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.

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes
1897–1898	Ned Sutton
1899	Eddie Sholl
1900	Dick Wardill	1900 premiership captain
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	1926 premiership captain
1928–1931	Ivor Warne-Smith
1932–1933	Francis Vine^[1]
1934–1935	Colin Niven
1936–1941	Allan La Fontaine	1939 premiership captain 1940 premiership captain 1941 premiership captain
1942–1944	Percy Beames
1945–1947	Norm Smith
1948–1949	Don Cordner	1948 premiership captain
1950	Shane McGrath
1951–1953	Denis Cordner
1954	Geoff Collins
1955–1956	Noel McMahen	1955 premiership captain 1956 premiership captain
1957–1959	John Beckwith	1957 premiership captain 1959 premiership captain
1960–1964	Ron Barassi	1960 premiership captain 1964 premiership captain
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–	Nathan Jones

References

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

Melbourne Football Club

History Club honours Current squad Players Coaches Captains Honour board Awards Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Nathan Jones Coach: Paul Roos Nickname: Demons

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1859–1915; 1919–41; 1946–present) Friendly Societies' Ground (1885–90) Motordrome (1932) Punt Road Oval (1942–46)

Premierships (12)	1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964

Seasons (156)	1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 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

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Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–18 due to the First World War

Captains of the Melbourne Football Club

1859: Hammersley
1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills
1861: Harrison/R. Wardill
1862: T. Smith/Woolley
1863–1864: Harrison
1865: Harrison/R. Wardill
1866: Harrison
1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman
1869–1871: Harrison
1871: Goldsmith
1872–1873: Byrne
1874–1875: Goldsmith
1875: Forrester
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
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: Viney
2000–2008: Neitz
2008: Bruce/James McDonald
2009–2010: James McDonald
2011: Green
2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove
2014: Grimes/Jones
2015–: Jones

VFL/AFL club captains

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