The 1982 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 86th season of the VFL. The season saw 91 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 26 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary

Summary of debuts in 1982
Club VFL debuts Change of club
Carlton 4 2
Collingwood 10 3
Essendon 6 2
Fitzroy 7 2
Footscray 13 1
Geelong 9 1
Hawthorn 4 2
Melbourne 11 3
North Melbourne 7 1
Richmond 4 5
St Kilda 13 1
Sydney 3 3
Total 91 26

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Paul Meldrum Carlton 21 years, 293 days 15[1] 158 140
Allan Montgomery Carlton 23 years, 206 days 1[2] 33 6
Ross Ditchburn Carlton 25 years, 58 days 8[3] 28 91
Mark Buckley Carlton 19 years, 340 days 18[4] 27 35 Son of Brian Buckley and brother of Stephen Buckley.
David Clarke Carlton 29 years, 114 days 5[5] 9 21 Father of David, Tim and Georgina Clarke. Previously played for Geelong.
Stephen Easton Carlton 22 years, 290 days 10[6] 1 0 Son of Kevin Easton. Previously played for North Melbourne.
Geoff Miles Collingwood 20 years, 90 days 3[7] 31 7 Father of Teia Miles and father-in-law of Mitch Duncan.
Chris Dalkin Collingwood 20 years, 45 days 4[8] 18 12
Wally Lovett Collingwood 20 years, 109 days 2[9] 15 11
Graham Teasdale Collingwood 26 years, 274 days 1[10] 14 21 1977 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Richmond and South Melbourne.
Tom Floyd Collingwood 21 years, 255 days 13[11] 14 8 Previously played for Geelong.
Neil Peart Collingwood 23 years, 173 days 1[12] 13 0
Mark Lawson Collingwood 20 years, 54 days 17[13] 11 0
Tony Russell Collingwood 21 years, 192 days 17[14] 8 17
Paul Ryan Collingwood 20 years, 22 days 12[15] 6 1
Tony Beers Collingwood 19 years, 182 days 7[16] 5 1 Son of Brian Beers and brother of Mark Beers.
Tony Keenan Collingwood 18 years, 79 days 17[17] 3 0
Gordon Towan Collingwood 28 years, 59 days 9[18] 2 0
Peter Carter Collingwood 23 years, 23 days 9[19] 1 1 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Billy Duckworth Essendon 23 years, 34 days 1[20] 126 64 Brother of John Duckworth.
Stephen Copping Essendon 25 years, 236 days 1[21] 42 88
Wayne Otway Essendon 25 years, 276 days 1[22] 36 65
Chris Waterson Essendon 21 years, 99 days 15[23] 31 11
Tony West Essendon 25 years, 218 days 4[24] 8 8
Roy Ramsay Essendon 26 years, 146 days 10[25] 3 0 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Brian Brown Essendon 24 years, 300 days 17[26] 2 0 Father of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Anton Grbac Essendon 21 years, 210 days 20[27] 2 0
Paul Roos Fitzroy 18 years, 295 days 4[28] 269 270
Richard Osborne Fitzroy 18 years, 17 days 15[29] 187 411 Brother of Graham Osborne.
Gary Pert Fitzroy 16 years, 325 days 4[30] 163 42 Son of Brian Pert.
Bradley Gotch Fitzroy 19 years, 277 days 1[31] 43 60 Father of Seb Gotch.
Garry Sidebottom Fitzroy 27 years, 238 days 16[32] 43 53 Brother of Allan Sidebottom. Previously played for St Kilda and Geelong.
Michael Coates Fitzroy 21 years, 80 days 1[33] 29 5 Son of George Coates.
Jan Smith Fitzroy 25 years, 354 days 8[34] 7 1 Previously played for Geelong.
Mark Eaves Fitzroy 20 years, 351 days 8[35] 2 0
Andrew Merryweather Fitzroy 21 years, 117 days 1[36] 1 0 Also known as Andrew Guthrie. Father of Cameron and Zach Guthrie.
