These Heritage Numbers denote the order in which each senior player, since the first season of the VFL in 1897, has made his debut for the Melbourne Football Club. In instances where the precise playing order is not available, alphabetical order has been used instead. The names given are those provided by the AFL and other organisations – there may be variations, and in the instance of a possible error, the Club welcomes further information. Nicknames have not typically been included due to the size of the list. Please note that an auxiliary ‘A’ list will be established in the event of any other player being found who has played for the Melbourne Football Club, and has not been included on the list below.


1. - Fred Blackham - 1897
2. - Herbie Fry - 1897
3. - Charlie Goding - 1897
4. - Edwin Jenkyn - 1897
5. - George Johnstone - 1897
6. - Jack Leith - 1897
7. - Austin Lewis - 1897
8. - Bill McCulloch - 1897
9. - Fred McGinis - 1897
10. - Norm McLeod - 1897
11. - Henry Mitchell - 1897
12. - George Moodie - 1897
13. - George Moysey - 1897
14. - Bert Robinson - 1897
15. - Fred Sheahan - 1897
16. - Wally Steele - 1897
17. - Ned Sutton - 1897
18. - Harry Watson - 1897
19. - Alfred Wood - 1897
20. - Charlie Young - 1897
21. - Maurie Herring - 1897
22. - Dave Strahan - 1897
23. - Jim McCoy - 1897
24. - Arthur Kirk - 1897
25. - Lew Massey - 1897
26. - John Timothee - 1897
27. - Jack Graham - 1897
28. - Alfred Healing - 1897
29. - Dick Wardill - 1897
30. - Tom Crawford - 1897
31. - Jack Godby - 1897
32. - Alex Murdoch - 1897
33. - Stuart Geddes - 1897
34. - Walter Lyon - 1897
35. - Jimmy Russell - 1897
36. - Gerald Sheahan - 1897
37. - Eddie Sholl - 1897
38. - Harry Hughes - 1897
39. - Eddie Byers - 1898
40. - Tom Davey - 1898
41. - Denis Lanigan - 1898
42. - Lachie McPherson - 1898
43. - Bob Moore - 1898
44. - Dick Pirrie - 1898
45. - Bobby Royle - 1898
46. - Percy Howard - 1898
47. - Frank Staines - 1898
48. - Jimmy Aitken - 1898
49. - Pat Scanlon - 1898
50. - Johnny Coghlan - 1898
51. - William McClelland - 1898
52. - Les Rippon - 1898
53. - Jack Davidson - 1898
54. - Fred Hagenauer - 1898
55. - Dick Robertson - 1898
56. - Art Atkinson - 1898
57. - Harold Rippon - 1898
58. - Bill Atkinson - 1898
59. - Vic Cumberland - 1898
60. - Norm Rippon - 1898
61. - Fred Elliott - 1899
62. - Charlie Ellingworth - 1899
63. - Dan Moriarty - 1899
64. - Tommy Ryan - 1899
65. - Arthur Sowden - 1899
66. - Laurie Paul - 1899
67. - Curtis Reid - 1899
68. - Cec Cumberland - 1899
69. - Joe Finlay - 1899
70. - Leo Rankin - 1899
71. - Arthur Sinclair - 1899
72. - Ernie Adams - 1900
73. - Bill Bowe - 1900
74. - Corrie Gardner - 1900
75. - Frank Langley - 1900
76. - Bryan McGuigan - 1900
77. - Jack Purse - 1900
78. - Harry Parkin - 1900
79. - Harry Graham - 1900
80. - Eric Gardner - 1900
81. - Ced Hay - 1900
