- Norm Smith
Norman Walter "Norm" Smith (born 21 November 1915 at Clifton Hill, Victoria; died 29 July 1973 at Pascoe Vale, Victoria) was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League during a remarkably successful and influential career that spanned four decades. After a brilliant playing stint with Melbourne, Smith began a coaching career that eclipsed anything that he achieved on the playing field.
- Leigh Matthews
Leigh "Lethal" Raymond Matthews AM (born January 3, 1952) is a former champion Australian rules football footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (now Australian Football League) from 1969 to 1985. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Since retiring as a player, Matthews has coached at the Collingwood Football Club from 1986 to 1995, and at the Brisbane Lions since 1999, winning premierships at each club.
- Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr (born 27 February 1936) was an Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and brilliant career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi Senior, was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk in World War II. The young Barassi spent his latter teenage years living with Norm Smith, coach of the Melbourne Football Club and a former teammate of his father.
- Gary Ablett
Gary Robert Ablett, Sr (born October 1 1961) is a retired Australian rules football player.
- Alex Jesaulenko
Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE (born 2 August, 1945 in Salzburg, Austria) is a former champion Australian rules footballer who is rated by many as one of the greatest players of all time.
- Tony Lockett
Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games that commenced in 1983 with St Kilda Football Club. Lockett is the only full-forward ever to win the coveted Brownlow Medal, in 1987, a season in which he was decorated with several honours.
- Bob Skilton
Robert John (Bob) Skilton (born November 8, 1938) was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971. He was one of only 4 players to have won the Brownlow Medal three times - in 1959 (tied with Verdun Howell), 1963 and 1968 - and was rated by Jack Dyer as better than Haydn Bunton and equal to Dick Reynolds, making him one of the best players in the history of the game.
- Ian Stewart
Ian Harlow Stewart (born July 30, 1943) was an Australian rules football player with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League (1962), and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda (1963-1970) and Richmond (1971-1975). He later coached South Melbourne and Carlton, and was an administrator at St Kilda. Stewart is one of only four men to win the game's most coveted award, the Brownlow medal, three times.
- Jack Dyer
John Raymond Dyer senior (November 15, 1913 - August 23, 2003), always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as an outstanding player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast media for more than four decades. Universally acclaimed as the greatest player of his day, …
- Roy Cazaly
Roy Cazaly (January 13 1893-October 10, 1963) was an Australian rules football player famous for his high marks, and for giving rise to the phrase "Up There Cazaly".
- Kevin Bartlett
Kevin Charles Bartlett <small>AM</small> (born March 6, 1947) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1965 and 1983 for the Richmond Football Club.
- Tom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian sportsman who is credited along with his cousin Henry Colden Harrison as one of the inventors of Australian rules football.
- John Nicholls
John Nicholls (born August 13, 1939) is a former champion Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton Football Club in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Victoria a record 31 times in interstate football. He played in premierships in 1968, 1970 and 1972 (as captain coach). He is regarded as one of the greatest ruckmen ever to play Australian football and was named in both, the AFL's and Carlton's, Team of the Century.
- Ted Whitten
Edward James 'Ted' Whitten (born July 27, 1933, died August 17, 1995) was an Australian rules football player. Playing 321 VFL games for his beloved Footscray between 1951 and 1970, he became known by the moniker "Mr. Football". In 1996, he was among the first batch of inductees to the Australian Football Hall of Fame, immediately elevated to "Legend" status, and was selected as Captain of the AFL Team of the Century.
- Dick Reynolds
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (June 20, 1915 - September 2, 2002), known as Dick Reynolds, was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played for, captained and coached the Essendon Bombers in the VFL/AFL competition for nearly three decades. He played from 1933 until 1951, captain coaching the side from 1939 until 1950, and coaching after his retirement from 1951 until 1960.
- Bob Pratt
Bob Pratt was a former Australian rules footballer. He played in the VFL from 1930-1939 and again in 1946 with the South Melbourne Football Club, playing 158 games and kicking 681 goals. Considered one of the finest full-forwards ever to play the game, he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame with Legend status. Known for spectacular diving marks, he represented Coburg in the VFA from 1940 to 1945.
- John Coleman
John Douglas Coleman (November 28, 1928 - April 5 1973) was a player (1949 to 1954) and coach (1961 to 1967) for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (now the AFL). No person who saw Coleman play would deny that Coleman ranks as one of the half dozen greatest Australian footballers of all time. A spectacular, high-leaping forward who compiled the second highest goal average in the history of VFL/AFL football, …
- Jock McHale
James Francis "Jock" McHale, (Born December 12, 1881, died 4 October, 1953) was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marthon career that extended from 1903 to 1949. The son of an Irish-born policeman, John Francis, and his wife Mary (nee Gibbons), the young McHale was born in Sydney, …
- Michael Tuck
Michael Tuck (born June 24, 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL with the Hawthorn Football Club. Debuting in 1972, Tuck was appointed captain of the Hawks in 1986. He captained them from that year until his retirement in 1991 at the age of 38. He played in a total of 7 VFL/AFL premierships, captaining Hawthorn for 4. Fittingly, his last game was in Hawthorn's premiership win in the Grand Final over West Coast.
- Gordon Coventry
Gordon 'Nuts' Coventry (born September 25, 1901, died November 7, 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. Coventry was selected to play with the Collingwood Football Club in 1920 after his brilliance shown at centre half-forward for grassroots club Diamond Creek. He wouldn't make an immediate impact, but was enough to ensure keep his spot after two valuable seasons, and his brother, Syd would also be welcomed at the club in 1922.
