The following men have captained and vice-captained Melbourne.

VFL/AFL

* Denotes a captain/coach

Captains

Name	Years
Ned Sutton	1897-1898
Eddie Sholl	1899
Dick Wardill	1900
Fred McGinis	1901 (resigned after two games)
Bill McClelland	1901-1904
Frank Langley	1905
Arthur Sowden	1906
Vin Coutie	1907, 1910-1911
Hugh Purse	1908
Bernie Nolan	1909
Alf George	1912- June 1913
Joe Pearce	June to end of season 1913
Len Incigneri	1914
Jack McKenzie	1915
George Haines*	1919-1920
Percy Wilson*	1921-1923
Bert Chadwick	1924-1927
Ivor Warne-Smith	1928-1931*
Francis Vine	1932-1933
Colin Niven	1934-1935
Allan La Fontaine	1936-1940
Percy Beames*	1941-1944
Norm Smith	1945-1947
Don Cordner	1948-1949
Shane McGrath	1950
Denis Cordner	1951-1953
Geoff Collins	1954
Noel McMahen	1955-1956
John Beckwith	1957-1959
Ron Barassi	1960-1964
Hassa Mann	1965-1968
Tassie Johnson	1969
Frank Davis	1970-1972
Stan Alves	1973-1976
Greg Wells	1977-1978
Carl Ditterich	1979-1980*
Robert Flower	1981-1987
Greg Healy	1988-1990
Garry Lyon	1991-1997
Todd Viney	1998-1999
David Neitz	2000-2008
James McDonald	2009-2010
Brad Green	2011
Jack Trengove	2012-2013
Jack Grimes	2012-2014
Nathan Jones	2014-2019
Jack Viney	2017-2019
Max Gawn	2020-

Vice-Captains

(Incomplete. All multiple VC's or leadership groups from 2002-2019)

Name	Years
George Moysey	1898
Fred McGinis	1900
Dick Wardill	1901 (retired after three games)
Frank Langley	1904
Jack Purse	1905
Bernie Nolan	1907 (to end Round 7)
Hugh Purse	1907 (from Round 7)
Vin Coutie	1909
Bobby Monk	1910-1911
Wally Naismith	1912
Bill McKenzie or Jim Fitzpatrick	1913
Bill Hendrie	1915
Charlie Lilley	1919-1920, 1923
George Haines	1921-1922, 1925
Ted Thomas	1924
Ivor Warne-Smith	1926-1927
Bert Chadwick	1928
Bob Corbett	1929
Richard Taylor	1930-1931
Jimmy Abernethy	1932
Colin Niven	1933
Harry Long	1934
Allan La Fontaine	1935
Percy Beames	1936
John Lewis	1937
Jack Mueller	1938-1942, 1945-1947
Norm Smith	1943-44
Shane McGrath	1948-1949
Alby Rodda	1950
George Bickford	1951-1952
Noel McMahen	1953-1954
Ken Melville	1955-1956
Ron Barassi	1957-1959
John Beckwith	1960
Robert B Johnson	1961
Laurie Mithen	1962
Brian Dixon	1963
Hassa Mann	1964
Bryan Kenneally	1965-1966
Tassie Johnson	1967-1968
Stan Alves	1969
Barry Bourke	1970-1972
Gary Hardeman	1973-1976
Ray Biffin	1977-1978
Unknown	1979
Robert Flower	1980
Gary Baker	1981
Steven Smith	1982-1984
Gerard Healy	1985
Peter Moore	1986
Greg Healy	1987
Todd Viney	1988
Danny Hughes	1988-1989
Brett Lovett	1990
Jim Stynes	1991-1994
Stephen Tingay	1995
Unknown	1996
Glenn Lovett	1997-1998
David Neitz	1998-1999
David Schwarz	2000
Shane Woewodin	2001
Nathan Jones	2013
Lynden Dunn	2015
Max Gawn	2017-2019
Jordan Lewis	2017-2019
Jack Viney	2020-

Pre-VFL

Captains

1859	Thomas Smith, Tom Wills, William Hammersley
1860	Thomas Smith, Tom Wills, William Hammersley
1861	Henry Harrison, Richard Wardill, Thomas Smith
1862	Sidney Woolley, Thomas Smith, George Nichols
1863	Sidney Woolley, Henry Harrison
1864	Henry Harrison, Richard Wardill, George Tait
1865	Henry Harrison, Richard Wardill
1866	Henry Harrison, Nathaniel Neal, Jack Conway
1867	Henry Harrison, William Freeman
1868	Henry Harrison, William Freeman, James Byrne
1869 - 1870	Henry Harrison
1871	Henry Harrison, Ben Goldsmith
1872 - 1873	James Byrne
1874	Ben Goldsmith
1875	Ben Goldsmith, Charles Forrester
1876 - 1879	Bob Sillett
1880	James Bennie
1881	Sam Lamrock
1882	Dave Rannard
1883	Murdoch McKenzie
1884	John Macdonald
1885	George Aitken, Frederick Franks
1886	Howard Morrison
1887	James Kelly
1888	Howard King
1889 - 1891	Eddie Fox
1892	William Aitken, Eddie Fox
1893 - 1894	Eddie Fox
1895	Eddie Fox, Joe Wilson
1896	Joe Wilson

Vice captains

1869 - 1871	James Byrne
1872	William Riggall
1873	Ben Goldsmith
1874	Larry Bell
1875	A.Loughnane
1876	George Down, Fred Baker
1877	James Macdonald
1878	Fred Baker
1879	Sam Lamrock
1880	Fred Baker
1881	Jim McKie
1882	Fred Baker
1883	James Morris
1884	Sam Thewlis, Frederick Franks
1885	Henry Rush, Frederick Franks
1886	Billy Carroll, Dick Robinson, James Kelly
1887	Ed Griffith
1888	George Strachan
1889	James Kelly, GH Benson
1890 - 1891	George Hallett
1892	Eddie Fox
1893	David Christy
1894	David Christy
1895	Joe Wilson, Patrick O'Loughlin
1896	Patrick O'Loughlin

AFLW

2017 - 2018, 2020 - | Daisy Pearce
2019 | Elise O'Dea and Shelley Scott ||
Notes

• Keith Truscott was named as stand-in captain in Round 2, 1942 despite captain/coach Percy Beames also playing
• Gerard Healy and Peter Giles were named as acting captain/vice-captain in 1985 due to long-term injuries.
• Cameron Bruce and James McDonald were named as co-caretaker captains after David Neitz retired in 2008.
• Nathan Jones was made co-captain on 09/05/2013 when Jack Grimes was injured
• Colin Garland was made vice-captain on 09/05/2013 when Nathan Jones was temporarily elevated to co-captain.

Notes
Some sources say Coutie was vice captain in 1905. May have been later in season.

Some sources say Francis Vine was captain in 1932 and show Warne-Smith as "non playing coach". He came out of retirement after the first month of the season but was not 'captain'.

Some sources say Garry Lyon vice-captain in 1990

Vin Coutie retired halfway through 1911. Hughie Odgers may have taken over as captain.

Some sources say Brereton was "second in command" in 1915.
Media
Argus - 16/05/1898
Herald - 05/05/1900
Herald - 21/06/1907
Examiner - 07/09/1910
Herald - 21/04/1911
Football Record 1923
Football Record 1933
Argus - 17/02/1944
melbournefc.com.au - 09/05/2013