List of VFL debuts in 1963

The 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the sixty-seventh season of the VFL. The season saw 113 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and three players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Club	VFL debuts	Change of club
Carlton	7	0
Collingwood	8	0
Essendon	7	0
Fitzroy	19	0
Footscray	13	0
Geelong	6	0
Hawthorn	5	0
Melbourne	7	0
North Melbourne	9	2
Richmond	11	1
St Kilda	8	0
South Melbourne	13	0
Total	113	3

Name	Club	Age at debut	Round debuted	Games	Goals	Notes
Kevin Hall	Carlton	19 years, 67 days	12^[1]	169	50
John Goold	Carlton	21 years, 339 days	7^[2]	108	3
John Comben	Carlton	18 years, 311 days	1^[3]	38	11
Greg Hardie	Carlton	17 years, 332 days	1^[4]	24	18
Trevor Best	Carlton	21 years, 88 days	10^[5]	21	10
Dave Rogers	Carlton	21 years, 136 days	14^[6]	7	1
Doug Ringholt	Carlton	20 years, 259 days	6^[7]	6	0
Ted Potter	Collingwood	18 years, 188 days	5^[8]	182	0
Terry Waters	Collingwood	19 years, 134 days	2^[9]	163	181
Ricky Watt	Collingwood	16 years, 219 days	4^[10]	95	17
Max Urquhart	Collingwood	20 years, 307 days	3^[11]	92	28
Ian Graham	Collingwood	20 years, 147 days	7^[12]	63	132
Ernie Hug	Collingwood	19 years, 117 days	10^[13]	59	5
Kevin McLean	Collingwood	20 years, 250 days	5^[14]	33	1
John Murton	Collingwood	19 years, 317 days	3^[15]	2	3
Darryl Gerlach	Essendon	19 years, 204 days	15^[16]	168	6
Greg Brown	Essendon	20 years, 88 days	6^[17]	83	4
Kevin Egan	Essendon	19 years, 348 days	16^[18]	65	13
Jim Forsyth	Essendon	18 years, 348 days	10^[19]	29	4	Father of Tim Forsyth.
Noel Raitt	Essendon	19 years, 122 days	2^[20]	18	7
Garry Fenton	Essendon	20 years, 168 days	5^[21]	6	0
John Booth	Essendon	20 years, 314 days	8^[22]	2	0
Gary Lazarus	Fitzroy	17 years, 211 days	1^[23]	132	206
Doug Hellings	Fitzroy	18 years, 280 days	3^[24]	64	15
Ron Fry	Fitzroy	26 years, 29 days	7^[25]	46	7
Barry Fitzgerald	Fitzroy	24 years, 278 days	10^[26]	35	4
Terry O'Mara	Fitzroy	22 years, 160 days	13^[27]	20	1
Tony Hirst	Fitzroy	18 years, 8 days	9^[28]	19	3
Brett Pollock	Fitzroy	20 years, 144 days	1^[29]	10	7
Brian Carroll	Fitzroy	22 years, 77 days	8^[30]	10	0	Father of Damian Carroll.
Ted Lovett	Fitzroy	21 years, 115 days	8^[31]	9	2	Son of Alf Egan.
Bill Storer	Fitzroy	21 years, 205 days	17^[32]	9	7
Joe Dixon	Fitzroy	22 years, 352 days	5^[33]	5	0	Father of Ben Dixon.
Allan Anderson	Fitzroy	19 years, 83 days	3^[34]	4	0
Stan Haag	Fitzroy	20 years, 94 days	4^[35]	4	1
Kevin Ellis	Fitzroy	18 years, 223 days	6^[36]	4	1
Graham Goninon	Fitzroy	18 years, 129 days	18^[37]	4	0
Barry Rippon	Fitzroy	23 years, 42 days	4^[38]	3	5
Brian Williams	Fitzroy	26 years, 218 days	1^[39]	2	0
Barry Sadler	Fitzroy	23 years, 24 days	12^[40]	2	0
Geoff Doubleday	Fitzroy	23 years, 145 days	19^[41]	1	0
George Bisset	Footscray	20 years, 41 days	1^[42]	166	288
David Darcy	Footscray	19 years, 252 days	1^[43]	133	47	Father of Luke Darcy.
Ivan Marsh	Footscray	20 years, 99 days	17^[44]	77	33
John Bradley	Footscray	20 years, 8 days	5^[45]	43	12
Jack Greenwood	Footscray	19 years, 150 days	6^[46]	23	0
Bob Gray	Footscray	20 years, 145 days	12^[47]	23	20
Rod Coutts	Footscray	20 years, 326 days	7^[48]	16	22
Bob Spurling	Footscray	19 years, 335 days	4^[49]	6	2
Eddie O'Halloran	Footscray	20 years, 110 days	10^[50]	6	2
Bob Parsons	Footscray	21 years, 143 days	4^[51]	4	0
Col Bendelle	Footscray	19 years, 35 days	15^[52]	3	0
Robert Schultz	Footscray	19 years, 199 days	17^[53]	2	0
Ron Birch	Footscray	19 years, 284 days	12^[54]	1	0
Bill Ryan	Geelong	18 years, 208 days	9^[55]	167	220
John Sharrock	Geelong	19 years, 63 days	1^[56]	94	109
Gordon Hynes	Geelong	18 years, 172 days	2^[57]	61	52
