List of St Kilda Football Club captains
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The following is a list of players who have been captains of the St Kilda Football Club (Australian rules football
) in the Australian Football League
(AFL), formerly the VFL.
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) in the Australian Football League
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| Dates | Captain(s) | Notes |
| 1897-99 | Billy Shaw | |
| 1900 | Cecil Sandford | |
| 1901 | Dick McCabe Dick McCabe (Australian footballer) Dick McCabe was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He used the pseudonym Dick McKay during his playing days and thus that is how his name appears in many football records.From Essendon District, McCabe was a... , Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith (Australian footballer) James 'Jimmy' Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached St Kilda in the VFL during the early 1900s.... |
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| 1902 | Joe Hogan | |
| 1903 | Bill Jackson Bill Jackson (footballer) Bill 'Newhaven' Jackson was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... , Jimmy Smith |
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| 1904 | Jimmy Smith | |
| 1905 | Vic Barwick Vic Barwick Victor A. E. J. "Vic" Barwick was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1906 | Jimmy Smith | |
| 1907 | Jack Wells Jack Wells (footballer) John "Jack" Wells was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Western Australian Football Association , Kalgoorlie City in the Goldfields Football Association , St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League , and in the Victorian Football Association... |
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| 1908 | Jack Wells | |
| 1909 | Vic Barwick | |
| 1910 | Sam Gravenall Sam Gravenall Sam Gravenall was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .From Wesley College, Gravenall was a forward and had his first season at St Kilda in 1903. He didn't appear for the club again until 1906 and the following year went to Western Australia,... |
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| 1911 | Gordon Dangerfield Gordon Dangerfield Gordon Dangerfield was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1912 | George Morrissey George Morrissey George Morrissey was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Morrissey, a forward, came to St Kilda from Ballarat and soon made a name of himself as a tough and aggressive player. In 1911 he joined Tasmanian club North Hobart and became their first... |
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| 1913 | Harry Lever Harry Lever Harry Lever was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.Lever played as a fullback in his 18 year VFL career which began in 1905. In 1907 he lost two fingers in a Band saw accident but recovered to go on and play a total of 218 games for St Kilda, including the 1913 VFL... |
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| 1914 | Harry Lever, Dave McNamara Dave McNamara David J. "Dave" McNamara was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward.... |
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| 1915 | Gordon Dangerfield | |
| 1918 | Harry Lever | |
| 1919 | Wels Eicke Wels Eicke Wellesley Hastings "Wels" Eicke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Early life/career:Eicke was a talented young sportsman who was a champion swimmer at school level... |
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| 1920 | Roy Cazaly Roy Cazaly Roy Cazaly was an Australian rules football player famous for his high marks and ruck work, which gave rise to the phrase "Up There Cazaly".-Early life/career:... |
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| 1921 | Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts Charles "Charlie" Ricketts was a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.Ricketts was a champion rover for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1903 to 1905... , Stan Williams |
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| 1922 | Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins William "Bill" Cubbins was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Cubbins played with St Kilda as possibly the greatest full back of his time. He won a record four club best and fairest awards . Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.He played for... |
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| 1923 | Dave McNamara | |
| 1924 | Wels Eicke | |
| 1925 | Bill Cubbins, Barney Carr Barney Carr Barney Carr was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s.A centreman, Carr played 130 games with St Kilda and represented Victoria at interstate football on nine occasions... |
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| 1926 | Bill Cubbins | |
| 1927 | George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... , Horrie Mason Horrie Mason Angus 'Horrie' Mason was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s.... |
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| 1928 | Horrie Mason, Bill Cubbins | |
| 1929-30 | Bill Cubbins | |
| 1931 | Harold Matthews Harold Matthews Harold Matthews was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.A defender, Matthews was the joint winner of the St Kilda Best Player award in 1926 and won it again the following season. In 1931 he finished equal 9th in the Brownlow Medal count.- External links :... |
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| 1932 | Stuart King Stuart King Stuart Patrick King was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football for Victorian Football League club St Kilda.... |
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| 1933 | Col Deane Col Deane Colin 'Col' Deane was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... , Clarrie Hindson |
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| 1934 | Colin Watson Colin Watson (footballer) Colin C. Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with... |
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| 1935 | Clarrie Hindson | |
| 1936 | Jack Perkins | |
| 1937 | Bill Mohr Bill Mohr Wilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1938-39 | Ansell Clarke Ansell Clarke Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season... |