82. - Harold Hay - 1900
83. - Harold Riggall - 1900
84. - Jim McLean - 1901
85. - Graham Colclough - 1901
86. - Billy Shaw - 1901
87. - Edward Garlick - 1901
88. - Lindsay Anderson - 1901
89. - Laurie Ogilvie - 1901
90. - Alf Tredinnick - 1901
91. - Harry Boully - 1901
92. - Vin Coutie - 1901
93. - Harold De Gruchy - 1901
94. - Jack Strong - 1901
95. - Bert Wregg - 1901
96. - George Cathie - 1901
97. - Ernest Hocking - 1902
98. - Les Rainey - 1902
99. - Arthur Britt - 1902
100. - Bob Puflett - 1902
101. - Horrie Drane - 1902
102. - Syd Anderson - 1902
103. - Jim Byrne - 1902
104. - Bobby Craig - 1902
105. - Syd Dalrymple - 1902
106. - Harry Cordner - 1903
107. - Jack Gardiner - 1903
108. - Harry Henderson - 1903
109. - Paddy Mills - 1903
110. - Frank Tout - 1903
111. - William Bremner - 1903
112. - Albert Gourlay - 1903
113. - Artie McSpeerin - 1903
114. - Alf Pilcher - 1903
115. - Jimmy Burn - 1903
116. - George Jackson - 1903
117. - Don McKellar - 1903
118. - Fred Watson - 1903
119. - Jim Conquest - 1904
120. - Ted Leach - 1904
121. - Bernie Nolan - 1904
122. - Hugh Purse - 1904
123. - Lionel Smale - 1904
124. - Ernie Vollugi - 1904
125. - Tom Watson - 1904
126. - Henri Jeanneret - 1904
127. - A. ‘Joe’ Pearce - 1904
128. - Eddie Wood - 1904
129. - Ted Wade - 1904
130. - Roy Adam - 1904
131. - Mark Gardner - 1904
132. - Fred Howard - 1905
133. - Les Minto - 1905
134. - George Peacock - 1905
135. - Jim Trend - 1905
136. - Ted Cordner - 1905
137. - Art Gilchrist - 1905
138. - Tom Ogilvie - 1905
139. - Charlie Mackay - 1905
140. - Ern Penrose - 1905
141. - Frank Brown - 1905
142. - Vin Gardiner - 1905
143. - Ernest Denton - 1905
144. - Ted Fleming - 1905
145. - Frank Hurrey - 1905
146. - Bill Marshall - 1905
147. - Basil Onyons - 1905
148. - Alec McDonald - 1906
149. - Jack McIntosh - 1906
150. - Fred Sleeman - 1906
151. - Hedley Tomkins - 1906
152. - Spencer Hayman - 1906
153. - Willie Rogers - 1906
154. - Clyde Stanway - 1906
155. - Percy Hordern - 1906
156. - Lyle Morgan - 1906
157. - Harry McCooey - 1906
158. - Henry Smith - 1906
159. - George Richards - 1906
160. - Harold Stanley - 1906
161. - Norm Stephenson - 1906
162. - Charlie Taylor - 1906
163. - Frank Boynton - 1906
164. - Ray Woodhouse - 1906
165. - Lancelot Sleeman - 1906
166. - Charles Suhr - 1906
167. - Jack West - 1906
168. - Jack Bacquie - 1907
169. - Joe Canavan - 1907
170. - Bert Gregory - 1907
171. - Bill Homan - 1907
172. - Bobby Monk - 1907
173. - Victor Nielson - 1907
174. - Bert Parke - 1907
175. - Jack Smith - 1907
176. - Wally Sykes - 1907
177. - Herb Symonds - 1907
178. - Harry Cope - 1907
179. - Fred Harris - 1907
180. - Phil Hunt - 1907
181. - Charlie Johnston - 1907
182. - Jack Johnston - 1907
183. - Wal Warren - 1907
184. - Harry Rigby - 1907
185. - Jack Hammond - 1907
186. - Herbert Hill - 1907
