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List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia

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This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.

Players born outside Australia

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Current AFL-listed players in bold.[1][2]

Name Country of birth Club(s) First Last Games Goals
Peter Agrums   Lettland North Melbourne 1963 1964 11 4
Leek Aleer   Kenia Greater Western Sydney 2022 7 1
Aliir Aliir   Kenia Sydney, Port Adelaide 2016 135 5
Mac Andrew   Ägypten Gold Coast 2022 28 0
Ivan Astruc   Mauritius Fitzroy 1897 1897 6 1
Jack Baggott   Südafrika Essendon, Richmond 1927 1937 138 140
Jack Barnett   Neuseeland Richmond 1924 1926 13 11
Niels Becker   West Germany Footscray 1962 1963 10 3
Peter Bell   Südkorea Fremantle, North Melbourne 1995 2008 286 250[3]
Peter Bennett   Neuseeland Essendon, Hawthorn 1976 1981 80 27
Peter Bevilacqua   Italien Carlton 1953 1953 1 0[4]
Fred Birnstihl   Weimar Republic Footscray 1927 1927 2 0
James Borlase   Ägypten Adelaide 2023 9 0
Atu Bosenavulagi   Fidschi Collingwood, North Melbourne 2019 2022 20 1
Mordecai Bromberg   Israel St Kilda 1978 1981 34 11
Bob Bryce   Neuseeland Sydney, Collingwood 1899 1902 18 12
Adam Campbell   Neuseeland Fremantle 2006 2009 13 13
Alipate Carlile   Fidschi Port Adelaide 2006 2016 167 5
Mabior Chol   Kenia Richmond , Gold Coast, Hawthorn 2016 65 83
Alf Clay   Südafrika Hawthorn, Footscray, Fitzroy, North Melbourne 1937 1946 83 39
Brant Colledge   Frankreich West Coast 2014 2015 3 0
Harold Collocott   Fidschi Geelong 1900 1900 1 0
Sudjai Cook   Thailand Adelaide 1998 1998 7 2
Mason Cox   Vereinigte Staaten Collingwood 2016 118 117
Jim Cowcher   Neuseeland Carlton 1898 1898 5 0
Trent Croad   Neuseeland Fremantle, Hawthorn 1998 2008 222 189
Damian Cupido   Südafrika Brisbane Lions, Essendon 2000 2005 53 66
Ben Cunningham   Neuseeland Fremantle 2000 2005 33 22
Majak Daw   Sudan North Melbourne, Melbourne 2013 2020 54 43
Donald Dickie   Neuseeland Port Adelaide 1997 2000 55 19
Colin Dufty   Fidschi Collingwood 1914 1914 1 1
Aaron Edwards   Samoa North Melbourne, West Coast 2005 2011 73 107
Harry Frei   West Germany Footscray 1973 1973 6 0
Ted Garside   Südafrika Hawthorn 1931 1931 6 0
Arthur Gilligan   Neuseeland Essendon, Fitzroy 1902 1905 32 15
Mil Hanna   Libanon Carlton 1986 1997 190 83[4]
Harry Haughton   Neuseeland Carlton 1912 1919 113 49[4]
Jason Holmes   Vereinigte Staaten St Kilda 2015 2017 5 0
Karmichael Hunt   Neuseeland Gold Coast 2011 2014 44 6
Alex Ishchenko   Ukraine Brisbane Bears, North Melbourne, West Coast 1987 1995 142 37
Bohdan Jaworskyj   East Germany Hawthorn 1973 1975 67 3
Henri Jeanneret    Schweiz Melbourne, South Melbourne 1898 1904 113 49
Alex Jesaulenko   Österreich Carlton, St Kilda 1967 1981 279 444[4]
Changkuoth Jiath   Äthiopien Hawthorn 2019 45 2
Jason Johannisen   Südafrika Western Bulldogs 2012 191 75
Warren Jones   Neuseeland Carlton, St Kilda 1978 1988 123 36[4]
Buku Khamis   Sudan Western Bulldogs 2019 13 7
Robbert Klomp   Niederlande Carlton, Footscray 1979 1984 93 20[4]
Stephen Lawrence   Südafrika Hawthorn 1988 1998 146 30
Heritier Lumumba   Brasilien Collingwood, Melbourne 2005 2016 178 25
Artie Machin   Neuseeland Sydney 1898 1898 3 0
Aubrey MacKenzie   Südafrika Melbourne, St Kilda 1914 1924 12 17
Frank Macky   Neuseeland University 1911 1911 7 2
Oleg Markov   Weißrussland Richmond, Gold Coast, Collingwood 2016 77 6
