1989 VFL Draft
Encyclopedia
The 1989 VFL Draft was the fourth annual National Draft held by the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (since changed its name to Australian Football League) as the main method for the 14 teams to recruit players for the 1990 season. It consisted of a trading period, pre-draft selections, the main national draft and the 1990 pre-season draft and a non-compulsory 1990 mid-year draft. The minimum age for most draftees was 16 and clubs other than the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 were only allowed to choose one player each from Western Australia
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

. For the non-Queensland and NSW clubs, players from those states had to be 19 to be selected, by which time the Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

 or Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 would have had three chances to recruit them.

Pre-draft picks

# Player Recruited By Recruited From Games for new Club
1 Peter Mann
Peter Mann
Peter Travis Mann is a former Australian rules footballer. who played a total of 118 matches in the AFL for the North Melbourne and Fremantle Football Clubs.- Claremont, West Coast and North Melbourne :...

West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

Claremont
Claremont Football Club
The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

 
0
2 Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Edwin Turnbull is a former Australian rules footballer. He played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 1991–2001, playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side...

West Coast Claremont 129
3 Andrew Jarman
Andrew Jarman
Andrew Newton Jarman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League...

Brisbane
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

North Adelaide  0
4 Darren Jarman
Darren Jarman
Darren Jarman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. An elite midfielder-cum-forward, Jarman amassed a total of 386 games of senior football at SANFL, AFL and Representative level. He was widely reocgnised as one of the most skillful players of his era...

Brisbane North Adelaide 0
5 Kevin Caton
Kevin Caton
Kevin Caton is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL for the West Coast Eagles, Fitzroy and Brisbane Bears.-References:...

Brisbane West Coast 8
6 Peter Davidson
Peter Davidson (footballer)
Peter Davidson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Brisbane West Coast 7
7 Brian Hinkley Brisbane Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 
0
8 Doug Smart Brisbane North Adelaide 0
9 Darren Denneman
Darren Denneman
Darren Denneman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 
3
10 Shane Fell
Shane Fell
Shane Fell is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney in the Australian Football League .A forward, Fell played his early football at Glenorchy and was the TFL Statewide League's leading goal-kicker in 1989 with 114 goals before opting to ply his trade on the mainland.Fell was...

Sydney Geelong 15
11 John Fidge
John Fidge
John Fidge is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s...

Sydney Brisbane 0
12 Paul Starbuck
Paul Starbuck
Paul Starbuck is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....

 
Sydney Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 
1

Pre-draft trades

Player Traded To Traded From Games for new Club
Peter Wilson West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

117
Gavin Keane
Gavin Keane
Gavin Keane is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Brisbane
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

7
Trevor Poole
Trevor Poole
Trevor Poole is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1983 and 1989 for the Richmond Football Club and then from 1990 until 1993 for the Geelong Football Club.- References :...

Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

Richmond 54
Gary Keane Geelong Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 
0
Steven Clark
Steven Clark (Australian footballer)
Steven Clark was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Australian Football League , previously Victorian Football League ....

Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

Essendon 21
Michael Scott Melbourne Geelong 0
Trevor Spencer
Trevor Spencer (footballer)
Trevor Spencer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Melbourne and Geelong in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Melbourne Essendon 3
Matthew Ryan
Matthew Ryan (Australian rules footballer)
Matthew Ryan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood, the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 
10

1989 national draft


# Player Recruited By Recruited From
1 Anthony Banik
Anthony Banik
Anthony Banik is a former Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League between 1990 and 1994 for the Richmond Football Club...

Richmond Won Wron Woodside
2 Matthew Croft
Matthew Croft
Matthew Croft is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He had a long career with the Western Bulldogs before retiring in 2004. The balding Croft only received three senior appearances with the team in his final year, much to his dismay, as he was performing...

Footscray Mildura (VCFL)
3 Jody Arnol
Jody Arnol
Jody Arnol is a former Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League during the 1990 and 1991 AFL seasons.Arnol was the third selection in the 1989 VFL Draft.-References:...

