The 1933 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 37th season of the VFL. The season saw 125 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 37 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1933 Club VFL debuts Change of club 5 3 17 1 14 2 6 9 Footscray 12 4 9 1 14 4 10 3 14 1 4 0 South Melbourne 8 1 12 8 Total 125 37

Debuts by clubs Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals NotesBob Green 418758 Brother of Jack Green.Jack Hale312378Jack Cooper61531Les Hughson5127Previously played for Collingwood and Hawthorn. In all, played for five different clubs. Brother of Fred and Mick Hughson.Rod Leffanue7920Previously played for South Melbourne.Ray Quinn1541Steve Bloomer1530Previously played for North Melbourne.Ray Harry1710Alby Pannam13181453 Son of Charlie Pannam.Marcus Whelan417331Father of Shane Whelan.Jack Carmody39412Leo Morgan14827Keith Fraser3629Norm Le Brun31923Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon.Reg Gibson5166Bernie Guthrie175Lou Daily677Won 1935 Sandover Medal.John Galbally1570Served as a Minister in the Victorian Government. Brother of Frank Galbally,Ivan McIntosh160Alfred Andrew-Street260Played first-class cricket for Victoria.Keith Kent350Frank Slade120Max Turner1120Noel Burrows110Albert Downs110George Bates810Dick Reynolds131467 Three time Brownlow Medal winner (1934, 1937, 1938). Brother of Tom Reynolds and grandfather of Joel Reynolds.Hugh Torney417381George Bell81204Les Griggs69952Ted Rippon136912Wally Milne142211Walt Wollermann1092Clive McCorkell 271Alby Jacobsen770Previously played for South Melbourne.Bill Ewing853Frank Hunting640Stan Lawler639Previously played for South Melbourne.Reg Twite120Harold Dickinson922Norm McCleary1523Jimmy Bates210At the time of his death on 6 October 2009, Bates was the oldest living VFL/AFL player.Dan Murray1664 Father of Kevin MurrayAlf Callick1376Previously played for South Melbourne.Frank Donnellan1360Previously played for Hawthorn and North Melbourne.Leslie Watt53519Previously played for Collingwood.Jock Cordner12423Previously played for Footscray.Clete Turner8153Previously played for Geelong.Frank O'Rourke172Previously played for Carlton.Seff Parry153Arthur Williams830Previously played for Footscray.Wally Mitchell520Keith Marshall625Bruce Scharp920Previously played for Carlton and Hawthorn.Keith Giffen1420Claude Canaway1610Jack Kidd1512Previously played for Essendon and Carlton.Ambrose Palmer2 8344 Australian heavyweight boxing champion.Bill Grundy6 284Jack Vosti3 260Previously played for Essendon.Wally Kelly1 223Bob Muir4 221Previously played for Collingwood.Alan Rait1 1962Charlie O'Leary3 160Frank Spilling13140Jack Somerville1 101Norm Honey11 104Milton McIntyre4 1411Reg Thomas10 910Previously played for South Melbourne.Peter Hannan2 60Previously played for Melbourne.Bill Findlay 358Mick Higgins6 20Charlie Richards14 20Tom Arklay1013745 Angie Muller111537Joe Tucker 122417Reg Gross9160Bob Walker12141Eric Orr1112Tom Stapleton160Lindsay Lamb1741Jim WilliamsonSF20Previously played for St Kilda.Ron Barling1510George Dower18 10017 Ernie Loveless1 561Previously played for St Kilda.Roy Rodda1 3431Norm Hillard18 3257 Alex Lee1 311 Steve Bravo9 3112 Jack Zander1 143 Bert Carey1 1016 Previously played for Fitzroy.Bill Twomey, Sr.1 100 Father of Mick, Pat and Bill Twomey. Previously played for Collingwood. Frank Aked, Sr.1 82Father of Frank Aked, Jr., grandfather of Arthur and Allan Edwards and great-grandfather of Jake Edwards and Shane O'Bree. Previously played for Footscray.Leo Clements11 70 Fred Sayers1774 Charlie McGillivray12 30 Geoff Farrelly1 21 Tom Mercer8 20Bruce Scharp2 10 Previously played for Carlton.Laurence Cordner10 11 Jack White 18 10 Rowley Fischer1 13734 Les Jones1 12188Eric Glass1 78135Colin Niven1 4413Previously played for FitzroyJack Bennett10 4328Charlie Longhurst5 401Billy Libbis439 25Previously played for Collingwood.Jack Sambell1 246Noel Barnett3 112Bill Robinson8 31Jack Harrison18 32Percy Streeter5 20Cliff Tyson8 21Previously played for North Melbourne.Charlie SkinnerNorth Melbourne14 1147 Ted EllisNorth Melbourne12 8541Jim BicknellNorth Melbourne1 577Leo TyrrellNorth Melbourne11 227Jack DiproseNorth Melbourne5 190Trevor WallaceNorth Melbourne14 130Roy PopeNorth Melbourne7 94Dick MayNorth Melbourne17 94Len JohnsonNorth Melbourne11 53Previously played for Essendon.Bert ClarkeNorth Melbourne13 42Jack GaudionNorth Melbourne2 30Jack HaskettNorth Melbourne2 30Ted WintleNorth Melbourne5 10Jim BolwellNorth Melbourne15 10Geoff FoxNorth Melbourne15 10Jack Stenhouse3190 Horrie Farmer2814Richie Saunders1480Bob Gislingham1511Ron Fisher4 8271Ken Mackie16 6255Previously played for Fitzroy.Frank Roberts2 2744Stewart Anderson1 2021Les Jago 1 170Bill Downie 1 152Previously played for Footscray.Matt Cave 5 143Previously played for Footscray.Tom Hallahan 12 143Previously played for Collingwood.Les Evans 10 120George Schlitz 8 71George Chapman 54 6Previously played for Fitzroy.George Batson 11 43Col Deane 1 30Previously played for Melbourne.Jack McLeod 1 20Ted McCarthy 2 20Colin Strang 7 23 Son of Bill Strang, brother of Allan, Doug and Gordon Strang and uncle of Geoff Strang.Charlie Bourne 14 20Eric Needham 1 10Reg Peterson 6 11Previously played for Essendon.Bob Hammond 11 10Previously played for Hawthorn.Laurie NashSouth Melbourne1 99246Played Test cricket for Australia. Son of Robert Nash.Wilbur HarrisSouth Melbourne7 6919Dinny KelleherSouth Melbourne11 5914Previously played for Carlton.Alan WelchSouth Melbourne1 4924Joe O'MearaSouth Melbourne1 4736Ossie BertramSouth Melbourne1 2343John BoweSouth Melbourne2 170Frank DaviesSouth Melbourne6 3015Fred BackwaySouth Melbourne10 42

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