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1997 AFL Retirements and Delistings

Retirements

When Club Player Age Height Weight Original Club Highest
Grade		 Games Goals Coaches
Votes		 Brownlow
Votes		 Honours
Aug 30 Brisbane Scott McIvor 31 191 87 Wilston Grange C+ 200 96 0 22 B&F: 1987
Aug 30 Brisbane Michael McLean 32 180 84 Nightcliff A 183 40 0 42 AA: 1988; B&F: 1991, 1993
Aug 30 Carlton Mil Hanna 31 184 91 East Brunswick A 190 83 0 41 AA: 1992; Prem: 1995
Aug 30 Carlton Stephen Kernahan 34 196 102 Glenelg A+ 251 738 0 67 AA: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994; B&F: 1987, 1989, 1992; Prem: 1987, 1995
Aug 30 Carlton Justin Madden 36 206 107 Airport West/​St Bernard's College A 332 190 0 120 AA: 1995; B&F: 1985, 1991; Prem: 1987, 1995
Aug 30 Carlton Earl Spalding 32 198 110 Wesley College (WA)/​Perth C+ 211 169 0 33 Prem: 1995
Aug 30 Carlton Greg Williams 33 176 86 Golden Square A+ 250 217 0 154 AA: 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994; Brownlow: 1986, 1994; MVP: 1985, 1994; B&F: 1985, 1994; Norm Smith: 1995; Prem: 1995
Aug 30 Essendon Chris Daniher 31 183 86 Ungarie C+ 124 40 0 7 Prem: 1993
Aug 30 Essendon Mark Harvey 32 184 87 Keilor A 206 170 0 26 AA: 1985, 1993; B&F: 1992; Prem: 1984, 1985, 1993
Aug 30 Fremantle Ben Allan 28 182 83 Aquinas College (WA)/​Claremont A 145 106 0 30 AA: 1993, 1994; B&F: 1991; Prem: 1991
Aug 30 Fremantle Scott Watters 28 175 82 South Fremantle C 109 30 0 21
Aug 30 Geelong Gary Ablett 35 185 97 Drouin A+ 248 1030 0 100 AA: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Coleman: 1993, 1994, 1995; MVP: 1993; B&F: 1984; Norm Smith: 1989
Aug 30 Geelong Bill Brownless 30 192 95 Jerilderie/​Assumption College A 198 441 0 24 AA: 1991
Aug 30 Geelong Paul Couch 33 180 82 Warrnambool FC A 259 203 0 99 AA: 1991, 1995; Brownlow: 1989; B&F: 1986, 1989, 1995
Aug 30 Hawthorn Ray Jencke 31 185 84 Pakenham C+ 194 27 0 11 Prem: 1991
Aug 30 Hawthorn Chris Langford 34 193 96 Melbourne Grammar A 303 33 0 38 AA: 1987, 1994; Prem: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
Aug 30 Hawthorn John Platten 34 170 70 Elizabeth/​Central District A+ 258 228 0 143 AA: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992; Brownlow: 1987; B&F: 1987, 1994; Magarey: 1984; Prem: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
Aug 30 Hawthorn Darrin Pritchard 31 178 74 Sandy Bay C+ 211 94 0 19 Prem: 1988, 1989, 1991
Aug 30 Melbourne Dean Irving 31 200 102 South Fremantle C+ 66 13 0 12
Aug 30 Melbourne Andrew Obst 33 184 82 West Croydon/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) C+ 149 60 0 18
Aug 30 Melbourne Paul Prymke 26 194 98 Mildura FC/​Woodville-West Torrens C+ 49 2 0 0
Aug 30 Melbourne Craig Turley 32 185 84 West Perth A 131 99 0 32 AA: 1991; B&F: 1991; Prem: 1992
Aug 30 North Melbourne Matt Armstrong 30 177 76 Hobart FC C+ 175 89 0 50
Aug 30 North Melbourne Dean Laidley 30 184 77 West Perth C+ 151 15 0 20 Prem: 1996
Sep 1 Port Adelaide Scott Hodges 29 188 92 Salisbury West JFC/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) B 38 100 0 4 Magarey: 1990
Aug 30 Richmond Jason Baldwin 27 180 78 Coldstream C+ 127 36 0 4
Aug 30 Richmond John Howat 27 187 89 Bayside JFC/​Mentone Grammar C 65 12 0 3
Aug 30 West Coast David Hart 33 176 83 South Fremantle A 184 95 0 18 AA: 1994; Prem: 1994
Aug 30 West Coast Peter Sumich 29 190 96 South Fremantle B 150 514 0 22 Prem: 1992, 1994

Delistings

When Club Player Age Height Weight Original Club Highest
Grade		 Games Goals Coaches
Votes		 Brownlow
Votes		 Honours
Oct 15 Adelaide Ben Marsh 21 201 102 Flagstaff Hill/​West Adelaide C 55 18 0 0 Prem: 1998
Sep 30 Adelaide Ben Parker 19 180 82 Murray U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Adelaide Sean Tasker 29 188 90 West Torrens/​Adelaide Uni/​North Adelaide C 48 17 0 0
Sep 30 Adelaide Adam Ugrinic 24 180 79 Woodville-West Torrens D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Adelaide Mark Viska 26 178 85 O'Sullivan Beach/​Glenelg C 33 1 0 0