St Kilda North Hobart
4 Peter Matera West Coast South Fremantle
5 Brad Rowe
Brad Rowe (Australian rules footballer)
Brad Rowe is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.From East Fremantle, Rowe was drafted by Brisbane as a first-round draft pick in the 1989 National Draft, no.5 overall. He played two seasons for only 14 games at the Bears before being traded to...

Brisbane East Fremantle
6 Mark Brayshaw
Mark Brayshaw
Mark Brayshaw is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL. He is the brother of James Brayshaw and the son of Ian Brayshaw.-Playing career:...

Nth Melbourne Claremont
7 Stephen Edgar
Stephen Edgar (footballer)
Stephen Edgar is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League . Drafted from West Australian Football League team East Fremantle in 1989, Edgar played 14 games for Carlton in the two years he was at the club...

Carlton East Fremantle
8 Brad Tunbridge
Brad Tunbridge
Brad Tunbridge is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Sydney East Fremantle
9 Dale Kickett
Dale Kickett
Dale Mathew Kickett is a former Australian rules footballer. He is one of only three players, and the only living person to have played for five clubs in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...

Fitzroy Claremont
10 Daryl Groves Collingwood Maryborough
Maryborough Football Club
The Maryborough Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the town of Maryborough, Victoria.-History:...

 (VCFL)
11 Darren Smith
Darren Smith (Australian rules footballer)
Darren Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and Adelaide in the Australian Football League ....

Essendon Port Adelaide
12 Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Wanganeen
Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a retired Australian rules footballer, playing in two Australian Football League premierships with Essendon and Port Adelaide. Wanganeen is a Brownlow Medallist and is considered one of the finest indigenous players ever...

Essendon Port Adelaide
13 Alistair Scott Richmond Inverloch-Kongwach
14 Ben Allan
Ben Allan
Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Allan is a former Australian rules footballer. He was educated at Aquinas College, Perth- Hawthorn career :He played as a rover...

Hawthorn Claremont
15 Nathan Bower
Nathan Bower
Nathan Bower is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Richmond Mildura (VCFL)
16 Jason Shields Footscray Moe
17 Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules football player and one of three McAdam brothers to play in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...

St Kilda Central District
18 Robert Wren Richmond Assumption College
19 Ashley Green
Ashley Green (footballer)
Ashley Green is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League .Green was initially a 1989 VFL Draftee, chosen by Essendon with the 19th selection...

Essendon Warragul (VCFL)
20 Brett Hawkey Nth Melbourne Nathalia (VCFL)
21 Peter Doyle Carlton Union (VCFL)
22 Mathew Hanrahan Collingwood Lake Bolac (VCFL)
23 Roger Delaney Fitzroy Port Adelaide
24 Mathew Styles Collingwood Glenorchy
25 Paul Rouvray
Paul Rouvray
Paul Rouvray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League .Although originally drafted by Melbourne, it was at Adelaide that Rouvray played his first AFL game. An original squad member from 1991, Rouvray didn't break into the team until round...

Melbourne Glenelg
26 Alister Carr Essendon Sth Bendigo (VCFL)
27 Joel Saunders Fitzroy Bairnsdale
28 Jason Gibson Hawthorn Deloraine
29 Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell
Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Richmond career :...

Richmond Golden Square
Golden Square Football Club
The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

 (VCFL)
30 Glenn Coleman
Glenn Coleman
Glenn Coleman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, Sydney and Footscray in the VFL/AFL.Coleman first played with Fitzroy and made his league debut in 1980. After five seasons with the Lions he moved to Sydney and finished second in their goalkicking with 32 goals in 1988...

Footscray Sydney
31 Darel Hart
Darel Hart
Darel Hart is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League and for Adelaide in the Australian Football League ....

