Unknown Players 1950s-1990s

For 1859-1939 see Unknown players Pre-VFL and Unknown Players 1890s-1920s

1950s

Name	Year	Notes
Adams	1953	Thirds
B. Andersen	1956	Cleared to Box Hill before 1957
Anderson	1952	Thirds
Antoni	1950	Seconds defender
Apted	1956	Reserve in the 1956 Exhibition Game vs North West Football Union
N. Baker	1952	Pre-season forward from Heathcote. Probably Noel Baker.
Baker	1958	Thirds
Beer	1955	Thirds
Bell	1956-58	Thirds. Seconds in 1958
Biggs	1956	Seconds emergency
Blake	1951	Seconds emergency
Bodinnar	1952	Thirds
Bosch	1959	Seconds
Box	1957	Thirds
Brain	1958	Thirds
Brown	1950	Seconds. Possibly Ken Brown
Browne	1956	Thirds
H. Burrows	1957	From Murrumbeena
J. Caboon	1952	Pre-season half forward from Heathcote
R. Carlson	1950	Toured Tasmania. Photo at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/52781328
Carlin	1950	Seconds player. Possibly the same as R. Carlson.
Carson	1958	Thirds
Carteris	1954	Pre-season centre from Yarrawonga
Chandler	1951	Thirds
W. Clark	1955	Seconds
M. Close	1955-56	Thirds. From Murrumbeena Juniors. To Dandenong in 1958. VFA Project profile
Collins	1956	Thirds
GP Conroy	1955-56	Thirds. From Armadale CYMS
Cooke	1951	Thirds
Cotter	1954-55	Thirds. Probably the N. Cotter cleared to Camberwell in 1959
Crozier	1958	Thirds
Crutchfield	1958	Thirds
P. Cumming	1955-56	Thirds. From Gardenvale CYMS
G. Cutler	1953-1954	Thirds player who was cleared to the senior side in the 1954 pre-season.
AW Daley	1952	To Moorabbin June 1952
Davis	1956	Thirds
Daymond	1954	Thirds
N. Dickson	1952	From Red Cliffs. Shown as "to be considered when available" due to military training. May have been Royce Dickson.
D. Donaldson	1952	Pre-season player from Colac.
J. Elliott	1952	Supplementary list player
Escreet	1965	Reserves
R. Evans	1955-59	Thirds in 1958. From MHSOB. Wore #42 in 1959 when promoted to supplementary list. The 1958/59 one is not Dick Evans
J. Fasso	1952	Pre-season ruckman from Heathcote
Fitzgerald	1951-52	Thirds
K. Fitzgerald	1956	From North Melbourne thirds
Foard	1956	Thirds
Garrett	1952	Thirds
Gasparini	1951	Seconds
Gatford	1953	Thirds
P. Gayne	1956	Cleared from Moe in April
Germaine	1951-1952	Seconds. Possibly Lou Germaine
Gill	1950	Seconds. Possibly Barry Gill or the 1948 Gill.
Gill	1954	Thirds. Possibly Barry Gill
Max Ga???rold	1954	20-year-old full back from Eltham. Full name obscured.
Goodluck	1952	Thirds
Grant	1956-57	Thirds. Possibly Lee Grant
Grierson	1954-1955	1954 pre-season player from South Bendigo. Probably A. Grierson
MG Grunden	1958	From Millgrove
Halfpenny	1958	Thirds
G. Harris	1957-59	Fourths/Thirds/Seconds
Hart	1950	Seconds emergency
Haycroft	1954-55	Thirds
M. Hawes	1954	Wore #15. Probably Bill Hawes
Heath	1955	Thirds
SN Hollow	1950-1951	Seconds. From St Kilda
Iles	1950	Seconds emergency
Jeffrey	1958	Thirds. Probably B. Jeffrey from 1960.
Jennings	1958	Thirds
Johnson	1950-51	Thirds captain 1953 and 1954. Possibly Neville Johnson.
Jones	1952-55	Thirds captain in 1955
W. Jones	1953	From Seconds to Prahran in 1954 pre-season
B. Joyner	1959	From Ferntree Gully
R. Kellett	1955	Probably Hayden Kellett
Kennedy	1950	From Bairnsdale. Also shown as Kallady
