List of VFL debuts in 1914

Frank 'Checker' Hughes made his VFL debut in 1914

The 1914 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the eighteenth season of the VFL. The season saw 105 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 30 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

1914 was University's final season in the VFL.

Club	VFL debuts	Change of club
Carlton	11	4
Collingwood	7	2
Essendon	8	4
Fitzroy	4	1
Geelong	4	1
Melbourne	18	7
Richmond	13	3
South Melbourne	11	3
St Kilda	15	3
University	14	2
Total	105	30

Name	Club	Age at debut	Round debuted	Games	Goals	Notes
Percy Daykin	Carlton	23 years, 292 days	1^[1]	134	136
Charlie Fisher	Carlton	21 years, 166 days	2^[2]	111	147
Ted Brown	Carlton	19 years, 214 days	1^[3]	95	1	Previously played for St Kilda
Steve Leehane	Carlton	22 years, 187 days	1^[4]	82	14
Dan Keily	Carlton	21 years, 344 days	1^[5]	53	1
Herb Burleigh	Carlton	21 years, 329 days	3^[6]	32	55
Jimmy Morris	Carlton	23 years, 37 days	17^[7]	26	14
George Calwell	Carlton	22 years, 304 days	2^[8]	24	3
Bill Cook	Carlton	26 years, 266 days	6^[9]	16	27
Stanley McKenzie	Carlton	24 years, 20 days	7^[10]	14	6	Played first-class cricket for Tasmania
Jack Lowe	Carlton	21 years, 186 days	4^[11]	13	9	Previously played for Collingwood
Jim Willis	Carlton	22 years, 224 days	1^[12]	10	1
Albert Scaddan	Carlton	26 years, 177 days	6^[13]	3	1	Brother of Joe Scaddan
Joe Andrew	Carlton	25 years, 43 days	6^[14]	2	0
Arthur Harrison	Carlton	22 years, 354 days	1^[15]	1	1
Harry Curtis	Collingwood	20 years, 296 days	13^[16]	122	149	Previously played for Carlton
Maurie Sheehy	Collingwood	20 years, 324 days	2^[17]	110	22
Gus Dobrigh	Collingwood	21 years, 80 days	2^[18]	88	33
Max Hislop	Collingwood	18 years, 250 days	2^[19]	9	4
Harry Matheson	Collingwood	22 years, 331 days	2^[20]	9	8	Previously played for St Kilda and Melbourne.
Tom Pollard	Collingwood	19 years, 313 days	4^[21]	6	2
Les Huntington	Collingwood	21 years, 346 days	1^[22]	4	0
Charlie Mutch	Collingwood	20 years, 279 days	7^[23]	3	0
Colin Dufty	Collingwood	24 years, 147 days	1^[24]	1	1
Bert Day	Essendon	20 years, 111 days	14^[25]	68	0
Horrie Webster	Essendon	25 years, 267 days	3^[26]	23	13	Previously played for South Melbourne.
Tommy Wade	Essendon	20 years, 107 days	11^[27]	23	4
Bill Dinsmore	Essendon	27 years, 070 days	1^[28]	13	17	Previously played for Fitzroy.
Neil King	Essendon	24 years, 299 days	2^[29]	3	0
Harry Neate	Essendon	20 years, 6 days	2^[30]	3	0
Arthur Mann	Essendon	24 years, 343 days	12^[31]	3	0
Jim Freeman	Essendon	24 years, 155 days	1^[32]	2	0
Bob Rahilly	Essendon	26 years, 294 days	2^[33]	2	4	Previously played for Fitzroy.
Basil Nehill	Essendon	22 years, 354 days	6^[34]	2	0	Previously played for St Kilda.
Frank Hurren	Essendon	20 years, 208 days	18^[35]	2	1
Henry Elkington	Essendon	24 years, 90 days	5^[36]	1	0
Paddy Abbott	Fitzroy	25 years, 103 days	4^[37]	40	1	Previously played for South Melbourne.
George Pattison	Fitzroy	24 years, 341 days	10^[38]	8	0
Arthur Jones	Fitzroy	22 years, 202 days	2^[39]	7	3
Bob Teasdale	Fitzroy	22 years, 336 days	6^[40]	1	0
Stan Rodgerson	Fitzroy	20 years, 70 days	18^[41]	1	0
Bill Moulden	Geelong	24 years, 299 days	1^[42]	34	2
Harry Allen	Geelong	23 years, 353 days	3^[43]	20	6
Jack Blencowe	Geelong	23 years, 34 days	10^[44]	2	2	Previously played for Essendon
Gordon Burleigh	Geelong	25 years, 53 days	4^[45]	1	0
Harold Conradi	Geelong	19 years, 299 days	5^[46]	1	0
George Walker	Melbourne	19 years, 346 days	1^[47]	49	0
Alec Gray	Melbourne	22 years, 355 days	2^[48]	52	2
Jack Huntington	Melbourne	20 years, 337 days	1^[49]	43	43
Tim Collins	Melbourne	24 years, 122 days	1^[50]	20	20
Bert Trahair	Melbourne	22 years, 238 days	1^[51]	18	7
Vic Gordon	Melbourne	23 years, 167 days	1^[52]	15	4	Previously played for St Kilda.
Jack Connole	Melbourne	23 years, 312 days	7^[53]	14	12
Arthur Best	Melbourne	23 years, 229 days	6^[54]	12	30	Previously played for St Kilda.
Billy Quinn	Melbourne	23 years, 286 days	3^[55]	11	2
Alex Fraser	Melbourne	21 years, 346 days	16^[56]	10	2
Rupe Lowell	Melbourne	19 years, 239 days	5^[57]	9	0	Previously played for Essendon.
Bill Brunier	Melbourne	25 years, 88 days	15^[58]	9	8
Alf Williamson	Melbourne	18 years, 225 days	7^[59]	8	5	Previously played for Carlton.
John Daly	Melbourne	23 years, 196 days	11^[60]	8	0
Les Smith	Melbourne	22 years, 61 days	4^[61]	7	1
Roy MacDonald	Melbourne	22 years, 327 days	11^[62]	8	0
Cliff Burge	Melbourne	21 years, 363 days	1^[63]	5	1
Percy Colee	Melbourne	21 years, 165 days	1^[64]	5	3
Harry Britter	Melbourne	22 years, 313 days	2^[65]	5	5
Eric Parsons	Melbourne	23 years, 96 days	2^[66]	2	0
Jack Woolley	Melbourne	27 years, 150 days	4^[67]	2	2	Previously played for Essendon.
Aubrey MacKenzie	Melbourne	19 years, 268 days	14^[68]	2	0
Herbert Roberts	Melbourne	23 years, 142 days	1^[69]	1	0
Wal Riddington	Melbourne	20 years, 213 days	2^[70]	1	0
Roy Gray	Melbourne	21 years, 197 days	4^[71]	1	0	Previously played for Collingwood.
George Bayliss	Richmond	19 years, 145 days	17^[72]	89	217
Frank Hughes	Richmond	20 years, 072 days	3^[73]	87	51
Reg Hede	Richmond	19 years, 254 days	10^[74]	85	1
Artie Bettles	Richmond	23 years, 38 days	2^[75]	73	0
Bill Thomas	Richmond	27 years, 173 days	2^[76]	62	3	Previously played for South Melbourne. Father of Len Thomas.
Bill Nolan	Richmond	25 years, 233 days	1^[77]	30	4
Jack Cronk	Richmond	23 years, 283 days	2^[78]	23	11
Allan Granger	Richmond	19 years, 361 days	15^[79]	11	11
Bob McKendry	Richmond	23 years, 250 days	1^[80]	6	1
George McLear	Richmond	22 years, 247 days	1^[81]	3	0
Bill Thorpe	Richmond	20 years, 122 days	3^[82]	2	2
George Driscoll	Richmond	20 years, 218 days	15^[83]	2	0
Harry Maynard	Richmond	24 years, 97 days	17^[84]	2	0
Len Gibb	Richmond	25 years, 220 days	4^[85]	1	0	Previously played for Collingwood.
Wal Rogers	Richmond	25 years, 29 days	8^[86]	1	0
Dave Smith	Richmond	29 years, 267 days	8^[87]	1	3	Previously played for Essendon.
Harry Morgan	South Melbourne	24 years, 345 days	1^[88]	60	100
Alan O'Donoghue	South Melbourne	22 years, 340 days	3^[89]	44	15	Previously played for Richmond
Ben Hair	South Melbourne	21 years, 208 days	1^[90]	43	3
Herb Matthews	South Melbourne	19 years, 291 days	10^[91]	32	27	Son Herbie Matthews won the 1940 Brownlow Medal
George Payne	South Melbourne	20 years, 176 days	5^[92]	26	14
Tom Bollard	South Melbourne	23 years, 268 days	13^[93]	24	0
Claude Thomas	South Melbourne	23 years, 24 days	3^[94]	13	0
Percy Jackson	South Melbourne	20 years, 066 days	7^[95]	8	5
Harold Bennett	South Melbourne	19 years, 324 days	1^[96]	7	0	Previously played for University
Charlie Jones	South Melbourne	25 years, 223 days	9^[97]	7	1
Bill Hennington	South Melbourne		4^[98]	6	0
Wally Laidlaw	South Melbourne	22 years, 331 days	10^[99]	3	0
Jack O'Brien	South Melbourne	21 years, 116 days	9^[100]	2	2
Herb Joolen	South Melbourne	23 years, 339 days	16^[101]	1	1	Previously played for Melbourne.
Pat Maloney	St Kilda	20 years, 177 days	18^[102]	44	8
Norm Turnbull	St Kilda	19 years, 314 days	1^[103]	31	14
Bill Lowrie	St Kilda	21 years, 161 days	9^[104]	30	27
Algy Sharp	St Kilda	24 years, 355 days	10^[105]	21	29
Orm Fowler	St Kilda	22 years, 177 days	6^[106]	9	11	Previously played for Fitzroy.
Harry Jane	St Kilda	20 years, 299 days	8^[107]	10	1	Previously played for Carlton.
Roy Farmer	St Kilda	21 years, 139 days	1^[108]	8	2
Bobby Donald	St Kilda	20 years, 46 days	1^[109]	7	2
Bert Chapman	St Kilda	22 years, 152 days	2^[110]	7	1
Stan Brady	St Kilda	27 years, 40 days	6^[111]	7	5
Harry Horsenail	St Kilda	22 years, 223 days	18^[112]	6	2
Len Phillips	St Kilda	24 years, 11 days	1^[113]	5	6
Jack Watt	St Kilda	24 years, 251 days	13^[114]	5	3	Previously played for Geelong and Melbourne.
Ernie Foo	St Kilda	22 years, 290 days	4^[115]	4	2
Angus McDonald	St Kilda	23 years, 181 days	1^[116]	2	1
Vern Couttie	St Kilda	23 years, 114 days	18^[117]	1	1
George McDonald	St Kilda	21 years, 188 days	18^[118]	1	1
Clarrie Roberts	St Kilda	25 years, 298 days	18^[119]	1	0
Percy Rodriguez	University	21 years, 110 days	1^[120]	17	1
Wally Don	University	22 years, 226 days	3^[121]	15	0	Previously played for Carlton
Leslie Marks	University	21 years, 132 days	1^[122]	14	13
Heinrich Schrader	University	20 years, 141 days	1^[123]	13	4	Played first-class cricket for Victoria
Gerald Johnston	University	22 years, 343 days	6^[124]	11	0
Frank Cameron	University	22 years, 57 days	9^[125]	8	0
Claude Bryan	University	21 years, 123 days	1^[126]	7	0
Cyril Seelenmeyer	University	22 years, 3 days	2^[127]	6	1	Received the Military Cross for gallantry during WWI
Reuben Patton	University	30 years, 267 days	3^[128]	6	0
Howard Stafford	University	21 years, 76 days	8^[129]	5	2
Bob Heatley	University	19 years, 12 days	14^[130]	4	0
Jim Houghton	University	22 years, 245 days	5^[131]	3	0
Will Houghton	University	24 years, 110 days	1^[132]	2	0
Gordon Morrissey	University	20 years, 045 days	17^[133]	2	0
Cyril Steele	University	22 years, 353 days	6^[134]	1	0	Previously played for Melbourne
Adrian Farmer	University	19 years, 161 days	17^[135]	1	2

List of VFL debuts in 1914

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