- List of Australian rules footballers and cricketers
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This is a listing of players to have played both Australian rules football in the nation's premier leagues and first-class cricket or higher. These leagues are the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL, West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). First-class cricketers who played football in other states are eligible if they had a notable career in that state's top league.
In the early years of the VFL it was quite common for footballers to play district cricket over the summer months, some of them even made their state sides and others represented Australia. Likewise cricketers would often play football in the off season to keep fit and if good enough would appear in their state's best league.
Players are divided into the lists below by which state they spent the majority of their sporting career or in come cases their state or origin.
Contents
International cricketers who played interstate football
Name Australian rules football International cricket Club(s) Career Ref Format(s) Career Eric Freeman - Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
1964–1970s [1] 1967/68–1969/70 Neil Hawke 1956–1966 [2] 1962/63–1968 Clem Hill 1890s–1900s [3] 1894/95–1902/03 Ernie Jones 1890s–1901 [4] 1892/93–1907/08 Gil Langley 1939–1950 [5] 1951/52–1956/57 Phil Lee 1920s [6] 1931/32–1932/33 Keith Miller 1939–1946 [7] 1945/46–1956/57 Laurie Nash - South Melbourne Football Club
(both player and coach)
1930–1945 [8] 1931/32–1936/37 John Reedman 1889–1909 [9] 1894 Vic Richardson 1915–1927 [10] 1924/25–1935/36 Keith Slater 1955–1963 [11] 1958/59 David Smith 1903–1914 [12] 1912 International cricketers who played league football
Name Australian rules football International cricket Club(s) Career Ref Format(s) Career Warwick Armstrong 1898–1900 [13] 1901/02–1921 Barlow Carkeek 1903–1905 [14] 1912 George Giffen 1870s and 1880s [15] 1881/82–1896 Harry Graham 1900 [16] 1893–1896 Albert Hartkopf 1908–1914 [17] 1924/25 Des Hoare 1950s [18] 1960/91 Sam Loxton 1942–1946 [19] 1947/48–1950/51 Mick Malone 1970s [20] 1977–1981/82 Geoff Marsh 1978 [21] 1985/86–1991/92 Jimmy Matthews 1907 [22] 1911/12–1912 Ted McDonald 1912–1919 [23] 1920/21–1921/22 Patrick McShane - Fitzroy Football Club (VFA)
1880s [24] 1884/85 Simon O'Donnell 1982–1983 [25] 1984/85–1991/92 Roy Park - University Football Club
- Melbourne Football Club
1912–1915 [26] 1920/21 Jamie Siddons 1984 [27] 1988/89 Joe Travers 1890s [28] 1901/02 George Tribe - Footscray Football Club
1940–1946 [29] 1946/47 Mervyn Waite 1930s [30] 1938 Max Walker 1967–1972 [31] 1972/73–1980/81 Graeme Watson 1964–1965 [32] 1966/67–1972 Graeme Wood 1975–1977 [33] 1977/78–1988/89 Jack Worrall - Fitzroy Football Club (VFA)
1902–1920 [34] 1884/85–1899 Tim Zoehrer 1982 [35] 1985/86–1993/94 State cricketers who played interstate football
Queensland
Name Australian rules football State cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Aub Carrigan 1940s [36] 1945/46–1951/52 Brian O'Connor 1930s [37] 1934/35–1935/36 Leo O'Connor 1910–1911 [38] 1912/13–1929/30 Harry Pegg - South Brisbane Football Club
