The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). The season saw 84 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 25 players transfer to new clubs, having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1989 Club VFL debuts Change of club 6 3 8 2 7 1 6 1 7 3 Footscray 4 3 4 2 3 0 5 2 9 0 7 0 4 4 42 10 2 Total 84 25

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 318 145 113 41 Previously played for West Coast. 107 11 86 44 64 5 Previously played for West Coast. 42 15 Previously played for West Coast. 21 5 8 2 5 2 177 91 Son of Joyce Brown and grandson of Doug Anderson. 42 26 Uncle of Tom and Ed Phillips. 38 33 27 26 Previously played for Essendon. 19 50 Nephew of Peter Hudson and cousin of Paul Hudson. 18 4 15 7 9 3 5 0 Previously played for Melbourne. 3 1 122 43 Grandson of Bert Kelly. 24 28 11 16 Son of Graeme Shephard. 10 4Previously played for West Coast. 8 0 6 1 4 6 2 1 190 143 112 18 72 65 Brother of Rachael Sporn. 40 60 25 20 Previously played for St Kilda. 21 16 12 4 125 36 70 160 44 27 32 39 Brother of Peter and Phillip Matera and father of Brandon Matera. Previously played for West Coast. 23 15 22 3 Previously played for Essendon. 13 4 9 8 Previously played for West Coast. 6 1 6 0 101 41 36 24 Son of John R. Charles and nephew of Norm Charles. 18 0 Previously played for North Melbourne and Collingwood. 15 27 Father of Mitch Georgiades. 14 13 Son of John Williams. Previously played for Carlton. 9 19 3 1 Previously played for St Kilda. 121 58 Cousin of Gary Rohan. Previously played for Fitzroy. 75 2 Previously played for Essendon. 67 18 Brother of Tony Malakellis. 23 10 20 7 5 0 Brother of Damian Bourke and uncle of Jordan Bourke. 40 4 3 0 1 0 74 208 Previously played for West Coast. 42 41 2016 AFL Premiership coach. Grandson of Jack Beveridge. 20 10 7 2 Previously played for Collingwood. 2 0 2 1 Son of Brent Crosswell. 292 127 244 671 22 8 Son of Michael Pickering. 13 3 12 12 Uncle of Lance Franklin, Jarrod Garlett, Dale Kickett and Byron Pickett. Cousin of Nicky Winmar. 8 6 8 8 Brother of Jim and Phil Krakouer and uncle of Andrew Krakouer. 7 0 4 0 53 23 17 14 6 1 6 2 4 5 3 0 2 0 94 80 80 13 62 7 Previously played for Hawthorn. 33 10 33 20 Previously played for Hawthorn. 10 1 5 4 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon. 4 2 Previously played for Hawthorn. Sydney Swans 43 7 Sydney Swans 1818 Sydney Swans 18 3 Sydney Swans 13 2 Previously played for Richmond. Sydney Swans 8 16 Previously played for Carlton and North Melbourne. Sydney Swans 6 3 150 514 132 70 Son of Frank Pyke and brother of James Pyke. 115 91 46 13 38 68 23 15 Played first-class cricket for Western Australia. 10 8 6 4 Previously played for South Melbourne and St Kilda. 4 5 4 0 2 0 Previously played for Richmond. 1 0 Son of Barry Cable.

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