List of Melbourne Football Club captains

This is a list of all captains of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's.

## VFL/AFL

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Dates  | Captain(s)

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1897–1898  | Ned Sutton
1899  | Eddie Sholl
1900  | Dick Wardill
1901–1904  | William C. McClelland
1905  | Frank Langley
1906  | Arthur Sowden
1907  | Vin Coutie
1908  | Hugh Purse
1909  | Bernie Nolan
1910–1911  | Vin Coutie
1912–1913  | Alf George
1914  | Len Incigneri
1915  | Jack McKenzie
1919–1920  | George Heinz
1921–1923  | Percy Wilson
1924–1927  | Albert Chadwick
1928–1931  | Ivor Warne-Smith
1932–1933  | Francis Vine[1]
1934–1935  | Colin Niven
1936–1941  | Allan La Fontaine
1942–1944  | Percy Beames
1945–1947  | Norm Smith
1948–1949  | Don Cordner
1950  | Shane McGrath
1951–1953  | Denis Cordner
1954  | Geoff Collins
1955–1956  | Noel McMahen
1957–1959  | John Beckwith
1960–1964  | Ron Barassi
1965–1969  | Hassa Mann
1970  | Robert Johnson
1971–1972  | Frank Davis
1973–1976  | Stan Alves
1977–1978  | Greg Wells
1979–1980  | Carl Ditterich
1981–1987  | Robert Flower
1988–1990  | Greg Healy
1991–1997  | Garry Lyon
1998–1999  | Todd Viney
2000–2008  | David Neitz
2009–2010  | James McDonald
2011  | Brad Green
2012–2013  | Jack Trengove/Jack Grimes
2014  | Nathan Jones/Jack Grimes
2015–2016  | Nathan Jones
2017–2019  | Nathan Jones/Jack Viney
2020–  | Max Gawn

## AFL Women's

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Dates  | Captain(s)

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2017–2018  | Daisy Pearce
2019  | Elise O'Dea/Shelley Scott
2020–S7 (2022)  | Daisy Pearce
2023–  | Kate Hore

## References

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1. ^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.

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Melbourne Football Club

* Nickname: Demons

* History
* Club honours
* Current squad
* Players
* Coaches
* Captains
* Honour board
* Awards
* Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
* Daisy Pearce Trophy
* Leading goalkickers

* AFL coach: Simon Goodwin
* AFL captain: Max Gawn

* AFLW coach: Mick Stinear
* AFLW captain: Kate Hore

VFL/AFL home grounds|

* Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1941; 1946–)
* Punt Road Oval (1942–45)

AFLW home grounds|

* Casey Fields (2017–)

VFL/AFL premierships (13)|

* 1900
* 1926
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1948
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1959
* 1960
* 1964
* 2021

Runner-up (5)|

* 1946
* 1954
* 1958
* 1988
* 2000

AFLW premierships (1)|

* 2022 (S7)

Runner-up (1)|

* 2022 (S6)

Seasons (150)
(non-club articles in italics)|

* 1870
* 1871
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Women's seasons (7)|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022 (S6)
* 2022 (S7)
* 2023

Related articles|

* 2009 tanking scandal
* Casey Demons
* King's Birthday match
* Melbourne Hawks

Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–1918 due to the First World War

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Captains of the Melbourne Football Club

Pre-VFA|

* 1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley
* 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills
* 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith
* 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls
* 1863: Harrison/Woolley
* 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait
* 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill
* 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway
* 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman
* 1869–1871: Harrison
* 1871: Goldsmith
* 1872–1873: Byrne
* 1874–1875: Goldsmith
* 1875: Forrester

VFA|

* 1876–1879: Sillett
* 1880: Bennie
* 1881: Lamrock
* 1882: Rannard
* 1883: M. McKenzie
* 1884: John McDonald
* 1885: G. Aitken/Franks
* 1886: Morrison
* 1887: Kelly
* 1888: King
* 1889–1891: Fox
* 1892: W. Aitken
* 1892–1895: Fox
* 1895–1896: J. Wilson

VFL/AFL|

* 1897–1898: Sutton
* 1899: Sholl
* 1900: D. Wardill
* 1901–1904: McClelland
* 1905: Langley
* 1906: Sowden
* 1907: Coutie
* 1908: Purse
* 1909: Nolan
* 1910–1911: Coutie
* 1912–1913: George
* 1914: Incigneri
* 1915: J. McKenzie
* 1919–1920: Heinz
* 1921–1923: P. Wilson
* 1924–1927: Chadwick
* 1928–1931: Warne-Smith
* 1932–1933: Vine
* 1934–1935: Niven
* 1936–1941: La Fontaine
* 1942–1944: Beames
* 1945–1947: N. Smith
* 1948–1949: Don Cordner
* 1950: McGrath
* 1951–1953: Denis Cordner
* 1954: Collins
* 1955–1956: McMahen
* 1957–1959: Beckwith
* 1960–1964: Barassi
* 1965–1969: Mann
* 1970: Johnson
* 1971–1972: Davis
* 1973–1976: Alves
* 1977–1978: Wells
* 1979–1980: Ditterich
* 1981–1987: Flower
* 1988–1990: Healy
* 1991–1997: Lyon
* 1998–1999: T. Viney
* 2000–2008: Neitz
* 2008: Bruce/James McDonald
* 2009–2010: James McDonald
* 2011: Green
* 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove
* 2014: Grimes/Jones
* 2015–2016: Jones
* 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney
* 2020–: Gawn

AFL Women's|

* 2017–2018: Pearce
* 2019: O'Dea/Scott
* 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce
* 2023– : Hore

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VFL/AFL and AFL Women's club captains

* Adelaide
* Brisbane Bears
* Brisbane Lions
* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Fitzroy
* Fremantle
* Geelong
* Gold Coast
* Greater Western Sydney
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Port Adelaide
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Sydney Swans
* University
* West Coast Eagles
* Western Bulldogs

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