- 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.
- Barry Hall
Barry Hall (born February 8, 1977) is a forward with the Sydney Swans Australian rules football club and a prolific goalkicker. He is nicknamed "Big, Bad, Bustling Barry Hall" (also "Bazza", "Big Bad Barry" or various combinations of these) by media and football fans alike. The nickname dates back to the mid-late 1990s when it is believed Sandy Roberts, part of the Seven Network's AFL coverage, …
- Kevin Sheedy
Kevin John Sheedy AM (born December 24, 1947) is the current coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. Sheedy was the quintessential self-made player. Not blessed with great skills, he was able to carve out a brilliant career with dedication, perseverance and thoughtfulness. At his peak, he was a supreme big-game performer who epitomised the "kill or be killed" attitude of the Richmond club.
- Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou (born April 14, 1961) is the CEO of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer of Greek-Cypriot heritage.
- 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.
- Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes (born January 8, 1980) is an Australian rules football player and dual Brownlow Medal winner.He is regarded as one of the greats of the modern faster game alongside names such as Judd and Akermanis He began with the North Ballarat Rebels in the Victorian Football League, but was drafted into the Australian Football League by the Sydney Swans in 1997, as the No. 43 pick. Goodes spent the 1998 season in the reserves competition, …
- Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd (born April 16 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for and is captain of the Essendon Bombers Australian Football League. Widely regarded as the best full-forward currently playing, he is the leading goal scorer of all time for Essendon and the tenth highest in VFL/AFL history.
- 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.
- Jason Akermanis
Jason "Aka" Akermanis (born February 24, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer for the Western Bulldogs. Outspoken Akermanis made a name for himself as a Brownlow medal winning and triple premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and left the club in highly controversial circumstances.
- Michael Voss
Michael Voss (born July 7, 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer, usually playing midfield or in the forward line for Australian Football League team the Brisbane Lions. At 183cm, Voss was renowned for his hardness at the ball, inspirational leadership and the ability to turn a game by his presence at the contest. Voss is considered one of the finest players of his generation, <sup></sup> along with James Hird, Chris Grant, Shane Crawford, Scott West, Robert Harvey, …
- Andrew McLeod
Andrew McLeod (born August 4, 1976) is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League of Aboriginal descent, and is number 23 of the Adelaide Crows Football Club. One of the game's elite players, his blistering pace and smooth skills have made him one of the most damaging players in the league.
- Simon Black
Simon Black (born April 3 1979) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Black is a midfielder with a reputation for hard work and skill. He has the ability to get under the pack to retrieve the ball as well as deliver it with precision to teammates and rarely wastes a possession. Born in Mount Isa, Queensland, he relocated to Western Australia with his family at a very young age.
- Mark Ricciuto
Mark Anthony Ricciuto (born June 8, 1975) is a prominent Australian rules football player, representing the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League. Ricciuto was born in Waikerie, South Australia. After some success in local leagues, he was recruited by SANFL team West Adelaide and soon after, was recruited by the Adelaide Crows as a rookie. He debuted in the AFL in 1993. Ricciuto quickly rose to prominence in the national competition.
- Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor (born 23 September, 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Taylor played 91 games for Fitzroy, Hawthorn, and Collingwood from 1990 to 1997.
- Dean Solomon
Dean Solomon (born January 9, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. He currently plays for the Fremantle Dockers following a trade from the Essendon Football Club. Known for his toughness, he made his AFL debut in 1998 for Essendon and was part of their 2000 premiership team. On numerous occasions, however, Solomon has shown his lack of discipline to be detrimental to his game, one example being the 2005 clash with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, …
- Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 1996 to present. He has played over 200 games for West Coast as one of their key midfielders, and is one of the highest rated midfielders in the competition, gaining a spot in the All Australian Midfield.
- Matthew Richardson
Matthew "Richo" Richardson (born March 19, 1975), is a professional Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. He has been the club's key forward through the late 1990s and the 2000s, and the club's leading goalscorer eleven times. He has been selected in the all-Australian team in 1996 and 2001. He has kicked the most goals at the MCG. Richardson was the fourth pick (a father-son selection) in the 1992 AFL Draft, …
- Peter Burgoyne
Peter Gabriel Burgoyne (born January 29, 1978) is an indigenous Australian rules footballer. Beginning his AFL career with the inaugural Port Adelaide side to enter the AFL, Burgoyne has become well-regarded for his performance as an attacking midfielder. He was selected straight from the Port Adelaide side in the SANFL in their changeover from one league to the other.
- Terry Wallace
Terry Wallace (born December 13, 1958) was an Australian rules football centre position player who started at Hawthorn, played briefly at Richmond and finally at Footscray. As coach, he took the Western Bulldogs from 15th in 1996 to 3rd in 1997 and 1998. Wallace employed a number of novel ideas as coach including warming up the side on the field before the match.