AE Kruse	1951	From Black Rock
K. Larkin	1959	From Bentleigh
Lason	1951	Seconds
Lewis	1957	Thirds
D. Longey	1955	Possibly a misspelling of G. Longney
Madden	1951	Seconds emergency
T. Magee	1956?	Shown as being cleared to Yarraville in 1957. Possibly Tom Magee, but he had already gone from MFC to Caulfield in 1955.
H. Marks	1953	From Prahran in June
Martin	1951	Seconds
Martin	1958	Thirds
D. McConachy	1953	From South Melbourne. Probably same as McConaghy.
McConaghy	1953-58	Thirds in 53/54, Seconds in 58
NW McDonell	1950	From Camberwell to the Seconds
J McDonald	1951	From Camberwell. Possibly the same as NW McDonell.
McDonald	1953	Thirds. Probably Ian McDonald
McDonald	1958	Thirds
E. McGowan	1955	Thirds From Hamilton. Also shown as from Murrumbeena. Probably Ed McGowan.
McGowan	1956	Seconds emergency. Probably the same as E. McGowan 1955.
McLean	1950	Seconds. Possibly Alan McLean
McNamara	1950	Seconds
Meuleman	1957	Thirds
A. Mollison	1950	From Surrey Hills. Seconds emergency
Morgan	1956-57	Thirds
Morton	1958	Thirds. Possibly Ken Morton
Moule	1956-57	Reserves and Thirds
Nash	1956	Seconds emergency
R. Neville	1958	From Prahran Thirds
O'Brien	1954	Thirds
O'Hare/O'Heare	1950	Seconds ruckman
O'Keefe	1950-1951	Seconds. Probably the same as the 1948-49 O'Keefe
G. O'Keefe	1952	Listed as "to be considered when available" due to illness. Possibly the same as the 1948-49 and/or 1950-1951 O'Keefe
D. Parkinson	1958	From Footscray Seconds
Parris	1950	Seconds
Pearson	1954-1955	Thirds
Pevitt	1950	Seconds wingman
PT Phelan	1955-56	Thirds. From Bentleigh CYMS
Pollard	1952	Thirdss
Power	1951	Thirds. Probably John Power
Rankin	1958	Seconds
TD Rankin	1959	Promoted from the Fourths. Possibly the same as the 1958 Rankin.
Raynor	1957	Thirds
J. Reid	1954	Pre-season player from Glenhuntly
Reynolds	1958	Thirds
Robinson	1956-57	Thirds
R. Robinson	1951	Dropped from the list in April 1952. Possibly Ross Robertson.
R. Robertson	1951	Seconds. Listed in the same side as Ross Robertson..
M. Russell	1951	From St Kilda/Old Scotch. Probably Manson Russell, born 26/12/1929
Ryan	1951	Thirds
Sadler	1950	Seconds
Scott	1956	Seconds emergency
L. Scotland	1957	Fourths
L. Seawood	1956-57	1956 Fourths, 1957 Thirds
Sharkey	1955	Thirds
NJ Sheahan	1959	From Devonport
Short	1950	Seconds defender
Smith	1950	Thirds
Smythe	1950	Seconds player
Steel	1958	Thirds
Stewart	1950	Pre-season recruit rover from Western District.
R. Stoniel	1950	To Box Hill in May 1951
Strickland	1955	Seconds player
P. Strownix	1954	From Croydon Juniors
Tarriff	1950	Seconds defender
Taylor	1953	Pre-season wing recruit
Taylor	1956
Thorne	1955-56	Thirds
Tonge	1951	Thirds
Tonkin	1951-52	Thirds
B. Tonzing	1959	From Merbein
Webster	1951-54	Thirds. Probably Fred Webster
Wellington	1958	Thirds
PW Westmore	1955, 1957	Unattached in 1955. From South Bendigo in 1957.
Wheatley	1950	Seconds
Whitehead	1951	Thirds. Possibly Bill Whitehead.
Wildie	1956-57	Thirds
Willarton	1950	Seconds emergency
Williams	1958	Thirds
Wills	1951	Thirds
B. Wilson	1953	Thirds. From Ormond
Woods	1950	Seconds emergency
G. Wood/Woods	1953	Pre-season follower from Wangaratta
Young	1958	Thirds

