The 1988 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the ninety second season of the VFL. The season saw 90 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 30 players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Summary
Debuts
Name
Club
Age at debut
Round debuted
Games
Goals
Notes
Roger Merrett Brisbane Bears
27 years, 350 days
1 [ 1] 164
285
Previously played for Essendon.
Scott McIvor Brisbane Bears
21 years, 238 days
1 [ 2] 138
77
Previously played for Fitzroy.
Rod Lester-Smith Brisbane Bears
28 years, 330 days
1 [ 3] 39
15
Previously played for Hawthorn.
Warwick Capper Brisbane Bears
24 years, 296 days
1 [ 4] 34
71
Previously played for Sydney.
Andrew Taylor Brisbane Bears
22 years, 295 days
4 [ 5] 31
13
Previously played for Footscray.
Rodney Eade Brisbane Bears
29 years, 365 days
1 [ 6] 30
3
Previously played for Hawthorn.
Michael Kennedy Brisbane Bears
21 years, 60 days
1 [ 7] 23
3
Matthew Simpson Brisbane Bears
21 years, 36 days
7 [ 8] 9
2
Tony Lynn Brisbane Bears
20 years, 28 days
9 [ 9] 6
5
Robert Mace Brisbane Bears
29 years, 254 days
4 [ 10] 1
0
Previously played for Hawthorn and St Kilda.
Luke O'Sullivan Carlton
20 years, 138 days
20 [ 11] 62
58
Steven Da Rui Carlton
24 years, 12 days
1 [ 12] 55
5
David Kernahan Carlton
22 years, 266 days
1 [ 13] 53
8
Brother of Stephen Kernahan .
Gerard Butts Carlton
21 years, 170 days
6 [ 14] 3
0
Michael Garvey Carlton
22 years, 204 days
6 [ 15] 3
0
Phillip Poursanidis Carlton
19 years, 364 days
6 [ 16] 3
3
Damian Monkhorst Collingwood
18 years, 232 days
2 [ 17] 205
45
Graham Wright Collingwood
19 years, 302 days
1 [ 18] 201
107
Doug Barwick Collingwood
26 years, 57 days
1 [ 19] 71
90
Previously played for Fitzroy.
Darren Saunders Collingwood
22 years, 258 days
5 [ 20] 44
2
Previously played for Footscray.
Paul Hawke Collingwood
23 years, 274 days
1 [ 21] 41
30
Previously played for Sydney.
David Robertson Collingwood
25 years, 232 days
1 [ 22] 17
9
Andrew Tarpey Collingwood
23 years, 27 days
21 [ 23] 9
1
Tony Elshaug Collingwood
27 years, 349 days
14 [ 24] 6
4
Previously played for Melbourne and Essendon.
Darren Bewick Essendon
20 years, 225 days
1 [ 25] 238
332
Peter Somerville Essendon
20 years, 2 days
15 [ 26] 160
89
Son of John Somerville .
Greg Anderson Essendon
21 years, 324 days
1 [ 27] 103
60
1986 Magarey Medallist .
Bradley Plain Essendon
18 years, 337 days
22 [ 28] 46
89
Andrew Rogers Essendon
23 years, 231 days
1 [ 29] 8
1
Andrew Merryweather Essendon
27 years, 75 days
1 [ 30] 5
0
Previously played for Fitzroy.
Paul O'Brien Essendon
27 years, 14 days
5 [ 31] 3
2
Previously played for Melbourne.
Justin Stubbs Essendon
18 years, 267 days
12 [ 32] 3
5
Michael O'Sullivan Essendon
26 years, 123 days
19 [ 33] 1
0
Previously played for Melbourne.
Peter Bourke Essendon
22 years, 82 days
20 [ 34] 1
0
Alastair Lynch Fitzroy
19 years, 302 days
3 [ 35] 120
173
Paul Broderick Fitzroy
18 years, 167 days
12 [ 36] 93
80
John Ironmonger Fitzroy
27 years, 48 days
1 [ 37] 43
8
Previously played for Sydney.
