List of VFL debuts in 1955

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1955.

Debuts

Name	Club	Age at debut	Round debuted	Games	Goals	Notes
Graham Donaldson	Carlton	19 years, 321 days	4^[1]	106	85
Jack Sullivan	Carlton	21 years, 262 days	3^[2]	66	21
Bob Bosustow	Carlton	20 years, 326 days	3^[3]	20	4	Father of Peter Bosustow.
Colin Holt	Carlton	21 years, 59 days	10^[4]	20	0
Leon Berner	Carlton	19 years, 297 days	11^[5]	18	4
Kevin Bergin	Carlton	18 years, 269 days	9^[6]	12	12
Peter Aitken	Carlton	20 years, 156 days	1^[7]	11	7
Jack Ellis	Carlton	21 years, 138 days	4^[8]	10	13
John Cheffers	Carlton	18 years, 334 days	1^[9]	4	4	Son of Percy Cheffers.
Dave Browning	Carlton	21 years, 339 days	3^[10]	4	1
John Paice	Carlton	23 years, 168 days	6^[11]	4	0
Barry Archbold	Carlton	21 years, 238 days	16^[12]	2	0
Barry Beitzel	Carlton	20 years, 236 days	17^[13]	2	0
Ray Gabelich	Collingwood	21 years, 301 days	3^[14]	160	43
Harry Sullivan	Collingwood	23 years, 8 days	1^[15]	78	5	Previously played for Carlton.
Bob Greve	Collingwood	20 years, 235 days	14^[16]	67	20
Ken Smale	Collingwood	21 years, 162 days	1^[17]	60	98
Laurie Rymer	Collingwood	20 years, 320 days	6^[18]	25	10
John Elder	Collingwood	22 years, 282 days	3^[19]	2	0
Allan Jeans	St Kilda	21 years, 214 days	2^[20]	77	27	Coached St Kilda to their only VFL premiership.
Bill Gleeson	St Kilda	23 years, 293 days	2^[21]	15	11
Milne McCooke	St Kilda	20 years, 259 days	10^[22]	13	8
John Nelson	St Kilda	21 years, 109 days	6^[23]	11	0
Gerry Burton	St Kilda	22 years, 64 days	1^[24]	10	0
Stuart Lennie	St Kilda	18 years, 82 days	1^[25]	10	12
Brian Gilmore	St Kilda	25 years, 171 days	6^[26]	10	2	Previously played for Essendon.
John Reeves	St Kilda	25 years, 247 days	4^[27]	8	1	Previously played for North Melbourne.
Allan Mennie	St Kilda	20 years, 17 days	5^[28]	8	0
Merv Dihm	St Kilda	21 years, 270 days	9^[29]	8	0
Max Stephenson	St Kilda	20 years, 91 days	16^[30]	7	0
Mick McLaren	St Kilda	19 years, 13 days	1^[31]	4	0
Jim Camm	St Kilda	23 years, 17 days	9^[32]	4	0
Peter Allan	St Kilda	20 years, 125 days	5^[33]	3	0
Ian Drohan	St Kilda	22 years, 295 days	9^[34]	3	0
Ron Byron	St Kilda	23 years, 250 days	1^[35]	2	0
Jim Jewitt	St Kilda	22 years, 84 days	3^[36]	2	1
Alan Osborne	St Kilda	21 years, 138 days	5^[37]	1	0
Jack Suttie	St Kilda	20 years, 280 days	12^[38]	1	1
Robert Fox	Essendon	23 years, 165 days	1^[39]	52	34
Doug Dench	Essendon	25 years, 77 days	1^[40]	27	0
Graham Willey	Essendon	21 years, 306 days	6^[41]	17	35
Don Carmichael	Essendon	18 years, 128 days	12^[42]	15	1
Morton Diston	Essendon	18 years, 351 days	5^[43]	12	2
Keith Chapman	Essendon	21 years, 128 days	12^[44]	6	1
Warren Prest	Essendon	22 years, 128 days	1^[45]	3	0
Ken Reed	Essendon	23 years, 136 days	3^[46]	2	0
Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	16 years, 323 days	4^[47]	333	51
Wally Clark	Fitzroy	19 years, 10 days	8^[48]	105	120
Ron Smith	Fitzroy	20 years, 264 days	8^[49]	9	8
Toby Elder	Fitzroy	20 years, 181 days	1^[50]	5	1
Bob Collins	Fitzroy	18 years, 103 days	1^[51]	3	0
Bobby Wilson	Fitzroy	20 years, 250 days	16^[52]	3	1
Alan Anton	Fitzroy	22 years, 112 days	2^[53]	2	2
John Charles	Fitzroy	19 years, 318 days	17^[54]	2	0
Laurie Jarman	Fitzroy	20 years, 6 days	17^[55]	2	2
Bill Smith	Fitzroy	18 years, 239 days	17^[56]	2	0
Matt Goggin	Geelong	18 years, 269 days	1^[57]	88	5
John O'Connell	Geelong	23 years, 39 days	1^[58]	81	65
Clive Brown	Geelong	20 years, 357 days	4^[59]	72	4
John Haygarth	Geelong	20 years, 361 days	12^[60]	59	13
Geoff Umbers	Geelong	21 years, 202 days	6^[61]	7	2
Brian McGowan	South Melbourne	17 years, 196 days	13^[62]	118	171
Hugh McLaughlin	South Melbourne	19 years, 234 days	8^[63]	116	5
John Trethowan	South Melbourne	18 years, 184 days	3^[64]	81	13
Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	19 years, 44 days	4^[65]	35	35	Son of Bob Pratt.
John Woolley	South Melbourne	19 years, 271 days	1^[66]	25	0
John Ferguson	South Melbourne	24 years, 2 days	5^[67]	25	4	Previously played for Melbourne.
Frank Primmer	South Melbourne	22 years, 125 days	6^[68]	25	7
Neil McNeill	South Melbourne	23 years, 125 days	11^[69]	11	1
Ray Reed	South Melbourne	21 years, 48 days	9^[70]	10	1
Des Barry	South Melbourne	21 years, 339 days	1^[71]	8	0
Colin Vance	South Melbourne	25 years, 188 days	1^[72]	3	5
Alex Gardiner	Footscray	20 years, 117 days	3^[73]	92	18
John Westacott	Footscray	21 years, 348 days	14^[74]	34	0
Kevin J. Smith	Footscray	20 years, 172 days	6^[75]	17	7
Allan Clough	Footscray	22 years, 208 days	7^[76]	17	4
Ron Dixon	Footscray	21 years, 185 days	4^[77]	10	0
Kevin R. Smith	Footscray	22 years, 305 days	1^[78]	7	13	Previously played for North Melbourne
Frank McDowell	Footscray	21 years, 163 days	6^[79]	1	0
Trevor Johnson	Melbourne	20 years, 95 days	3^[80]	118	9
Athol Webb	Melbourne	19 years, 299 days	12^[81]	74	146
Dick Atkinson	Melbourne	20 years, 325 days	6^[82]	7	0
Ivan Baumgartner	Melbourne	21 years, 16 days	6^[83]	5	0	Previously played for Geelong.
Fred Webster	Melbourne	20 years, 4 days	2^[84]	3	2
Kevin Clarke	Melbourne	23 years, 295 days	1^[85]	1	0
Graham Arthur	Hawthorn	18 years, 311 days	1^[86]	232	201	Hawthorn's first premiership captain. Son of Alan Arthur.
Ray Yeoman	Hawthorn	20 years, 197 days	2^[87]	74	47
Don Gent	Hawthorn	22 years, 127 days	7^[88]	70	0
Ian Hinks	Hawthorn	17 years, 346 days	1^[89]	16	3
Bill Elsworth	Hawthorn	18 years, 334 days	11^[90]	10	4
Brian Boland	Hawthorn	23 years, 299 days	6^[91]	6	0	Previously played for Richmond. Father of Glenn Boland.
Rod Horrocks	Hawthorn	21 years, 56 days	1^[92]	4	3
Barry Takle	Hawthorn	20 years, 164 days	10^[93]	4	1
Alan Jewell	Hawthorn	23 years, 98 days	7^[94]	2	0
Leon Toohey	Hawthorn	20 years, 242 days	11^[95]	2	0
Jeff Harris	Hawthorn	23 years, 263 days	6^[96]	1	0
Ron Hoy	Hawthorn	22 years, 316 days	10^[97]	1	0
John Dugdale	North Melbourne	19 years, 60 days	4^[98]	248	358	Father of Dean and Glenn Dugdale.
Max Ritchie	North Melbourne	20 years, 177 days	3^[99]	55	7
Norm Dean	North Melbourne	21 years, 83 days	8^[100]	30	6
John Ford	North Melbourne	23 years, 75 days	11^[101]	13	2
Bill Reddick	North Melbourne	19 years, 177 days	4^[102]	12	0
Bobby Burt	North Melbourne	20 years, 342 days	03^[103]	11	2
John Joiner	North Melbourne	20 years, 315 days	3^[104]	11	0
Jack Lawrence	North Melbourne	20 years, 288 days	1^[105]	9	3
Brian O'Halloran	North Melbourne	17 years, 227 days	9^[106]	9	1
Ron James	North Melbourne	22 years, 95 days	12^[107]	7	5
Norm Neeson	North Melbourne	21 years, 114 days	9^[108]	5	0
Peter Marchesi	North Melbourne	21 years, 299 days	3^[109]	3	0
Peter Curtis	North Melbourne	22 years, 93 days	1^[110]	2	1
John Wymer	North Melbourne	22 years, 109 days	5^[111]	2	0
Bill Barton	North Melbourne	19 years, 102 days	10^[112]	2	2
Keith Goullet	North Melbourne	22 years, 206 days	1^[113]	1	1
Ted Langridge	Richmond	18 years, 211 days	6^[114]	94	149
Ron McDonald	Richmond	21 years, 254 days	2^[115]	92	84
Peter Morris	Richmond	21 years, 355 days	13^[116]	89	103
Ray Allsop	Richmond	21 years, 159 days	7^[117]	54	69
John Jenkins	Richmond	19 years, 139 days	12^[118]	34	34
Charlie Flannagan	Richmond	21 years, 300 days	18^[119]	26	0
John Claxton	Richmond	20 years, 177 days	3^[120]	15	18
John Gorwell	Richmond	20 years, 77 days	3^[121]	9	0
John Robson	Richmond	21 years, 299 days	4^[122]	6	4
Neil Davies	Richmond	23 years, 128 days	1^[123]	2	1
Ray Bloodworth	Richmond	21 years, 241 days	16^[124]	2	0

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