1960s

Name	Year	Notes
L. Allen/Allan	1969
C. Anderson	1969	Wore #36
D. Anderson	1969-1971	Fourths in 1969
R. Anderson	1969	Fourths
R. Andrews	1969	Under 19s
K. Baker	1960	From Heathmont
R. Ball	1960	From no previous club
R. Beaton	1964	Reserves player. Wore #49
Birch	1965	Pre-season player
Bird	1969	Possibly Wayne Bird
Bisson	1968
Bosch	1960	Reserves
G. Bourke	1964	Wore #49
G. Breen	1960	Reserves. Wore #43
M.Brodie	1962-64	1962 Fourths B&F and 1963-64 Under 19's
Brown	1969
Caplin	1966	Reserves. Possibly Sid Catlin.
Carbury	1966	Pre-season player.
Carlson	1964	Reserves (Age 31/07/1964)
Carlson	1969
Caulfield	1969
K. Clapham	1960	From Stanhope
A. Cooke	1966	To Williamstown in 1967
N. Corrigan	1960-62	Under 19s. Second B&F in 1962
D. Cranage	1968	Wore #56
Croughan	1969
Curry	1966	Reserves
N. Curry	1969	Under 19s
K. D'Arch	1964	Fourths. Possibly same as K. Darcy.
C. Daly	1962	Wore #50
K. Darcy	1964	Under 19s. Premiership player.
T. Date	1962	Joint Fourths B&F winner
B. Deas	1969	Under 19s
P. Dinon/Dynon	1960	From East St Kilda YCW
K. Dixon	1961	From Moorabbin
R. Edmunds	1964	Wore #51. To Preston in 1966.
G. Edwards	1960	Reserves From McKinnon Thirds
Ekland	1966	Pre-season player
P. Elliott	1969	Under 19s. Also wore #47 in Reserves.
G. Emselle	1968	Under 19s
P. Etheredge	1968-70	Fourths in 1969. Number 47 in 1970.
Fanning	1966	Pre-season
E. Feldmen	1965	Fourths
Fletcher	1969	Played in a Sydney exhibition game
G. Fraser	1961	Under 19s. Second Best and Fairest
G. Fraser	1966	Fourths
R. Girdwood	1967	Fourths
Glazner	1969	Probably Neil Glazner at Caulfield	1971-1975	Probably the same Caulfield as 1969
D.Gough	1968	Under 19s. Possibly B. Gough.
R. Grant	1969	Fourths
R. Groves	1960-61	Under 19's. From McKinnon
Hancy	1960	From Hampton High School
Harrigan	1965	Pre-season player
C. Harrison	1963	Under 19's. VFL representative against South Australia
G. Heard	1960	From Diamond Creek. Reserves. Wore #49
NF. Hicks	1960	From Mentone Wore #51
G. Hill	1969-1970	Under 19s 1969, Number 52 in 1970
Hollings	1967-69	1967 Fourths B&F. 1969 Under 19s/Reserves
I. Hunter	1961	From McKinnon
Hurridan	1966	Pre-season player
Innerson	1961	Reserves. Not Malcolm Inness
P. Jackson	1968	Wore #55
B. Jeffrey	1960	Wore #48. Probably Jeffrey from 1958.
Jeffries	1960	Probably B. Jeffrey
A. Jenkin	1968-1969	Under 19s
Jennings	1967
B. Jukes	1960	From McKinnon
R. Keane	1961	Fourths
D. King	1965	Fourths
P. Kingston	1966	Under 19s
C. Kinnear	1964	Fourths
H. Knape	1967	Shown as joining Prahran in early 1968. Possibly Alan Knape
J. Lade	1967	Wore #42 in 1967. Possibly same as Roger Lade. Retired before the 1968 season.
Langford	1966	Pre-season player
D. Leahy	1965	Fourths
S. Leahy	1961	Reserves. Probably a mispelling of T or B Leahy
G. Leatham	1961	From Sale
G. Leslie	1969	Fourths
J. Little	1964	Fourths/Under 19's. Under 19s premiership player
