The 1901 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the fifth season of the VFL. The season saw 100 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 11 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1901
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 13 3
Collingwood 11 2
Essendon 12 0
Fitzroy 9 0
Geelong 9 2
Melbourne 12 1
St Kilda 25 2
South Melbourne 9 1
Total 100 11

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Paddy Noonan Carlton 25 years, 242 days 1[1] 19 5 Oldest first-time coach in VFL/AFL history. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Harry Pye Carlton 20 years, 267 days 1[2] 16 1
Jack Gardiner Carlton 20 years, 1 days 2[3] 16 5 Brother of Vin Gardiner and father of Jack Gardiner.
Bill Pettit Carlton 20 years, 113 days 1[4] 15 0
Alex Barlow Carlton 21 years, 108 days 14[5] 14 0
Frank Field Carlton 21 years, 298 days 14[6] 13 1
Harry Daniel Carlton 21 years, 319 days 1[7] 11 0
Dick Hart Carlton 19 years, 130 days 1[8] 11 4
Harry Powell Carlton 22 years, 314 days 6[9] 8 0
Jim Loriot Carlton 22 years, 108 days 1[10] 4 0
Rhoda McDonald Carlton 23 years, 33 days 6[11] 4 1 Previously played for Collingwood.
George McGann Carlton 20 years, 184 days 13[12] 4 0
Jack Todd Carlton 20 years, 131 days 17[13] 4 0
Charles Raff Carlton 22 years, 207 days 1[14] 3 0 Previously played for St Kilda.
Charlie Stewart Carlton 20 years, 317 days 5[15] 3 1
Simon Roberts Carlton 24 years, 220 days 13[16] 3 0
Ted Rowell Collingwood 24 years, 323 days 1[17] 189 175
Alf Dummett Collingwood 20 years, 147 days 1[18] 118 10 Brother of Charlie and Arthur Dummett, and uncle of Bob Dummett.
Oscar Hyman Collingwood 23 years, 190 days 7[19] 41 12
Alf Boyack Collingwood 23 years, 241 days 1[20] 23 3
Jack Farrell Collingwood 29 years, 121 days 1[21] 22 6
Ted Leach Collingwood 18 years, 173 days 11[22] 22 9 Brother of Arthur, and Fred Leach.
Leo Morgan Collingwood 21 years, 227 days 1[23] 19 6
Peter Martin Collingwood 25 years, 284 days 1[24] 15 2
Bob Bryce Collingwood 21 years, 301 days 1[25] 13 11 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Bill McCulloch Collingwood 28 years, 178 days 1[26] 12 5 Previously played for Melbourne.
George Ashman Collingwood 21 years, 972 days 9[27] 3 1
Harry Knell Collingwood 20 years, 231 days 10[28] 1 0
George Blundell Collingwood 27 years, 50 days 17[29] 1 1
Jack McKenzie Essendon 19 years, 203 days 6[30] 81 90 Father of Jack McKenzie Jr..
Bill Robinson Essendon 20 years, 272 days 1[31] 71 14 Brother of Alex, Fred and Gordon Robinson, and uncle of Alexander and George Robinson.
Herc Vollugi Essendon 20 years, 323 days 1[32] 70 5
Ted Kennedy Essendon 23 years, 239 days 1[33] 43 1 Brother of James Kennedy.
Fred Mann Essendon 22 years, 240 days 9[34] 27 1
Artie White Essendon 21 years, 332 days 2[35] 6 3
Jim Kennedy Essendon 19 years, 165 days 13[36] 4 9 Brother of Ted Kennedy.
Jim Beasley Essendon 20 years, 157 days 5[37] 2 0
Bobby Byers Essendon 30 years, 16 days 1[38] 1 0
George Ward Essendon 24 years, 12 days 1[39] 1 0
Marcus Evans Essendon 22 years, 189 days 4[40] 1 0
Mick Morris Essendon 18 years, 348 days 4[41] 1 0
Jim Sharp Fitzroy 18 years, 352 days 1[42] 163 41
Percy Trotter Fitzroy 17 years, 245 days 1[43] 109 145
Alf Wilkinson Fitzroy 19 years, 180 days 10[44] 80 75
Alf Bartlett Fitzroy 22 years, 315 days 4[45] 79 5
Bob Smith Fitzroy 23 years, 197 days 8[46] 74 33
Frank Hince Fitzroy 19 years, 209 days 15[47] 17 0
Bertie Loel Fitzroy 22 years, 180 days 1[48] 15 2
Matt Paternoster Fitzroy 21 years, 20 days 1[49] 12 4 Brother of Jim Paternoster.
