This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.
Players born outside Australia
[edit] Current AFL-listed players in bold.[1][2]
Name | Country of birth | Club(s) | First | Last | Games | Goals |
Peter Agrums | Latvia | North Melbourne | 1963 | 1964 | 11 | 4 |
Leek Aleer | Kenya | Greater Western Sydney | 2022 | | 7 | 1 |
Aliir Aliir | Kenya | Sydney, Port Adelaide | 2016 | | 135 | 5 |
Mac Andrew | Egypt | Gold Coast | 2022 | | 28 | 0 |
Ivan Astruc | Mauritius | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 6 | 1 |
Jack Baggott | South Africa | Essendon, Richmond | 1927 | 1937 | 138 | 140 |
Jack Barnett | New Zealand | Richmond | 1924 | 1926 | 13 | 11 |
Niels Becker | West Germany | Footscray | 1962 | 1963 | 10 | 3 |
Peter Bell | South Korea | Fremantle, North Melbourne | 1995 | 2008 | 286 | 250[3] |
Peter Bennett | New Zealand | Essendon, Hawthorn | 1976 | 1981 | 80 | 27 |
Peter Bevilacqua | Italy | Carlton | 1953 | 1953 | 1 | 0[4] |
Fred Birnstihl | Weimar Republic | Footscray | 1927 | 1927 | 2 | 0 |
James Borlase | Egypt | Adelaide | 2023 | | 9 | 0 |
Atu Bosenavulagi | Fiji | Collingwood, North Melbourne | 2019 | 2022 | 20 | 1 |
Mordecai Bromberg | Israel | St Kilda | 1978 | 1981 | 34 | 11 |
Bob Bryce | New Zealand | Sydney, Collingwood | 1899 | 1902 | 18 | 12 |
Adam Campbell | New Zealand | Fremantle | 2006 | 2009 | 13 | 13 |
Alipate Carlile | Fiji | Port Adelaide | 2006 | 2016 | 167 | 5 |
Mabior Chol | Kenya | Richmond , Gold Coast, Hawthorn | 2016 | | 65 | 83 |
Alf Clay | South Africa | Hawthorn, Footscray, Fitzroy, North Melbourne | 1937 | 1946 | 83 | 39 |
Brant Colledge | France | West Coast | 2014 | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
Harold Collocott | Fiji | Geelong | 1900 | 1900 | 1 | 0 |
Sudjai Cook | Thailand | Adelaide | 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 2 |
Mason Cox | United States | Collingwood | 2016 | | 118 | 117 |
Jim Cowcher | New Zealand | Carlton | 1898 | 1898 | 5 | 0 |
Trent Croad | New Zealand | Fremantle, Hawthorn | 1998 | 2008 | 222 | 189 |
Damian Cupido | South Africa | Brisbane Lions, Essendon | 2000 | 2005 | 53 | 66 |
Ben Cunningham | New Zealand | Fremantle | 2000 | 2005 | 33 | 22 |
Majak Daw | Sudan | North Melbourne, Melbourne | 2013 | 2020 | 54 | 43 |
Donald Dickie | New Zealand | Port Adelaide | 1997 | 2000 | 55 | 19 |
Colin Dufty | Fiji | Collingwood | 1914 | 1914 | 1 | 1 |
Aaron Edwards | Samoa | North Melbourne, West Coast | 2005 | 2011 | 73 | 107 |
Harry Frei | West Germany | Footscray | 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 0 |
Ted Garside | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 0 |
Arthur Gilligan | New Zealand | Essendon, Fitzroy | 1902 | 1905 | 32 | 15 |
Mil Hanna | Lebanon | Carlton | 1986 | 1997 | 190 | 83[4] |
Harry Haughton | New Zealand | Carlton | 1912 | 1919 | 113 | 49[4] |
Jason Holmes | United States | St Kilda | 2015 | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
Karmichael Hunt | New Zealand | Gold Coast | 2011 | 2014 | 44 | 6 |
Alex Ishchenko | Ukraine | Brisbane Bears, North Melbourne, West Coast | 1987 | 1995 | 142 | 37 |
Bohdan Jaworskyj | East Germany | Hawthorn | 1973 | 1975 | 67 | 3 |
Henri Jeanneret | Switzerland | Melbourne, South Melbourne | 1898 | 1904 | 113 | 49 |
Alex Jesaulenko | Austria | Carlton, St Kilda | 1967 | 1981 | 279 | 444[4] |
