List of Essendon Football Club captains
The following is a list of players who have captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW).
VFL/AFL
Seasons | Captain | Notes |
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1897–1900 | George Stuckey | 1897 premiership captain |
1901–1902 | Tod Collins | 1901 premiership captain |
1903–1904 | Jim Anderson | |
1904 | Hugh Gavin (stand-in) | |
1905 | William Robinson | |
1906 | Jack McKenzie | |
1907–1909 | William Griffith | |
1910 | Allan Belcher | |
1911 | David Smith | 1911 premiership captain |
1912–1915 | Allan Belcher | 1912 premiership captain |
1918 | Fred Baring | |
1919 | Allan Belcher | |
1920–1921 | Percy Ogden | |
1922–1924 | Syd Barker | 1923 and 1924 premiership captain |
1925–1928 | Frank Maher | |
1929–1930 | Norm Beckton | |
1931–1933 | Garnet Campbell | |
1934–1935 | Keith Forbes | |
1936–1937 | Jack Baggott | |
1937 | Keith Forbes (stand-in) | |
1938 | Len Webster | |
1939–1950 | Dick Reynolds | 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950 premiership captain |
1951–1957 | Bill Hutchison | |
1958–1964 | Jack Clarke | 1962 premiership captain |
1965–1968 | Ken Fraser | 1965 premiership captain |
1969 | Don McKenzie | |
1970–1971 | Barry Davis | |
1972–1975 | Des Tuddenham | |
1976 | Graham Moss | |
1977–1979 | Ken Fletcher | |
1980–1981 | Simon Madden | |
1982 | Neale Daniher | |
1982 | Ron Andrews (stand-in) | |
1983–1988 | Terry Daniher | 1984 and 1985 premiership captain |
1989–1991 | Tim Watson | |
1992–1995 | Mark Thompson | 1993 premiership captain |
1996–1997 | Gary O'Donnell | |
1998–2005 | James Hird | 2000 premiership captain |
1999 | Michael Long (stand-in) | |
2006–2009 | Matthew Lloyd | |
2006 | David Hille (stand-in) | |
2010–2016 | Jobe Watson | |
2016 | Brendon Goddard (stand-in) | |
2017–2022 | Dyson Heppell | |
2023– | Zach Merrett |
AFL Women's
Seasons | Captain(s) |
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S7 (2022)– | Steph Cain/Bonnie Toogood |
Sources
- Essendon Football Club – club honours
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- AFLW co-captains: Steph Cain & Bonnie Toogood
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- Anzac Day match
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- Carlton rivalry
- Dreamtime at the 'G
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- Line in the Sand Match
- Round 16, 2001 comeback against North Melbourne
- Supplements saga
- West Melbourne Football Club
Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)