GEELONG COLLEGE FOOTBALLERS VFA (Australian Rules) Pre-1897 for the period 1860 to 1896See Also
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Footballers VFL/AFL (Australian Rules) Post-1897
Preliminary List.Please note that this is not the final list.
Assistance with identifying the pre-1897 and post-1897 lists have come from many individuals, and especially Mark Pennings and Col Hutchinson.
First Names Surname GC Attendance Football Clubs
John Dalrymple Adams (1845- ? ) OGC 1863- Geelong, 1864-66?
Robert Hopkins Adams (1850-1937) OGC 1863-1867 Geelong, 1866-67.
William Anderson Adams (1846-1930) OGC 1863- Geelong, 1864-67.
McKay John 'Mac' Armstrong (1869-1913) OGC Geelong, 1889, 1891-95.
John Baker (1863-1946) OGC 1878- Geelong, 1889-92; Carlton, 1882-88
William Maxwell Bell (1873-1951) OGC 1888-1891 Geelong, 1891, 1893.
John Clark Bowden (1844-1924) OGC Geelong, 1862-65, 1867-69, 1871-72.
Alexander Boyd (1866-1941) OGC 1880-1884 Geelong, 1885-89, 1891-92.
James Hill Boyd (1864-1930) OGC 1874- Geelong, 1880, 1882-83.
William Boyd (1860-1926) OGC 1872-1878 Geelong, 1877-78.
Frederick Samuel Brockwell (1871-1945) OGC 1887- Geelong, 1894-96.
Thomas Calder (1859-1915) OGC 1872- Geelong, 1886-87; Essendon, 1887.
? Edmund Carfrae (1857-1936) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1874.
John Fraser Carmichael (1853-1915) OGC 1870- Geelong, 1872.
William McQuarrie Carmichael (1851-1889) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1869, 1871-72.
Angus Henry Clarke (1866-1957) OGC 1880- Geelong, 1881-82.
George Samuel Connor (1875-1953) OGC 1875- Geelong, 1893-95.
Donald Craig ( ? - ? ) OGC 1862 Geelong, 1862-63.
John Auchterlonie Creelman (1854-1918) OGC 1873- Geelong, 1873-74.
Richard Hole Cullen (1854-1920) OGC 1865 Geelong, 1871-75.
Robert Isaac Cullen (1852-1941) OGC 1864-1870 Geelong, 1868.
John Annand Cumming (1851-1901) OGC 1861-1868 Geelong, 1868-69.
Walter J. Curle (1857-1921) OGC 1866 Geelong, 1873-74.
John Curnow (1849-1882) OGC 1863-1865 Geelong, 1866-69, 1872.
James Otto D’Helin (1875-1953) OGC 1889-1892 Geelong, 1896.
Alfred Ernest Dear (1878-1906) OGC 1895- Geelong, 1896.
John Hamilton Dennis (1855-1941) OGC 1867-1869 Geelong, 1873-74.
Samuel Broadbent Dickenson (1849-1907) OGC 1868-1869 Geelong, 1867-69, 1871-74, 1977.
John Dougharty (1855-1900) OGC 1873- Geelong, 1873-74.
? Charles Ware Dowling (1843-1889) ? Geelong, 1863-65.
John Ware 'Jack' Dowling (1857-1934) OGC 1874- Geelong, 1874-75.
Joseph Dowling (1848-1910) OGC 1863-1864 Geelong, 1868-69.
Peter Burke Dwyer (jun.) (1855- ? ) OGC 1868-1872 Geelong, 1874-78.
John Henry Edols (1865-1940) OGC 1881- Geelong, 1882.
Thomas Fender (1855-1924) OGC 1867-1871 Geelong, 1871, 1874.
Frederick Charles Stackpoole Furnell (1867-1941) OGC 1882- Geelong, 1884-86; 1889; Essendon, 1890-91.
John Garbutt (1846-1910) OGC 1861-1861 Geelong, 1868-69.
Alexander Gibb (1859-1947) OGC 1871-1872 Geelong, 1876.
John Beaumont Giblin (1846-1925) OGC 1864-1865 Geelong, 1867.
Arthur Greenwood (1848-1928) OGC 1861-1866 Geelong, 1865-66, 1868; South Yarra.
Robert McLaren Gullan (1873-1944) OGC 1885- Geelong, 1891; Carlton, 1893.
William Clark Guthrie (1854-1888) OGC 1862-1864 Geelong, 1871.