St Kilda Nth Adelaide
32 Shaun Slater Richmond St Arnaud (VCFL)
33 Shaun Hart
Shaun Hart
Shaun Hart is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire Australian Football League at the Brisbane Lions where he was a premiership winning utility player known for his courage...

Brisbane Shepparton Utd (VCFL)
34 Andrew Venner Nth Melbourne Ballarat YCW (VCFL)
35 Chris Bond
Chris Bond
Chris Bond is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a rover for the , and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Since retiring as a player he has coached Werribee in the Victorian Football League and has also been an assistant coach for the Western Bulldogs...

Carlton Nth Hobart
36 Rohan Smith Sydney Port Adelaide
37 Shayne Stevenson
Shayne Stevenson (footballer)
Shayne Stevenson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Fitzroy Sandy Bay
38 Gavin Rose Collingwood East Perth
39 Peter Cransberg
Peter Cransberg
Peter Cransberg is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Essendon East Perth
40 Travis St Clair Essendon Sth Bendigo (VCFL)
41 Chris Waterworth Richmond Sandy Bay
42 Matthew Robran
Matthew Robran
Matthew Robran is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.-Player honours:* 1997 premiership player* 1998 premiership player*Adelaide Team of the Decade- References :...

Hawthorn Norwood
43 Chris Guerts Brisbane Warragul
44 Jonathan Solomon
Jonathan Solomon
Jonathan Solomon is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League ....

Brisbane Seymour (VCFL)
45 Sasha Dyson-Holland Fitzroy Leongatha (VCFL)
46 Shane Radbone Essendon Sturt
47 Richard Gerke Richmond Woodville
48 Dennis Rapacholi Footscray West Perth
49 Greg Jones St Kilda Swan Districts
50 Dean Irving
Dean Irving
Dean Irving is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s.Irving, who came to West Coast from South Fremantle, played as a ruckman...

West Coast Sth Fremantle
51 Joe Wilson Brisbane Wangarrata (VCFL)
52 Rod Jameson
Rod Jameson
Rod Jameson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League. He was the Crows leading goal kicker in 1991 before spending most of his later career in the midfield and backline...

North Melbourne Glenelg
53 Derek Coghlan Carlton Lemnos (VCFL)
54 Steven Bozicevic Sydney Myrtleford (VCFL)
55 Grant Coffee Fitzroy Central District
56 Shayne Bennett
Shayne Bennett
Shayne Anthony Bennett was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League , and a right-handed pitcher, who last played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos on 15 August 1999.The younger brother of fellow North...

Collingwood North Adelaide
57 Tim Moreland Melbourne Shepparton (VCFL)
58 Jason Dullard Essendon Bairnsdale (VCFL)
59 Daniel Frawley Geelong Wangaratta
60 Chris Sharp Hawthorn East Ballarat (VCFL)
61 Simon Eastaugh
Simon Eastaugh
Simon Eastaugh is an Australian rules footballer who mainly played as a ruckman. He played for both the Essendon Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL, as well as Norwood Football Club in the SANFL and both South Fremantle and East Fremantle in the WAFL...

Richmond Shepparton (VCFL)
62 John Brunner Footscray Yarrawonga (VCFL)
63 Wayne Thornborrow St Kilda Glenelg
64 Tony Evans
Tony Evans (Australian rules footballer)
Tony Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the 1990s. He was named on the forwardline on West Coast's 'Team of the Decade'.-External links:...

West Coast Claremont
65 Alan Schwartz Essendon West Torrens
66 Shannon Bergmann North Melbourne Swan Hill (VCFL)
67 Ben Judd Carlton Sturt
68 Scott Tomlinson Sydney Shepparton Utd (VCFL)
69 Jamie Elliott
Jamie Elliott
Jamie Elliott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, Richmond and St Kilda in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Fitzroy Maryborough
Maryborough Football Club
The Maryborough Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the town of Maryborough, Victoria.-History:...

 (VCFL)
70 Paul Williams
Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Williams is a former Australian rules footballer with both Collingwood and Sydney. Since retiring from playing, he has been an assistant coach, including a bried period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season...