Rowan Marshall   Neuseeland St Kilda 2017 118 54
Kris Massie   Schweden Carlton, Adelaide 1998 2008 131 23[4]
Daniel McAlister   Neuseeland Essendon 1997 2002 6 0
Dave McColl   Neuseeland South Melbourne 1904 1904 5 0
Marty McDonnell   Neuseeland Footscray 1939 1950 92 2
Abe McDougall   Neuseeland Fitzroy 1898 1902 59 28
Andrew McGrath   Kanada Essendon 2017 139 20
Charlie Meadway   Neuseeland Carlton, Collingwood 1906 1907 4 0
Bill Mearns   Neuseeland St Kilda 1910 1910 3 1
Eddie Melai   Niederlande South Melbourne 1964 1964 7 2
Mal Michael   Papua-Neuguinea Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Essendon 1997 2008 238 33
Charlie Moore   Fidschi Essendon 1897 1899 30 34
Ian Muller   Südafrika Carlton, St Kilda 1984 1991 27 2[4]
Bigoa Nyuon   Kenia Richmond, North Melbourne 2020 4 0
Hewago Oea   Papua-Neuguinea Gold Coast 2022 5 2
Thomas O'Halloran   Neuseeland Richmond 1925 1934 142 120
Daniel Pearce   Neuseeland Western Bulldogs 2012 2015 5 0
Val Perovic   Kroatien Carlton, St Kilda 1973 1985 174 13[4]
Ian Perrie   Simbabwe Adelaide 1998 2007 115 133
Cameron Polson   Hongkong Carlton 2017 2020 19 4
Fred Pringle   Indien Carlton 1923 1924 22 7[4]
Don Pyke   Vereinigte Staaten West Coast 1989 1996 132 97
Mike Pyke   Kanada Sydney 2009 2015 110 48
Willis Reeve   Myanmar Fitzroy 1927 1932 86 0
Brent Renouf   Neuseeland Hawthorn, Port Adelaide 2008 2011 52 9
Bruce Reville   Papua-Neuguinea Brisbane Lions 2024 4 1
David Rodan   Fidschi Port Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne 2002 2013 166 127
Brian Roet   Cuba Melbourne 1961 1968 88 1
Jose Romero   Chile Footscray/Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne 1988 2001 211 169
Alex Ruscuklic   East Germany Carlton, Fitzroy 1966 1974 117 209[4]
Shane Savage   Neuseeland Hawthorn, St Kilda 2009 2020 165 63
Wayne Schwass   Neuseeland North Melbourne, Sydney 1988 2002 282 154
Joe Sellwood   Neuseeland Geelong 1930 1945 180 97
Dannie Seow   Singapur Collingwood, Melbourne 1986 1990 25 10
Ben Sexton   Papua-Neuguinea Carlton, Footscray 1991 1996 43 33[4]
Michael Sexton   Papua-Neuguinea Carlton 1990 2000 200 23[4]
Jack Southern   Papua-Neuguinea South Melbourne 1897 1899 31 3
Bob Svorinich   Italien South Melbourne 1969 1971 8 7
Ron Tenabel   Niederlande South Melbourne 1965 1967 17 0
Heinz Tonn   Weimar Republic Fitzroy 1947 1947 6 2
Wennie Van Lint   Niederlande Sydney 1967 1967 2 0
Ron Van T'Hag   Niederlande Geelong 1959 1959 2 0
Eric Vinar   Tschechische Republik Fitzroy 1964 1964 8 3
Paul Vinar   Tschechische Republik Geelong 1959 1966 132 45
Brandon Walker   Ghana Fremantle 2021 54 2
Fred Warry   Seychellen St Kilda 1900 1900 2 0
Arthur Watson   Neuseeland Hawthorn 1929 1929 2 0
Tom Watson   Neuseeland Carlton, Melbourne 1902 1904 15 0
Sanford Wheeler   Vereinigte Staaten Sydney 1989 1994 43 7
Reuben William   South Sudan Brisbane Lions 2016 2017 3 0
Rupert Wills   Neuseeland Collingwood 2016 2020 23 1
Barney Wood   Neuseeland Melbourne 1928 1928 5 0

Players born in the British Isles

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Name Country of birth Club(s) First Last Games Goals
Bill Ahern   Irland Carlton 1897 1897 1 0
Colin Alexander   Vereinigtes Königreich Brisbane Bears, Collingwood 1989 1993 29 30
Ramsay Anderson   Scotland Essendon, University 1910 1912 31 0
Bert Ashby   England Hawthorn 1928 1935 25 6
Harry Aylwin   England St Kilda 1897 1899 29 0
Alf Bartlett   England Fitzroy 1901 1907 80 5