Changkuoth Jiath | Ethiopia | Hawthorn | 2019 | | 45 | 2 |
Jason Johannisen | South Africa | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | | 191 | 75 |
Warren Jones | New Zealand | Carlton, St Kilda | 1978 | 1988 | 123 | 36[4] |
Buku Khamis | Sudan | Western Bulldogs | 2019 | | 13 | 7 |
Robbert Klomp | Netherlands | Carlton, Footscray | 1979 | 1984 | 93 | 20[4] |
Stephen Lawrence | South Africa | Hawthorn | 1988 | 1998 | 146 | 30 |
Heritier Lumumba | Brazil | Collingwood, Melbourne | 2005 | 2016 | 178 | 25 |
Artie Machin | New Zealand | Sydney | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
Aubrey MacKenzie | South Africa | Melbourne, St Kilda | 1914 | 1924 | 12 | 17 |
Frank Macky | New Zealand | University | 1911 | 1911 | 7 | 2 |
Oleg Markov | Belarus | Richmond, Gold Coast, Collingwood | 2016 | | 77 | 6 |
Rowan Marshall | New Zealand | St Kilda | 2017 | 118 | 54 |
Kris Massie | Sweden | Carlton, Adelaide | 1998 | 2008 | 131 | 23[4] |
Daniel McAlister | New Zealand | Essendon | 1997 | 2002 | 6 | 0 |
Dave McColl | New Zealand | South Melbourne | 1904 | 1904 | 5 | 0 |
Marty McDonnell | New Zealand | Footscray | 1939 | 1950 | 92 | 2 |
Abe McDougall | New Zealand | Fitzroy | 1898 | 1902 | 59 | 28 |
Andrew McGrath | Canada | Essendon | 2017 | | 139 | 20 |
Charlie Meadway | New Zealand | Carlton, Collingwood | 1906 | 1907 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Mearns | New Zealand | St Kilda | 1910 | 1910 | 3 | 1 |
Eddie Melai | Netherlands | South Melbourne | 1964 | 1964 | 7 | 2 |
Mal Michael | Papua New Guinea | Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Essendon | 1997 | 2008 | 238 | 33 |
Charlie Moore | Fiji | Essendon | 1897 | 1899 | 30 | 34 |
Ian Muller | South Africa | Carlton, St Kilda | 1984 | 1991 | 27 | 2[4] |
Bigoa Nyuon | Kenya | Richmond, North Melbourne | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
Hewago Oea | Papua New Guinea | Gold Coast | 2022 | | 5 | 2 |
Thomas O'Halloran | New Zealand | Richmond | 1925 | 1934 | 142 | 120 |
Daniel Pearce | New Zealand | Western Bulldogs | 2012 | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
Val Perovic | Croatia | Carlton, St Kilda | 1973 | 1985 | 174 | 13[4] |
Ian Perrie | Zimbabwe | Adelaide | 1998 | 2007 | 115 | 133 |
Cameron Polson | Hong Kong | Carlton | 2017 | 2020 | 19 | 4 |
Fred Pringle | India | Carlton | 1923 | 1924 | 22 | 7[4] |
Don Pyke | United States | West Coast | 1989 | 1996 | 132 | 97 |
Mike Pyke | Canada | Sydney | 2009 | 2015 | 110 | 48 |
Willis Reeve | Myanmar | Fitzroy | 1927 | 1932 | 86 | 0 |
Brent Renouf | New Zealand | Hawthorn, Port Adelaide | 2008 | 2011 | 52 | 9 |
Bruce Reville | Papua New Guinea | Brisbane Lions | 2024 | | 4 | 1 |
David Rodan | Fiji | Port Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne | 2002 | 2013 | 166 | 127 |
Brian Roet | Cuba | Melbourne | 1961 | 1968 | 88 | 1 |
Jose Romero | Chile | Footscray/Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne | 1988 | 2001 | 211 | 169 |
Alex Ruscuklic | East Germany | Carlton, Fitzroy | 1966 | 1974 | 117 | 209[4] |
Shane Savage | New Zealand | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 2009 | 2020 | 165 | 63 |
Wayne Schwass | New Zealand | North Melbourne, Sydney | 1988 | 2002 | 282 | 154 |
Joe Sellwood | New Zealand | Geelong | 1930 | 1945 | 180 | 97 |
Dannie Seow | Singapore | Collingwood, Melbourne | 1986 | 1990 | 25 | 10 |