Collingwood North Hobart
71 Glenn Wilkins Melbourne Nth Ballarat
72 Glenn Crawford Essendon Barooga
73 Tim Birthisel Geelong Ingelwood (VCFL)
74 Alistair Burke Hawthorn Tatura (VCFL)
75 Stephen Pearce Richmond Echuca (VCFL)
76 Shayne Ward Footscray Darley (VCFL)
77 Christian Lister St Kilda Golden Square
Golden Square Football Club
The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

 (VCFL)
78 Stephen Schwerdt
Stephen Schwerdt
Stephen Schwerdt is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League ....

West Coast Central District
79 David Brown
David Brown (Australian rules footballer)
David Brown is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League.Brown was captain of the Port Adelaide Magpies in 1999-2000...

Brisbane Port Adelaide
80 Damian Murray North Melbourne West Adelaide
81 Sam Gross Carlton Boort (VCFL)
82 Troy Lehmann
Troy Lehmann
Troy Lehmann is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s....

Collingwood North Adelaide
83 Mark Robinson Fitzroy Glenorchy
84 Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly (footballer)
Matthew Kelly is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League .Kelly was originally picked up by Collingwood with the 84th selection of the 1989 VFL Draft, but decided to stay with Norwood...

Collingwood Norwood
85 Anthony Tohill
Anthony Tohill
Anthony Tohill is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county. Tohill won four All Star...

Melbourne Ireland
86 Gerrard Harrington Essendon Southport (Qld)
87 Ashley Coutts Geelong Kaniva (VCFL)
88 Tim Leng Hawthorn Mildura (VCFL)
89 Jason Smith Richmond Lockington (VCFL)
90 Ben Cross Footscray East Warrnambool (VCF
91 Grant Lawrie
Grant Lawrie
Grant Lawrie is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

St Kilda Box Hill
92 Brett Heady
Brett Heady
Brett Heady is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL from 1990 to 1999. He was named in West Coast's 'Team of the Decade' as a half forward....

West Coast Subiaco
93 Tony Paynter Brisbane Pakenham (VCFL)
94 John Bingham Nth Melbourne Old Haileybury
95 Jeremy Smith Carlton Sandy Bay
96 Gary Stevens
Gary Stevens (Australian rules footballer)
Gary Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League .Stevens was the second member of a Waaia family to play in the AFL, after his elder brother Anthony...

Sydney Waaia (VCFL)
97 Paul McConville Fitzroy Golden Square
Golden Square Football Club
The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

98 Kym Russell
Kym Russell
Kym Russell is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League .Russell came to Collingwood from Sturt, with the 98th selection of the 1989 VFL Draft. He broke into the senior for the first time midway through the 1991 AFL season and made three...

 
Collingwood Sturt
99 Nick Tsiotanis Essendon Bulleen-Templestowe
100 David Pittman
David Pittman
David Pittman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Pittman debuted with the Adelaide Football Club in 1992, playing as a ruckman. He is sometimes remembered for an incident early in the 1997 season where coach Malcolm Blight labelled his effort "Pathetic" in...

Essendon Norwood
101 Richard Harrison Geelong South Adelaide
102 Dion Sheehan Hawthorn Mansfield (VCFL)
103 Brett Chalmers
Brett Chalmers
Brett Chalmers is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.-Career:*Adelaide: 1994-97, 50 games, 8 goals.*Port Adelaide: 1998-99, 25 games, 12 goals.-External links:...

Richmond Port Adelaide
104 Tony Trigg Footscray Bungaree
105 Stuart Annand St Kilda Redan (VCFL)
106 Ernie Hug Collingwood Sale (VCFL)
107 Sean Valenta Brisbane Morningside
108 Eric Lissendon Nth Melbourne Neerim-Neerim South
109 Colin Corkery
Colin Corkery
Colin Corkery is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1993 until 2004.-Club:...

