# List of VFL debuts in 1933

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1933.

## Debuts by clubs

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Bob Green | Carlton | 22 years, 135 days | 4 | 187 | 58 | Brother of Jack Green. |
| Jack Hale | Carlton | 20 years, 131 days | 3 | 123 | 78 | |
| Jack Cooper | Carlton | 21 years, 297 days | 6 | 15 | 31 | |
| Les Hughson | Carlton | 25 years, 257 days | 5 | 12 | 7 | Previously played for Collingwood and Hawthorn. In all, played for five different clubs. Brother of Fred and Mick Hughson. |
| Rod Leffanue | Carlton | 20 years, 158 days | 7 | 9 | 20 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Ray Quinn | Carlton | 19 years, 224 days | 15 | 4 | 1 | |
| Steve Bloomer | Carlton | 23 years, 253 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Ray Harry | Carlton | 24 years, 15 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alby Pannam | Collingwood | 19 years, 094 days | 13 | 181 | 453 | Son of Charlie Pannam. |
| Marcus Whelan | Collingwood | 18 years, 327 days | 4 | 173 | 31 | Father of Shane Whelan. |
| Jack Carmody | Collingwood | 21 years, 340 days | 3 | 94 | 12 | |
| Leo Morgan | Collingwood | 20 years, 87 days | 14 | 82 | 7 | |
| Keith Fraser | Collingwood | 20 years, 26 days | 3 | 62 | 9 | |
| Norm Le Brun | Collingwood | 25 years, 21 days | 3 | 19 | 23 | Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon. |
| Reg Gibson | Collingwood | 20 years, 168 days | 5 | 16 | 6 | |
| Bernie Guthrie | Collingwood | 21 years, 219 days | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Lou Daily | Collingwood | 21 years, 125 days | 6 | 7 | 7 | Won 1935 Sandover Medal. |
| John Galbally | Collingwood | 23 years, 3 days | 15 | 7 | 0 | Served as a Minister in the Victorian Government. Brother of Frank Galbally, |
| Ivan McIntosh | Collingwood | 19 years, 136 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Alfred Andrew-Street | Collingwood | 19 years, 28 days | 2 | 6 | 0 | Played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
| Keith Kent | Collingwood | 20 years, 188 days | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Frank Slade | Collingwood | 17 years, 304 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Max Turner | Collingwood | 21 years, 272 days | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Noel Burrows | Collingwood | 22 years, 33 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Albert Downs | Collingwood | 27 years, 215 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Bates | Collingwood | 19 years, 163 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Reynolds | Essendon | 17 years, 331 days | 1 | 314 | 67 | Three time Brownlow Medal winner (1934, 1937, 1938). Brother of Tom Reynolds and grandfather of Joel Reynolds. |
| Hugh Torney | Essendon | 19 years, 252 days | 4 | 173 | 81 | |
| George Bell | Essendon | 21 years, 41 days | 8 | 120 | 4 | |
| Les Griggs | Essendon | 19 years, 28 days | 6 | 99 | 52 | |
| Ted Rippon | Essendon | 19 years, 84 days | 13 | 69 | 12 | |
| Wally Milne | Essendon | 22 years, 228 days | 14 | 22 | 11 | |
| Walt Wollermann | Essendon | 25 years, 10 days | 10 | 9 | 2 | |
| Clive McCorkell | Essendon | 22 years, 351 days | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Alby Jacobsen | Essendon | 30 years, 273 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Bill Ewing | Essendon | 24 years, 20 days | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Frank Hunting | Essendon | 23 years, 87 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stan Lawler | Essendon | 23 years, 189 days | 6 | 3 | 9 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Reg Twite | Essendon | 22 years, 0 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harold Dickinson | Essendon | 24 years, 220 days | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Norm McCleary | Essendon | 22 years, 22 days | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jimmy Bates | Essendon | 22 years, 315 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | At the time of his death on 6 October 2009, Bates was the oldest living VFL/AFL player. |
| Dan Murray | Fitzroy | 20 years, 131 days | 1 | 66 | 4 | Father of Kevin Murray |
| Alf Callick | Fitzroy | 24 years, 217 days | 1 | 37 | 6 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Frank Donnellan | Fitzroy | 25 years, 163 days | 1 | 36 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn and North Melbourne. |
| Leslie Watt | Fitzroy | 20 years, 169 days | 5 | 35 | 19 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Jock Cordner | Fitzroy | 22 years, 324 days | 1 | 24 | 23 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Clete Turner | Fitzroy | 24 years, 55 days | 8 | 15 | 3 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Frank O'Rourke | Fitzroy | 27 years, 98 days | 1 | 7 | 2 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Seff Parry | Fitzroy | 25 years, 255 days | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Arthur Williams | Fitzroy | 31 years, 55 days | 8 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Wally Mitchell | Fitzroy | 24 years, 343 days | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Keith Marshall | Fitzroy | 26 years, 42 days | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Bruce Scharp | Fitzroy | 28 years, 31 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton and Hawthorn. |