O'Mahony	1963	Seconds player (Age 02/08/1963)
A. Marr	1964	Under 19s
J. Marks	1969	Under 19s
A. Mars	1965	Fourths and Under 19's (Second B&F in U19)
I. Marshall	1969	Fourths
B. Martin	1969-1971	Cleared to Prahran in 1972. Wore #53 in 1970 and 1971
R. Maygar	1967	Under 19s
R. McDonald	1969-70	Wore #51 in 1970
McInerney	1965	Pre-season player
McInnes	1969
E. McLean	1960	From McKinnon
R. McLean	1969	Under 19s. Possibly the same as McLean 1972-73
R. Mervicich	1966-69	1966 Fourths player, 1968 Under 19s and Reserves player. 1969 Under 19s
N. Millard	1963	Wore #48. May have been related to 1964's John Millard
J. Miller	1961	Fourths
I. Milne	1963	Fourths
Missen	1969
B. Mitchell	1969-71	Fourths and Under 19's in 1969
R. Mitchell	1964	Wore #50
A. Moller	1966	Wore #54. Reserves
G. Molloy	1969	Fourths
G. Mortimer	1960	From Tocumwal. Played three games for Waverley (from Glen Waverley) in 192
T. Moylan	1969-70	From Dookie. Wore #42 in 1969 (Age 30/03/1970).
J. Murdock	1960	From McKinnon
M. Nash	1965	Fourths
D. Nish	1968	Fourths
J. North	1968	Wore #47
C. O'Farrell	1969	Under 19s
Patterson	1966	Pre-season player
Paul	1961	Reserves player
D. Pearson	1959-60	From the Fourths in 1960
I. Predl	1960	Under 19's. From Valley United
N. Prideaux	1960	From Broken Hill
R. Pritchard	1964-1965	Under 19s premiership player/pre-season player
W. Rice	1969	Under 19s
Richardson	1966	Pre-season player
Roache	1966	Pre-season player
Roberts	1969
T. Roberts	1968	Fourths
R. Rowarth	1964	Under 19s premiership player
Russell	1960-1961	1960 Under 19s, 1961 Reserves (likely also Under 19s) (Age 02/06/1961)
R. Sampson	1969	Under 19s	Possibly Ray Sampson
I. Saunders	1969	Under 19s. Possibly the same as Cyril Saunders
G. Sherwood	1960	From McKinnon
Simmons	1960
F. Smith	1963	Under 19s
J. Snell	1964	Wore #45
Stephenson	1969-71	Possibly the I. Stephenson who played for Dandenong in 1974
P. Stewart	1960	From Murrumbeena
R. Stone	1965-67	Fourths in 1965. Wore #49 in 1967.
JW Taylor	1959-60	Fourths in 1959, cleared to the club proper in 1960.
K. Taylor	1969-1971	Fourths
R. Taylor	1969-72	Fourths in 1969. Under 19's Deputy Vice Captain in 1971 and also played Reserves. Wore #44 in 1972 then retired
Tepper	1969
J. Totton	1961	Promoted from Fourths
R. Treloar	1960-61	Reserves in 1961. From Boronia (Age 05/05/1960)
P. Walker	1969	Under 19s. Likely the same person as T. Walker. Reported for striking in the R3, 1969 U19s game.
T. Walker	1969	Fourths and Under 19s
A. Warburton	1969	Fourths
L. Warburton	1969	Under 19s
D. Watson	1967	Wore #40 in 1967
K. Wecker	1969	Fourths
Weir	1969
G. Welsh	1969	Fourths
White	1964	Under 19s. Emergency in Grand Final
K Williams	1966	Fourths
K Wilson	1969	Fourths. Possibly the same as KA Wilson from 1975
R. Winch	1969	Fourths
M. Witomski	1963-64	Wore #52 in 1963 and #44 in 1964
G. Woods	1969-1971	Fourths in 1969

