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This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.
List
Current AFL-listed players in bold.[1][2]
Name | Country of birth | Club(s) | First | Last | Games | Goals |
Colin Alexander | United Kingdom | Brisbane Bears, Collingwood | 1989 | 1993 | 29 | 30 |
Aliir Aliir | Kenya | Sydney | 2016 | | 3 | 0 |
Ramsay Anderson | United Kingdom | Essendon, University | 1910 | 1912 | 31 | 0 |
Bert Ashby | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1935 | 25 | 6 |
Ivan Astruc | Mauritius | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 6 | 1 |
Harry Aylwin | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1897 | 1899 | 29 | 0 |
Jack Baggott | South Africa | Essendon, Richmond | 1927 | 1937 | 138 | 140 |
Alex Barlow | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1901 | 1903 | 14 | 0[3] |
Alf Bartlett | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1901 | 1907 | 80 | 5 |
Mark Bayliss | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 6 |
Colm Begley | Ireland | Brisbane Lions, St Kilda | 2006 | 2009 | 30 | 7 |
Peter Bell | South Korea | Fremantle, North Melbourne | 1995 | 2008 | 286 | 250[4] |
Peter Bennett | New Zealand | Essendon, Hawthorn | 1976 | 1981 | 80 | 27 |
Peter Bevilacqua | Italy | Carlton | 1953 | 1953 | 1 | 0[3] |
Bernie Bignell | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1940 | 1945 | 6 | [3] |
Lawrence Bingham | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 1989 | 1993 | 25 | 0 |
Wayne Blackwell | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1984 | 1990 | 110 | 80[3] |
Percy Bowyer | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1928 | 1938 | 154 | 33 |
Ted Brewis | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1925 | 1928 | 60 | 12[3] |
Mordecai Bromberg | Israel | St Kilda | 1978 | 1981 | 34 | 11 |
Bob Bryce | New Zealand | Sydney, Collingwood | 1899 | 1902 | 18 | 12 |
Chris Burton | United Kingdom | Footscray, Richmond | 1980 | 1988 | 117 | 35 |
Adam Campbell | New Zealand | Fremantle | 2006 | 2009 | 13 | 13 |
Alipate Carlile | Fiji | Port Adelaide | 2006 | 2016 | 167 | 5 |
Mabior Chol | Sudan | Richmond | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
Martin Clarke | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 2007 | 2013 | 72 | 19 |
Brant Colledge | France | West Coast | 2014 | | 3 | 0 |
Sudjai Cook | Thailand | Adelaide | 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 2 |
Aidan Corr | United Kingdom | Greater Western Sydney | 2013 | | 14 | |
Mason Cox | United States | Collingwood | 2016 | | 21 | 27 |
Trent Croad | New Zealand | Fremantle, Hawthorn | 1998 | 2008 | 222 | 189 |
Damian Cupido | South Africa | Brisbane Lions, Essendon | 2000 | 2005 | 53 | 66 |
Ian Dargie | United Kingdom | St Kilda, West Coast | 1989 | 1991 | 11 | 1 |
Harry Davie | United Kingdom | Carlton, Melbourne | 1924 | 1928 | 58 | 186[3] |
Jim Davies | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1949 | 1950 | 16 | 1[3] |
Majak Daw | Sudan | North Melbourne | 2013 | | 8 | 12 |
Donald Dickie | New Zealand | Port Adelaide | 1997 | 2000 | 55 | 19 |
Colin Dufty | Fiji | Collingwood | 1914 | 1914 | 1 | 1 |
Paul Earley | Ireland | Melbourne | 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 1 |
Bill Eason | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1902 | 1915 | 220 | 187 |
Bob Edmond | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1967 | 1968 | 10 | 0[3] |
Jim Edmond | United Kingdom | Footscray, Sydney, Brisbane Bears | 1977 | 1988 | 188 | 287 |
Aaron Edwards | Samoa | North Melbourne, West Coast | 2005 | 2011 | 73 | 107 |
Dinny Fagan | United Kingdom | Sydney | 1929 | 1931 | 19 | 0 |
Fred Fairweather | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1944 | 1946 | 54 | 14 |
Dick Fowler | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | 0 |
Harry Frei | Germany | Footscray | 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 0 |
Jack Frost | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 4 | 0[3] |
