The 1987 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the ninety-first season of the VFL. The season saw 143 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 67 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1987 Club VFL debuts Change of club Brisbane 10 31 8 0 17 4 9 4 12 3 Footscray 11 3 8 0 6 0 7 3 North Melbourne 8 1 10 3 6 5 5 3 26 7 Total 143 67

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes Brisbane Bears 101 192 1985 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Footscray. Brisbane Bears 81 43Brother of Stephen Richardson. Previously played for Collingwood and Essendon. Brisbane Bears 79 28 Brisbane Bears 68 25 Previously played for Geelong. Brisbane Bears 66 58 Coached to 2004 AFL Premiership. Previously played for Collingwood. Brisbane Bears 61 30 Previously played for Essendon. Brisbane Bears 60 18 Previously played for Collingwood and Richmond. Brisbane Bears 59 20 Father of Andrew Raines. Previously played for Richmond, Collingwood and Essendon. Brisbane Bears 59 14 Previously played for Sydney. Brisbane Bears 58 17 Previously played for Geelong. Brisbane Bears 56 58 Brother of Leon Harris. Previously played for Fitzroy. Brisbane Bears 52 3 Previously played for Fitzroy. Brisbane Bears 48 26 Inaugural captain of the Brisbane Bears. Brisbane Bears 45 16 Previously played for Essendon. Brisbane Bears 44 65 Son of Jim O'Brien. Previously played for Collingwood. Brisbane Bears 36 29 Previously played for Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 35 8 Previously played for Essendon. Brisbane Bears 30 3 Previously played for Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 27 38 Brother of Ted Fidge. Previously played for Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 27 9 Previously played for Hawthorn. Brisbane Bears 25 7 Brisbane Bears 17 42 Brother of Bob Edmond. Previously played for Footscray and Sydney. Brisbane Bears 17 18 Previously played for Hawthorn. Brisbane Bears 15 12 Brisbane Bears 15 4 Father of Sam Dunell. Previously played for Essendon. Brisbane Bears 14 6 Brisbane Bears 7 3 Brother of Stephen MacPherson. Previously played for Footscray. Brisbane Bears 6 5 Previously played for Collingwood. Brisbane Bears 6 2 Brisbane Bears 4 1 Son of Fos Williams and brother of Mark and Jenny Williams. Brisbane Bears 4 2 Grandson of Jack Buckley, son of Brian Buckley and brother of Stephen Buckley. Previously played for Carlton and St Kilda. Brisbane Bears 4 1 Previously played for North Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 4 0 Brother of David Glascott. Brisbane Bears 3 0 Previously played for Carlton. Brisbane Bears 3 1 Brisbane Bears 3 5 Previously played for Fitzroy. Brisbane Bears 2 2 Previously played for Geelong. Brisbane Bears 1 1 Father of Montana Cox. Previously played for Fitzroy and Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 1 0 Previously played for North Melbourne. Brisbane Bears 1 0 Brisbane Bears 1 0 Previously played for Sydney. 65 74 61 10 57 40 54 119 48 39 21 3 17 20 16 17 254 195 246 64 152 128 133 21 124 162 Uncle of Brandon Starcevich. 114 10 Coach of St Kilda 2014–2019. 40 32 Son of Des Tuddenham. 37 4 21 14 Previously played for North Melbourne. 21 14 Grandson of Fred Keays and uncle of Ben Keays. 19 15 16 15 15 2 Brother of Shane and Tony Morwood. Previously played for South Melbourne, Sydney and St Kilda. 14 4 Previously played for Hawthorn. 11 7 8 0 Previously played for North Melbourne. 8 12 7 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 243 88 127 42 124 40 Brother of Anthony, Neale and Terry Daniher. 118 18 Brother of Chris, Neale and Terry Daniher and father of Joe and Darcy Daniher. Previously played for Sydney. 58 25 41 6 29 18 22 26 1983 Magarey Medallist. 19 2 Previously played for Carlton, Fitzroy and Richmond. 10 14 Previously played for Hawthorn. 7 5 Brother of Geoff Cunningham. Previously played for St Kilda. 7 1 3 0 Also played cricket for South Australia and Victoria. 133 52 132 71 87 51 43 28 28 15 23 4 16 8 11 21 10 7 Previously played for Collingwood. 5 3 3 0 2 1 Previously played for St Kilda and Richmond. 1 0 Brother of Garry Sidebottom. Previously played for St Kilda. 1 0 Son of Tom McLean and brother of Glenn McLean. 1 0 Footscray 177 198 Footscray 127 76 Brother of Paul Atkins. Footscray 60 21 Footscray 36 4 Footscray 265 Previously played for St Kilda. Footscray 24 37 Previously played for Collingwood. Footscray 18 4 Footscray 17 4 Footscray 16 6 Footscray 13 9 Previously played for Richmond and Geelong. Footscray 8 0 Footscray 2 0 Footscray 2 1 Footscray 2 1 274 243 Brother of Steve Hocking. 146 172 58 113 50 51 44 21 36 4 26 18 5 1 212 37 211 94 145 49 120 80 1991 Norm Smith Medallist. Brother of Greg Dear. 11 2 3 1 264 130 1991 Brownlow Medallist. Grandson of Joe Stynes and brother of Brian and David Stynes. 233 92 Caretaker coach of Melbourne in 2011. Father of Jack Viney and brother of Jay Viney. 127 74 109 68 Played first-class cricket for Western Australia. Brother of Scott Spalding. 84 45 32 25 24 5 Previously played for Sydney and North Melbourne. 17 1 Previously played for St Kilda and Footscray. 4 4 1 0 Previously played for St Kilda. North Melbourne 235 165 North Melbourne 228 285 Son of Tom Allison. North Melbourne 93 61 North Melbourne 81 25 North Melbourne 56 29 North Melbourne 50 4 North Melbourne 48 26 North Melbourne 47 38 North Melbourne 37 15 Previously played for Geelong. 133 46 81 103 73 9 54 39 42 15 Previously played for Essendon. 37 3 Not the U.S. president. 26 0 Appeared on the second season of the Australian version of The Mole. 11 7 Father of Brent Wallace. Previously played for Hawthorn. 3 2 Brother of Brendan and Nathan Bower. 2 0 Previously played for Fitzroy. 2 0 2 0 1 0 323 124 230 283 116 43 Father of Bailey Rice. 53 24 Father of Sam Sheldon. Previously played for Carlton. 42 3 35 15 Previously played for Carlton. 24 17 Previously played for Carlton. 20 1 Previously played Geelong. 9 0 2 0 Previously played for Fitzroy. 1 0 122 80 96 4Brother of Graeme and Brian Cordy and uncle of Ayce and Zaine Cordy. Previously played for Footscray. 78 45 22 5 22 6 21 6 Brother of Brian and Neil Cordy. Previously played for Footscray. 21 12 Previously played for Melbourne and Hawthorn. 7 1 215 259 20937 Brother of Peter Worsfold. 20184 18495 17920 15144 7835 7133Father of Teia Miles. Previously played for Collingwood. 6630Previously played for Hawthorn. 6641 5840 Previously played for Collingwood and Richmond. 5628 Previously played for Fitzroy. 5534 5211 4727 40 111 Previously played for North Melbourne. 36 38 36 6 30 10 30 31 29 12 24 26 Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. 23 40 23 36 20 13 Son of John O'Connell, brother of David O'Connell and uncle of John Williams. 18 18 Brother of Keith Narkle. Previously played for St Kilda. 18 24 Previously played for Richmond. 4 7 Member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0

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