Stephen MacPherson Footscray 17 years, 115 days 1[37] 188 152 Brother of Rod MacPherson and father of Darcy MacPherson.
Simon Beasley Footscray 25 years, 234 days 1[38] 154 575
Rod MacPherson Footscray 18 years, 285 days 15[39] 43 24 Brother of Stephen MacPherson and uncle of Darcy MacPherson.
Terry Love Footscray 18 years, 143 days 1[40] 13 11
Gary Walpole Footscray 18 years, 170 days 4[41] 12 5
Ian Rickman Footscray 19 years, 108 days 16[42] 11 10
Ross Christensen Footscray 20 years, 128 days 12[43] 10 16
Allan Jennings Footscray 23 years, 4 days 1[44] 9 15
Steven Hargrave Footscray 27 years, 295 days 4[45] 2 0 Father of Ryan Hargrave.
Lindsay Sneddon Footscray 20 years, 141 days 13[46] 2 1
Jamie Barham Footscray 21 years, 214 days 15[47] 1 0 Brother of Ricky Barham and uncle of Jaxson Barham. Previously played for Melbourne.
Darren Brown Footscray 17 years, 56 days 15[48] 1 0
Darren Grant Footscray 19 years, 97 days 18[49] 1 0
Bruce West Footscray 19 years, 265 days 19[50] 1 0
Andrew Bews Geelong 17 years, 222 days 4[51] 207 132 Father of Jed Bews.
Tim Darcy Geelong 18 years, 204 days 9[52] 176 83
Damian Drum Geelong 21 years, 284 days 7[53] 63 34 Uncle of Marcus Drum.
David O'Keeffe Geelong 20 years, 70 days 6[54] 58 22
Craig Cleave Geelong 19 years, 73 days 17[55] 48 12
Rod Waddell Geelong 25 years, 13 days 11[56] 20 10 Uncle of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop. Previously played for Carlton.
Peter Zychla Geelong 18 years, 279 days 5[57] 12 1
Stephen Nichols Geelong 18 years, 331 days 8[58] 7 6
Phillip Maddock Geelong 20 years, 185 days 3[59] 3 1
Karl Fedke Geelong 20 years, 24 days 21[60] 2 0
Dermott Brereton Hawthorn 18 years, 23 days SF[61] 189 427
Gary Buckenara Hawthorn 23 years, 267 days 1[62] 154 293
Richard Loveridge Hawthorn 19 years, 71 days 1[63] 136 119
Michael Byrne Hawthorn 23 years, 131 days 3[64] 90 97 Previously played for Melbourne.
Gary Ablett Hawthorn 20 years, 184 days 2[65] 6 10 Brother of Geoff and Kevin Ablett, brother-in-law of Michael Tuck, father of Gary Jr. and Nathan Ablett, and uncle of Luke Ablett and Shane and Travis Tuck.
Robert Dutton Hawthorn 19 years, 71 days 14[66] 1 1 Previously played for Carlton.
Brian Wilson Melbourne 20 years, 179 days 1[67] 154 208 1982 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Footscray and North Melbourne.
Alan Johnson Melbourne 25 years, 128 days 1[68] 135 95 First player to be drafted in VFL/AFL Draft history. Father of Chris Johnson.
Adrian Battiston Melbourne 18 years, 193 days 1[69] 96 75
Alan Jarrott Melbourne 25 years, 223 days 1[70] 91 26 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Chris Connolly Melbourne 19 years, 86 days 13[71] 84 38
Stephen Icke Melbourne 26 years, 21 days 1[72] 78 17 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Dale Dickson Melbourne 19 years, 288 days 4[73] 56 20
David Cordner Melbourne 19 years, 307 days 1[74] 53 61 Grandson of Edward Cordner, son of Ted Cordner and nephew of Denis, Don and John Cordner.
Michael O'Sullivan Melbourne 19 years, 357 days 1[75] 53 11
Ted Fidge Melbourne 19 years, 12 days 1[76] 42 61 Brother of John Fidge.