187. - Jim Fitzpatrick - 1907
188. - Harry Cox - 1907
189. - Jack Donaldson - 1908
190. - Herb Friend - 1908
191. - Alex Holland - 1908
192. - Alf Jones - 1908
193. - Bill Tottey - 1908
194. - Bill Gillespie - 1908
195. - George McCart - 1908
196. - Henry Wright - 1908
197. - Len Norman - 1908
198. - Joe Bray - 1908
199. - Andy Kennedy - 1908
200. - Albert Bickford - 1908
201. - George Martin - 1908
202. - Joe Hodgkins - 1908
203. - Fred Hewitt - 1908
204. - Jim Bonelli - 1908
205. - Dick Fowler - 1908
206. - Harry Brereton - 1909
207. - Vern Daniel - 1909
208. - Jim Fargie - 1909
209. - George McNeilage - 1909
210. - Hughie Odgers - 1909
211. - Jim Cowell - 1909
212. - Bill Flintoft - 1909
213. - Les Irwin - 1909
214. - Jack Robertson - 1909
215. - Bill Fischer - 1909
216. - Con Doherty - 1909
217. - Percy Beswick - 1909
218. - Bill Maxwell - 1909
219. - George Oliver - 1909
220. - Billy McBean - 1909
221. - David Bell - 1909
222. - Billy McKenzie - 1909
223. - George Woods - 1909
224. - Tommy Crow - 1910
225. - Alex Rennolds - 1910
226. - Reg Werner - 1910
227. - Stan Fairbairn - 1910
228. - Bill Hendrie - 1910
229. - Les Mitchell - 1910
230. - Herbert Rodd - 1910
231. - Bill Allen - 1910
232. - Bill Henderson - 1910
233. - Vernon Hazel - 1910
234. - Bert Morris - 1910
235. - Ernie McMaster - 1910
236. - Michael George - 1910
237. - Fred Whelpton - 1910
238. - Otto Landmann - 1910
239. - Archie Pratt - 1910
240. - Tom Sadlier - 1910
241. - Cyril Steele - 1910
242. - Cecil Quinlan - 1910
243. - Bill McKeone - 1911
244. - Wally Naismith - 1911
245. - George St John - 1911
246. - Alf George - 1911
247. - Billy Irwin - 1911
248. - Jack Geggie - 1911
249. - Ben Sheppard - 1911
250. - Ken Edgar - 1911
251. - Bill Hickey - 1911
252. - Jimmy Nolan - 1911
253. - Leo Rush - 1911
254. - Mal Kennedy - 1911
255. - Harold Curran - 1911
256. - Ted Politz - 1911
257. - Jim Moore - 1911
258. - Jack Bristow - 1912
259. - Bert Francis - 1912
260. - Tim Lane - 1912
261. - Clarrie Abbott - 1912
262. - Les Abbott - 1912
263. - Arthur Ferguson - 1912
264. - Herb Joolen - 1912
265. - Jack Evans - 1912
266. - Mick Maguire - 1912
267. - Tom Wellington - 1912
268. - Charlie Armstrong - 1913
269. - Laurie Brady - 1913
270. - Doug Chapman - 1913
271. - Thornton Hosking - 1913
272. - Charlie Lilley - 1913
273. - Frank Lugton - 1913
274. - Norm McDougall - 1913
275. - Algy Millhouse - 1913
276. - Bill Angwin - 1913
277. - Campbell Brady - 1913
278. - Percy Ellingsen - 1913
279. - Jack Watt - 1913
280. - Frank Ellis - 1913
281. - Norm Jordan - 1913
282. - Carlyle Kenley - 1913
283. - Jim Mackie - 1913
284. - Fen McDonald - 1913
285. - Matt Incigneri - 1913
286. - Ian Maskell - 1913
287. - Jack Nicholson - 1913
288. - Johnny Hassett - 1913
289. - Len Incigneri - 1913
290. - Charlie Edwards - 1913