Carlton Ireland
110 Craig Budarick Sydney Glenelg
111 David Noble
David Noble (Australian footballer)
David Noble is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League .Noble was a premiership player at North Hobart in both 1987 and 1989, as vice captain. Fitzroy picked him up with the 111th pick of the 1989 VFL Draft and he was fortunate enough to make...

Fitzroy North Hobart
112 Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....

West Coast Claremont
113 Shane Crothers
Shane Crothers
Shane Crothers is an Australian basketball player and former Australian rules footballer. He played with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League and Geelong Supercats in the National Basketball League ....

Geelong Grovedale (VCFL)
114 Jason Walscgott Essendon West Gambier
115 Colum McManamon Geelong Ireland
116 Brendan Bicknall Hawthorn Shepparton (VCFL)

Post-Draft Picks

# Player Recruited By Recruited From Games for new Club
1 Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....

West Coast Subiaco 243
2 Tony Begovich
Tony Begovich
Anthony "Tony" Begovich is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s....

West Coast Claremont 9
3 Brad Gwilliam
Brad Gwilliam
Brad Gwilliam is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and Richmond in the Australian Football League ....

West Coast Claremont 4

1990 preseason draft

# Player Recruited By Recruited From
1 David Cloke
David Cloke
David Cloke 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...

Richmond Collingwood
2 Keenan Reynolds
Keenan Reynolds
Keenan Reynolds is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

Footscray Essendon
3 Jim Krakouer
Jim Krakouer
James Gordon "Jim" Krakouer was an Australian rules footballer in the 1980s for North Melbourne and St Kilda in the VFL and Claremont in the WAFL...

St Kilda Nth Melbourne
4 Craig McGrath
Craig McGrath
Craig McGrath is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

West Coast Fitzroy
5 Brad Edwards
Brad Edwards (Australian footballer)
Brad Edwards is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Brisbane Fitzroy
6 Michael Gallagher Nth Melbourne Carlton
7 David Williams Richmond Melbourne
8 Danny Del-Re
Danny Del-Re
Danny Del-Re is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the AFL during the early 1990s.Del-Re spent five seasons with Footscray, topping their goalkicking in 1992 and 1993. The 1992 season was his most prolific; he kicked 70 goals, including 13 of them in the finals series...

Footscray Williamstown
9 Tim Pekin
Tim Pekin
Tim Pekin is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.Recruited from Colac-Coragulac, Pekin debuted with the Fitzroy Football Club in 1984 and was a solid contributor in many positions on the ground...

St Kilda Fitzroy
10 Phil Narkle
Phil Narkle
Phillip Michael "Phil" Narkle is a former Australian rules football player of indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club and West Coast Eagles Football Club in the Australian Football League and Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League during the...

West Coast West Coast
11 Richard Umbers
Richard Umbers
Richard Umbers is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League .Umbers was from South Warrnambool and started his league career at Geelong...

Brisbane Geelong
12 Gavin Lloyd Nth Melbourne Darley (VCFL)
13 Adrian Bassett Carlton Coburg
14 Michael Kennedy Sydney Carlton
15 Robert Cummings Fitzroy Hawthorn
16 Rod Gladman Collingwood East Ballarat (VCFL)
17 Stuart Cameron Melbourne Fitzroy
18 Derek Kickett
Derek Kickett
Derek Thomas Kickett is a former Australian rules footballer. A journeyman, Kickett played with seven different VFL/AFL, WAFL and SANFL clubs through his career....

Essendon Nth Melbourne
19 Lynton Fitzpatrick Geelong Footscray
20 Greg Whittlesea
Greg Whittlesea
Gregory Whittlesea is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League ....

Hawthorn Sturt
21 Chris Martin Richmond Hawthorn
22 Anthony Alessio Footscray Parkside
23 Russell Jeffrey
Russell Jeffrey
Russell Jeffrey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

St Kilda Jerilderie
24 Warren Dean
Warren Dean
Warren Dean is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1980s....