Peter Tossol Melbourne 19 years, 161 days 6[77] 17 20 Brother of John Tossol.
Stephen McCarthy Melbourne 19 years, 355 days 6[78] 12 9
Stuart McKenzie Melbourne 21 years, 84 days 6[79] 9 0
Scott Sutcliffe Melbourne 19 years, 178 days 19[80] 7 2
Donald McDonald North Melbourne 19 years, 363 days 19[81] 155 165 Father of Luke McDonald
Phil Krakouer North Melbourne 22 years, 71 days 1[82] 141 224 Brother of Andrew and Jim Krakouer and uncle of Andrew and Nathan Krakouer.
Jim Krakouer North Melbourne 23 years, 165 days 1[83] 134 229 Brother of Andrew and Phil Krakouer, father of Andrew Krakouer and uncle of Nathan Krakouer.
Graeme Atkins North Melbourne 18 years, 162 days 3[84] 61 39
Bruce Abernethy North Melbourne 19 years, 321 days 1[85] 43 21
Craig Holden North Melbourne 24 years, 225 days 1[86] 29 2
Phil Carman North Melbourne 31 years, 232 days 5[87] 13 27 Previously played for Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne.
Brad Nimmo North Melbourne 23 years, 171 days 17[88] 13 0
Phil Egan Richmond 19 years, 39 days 2[89] 125 117
Maurice Rioli Richmond 24 years, 200 days 2[90] 118 80
Andy Preston Richmond 24 years, 300 days 12[91] 18 6 Previously played for Geelong.
Ian Sartori Richmond 23 years, 212 days 16[92] 18 7 Previously played for St Kilda.
Wayne Shand Richmond 21 years, 104 days 6[93] 12 1
Stephen Pirrie Richmond 21 years, 88 days 13[94] 11 0 Grandson of Richard Pirrie, son of Kevin Pirrie and nephew of Dick Pirrie.
Darryl Sutton Richmond 29 years, 259 days 3[95] 6 0 Previously played for North Melbourne.
Ross Brewer Richmond 28 years, 274 days 8[96] 6 8 Brother of Ian Brewer. Previously played for Melbourne and Collingwood.
Noel Mugavin Richmond 25 years, 265 days 2[97] 2 3 Uncle of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Peter Kiel St Kilda 23 years, 176 days 1[98] 80 29
Robert Mace St Kilda 23 years, 269 days 7[99] 72 32 Previously played for Hawthorn.
Darryl Cowie St Kilda 21 years, 26 days 3[100] 56 8
Glen Brown St Kilda 20 years, 160 days 12[101] 31 25
John Favier St Kilda 21 years, 254 days 2[102] 26 1
Simon O'Donnell St Kilda 19 years, 60 days 1[103] 24 18 Represented Australia in cricket.
Greg Packham St Kilda 23 years, 26 days 1[104] 17 31
Paul Armstrong St Kilda 25 years, 83 days 2[105] 12 1
Wayne Slattery St Kilda 21 years, 156 days 2[106] 11 12 Father of Tyson Slattery.
Steven Allan St Kilda 25 years, 221 days 6[107] 9 2
Allan Hassell St Kilda 24 years, 32 days 6[108] 6 0
Neil Park St Kilda 20 years, 22 days 20[109] 3 5
Geoff Linke St Kilda 26 years, 133 days 2[110] 2 3
Malcolm Smith St Kilda 23 years, 95 days 22[111] 1 0 Father of Nick Smith.
Craig Braddy Sydney Swans 28 years, 24 days 7[112] 56 83 Brother of Shane Braddy. Previously played for Fitzroy.
Steven Taubert Sydney Swans 28 years, 242 days 11[113] 44 26 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon.
Jack Lucas Sydney Swans 21 years, 73 days 13[114] 19 6
John Reid Sydney Swans 29 years, 142 days 16[115] 10 2 Previously played for Melbourne and Footscray.
Gerard Neesham Sydney Swans 27 years, 148 days 7[116] 9 1
Trevor Mustey Sydney Swans 18 years, 249 days 11[117] 2 0

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