Thomas Culbertson Hope (1849-1913) OGC 1862-1864 Geelong, 1865, 1869, 1874.
? Richard Shinnock Houston (1863-1921) ? Geelong, 1891-94; North Melb/Hotham, 1882-87
Robert Inglis (1850-1931) OGC 1864- Geelong, 1868-69.
Alfred John Jarrett (1868-1933) OGC 1884-1887 Geelong, 1887.
August Daniel 'Gus' Kearney (1870-1907) OGC 1881- Geelong, 1890; Essendon, 1892-96.
Michael Joseph Kearney (1869-1945) OGC 1881-1900 Geelong, 1889-90, 1892; Essendon, 1893.
Benjamin Knott ( ? - ? ) OGC 1863-1864 Geelong, 1865.
Arthur Landon (1852-1930) OGC 1866- Geelong, 1868-69.
Edward Landon (1853-?) OGC 1867-1869 Geelong, 1868-69.
Harrop Landon (1856-1920) OGC 1867-1869 Geelong, 1872.
Philip James Le Neveu (1855-1929) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1874-76; Melbourne.
Samuel Leon (1848-1933) OGC 1863-1864 Geelong, 1868.
Arthur W. Longden (1861-1941) OGC 1871- Melbourne, 1878-80.
Edward Wrixon Longden (1856- ? ) OGC 1869-1871 Geelong, 1873-74; Melbourne, 1877-82.
Walter Campbell Longden (1858-1920) OGC 1869-1871 Geelong, 1874.
Frank James Macoboy (1853-1935) OGC 1867-1870 Geelong, 1869.
Walter Alexander MacPherson (1864-1926 OGC 1880- Geelong, 1881-83.
Arthur Norman McArthur (1869-1950) OGC 1881-1886 Geelong, 1873-74.
Peter Campbell McArthur (1865-1953) OGC 1877- Geelong, 1882.
William Gilbert Stewart McArthur (1861-1935) OGC 1873-1979 Geelong, 1879; Essendon, 1880-81
Charles John McCormick (1860-1892) OGC 1871 Geelong, 1878.
James (Jim) McIntosh (1876-?) OGC 1890- Geelong, 1893
James McLaughlin (1856-1925) OGC 1870-1872 Geelong, 1873-74.
Charles McLean (1852-1944) OGC 1873- Geelong, 1875.
Hugh McLean (1864-1915 OGC 1879-1883 Geelong, 1882-89; 1892; Melbourne,1890.
John H. McRae (1877-1972) OGC 1891 Geelong, 1896.
Robert Augustus Meek (1869-1934) OGC 1885-1888 Geelong, 1888-90.
Thomas William Mitchell (1855-1973) OGC 1871-1873 Geelong, 1874.
Henry Montgomery OGC 1866- Geelong, 1868; 1871.
Arthur Robertson Morrison (1868-19210 Geelong, 1885-86; 1888-89; 1894; University
Charles Norman Morrison (1866-1909) OGC 1876-1884 Geelong, 1883-84; University
Donald Clive Morrison (1873-1953) OGC 1884-1890 Geelong, 1890.
Reginald Herbert Morrison (1863-1941) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1879-81.
Vincent O’Farrell (1873- ? ) OGC Geelong, 1889-90; 1893-94.
William Oliver (1853-1950) OGC 1863-1864 Geelong, 1876, 1878; Carlton
James Osborne (1858-1918) OGC 1874- Geelong, 1874-75.
Charles Frederick Palmer (1862-1934) OGC 1878- Geelong, 1881-84.
William Parker (1849-1928) OGC 1862- Geelong, 1865, 1867-69, 1871, ?1875.
Frederick Davis Pearson (1855-1906) OGC 1872- Geelong, 1873
David Rowley Powell (1857-1894) OGC 1871 Geelong, 1873.
Nicholas John Raven (1848-1924) OGC 1865-1870 Geelong, 1867.
James Blastock Rayner (1850-1883) OGC 1865-1868 Geelong, 1867-68.
George Frederick Read (1864-1942) OGC 1884- Geelong, 1884.
James Armstrong Reid (1856-1937) OGC 1875- Geelong, 1889-93; South Melb, 1888.
Matthew Alexander Reid (1868-1917) OGC 1880- Geelong, 1885.
Peter MacPherson Reid (1864-1930) OGC 1878 Geelong, 1883.