Andrew Brockhurst Fitzroy
23 years, 264 days
6 [ 38] 38
0
Terry Board Fitzroy
19 years, 203 days
1 [ 39] 15
1
Darren Louttit Fitzroy
23 years, 28 days
4 [ 40] 2
0
Previously played for Melbourne.
Steven Newman Fitzroy
22 years, 200 days
12 [ 41] 1
0
Scott Wynd Footscray
18 years, 188 days
18 [ 42] 237
31
Mark Hunter Footscray
22 years, 214 days
1 [ 43] 130
10
Terry Wallace Footscray
29 years, 113 days
1 [ 44] 69
20
Previously played for Hawthorn and Richmond.
Matthew Hogg Footscray
19 years, 105 days
1 [ 45] 59
4
Stuart Wigney Footscray
19 years, 103 days
18 [ 46] 47
21
Darren Davies Footscray
22 years, 178 days
2 [ 47] 37
35
Adrian Campbell Footscray
19 years, 187 days
15 [ 48] 30
31
Stuart Nicol Footscray
21 years, 206 days
4 [ 49] 7
4
Michael Svilar Footscray
18 years, 256 days
8 [ 50] 7
0
Gary Irvine Footscray
22 years, 299 days
11 [ 51] 7
0
David Allday Footscray
23 years, 154 days
5 [ 52] 6
1
Previously played for Melbourne.
Russell Shields Footscray
25 years, 257 days
1 [ 53] 3
7
Previously played for Hawthorn.
Shane Hamilton Geelong
17 years, 333 days
16 [ 54] 27
40
Darren Denneman Geelong
20 years, 33 days
4 [ 55] 4
0
Stephen Lawrence Hawthorn
19 years, 8 days
5 [ 56] 146
30
Son of South African Test cricketer Godfrey Lawrence .
Scott Maginness Hawthorn
21 years, 251 days
2 [ 57] 131
8
Tony Hall Hawthorn
23 years, 199 days
1 [ 58] 97
144
Andrew Gowers Hawthorn
19 years, 41 days
8 [ 59] 89
54
Dean Anderson Hawthorn
20 years, 364 days
18 [ 60] 83
74
Robert Dickson Hawthorn
24 years, 140 days
1 [ 61] 17
12
Australian Survivor winner.
Sean Ralphsmith Hawthorn
21 years, 250 days
21 [ 62] 4
3
Andrew Demetriou Hawthorn
27 years, 38 days
8 [ 63] 3
1
Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League. Previously played for North Melbourne.
Steven Febey Melbourne
18 years, 269 days
7 [ 64] 258
40
Andy Lovell Melbourne
17 years, 263 days
3 [ 65] 164
166
Peter Rohde Melbourne
23 years, 170 days
6 [ 66] 117
22
Previously played for Carlton.
Jamie Duursma Melbourne
24 years, 182 days
7 [ 67] 33
0
Previously played for Sydney and Brisbane.
David Flintoff Melbourne
24 years, 138 days
9 [ 68] 31
20
Previously played for Hawthorn.
Jay Viney Melbourne
19 years, 224 days
18 [ 69] 23
4
Brother of Todd Viney .
Mick Martyn North Melbourne
19 years, 222 days
2 [ 70] 287
16
Son of Bryan Martyn .
John Longmire North Melbourne
17 years, 114 days
4 [ 71] 200
511
Wayne Schwass North Melbourne
19 years, 127 days
1 [ 72] 184
97
Anthony Rock North Melbourne
17 years, 263 days
12 [ 73] 178
138
Jose Romero North Melbourne
17 years, 18 days
21 [ 74] 89
98
Michael Murphy North Melbourne
22 years, 207 days
1 [ 75] 3
1
Mark O'Donoghue North Melbourne
20 years, 274 days
2 [ 76] 2
2
Darren Ogier North Melbourne
25 years, 103 days
7 [ 77] 2
3
Previously played for Carlton.
Brenton Harris North Melbourne
18 years, 282 days
16 [ 78] 2
0
Brother of Darren Harris .