- Mark Coughlan
Mark Coughlan (born April 20, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer, playing with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since winning the Jack Dyer Medal in 2003, only his second season in the league, his career has been hampered by injury.
- Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September, 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.
- Nigel Lappin
Nigel Lappin (born 21 June 1976) is an Australian rules footballer. Lappin was born in Corowa, New South Wales, but grew up in Chiltern, Victoria and was drafted to play for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League in 1993, playing his first AFL game the following year. In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears' merger with Fitzroy. A long, accurate kick, who is capable of running as a play maker throughout the whole match, …
- Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio (born April 18, 1987 in Kyabram, Victoria) is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.
- Dean Polo
Dean Polo (born August 5, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Polo was drafted by the Richmond Tigers with the 20th pick in the 2004 AFL Draft. In his first season at Richmond in 2005, Polo initially struggled with the move from a small country town to the "big city", and was dropped to the Coburg reserves early on in the season. However in the 2nd half of the season his performances earnt him a promotion to the Coburg seniors, …
- Brendan Fevola
Brendan 'Fev' Fevola (born January 20, 1981) is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He plays the position of full-forward and has apart from his sporadic footballing ability, is notable for his appearances on the Channel Nine's "The Footy Show" on Thursday nights during the season.
- Kayne Pettifer
Kayne Pettifer (born January 22, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. In the 2000 National AFL Draft Kayne Pettifer was picked at no.9 overall (To the Richmond Tigers), which was unexpected for such a short forward. For the next 4 years Kayne Pettifer had sporadic form rarely playing more than nine games a year. In 2005 however Kayne Pettifer played a very different role.
- Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr (born May 16, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer. Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder that is a vital part of the powerful midfield brigade at the Eagles, including Dean Cox, Chad Fletcher, Michael Braun, Ben Cousins and Chris Judd. Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent. His father, Roger, played for East Fremantle in the WAFL.
- 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.
- Troy Simmonds
Troy Simmonds (born July 13, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who plays as a Ruckman for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.
- Nick dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo (born February 14, 1981) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL with the Geelong Football Club.
- Jonathan Brown
Jonathan Brown (born 29 October, 1981) is a three-time Australian Football League premiership winning forward and for the Brisbane Lions. He is co-captain of the club. Brown is generally regarded as one of the most exciting forwards in the competition.
- Sam Mitchell
Sam Mitchell (born October 12, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer, contracted to the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
- Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born January 30, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Taken as Hawthorn's 2nd pick at the 2004 AFL Draft (5th overall), Franklin had considerable hype on him prior to being drafted, with the Hawks opting for a key position player as opposed to Richmond, who picked up midfield types (Tambling and Deledio) with their early picks. Debuting in Round 1 of the 2005 season, …
- Nick Riewoldt
Nick Riewoldt (born October 17, 1982) was the captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League for the 2005 season before being replaced by Luke Ball in 2006. He then was given the captaincy once again in 2007 with co-captains Lenny Hayes and Luke Ball
- Cleve Hughes
Cleve Hughes (born January 15, 1987) is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, who plays for the Richmond Football Club. Hughes was drafted from Norwood (SA) by Richmond in the 2005 National Draft using pick 24.
- Mitch Morton
Mitch Morton (born January 28, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles. Drafted by the Eagles under the father-son rule; Mitch is the son of Noel Morton, who played 171 WAFL games for Claremont. Played his first game at AFL level in West Coast's loss to the Western Bulldogs in Round 19, 2005. Mitch played the following two games against Fremantle and Geelong, and did not return for the rest of the season.
- Marc Murphy
Marc Murphy (born July 19, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club Marc is the son of John Murphy, who is a Hall-of-Famer and legend of the Fitzroy Football Club. He was eligible to be taken by the Brisbane Lions under the father-son rule, but declined the offer. Carlton subsequently took him in the draft with the prized first pick (a priority pick).
- Matthew Pavlich
Matthew Pavlich (b. December 31, 1981) is a South Australian-born Australian rules footballer. He plays for the Fremantle Football Club, wears guernsey number 29 and made his AFL debut in 2000. Pavlich was recruited by Fremantle (the Dockers), from Woodville-West Torrens with the fourth selection in the 1999 AFL national draft.
- Brock McLean
Brock "Chooka" McLean is an Australian rules footballer playing for the AFL’s Melbourne Football Club. Brock, a graduate of the AIS/AFL academy, and member of the U18 International Rules team, was selected as Melbourne's second pick and 5th overall in the 2003 AFL Draft. McLean debuted in 2004 and showing instant maturity and decision making ability quickly became one of the most consistent midfielders in the side.
- Jordan McMahon
Jordan McMahon (born May 27, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer with the Western Bulldogs of the Australian Football League. McMahon, a native South Australian, was drafted from the Glenelg Football Club in the 2000 AFL Draft as a 1st round selection (10th overall). Playing as a midfielder, McMahon is known for his lightning pace, epitomising the running strength of the team, and has become a pivotal member of the team under coach Rodney Eade.