Ben Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton, Footscray | 1991 | 1996 | 43 | 33[4] |
Michael Sexton | Papua New Guinea | Carlton | 1990 | 2000 | 200 | 23[4] |
Jack Southern | Papua New Guinea | South Melbourne | 1897 | 1899 | 31 | 3 |
Bob Svorinich | Italy | South Melbourne | 1969 | 1971 | 8 | 7 |
Ron Tenabel | Netherlands | South Melbourne | 1965 | 1967 | 17 | 0 |
Heinz Tonn | Weimar Republic | Fitzroy | 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 2 |
Wennie Van Lint | Netherlands | Sydney | 1967 | 1967 | 2 | 0 |
Ron Van T'Hag | Netherlands | Geelong | 1959 | 1959 | 2 | 0 |
Eric Vinar | Czech Republic | Fitzroy | 1964 | 1964 | 8 | 3 |
Paul Vinar | Czech Republic | Geelong | 1959 | 1966 | 132 | 45 |
Brandon Walker | Ghana | Fremantle | 2021 | | 54 | 2 |
Fred Warry | Seychelles | St Kilda | 1900 | 1900 | 2 | 0 |
Arthur Watson | New Zealand | Hawthorn | 1929 | 1929 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Watson | New Zealand | Carlton, Melbourne | 1902 | 1904 | 15 | 0 |
Sanford Wheeler | United States | Sydney | 1989 | 1994 | 43 | 7 |
Reuben William | South Sudan | Brisbane Lions | 2016 | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
Rupert Wills | New Zealand | Collingwood | 2016 | 2020 | 23 | 1 |
Barney Wood | New Zealand | Melbourne | 1928 | 1928 | 5 | 0 |
Players born in the British Isles
[edit] Name | Country of birth | Club(s) | First | Last | Games | Goals |
Bill Ahern | Ireland | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | 0 |
Colin Alexander | United Kingdom | Brisbane Bears, Collingwood | 1989 | 1993 | 29 | 30 |
Ramsay Anderson | Scotland | Essendon, University | 1910 | 1912 | 31 | 0 |
Bert Ashby | England | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1935 | 25 | 6 |
Harry Aylwin | England | St Kilda | 1897 | 1899 | 29 | 0 |
Alf Bartlett | England | Fitzroy | 1901 | 1907 | 80 | 5 |
Keith Baskin | England | South Melbourne | 1964 | 1973 | 75 | 78 |
Mark Bayliss | United Kingdom | Collingwood | 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 6 |
Colm Begley | Ireland | Brisbane Lions, St Kilda | 2006 | 2009 | 30 | 7 |
Ted Besford | England | Fitzroy | 1939 | 1941 | 2 | 0 |
Bernie Bignell | England | Carlton | 1940 | 1945 | 6 | 0[4] |
Lawrence Bingham | England | Hawthorn, St Kilda | 1989 | 1993 | 25 | 0 |
Wayne Blackwell | England | Carlton | 1984 | 1990 | 110 | 80[4] |
Bill Bourke | Ireland | Richmond | 1908 | 1909 | 32 | 45 |
Percy Bowyer | England | Collingwood | 1928 | 1938 | 154 | 33 |
Ted Brewis | England | Carlton | 1925 | 1928 | 60 | 12[4] |
Alan Broadley | England | South Melbourne | 1941 | 1941 | 3 | 1 |
Callum Brown | Ireland | Greater Western Sydney | 2021 | | 37 | 40 |
Chris Burton | England | Footscray, Richmond | 1980 | 1988 | 117 | 35 |
Ciarán Byrne | Ireland | Carlton | 2014 | 2018 | 22 | 0 |
Dick Campbell | Northern Ireland | St Kilda | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | 0 |
Martin Clarke | Ireland | Collingwood | 2007 | 2013 | 72 | 19 |
Ted Cordner | England | Melbourne | 1941 | 1946 | 52 | 0 |
Aidan Corr | Northern Ireland | Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne | 2013 | | 143 | 3 |
Ian Dargie | England | St Kilda, West Coast | 1989 | 1991 | 11 | 1 |
Harry Davie | United Kingdom | Carlton, Melbourne | 1924 | 1928 | 58 | 186[4] |
Jim Davies | Wales | Carlton | 1949 | 1950 | 16 | 1[4] |
Reg Davies | United Kingdom | Hawthorn | 1930 | 1931 | 3 | 0 |
Bart Dinsmore | Scotland | St Kilda | 1903 | 1903 | 2 | 3 |
Paul Earley | England | Melbourne | 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 1 |
Bill Eason | England | Geelong | 1902 | 1915 | 220 | 187 |
Jack Edgeley | England | Fitzroy | 1907 | 1908 | 8 | 1 |
Bob Edmond | Scotland | Carlton | 1967 | 1968 | 10 | 0[4] |
Jim Edmond | Scotland | Footscray, Sydney, Brisbane Bears | 1977 | 1988 | 188 | 287 |
Dinny Fagan | England | Sydney | 1929 | 1931 | 19 | 0 |
Fred Fairweather | England | North Melbourne | 1944 | 1946 | 54 | 14 |
Dick Fowler | England | Melbourne | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Frost | England | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 4 | 0[4] |
Conor Glass | Ireland | Hawthorn | 2017 | 2020 | 21 | 2 |
Fred Godfrey | England | Footscray | 1938 | 1938 | 6 | 5 |
Andy Goodwin | England | Melbourne, Richmond | 1987 | 1993 | 73 | 9 |
John Gray | Scotland | University | 1908 | 1913 | 85 | 3 |
Dick Hall | Wales | Collingwood | 1897 | 1897 | 1 | 0 |
Pearce Hanley | England | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 2008 | 2020 | 169 | 60 |
Paul Harding | England | Hawthorn, St Kilda, West Coast | 1987 | 1994 | 116 | 14 |
Bob Hay | Scotland | Fitzroy | 1899 | 1901 | 9 | 1 |
Connor Idun | England[5] | Greater Western Sydney | 2019 | | 72 | 0 |
Bill Johnstone | Scotland | Collingwood | 1941 | 1941 | 2 | 0 |
Denis Lanigan | Ireland | Collingwood, Melbourne, Carlton | 1897 | 1899 | 41 | 6 |
Darragh Joyce | Ireland | St Kilda, Brisbane Lions | 2018 | | 18 | 0 |
Mark Keane | Ireland | Collingwood , Adelaide | 2019 | | 10 | 0 |
Frank Kelly | England | Footscray | 1941 | 1944 | 8 | 0 |
Tadhg Kennelly | Ireland | Sydney | 2001 | 2011 | 197 | 30 |
Bob Kenny | Ireland | St Kilda | 1899 | 1899 | 2 | 0 |
Barney Lazarus | Ireland | Carlton | 1902 | 1902 | 7 | 0[4] |
Thomas Leather | Scotland | North Melbourne | 1932 | 1933 | 16 | 11 |
Harry Lees | England | Collingwood | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | 0 |
Johnny Leonard | England | South Melbourne | 1932 | 1932 | 12 | 17 |
James Madden | Ireland | Brisbane Lions | 2021 | | 11 | 1 |
Stuart Magee | Northern Ireland | Footscray, South Melbourne | 1962 | 1975 | 216 | 149 |
Fred Mann | England | Essendon | 1901 | 1903 | 27 | 1 |
Frank Maple | England | Hawthorn | 1926 | 1926 | 2 | 1 |
Nick Marshall | Scotland | Geelong | 1907 | 1908 | 4 | 0 |
William Marshall | England | Melbourne, University | 1905 | 1908 | 12 | 0 |
Bryan Martin | England | Melbourne | 1942 | 1943 | 5 | 0 |
John McCarthy | Wales | Fitzroy, North Melbourne | 1986 | 1996 | 163 | 178 |
Alan McCrory | Ireland | Richmond, South Melbourne | 1938 | 1941 | 9 | 4 |
Bob McIlveen | Scotland | Richmond | 1943 | 1943 | 6 | 0 |
Niall McKeever | Northern Ireland | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2012 | 17 | 1 |
Conor McKenna | Northern Ireland | Essendon, Brisbane Lions | 2015 | | 105 | 27 |
Hugh McLaughlin Sr. | Scotland | South Melbourne, Footscray | 1929 | 1937 | 129 | 0 |
Tom McNeil | Scotland | St Kilda | 1951 | 1952 | 8 | 0 |
Dermot McNicholl | Ireland | St Kilda | 1990 | 1990 | 3 | 0 |
Henry McPetrie | Scotland | Carlton | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 2[4] |
Donald Mills | Jersey | Hawthorn | 1929 | 1931 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Money | Scotland | Geelong | 1928 | 1928 | 2 | 1 |
Caolan Mooney | Ireland | Collingwood | 2012 | 2014 | 6 | 2 |
Brad Moran | England | Adelaide, North Melbourne | 2006 | 2011 | 21 | 8 |
Doug Morgan | Wales | Geelong | 1909 | 1911 | 18 | 3 |
Brian Mulvihill | England | North Melbourne | 1971 | 1972 | 24 | 25 |
Brian Mynott | England | St Kilda | 1964 | 1975 | 210 | 75 |
Conor Nash | Ireland | Hawthorn | 2018 | | 77 | 16 |
Eric Needham | England | St Kilda | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | 0 |
Richard Nixon | United Kingdom | Richmond | 1987 | 1990 | 37 | 3 |
Ingy Norman | Wales | Fitzroy | 1938 | 1938 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Norman | Wales | Fitzroy | 1938 | 1938 | 1 | 0 |
Mark O'Connor | Ireland | Geelong | 2017 | | 87 | 4 |
Laurie Ogilvie | Scotland | Melbourne | 1901 | 1901 | 4 | 3 |
Joe O'Grady | Ireland | St Kilda | 1897 | 1897 | 9 | 0 |
Setanta Ó hAilpín | Ireland | Carlton, Greater Western Sydney | 2005 | 2013 | 88 | 82 |
Bill Perkins | England | Richmond | 1940 | 1949 | 148 | 0 |
Jamie O'Reilly | Northern Ireland | Richmond | 2010 | 2011 | 4 | 0 |
Colin O'Riordan | Ireland | Sydney | 2015 | 2022 | 34 | 1 |
Michael Quinn | Ireland | Essendon | 2009 | 2011 | 8 | 2 |
Jim Redstone | England | South Melbourne | 1938 | 1938 | 4 | 5 |
George Renwick | England | Carlton | 1909 | 1909 | 4 | 0 |
Ralph Robertson | England | St Kilda | 1898 | 1900 | 14 | 1 |
Eddie Rosenbrock | England | South Melbourne | 1929 | 1930 | 4 | 0 |
Bobby Royle | England | Melbourne | 1898 | 1898 | 3 | 0 |
John Scarlett | United Kingdom | Geelong, South Melbourne | 1967 | 1979 | 212 | 44 |
Fred Scott | Northern Ireland | Essendon, Carlton | 1899 | 1904 | 50 | 36[4] |
Ciarán Sheehan | Ireland | Carlton | 2014 | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
Arthur Sowden | England | Melbourne | 1897 | 1906 | 117 | 13 |
Ted Staniland | England | Fitzroy | 1897 | 1897 | 5 | 3 |
George Stewart | Scotland | Carlton | 1909 | 1909 | 2 | 0 |
Wilfred Stott | England | Essendon, Richmond | 1913 | 1920 | 11 | 1 |
Jack Strong | Scotland | Melbourne | 1901 | 1912 | 78 | 29 |
Brian Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1992 | 1992 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Stynes | Ireland | Melbourne | 1987 | 1998 | 264 | 130 |
George Sutherland | Scotland | St Kilda | 1900 | 1901 | 16 | 14 |
Jim Tarbotton | England | Fitzroy | 1923 | 1926 | 37 | 1 |
Syd Tate | England | Geelong | 1947 | 1951 | 85 | 13 |
Ewan Thompson | Scotland | Richmond | 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 1 |
Anton Tohill | Ireland | Collingwood | 2019 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Will Thursfield | England | Richmond | 2005 | 2011 | 77 | 0 |
Zach Tuohy | Ireland[4] | Carlton, Geelong | 2011 | | 287 | 101 |
Tommy Walsh | Ireland | Sydney | 2012 | 2014 | 5 | 3 |
Clive Waterhouse | England | Fremantle | 1996 | 2004 | 106 | 178 |
Fergus Watts | England | Adelaide, St Kilda | 2004 | 2007 | 6 | 3 |
Fred West | England | Hawthorn | 1928 | 1929 | 12 | 3 |
Sean Wight | Scotland | Melbourne | 1985 | 1995 | 150 | 63 |
Art Wilkinson | England | Collingwood, Essendon | 1912 | 1913 | 13 | 8 |
Arnie Wilson | England | St Kilda | 1909 | 1910 | 2 | 0 |
Syd Young | England | South Melbourne | 1941 | 1941 | 2 | 0 |