 18yr | 187cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Hobart/Tasmania U18 | #18 National 1996 |