Ted Garside | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 0 |
Conor Glass | Northern Ireland | Hawthorn | 2017 | | 6 | 0 |
Andy Goodwin | United Kingdom | Melbourne, Richmond | 1987 | 1993 | 73 | 9 |
John Gray | United Kingdom | University | 1908 | 1913 | 85 | 3 |
Dick Hall | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | 0 |
Pearce Hanley | Ireland | Brisbane Lions | 2008 | | 47 | 12 |
Mil Hanna | Lebanon | Carlton | 1986 | 1997 | 190 | 83[3] |
Paul Harding | United Kingdom | Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast | 1987 | 1994 | 116 | 14 |
George Hastings | United Kingdom | Essendon | 1897 | 1904 | 107 | 25 |
Harry Haughton | New Zealand | Carlton | 1912 | 1919 | 113 | 49[3] |
Jason Holmes | United States | St Kilda | 2015 | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
Karmichael Hunt | New Zealand | Gold Coast | 2011 | 2012 | 15 | 1 |
Alex Ishchenko | Ukraine | Brisbane Bears, North Melbourne, West Coast | 1987 | 1995 | 142 | 37 |
Bohdan Jaworskyj | Germany | Hawthorn | 1973 | 1975 | 67 | 3 |
Henri Jeanneret | Switzerland | Melbourne, South Melbourne | 1898 | 1904 | 113 | 49 |
Alex Jesaulenko | Austria | Carlton, St Kilda | 1967 | 1981 | 279 | 444[3] |
Jason Johannisen | South Africa | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | | 16 | |
Warren Jones | New Zealand | Carlton, St Kilda | 1978 | 1988 | 123 | 36[3] |
Tadhg Kennelly | Ireland | Sydney | 2001 | 2011 | 197 | 30 |
Bob Kenny | Ireland | St Kilda | 1899 | 1899 | 2 | 0 |
Robbert Klomp | Netherlands | Carlton, Footscray | 1979 | 1984 | 93 | 20[3] |
Denis Lanigan | Ireland | Collingwood, Melbourne, Carlton | 1897 | 1899 | 41 | 6 |
Stephen Lawrence | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1988 | 1998 | 146 | 30 |
Barney Lazarus | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1902 | 1902 | 7 | 0[3] |
Thomas Leather | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1932 | 1933 | 16 | 11 |
Johnny Leonard | United Kingdom | South Melbourne | 1932 | 1932 | 12 | 17 |
Heritier Lumumba | Brazil | Collingwood, Melbourne | 2005 | 2016 | 178 | 25 |
Artie Machin | New Zealand | Sydney | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
Aubrey MacKenzie | South Africa | Melbourne, St Kilda | 1914 | 1924 | 12 | 17 |
Frank Macky | New Zealand | University | 1911 | 1911 | 7 | 2 |
Stuart Magee | Ireland | Footscray, South Melbourne | 1962 | 1975 | 216 | 149 |
Fred Mann | United Kingdom | Essendon | 1901 | 1903 | 27 | 1 |
Frank Maple | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 1 |
William Marshall | United Kingdom | Melbourne, University | 1905 | 1908 | 12 | 0 |
Kris Massie | Sweden | Adelaide, Carlton | 1998 | 2008 | 131 | 23[3] |
Daniel McAlister | New Zealand | Essendon | 1997 | 2002 | 6 | 0 |
John McCarthy | United Kingdom | Fitzroy, North Melbourne | 1986 | 1996 | 163 | 178 |
Alan McCrory | Ireland | Richmond, South Melbourne | 1938 | 1941 | 9 | 4 |
Marty McDonnell | New Zealand | Footscray | 1939 | 1950 | 92 | 2 |
Andrew McGrath | Canada | Essendon | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
Niall McKeever | Ireland | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2012 | 17 | 1 |
Conor McKenna | Ireland | Essendon | 2015 | | 1 | 1 |
Tom McNeil | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1951 | 1952 | 8 | 0 |
Dermot McNicholl | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1990 | 1990 | 3 | 0 |
Henry McPetrie | United Kingdom | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 2[3] |
Charlie Meadway | New Zealand | Carlton, Collingwood | 1906 | 1907 | 4 | 0 |
Mal Michael | Papua New Guinea | Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Essendon | 1997 | 2008 | 238 | 33 |
Charlie Moore | Fiji | Essendon | 1897 | 1899 | 30 | 34 |
Brad Moran | United Kingdom | Adelaide, North Melbourne | 2006 | 2011 | 21 | 8 |
Ian Muller | South Africa | Carlton, St Kilda | 1984 | 1991 | 27 | 2[3] |
Brian Mulvihill | United Kingdom | North Melbourne | 1971 | 1972 | 24 | 25 |