- Windsor Football Club
- Yeronga Football Club
1930s, 1940s [39] 1945/46–1846/47 Leyland Sanders - Coorparoo-Yeronga Football Club
- Yeronga Football Club
1940s, 1950s [40] 1950/51–1954/55 Cyril Smith - Yeronga Football Club
1940s, 1950s [41] 1947/48–1953/54 Donald Watt - Coorparoo Football Club
- South Brisbane Football Club
1940s [42] 1939/40–1945/46 South Australia
Name Australian rules football State cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Craig Bradley 1986–2002 [43] - South Australia
- Victoria
1983/84–1989/90 Jack Chamberlain 1908–1909, 1914 [44] 1906/07 Norman Claxton 1900s [45] 1898/99–1909/10 John Halbert 1955–1968 [46] 1961/62 Lindsay Head 1952–1970 [47] 1957/58–1958/59 Eric Johnson 1925–1934 [48] 1926/27–1929/30 Bill Leak 1930s, 1940s [49] 1935/35–1940/41 James Matthews 1900–1913 [50] 1900/01–1901/02 Bob McLean 1940s [51] 1945/46–1950/51 Barrie Robran 1967–1980 [52] 1971/72 Alfred Ryan 1922–1931 [53] 1925/26–1936/37 Bruce Schultz 1933–1941 [54] 1936/37 Bob Simunsen 1964–1971 [55] 1972/73 Richard Townsend 1904–1920 [56] 1907/08–1923/24 Alfred Waldron 1879–1892 [57] 1881/82–1887/88 Tasmania
Name Australian rules football State cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Jim Atkinson 1917–1925 [58] 1921/22–1933/34 Darrel Baldock 1962–1968 [59] 1960/61 Rex Garwood - New Town Football Club
- New Norfolk Football Club
1950–1960 [60] 1952/53–1955/56 Garney Goodrick 1923–1925 [61] 1922/23 Geoffrey Martin 1946-54 [62] 1950/51 Stanley McKenzie 1914 [63] 1909/10–1912/13 Ray Stokes 1946–1951 [64] 1952/53–1965/66 George Vautin - Essendon Football Club
- City (Hobart)
1897–1898 [65] 1894/95–1889/90 Victoria
Name Australian rules football State cricket Team(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Allen Aylett 1952–1964 [66] 1957/58–1958/59 Charles Baker 1902–1906 [67] 1903/04–1904/05 Fred Baring 1910–1924 [68] 1911/12–1928/29 Percy Beames 1931–1944 [69] 1933/34–1945/46 Peter Bedford 1968–1978 [70] 1966/67–1972/73 Des Fothergill 1937–1940, 1945–1947 [71] 1938/39–1948/49 Chris Kiernan 1897–1901, 1903, 1911 [72] 1909/10–1918/19 Ian Law 1960–1968 [73] 1961/62–1963/64 Ernest McIntyre 1940–1949 [74] 1946/47 Keith Millar 1924–1927, 1930 [75] 1924/25–1932/33 Bill Sewart 1905–1915 [76] 1908–1919 Paddy Shea 1904, 1908–1915, 1918 [77] 1912/13–1919/20 George Stuckey 1897–1902 [78] 1894/95–1902/03 Western Australia
Name Australian rules football State cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Todd Breman 1987–1993 [79] 1985/86–1987/88 Fred Buttsworth 1942–1953 [80] 1947/48–1949/50 Wally Buttsworth 1935–late 1940s [81] 1937/38 Derek Chadwick 1959–1972 [82] 1963/64–1971/72 Michael Clark 1996–1999 [83] 2000/01– Jim Ditchburn 1929–1939 [84] 1933/34–1935/36 Ron Doig, Sr. 1927–1932 [85] 1926/27–1931/32 Bruce Duperouzel 1969–1984 [86] 1971/72–1972/73 Allan Evans 1917–1929 [87] 1921/22–1931/32 Jim Everett 1901–1915 [88] 1909/10 Bert Harrold 1916–25, 1932 [89] 1925/26 Dolph Heinrichs 1899–1906 [90] 1922/23 Carlisle Jarvis 1920s, 1930s [91] 1932/33 Harvey Kelly 1903–1906 [92] 1905/06 Ken McAullay Late 1960s–1975 [93] 1970/71–1973/74 Tom Mullooly 1971–1986 [94] 1976/77 John Munro 1950s [95] 1948/49–1954/55 Alan Preen 1953–1959 [96] 1953/54–1956/57 Harry Price 1940s, 1950s [97] 1949/50–1955/56 Alex Robinson 1904 [98] 1907/08 Earl Spalding 1983–1999 [99] 1984/85 William Truscott 1910s, 1920s [100] 1929/30 George Young 1973–1978 [101] 1972/73 First-class cricketers who played league football
