List of VFL debuts in 1901

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.

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

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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