Brian Mynott | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1964 | 1975 | 210 | 75 |
Conor Nash | Ireland | Hawthorn | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
Richard Nixon | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1987 | 1990 | 37 | 3 |
Joe O'Grady | Ireland | St Kilda | 1897 | 1897 | 9 | 0 |
Thomas O'Halloran | New Zealand | Richmond | 1925 | 1934 | 142 | 120 |
Jamie O'Reilly | United Kingdom | Richmond | 2010 | 2011 | 4 | 0 |
Daniel Pearce | New Zealand | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
Bill Perkins | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1940 | 1949 | 148 | 0 |
Val Perovic | Croatia | Carlton, St Kilda | 1973 | 1985 | 174 | 13[3] |
Ian Perrie | Zimbabwe | Adelaide | 1998 | 2007 | 115 | 133 |
Fred Pringle | India | Carlton | 1923 | 1924 | 22 | 7[3] |
Don Pyke | United States | West Coast | 1989 | 1996 | 132 | 97 |
Mike Pyke | Canada | Sydney | 2009 | 2015 | 110 | 48 |
Michael Quinn | Ireland | Essendon | 2009 | 2011 | 8 | 2 |
Brent Renouf | New Zealand | Hawthorn | 2008 | 2011 | 52 | 9 |
Ralph Robertson | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1898 | 1900 | 14 | 1 |
David Rodan | Fiji | Port Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne | 2002 | 2011 | 166 | 127 |
Jose Romero | Chile | Footscray/Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne | 1988 | 2001 | 211 | 169 |
Bobby Royle | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
Alex Ruscuklic | Germany | Carlton, Fitzroy | 1966 | 1974 | 117 | 209[3] |
Shane Savage | New Zealand | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 2009 | | 20 | 16 |
John Scarlett | United Kingdom | Geelong, South Melbourne | 1967 | 1979 | 212 | 44 |
Wayne Schwass | New Zealand | North Melbourne, Sydney | 1988 | 2002 | 282 | 154 |
Fred Scott | United Kingdom | Essendon, Carlton | 1899 | 1904 | 50 | 36[3] |
Joe Sellwood | New Zealand | Geelong | 1930 | 1945 | 180 | 97 |
Dannie Seow | Singapore | Collingwood, Melbourne | 1986 | 1990 | 25 | 10 |
Ben Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton, Footscray | 1991 | 1996 | 43 | 33[3] |
Michael Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton | 1990 | 2000 | 200 | 23[3] |
Jack Southern | New Zealand | South Melbourne | 1897 | 1899 | 31 | 3 |
Ted Staniland | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 3 |
Wilfred Stott | United Kingdom | Essendon, Richmond | 1913 | 1920 | 11 | 1 |
Brian Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1992 | 1992 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1987 | 1998 | 264 | 130 |
George Sutherland | United Kingdom | St Kilda | 1900 | 1901 | 16 | 14 |
Jim Tarbotton | United Kingdom | Fitzroy | 1923 | 1926 | 37 | 1 |
Syd Tate | United Kingdom | Geelong | 1947 | 1951 | 85 | 13 |
Ewan Thompson | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 1 |
Heinz Tonn | Germany | Fitzroy | 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 2 |
Will Thursfield | United Kingdom | Richmond | 2005 | 2011 | 77 | 0 |
Zach Tuohy | Ireland | Carlton, Geelong | 2010 | | 145 | 46[3] |
Wennie Van Lint | Netherlands | Sydney | 1967 | 1967 | 2 | 0 |
Ron Van T'Hag | Netherlands | Geelong | 1959 | 1959 | 2 | 0 |
Eric Vinar | Czech Republic | Fitzroy | 1964 | 1964 | 8 | 3 |
Paul Vinar | Czech Republic | Geelong | 1959 | 1966 | 132 | 45 |
Clive Waterhouse | United Kingdom | Fremantle | 1996 | 2004 | 106 | 178 |
Arthur Watson | New Zealand | Hawthorn | 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 0 |
Fergus Watts | United Kingdom | Adelaide, St Kilda | 2004 | 2007 | 6 | 3 |
Fred West | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1929 | 12 | 3 |
Sanford Wheeler | United States | Sydney | 1989 | 1994 | 43 | 7 |
Sean Wight | United Kingdom | Melbourne | 1985 | 1995 | 150 | 63 |
Arthur Wilkinson | United Kingdom | Collingwood, Essendon | 1912 | 1913 | 13 | 8 |
Reuben William | Sudan | Brisbane Lions | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
Barney Wood | New Zealand | Melbourne | 1928 | 1928 | 5 | 0 |