The 1982 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 86th season of the VFL. The season saw 91 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 26 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1982 Club VFL debuts Change of club 4 2 10 3 6 2 7 2 Footscray 13 1 9 1 4 2 11 3 7 1 4 5 13 1 3 3 Total 91 26

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 158 140 33 6 28 91 27 35 Son of Brian Buckley and brother of Stephen Buckley. 9 21 Father of David, Tim and Georgina Clarke. Previously played for Geelong. 1 0 Son of Kevin Easton. Previously played for North Melbourne. 31 7 Father of Teia Miles and father-in-law of Mitch Duncan. 18 12 15 11 14 211977 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Richmond and South Melbourne. 14 8 Previously played for Geelong. 13 0 11 0 8 17 6 1 5 1 Son of Brian Beers and brother of Mark Beers. 3 0 2 0 1 1 Previously played for South Melbourne. 126 64 Brother of John Duckworth. 42 88 36 65 31 11 8 8 3 0 Previously played for North Melbourne. 2 0 Father of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy. 2 0 269 270 187 411 Brother of Graham Osborne. 163 42 Son of Brian Pert. 43 60 Father of Seb Gotch. 43 53 Brother of Allan Sidebottom. Previously played for St Kilda and Geelong. 29 5 Son of George Coates. 7 1 Previously played for Geelong. 2 0 1 0 Also known as Andrew Guthrie. Father of Cameron and Zach Guthrie. 188 152 Brother of Rod MacPherson and father of Darcy MacPherson. 154 575 43 24 Brother of Stephen MacPherson and uncle of Darcy MacPherson. 13 11 12 5 11 10 10 16 9 15 2 0 Father of Ryan Hargrave. 2 1 1 0 Brother of Ricky Barham and uncle of Jaxson Barham. Previously played for Melbourne. 1 0 1 0 1 0 207132 Father of Jed Bews. 17683 63 34 Uncle of Marcus Drum. 58 22 4812 20 10 Uncle of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop. Previously played for Carlton. 12 1 7 6 3 1 2 0 189 427 154 293 136 119 90 97 Previously played for Melbourne. 6 10Brother of Geoff and Kevin Ablett, brother-in-law of Michael Tuck, father of Gary Jr. and Nathan Ablett, and uncle of Luke Ablett and Shane and Travis Tuck. 1 1 Previously played for Carlton. 154 208 1982 Brownlow Medallist. Previously played for Footscray and North Melbourne. 135 95 First player to be drafted in VFL/AFL Draft history. Father of Chris Johnson. 96 75 91 26 Previously played for North Melbourne. 84 38 78 17 Previously played for North Melbourne. 56 20 53 61 Grandson of Edward Cordner, son of Ted Cordner and nephew of Denis, Don and John Cordner. 53 11 42 61 Brother of John Fidge. 17 20 Brother of John Tossol. 12 9 9 0 7 2 155 165 Father of Luke McDonald 141 224 Brother of Andrew and Jim Krakouer and uncle of Andrew and Nathan Krakouer. 134 229 Brother of Andrew and Phil Krakouer, father of Andrew Krakouer and uncle of Nathan Krakouer. 61 39 43 21 29 2 13 27 Previously played for Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne. 13 0 125 117 118 80 18 6 Previously played for Geelong. 18 7 Previously played for St Kilda. 12 1 11 0 Grandson of Richard Pirrie, son of Kevin Pirrie and nephew of Dick Pirrie. 6 0 Previously played for North Melbourne. 6 8 Brother of Ian Brewer. Previously played for Melbourne and Collingwood. 2 3 Uncle of Jonathan Brown. Previously played for Fitzroy. 80 29 72 32 Previously played for Hawthorn. 56 8 31 25 26 1 24 18 Represented Australia in cricket. 1731 12 1 11 12 Father of Tyson Slattery. 9 2 60 3 5 2 3 1 0 Father of Nick Smith. Sydney Swans 56 83 Brother of Shane Braddy. Previously played for Fitzroy. Sydney Swans 4426 Previously played for Richmond and Essendon. Sydney Swans 19 6 Sydney Swans 10 2 Previously played for Melbourne and Footscray. Sydney Swans 9 1 Sydney Swans 2 0

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