1970s

Name	Year	Notes
Baber	1974	Reserves. Probably the same as A. Baker.
Batty	1977
G. Bell	1971
R. Beverley	1971	Fourths
C. Bradley	1971
Bull	1979
Burns	1977	Possibly Richard Burn
P. Chapman	1974	To Oakleigh in 1975
Clarke	1976	Reserves. Possibly Geoff Clarke
Clark	1977	Reserves. Shown in same team as Geoff Clarke
Coghlan	1974	Reserves player. Also shown as Goghlan.
J. Conley	1971	Probably Peter Conley
D. Convey	1976	Under 19s
CN Crompton	1975	From South Melbourne
Cumming	1979
P. Cunningham	1978-1979	Possibly the R. Cunningham delisted in April 1979
D'Ambrosia	1978
M. DeKing	1971	Fourths
Denko	1979-1980	Reserves
Dickinson	1979-1980	Possibly Russell Dickson or Ross Dickson
Drysdale	1978	Reserves
Fawcus	1971	Fourths
P. Fides	1971	Fourths
T. Gerard	1975	To Caulfield
G. Giles	1974	Under 19s. Probably Glenn Giles
Glenn	1974	Reserves player
Grantley	1974	Reserves player
M. Hamblin	1971
Harvey	1977	Reserves
A. Henderson	1971
Henke	1977
Hewitt	1979
Horne	1976	Reserves player
Hughes	1974	To Caulfield in 1975
Jarrett	1977	Reserves
H. Jeffrey	1971
J. Johnson	1979
Jones	1976-77	Possibly Barry Jones or Stuart Jones
Lattrey	1974	Reserves
G. Lee	1971	Fourths
Mackay	1975	Under 19s
Manson	1974	Reserves player. Probably not Peter Manson
R. Mather	1975	From Footscray, to Yarraville. Possibly Ron Mather
J. McCaughan	1971
C. McDonough	1971	Fourths
P. McGivern	1978	Under 19s
A. McGuinness	1972-75	To Keysborough at the end of the year
McKenna	1973	Possibly M. McKenna from 1975
M. McKenna	1975	To Macedon at the end of the year. Possibly McKenna from 1973
McLean	1972-73	Under 19s in 1972. Possibly the same as McLean 1975.
McLean	1974	Reserves player
W. McLean	1975	To Lang Lang at the end of the year
McMillan	1973	Possibly Neil McMullin misspelled
Mills	1975	Reserves. Probably either Graham Mills or Neville Mills
C. McQueen	1978	Left in April 1979
Moore	1974	Reserves player. Possibly Geoffrey Moore
D. Newlan	1974	To Sandringham in 1975
O'Brien	1979	Probably Mark O'Brien
O'Connell	1973
D. O'Sullivan	1973
Osmond	1974	Reserves. Possibly Geoff Osmand
C. Parkhill	1971
Patten	1974	Reserves player. Name may have been a typo.
W. Perrett	1971-72	Under 19's . Possibly Ross Perrett
Pickford	1978-79
Rae	1977	Probably Mick Rea
Richards	1977
N. Richardson	1971	Fourths
I. Salmon	1977
C. Scott	1974	Reserves. Possibly Graham Scott misspelt.
K. Scott	1971	Fourths
B. Sherwood	1974	To Lang Lang in 1975
B. Shields	1973	Wore #38 in 1973
Signoretti	1974	Reserves player
Simmons	1973
M. Smith	1975	To Prahran. Probably the Smith in 1974 Reserves teams.
R. Stomann	1974	To Prahran in 1975
Stromjlani	1979
Swan	1974	Reserves player
T. Tarrent	1974	To Dandenong in 1975
C. Thompson	1977	Dropped from list in 1978 pre-season
Todd	1978
Vanderheyden	1979
Vockenna	1974	Reserves player. Likely a mispelling of another name.
P. Williams	1975	[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=DPJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5221%2C6582596	On senior list]
A. Wilson	1974	To Bentleigh Meth in 1975
KA Wilson	1975	To Sandringham. Possibly known as Andrew Wilson. Possibly the same K. Wilson as 1969
G. Woods	1972	Cleared to Sandringham in 1972
Wright	1976	Under 19's

