The 1955 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 59th season of the VFL. The season saw 117 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 7 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Summary + Summary of debuts in 1944 Club VFL debuts Change of club 13 0 5 1 8 0 10 0 Footscray 6 1 5 0 11 1 5 1 16 0 11 0 South Melbourne 10 1 17 2 Total 117 7
Debuts
Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 10685 66 21 20 4Father of Peter Bosustow. 20 0 18 4 12 12 11 7 10 13 4 4 Son of Percy Cheffers. 4 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 160 43 78 5Previously played for Carlton. 67 20 60 98 25 10 2 0 52 34 27 0 17 35 15 1 12 2 6 1 3 0 2 0 333 51 105 120 9 8 5 1 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 Footscray 92 18 Footscray 34 0 Footscray 17 7 Footscray 17 4 Footscray 10 0 Footscray 7 13Previously played for North Melbourne Footscray 1 0 88 5 81 65 72 4 59 13 7 2 232 201Hawthorn's first premiership captain. Son of Alan Arthur. 74 47 70 0 16 3 10 4 6 0Previously played for Richmond. Father of Glenn Boland. 4 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 118 9 74 146 7 0 5 0Previously played for Geelong. 3 2 1 0 North Melbourne 248 358 Father of Dean and Glenn Dugdale. North Melbourne 55 7 North Melbourne 30 6 North Melbourne 13 2 North Melbourne 12 0 North Melbourne 11 2 North Melbourne 11 0 North Melbourne 9 3 North Melbourne 9 1 North Melbourne 7 5 North Melbourne 50 North Melbourne 30 North Melbourne 21 North Melbourne 20 North Melbourne 22 North Melbourne 11 94 149 92 84 89 103 54 69 34 34 26 0 15 18 9 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 South Melbourne 118 171 South Melbourne 116 5 South Melbourne 81 13 South Melbourne 35 35Son of Bob Pratt. South Melbourne 25 0 South Melbourne 25 4Previously played for Melbourne. South Melbourne 25 7 South Melbourne 11 1 South Melbourne 10 1 South Melbourne 8 0 South Melbourne 3 5 77 27Coached St Kilda to their only VFL premiership. 15 11 13 8 11 0 10 0 10 12 10 2Previously played for Essendon. 8 1Previously played for North Melbourne. 8 0 8 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1
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