Kevin Hughes North Melbourne
25 years, 81 days
1 [ 79] 1
0
Brett MacKenzie North Melbourne
20 years, 68 days
19 [ 80] 1
0
Matthew Knights Richmond
17 years, 299 days
18 [ 81] 279
141
Craig Lambert Richmond
19 years, 182 days
1 [ 82] 123
53
Brian Leys Richmond
20 years, 90 days
6 [ 83] 110
19
Trent Nichols Richmond
18 years, 363 days
1 [ 84] 75
65
Tim Powell Richmond
19 years, 361 days
2 [ 85] 64
40
Justin Pickering Richmond
20 years, 246 days
1 [ 86] 59
54
Brother of Michael Pickering .
David Honybun Richmond
26 years, 1 days
1 [ 87] 55
39
Previously played for Carlton.
Greg Hamilton Richmond
19 years, 326 days
7 [ 88] 29
17
Chris Pym Richmond
22 years, 28 days
8 [ 89] 24
13
Mark Summers Richmond
21 years, 249 days
2 [ 90] 15
4
Wayne Peters Richmond
19 years, 77 days
21 [ 91] 5
1
Paul Barlow Richmond
19 years, 149 days
4 [ 92] 4
0
Robert Harvey St Kilda
16 years, 351 days
19 [ 93] 383
215
1997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist . Brother of Anthony Harvey .
Jayson Daniels St Kilda
17 years, 57 days
3 [ 94] 115
26
Brett Bowey St Kilda
19 years, 67 days
19 [ 95] 85
79
Gordon Fode St Kilda
17 years, 22 days
22 [ 96] 52
31
Ian Muller St Kilda
22 years, 304 days
8 [ 97] 21
2
Previously played for Carlton.
Bob Jones St Kilda
26 years, 165 days
1 [ 98] 20
2
Father of Liam Jones .
Steve Turner St Kilda
27 years, 99 days
1 [ 99] 12
1
Previously played for Melbourne.
Sean Simpson St Kilda
18 years, 14 days
5 [ 100] 7
1
Peter Freeman St Kilda
19 years, 99 days
15 [ 101] 5
0
Mark Dwyer St Kilda
23 years, 353 days
17 [ 102] 1
0
Previously played for Fitzroy.
Glenn MacMillan St Kilda
18 years, 307 days
21 [ 103] 1
0
Mark Eustice Sydney
25 years, 160 days
17 [ 104] 46
9
Previously played for Essendon and Richmond.
Mark Kellett Sydney
27 years, 326 days
12 [ 105] 37
1
Previously played for St Kilda and Footscray.
Michael Parsons Sydney
27 years, 190 days
2 [ 106] 25
14
David Willis Sydney
20 years, 182 days
15 [ 107] 25
3
David Brown Sydney
20 years, 266 days
6 [ 108] 12
18
Michael Lockman Sydney
24 years, 219 days
1 [ 109] 11
1
Previously played for Richmond and Collingwood.
Craig Davis Sydney
33 years, 185 days
1 [ 110] 9
17
Father of Nick Davis . Previously played for Carlton, North Melbourne and Collingwood.
Adrian Battiston Sydney
24 years, 235 days
1 [ 111] 9
3
Previously played for Melbourne.
Jim Silvestro Sydney
24 years, 322 days
3 [ 112] 8
7
John Brinkkotter Sydney
21 years, 334 days
1 [ 113] 5
1
David Cordner Sydney
21 years, 334 days
2 [ 114] 5
6
Previously played for Melbourne.
Guy McKenna West Coast
18 years, 327 days
1 [ 115] 267
28
Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club coach.
Chris Waterman West Coast
19 years, 223 days
5 [ 116] 177
75
Karl Langdon West Coast
20 years, 5 days
1 [ 117] 100
107
Murray Rance West Coast
26 years, 68 days
1 [ 118] 57
7
Father of Alex Rance . Previously played for Footscray.
Troy Ugle West Coast
19 years, 356 days
2 [ 119] 43
43
David O'Connell West Coast
25 years, 18 days
2 [ 120] 27
6
Brother of Michael O'Connell
Brent Hutton West Coast
24 years, 8 days
4 [ 121] 13
9
Joe Cormack West Coast
21 years, 257 days
7 [ 122] 10
7
Kevin Caton West Coast
22 years, 300 days
18 [ 123] 1
1
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