291. - George Knight - 1913
292. - Bill Daly - 1913
293. - Eric Dimsey - 1913
294. - Cliff Burge - 1914
295. - Percy Colee - 1914
296. - Tim Collins - 1914
297. - Vic Gordon - 1914
298. - Jack Huntington - 1914
299. - Billy Quinn - 1914
300. - Herbert Roberts - 1914
301. - Bert Trahair - 1914
302. - George Walker - 1914
303. - Harry Britter - 1914
304. - Alec Gray - 1914
305. - Eric Parsons - 1914
306. - Wal Riddington - 1914
307. - Roy Gray - 1914
308. - Les Smith - 1914
309. - Jack Woolley - 1914
310. - Rupe Lowell - 1914
311. - Arthur Best - 1914
312. - Jack Connole - 1914
313. - John Daly - 1914
314. - Des MacDonald - 1914
315. - Alf Williamson - 1914
316. - Aubrey Mackenzie - 1914
317. - Bill Brunier - 1914
318. - Alex Fraser - 1914
319. - Claude Bryan - 1915
320. - Jack Doubleday - 1915
321. - Roy Franklin - 1915
322. - Teddy Johnston - 1915
323. - Jack McKenzie - 1915
324. - Roy Park - 1915
325. - Jack Brake - 1915
326. - Percy Rodriguez - 1915
327. - Max Hislop - 1915
328. - Reg Gibb - 1915
329. - Ed Buckley - 1915
330. - Bill Elston - 1915
331. - Mick McQuade - 1915
332. - Gordon Coulter - 1919
333. - George Haines - 1919
334. - Jack House - 1919
335. - Con Kenney - 1919
336. - Percy Love - 1919
337. - Bob Love - 1919
338. - John McMahon - 1919
339. - Stan Huntington - 1919
340. - Eric Tonkin - 1919
341. - Cyril Hall - 1919
342. - Allan McLean - 1919
343. - Alex Salvado - 1919
344. - Frank Cummins - 1919
345. - Howard Richardson - 1919
346. - Lou Salvana - 1919
347. - Lindsay Nichols - 1919
348. - Bill Shelton - 1919
349. - Herb Matthews - 1919
350. - Leo Little - 1919
351. - Matt Connors - 1919
352. - Bill Hore - 1919
353. - Gordon Landy - 1919
354. - Art McWhinney - 1919
355. - Ivor Warne-Smith - 1919
356. - Bob Bodington - 1919
357. - Eric Chisholm - 1919
358. - Alec Farrow - 1919
359. - Archie Grigg - 1919
360. - Dave Elliman - 1919
361. - Harry Selover - 1919
362. - Mick Anthony - 1920
363. - Albert Chadwick - 1920
364. - Bob Corbett - 1920
365. - Syd Hutcheson - 1920
366. - Charlie Streeter - 1920
367. - Harry Harker - 1920
368. - Joe O’Carroll - 1920
369. - George Garlick - 1920
370. - Vern Rowe - 1920
371. - Albert Fawcett - 1920
372. - Harry Tampling - 1920
373. - Les Boyd - 1920
374. - Bruce Campbell - 1920
375. - Bill McIntyre - 1920
376. - Reg Ellis - 1920
377. - Norm Henderson - 1920
378. - Leo Dobrigh - 1920
379. - Aubrey Neal - 1920
380. - Harry Bruce - 1921
381. - Harry Coy - 1921
382. - Joe Flanagan - 1921
383. - Clarrie Lethlean - 1921
384. - Jack Lord - 1921
385. - Ted Thomas - 1921
386. - Enos Thomas - 1921
387. - Percy Tulloh - 1921
388. - Percy Wilson - 1921
389. - Les Wallace - 1921
390. - Pat Bourke - 1921
391. - Francis Lyon - 1921
392. - Bill Lyte - 1921
393. - Alick Ogilvy - 1921
394. - Alf Wilson - 1921
395. - Fred Long - 1921