| Keith Giffen | Fitzroy | 21 years, 316 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Claude Canaway | Fitzroy | 21 years, 183 days | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Kidd | Fitzroy | 25 years, 167 days | 15 | 1 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon and Carlton. |
| Ambrose Palmer | Footscray | 22 years, 202 days | 2 | 83 | 44 | Australian heavyweight boxing champion. |
| Bill Grundy | Footscray | 21 years, 195 days | 6 | 28 | 4 | |
| Jack Vosti | Footscray | 30 years, 18 days | 3 | 26 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Wally Kelly | Footscray | 19 years, 102 days | 1 | 22 | 3 | |
| Bob Muir | Footscray | 26 years, 44 days | 4 | 22 | 1 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Alan Rait | Footscray | 24 years, 171 days | 1 | 19 | 62 | |
| Charlie O'Leary | Footscray | 22 years, 51 days | 3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Frank Spilling | Footscray | 20 years, 272 days | 13 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jack Somerville | Footscray | 21 years, 258 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Norm Honey | Footscray | 19 years, 163 days | 11 | 10 | 4 | |
| Milton McIntyre | Footscray | 23 years, 209 days | 4 | 14 | 11 | |
| Reg Thomas | Footscray | 23 years, 360 days | 10 | 9 | 10 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
| Peter Hannan | Footscray | 24 years, 200 days | 2 | 6 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Bill Findlay | Footscray | 19 years, 196 days | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Mick Higgins | Footscray | 21 years, 300 days | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Richards | Footscray | 22 years, 347 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Arklay | Geelong | 19 years, 97 days | 10 | 137 | 45 | |
| Angie Muller | Geelong | 20 years, 167 days | 1 | 115 | 37 | |
| Joe Tucker | Geelong | 20 years, 181 days | 12 | 24 | 17 | |
| Reg Gross | Geelong | 23 years, 11 days | 9 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Walker | Geelong | 21 years, 86 days | 12 | 14 | 1 | |
| Eric Orr | Geelong | 23 years, 241 days | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Tom Stapleton | Geelong | 25 years, 286 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Lamb | Geelong | 19 years, 306 days | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jim Williamson | Geelong | 22 years, 241 days | SF | 2 | 0 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Ron Barling | Geelong | 20 years, 311 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Dower | Hawthorn | 20 years, 53 days | 18 | 100 | 17 | |
| Ernie Loveless | Hawthorn | 25 years, 144 days | 1 | 56 | 1 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Roy Rodda | Hawthorn | 22 years, 355 days | 1 | 34 | 31 | |
| Norm Hillard | Hawthorn | 18 years, 91 days | 18 | 32 | 57 | |
| Alex Lee | Hawthorn | 25 years, 36 days | 1 | 31 | 1 | |
| Steve Bravo | Hawthorn | 21 years, 29 days | 9 | 31 | 12 | |
| Jack Zander | Hawthorn | 22 years, 297 days | 1 | 14 | 3 | |
| Bert Carey | Hawthorn | 22 years, 334 days | 1 | 10 | 16 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Bill Twomey, Sr. | Hawthorn | 34 years, 13 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | Father of Mick, Pat and Bill Twomey. Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Frank Aked, Sr. | Hawthorn | 30 years, 155 days | 1 | 8 | 2 | Father of Frank Aked, Jr., grandfather of Arthur and Allan Edwards and great-grandfather of Jake Edwards and Shane O'Bree. Previously played for Footscray. |
| Leo Clements | Hawthorn | 25 years, 242 days | 11 | 7 | 0 | |
| Fred Sayers | Hawthorn | 20 years, 81 days | 17 | 7 | 4 | |
| Charlie McGillivray | Hawthorn | 23 years, 5 days | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Farrelly | Hawthorn | 25 years, 20 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Mercer | Hawthorn | 22 years, 301 days | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce Scharp | Hawthorn | 27 years, 347 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Laurence Cordner | Hawthorn | 22 years, 144 days | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack White | Hawthorn | 21 years, 80 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rowley Fischer | Melbourne | 23 years, 64 days | 1 | 137 | 34 | |
| Les Jones | Melbourne | 23 years, 189 days | 1 | 121 | 88 | |
| Eric Glass | Melbourne | 23 years, 66 days | 1 | 78 | 135 | |
| Colin Niven | Melbourne | 29 years, 235 days | 1 | 44 | 13 | Previously played for Fitzroy |