West Coast Melbourne
25 Scott Lawton Brisbane Brisbane
26 Darren Tarczon
Darren Tarczon
Darren Tarczon is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League .-External links:* at Blueseum...

Nth Melbourne Nth Melbourne
27 Tim Rieniets
Tim Rieniets
Tim Rieniets is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League .Rieniets, a Wangaratta Rovers junior, was recruited by North Melbourne and in two years with the club he only played Under-19s and reserves football.He participated in Coburg's back to...

Carlton Coburg
28 David Wittey
David Wittey
David Wittey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Sydney Brisbane
29 Andrew Johnston Fitzroy Essendon
30 Darren Kupsch Collingwood North Adelaide
31 Scott Williamson Melbourne Wangaratta R (VCFL)
32 Ian McMullin
Ian McMullin
Ian McMullin is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.McMullin, an ex-Old Melbournian footballer, was recruited by Collingwood in the 1980s. As a half-forward he was a noted goal-kicker. In 1987 he was delisted from Collingwood. McMullin was drafted by Essendon in the 1990...

Essendon Old Melb. (VAFA)
33 Brett Bailey Geelong Melbourne
34 Peter Lodge Hawthorn Richmond
35 David Sullivan Richmond Camberwell (VFA)
36 Ian Rickman
Ian Rickman
Ian Rickman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s.Rickman, who was of a large build, arrived at Footscray from Preston...

Footscray Williamstown
37 Glen Kendall St Kilda Dromana (VCFL)
38 Brett Hutchinson West Coast Subiaco
39 David Wearne
David Wearne
David Wearne is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League ....

Brisbane Brisbane
40 Ken Rainsford Nth Melbourne Port Melbourne (VFA)
41 Craig Hucker Carlton Carlton
42 Robbie Kerr
Robert Kerr (Australian footballer)
Robert "Robbie" Kerr is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League .Kerr was recruited to North Melbourne from Corpus Christie...

Sydney Brunswick (VFA)
43 Nick Beardsley Fitzroy Hawthorn
44 Kane O'Brien Collingwood Collingwood
45 Robert Hickmott Melbourne Essendon
46 Neale Daniher
Neale Daniher
Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club...

Essendon Essendon
47 Simon Goosey Geelong Mornington
48 Michael Bawden Hawthorn Coorparoo
49 Ben Robertson Carlton Sydney
50 Damien Tresize Sydney Golden Square
Golden Square Football Club
The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

 (VCFL)
51 Mark Athorn
Mark Athorn
Mark Athorn is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray, Fitzroy, Sydney and Carlton in the Australian Football League ....

Fitzroy Footscray
52 Dallas Normington Collingwood Kyabram (VCFL)
53 Mathew Sexton Melbourne Sandhurst
Sandhurst Football Club
The Sandhurst Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League . Sandhurst is the former name of the city of Bendigo.-History:...

 (VCFL)
54 Rohen Welsh Essendon Essendon
55 Michael Garvey Geelong Carlton
56 Lachlan McLean Hawthorn Warrandyte (VCFL)

1990 Midyear Draft

# Player Recruited By Recruited From
1 Laurence Schache
Laurence Schache
Laurence Schache was an Australian rules footballer, playing in the Australian Football League with the Brisbane Bears and the South Australian National Football League with Sturt, West Torrens and Woodville-West Torrens.Born in Hopetoun, Victoria, Schache was zoned to the Essendon Football Club...

Brisbane West Torrens
West Torrens Football Club
West Torrens Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1897 to 1990...

2 Dale Lewis
Dale Lewis
Dale Lewis is an Australian rules footballer from Swan Hill, Victoria. His preferred position is mid-fielder. He made his debut in 1990, and retired in 2001.Lewis played his entire professional AFL career with the Sydney Swans....

Sydney North Ballarat (VCFL)
3 Mark Brady Fitzroy Old Scotch (VAFA)
4 Andrew Payze
Andrew Payze
Andrew Payze is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s...

Richmond West Torrens
5 Tim Williamson Nth Melbourne Casterton (VCFL)
6 Craig Cross Carlton Burnie (Tas)
7 Darren Bartsch Geelong West Adelaide
West Adelaide Football Club
West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in...

8 Phil Krakouer
Phil Krakouer
Phillip Brent "Phil" Krakouer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club during the 1980s. Notable for his speed, freakish skills and an uncanny ability to pass the ball to his brother, Jim Krakouer, who also played for North Melbourne...

Footscray North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

9 Steven Cummings St Kilda Sandringham
10 Craig McNaughton West Coast Sandhurst
Sandhurst Football Club
The Sandhurst Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League . Sandhurst is the former name of the city of Bendigo.-History:...

 (VCFL)
11 Damian Stoney Hawthorn Old Xavs (VAFA)
12 Jamie Duursma
Jamie Duursma
Jamie Duursma is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans, Brisbane Bears and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1980s....

Melbourne Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

13 Andrew Hardiman Collingwood South Warrnambool (VCFL)
14 Paul Morrish
Paul Morrish
Paul Morrish is an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Essendon and Fitzroy. He made his debut with Richmond against Geelong in round 22 of 1986 season and played three more games for Richmond in 1989. Morrish was drafted by Essendon in 1990 Midyear Draft and played 7 games in the...

Essendon Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

15 David Greenhill Brisbane Wodonga (VCFL)
16 Paul Smit Sydney Springvale (VFA)
17 Darron Wilkinson Fitzroy Camberwell (VFA)
18 Scott Turner
Scott Turner (footballer)
Scott Turner is a former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL between 1991 and 1999 for the Richmond Football Club.-External links:...

Richmond Ararat (VCFL)
19 Anthony Pavey Nth Melbourne Churchill (VCFL)
20 Darren Read Carlton Dandenong (VFA)
21 Luke Hampshire Geelong Tyrendarra (VCFL)
22 Jamie Grant Footscray Daylesford (VCFL)
23 Damian Sexton St Kilda Yarrawonga (VCFL)
24 James Weeding Hawthorn Norwood
Norwood Football Club
Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...

25 Peter Van Der Meer Melbourne Frankston
26 Stephen Anderson Collingwood South Warrnambool (VCFL)
27 David Robertson
David Robertson (Australian footballer)
David Robertson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

Essendon Euroa (VCFL)
28 Dean Strauch Brisbane Golden Square
Golden Square Football Club
The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

 (VCFL)
29 Tim Symes Sydney Benalla (VCFL)
30 Darren Collins Fitzroy Port Melbourne (VFA)
31 Damian Hancock Geelong Leitchville (VCFL)
32 Michael Frost
Michael Frost (footballer)
Michael Frost is a former Australian rules footballer who played forFootscray and St Kilda in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s....

Footscray Swan Hill (VCFL)
33 Bernie Harris
Bernie Harris
Bernard 'Bernie' Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

St Kilda Terang (VCFL)
34 Stephen Moloney Hawthorn North Melbourne Old Boys (VAFA)
35 Paul Hogarth Melbourne Northern United (VCFL)
36 Jason Morton Collingwood Wagga (NSW)
37 Andrew Mills Essendon North Shore (NSW)
38 Glen Bartlett
Glen Bartlett
Glen Bartlett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League and East Perth in the West Australian Football League ....

Brisbane East Perth
East Perth Football Club
The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League...

39 Nick Tsiotinas Footscray Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

40 Chris Melican St Kilda Glenelg
41 Martin Cameron Hawthorn Traralgon
42 David Morrison Melbourne Devonport
43 Michael Thomson Essendon Richmond
44 Barry Spierings Footscray Werribee (VFA)
45 Jolyon Keeble Hawthorn Old Melbournians (VAFA)
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK