List of VFL debuts in 1955

The 1955 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 59th season of the VFL. The season saw 117 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 7 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1944
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 13 0
Collingwood 5 1
Essendon 8 0
Fitzroy 10 0
Footscray 6 1
Geelong 5 0
Hawthorn 11 1
Melbourne 5 1
North Melbourne 16 0
Richmond 11 0
South Melbourne 10 1
St Kilda 17 2
Total 117 7

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Graham Donaldson Carlton 19 years, 321 days 4[1] 106 85
Jack Sullivan Carlton 21 years, 262 days 3[2] 66 21
Bob Bosustow Carlton 20 years, 326 days 3[3] 20 4 Father of Peter Bosustow.
Colin Holt Carlton 21 years, 59 days 10[4] 20 0
Leon Berner Carlton 19 years, 297 days 11[5] 18 4
Kevin Bergin Carlton 18 years, 269 days 9[6] 12 12
Peter Aitken Carlton 20 years, 156 days 1[7] 11 7
Jack Ellis Carlton 21 years, 138 days 4[8] 10 13
John Cheffers Carlton 18 years, 334 days 1[9] 4 4 Son of Percy Cheffers.
Dave Browning Carlton 21 years, 339 days 3[10] 4 1
John Paice Carlton 23 years, 168 days 6[11] 4 0
Barry Archbold Carlton 21 years, 238 days 16[12] 2 0
Barry Beitzel Carlton 20 years, 236 days 17[13] 2 0
Ray Gabelich Collingwood 21 years, 301 days 3[14] 160 43
Harry Sullivan Collingwood 23 years, 8 days 1[15] 78 5 Previously played for Carlton.
Bob Greve Collingwood 20 years, 235 days 14[16] 67 20
Ken Smale Collingwood 21 years, 162 days 1[17] 60 98
Laurie Rymer Collingwood 20 years, 320 days 6[18] 25 10
John Elder Collingwood 22 years, 282 days 3[19] 2 0
Robert Fox Essendon 23 years, 165 days 1[20] 52 34
Doug Dench Essendon 25 years, 77 days 1[21] 27 0
Graham Willey Essendon 21 years, 306 days 6[22] 17 35
Don Carmichael Essendon 18 years, 128 days 12[23] 15 1
Morton Diston Essendon 18 years, 351 days 5[24] 12 2
Keith Chapman Essendon 21 years, 128 days 12[25] 6 1
Warren Prest Essendon 22 years, 128 days 1[26] 3 0
Ken Reed Essendon 23 years, 136 days 3[27] 2 0
Kevin Murray Fitzroy 16 years, 323 days 4[28] 333 51
Wally Clark Fitzroy 19 years, 10 days 8[29] 105 120
Ron Smith Fitzroy 20 years, 264 days 8[30] 9 8
Toby Elder Fitzroy 20 years, 181 days 1[31] 5 1
Bob Collins Fitzroy 18 years, 103 days 1[32] 3 0
Bobby Wilson Fitzroy 20 years, 250 days 16[33] 3 1
Alan Anton Fitzroy 22 years, 112 days 2[34] 2 2
John Charles Fitzroy 19 years, 318 days 17[35] 2 0
Laurie Jarman Fitzroy 20 years, 6 days 17[36] 2 2
Bill Smith Fitzroy 18 years, 239 days 17[37] 2 0
Alex Gardiner Footscray 20 years, 117 days 3[38] 92 18
John Westacott Footscray 21 years, 348 days 14[39] 34 0
Kevin J. Smith Footscray 20 years, 172 days 6[40] 17 7
Allan Clough Footscray 22 years, 208 days 7[41] 17 4
Ron Dixon Footscray 21 years, 185 days 4[42] 10 0
Kevin R. Smith Footscray 22 years, 305 days 1[43] 7 13 Previously played for North Melbourne
Frank McDowell Footscray 21 years, 163 days 6[44] 1 0
Matt Goggin Geelong 18 years, 269 days 1[45] 88 5
John O'Connell Geelong 23 years, 39 days 1[46] 81 65
Clive Brown Geelong 20 years, 357 days 4[47] 72 4
John Haygarth Geelong 20 years, 361 days 12[48] 59 13
Geoff Umbers Geelong 21 years, 202 days 6[49] 7 2
Graham Arthur Hawthorn 18 years, 311 days 1[50] 232 201 Hawthorn's first premiership captain. Son of Alan Arthur.
Ray Yeoman Hawthorn 20 years, 197 days 2[51] 74 47
Don Gent Hawthorn 22 years, 127 days 7[52] 70 0
Ian Hinks Hawthorn 17 years, 346 days 1[53] 16 3
Bill Elsworth Hawthorn 18 years, 334 days 11[54] 10 4
Brian Boland Hawthorn 23 years, 299 days 6[55] 6 0 Previously played for Richmond. Father of Glenn Boland.
Rod Horrocks Hawthorn 21 years, 56 days 1[56] 4 3
Barry Takle Hawthorn 20 years, 164 days 10[57] 4 1
Alan Jewell Hawthorn 23 years, 98 days 7[58] 2 0
Leon Toohey Hawthorn 20 years, 242 days 11[59] 2 0