- Barrie Robran
Barrie Charles Robran MBE is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, widely acknowledged as a champion in his sport. Barrie Robran is generally considered to be the greatest player ever to be produced by the North Adelaide Football Club. His career spanned 14 seasons and he won South Australian football's highest individual honour, the Magarey Medal, on three occasions - 1968, 1970 and 1973. Coming down from Whyalla in 1966 to play juniors, …
- Greg Williams
Greg "Diesel" Williams (born September 30, 1963) was a former champion Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans, Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian/Australian football League. Nicknamed "Diesel" for his hard working, slow but effective playing, Williams holds the record for disposals in an AFL match with 51 (23 kicks and 28 handballs).
- Bill Hutchison
Bill Hutchison was an Australian rules footballer. He played in the VFL from 1942-1957 with the Essendon Football Club, playing 290 games and kicking 496 goals. Considered one of the finest rovers ever to play the game, he was a vital part of the Bombers' premiership sides in 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1952, tying with Roy Wright, and again in 1953. Over his career Hutchison polled a total of 172 Brownlow votes, …
- Darrel Baldock
Darrel John "The Doc" Baldock (born September 29, 1938 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules football player who was the first (and to date, only) captain of a premiership-winning St. Kilda Football Club (in 1966) and is a Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He also represented Tasmania in two first class cricket matches.
- Dermott Brereton
Dermott Hugh Brereton (born August 19, 1964) is a former champion Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League. In a 211 game career, Brereton kicked 464 goals. Dermott is of Irish descent.
- Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes OAM (born April 23, 1966) is a former Australian rules football player. Though he had no contact with the sport until the age of eighteen he went on to become one of its most successful players with a Brownlow Medal and the current record for the most consecutive games. Stynes' 12-year VFL/AFL career from 1987 to 1998 was played with the Melbourne Football Club.
- Graham Farmer
Graham "Polly" Farmer (born March 10, 1935) is a retired Indigenous Australian rules football player and coach. He began his career with East Perth in the WAFL where he played 176 games from 1953 to 1961. During this time he won the club's Fairest and Best award 7 times and was a member of their 1956, 1958 and 1959 Premiership teams. In 1959 he was awarded the Simpson Medal for being best on ground in the Grand Final. He was awarded the WAFL's highest individual honour, …
- Jason Dunstall
Jason Dunstall (born in Brisbane, Queensland on August 14, 1964), is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards and the greatest Queensland born player of all time.
- John Platten
John Patrick "The Rat" Platten (born March 17, 1963 in South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer. With his unruly tangle of curls he was a distinctive figure on the field with tremendous tenacity and the ability to accumulate possessions week after week. Platten began (and ended) his career with the Central District Bulldogs in the SANFL competition. A junior with Centrals, he commenced in the junior ranks in 1979 and made his league debut in 1981.
- Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February, 1950) is a former Australian rules football player who had a Hall of Fame career with the Woodville Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club and coached the Adelaide Crows to two Premierships in 1997 & 1998.
- H. C. A. Harrison
Henry Colden Antill Harrison (16 October 1836 - 2 September 1929) was a notable early Australian rules football player and administrator. He was named Champion of the Colony (the forerunner of the Brownlow Medal) five times between 1862 and 1869.
- Robert Walls
Robert Walls (born July 27, 1950) is a former premiership-winning Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
- Stephen Kernahan
Stephen Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with Carlton and Glenelg in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed "Sticks" and "Kernas", Kernahan was the captain of the Carlton team of the century and holds the club goalkicking record of 738 and the AFL record for the most games as club captain.
- Paul Roos
Paul Roos (born 27 June, 1963) is a former Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL and now a coach in the Australian Football League.
- Allan Jeans
Allan Jeans (born September 21, 1933) is a legendary Australian rules football coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inception in 1996.
- Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart (born February 10, 1948) is a former Australian rules football player and coach who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1967 and 1977, and coached Footscray (now Western Bulldogs) between 1980 and 1982. Hart was a supremely gifted, determined player who was acknowledged by all in his era as the best exponent of the centre half forward position, …
- Stephen Silvagni
Stephen "SOS" Silvagni (born May 31, 1967) is a former champion Australian rules football champion of Italian descent for the Carlton Football Club. In a lengthy career beginning in 1985, he retired in 2001 as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game. He is widely known as "SOS" (always pronounced "Soss"), standing for "Son of Serge", referring to his father, another great Carlton Football Club player named Sergio Silvagni.
- Keith Greig
Keith Greig (born October 23, 1951) played on the wing for the Australian rules football North Melbourne Football Club from 1971 to 1985. He is considered as one of the most exciting players of the era, earning the nickname "Racehorse" because of his blistering speed on the field. Greig was recruited from Brunswick in 1971. Greig captained the club from 1976 to 1979, and played a then club record 297 games. He represented Victoria 13 times in the state games, …
- Kevin Murray
Kevin 'Bulldog' Murray (born 18 June 1938) was a champion Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons. Murray played for Fitzroy from 1955 to 1964, and from 1967 to 1974, winning nine best-and-fairest awards for the club. He was playing coach of Fitzroy in 1963, a job he also filled in 1964, along with representing and captaining his home state of Victoria.
- Craig Bradley
Craig "Braddles" Bradley (born October 23, 1963) is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer, who holds the record for senior Australian football games played.