Ike Woods Geelong 21 years, 341 days 14[50] 68 108
Percy Fletcher Geelong 21 years, 311 days 6[51] 47 4
Bill Bennion Geelong 19 years, 352 days 17[52] 46 6
Frank Bowey Geelong 19 years, 139 days 1[53] 44 5
Tim McKeegan Geelong 23 years, 248 days 14[54] 13 0 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Jack Baker Geelong 22 years, 361 days 1[55] 7 7
Billy Gill Geelong 25 years, 71 days 9[56] 7 1
Bill Moodie Geelong 21 years, 220 days 6[57] 4 6 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Don Lord Geelong 26 years, 134 days 10[58] 2 10
George Palmer Geelong 22 years, 20 days 10[59] 1 0
George Saxbee Geelong 20 years, 12 days 16[60] 1 0
Vin Coutie Melbourne 19 years, 237 days 9[61] 152 212
Jack Strong Melbourne 17 years, 72 days 10[62] 78 29
Lindsay Anderson Melbourne 17 years, 272 days 6[63] 16 3
George Cathie Melbourne 25 years, 107 days 16[64] 15 14
Jim McLean Melbourne 21 years, 2 days 1[65] 13 5
Graham Colclough Melbourne 17 years, 206 days 2[66] 11 8 Belgian Croix de guerre recipient in World War I.
Harry Boully Melbourne 21 years, 176 days 9[67] 8 3
Alf Tredinnick Melbourne 27 years, 357 days 8[68] 7 1
Laurie Ogilvie Melbourne 24 years, 1 days 6[69] 4 3
Bert Wregg Melbourne 22 years, 78 days 13[70] 3 3
Billy Shaw Melbourne 28 years, 187 days 2[71] 1 0 Previously played for St Kilda.
Ed Garlick Melbourne 17 years, 227 days 3[72] 1 0
Harold De Gruchy Melbourne 20 years, 140 days 10[73] 1 0 Brother of Bill de Grouchy.
Ben Sandford St Kilda 23 years, 185 days 4[74] 31 5 Brother of Cecil and George Sandford.
Tom Robertson St Kilda 24 years, 211 days 6[75] 27 7
Gus Robertson St Kilda 17 years, 253 days 2[76] 18 1
Charlie Mullany St Kilda 19 years, 356 days 5[77] 16 3
Henry Pinniger St Kilda 28 years, 330 days 10[78] 12 0
Alfred Richardson St Kilda 23 years, 34 days 1[79] 11 2
George Sandford St Kilda 28 years, 309 days 3[80] 11 0 Brother of Ben and Cecil Sandford.
Mick O'Loughlin St Kilda 25 years, 109 days 6[81] 9 0 Previously played for Essendon.
Harry Luck St Kilda 24 years, 188 days 1[82] 8 0
Cec Graeme St Kilda 27 years, 335 days 1[83] 7 0
Tommy Carr St Kilda 19 years, 75 days 10[84] 5 0
John Crennan St Kilda 20 years, 342 days 12[85] 4 3
Bob Rinder St Kilda 22 years, 147 days 1[86] 3 0
George Carpenter St Kilda 20 years, 6 days 7[87] 3 1
Bert Robertson St Kilda 20 years, 236 days 7[88] 2 1
Lawrie Delaney St Kilda 18 years, 11 days 9[89] 2 2
Reg Wilks St Kilda 23 years, 116 days 14[90] 2 0
Roy Adam St Kilda 18 years, 152 days 15[91] 2 0
Harry Dowdall St Kilda 28 years, 309 days 1[92] 1 0 Brother of Jim Dowdall. Previously played for Collingwood.
Bill Anderson St Kilda 22 years, 321 days 4[93] 1 0
Tim Murphy St Kilda 22 years, 307 days 5[94] 1 0
Bill Nash St Kilda 18 years, 337 days 5[95] 1 0
Ern Aurish St Kilda 22 years, 317 days 9[96] 1 0
Paddy McGuinness St Kilda 23 years, 57 days 9[97] 1 0
Arthur Brennan St Kilda 20 years, 161 days 15[98] 1 0 Brother of Owen Brennan.
Herb Clements St Kilda 19 years, 204 days 15[99] 1 1
Sam Gray St Kilda 21 years, 23 days 17[100] 1 0
Bill Scott South Melbourne 21 years, 106 days 15[101] 61 26
Norm Rippon South Melbourne 23 years, 119 days 2[102] 36 2 Brother of Harold and Les Rippon. Previously played for Melbourne.
Frank Worroll South Melbourne 23 years, 303 days 1[103] 31 12
Dave Powell South Melbourne 25 years, 75 days 1[104] 27 13
Johnny Jackson South Melbourne 22 years, 182 days 15[105] 15 3
Harold Bower South Melbourne 23 years, 29 days 7[106] 13 0
Arthur Smith South Melbourne 21 years, 169 days 1[107] 9 0
Bill O'Hara South Melbourne 20 years, 330 days 9[108] 5 2
Artie Hollis South Melbourne 23 years, 54 days 12[109] 4 0
Paul Cullen South Melbourne 18 years, 325 days 7[110] 1 0

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