Keith Baskin   England South Melbourne 1964 1973 75 78
Mark Bayliss   Vereinigtes Königreich Collingwood 1989 1989 4 6
Colm Begley   Irland Brisbane Lions, St Kilda 2006 2009 30 7
Ted Besford   England Fitzroy 1939 1941 2 0
Bernie Bignell   England Carlton 1940 1945 6 0[4]
Lawrence Bingham   England Hawthorn, St Kilda 1989 1993 25 0
Wayne Blackwell   England Carlton 1984 1990 110 80[4]
Bill Bourke   Irland Richmond 1908 1909 32 45
Percy Bowyer   England Collingwood 1928 1938 154 33
Ted Brewis   England Carlton 1925 1928 60 12[4]
Alan Broadley   England South Melbourne 1941 1941 3 1
Callum Brown   Irland Greater Western Sydney 2021 37 40
Chris Burton   England Footscray, Richmond 1980 1988 117 35
Ciarán Byrne   Irland Carlton 2014 2018 22 0
Dick Campbell   Northern Ireland St Kilda 1909 1909 1 0
Martin Clarke   Irland Collingwood 2007 2013 72 19
Ted Cordner   England Melbourne 1941 1946 52 0
Aidan Corr   Northern Ireland Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne 2013 143 3
Ian Dargie   England St Kilda, West Coast 1989 1991 11 1
Harry Davie   Vereinigtes Königreich Carlton, Melbourne 1924 1928 58 186[4]
Jim Davies   Wales Carlton 1949 1950 16 1[4]
Reg Davies   Vereinigtes Königreich Hawthorn 1930 1931 3 0
Bart Dinsmore   Scotland St Kilda 1903 1903 2 3
Paul Earley   England Melbourne 1984 1984 1 1
Bill Eason   England Geelong 1902 1915 220 187
Jack Edgeley   England Fitzroy 1907 1908 8 1
Bob Edmond   Scotland Carlton 1967 1968 10 0[4]
Jim Edmond   Scotland Footscray, Sydney, Brisbane Bears 1977 1988 188 287
Dinny Fagan   England Sydney 1929 1931 19 0
Fred Fairweather   England North Melbourne 1944 1946 54 14
Dick Fowler   England Melbourne 1908 1908 1 0
Jack Frost   England Carlton 1897 1897 4 0[4]
Conor Glass   Irland Hawthorn 2017 2020 21 2
Fred Godfrey   England Footscray 1938 1938 6 5
Andy Goodwin   England Melbourne, Richmond 1987 1993 73 9
John Gray   Scotland University 1908 1913 85 3
Dick Hall   Wales Collingwood 1897 1897 1 0
Pearce Hanley   England Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2008 2020 169 60
Paul Harding   England Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast 1987 1994 116 14
Bob Hay   Scotland Fitzroy 1899 1901 9 1
Connor Idun   England[5] Greater Western Sydney 2019 72 0
Bill Johnstone   Scotland Collingwood 1941 1941 2 0
Denis Lanigan   Irland Collingwood, Melbourne, Carlton 1897 1899 41 6
Darragh Joyce   Irland St Kilda, Brisbane Lions 2018 18 0
Mark Keane   Irland Collingwood , Adelaide 2019 10 0
Frank Kelly   England Footscray 1941 1944 8 0
Tadhg Kennelly   Irland Sydney 2001 2011 197 30
Bob Kenny   Irland St Kilda 1899 1899 2 0
Barney Lazarus   Irland Carlton 1902 1902 7 0[4]
Thomas Leather   Scotland North Melbourne 1932 1933 16 11
Harry Lees   England Collingwood 1908 1908 1 0
Johnny Leonard   England South Melbourne 1932 1932 12 17
James Madden   Irland Brisbane Lions 2021 11 1
Stuart Magee   Northern Ireland Footscray, South Melbourne 1962 1975 216 149
Fred Mann   England Essendon 1901 1903 27 1
Frank Maple   England Hawthorn 1926 1926 2 1
Nick Marshall   Scotland Geelong 1907 1908 4 0
William Marshall   England Melbourne, University 1905 1908 12 0
Bryan Martin   England Melbourne 1942 1943 5 0
John McCarthy   Wales Fitzroy, North Melbourne 1986 1996 163 178
Alan McCrory   Irland Richmond, South Melbourne 1938 1941 9 4
Bob McIlveen   Scotland Richmond 1943 1943 6 0
Niall McKeever   Northern Ireland Brisbane Lions 2011 2012 17 1
Conor McKenna   Northern Ireland Essendon, Brisbane Lions 2015 105 27
