List of VFL debuts in 1989

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The 1989 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 93rd season of the VFL. The season saw 84 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 25 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1989
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Brisbane Bears 6 3
Carlton 8 2
Collingwood 7 1
Essendon 6 1
Fitzroy 7 3
Footscray 4 3
Geelong 4 2
Hawthorn 3 0
Melbourne 5 2
North Melbourne 9 0
Richmond 7 0
St Kilda 4 4
Sydney 4 2
West Coast 10 2
Total 84 25

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games
Goals
 Notes
Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane Bears 17 years, 243 days 9[1] 318 145
John Gastev Brisbane Bears 24 years, 233 days 1[2] 113 41 Previously played for West Coast.
Martin Leslie Brisbane Bears 26 years, 135 days 1[3] 107 11
David Bain Brisbane Bears 22 years, 334 days 1[4] 86 44
Mark Zanotti Brisbane Bears 24 years, 199 days 9[5] 64 5 Previously played for West Coast.
Alex Ishchenko Brisbane Bears 26 years, 362 days 1[6] 42 15 Previously played for West Coast.
Lachlan Sim Brisbane Bears 19 years, 136 days 2[7] 21 5
Chris O'Sullivan Brisbane Bears 21 years, 34 days 9[8] 8 2
Simon Hose Brisbane Bears 21 years, 361 days 2[9] 5 2
Fraser Brown Carlton 18 years, 226 days 1[10] 177 91 Son of Joyce Brown and grandson of Doug Anderson.
Andrew Phillips Carlton 19 years, 92 days 5[11] 42 26 Uncle of Tom and Ed Phillips.
Simon Verbeek Carlton 22 years, 3 days 1[12] 38 33
Glenn Hawker Carlton 28 years, 15 days 1[13] 27 26 Previously played for Essendon.
Simon Minton-Connell Carlton 20 years, 80 days 15[14] 19 50 Nephew of Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson.
Dominic Fotia Carlton 19 years, 148 days 6[15] 18 4
Andrew McKinnon Carlton 20 years, 247 days 1[16] 15 7
Ashley Matthews Carlton 19 years, 252 days 18[17] 9 3
Paul Payne Carlton 24 years, 41 days 3[18] 5 0 Previously played for Melbourne.
Peter White Carlton 18 years, 313 days 8[19] 3 1
Craig Kelly Collingwood 22 years, 310 days 4[20] 122 43 Grandson of Bert Kelly.
Colin Alexander Collingwood 18 years, 354 days 1[21] 24 28
Heath Shephard Collingwood 19 years, 220 days 3[22] 11 16 Son of Graeme Shephard.
Murray Wrensted Collingwood 24 years, 247 days 5[23] 10 4 Previously played for West Coast.
Brendan Tranter Collingwood 18 years, 114 days 19[24] 8 0
Terry Hecker Collingwood 19 years, 239 days 22[25] 6 1
Mark Bayliss Collingwood 23 years, 152 days 7[26] 4 6
Simon Taylor Collingwood 18 years, 256 days 21[27] 2 1
Michael Long Essendon 19 years, 181 days 1[28] 190 143
David Grenvold Essendon 23 years, 25 days 1[29] 112 18
Kieran Sporn Essendon 22 years, 215 days 1[30] 72 65 Brother of Rachael Sporn.
Michael Werner Essendon 19 years, 331 days 6[31] 40 60
Andrew Manning Essendon 22 years, 256 days 18[32] 25 20 Previously played for St Kilda.
Craig O'Brien Essendon 19 years, 175 days 21[33] 21 16
Andrew Underwood Essendon 21 years, 260 days 1[34] 12 4
Jason Baldwin Fitzroy 19 years, 215 days 11[35] 125 36
Darren Wheildon Fitzroy 18 years, 197 days 9[36] 70 160
Brendan McCormack Fitzroy 18 years, 277 days 1[37] 44 27
Wally Matera Fitzroy 22 years, 125 days 1[38] 32 39 Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. Previously played for West Coast.
Carl Dilena Fitzroy 22 years, 15 days 1[39] 23 15
Peter Bourke Fitzroy 22 years, 355 days 7[40] 22 3 Previously played for Essendon.
Tony Woods Fitzroy 19 years, 287 days 3[41] 13 4
Kevin Caton Fitzroy 23 years, 333 days 2[42] 9 8 Previously played for West Coast.
Brad Edwards Fitzroy 21 years, 38 days 1[43] 6 1
Dean Lupson Fitzroy 20 years, 175 days 19[44] 6 0
Nigel Kellett Footscray 19 years, 224 days 17[45] 101 41
Justin Charles Footscray 19 years, 332 days 21[46] 36 24 Son of
John R. Charles and nephew of Norm Charles
.
Tim Harrington Footscray 25 years, 216 days 4[47] 18 0 Previously played for North Melbourne and Collingwood.
John Georgiades Footscray 23 years, 88 days 1[48] 15 27 Father of Mitch Georgiades.
Mark Williams Footscray 22 years, 240 days 1[49] 14 13 Son of John Williams. Previously played for Carlton.
Phillip O'Keeffe
 		Footscray 22 years, 105 days 1[50] 9 19
Tony Evans Footscray 23 years, 83 days 4[51] 3 1 Previously played for St Kilda.
