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).

List of Essendon Football Club captains

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of players who have captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes

1897–1900	George Stuckey	1897 Premiership Captain

1901–02	Tod Collins	1901 Premiership Captain

1903	Jim Anderson

1904	Jim Anderson Hugh Gavin

1905	William Robinson

1906	Jack McKenzie

1907–09	William Griffith

1910	Alan Belcher

1911	David Smith	1911 Premiership Captain

1912–15	Alan Belcher	1912 Premiership Captain

1918	Fred Baring

1919	Alan Belcher

1920–21	Percy Ogden

1922–24	Syd Barker	1923 Premiership Captain 1924 Premiership Captain

1925–28	Frank Maher

1929–30	Norm Beckton

1931–33	Garnet Campbell

1934–35	Keith Forbes

1936	Jack Baggott

1937	Jack Baggott Keith Forbes

1938	Len Webster

1939–50	Dick Reynolds	1942 Premiership Captain 1946 Premiership Captain 1949 Premiership Captain 1950 Premiership Captain

1951–57	Bill Hutchison

1958–64	Jack Clarke	1962 Premiership Captain

1965–68	Ken Fraser	1965 Premiership Captain

1969	Don McKenzie

1970–71	Barry Davis

1972–75	Des Tuddenham

1976	Graham Moss

1977–79	Ken Fletcher

1980–81	Simon Madden

1982	Neale Daniher Ron Andrews (caretaker)

1983–88	Terry Daniher	1984 Premiership Captain 1985 Premiership Captain

1989–91	Tim Watson

1992–95	Mark Thompson	1993 Premiership Captain

1996–97	Gary O'Donnell

1998	James Hird

1999	James Hird Michael Long (caretaker)

2000–05	James Hird	2000 Premiership Captain

2006	Matthew Lloyd David Hille (caretaker)

2007–09	Matthew Lloyd

2010–15	Jobe Watson

2016	Brendon Goddard

2017–	Dyson Heppell

Sentence(s)

Watson was Essendon captain, taking over from Matthew Lloyd.
Jobe Watson was the Essendon Football Club captain after Matthew Lloyd.
Watson was captain of Essendon, taking over from retired Matthew Lloyd.

final_sentence: Watson was Essendon captain, taking over from Matthew Lloyd.
final_sentence: Jobe Watson was the Essendon Football Club captain after Matthew Lloyd.
final_sentence: Watson was captain of Essendon, taking over from retired Matthew Lloyd.