Robert Ezekiel Reid (1870-1944) OGC 1880- Geelong, 1887-91.
Walter Lorraine Reid (1866-1934) OGC 1879- Geelong, 1884-85.
William Hatrick Reid (1860-1952) OGC 1875- Geelong, 1879-80.
Charles Edward Ritchie (1863-1948) OGC 1880- Geelong, 1883.
Arthur Swanston Robertson (1861-1929) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1878-81; Essendon, 1881, 1884.
? James Robertson ( ? - ? ) ? Geelong, 1866-68.
Lewis Robertson (1859- ? ) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1878.
William Rock (1865-1940) OGC 1880- Geelong, 1884-85.
James Duff Rose (1855-1928) OGC 1869- Geelong, 1871.
Frank Rout (1854-1903) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1873.
George Herbert Rout (1856-1879) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1873-74.
? George Alfred Rylah (1858-1937) ? Geelong, 1876.
George James Sandford (1872-1940) OGC 1887- Geelong, 1893, 1895; St Kilda 1901-2
? Albert Scott ( ? - ? ) ? Geelong, 1864, 1867-68.
Robert Blackwood Sibley (1860-1900) OGC 1874-1876 Geelong, 1877.
Andrew Murray Simson (1866-1928) OGC 1875- Geelong, 1883-84.
James Murray Simson (1852-1889) OGC 1861- Geelong, 1869, 1871, 1874-75.
John Willis Sommers (1858-1895) OGC 1872- Geelong, 1877-80.
Edward Rogers Sparrow (1847-1918) OGC 1861- Geelong, 1867-69, 1872-74.
? A. Stewart ( ? - ? ) OGC 1861 Geelong, 1861.
? James Stewart ( ? - ? ) ? Geelong, 1864-65.
David Edmund Stodart (1846-1916) OGC 1861-1864 Geelong, 1863-65, 1867.
Charles Strachan ( ? - ? ) OGC 1861- Geelong, 1864.
Hugh Murray Strachan (1851-1933) OGC 1861 Geelong, 1871-74.
Frederick Philip Strickland (1853-1942) OGC 1865-1866 Geelong, 1868, 1871-73.
Archibald E. Thompson (1875-1950) OGC 1892- Geelong, 1896.
Thomas William Thomson (1856-1933) OGC 1873- Geelong, 1873.
Alexander Boswell Timms (1872-1922) OGC 1882 Geelong, 1889-92.
Harry Alexander Timms (1844-1935) OGC 1861 Geelong, 1860-64.
? E. Tolmie ( ? - ? ) ? Essendon, 1888.
Henry Upton (1855-1936) OGC 1869-1871 Geelong, 1872-78; Melbourne
William Charles Upton (1853-1930) OGC 1868- Geelong, 1874.
George Ware (1851-1925) OGC 1864-1868 Geelong, 1867-69, 1871.
William Ware (1852-1890) OGC 1863-1869 Geelong, 1867-68.
Ernest William Watt (1854-1944) OGC 1873- Geelong, 1875-77.
Henry George Waugh (1871-1911) OGC 1878- Geelong, 1889.
David McLaren Whitelaw (1859-1938) OGC 1871- Geelong, 1879, 1881-83.
Thomas Napier Whyte (1848-1904) OGC 1863-1865 Geelong, 1867-71.
William Wilson (1860- ? ) OGC 1874- Geelong, 1878-83.
To be Added:
Charles Edward Hobson (1873-1924) OGC 1891-
Frank Reginald Longden (1862-1938) OGC 1871-1879
George Nugent Synnot (1848-1920) OGC 1861-? Geelong 167-69;1871-73; 1875-77.
David John 'Dandy' Ryan (1869-?) OGC 1886-1887 Geelong 1889-1893 90 games.
Wheeler Sparrow (c1854-1908) OGC 1868-? Geelong 1873-1879, 1881.
George McWilliam (1878-1968) OGC 1889- Fitzroy
131
GFC Forgotten Era Team:
Old Collegians, Mac 'Possum' Armstrong; 'Jack' Bowden; 'Jack' Baker; 'Alec' Boyd; 'Hughie' McLean; 'Teddy' Rankin;
Jack 'Dandy' Ryan; Wheeler Sparrow; 'Billy' Wilson; George Synnot; and maybe ? Henry 'Tracker' Young
were selected as Geelong Football Club Champions of the forgotten era, 1860-1896.