Colin Eales	Geelong	18 years, 333 days	7^[58]	56	24
John Watts	Geelong	26 years, 89 days	1^[59]	52	4
Ian Scott	Geelong	23 years, 177 days	17^[60]	36	0
Ross Growcott	Hawthorn	18 years, 29 days	9^[61]	53	2
Kevin Coverdale	Hawthorn	22 years, 329 days	2^[62]	50	33
Peter Lyon	Hawthorn	21 years, 113 days	1^[63]	16	0	Father of Garry Lyon.
Graeme McArthur	Hawthorn	18 years, 269 days	15^[64]	2	0
Danny Hegarty	Hawthorn	18 years, 254 days	2^[65]	1	0
Barry Bourke	Melbourne	19 years, 223 days	2^[66]	175	154
Ray Groom	Melbourne	18 years, 229 days	1^[67]	92	36	Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996.
Tony Anderson	Melbourne	21 years, 100 days	4^[68]	75	2
Graham Wise	Melbourne	20 years, 189 days	1^[69]	40	1
David Robbie	Melbourne	19 years, 49 days	10^[70]	21	5
Tony Thiessen	Melbourne	20 years, 351 days	4^[71]	7	2	Father of James Thiessen.
Owen Zinko	Melbourne	18 years, 38 days	5^[72]	3	3
Tom Allison	North Melbourne	19 years, 51 days	1^[73]	106	61	Father of Brett Allison.
Maurie Wood	North Melbourne	19 years, 55 days	2^[74]	97	77
Terry Benton	North Melbourne	20 years, 316 days	6^[75]	77	3	Grandfather of Jaryd Cachia.
Mike Delanty	North Melbourne	26 years, 187 days	1^[76]	54	12	Previously played for Collingwood.
Bob Goode	North Melbourne	19 years, 216 days	7^[77]	20	0
Graeme O'Donnell	North Melbourne	24 years, 310 days	6^[78]	16	18	Father of Gary O'Donnell. Previously played for Geelong.
Peter Agrums	North Melbourne	22 years, 238 days	5^[79]	11	4
Roland Crosby	North Melbourne	19 years, 115 days	8^[80]	10	3
Viv Peterson	North Melbourne	21 years, 065 days	1^[81]	8	8
Bob Stewart	North Melbourne	22 years, 34 days	1^[82]	7	0
Bob Wright	North Melbourne	20 years, 144 days	7^[83]	1	0
Billy Brown	Richmond	20 years, 207 days	3^[84]	130	124
John Northey	Richmond	19 years, 295 days	1^[85]	118	192
Ross Warner	Richmond	18 years, 303 days	7^[86]	49	45
Peter Hogan	Richmond	17 years, 143 days	1^[87]	40	57
Owen Madigan	Richmond	19 years, 60 days	7^[88]	40	1	Previously played for Footscray.
Gary Arnold	Richmond	19 years, 171 days	6^[89]	13	7
Rodney Evans	Richmond	17 years, 113 days	2^[90]	11	0
Tom Garland	Richmond	20 years, 0 days	10^[91]	11	4
Jeff Lawson	Richmond	18 years, 300 days	14^[92]	10	7
John Caulfield	Richmond	19 years, 148 days	9^[93]	9	0
Bob Brownhill	Richmond	19 years, 199 days	9^[94]	4	0
Brian Lienert	Richmond	20 years, 126 days	4^[95]	2	0
Carl Ditterich	St Kilda	17 years, 192 days	1^[96]	203	156
Bob Murray	St Kilda	21 years, 15 days	1^[97]	153	14
Ian Stewart	St Kilda	19 years, 280 days	1^[98]	127	25
Daryl Griffiths	St Kilda	17 years, 214 days	8^[99]	123	40
Jim Wallis	St Kilda	21 years, 159 days	1^[100]	39	41
John Dowling	St Kilda	19 years, 149 days	18^[101]	37	6
Bill Gerrand	St Kilda	21 years, 239 days	11^[102]	3	1
Max Reed	St Kilda	20 years, 348 days	4^[103]	1	0
John Rantall	South Melbourne	19 years, 132 days	1^[104]	260	8
Paul Harrison	South Melbourne	18 years, 268 days	1^[105]	119	27
Ken Phillips	South Melbourne	19 years, 230 days	4^[106]	60	28
Des Bethke	South Melbourne	19 years, 244 days	1^[107]	56	43
Trevor Somerville	South Melbourne	19 years, 16 days	3^[108]	49	4	Brother of John and uncle of Peter Somerville.
Gary Johnston	South Melbourne	22 years, 5 days	3^[109]	27	1
Eric White	South Melbourne	20 years, 250 days	5^[110]	21	7
Bill Ross	South Melbourne	19 years, 35 days	3^[111]	20	4
Kevin Batch	South Melbourne	22 years, 54 days	15^[112]	16	0
Bob Strachan	South Melbourne	18 years, 321 days	7^[113]	7	0
Ron Cotton	South Melbourne	20 years, 236 days	15^[114]	4	0
Fred Rees	South Melbourne	19 years, 334 days	2^[115]	1	0
Jim Fuller	South Melbourne	19 years, 223 days	10^[116]	1	0

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