396. - Edgar Dunbar - 1922
397. - Harold Dunbar - 1922
398. - Hugh Dunbar - 1922
399. - Alf Oldham - 1922
400. - Charlie Corby - 1922
401. - Artie Cambridge - 1922
402. - Eric Peck - 1922
403. - Vern Moore - 1922
404. - Dick Taylor - 1922
405. - Jim Makin - 1923
406. - Jim Abernethy - 1923
407. - Jack Collins - 1923
408. - Bob Abernethy - 1923
409. - Roy James - 1923
410. - Bill Carter - 1923
411. - Tom Elliott - 1923
412. - Jack Robertson - 1923
413. - Derek Mollison - 1923
414. - Eric Donaldson - 1923
415. - Marcus Glasscock - 1923
416. - Johnny Egan - 1924
417. - Stan Wittman - 1924
418. - Bobby Ewer - 1924
419. - George Simmonds - 1924
420. - Jim Davidson - 1924
421. - Harry Davie - 1924
422. - Max Wright - 1924
423. - Gerry Donnelly - 1925
424. - Frank Jorgensen - 1925
425. - Bill Tymms - 1925
426. - Jack Cannan - 1925
427. - Col Deane - 1925
428. - Ted Parker - 1925
429. - Jimmy Sullivan - 1925
430. - Harry Moyes - 1925
431. - Carlyle Jones - 1925
432. - Frank Richardson - 1925
433. - Clarrie Wyatt - 1925
434. - Eric Andersen - 1926
435. - Ossie Green - 1926
436. - Bob Johnson Snr - 1926
437. - Tom O’Brien - 1926
438. - Jim Veal - 1926
439. - Herbie White - 1926
440. - Bert Lawrence - 1926
441. - Bruce Pie - 1926
442. - Dave Duff - 1926
443. - Fred Dick - 1926
444. - Francis Vine` - 1926
445. - Peter Hannan - 1927
446. - Ernie Shaw - 1927
447. - Tommy McConville - 1927
448. - Les Meade - 1927
449. - Charles Young - 1927
450. - Charlie Barnes - 1927
451. - Bill Latham - 1927
452. - Allan Hope - 1928
453. - Gordon Ogden - 1928
454. - Norm Driver - 1928
455. - Barney Wood - 1928
456. - Jim Moodie - 1928
457. - Gerry Beare - 1928
458. - Jack Haw - 1928
459. - Ray Usher - 1928
460. - Claud Carr - 1928
461. - Bill London - 1928
462. - Harry Long - 1929
463. - Henry McCrae - 1929
464. - Bill MacDonald - 1929
465. - Wyn Murray - 1929
466. - Ted Esposito - 1929
467. - Art Beaumont - 1929
468. - George Cassidy - 1929
469. - Alec Proudfoot - 1929
470. - Bill Coomber - 1929
471. - Bill Cutler - 1930
472. - Hec Davidson - 1930
473. - Wilbur Jackson - 1930
474. - George Margitich - 1930
475. - Bill Vanthoff - 1930
476. - Colin Jackson - 1930 -
477. - Edwin Pemberton - 1930
478. - Jack Power - 1930 -
479. - Harry Crapper - 1930
480. - Reg Conole - 1930
481. - Geoff Frood - 1930
482. - Howard Steel - 1930
483. - Lew Gough - 1930
484. - Bert Avery - 1931 -
485. - Frank Smith - 1931
486. - Percy Beames - 1931
487. - Billy Collins - 1931
488. - Gordon Lindsay - 1931
489. - William Adams - 1931
490. - Dan Cunningham - 1932
491. - Arch Dickens - 1932
492. - Don Hooper - 1932
493. - Geoff McInnes - 1932
494. - Jack Richardson - 1932
495. - Leo Nolan - 1932
496. - Joe Kinnear - 1932
497. - Ike Sellars - 1932
498. - Tom McMahon - 1932
499. - Bill Earle - 1932
500. - Joe Hogan - 1932