Hugh McLaughlin Sr.   Scotland South Melbourne, Footscray 1929 1937 129 0
Tom McNeil   Scotland St Kilda 1951 1952 8 0
Dermot McNicholl   Irland St Kilda 1990 1990 3 0
Henry McPetrie   Scotland Carlton 1897 1897 5 2[4]
Donald Mills   Jersey Hawthorn 1929 1931 15 0
Jim Money   Scotland Geelong 1928 1928 2 1
Caolan Mooney   Irland Collingwood 2012 2014 6 2
Brad Moran   England Adelaide, North Melbourne 2006 2011 21 8
Doug Morgan   Wales Geelong 1909 1911 18 3
Brian Mulvihill   England North Melbourne 1971 1972 24 25
Brian Mynott   England St Kilda 1964 1975 210 75
Conor Nash   Irland Hawthorn 2018 77 16
Eric Needham   England St Kilda 1933 1933 1 0
Richard Nixon   Vereinigtes Königreich Richmond 1987 1990 37 3
Ingy Norman   Wales Fitzroy 1938 1938 1 0
Jack Norman   Wales Fitzroy 1938 1938 1 0
Mark O'Connor   Irland Geelong 2017 87 4
Laurie Ogilvie   Scotland Melbourne 1901 1901 4 3
Joe O'Grady   Irland St Kilda 1897 1897 9 0
Setanta Ó hAilpín   Irland Carlton, Greater Western Sydney 2005 2013 88 82
Bill Perkins   England Richmond 1940 1949 148 0
Jamie O'Reilly   Northern Ireland Richmond 2010 2011 4 0
Colin O'Riordan   Irland Sydney 2015 2022 34 1
Michael Quinn   Irland Essendon 2009 2011 8 2
Jim Redstone   England South Melbourne 1938 1938 4 5
George Renwick   England Carlton 1909 1909 4 0
Ralph Robertson   England St Kilda 1898 1900 14 1
Eddie Rosenbrock   England South Melbourne 1929 1930 4 0
Bobby Royle   England Melbourne 1898 1898 3 0
John Scarlett   Vereinigtes Königreich Geelong, South Melbourne 1967 1979 212 44
Fred Scott   Northern Ireland Essendon, Carlton 1899 1904 50 36[4]
Ciarán Sheehan   Irland Carlton 2014 2017 6 0
Arthur Sowden   England Melbourne 1897 1906 117 13
Ted Staniland   England Fitzroy 1897 1897 5 3
George Stewart   Scotland Carlton 1909 1909 2 0
Wilfred Stott   England Essendon, Richmond 1913 1920 11 1
Jack Strong   Scotland Melbourne 1901 1912 78 29
Brian Stynes   Irland Melbourne 1992 1992 2 0
Jim Stynes   Irland Melbourne 1987 1998 264 130
George Sutherland   Scotland St Kilda 1900 1901 16 14
Jim Tarbotton   England Fitzroy 1923 1926 37 1
Syd Tate   England Geelong 1947 1951 85 13
Ewan Thompson   Scotland Richmond 1997 1997 4 1
Anton Tohill   Irland Collingwood 2019 2021 1 0
Will Thursfield   England Richmond 2005 2011 77 0
Zach Tuohy   Irland[4] Carlton, Geelong 2011 287 101
Tommy Walsh   Irland Sydney 2012 2014 5 3
Clive Waterhouse   England Fremantle 1996 2004 106 178
Fergus Watts   England Adelaide, St Kilda 2004 2007 6 3
Fred West   England Hawthorn 1928 1929 12 3
Sean Wight   Scotland Melbourne 1985 1995 150 63
Art Wilkinson   England Collingwood, Essendon 1912 1913 13 8
Arnie Wilson   England St Kilda 1909 1910 2 0
Syd Young   England South Melbourne 1941 1941 2 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rohan Connolly (15 May 2010). "International rules OK". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Multicultural players putting AFL on the map". AFL Players Association. 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ Wilson, Caroline (30 March 2003). "Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond". The Sunday Age. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "From "Media City" to premiership glory". Carlton FC. 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ Zell, Alison (2 August 2019). "Idun to Debut". gwsgiants.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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