Jeff Harris Hawthorn 23 years, 263 days 6[60] 1 0
Ron Hoy Hawthorn 22 years, 316 days 10[61] 1 0
Trevor Johnson Melbourne 20 years, 95 days 3[62] 118 9
Athol Webb Melbourne 19 years, 299 days 12[63] 74 146
Dick Atkinson Melbourne 20 years, 325 days 6[64] 7 0
Ivan Baumgartner Melbourne 21 years, 16 days 6[65] 5 0 Previously played for Geelong.
Fred Webster Melbourne 20 years, 4 days 2[66] 3 2
Kevin Clarke Melbourne 23 years, 295 days 1[67] 1 0
John Dugdale North Melbourne 19 years, 60 days 4[68] 248 358 Father of Dean and Glenn Dugdale.
Max Ritchie North Melbourne 20 years, 177 days 3[69] 55 7
Norm Dean North Melbourne 21 years, 83 days 8[70] 30 6
John Ford North Melbourne 23 years, 75 days 11[71] 13 2
Bill Reddick North Melbourne 19 years, 177 days 4[72] 12 0
Bobby Burt North Melbourne 20 years, 342 days 03[73] 11 2
John Joiner North Melbourne 20 years, 315 days 3[74] 11 0
Jack Lawrence North Melbourne 20 years, 288 days 1[75] 9 3
Brian O'Halloran North Melbourne 17 years, 227 days 9[76] 9 1
Ron James North Melbourne 22 years, 95 days 12[77] 7 5
Norm Neeson North Melbourne 21 years, 114 days 9[78] 5 0
Peter Marchesi North Melbourne 21 years, 299 days 3[79] 3 0
Peter Curtis North Melbourne 22 years, 93 days 1[80] 2 1
John Wymer North Melbourne 22 years, 109 days 5[81] 2 0
Bill Barton North Melbourne 19 years, 102 days 10[82] 2 2
Keith Goullet North Melbourne 22 years, 206 days 1[83] 1 1
Ted Langridge Richmond 18 years, 211 days 6[84] 94 149
Ron McDonald Richmond 21 years, 254 days 2[85] 92 84
Peter Morris Richmond 21 years, 355 days 13[86] 89 103
Ray Allsop Richmond 21 years, 159 days 7[87] 54 69
John Jenkins Richmond 19 years, 139 days 12[88] 34 34
Charlie Flannagan Richmond 21 years, 300 days 18[89] 26 0
John Claxton Richmond 20 years, 177 days 3[90] 15 18
John Gorwell Richmond 20 years, 77 days 3[91] 9 0
John Robson Richmond 21 years, 299 days 4[92] 6 4
Neil Davies Richmond 23 years, 128 days 1[93] 2 1
Ray Bloodworth Richmond 21 years, 241 days 16[94] 2 0
Brian McGowan South Melbourne 17 years, 196 days 13[95] 118 171
Hugh McLaughlin South Melbourne 19 years, 234 days 8[96] 116 5
John Trethowan South Melbourne 18 years, 184 days 3[97] 81 13
Bob Pratt South Melbourne 19 years, 44 days 4[98] 35 35 Son of Bob Pratt.
John Woolley South Melbourne 19 years, 271 days 1[99] 25 0
John Ferguson South Melbourne 24 years, 2 days 5[100] 25 4 Previously played for Melbourne.
Frank Primmer South Melbourne 22 years, 125 days 6[101] 25 7
Neil McNeill South Melbourne 23 years, 125 days 11[102] 11 1
Ray Reed South Melbourne 21 years, 48 days 9[103] 10 1
Des Barry South Melbourne 21 years, 339 days 1[104] 8 0
Colin Vance South Melbourne 25 years, 188 days 1[105] 3 5
Allan Jeans St Kilda 21 years, 214 days 2[106] 77 27 Coached St Kilda to their only VFL premiership.
Bill Gleeson St Kilda 23 years, 293 days 2[107] 15 11
Milne McCooke St Kilda 20 years, 259 days 10[108] 13 8
John Nelson St Kilda 21 years, 109 days 6[109] 11 0
Gerry Burton St Kilda 22 years, 64 days 1[110] 10 0
Stuart Lennie St Kilda 18 years, 82 days 1[111] 10 12
Brian Gilmore St Kilda 25 years, 171 days 6[112] 10 2 Previously played for Essendon.
John Reeves St Kilda 25 years, 247 days 4[113] 8 1 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Allan Mennie St Kilda 20 years, 17 days 5[114] 8 0
Merv Dihm St Kilda 21 years, 270 days 9[115] 8 0
Max Stephenson St Kilda 20 years, 91 days 16[116] 7 0
Mick McLaren St Kilda 19 years, 13 days 1[117] 4 0
Jim Camm St Kilda 23 years, 17 days 9[118] 4 0
Peter Allan St Kilda 20 years, 125 days 5[119] 3 0
Ian Drohan St Kilda 22 years, 295 days 9[120] 3 0
Ron Byron St Kilda 23 years, 250 days 1[121] 2 0
Jim Jewitt St Kilda 22 years, 84 days 3[122] 2 1
Alan Osborne St Kilda 21 years, 138 days 5[123] 1 0
Jack Suttie St Kilda 20 years, 280 days 12[124] 1 1

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