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Oldest AFL Club Yearly Playing Ages

# Club Year Average
Playing Age
Finish
That Year
Average Finish
Next 5 Years
Oldest Players
1 Carlton 1997 25.734 11th 7.6 Stephen Kernahan (33yo, 16 games)Greg Williams (33yo, 13 games)Craig Bradley (33yo, 22 games)Peter Dean (32yo, 20 games)Earl Spalding (32yo, 4 games)Mil Hanna (30yo, 8 games)Stephen Silvagni (29yo, 18 games)Mick McGuane (29yo, 3 games)Dean Rice (29yo, 10 games)Luke O'Sullivan (29yo, 15 games)
2 North Melbourne 1997 25.548 4th 5.4 Mark Roberts (31yo, 22 games)John Blakey (30yo, 24 games)Darren Crocker (30yo, 9 games)Dean Laidley (30yo, 11 games)Craig Sholl (29yo, 25 games)Brett Allison (28yo, 24 games)Mick Martyn (28yo, 25 games)Wayne Schwass (28yo, 20 games)Robert Scott (28yo, 25 games)Anthony Rock (26yo, 22 games)
3 Melbourne 1997 25.378 16th 7.4 Andrew Obst (32yo, 18 games)Todd Viney (31yo, 22 games)Jim Stynes (30yo, 22 games)Brett Lovett (30yo, 18 games)Dean Irving (30yo, 2 games)Garry Lyon (29yo, 5 games)Alastair Clarkson (28yo, 19 games)Darren O'Brien (28yo, 11 games)Andrew Lamprill (27yo, 3 games)Shaun Smith (27yo, 12 games)
4 Hawthorn 1997 24.778 15th 8.4 Chris Langford (34yo, 8 games)John Platten (34yo, 18 games)Jason Dunstall (32yo, 8 games)Paul Salmon (32yo, 21 games)Darren Kappler (32yo, 11 games)Darrin Pritchard (31yo, 12 games)Ray Jencke (31yo, 5 games)Anthony Condon (29yo, 4 games)Todd Ridley (28yo, 2 games)Stephen Lawrence (27yo, 19 games)
5 Collingwood 1997 24.451 10th 11.2 Richard Osborne (32yo, 15 games)Gavin Brown (29yo, 22 games)Graham Wright (28yo, 18 games)Gavin Crosisca (28yo, 21 games)Jason Taylor (28yo, 4 games)Tony Francis (28yo, 10 games)Damian Monkhorst (27yo, 20 games)Alex McDonald (27yo, 19 games)Scott Russell (26yo, 22 games)Matthew Francis (26yo, 15 games)
6 Adelaide 1997 24.372 1st 7.4 Darren Jarman (30yo, 24 games)David Pittman (28yo, 23 games)Tony Modra (28yo, 25 games)Nigel Smart (27yo, 22 games)Mark Bickley (27yo, 26 games)Barry Standfield (27yo, 13 games)Matthew Liptak (26yo, 7 games)Peter Caven (26yo, 22 games)Rod Jameson (26yo, 22 games)Simon Tregenza (26yo, 10 games)
7 West Coast 1997 24.345 6th 9.6 David Hart (33yo, 7 games)Chris Mainwaring (31yo, 1 games)Peter Sumich (29yo, 13 games)Chris Waterman (28yo, 12 games)John Worsfold (28yo, 14 games)Dean Kemp (28yo, 22 games)Chris Lewis (28yo, 15 games)Peter Matera (27yo, 21 games)Guy McKenna (27yo, 20 games)Tony Evans (27yo, 14 games)
8 Sydney 1997 24.296 7th 8.2 Paul Roos (33yo, 21 games)Tony Lockett (31yo, 12 games)Mark Bayes (30yo, 15 games)Kevin Dyson (29yo, 13 games)Andrew Dunkley (28yo, 21 games)Dale Lewis (27yo, 21 games)Paul Kelly (27yo, 23 games)Troy Luff (27yo, 11 games)Craig O'Brien (27yo, 11 games)Peter Filandia (26yo, 5 games)