Ken Hinkley Geelong 22 years, 184 days 1[52] 121 58 Cousin of Gary Rohan. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Andrew Rogers Geelong 24 years, 264 days 6[53] 75 2 Previously played for Essendon.
Spiro Malakellis Geelong 21 years, 120 days 7[54] 67 18 Brother of Tony Malakellis.
Adrian Fletcher Geelong 18 years, 289 days 8[55] 23 10
Ray Sterrett Geelong 24 years, 16 days 2[56] 20 7
Tim Bourke Geelong 19 years, 353 days 1[57] 5 0 Brother of
Jordan Bourke
.
Greg Madigan Hawthorn 19 years, 139 days 11[58] 40 4
Lawrence Bingham Hawthorn 19 years, 308 days 1[59] 3 0
Matthew Bourke Hawthorn 20 years, 268 days 10[60] 1 0
Darren Bennett Melbourne 24 years, 96 days 3[61] 74 208 Previously played for West Coast.
Luke Beveridge Melbourne 18 years, 263 days 7[62] 42 41 2016 AFL Premiership coach. Grandson of Jack Beveridge.
John Howat Melbourne 18 years, 317 days 9[63] 20 10
Dannie Seow Melbourne 21 years, 317 days 1[64] 7 2 Previously played for Collingwood.
John Ahern Melbourne 18 years, 203 days 1[65] 2 0
Tom Kavanagh Melbourne 19 years, 22 days 7[66] 2 1 Son of Brent Crosswell.
Anthony Stevens North Melbourne 18 years, 41 days 19[67] 292 127
Wayne Carey North Melbourne 18 years, 14 days 11[68] 244 671
Liam Pickering North Melbourne 20 years, 309 days 15[69] 22 8 Son of Michael Pickering.
Warwick Angus North Melbourne 19 years, 275 days 3[70] 13 3
Derek Kickett North Melbourne 26 years, 213 days 6[71] 12 12 Uncle of Lance Franklin, Jarrod Garlett, Dale Kickett and Byron Pickett. Cousin of Nicky Winmar.
Leigh Tudor North Melbourne 19 years, 272 days 13[72] 8 6
Andrew Krakouer North Melbourne 18 years, 20 days 17[73] 8 8 Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew Krakouer.
Tim McGrath North Melbourne 18 years, 231 days 9[74] 7 0
Steven Venner North Melbourne 19 years, 209 days 1[75] 4 0
Barry Young Richmond 18 years, 303 days 4[76] 53 23
Stuart Griffiths Richmond 20 years, 67 days 2[77] 17 14
Cory Young Richmond 18 years, 166 days 20[78] 6 1
Mark Stockdale Richmond 20 years, 284 days 18[79] 6 2
Richard Lounder Richmond 22 years, 100 days 5[80] 4 5
Mark McLeod Richmond 20 years, 165 days 11[81] 3 0
Brett Mahony Richmond 19 years, 60 days 10[82] 2 0
Craig Devonport St Kilda 19 years, 92 days 5[83] 94 80
Lazar Vidovic St Kilda 24 years, 105 days 15[84] 80 13
Paul Harding St Kilda 24 years, 301 days 1[85] 62 7 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Danny Craven St Kilda 21 years, 333 days 1[86] 33 10
Peter Russo St Kilda 29 years, 168 days 3[87] 33 20 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Ian Dargie St Kilda 25 years, 249 days 16[88] 10 1
Brian Winton St Kilda 25 years, 359 days 16[89] 5 4 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Robert Handley St Kilda 24 years, 118 days 6[90] 4 2 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Sanford Wheeler Sydney Swans 19 years, 30 days 6[91] 43 7
Robert Teal Sydney Swans 21 years, 356 days 3[92] 18 18
Glenn Page Sydney Swans 19 years, 161 days 22[93] 18 3
Tim Barling Sydney Swans 24 years, 39 days 17[94] 13 2 Previously played for Richmond.
Darren Ogier Sydney Swans 26 years, 115 days 9[95] 8 16 Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne.
Paul Holdsworth Sydney Swans 19 years, 58 days 3[96] 6 3
Peter Sumich West Coast 21 years, 79 days 1[97] 150 514
Don Pyke West Coast 20 years, 116 days 1[98] 132 70 Son of Frank Pyke and brother of James Pyke.
Craig Turley West Coast 23 years, 219 days 1[99] 115 91
Scott Watters West Coast 20 years, 100 days 6[100] 46 13
Stevan Jackson West Coast 19 years, 52 days 5[101] 38 68
Todd Breman West Coast 23 years, 154 days 1[102] 23 15 Played first-class cricket for Western Australia.
Shane Ellis West Coast 28 years, 185 days 1[103] 10 8
Peter Melesso West Coast 27 years, 137 days 3[104] 6 4 Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda.
Clinton Browning West Coast 27 years, 47 days 4[105] 4 5
Peter Higgins West Coast 22 years, 243 days 11[106] 4 0
Richard Geary West Coast 25 years, 211 days 4[107] 2 0 Previously played for Richmond.
Shane Cable West Coast 19 years, 115 days 12[108] 1 0 Son of Barry Cable.

References

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  4. ^ "David Bain statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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