1980s

Name	Year	Notes
Bateman	1983	Possibly the Brendon Bateman who was a scholarship player in 1979
Best	1988	Reserves. Possibly a misinterpretation of 'best' players.
Bright	1983
D. Bourne	1984	Under 19s
R. Chapman	1982	Norm Smith Squad in 1982
Cole	1985
Corrigan	1980
Conger	1984
Crowe	1980
Dimmatina	1980	Maybe have been the Dimmatina in South Melbourne Reserves 1979 (Age 10/08/1979)
R. Dixon	1981	Reserves
Ford	1980	Probably Chris Ford
N. Hopkins	1982	Norm Smith Squad in 1982
Howard	1989	Possibly a misspelling of John Howat
MacDermod	1981	Reserves
McKenzie	1980	Possibly Stuart McKenzie
O'Dwyer	1980	Round 13 Reserves emergency
P. Osiurak	1980-1981	Under 19s/Reserves. Probably Peter.
S. Pappon	1982	Norm Smith Squad in 1982. First name likely Steve.
N. Robertson	1980
M. Scanlon	1980	Wore #53 in 1980
Seiler	1980
B. Syer	1982	Norm Smith Squad in 1982
Taylor	1981	Under 19s

1990s

Name	Year	Notes
Anderson	1996	R5 Reserves interchange. Possibly Daniel Anderson (Dandenong Stingrays).
Black	1997
Clarke	1999
B. Collins	1998
Cosson	1995	Interchange player in Round 20 Reserves game (Age 25/08/1995). Almost certainly David Cosson
Dimmatina	1997	Possibly Frankie
Evans	1997
Faulkner	1996	R5 Reserves interchange
Finnochiaro	1997	Possibly Tim Finnochiaro
M. Francis	1991	Possibly a misspelling of Fabian Francis
Garbers	1997	Possibly Toby Garbers
Gleeson	1994
Henderson	1999
Hewett	1999	Not Evan Hewett
Howlett	1991-1992	Possibly a misspelling of John Howat
Hussey	1994
Marsh	1999
McCaughan	1997	Reserves top-up player.
Murphy	1997
Murray	1999
M. Newton	1999	Possibly a misprint of Leigh Newton
O'Brien	1995	Interchange player in Round 20 Reserves game (Age 25/08/1995)
O'Callaghan	1996	Reserves top up player in Round 19 (Age 09/08/1996)
O'Dwyer	1999
Padley	1997	Reserves top-up player
Paris	1994
Roberts	1996	(Reserves)) top up player in Round 19 (Age 09/08/1996)
Robertson	1996	Reserves top up player in Round 19 (Age 09/08/1996). Possibly C. Robertson or Russell Robertson
C. Robertson	1997
Shaw	1995	Back pocket in Round 6 Reserves game (Age 05/05/1995)
Smith	1999
Street	1998
T. Weller	1997

Unknown, non-players, and unconfirmed claims

Name	Year	Notes
Agnew	1900	Honorary 'Surgeon' and also a Director. Photo uploaded. Not a player.
Roy Agresta	?	Shown by Griffith FC to be 'ex Melbourne' but no other record
Bill Dalkins and Alan Trew	?	Shown as 'Melbourne' players in 1952 but likely this was from the city of Melbourne not the team
S. Ferguson	1945	Medical officer until joining the navy
C. Harris	?	Life Member in 2006
W. Hislop	?	Life Member in 1945. On the coaching staff in 1940 as B. Hislop
M. Hutchins	?	Life Member in 1961
L. Jones	?	Life Member in 2005. Possibly Les Jones.
AA McDonald	?	Pre-1930
John McMahon	?	Shown as Hawthorn pre-season player 1955 from Melbourne.
W. Murphy	?	Life Member in 1945
Newman	1914	Club doctor
T. Rule	1940	Coaching staff
Horrie Sandford	?	Some sources say the Victorian cricketer also played for Melbourne
JO Smith	?	Life Member in 2005
T. Walsh	1940	Coaching staff.
AT Wasley	?	Shown as attending a club reunion in 1932 alongside a list of confirmed ex-players.
R Wynd	?	Life Member in 1945
R. Wynne	1940	Coaching staff. Likely the same as R. Wynd