# List of VFL debuts in 1955

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1955.

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Graham Donaldson | Carlton | 19 years, 321 days | 4 | 106 | 85 | |
| Jack Sullivan | Carlton | 21 years, 262 days | 3 | 66 | 21 | |
| Bob Bosustow | Carlton | 20 years, 326 days | 3 | 20 | 4 | Father of Peter Bosustow. |
| Colin Holt | Carlton | 21 years, 59 days | 10 | 20 | 0 | |
| Leon Berner | Carlton | 19 years, 297 days | 11 | 18 | 4 | |
| Kevin Bergin | Carlton | 18 years, 269 days | 9 | 12 | 12 | |
| Peter Aitken | Carlton | 20 years, 156 days | 1 | 11 | 7 | |
| Jack Ellis | Carlton | 21 years, 138 days | 4 | 10 | 13 | |
| John Cheffers | Carlton | 18 years, 334 days | 1 | 4 | 4 | Son of Percy Cheffers. |
| Dave Browning | Carlton | 21 years, 339 days | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| John Paice | Carlton | 23 years, 168 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Barry Archbold | Carlton | 21 years, 238 days | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Beitzel | Carlton | 20 years, 236 days | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Gabelich | Collingwood | 21 years, 301 days | 3 | 160 | 43 | |
| Harry Sullivan | Collingwood | 23 years, 8 days | 1 | 78 | 5 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Bob Greve | Collingwood | 20 years, 235 days | 14 | 67 | 20 | |
| Ken Smale | Collingwood | 21 years, 162 days | 1 | 60 | 98 | |
| Laurie Rymer | Collingwood | 20 years, 320 days | 6 | 25 | 10 | |
| John Elder | Collingwood | 22 years, 282 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Allan Jeans | St Kilda | 21 years, 214 days | 2 | 77 | 27 | Coached St Kilda to their only VFL premiership. |
| Bill Gleeson | St Kilda | 23 years, 293 days | 2 | 15 | 11 | |
| Milne McCooke | St Kilda | 20 years, 259 days | 10 | 13 | 8 | |
| John Nelson | St Kilda | 21 years, 109 days | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Gerry Burton | St Kilda | 22 years, 64 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Stuart Lennie | St Kilda | 18 years, 82 days | 1 | 10 | 12 | |
| Brian Gilmore | St Kilda | 25 years, 171 days | 6 | 10 | 2 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| John Reeves | St Kilda | 25 years, 247 days | 4 | 8 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Allan Mennie | St Kilda | 20 years, 17 days | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Merv Dihm | St Kilda | 21 years, 270 days | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
| Max Stephenson | St Kilda | 20 years, 91 days | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| Mick McLaren | St Kilda | 19 years, 13 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jim Camm | St Kilda | 23 years, 17 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Peter Allan | St Kilda | 20 years, 125 days | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ian Drohan | St Kilda | 22 years, 295 days | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ron Byron | St Kilda | 23 years, 250 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Jewitt | St Kilda | 22 years, 84 days | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alan Osborne | St Kilda | 21 years, 138 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Suttie | St Kilda | 20 years, 280 days | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robert Fox | Essendon | 23 years, 165 days | 1 | 52 | 34 | |
| Doug Dench | Essendon | 25 years, 77 days | 1 | 27 | 0 | |
| Graham Willey | Essendon | 21 years, 306 days | 6 | 17 | 35 | |
| Don Carmichael | Essendon | 18 years, 128 days | 12 | 15 | 1 | |
| Morton Diston | Essendon | 18 years, 351 days | 5 | 12 | 2 | |
| Keith Chapman | Essendon | 21 years, 128 days | 12 | 6 | 1 | |
| Warren Prest | Essendon | 22 years, 128 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Reed | Essendon | 23 years, 136 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin Murray | Fitzroy | 16 years, 323 days | 4 | 333 | 51 | |
| Wally Clark | Fitzroy | 19 years, 10 days | 8 | 105 | 120 | |
| Ron Smith | Fitzroy | 20 years, 264 days | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| Toby Elder | Fitzroy | 20 years, 181 days | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Bob Collins | Fitzroy | 18 years, 103 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wilson | Fitzroy | 20 years, 250 days | 16 | 3 | 1 | |
| Alan Anton | Fitzroy | 22 years, 112 days | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| John Charles | Fitzroy | 19 years, 318 days | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Laurie Jarman | Fitzroy | 20 years, 6 days | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bill Smith | Fitzroy | 18 years, 239 days | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Matt Goggin | Geelong | 18 years, 269 days | 1 | 88 | 5 | |
| John O'Connell | Geelong | 23 years, 39 days | 1 | 81 | 65 | |
| Clive Brown | Geelong | 20 years, 357 days | 4 | 72 | 4 | |
| John Haygarth | Geelong | 20 years, 361 days | 12 | 59 | 13 | |
| Geoff Umbers | Geelong | 21 years, 202 days | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
| Brian McGowan | South Melbourne | 17 years, 196 days | 13 | 118 | 171 | |
| Hugh McLaughlin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 234 days | 8 | 116 | 5 | |
