# List of VFL debuts in 1900

The 1900 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the fourth season of the VFL. The season saw 86 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 16 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 1908 :
| Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
| Carlton | 13 | 1 |
| Collingwood | 13 | 0 |
| Essendon | 7 | 2 |
| Fitzroy | 5 | 1 |
| Geelong | 12 | 1 |
| Melbourne | 9 | 4 |
| St Kilda | 15 | 4 |
| South Melbourne | 12 | 3 |
| Total | 86 | 16 |

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Fred Elliott | Carlton | 21 years, 28 days | 1 | 197 | 86 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Charlie Roland | Carlton | 24 years, 96 days | 1 | 100 | 24 | |
| Joe Sullivan | Carlton | 23 years, 93 days | 1 | 54 | 63 | |
| Charlie Ross | Carlton | 21 years, 294 days | 6 | 41 | 8 | |
| Harry Rigby | Carlton | 22 years, 116 days | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| Wally Powell | Carlton | 22 years, 35 days | 1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Joe Marr | Carlton | 19 years, 290 days | 5 | 27 | 6 | |
| Gerald O'Dwyer | Carlton | 27 years, 223 days | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bill Lewis | Carlton | 25 years, 232 days | 1 | 15 | 9 | |
| Ned Bennett | Carlton | 23 years, 360 days | 11 | 6 | 0 | |
| Peter Campbell | Carlton | 25 years, 27 days | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jim Matthews | Carlton | 20 years, 68 days | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Strickland | Carlton | 17 years, 346 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Oliver | Carlton | 25 years, 301 days | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Artie Robson | Collingwood | 22 years, 86 days | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Owen Brennan | Collingwood | 22 years, 260 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Ted Absolom | Collingwood | 24 years, 297 days | 8 | 11 | 3 | |
| Roland Duncan | Collingwood | 21 years, 88 days | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| Joe Rouse | Collingwood | 17 years, 83 days | 13 | 6 | 4 | |
| Tom McLean | Collingwood | 23 years, 351 days | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Ted Burke | Collingwood | 22 years, 312 days | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pat Cleary | Collingwood | 19 years, 99 days | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Parish | Collingwood | 24 years, 250 days | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Stan Watsford | Collingwood | 26 years, 97 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | Brother of Doug Watsford. |
| Eddie Harris | Collingwood | 20 years, 316 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Carmichael | Collingwood | 18 years, 167 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Langtree | Collingwood | 17 years, 96 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | Grandson of Alex McCracken. |
| Fred Hiskins | Essendon | 22 years, 17 days | 15 | 50 | 78 | Brother of Arthur, Rupe and Stan Hiskins and father of Jack Hiskins. |
| Mick Peppard | Essendon | 23 years, 7 days | 1 | 42 | 10 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Alf Dear | Essendon | 21 years, 238 days | 5 | 6 | 1 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Llew Jones | Essendon | 19 years, 339 days | 1 | 5 | 2 | Brother of Jim and Mick Grace. |
| Billy Grace | Essendon | 23 years, 319 days | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Herb Hunter | Essendon | 18 years, 186 days | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leahy | Essendon | 29 years, 273 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Crebbin | Essendon | 31 years, 128 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hughie Johns | Essendon | 21 years, 348 days | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lou Barker | Fitzroy | 23 years, 334 days | 1 | 150 | 63 | |
| Gerald Brosnan | Fitzroy | 22 years, 264 days | 1 | 131 | 160 | |
| Gordon Ross | Fitzroy | 22 years, 16 days | 14 | 4 | 1 | |
| Arthur Middleton | Fitzroy | 24 years, 2 days | 7 | 3 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Joe Grace | Fitzroy | 21 years, 271 days | 10 | 2 | 0 | Brother of Jim and Mick Grace. |
| Dave McGrath | Fitzroy | 27 years, 274 days | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ernest Newling | Geelong | 23 years, 362 days | 8 | 150 | 22 | |
| Mick Donaghy | Geelong | 22 years, 172 days | 1 | 80 | 3 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| James Horman | Geelong | 22 years, 177 days | 1 | 31 | 2 | Brother of George Horman. |
| Ted Holland | Geelong | 20 years, 232 days | 10 | 31 | 4 | |
| Hughie Webb | Geelong | 21 years, 228 days | 9 | 22 | 4 | |
| Jack Hardiman | Geelong | 22 years, 282 days | 1 | 21 | 11 | |
| Joe Powell | Geelong | 31 years, 309 days | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Len Strickland | Geelong | 19 years, 357 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bill de Gruchy | Geelong | 22 years, 309 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Brother of Harold de Gruchy. |
