Experience
average 46.3 games
ranked 11th for the year
Age
average 23.0 years old
ranked 12th for the year
Goals
average 51.5 career goals
ranked 5th for the year
Coaches Votes
average 0.0 career votes
ranked 1st for the year
Brownlow Votes
average 9.2 career votes
ranked 6th 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 | Paul Roos | A+ | 27 Jun 63 | 33yr | 188cm | 88kg | 314 | 281 | 0 | 114 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Beverley Hills | AA: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996; MVP: 1986; B&F: 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994 | ||
| 2 | Simon Arnott | C | 14 Feb 76 | 21yr | 186cm | 82kg | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Wesley College/Collegians | #87 National 1994 | ||
| 3 | Dale Lewis | B | 4 May 69 | 27yr | 188cm | 87kg | 112 | 120 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 13 | North Ballarat | #2 Mid-Season 1989 | ||
| 4 | Tony Lockett | A+ | 9 Mar 66 | 31yr | 191cm | 108kg | 224 | 1129 | 0 | 106 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 1 | Ballarat Grammar/North Ballarat | AA: 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996; Coleman: 1987, 1991, 1996; Brownlow: 1987; MVP: 1987; B&F: 1987, 1991, 1995 | ||
| 5 | Craig O'Brien | B | 3 Mar 70 | 27yr | 174cm | 89kg | 91 | 166 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Rye | |||
| 6 | Andrew Dunkley | C+ | 29 Jun 68 | 28yr | 192cm | 100kg | 100 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Devon/St Kilda Reserves/North Launceston | #56 National 1991 | ||
| 7 | Brad Seymour | C+ | 3 May 76 | 20yr | 186cm | 88kg | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Wagga | Zone 1993 | ||
| 8 | Daryn Cresswell | C+ | 22 May 71 | 25yr | 183cm | 84kg | 93 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 6 | North Hobart | #34 National 1988 | B&F: 1994 | |
| 9 | Shannon Grant | C+ | 19 Apr 77 | 20yr | 180cm | 85kg | 35 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Flemington/St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/Western U18 | #3 National 1994 | ||
| 10 | Peter Filandia | C+ | 14 May 70 | 26yr | 168cm | 75kg | 46 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Doutta Stars | |||
| 11 | Stuart Maxfield | C+ | 9 Apr 72 | 25yr | 178cm | 82kg | 113 | 79 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | Glen Waverley Rovers/Caulfield Grammar | |||
| 12 | Kevin Dyson | C+ | 4 May 67 | 29yr | 180cm | 93kg | 92 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Blackburn South/Fitzroy Reserves/Carlton Reserves/Mornington/Oakleigh | #34 Pre-Season 1990 | ||
| 13 | Daniel McPherson | C | 5 Jul 75 | 21yr | 182cm | 85kg | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ganmain | |||
| 14 | Paul Kelly | A | 28 Jul 69 | 27yr | 179cm | 83kg | 137 | 83 | 0 | 61 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 21 | Wagga | AA: 1995, 1996; Brownlow: 1995; B&F: 1992, 1993, 1996 | ||
| 15 | Greg Stafford | C+ | 27 Aug 74 | 22yr | 204cm | 106kg | 39 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Christian Brothers' High (NSW)/Western Suburbs | |||
| 16 | Shannon Corcoran | C | 22 Feb 71 | 26yr | 182cm | 80kg | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sacred Heart College/Glenelg | #49 National 1988 | ||
| 17 | Jason Mooney | C | 5 Jun 73 | 23yr | 191cm | 95kg | 58 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Turvey Park | |||
| 18 | Scott Direen | C | 20 Oct 72 | 24yr | 180cm | 83kg | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New Norfolk | #95 National 1992 | ||
| 19 | Michael O'Loughlin | C+ | 20 Feb 77 | 20yr | 189cm | 90kg | 36 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | Salisbury North/Central District | #40 National 1994 | ||
| 20 | John Stevens | D | 15 Jun 71 | 25yr | 187cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Ivanhoe Grammar/Old Ivanhoe/Collingwood U19s | #10 Pre-Season 1996 | ||
| 21 | Leo Barry | C | 19 May 77 | 19yr | 184cm | 89kg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Deniliquin FC/St Ignatius (NSW) | Zone 1994 | ||
