The 1918 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 22nd season of the VFL. The season saw 74 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 12 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1918 Club VFL debuts Change of club 7 4 5 1 19 1 92 7 0 3 2 South Melbourne 11 0 13 2 Total 74 12

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 77 0 24 51 Represented Victoria in baseball. Invented Austus, a hybrid of Australian rules and American football that was played during World War II. 15 13 Previously played for Geelong. 13 16 12 7 Previously played for Essendon and Melbourne. 10 11 Australian national figure skating champion in 1934 and 1936. Married to Joyce Macbeth, three time world champion women's figure skater. 8 2 8 1 Previously played for Richmond. 4 0 1 1 Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda. 1 0 54 5 Father of Mick, Pat, and Bill Twomey Jr., and grandson of David Twomey. 27 17 9 10 Father of Mary Maguire. Previously played for Richmond and Melbourne. 9 0 8 6 Uncle of Ken Turner and great uncle of Jamie Turner. 3 1 90 20 85 30 27 15 25 18 14 3 12 2 9 3 Brother of Frank McDonald. 5 3 5 1 4 0 4 0 Previously played for St Kilda. 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 111 59 75 3 14 4 12 2 10 5 5 3 Previously played for Richmond. 4 1 2 1 2 1 Previously played for Essendon. 1 1 1 0 Father of John Beckwith. Boundary umpired the 1929 VFL Grand Final. 146 120 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 1 4 1 Previously played for St Kilda. 3 1 3 5 2 1 Previously played for Carlton. South Melbourne 66 1 South Melbourne 6212 South Melbourne 59 99 Twin brother of Frank Laird. South Melbourne 57 4 South Melbourne 25 3 South Melbourne 15 0 South Melbourne 63 South Melbourne 2 0 South Melbourne 2 0 South Melbourne 1 0 South Melbourne 1 0 1929 Australian Amateur Golf champion. 29 0 26 9 22 7 20 9 19 1 185 Previously played for Melbourne. 11 3 84 71 Previously played for South Melbourne. 42 40 Married to Gladys "Jim" Buntine, Australian Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides from 1962 until 1968. 2 0 20 20 10

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