South Australia
Name Australian rules football FC cricket Team(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Cornelius Chamberlain 1900s [102] 1905/06–1910/11 Leonard Chamberlain 1907–1914 [103] 1907/08–1913/14 Mick Clingly 1950s [104] 1957/58–1959/60 Neil Dansie 1946–1949 [105] 1949/50–1966/67 Alan Dowding 1940s [106] 1951–1956 Alby Green 1890s [107] 1894/95–1898/99 Gordon Gurr 1902–1907 [108] 1905/06 Les Hill 1900s [109] 1905/06–1910/11 Bob Lee 1945–1957 [110] 1956/57–1959/60 John Lill 1950s, 1960s [111] 1955/56–1965/66 Phil Newland 1890s, 1900s [112] 1899/00–1905/06 James Pyke 1980s [113] 1985/86–1987/88 Libby Waye 1907–1914 [114] 1912/13 Tasmania
Name Australian rules football FC cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Dale Anderson 1953–1954 [115] 1952/53–1963/4 Ray Biffin 1968–1979 [116] 1967/68 Bill Cahill 1937–1938 [117] 1931/32 Colin Campbell 1897–1899 [118] 1896/97 Ivor Clay 1941–1946 [119] 1949/50–1950/51 Mark Colegrave 1990s [120] 2000/01 Garry Cowmeadow 1975 [121] 1976/77–1978/79 Bert Davie 1917–1919 [122] 1921/22–1926/27 Brent Palfreyman 1960s, 1970s [123] 1965/66–1972/73 Alan Pearsall 1941 [124] 1933/34–1938/39 Ted Pickett - City (Launceston)
1928-38 [125] 1928/29–1935/36 Jim Wilkinson 1970–1972 [126] 1973/74–1974/75 Victoria
Name Australian rules football FC cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Noel Allanson 1947–1951 [127] 1956/57 Bill Allen 1910–1923 [128] 1914/15 Alfred Andrew-Street 1933–1934 [129] 1937/38 Cecil Austen 1942 [130] 1945/46 Jim Baird 1941–1951 [131] 1948/49–1949/50 Jack Barnes 1925–1929 [132] 1929/30 Thomas Bird 1925, 1928 [133] 1928/29 Blair Campbell 1966, 1968–1969 [134] 1969/70–1979/80 Frederick Chapman 1920–1921 [135] 1928/29–1930/31 Bernard Considine 1952–1953 [136] 1949/50–1954/55 Russell Cook 1966–1975 [137] 1968/69 John Cordner 1951 [138] 1951–1952 Laurence Cordner 1933 [139] 1930/31–1933/34 Bryan Cosgrave 1924 [140] 1925/26–1931/32 Neil Crompton 1957–1966 [141] 1957–62 John Douglas 1972, 1975–1976 [142] 1975/76–1978/79 Harcourt Dowsley 1941 [143] 1937/38–1946/47 Walter Dudley 1940 [144] 1940/41 Reg Ellis 1913–1915, 1920 [145] 1927/28–1929/30 Michael Fitchett 1950–1952 [146] 1950/51–1952/53 John Francis 1926 [147] 1932/33 Harry Frei 1973 [148] 1982–1986 Herbert Fry 1897–1898 [149] 1896/97–1907/08 Norman Good 1909 [150] 1909/10 Doug Gott 1969–1977 [151] 1973–1974 Herbert Guthrie 1925 [152] 1928/29–1929/30 David Hone 1969 [153] 1970 Herb Howson 1897–1908 [154] 1902/03 Nick Jewell 1997 [155] 2001/02–2006/07 Stuart King 1931–1933 [156] 1926/27–1932/33 Bill Kinnear 1936 [157] 1935/36 Joe Kinnear 1932–1937 [158] 1931/32 Harry Lambert 1941–1947 [159] 1946/47–1953/54 Thomas Leather 1932–1933 [160] 1933/34–1936/37 Ian Lee 1934 [161] 1931/32–1940/41 Jack Lowry 1938–1946 [162] 1937/38 Frank Lugton 1913–1914 [163] 1913/14 Richard Maddocks 1948 [164] 1948/49–1956/57 