| 22 | Gavin Rose | C | 29 Sep 69 | 27yr | 194cm | 95kg | 55 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #38 National 1989 | ||
| 23 | Matthew Nicks | C | 13 May 75 | 21yr | 187cm | 88kg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | West Adelaide | #21 National 1994 | ||
| 24 | Mark Orchard | C | 2 Apr 76 | 21yr | 175cm | 75kg | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | St Patrick's College/East Ballarat/North Ballarat U18 | #53 National 1994 | ||
| 25 | Clinton King | C | 24 Mar 78 | 19yr | 179cm | 76kg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Heatherdale JFC/Aquinas College (Vic)/Eastern U18 | #21 National 1995 | ||
| 26 | Dion Myles | D | 2 May 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 79kg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Baulkham Hills | #22 National 1993 | ||
| 27 | Wade Chapman | C | 3 Jan 76 | 21yr | 178cm | 86kg | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | North Shore (Vic)/Geelong U18 | #20 National 1993 | ||
| 28 | Jared Crouch | D | 5 Mar 78 | 19yr | 173cm | 80kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Norwood | #8 National 1995 | ||
| 29 | Simon Garlick | C | 10 Apr 75 | 22yr | 177cm | 79kg | 42 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Glen Waverley Rovers/St Kevin's College/Sandringham U18 | #49 National 1993 | ||
| 30 | Mark Bayes | C+ | 15 Mar 67 | 30yr | 190cm | 94kg | 221 | 150 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | Noble Park | B&F: 1989 | ||
| 31 | Stefan Carey | D | 25 Jan 76 | 21yr | 197cm | 104kg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 5 | Pennant Hills | Zone 1993 | ||
| 32 | Ben Wilson | D | 25 Feb 77 | 20yr | 191cm | 87kg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rostrevor College/Norwood | #9 National 1994 | ||
| 33 | Rowan Warfe | C | 23 Jun 76 | 20yr | 190cm | 89kg | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Golden Square/Bendigo U18 | #9 National 1993 | ||
| 34 | Troy Luff | C+ | 22 Nov 69 | 27yr | 191cm | 93kg | 65 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Nelson Bay | |||
| 35 | Stuart Mangin | D | 8 Feb 77 | 20yr | 190cm | 95kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Macleod/Northern U18 | #20 National 1994 | ||
| 36 | Ben Mathews | D | 29 Nov 78 | 18yr | 182cm | 84kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Corowa-Rutherglen/Murray U18 | Zone 1995 | ||
| 37 | David McEwan | D | 10 Apr 78 | 19yr | 187cm | 87kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | St Mary's (NFL)/Northern U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 38 | Paul Licuria | D | 4 Jan 78 | 19yr | 179cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Keon Park/Parade College/Northern U18 | #24 National 1995 | ||
| 39 | Mark Kinnear | D | 21 Aug 79 | 17yr | 188cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kilmore/Assumption College/Calder U18 | #4 National 1996 | ||
| 40 | Brett O'Farrell | D | 3 Jan 78 | 19yr | 197cm | 100kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Sandringham/Sandringham U18 | #14 National 1996 | ||
| 41 | Troy Cook | D | 12 Aug 76 | 20yr | 176cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Perth | #27 National 1996 | ||
| 42 | Will Sangster | D | 11 Oct 78 | 18yr | 198cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bayside JFC/East Malvern/Melbourne Grammar/Sandringham U18 | #33 National 1996 | ||
| 43 | r | Adam Ryder | D | 22 Sep 72 | 24yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Belconnen | #89 Rookie 1996 | |||
| 44 | r | Leigh Marshall | D | 9 May 78 | 18yr | 180cm | 78kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Deniliquin FC/Murray U18 | Zone 1995 | |
| 45 | r | Steven Mahar | D | 30 Jul 76 | 20yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Belconnen | #59 Rookie 1996 | |||
| 46 | r | Nathan Tresize | D | 21 Nov 78 | 18yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Murray U18 | #14 Rookie 1996 |