| Robert Stanlake | Geelong | 17 years, 49 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harold Collocott | Geelong | 16 years, 363 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| James Gatehouse | Geelong | 17 years, 88 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heber Quinton | Geelong | 16 years, 233 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Purse | Melbourne | 20 years, 311 days | 1 | 109 | 12 | Previously played for St Kilda. Brother of Hugh Purse. |
| Frank Langley | Melbourne | 17 years, 204 days | 1 | 89 | 61 | Son of Henry Archdall Langley, Anglican Bishop of Bendigo, and brother of Henry Thomas Langley. |
| Harry Parkin | Melbourne | 20 years, 325 days | 1 | 85 | 2 | Previously played for Geelong. Brother of Jack Parkin. |
| Bill Bowe | Melbourne | 21 years, 96 days | 1 | 74 | 3 | |
| Corrie Gardner | Melbourne | 21 years, 54 days | 1 | 48 | 0 | Represented Australia at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Brother of Eric Gardner. Previously played for Essendon. |
| Eric Gardner | Melbourne | 19 years, 10 days | 10 | 39 | 13 | Brother of Corrie Gardner. |
| Ernie Adams | Melbourne | 22 years, 105 days | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| Harold Hay | Melbourne | 18 years, 216 days | 13 | 7 | 2 | Brother of Ced Hay. |
| Bryan McGuigan | Melbourne | 19 years, 241 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Graham | Melbourne | 29 years, 220 days | 9 | 2 | 3 | Also played Test cricket for Australia. |
| Ced Hay | Melbourne | 19 years, 325 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | Brother of Harold Hay. |
| Harold Riggall | Melbourne | 18 years, 206 days | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Val Robertson | St Kilda | 21 years, 122 days | 14 | 59 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Cecil Sandford | St Kilda | 25 years, 276 days | 1 | 43 | 12 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Arch Muirhead | St Kilda | 23 years, 284 days | 1 | 33 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Arthur Pearce | St Kilda | 19 years, 124 days | 1 | 27 | 6 | |
| Claude Clough | St Kilda | 15 years, 209 days | 1 | 23 | 8 | The youngest-ever VFL/AFL player. |
| George Sutherland | St Kilda | 24 years, 70 days | 1 | 17 | 15 | |
| Charlie Clarke | St Kilda | 20 years, 203 days | 9 | 17 | 5 | |
| Gordon Allard | St Kilda | 22 years, 352 days | 1 | 16 | 7 | |
| Arthur Scott | St Kilda | 22 years, 14 days | 7 | 14 | 4 | |
| Bill O'Hara | St Kilda | 21 years, 116 days | 1 | 13 | 3 | |
| Tim Curran | St Kilda | 25 years, 82 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Bill Richardson | St Kilda | 20 years, 189 days | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Fred Warry | St Kilda | 19 years, 159 days | 02 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Harris | St Kilda | 23 years, 12 days | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roy Wawn | St Kilda | 18 years, 172 days | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Strickland | St Kilda | 22 years, 159 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | Father of Shirley Strickland. |
| Bob Campbell | St Kilda | 31 years, 304 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Henry Jackson | St Kilda | 22 years, 262 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harold Stewart | St Kilda | 24 years, 135 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Wenborn | South Melbourne | 19 years, 347 days | 6 | 56 | 0 | |
| Jim Williamson | South Melbourne | 24 years, 51 days | 5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Les Vernon | South Melbourne | 18 years, 90 days | 1 | 22 | 1 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Mike O'Hehir | South Melbourne | 24 years, 87 days | 13 | 18 | 2 | |
| Sam Brockwell | South Melbourne | 29 years, 97 days | 2 | 15 | 4 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Alby Rose | South Melbourne | 24 years, 216 days | 1 | 12 | 9 | |
| Alf Dowsing | South Melbourne | 17 years, 295 days | 16 | 9 | 2 | |
| Jack Davidson | South Melbourne | 24 years, 360 days | 1 | 7 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Bert Williams | South Melbourne | 27 years, 131 days | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| Charlie Robertson | South Melbourne | 27 years, 132 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bill Moodie | South Melbourne | 20 years, 284 days | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| Martin Gullan | South Melbourne | 23 years, 212 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alf Chapman | South Melbourne | 25 years, 147 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fred Monkhouse | South Melbourne | 29 years, 48 days | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim McKeegan | South Melbourne | 22 years, 319 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |