List of VFL debuts in 1955

The 1955 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 59th season of the VFL. The season saw 117 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 7 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Club	VFL debuts	Change of club
Carlton	13	0
Collingwood	5	1
Essendon	8	0
Fitzroy	10	0
Footscray	6	1
Geelong	5	0
Hawthorn	11	1
Melbourne	5	1
North Melbourne	16	0
Richmond	11	0
South Melbourne	10	1
St Kilda	17	2
Total	117	7

Name	Club	Age at debut	Round debuted	Games	Goals	Notes
Graham Donaldson	Carlton	19 years, 321 days	4^[1]	106	85
Jack Sullivan	Carlton	21 years, 262 days	3^[2]	66	21
Bob Bosustow	Carlton	20 years, 326 days	3^[3]	20	4	Father of Peter Bosustow.
Colin Holt	Carlton	21 years, 59 days	10^[4]	20	0
Leon Berner	Carlton	19 years, 297 days	11^[5]	18	4
Kevin Bergin	Carlton	18 years, 269 days	9^[6]	12	12
Peter Aitken	Carlton	20 years, 156 days	1^[7]	11	7
Jack Ellis	Carlton	21 years, 138 days	4^[8]	10	13
John Cheffers	Carlton	18 years, 334 days	1^[9]	4	4	Son of Percy Cheffers.
Dave Browning	Carlton	21 years, 339 days	3^[10]	4	1
John Paice	Carlton	23 years, 168 days	6^[11]	4	0
Barry Archbold	Carlton	21 years, 238 days	16^[12]	2	0
Barry Beitzel	Carlton	20 years, 236 days	17^[13]	2	0
Ray Gabelich	Collingwood	21 years, 301 days	3^[14]	160	43
Harry Sullivan	Collingwood	23 years, 8 days	1^[15]	78	5	Previously played for Carlton.
Bob Greve	Collingwood	20 years, 235 days	14^[16]	67	20
Ken Smale	Collingwood	21 years, 162 days	1^[17]	60	98
Laurie Rymer	Collingwood	20 years, 320 days	6^[18]	25	10
John Elder	Collingwood	22 years, 282 days	3^[19]	2	0
Robert Fox	Essendon	23 years, 165 days	1^[20]	52	34
Doug Dench	Essendon	25 years, 77 days	1^[21]	27	0
Graham Willey	Essendon	21 years, 306 days	6^[22]	17	35
Don Carmichael	Essendon	18 years, 128 days	12^[23]	15	1
Morton Diston	Essendon	18 years, 351 days	5^[24]	12	2
Keith Chapman	Essendon	21 years, 128 days	12^[25]	6	1
Warren Prest	Essendon	22 years, 128 days	1^[26]	3	0
Ken Reed	Essendon	23 years, 136 days	3^[27]	2	0
Kevin Murray	Fitzroy	16 years, 323 days	4^[28]	333	51
Wally Clark	Fitzroy	19 years, 10 days	8^[29]	105	120
Ron Smith	Fitzroy	20 years, 264 days	8^[30]	9	8
Toby Elder	Fitzroy	20 years, 181 days	1^[31]	5	1
Bob Collins	Fitzroy	18 years, 103 days	1^[32]	3	0
Bobby Wilson	Fitzroy	20 years, 250 days	16^[33]	3	1
Alan Anton	Fitzroy	22 years, 112 days	2^[34]	2	2
John Charles	Fitzroy	19 years, 318 days	17^[35]	2	0
Laurie Jarman	Fitzroy	20 years, 6 days	17^[36]	2	2
Bill Smith	Fitzroy	18 years, 239 days	17^[37]	2	0
Alex Gardiner	Footscray	20 years, 117 days	3^[38]	92	18
John Westacott	Footscray	21 years, 348 days	14^[39]	34	0
Kevin J. Smith	Footscray	20 years, 172 days	6^[40]	17	7
Allan Clough	Footscray	22 years, 208 days	7^[41]	17	4
Ron Dixon	Footscray	21 years, 185 days	4^[42]	10	0
Kevin R. Smith	Footscray	22 years, 305 days	1^[43]	7	13	Previously played for North Melbourne
Frank McDowell	Footscray	21 years, 163 days	6^[44]	1	0
Matt Goggin	Geelong	18 years, 269 days	1^[45]	88	5
John O'Connell	Geelong	23 years, 39 days	1^[46]	81	65
Clive Brown	Geelong	20 years, 357 days	4^[47]	72	4
John Haygarth	Geelong	20 years, 361 days	12^[48]	59	13
Geoff Umbers	Geelong	21 years, 202 days	6^[49]	7	2
Graham Arthur	Hawthorn	18 years, 311 days	1^[50]	232	201	Hawthorn's first premiership captain. Son of Alan Arthur.
Ray Yeoman	Hawthorn	20 years, 197 days	2^[51]	74	47
Don Gent	Hawthorn	22 years, 127 days	7^[52]	70	0
Ian Hinks	Hawthorn	17 years, 346 days	1^[53]	16	3
Bill Elsworth	Hawthorn	18 years, 334 days	11^[54]	10	4
Brian Boland	Hawthorn	23 years, 299 days	6^[55]	6	0	Previously played for Richmond. Father of Glenn Boland.
Rod Horrocks	Hawthorn	21 years, 56 days	1^[56]	4	3
Barry Takle	Hawthorn	20 years, 164 days	10^[57]	4	1
Alan Jewell	Hawthorn	23 years, 98 days	7^[58]	2	0
Leon Toohey	Hawthorn	20 years, 242 days	11^[59]	2	0
Jeff Harris	Hawthorn	23 years, 263 days	6^[60]	1	0
Ron Hoy	Hawthorn	22 years, 316 days	10^[61]	1	0
Trevor Johnson	Melbourne	20 years, 95 days	3^[62]	118	9
Athol Webb	Melbourne	19 years, 299 days	12^[63]	74	146
Dick Atkinson	Melbourne	20 years, 325 days	6^[64]	7	0
Ivan Baumgartner	Melbourne	21 years, 16 days	6^[65]	5	0	Previously played for Geelong.
Fred Webster	Melbourne	20 years, 4 days	2^[66]	3	2
Kevin Clarke	Melbourne	23 years, 295 days	1^[67]	1	0
John Dugdale	North Melbourne	19 years, 60 days	4^[68]	248	358	Father of Dean and Glenn Dugdale.
Max Ritchie	North Melbourne	20 years, 177 days	3^[69]	55	7
Norm Dean	North Melbourne	21 years, 83 days	8^[70]	30	6
John Ford	North Melbourne	23 years, 75 days	11^[71]	13	2
Bill Reddick	North Melbourne	19 years, 177 days	4^[72]	12	0
Bobby Burt	North Melbourne	20 years, 342 days	03^[73]	11	2
John Joiner	North Melbourne	20 years, 315 days	3^[74]	11	0
Jack Lawrence	North Melbourne	20 years, 288 days	1^[75]	9	3
Brian O'Halloran	North Melbourne	17 years, 227 days	9^[76]	9	1
Ron James	North Melbourne	22 years, 95 days	12^[77]	7	5
Norm Neeson	North Melbourne	21 years, 114 days	9^[78]	5	0
Peter Marchesi	North Melbourne	21 years, 299 days	3^[79]	3	0
Peter Curtis	North Melbourne	22 years, 93 days	1^[80]	2	1
John Wymer	North Melbourne	22 years, 109 days	5^[81]	2	0
Bill Barton	North Melbourne	19 years, 102 days	10^[82]	2	2
Keith Goullet	North Melbourne	22 years, 206 days	1^[83]	1	1
Ted Langridge	Richmond	18 years, 211 days	6^[84]	94	149
Ron McDonald	Richmond	21 years, 254 days	2^[85]	92	84
Peter Morris	Richmond	21 years, 355 days	13^[86]	89	103
Ray Allsop	Richmond	21 years, 159 days	7^[87]	54	69
John Jenkins	Richmond	19 years, 139 days	12^[88]	34	34
Charlie Flannagan	Richmond	21 years, 300 days	18^[89]	26	0
John Claxton	Richmond	20 years, 177 days	3^[90]	15	18
John Gorwell	Richmond	20 years, 77 days	3^[91]	9	0
John Robson	Richmond	21 years, 299 days	4^[92]	6	4
Neil Davies	Richmond	23 years, 128 days	1^[93]	2	1
Ray Bloodworth	Richmond	21 years, 241 days	16^[94]	2	0
Brian McGowan	South Melbourne	17 years, 196 days	13^[95]	118	171
Hugh McLaughlin	South Melbourne	19 years, 234 days	8^[96]	116	5
John Trethowan	South Melbourne	18 years, 184 days	3^[97]	81	13
Bob Pratt	South Melbourne	19 years, 44 days	4^[98]	35	35	Son of Bob Pratt.
John Woolley	South Melbourne	19 years, 271 days	1^[99]	25	0
John Ferguson	South Melbourne	24 years, 2 days	5^[100]	25	4	Previously played for Melbourne.
Frank Primmer	South Melbourne	22 years, 125 days	6^[101]	25	7
Neil McNeill	South Melbourne	23 years, 125 days	11^[102]	11	1
Ray Reed	South Melbourne	21 years, 48 days	9^[103]	10	1
Des Barry	South Melbourne	21 years, 339 days	1^[104]	8	0
Colin Vance	South Melbourne	25 years, 188 days	1^[105]	3	5
Allan Jeans	St Kilda	21 years, 214 days	2^[106]	77	27	Coached St Kilda to their only VFL premiership.
Bill Gleeson	St Kilda	23 years, 293 days	2^[107]	15	11
Milne McCooke	St Kilda	20 years, 259 days	10^[108]	13	8
John Nelson	St Kilda	21 years, 109 days	6^[109]	11	0
Gerry Burton	St Kilda	22 years, 64 days	1^[110]	10	0
Stuart Lennie	St Kilda	18 years, 82 days	1^[111]	10	12
Brian Gilmore	St Kilda	25 years, 171 days	6^[112]	10	2	Previously played for Essendon.
John Reeves	St Kilda	25 years, 247 days	4^[113]	8	1	Previously played for North Melbourne.
Allan Mennie	St Kilda	20 years, 17 days	5^[114]	8	0
Merv Dihm	St Kilda	21 years, 270 days	9^[115]	8	0
Max Stephenson	St Kilda	20 years, 91 days	16^[116]	7	0
Mick McLaren	St Kilda	19 years, 13 days	1^[117]	4	0
Jim Camm	St Kilda	23 years, 17 days	9^[118]	4	0
Peter Allan	St Kilda	20 years, 125 days	5^[119]	3	0
Ian Drohan	St Kilda	22 years, 295 days	9^[120]	3	0
Ron Byron	St Kilda	23 years, 250 days	1^[121]	2	0
Jim Jewitt	St Kilda	22 years, 84 days	3^[122]	2	1
Alan Osborne	St Kilda	21 years, 138 days	5^[123]	1	0
Jack Suttie	St Kilda	20 years, 280 days	12^[124]	1	1

List of VFL debuts in 1955

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