Samuel McMichael 1897 [165] 1891/92–1903/04 Norman Mitchell 1925 [166] 1925/26–1926/27 Bruce Murray 1951–1954 [167] 1957/58 Basil Onyons 1905–1908 [168] 1918/19–1928/29 Geoff Parker 1987,1989 [169] 1985/86–1998/99 Joseph Plant 1925 [170] 1932/33–1936/37 Leslie Rainey 1899–1903 [171] 1902/03–1904/05 Keith Rawle 1942–1949 [172] 1948/49 Howard Richardson 1915–1919 [173] 1923/24 Robert Rose 1970–1973 [174] 1971/72–1973/74 Charles Salvana 1919 [175] 1926/27 John Scholes 1967–1971 [176] 1968/69–1981/82 Heinrich Schrader 1914 [177] 1929/30–1930/31 David Shepherd 1976–1977 [178] 1982/83 Benjamin Sheppard 1911–1912 [179] 1913/14 Harold Shillinglaw 1945–1951 [180] 1949/50–1953/54 Keith Stackpole, Sr. 1935–1944 [181] 1945/46–1949/50 John Stephens 1971–1973 [182] 1970/71–1971/72 Les Stillman 1968–1971 [183] 1970–1978 Herb Turner 1944–1950 [184] 1948/49–1950/51 Carl Willis 1912-15, 1920-21 [185] 1913/14–1928/29 Tom Wills 1850s–1870s [186] 1854–1875/76 Charles 'Gillie' Wilson 1897, 1900 [187] 1894/95–1919/20 William Wilson 1932–1933, 1935 [188] 1935/36 Stan Wootton 1915, 1920–1923 [189] 1923/24 Western Australia
Name Australian rules football FC cricket Club(s) Career Ref Team(s) Career Bill Bateman - Fremantle Football Club
- Unions Football Club (later Fremantle)
1880s and 1890s [190] - Western Australia
1892/93 Ron Bowe 1959–1963 [191] - Western Australia
1967/68–1968/69 Ian Brayshaw 1960s [192] - Western Australia
1960/61–1977/78 Arnold Byfield 1940–1947 [193] - Western Australia
1952/53–1953/54 Victor Carlson 1914–1923 [194] - Western Australia
1922/23–1925/26 Kenneth Cumming 1938–1940, 1947 [195] - Western Australia
1945/46–1947/48 Bill Duffy - Rovers Football Club
- West Perth Football Club
1880s and 1890s [196] - Western Australia
1892/93 Henry Edmondson 1902–1907 [197] - Western Australia
1905/06–1912/13 Matt Garnaut 1994 [198] - Western Australia
1996/97–1997/98 Percival Hussey - Rovers Football Club
1880s and 1890s [199] - Western Australia
1892/93 Otto Kelly 1903–1907 [200] - Western Australia
1906/07–1907/08 Ossie Lovelock 1932–34 [201] - Western Australia
1932/33–1939/40 Alfred Moffatt - Victorians Football Club (later Metropolitans and West Perth)
1880s and 1890s [202] - Western Australia
1892/93 Paul Nicholls 1970s [203] - Western Australia
1971/72–1978/79 Basil Rigg 1940s [204] - Western Australia
1947/48–1956/57 Barney Wood 1928–1930s [205] - Western Australia
1931/32 References
- "On Famous Footballing Cricketers". fullpointsfooty.net. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/james_edward_phelan_-_the_father_of_sydney_football.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-06. (section titled "On Famous Footballing Cricketers" based on work by Jim Phelan)
- Coverdale, Brydon (28 May 2007). "Australia's winter allrounders". Cricinfo. http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/296109.html. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
Cricketers who played other sports Categories:- Australian rules football lists
- Lists of Australians in cricket
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- History of Australian rules football
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