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 (AFL) and AFL Women's.

VFL/AFL

Dates	Captain(s)
1897–1898	Ned Sutton
1899	Eddie Sholl
1900	Dick Wardill
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
1928–1931	Ivor Warne-Smith
1932–1933	Francis Vine^[1]
1934–1935	Colin Niven
1936–1941	Allan La Fontaine
1942–1944	Percy Beames
1945–1947	Norm Smith
1948–1949	Don Cordner
1950	Shane McGrath
1951–1953	Denis Cordner
1954	Geoff Collins
1955–1956	Noel McMahen
1957–1959	John Beckwith
1960–1964	Ron Barassi
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
2015–2016	Nathan Jones
2017–2019	Nathan Jones/Jack Viney
2020–	Max Gawn

AFL Women's

Dates	Captain(s)
2017–2018	Daisy Pearce
2019	Elise O'Dea/Shelley Scott
2020–S7 (2022)	Daisy Pearce
2023–	Kate Hore

References

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

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

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v t e Melbourne Football Club
Nickname: Demons History Club honours Current squad Players Coaches Captains Honour board Awards Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Daisy Pearce Trophy Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Simon Goodwin AFL captain: Max Gawn AFLW coach: Mick Stinear AFLW captain: Kate Hore
VFL/AFL home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1941; 1946–) Punt Road Oval (1942–45)
AFLW home grounds	Casey Fields (2017–)
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964 2021
Runner-up (5)	1946 1954 1958 1988 2000
AFLW premierships (1)	2022 (S7)
Runner-up (1)	2022 (S6)
Seasons (150) (non-club articles in italics)	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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Women's seasons (7)	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (S6) 2022 (S7) 2023
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Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–1918 due to the First World War

v t e Captains of the Melbourne Football Club
Pre-VFA	1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863: Harrison/Woolley 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871: Harrison 1871: Goldsmith 1872–1873: Byrne 1874–1875: Goldsmith 1875: Forrester
VFA	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
VFL/AFL	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: T. Viney 2000–2008: Neitz 2008: Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010: James McDonald 2011: Green 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove 2014: Grimes/Jones 2015–2016: Jones 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney 2020–: Gawn
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Pearce 2019: O'Dea/Scott 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce 2023– : Hore