9 Essendon 1997 24.167 14th 3.8 Gary O'Donnell (31yo, 20 games)Mark Harvey (31yo, 6 games)Chris Daniher (31yo, 17 games)Peter Cransberg (29yo, 14 games)Darren Bewick (29yo, 5 games)Peter Somerville (28yo, 13 games)Sean Denham (27yo, 22 games)Dean Wallis (27yo, 11 games)Michael Long (27yo, 5 games)Barry Young (26yo, 6 games)
10 Western Bulldogs 1997 24.126 3rd 7.6 Tony Liberatore (31yo, 24 games)Simon Minton-Connell (27yo, 17 games)Peter Quill (27yo, 4 games)Nigel Kellett (27yo, 4 games)Scott Wynd (27yo, 23 games)Steven Kolyniuk (26yo, 17 games)Paul Hudson (26yo, 20 games)Jason Watts (25yo, 4 games)Jose Romero (25yo, 24 games)Matthew Dent (25yo, 20 games)
11 St Kilda 1997 24.109 2nd 12.4 Lazar Vidovic (32yo, 7 games)Nicky Winmar (31yo, 21 games)Jamie Shanahan (29yo, 25 games)Stewart Loewe (28yo, 24 games)Nathan Burke (27yo, 25 games)Luke Beveridge (26yo, 7 games)Jayson Daniels (26yo, 13 games)Rod Keogh (26yo, 6 games)Robert Harvey (25yo, 25 games)Jason Heatley (25yo, 20 games)
12 Brisbane 1997 24.057 8th 5.4 Andrew Bews (32yo, 13 games)Michael McLean (32yo, 1 games)Scott McIvor (30yo, 7 games)Richard Champion (28yo, 21 games)Alastair Lynch (28yo, 20 games)Craig Lambert (28yo, 16 games)Andrew Gowers (27yo, 8 games)Adrian Fletcher (27yo, 21 games)Matthew Kennedy (27yo, 12 games)Dion Scott (27yo, 7 games)
13 Geelong 1997 23.990 5th 10.2 Paul Couch (32yo, 5 games)Bill Brownless (30yo, 8 games)Barry Stoneham (29yo, 21 games)Liam Pickering (28yo, 20 games)Garry Hocking (28yo, 20 games)John Barnes (27yo, 15 games)Sean Simpson (26yo, 9 games)Grant Tanner (26yo, 14 games)Tim McGrath (26yo, 23 games)Derek Hall (26yo, 17 games)
14 Richmond 1997 23.898 13th 9.4 Michael Gale (30yo, 18 games)Brendon Gale (28yo, 19 games)Chris Bond (28yo, 22 games)Trent Nichols (27yo, 12 games)Jason Baldwin (27yo, 2 games)Paul Broderick (27yo, 22 games)Paul Bulluss (27yo, 17 games)Scott Turner (26yo, 13 games)Justin Charles (26yo, 13 games)Matthew Knights (26yo, 11 games)
15 Fremantle 1997 23.269 12th 14.2 David Hynes (30yo, 1 games)Andrew McGovern (28yo, 18 games)Dale Kickett (28yo, 22 games)Ben Allan (28yo, 17 games)Greg Madigan (27yo, 4 games)Matthew Burton (26yo, 11 games)Peter Mann (26yo, 17 games)Andrew Wills (25yo, 21 games)Jason Norrish (25yo, 8 games)Quenton Leach (24yo, 21 games)
16 Port Adelaide 1997 22.747 9th 7.8 David Brown (27yo, 18 games)Stephen Paxman (26yo, 22 games)Darren Mead (26yo, 22 games)Brent Heaver (25yo, 8 games)Ian Downsborough (25yo, 7 games)Paul Geister (25yo, 1 games)Darryl Poole (25yo, 10 games)Donald Dickie (24yo, 22 games)Shayne Breuer (24yo, 21 games)Brayden Lyle (24yo, 20 games)