Sep 30 Brisbane Andrew Gowling 19 185 79 South Adelaide D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Carlton Mick McGuane 29 186 94 Sebastopol/​St Patrick's College A 155 129 0 31 AA: 1992; B&F: 1992, 1993; Prem: 1990
Sep 30 Carlton Luke O'Sullivan 29 177 92 Xavier College C 62 58 0 6
Sep 30 Carlton David Walls 18 192 78 Southport D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Carlton Rohan Welsh 27 189 94 St Bernard's College C 42 59 0 1
Sep 30 Collingwood Marcus Barham 18 185 75 Gisborne/​Calder U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood John Barnett 22 175 75 Endeavour Hills D 14 8 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Jason Bevan 19 180 78 South Adelaide D 2 0 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Brad Cassidy 21 185 75 North Ballarat U18/​Horsham United C 16 10 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Dwayne Griffin 20 182 76 Swan Districts D 1 0 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Trent Hotton 23 193 90 Warragul/​Northern U18 C+ 78 50 0 3
Sep 30 Collingwood Robert Schaefer 25 200 105 Kimba/​Sacred Heart College/​Sturt C 11 3 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Leigh Singline 20 183 76 South Launceston D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Collingwood Jason Taylor 29 196 96 New Norfolk C+ 91 34 0 11
Sep 30 Collingwood Lee Walker 24 197 97 East Perth C 16 13 0 1
Sep 30 Collingwood Marty Warry 20 178 78 Ormond/​Sandringham U18 C 8 11 0 0
Sep 30 Essendon Peter Cransberg 30 190 87 East Perth C+ 79 72 0 7
Oct 15 Essendon Mark Johnson 19 179 83 Calder U18 B 208 100 27 26 B&F: 2002; Prem: 2000
Sep 30 Essendon Danny Morgan 23 178 84 Boolarra/​Northern U18 C 16 2 0 2
Oct 15 Essendon Robert Stevenson 21 188 82 Taylors Lakes/​Western U18 C 11 0 0 0
Sep 30 Essendon Luke Trew 19 184 79 Wodonga FC/​Murray U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Fremantle Craig Burrows 23 192 94 East Fremantle C 20 23 0 2
Sep 30 Fremantle David Hynes 30 190 91 Wudinna/​Rostrevor College/​Port Adelaide (SANFL) C+ 86 59 0 2 Prem: 1994
Sep 30 Fremantle Greg Madigan 27 193 92 Bulleen-Templestowe/​Marcellin College C 66 6 0 0 Prem: 1989
Sep 30 Fremantle Jamie Merillo 24 184 90 Aquinas College (WA)/​Claremont C 15 2 0 0
Sep 30 Geelong Simon Fletcher 19 188 86 Grovedale/​Geelong U18 C+ 90 30 0 2
Sep 30 Geelong Steven Handley 27 194 93 Noranda/​Swan Districts C+ 73 28 0 4
Sep 30 Geelong Stuart Lamond 19 191 77 Woodville-West Torrens D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Adam Ansell 19 184 72 Flagstaff Hill/​West Adelaide D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Bradley Campbell 21 192 86 Tongala D 1 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Anthony Condon 29 186 88 Koonung C+ 145 49 0 14 Prem: 1989, 1991
Sep 30 Hawthorn Nigel Credlin 19 192 82 St Joseph's College/​Geelong U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Scott Grainger 18 191 76 Lalor/​Northern U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Chris Holcombe 19 189 80 Mornington/​Dandenong U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Brett Howman 19 189 75 Tuggeranong/​NSW-ACT U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Robert McMahon 20 191 85 Moe/​Gippsland U18 D 2 1 0 0
Sep 30 Hawthorn Todd Ridley 28 187 87 Sorrento Duncraig JFC/​Claremont C 48 37 0 5
Sep 30 Hawthorn Shayne Stevenson 27 179 81 Sandy Bay C 45 39 0 2
Oct 15 Melbourne Matthew Bishop 22 195 96 Box Hill Mustangs C+ 150 8 2 1 Prem: 2004
Sep 30 Melbourne Alastair Clarkson 29 177 79 Kaniva/​Ballarat Clarendon College C+ 134 85 0 5
Sep 30 Melbourne Clayton Gardiner 19 187 85 Claremont D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Andrew Lamprill 28 186 87 Hobart FC C 36 3 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Todd McHardy 20 183 82 Keilor Park/​Western U18 D 5 1 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Darren O'Brien 28 180 80 West Perth C 24 9 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Duncan O'Toole 18 Devonport D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Nick Pesch 23 173 80 Flinders Park/​Woodville-West Torrens C 35 15 0 0
Sep 30 Melbourne Robert Pyman 26 180 79 North Whyalla/​West Torrens/​Woodville-West Torrens C 40 17 0 3
