The 1969 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 73rd season of the VFL. The season saw 116 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 7 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1969 Club VFL debuts Change of club 8 0 9 0 10 0 10 0 Footscray 13 1 4 0 8 0 14 1 8 2 11 0 South Melbourne 15 3 6 0 Total 116 7

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 385 22 263 277 204 142 173 5 136 165 24 3 6 8 5 3 211 158Brother of Wayne Richardson. 186 127 121 37 102 0 97 26Played first-class cricket for Victoria. 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 140 138 60 25 38 3 20 0 14 6 10 2 10 1 9 1 2 0 2 1 197 18 76 14 61 4Father of Jarrod Molloy. 48 5 24 0 21 27 16 4 7 0 5 0 1 1 Footscray 177 25 Footscray 177 241 Won Brownlow Medal in 1981. Footscray 135 136 Won Brownlow Medal in 1981. Father of David Round. Footscray 125 5Previously played for Carlton. Footscray 49 6 Footscray 45 4 Footscray 24 0 Footscray 18 13 Footscray 5 1 Footscray 14 0 Footscray 3 0 Footscray 2 0 Footscray 2 1 Footscray 1 0 44 20 8 0 6 1 2 0 Father of Bryde O'Rourke. 332 915Voted "Player of the 20th Century". Brother of Kelvin Matthews. 264 201 91 8 72 26 38 24 37 1 17 5 12 0 224 251 49 1 42 21 35 0 34 18 25 2 18 3 15 18 12 23Previously played for Richmond. 9 3 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 North Melbourne 275 29 North Melbourne 58 12 North Melbourne 45 16 North Melbourne 15 9 North Melbourne 15 0Previously played for Footscray North Melbourne 14 16 Previously played for Richmond. Father of Paul Dimattina North Melbourne 11 5 North Melbourne 5 10 North Melbourne 2 2 North Melbourne 1 0 33 0 33 0 13 9 12 0Father of Luke and Matthew Ball. 11 0 7 0 7 9 7 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 138 69 134 111 126 80 Father of Steven Lawrence. 55 38 17 7 14 10 South Melbourne 213 22 South Melbourne 149 187 South Melbourne 99 71 Father of Mark Pitura. South Melbourne 77 36Father of Stephen Doyle. South Melbourne 63 5Previously played for Richmond. South Melbourne 18 1 South Melbourne 15 14Previously played for Melbourne. South Melbourne 13 2 South Melbourne 8 7 South Melbourne 7 2 South Melbourne 7 0 South Melbourne 7 9Previously played for Richmond. Father of Matthew Richardson. South Melbourne 6 6 South Melbourne 4 6 South Melbourne 2 0 South Melbourne 2 0 South Melbourne 1 0 South Melbourne 1 0

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