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.
Summary + Summary of debuts in 1963 Club VFL debuts Change of club 7 0 8 0 7 0 19 0 Footscray 13 0 6 0 5 0 7 0 North Melbourne 9 2 11 1 8 0 South Melbourne 13 0 Total 113 3
Debuts
Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 169 50 108 3 38 11 24 18 21 10 7 1 6 0 182 0 163 181 95 17 92 28 63 132 59 5 33 1 2 3 168 6 83 4 65 13 29 4 Father of Tim Forsyth. 18 7 6 0 2 0 132 206 64 15 46 7 35 4 20 1 19 3 10 7 10 0 Father of Damian Carroll. 9 2 Son of Alf Egan. 9 7 5 0 Father of Ben Dixon. 4 0 4 1 4 1 4 0 3 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 Footscray 166 288 Footscray 133 47 Father of Luke Darcy. Footscray 77 33 Footscray 43 12 Footscray 23 0 Footscray 23 20 Footscray 16 22 Footscray 6 2 Footscray 6 2 Footscray 4 0 Footscray 3 0 Footscray 2 0 Footscray 1 0 167 220 94 109 61 52 56 24 52 4 36 0 53 2 50 33 16 0 Father of Garry Lyon. 2 0 1 0 175 154 92 36 Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996. 75 2 40 1 21 5 7 2Father of James Thiessen. 3 3 North Melbourne 106 61 Father of Brett Allison. North Melbourne 97 77 North Melbourne 77 3 Grandfather of Jaryd Cachia. North Melbourne 54 12Previously played for Collingwood. North Melbourne 20 0 North Melbourne 16 18 Father of Gary O'Donnell. Previously played for Geelong. North Melbourne 11 4 North Melbourne 10 3 North Melbourne 8 8 North Melbourne 7 0 North Melbourne 1 0 130 124 118 192 49 45 40 57 40 1 Previously played for Footscray. 13 7 11 0 11 4 10 7 9 0 4 0 2 0 203 156 153 14 127 25 123 40 39 41 37 6 3 1 1 0 South Melbourne 260 8 South Melbourne 119 27 South Melbourne 60 28 South Melbourne 56 43 South Melbourne 49 4 Brother of John and uncle of Peter Somerville. South Melbourne 27 1 South Melbourne 21 7 South Melbourne 20 4 South Melbourne 16 0 South Melbourne 7 0 South Melbourne 4 0 South Melbourne 1 0 South Melbourne 1 0
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