Oct 15 Melbourne Daniel Ward 20 185 86 Western U18 B 136 31 12 5
Sep 30 Melbourne Mark Winterton 19 183 76 Noble Park/​Dandenong U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Jason Daniltchenko 22 191 98 Bayswater C 29 18 0 0
Oct 15 North Melbourne Wade Kingsley 19 195 87 Woodville-West Torrens D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Julian Kirzner 20 188 90 Ajax/​Sandringham U18 D 4 6 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Sam McFarlane 21 178 80 Subiaco D 2 0 0 0
Sep 30 North Melbourne Paul Wynd 21 190 76 Assumption College/​St Patrick's College/​Jacana D 3 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Rhett Biglands 20 200 104 Woodville-West Torrens C+ 134 59 4 7
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Stephen Carter 23 186 89 Port Adelaide (SANFL) D 10 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Mark Conway 24 197 96 Central District D 1 0 0 0
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Scott Freeborn 19 183 90 Woodville-West Torrens C+ 48 17 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Jake Lynch 19 184 70 Woodville-West Torrens D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Andrew Osborn 24 175 75 Reynella/​Cardjin College/​South Adelaide D 0 0 0 0 Magarey: 1998
Oct 15 Port Adelaide Luke Ottens 21 194 96 Glenelg D 4 0 0 0
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Damian Squire 23 180 80 North Adelaide D 5 4 0 0 Magarey: 1999, 2000
Sep 30 Port Adelaide Jonathan Yerbury 20 192 88 Norwood D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Brent Frewen 19 195 85 South Mildura/​Bendigo U18 D 2 0 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Nick Jewell 20 194 93 Caulfield Grammar/​Sandringham U18 D 1 0 0 0
Oct 15 Richmond Stephen Jurica 21 194 104 South Fremantle C 18 25 0 0
Sep 30 Richmond Ewan Thompson 20 179 78 MHSOB/​Northern U18 D 4 1 0 0
Sep 30 St Kilda Dean Anderson 30 190 88 Caulfield Grammar C+ 150 100 0 11 Prem: 1989, 1991
Sep 30 St Kilda Jamie Elliott 24 185 85 Maryborough FC C 58 9 0 2
Sep 30 St Kilda Troy Gray 24 188 96 St Edmund's College/​Queanbeyan C 60 26 0 1
Sep 30 St Kilda Chris Hemley 20 192 93 Bell Post Hill/​Geelong U18 D 1 0 0 0
Sep 30 St Kilda Robert Neill 23 184 90 Southern District (ACT) C+ 44 16 0 0 Larke: 1991
Oct 15 St Kilda Jamie Shanahan 29 194 99 Hobart FC C+ 162 0 0 5
Oct 15 St Kilda Joel Smith 20 185 88 Yarrawonga/​Murray U18 A 221 90 21 23 AA: 2001, 2003; B&F: 2001
Sep 30 St Kilda Lazar Vidovic 32 200 102 Coolaroo/​North Melbourne Reserves/​Castlemaine C 80 13 0 6
Sep 30 Sydney Shannon Corcoran 26 182 80 Sacred Heart College/​Glenelg C 30 2 0 0
Sep 30 Sydney Scott Direen 24 180 83 New Norfolk C 52 10 0 0
Sep 30 Sydney Kevin Dyson 30 180 93 Blackburn South/​Fitzroy Reserves/​Carlton Reserves/​Mornington/​Oakleigh C+ 105 28 0 13
Sep 30 Sydney Dion Myles 21 188 79 Baulkham Hills D 8 1 0 0
Sep 30 Sydney Gavin Rose 28 194 95 East Perth C 55 4 0 7
Sep 30 West Coast Paul Blair 19 Subiaco D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 West Coast Jonson Clifton 19 182 82 Swan Districts D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 West Coast Michael Dunstan 26 185 88 South Fremantle C+ 43 31 0 1
Oct 15 West Coast Todd Nener 19 East Perth D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 West Coast Trent Simpson 21 Subiaco D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 West Coast Paul Whitelaw 19 200 91 West Perth D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Scott Allen 22 182 84 Portarlington/​Geelong U18 C 15 8 0 0
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Shaun Baxter 20 188 90 Bannockburn/​Geelong U18 D 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Nigel Kellett 27 180 82 Hoppers Crossing/​Geelong College B+ 101 41 0 19
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Steven Pitt 24 188 89 Norwood C 18 16 0 0
Sep 30 Western Bulldogs Hugh Reimers 25 195 87 Gawler Centrals/​Central District D 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Western Bulldogs David Round 19 192 90 Strathmore/​Calder U18 D 2 0 0 0