| John Trethowan | South Melbourne | 18 years, 184 days | 3 | 81 | 13 | |
| Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 19 years, 44 days | 4 | 35 | 35 | Son of Bob Pratt. |
| John Woolley | South Melbourne | 19 years, 271 days | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| John Ferguson | South Melbourne | 24 years, 2 days | 5 | 25 | 4 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Frank Primmer | South Melbourne | 22 years, 125 days | 6 | 25 | 7 | |
| Neil McNeill | South Melbourne | 23 years, 125 days | 11 | 11 | 1 | |
| Ray Reed | South Melbourne | 21 years, 48 days | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
| Des Barry | South Melbourne | 21 years, 339 days | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Colin Vance | South Melbourne | 25 years, 188 days | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Alex Gardiner | Footscray | 20 years, 117 days | 3 | 92 | 18 | |
| John Westacott | Footscray | 21 years, 348 days | 14 | 34 | 0 | |
| Kevin J. Smith | Footscray | 20 years, 172 days | 6 | 17 | 7 | |
| Allan Clough | Footscray | 22 years, 208 days | 7 | 17 | 4 | |
| Ron Dixon | Footscray | 21 years, 185 days | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
| Kevin R. Smith | Footscray | 22 years, 305 days | 1 | 7 | 13 | Previously played for North Melbourne |
| Frank McDowell | Footscray | 21 years, 163 days | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Trevor Johnson | Melbourne | 20 years, 95 days | 3 | 118 | 9 | |
| Athol Webb | Melbourne | 19 years, 299 days | 12 | 74 | 146 | |
| Dick Atkinson | Melbourne | 20 years, 325 days | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ivan Baumgartner | Melbourne | 21 years, 16 days | 6 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Fred Webster | Melbourne | 20 years, 4 days | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Kevin Clarke | Melbourne | 23 years, 295 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Graham Arthur | Hawthorn | 18 years, 311 days | 1 | 232 | 201 | Hawthorn's first premiership captain. Son of Alan Arthur. |
| Ray Yeoman | Hawthorn | 20 years, 197 days | 2 | 74 | 47 | |
| Don Gent | Hawthorn | 22 years, 127 days | 7 | 70 | 0 | |
| Ian Hinks | Hawthorn | 17 years, 346 days | 1 | 16 | 3 | |
| Bill Elsworth | Hawthorn | 18 years, 334 days | 11 | 10 | 4 | |
| Brian Boland | Hawthorn | 23 years, 299 days | 6 | 6 | 0 | Previously played for Richmond. Father of Glenn Boland. |
| Rod Horrocks | Hawthorn | 21 years, 56 days | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Barry Takle | Hawthorn | 20 years, 164 days | 10 | 4 | 1 | |
| Alan Jewell | Hawthorn | 23 years, 98 days | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leon Toohey | Hawthorn | 20 years, 242 days | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Harris | Hawthorn | 23 years, 263 days | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Hoy | Hawthorn | 22 years, 316 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Dugdale | North Melbourne | 19 years, 60 days | 4 | 248 | 358 | Father of Dean and Glenn Dugdale. |
| Max Ritchie | North Melbourne | 20 years, 177 days | 3 | 55 | 7 | |
| Norm Dean | North Melbourne | 21 years, 83 days | 8 | 30 | 6 | |
| John Ford | North Melbourne | 23 years, 75 days | 11 | 13 | 2 | |
| Bill Reddick | North Melbourne | 19 years, 177 days | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bobby Burt | North Melbourne | 20 years, 342 days | 03 | 11 | 2 | |
| John Joiner | North Melbourne | 20 years, 315 days | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jack Lawrence | North Melbourne | 20 years, 288 days | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| Brian O'Halloran | North Melbourne | 17 years, 227 days | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ron James | North Melbourne | 22 years, 95 days | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| Norm Neeson | North Melbourne | 21 years, 114 days | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| Peter Marchesi | North Melbourne | 21 years, 299 days | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Curtis | North Melbourne | 22 years, 93 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| John Wymer | North Melbourne | 22 years, 109 days | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Barton | North Melbourne | 19 years, 102 days | 10 | 2 | 2 | |
| Keith Goullet | North Melbourne | 22 years, 206 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ted Langridge | Richmond | 18 years, 211 days | 6 | 94 | 149 | |
| Ron McDonald | Richmond | 21 years, 254 days | 2 | 92 | 84 | |
| Peter Morris | Richmond | 21 years, 355 days | 13 | 89 | 103 | |
| Ray Allsop | Richmond | 21 years, 159 days | 7 | 54 | 69 | |
| John Jenkins | Richmond | 19 years, 139 days | 12 | 34 | 34 | |
| Charlie Flannagan | Richmond | 21 years, 300 days | 18 | 26 | 0 | |
| John Claxton | Richmond | 20 years, 177 days | 3 | 15 | 18 | |
| John Gorwell | Richmond | 20 years, 77 days | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| John Robson | Richmond | 21 years, 299 days | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| Neil Davies | Richmond | 23 years, 128 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ray Bloodworth | Richmond | 21 years, 241 days | 16 | 2 | 0 | |