List of VFL debuts in 1988

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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

Summary of debuts in 1988
Club AFL debuts Change of club
Brisbane Bears 3 7
Carlton 6 0
Collingwood 4 4
Essendon 7 3
Fitzroy 5 2
Footscray 9 3
Geelong 2 0
Hawthorn 8 0
Melbourne 3 3
North Melbourne 10 1
Richmond 11 1
St Kilda 8 3
Sydney 6 5
West Coast 8 1
Total 90 33

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

References

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  4. ^ "Warwick Capper statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
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