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| 1940 | Stan Lloyd Stan Lloyd Stan Lloyd was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.A defender, Lloyd won St Kilda's best and fairest in 1938.-External links:... |
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| 1941 | Jack Knight Jack Knight (footballer) Jack 'Cracker' Knight was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s and played for and coached St Kilda during the early 1940s.... |
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| 1942-43 | Reg Garvin Reg Garvin Reg Garvin was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.Originally from Newtown in NSW, Garvin had already represented his state at interstate football by the time he arrived at St Kilda. A follower, he finished equal 4th in the 1941 Brownlow Medal and won the first of... |
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| 1944 | Frank Kelly Frank Kelly (footballer) Frank James Kelly was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... , Clarrie Vontom |
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| 1945 | Clarrie Vontom | |
| 1946-47 | Allan Hird | |
| 1948 | Harold Bray Harold Bray Harold Bray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman... |
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| 1949-50 | Fred Green Fred Green (footballer) Fred Green was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1951-53 | Keith Drinan Keith Drinan Keith Francis James Drinan was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Drinan, who served with the Royal Australian Navy during the war, played for St Kilda initially as Half-back flank then Centre Half-Back before establishing himself as a great full back... |
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| 1954-55 | Les Foote Les Foote Leslie Roy Foote was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:A local lad, and recruited from the North Melbourne Colts, Foote played his first match with the North Melbourne Football Club in 1941 at just 16 years of age.He was able to kick equally well with... |
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| 1956-57 | Keith Drinan | |
| 1958 | Brian Gleeson Brian Gleeson Brian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957... |
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| 1959-62 | Neil Roberts | |
| 1963-68 | Darrel Baldock Darrel Baldock Darrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"... |
1966 premiership captain |
| 1969 | Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer) Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond... |
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| 1970-72 | Ross Smith Ross G. Smith Ross G. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival... |
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| 1973 | Stuart Trott | |
| 1974-75 | Barry Lawrence Barry Lawrence Barry K. Lawrence is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He played for St Kilda.Barry played as a forward for Longford in Tasmania, he had once signed the play with Hawthorn in 1967 but he decided to stay in Tasmania for two more years before jioning St Kilda. he... |
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| 1976-77 | Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
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| 1978 | Gary Colling Gary Colling Gary Colling is a former Australian rules footballer who played from for St Kilda from 1968 until 1981 in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1979 | Barry Breen Barry Breen Barry Breen was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. Breen attended De La Salle College, Malvern... |
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| 1980 | Garry Sidebottom Garry Sidebottom Garry Sidebottom is a former Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda, Geelong and Fitzroy Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League and Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s.Sidebottom was a powerful and fearless player ideal... |
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| 1981 | Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame... , Bruce Duperouzel Bruce Duperouzel Bruce Duperouzel is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Footscray in the VFL.Duperouzel started his career at WANFL club Claremont, playing 86 games in his five seasons and winning their 1971 Fairest and best award... |
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| 1982 | Bruce Duperouzel | |
| 1983-86 | Trevor Barker Trevor Barker Trevor Barker was an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League .... |
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| 1987-95 | Danny Frawley Danny Frawley Danny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending... |
Longest serving captain |
| 1996-98 | Nathan Burke Nathan Burke Nathan Burke is a former Australian rules footballer.He was a tough rover who always backed himself in a contest and was one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club. He set the club record for most number of games at his retirement, with 323 games which was broken... , Stewart Loewe Stewart Loewe Stewart Loewe is a former Australian rules football champion of the St Kilda Football Club.Nicknamed "Buckets" for his big hands and the way he was able to mark the ball with ease, Loewe debuted in 1986 for the St Kilda Football Club after being recruited from Mount Eliza... |
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| 1998-00 | Nathan Burke | |
| 2001-02 | Robert Harvey Robert Harvey (footballer) Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
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| 2003 | Aaron Hamill Aaron Hamill Aaron "Sammy" Hamill is a former professional Australian rules footballer who is best known for his time at the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League when he briefly captained the club.... |
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| 2004 | Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield.... |
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| 2005 | Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:... |
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| 2006 | Luke Ball Luke Ball Luke Patrick Ball is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for in the Australian Football League.... |
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| 2007 | Lenny Hayes, Nick Riewoldt, Luke Ball (co-captains) | |
| 2008-present | Nick Riewoldt |