| Jack Bennett | Melbourne | 23 years, 138 days | 10 | 43 | 28 | |
| Charlie Longhurst | Melbourne | 22 years, 49 days | 5 | 40 | 1 | |
| Billy Libbis | Melbourne | 29 years, 322 days | 4 | 39 | 25 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Jack Sambell | Melbourne | 24 years, 344 days | 1 | 24 | 6 | |
| Noel Barnett | Melbourne | 24 years, 172 days | 3 | 11 | 2 | |
| Bill Robinson | Melbourne | 24 years, 284 days | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jack Harrison | Melbourne | 24 years, 344 days | 18 | 3 | 2 | |
| Percy Streeter | Melbourne | 21 years, 302 days | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cliff Tyson | Melbourne | 22 years, 272 days | 8 | 2 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Charlie Skinner | North Melbourne | 20 years, 208 days | 14 | 114 | 7 | |
| Ted Ellis | North Melbourne | 20 years, 141 days | 12 | 85 | 41 | |
| Jim Bicknell | North Melbourne | 22 years, 229 days | 1 | 57 | 7 | |
| Leo Tyrrell | North Melbourne | 18 years, 193 days | 11 | 22 | 7 | |
| Jack Diprose | North Melbourne | 27 years, 227 days | 5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Trevor Wallace | North Melbourne | 21 years, 187 days | 14 | 13 | 0 | |
| Roy Pope | North Melbourne | 18 years, 360 days | 7 | 9 | 4 | |
| Dick May | North Melbourne | 23 years, 102 days | 17 | 9 | 4 | |
| Len Johnson | North Melbourne | 25 years, 2 days | 11 | 5 | 3 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Bert Clarke | North Melbourne | 27 years, 74 days | 13 | 4 | 2 | |
| Jack Gaudion | North Melbourne | 22 years, 287 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jack Haskett | North Melbourne | 21 years, 315 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ted Wintle | North Melbourne | 24 years, 144 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Bolwell | North Melbourne | 21 years, 343 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Geoff Fox | North Melbourne | 23 years, 94 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Stenhouse | Richmond | 21 years, 174 days | 3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Horrie Farmer | Richmond | 23 years, 251 days | 2 | 8 | 14 | |
| Richie Saunders | Richmond | 19 years, 355 days | 14 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Gislingham | Richmond | 25 years, 114 days | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ron Fisher | St Kilda | 21 years, 286 days | 4 | 82 | 71 | |
| Ken Mackie | St Kilda | 22 years, 181 days | 16 | 62 | 55 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Frank Roberts | St Kilda | 21 years, 68 days | 2 | 27 | 44 | |
| Stewart Anderson | St Kilda | 21 years, 326 days | 1 | 20 | 21 | |
| Les Jago | St Kilda | 25 years, 140 days | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Downie | St Kilda | 24 years, 146 days | 1 | 15 | 2 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Matt Cave | St Kilda | 23 years, 58 days | 5 | 14 | 3 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Tom Hallahan | St Kilda | 24 years, 211 days | 12 | 14 | 3 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Les Evans | St Kilda | 24 years, 160 days | 10 | 12 | 0 | |
| George Schlitz | St Kilda | 23 years, 310 days | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| George Chapman | St Kilda | 24 years, 88 days | 5 | 4 | 6 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| George Batson | St Kilda | 20 years, 247 days | 11 | 4 | 3 | |
| Col Deane | St Kilda | 32 years, 292 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Jack McLeod | St Kilda | 25 years, 246 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ted McCarthy | St Kilda | 22 years, 48 days | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Colin Strang | St Kilda | 22 years, 304 days | 7 | 2 | 3 | Son of Bill Strang, brother of Allan, Doug and Gordon Strang and uncle of Geoff Strang. |
| Charlie Bourne | St Kilda | 26 years, 273 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Eric Needham | St Kilda | 19 years, 326 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reg Peterson | St Kilda | 25 years, 293 days | 6 | 1 | 1 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Bob Hammond | St Kilda | 27 years, 310 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Laurie Nash | South Melbourne | 22 years, 362 days | 1 | 99 | 246 | Played Test cricket for Australia. Son of Robert Nash. |
| Wilbur Harris | South Melbourne | 21 years, 13 days | 7 | 69 | 19 | |
| Dinny Kelleher | South Melbourne | 30 years, 344 days | 11 | 59 | 14 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Alan Welch | South Melbourne | 22 years, 177 days | 1 | 49 | 24 |
| Joe O'Meara | South Melbourne | 24 years, 225 days | 1 | 47 | 36 | |
| Ossie Bertram | South Melbourne | 24 years, 12 days | 1 | 23 | 43 | |
| John Bowe | South Melbourne | 21 years, 296 days | 2 | 17 | 0 | |
| Frank Davies | South Melbourne | 24 years, 121 days | 6 | 30 | 15 | |
| Fred Backway | South Melbourne | 19 years, 272 days | 10 | 4 | 2 | |