- 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.
- 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.
- 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, …
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Denis Pagan
Denis Pagan (born 24 September, 1947) is an Australian rules football coach and former player in the VFL/AFL.
- 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.
- 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, …
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- David Neitz
David Neitz (born January 22, 1975), nicknamed Neita, is an Australian rules footballer, and captain of the Melbourne Football Club (the Demons). Neitz was born in Ulverstone, Tasmania, and entered the Australian Football League in 1993 as a key position player, and soon became one of Melbourne's best young prospects. In 1994, Neitz was named to his first Victorian State of Origin team, …
- 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.
- Tim Watson
Timothy Michael Watson (born July 13 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club, a coach of the St Kilda Football Club, and now a media personality. He was the second youngest player ever to play in the VFL/AFL competition.
- 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, …
- Robert Dipierdomenico
Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico (born May 5, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL of Italian descent.
- Francis Bourke
Francis William Bourke (born April 2, 1947) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1967 and 1981 for the Richmond Football Club and coached the Tigers between 1982 and 1983. One of the most respected Australian footballers of any era, Bourke was reverentially nicknamed "St Francis" for his approach to the game. A key figure in a halcyon period at Richmond, …
- Maurice Rioli
Maurice Rioli (born 1 September 1957 at Melville Island, Northern Territory) was an Australian rules football player for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League and politician in the Northern Territory. Regarded as one of the great players of his era, Rioli was one of the first aboriginal footballers to have a significant impact on Victorian football and was named in the centre for the Indigenous Team of the Century.
- Bob Rose
Robert "Bob" Rose (born August 7, 1928, died July 7, 2003) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL.
- Doug Wade
Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. After trying out with the Melbourne Football Club in a number of practice games in 1960, he returned home to Horsham before being lured back by the Geelong Football Club. He made his VFL debut in 1959 with Geelong, recruited from Horsham.
- Neil Balme
Neil Allen Balme (born January 15, 1952 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.
- Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus (March 3 1908 - 1978) was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats. A lightly player who seemed at first glance to be too frail for the robust game of Australian football, …
- Carl Ditterich
Carl Ditterich (born October 10, 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL. Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal, he missed the 1966 Grand Final through suspension. Transferred to Melbourne under the short-lived 10 year rule.
- Michael Roach
Michael Terrence Roach (born October 5, 1958) was an Australian rules football player with Richmond in the Victorian Football League between 1977 and 1989. Remembered for his long, accurate kicking for goal and spectacular marking, for a brief period Roach was the best forward in Australian football. The second of a trio of brilliant forwards recruited by Richmond from Tasmania (the others being Royce Hart and Matthew Richardson), …
- Dan Minogue
Daniel 'Dan' Minogue (born 4 September 1891; died 27 July 1961) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Minogue was a courageous centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final and then playing out the entire match. Unhappy at the treatment of Jim Sadler, one of his former teamates at Collingwood, …
- Max Walker
Maxwell Henry Norman Walker (born September 12 1948 in Hobart, Tasmania) is a former Australian cricketer and VFL/AFL footballer. He currently works as a media commentator and motivational speaker.
- Jeff Gieschen
Jeff Gieschen is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1974 and 1978 for the Footscray Football Club. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club from late in the 1997 season until the end of 1999. Gieschen currently serves as the Umpires' Director for the Australian Football League.
- Ross Oakley
Ross Oakley (born 30 September 1942) is an Australian businessman and former Australian rules footballer with St Kilda in the VFL.
- Clark Keating
Clark Anthony Keating (born March 19, 1976) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Known as "Crackers" (after former VFL star Peter Keenan), Keating was picked up by the Brisbane Bears as a local (along with Brent Green in 1992, playing for their Under 19s). He was listed with the Bears until his debut in 1996. Known by some as the "September Specialist", Keating's history of shoulder injuries sidelined him during the 2002 and 2003 seasons, …
- Neil Roberts
Neil E. Roberts (born 15 June, 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL. Roberts played with St Kilda on the forward line initially but later excelled as a centre half back, winning the Brownlow medal in 1958. Captained the side from 1959 to 1962 before retiring at 29 years of age and commencing a career in sports journalism. Inducted to the Saints inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Roy Wright
Gordon "Roy" Wright was an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the VFL during the 1940s and 1950s, and television personality during the 1960s. The inspirational of story of Roy Wright, nicknamed the “Gentle Giant”, was of a triumph over childhood adversity. As a child, Wright had to wear splints on his legs to overcome weak knees.
- 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, …
- Peter Schwab
Peter Schwab (born September 22, 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL/AFL.
- Tony Jewell
Tony 'TJ' Jewell is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1964 and 1970 for the Richmond Football Club. He was senior coach of Richmond from 1979 to 1981 and then again from 1986 to 1987. He was also senior coach of St Kilda in 1983.
- Darren Bennett
Darren Bennett (born January 9, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian who had a moderately successful career in Australian rules football, followed by a far more substantial career in American football as a punter. Bennett, who grew up in Perth, spent 12 years playing Aussie rules at elite level, also played rugby and Australian rules football for a short time in New Zealand. He then spent time with the West Coast Eagles and Melbourne Demons in the VFL / AFL.
- David Cloke
David Cloke (born January 28, 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. Cloke was a powerful ruckman and occasional forward who enjoyed a marvellous career at two VFL/AFL clubs. He began with Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond. A premiership player in his debut season with the Tigers, …
- Bill Morris
William "Bill" Morris was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL in 1942 and then between 1944 and 1951 for the Richmond Football Club.
- Verdun Howell
Verdun John Howell (born 16 June, 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL (now AFL). Howell made his VFL debut with St Kilda in 1958 after being signed on from Tasmania in 1953. He played on the half forward line initially, then later as a half back before playing with the Saints as a full back. Later in his career he spent some time in the forward line, once booting nine goals against Hawthorn.