title: List of VFL debuts in 1963
text: # List of VFL debuts in 1963
  
  The 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the sixty-seventh season of the VFL. The season saw 113 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and three players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
  
  ## Summary
  
  Summary of debuts in 1963 :
  
  | Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
  | - | - | - |
  | Carlton | 7 | 0 |
  | Collingwood | 8 | 0 |
  | Essendon | 7 | 0 |
  | Fitzroy | 19 | 0 |
  | Footscray | 13 | 0 |
  | Geelong | 6 | 0 |
  | Hawthorn | 5 | 0 |
  | Melbourne | 7 | 0 |
  | North Melbourne | 9 | 2 |
  | Richmond | 11 | 1 |
  | St Kilda | 8 | 0 |
  | South Melbourne | 13 | 0 |
  | Total | 113 | 3 |
  
  ## Debuts
  
  | Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kevin Hall | Carlton | 19 years, 67 days | 12 | 169 | 50 | |
  | John Goold | Carlton | 21 years, 339 days | 7 | 108 | 3 | |
  | John Comben | Carlton | 18 years, 311 days | 1 | 38 | 11 | |
  | Greg Hardie | Carlton | 17 years, 332 days | 1 | 24 | 18 | |
  | Trevor Best | Carlton | 21 years, 88 days | 10 | 21 | 10 | |
  | Dave Rogers | Carlton | 21 years, 136 days | 14 | 7 | 1 | |
  | Doug Ringholt | Carlton | 20 years, 259 days | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
  | Ted Potter | Collingwood | 18 years, 188 days | 5 | 182 | 0 | |
  | Terry Waters | Collingwood | 19 years, 134 days | 2 | 163 | 181 | |
  | Ricky Watt | Collingwood | 16 years, 219 days | 4 | 95 | 17 | |
  | Max Urquhart | Collingwood | 20 years, 307 days | 3 | 92 | 28 | |
  | Ian Graham | Collingwood | 20 years, 147 days | 7 | 63 | 132 | |
  | Ernie Hug | Collingwood | 19 years, 117 days | 10 | 59 | 5 | |
  | Kevin McLean | Collingwood | 20 years, 250 days | 5 | 33 | 1 | |
  | John Murton | Collingwood | 19 years, 317 days | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
  | Darryl Gerlach | Essendon | 19 years, 204 days | 15 | 168 | 6 | |
  | Greg Brown | Essendon | 20 years, 88 days | 6 | 83 | 4 | |
  | Kevin Egan | Essendon | 19 years, 348 days | 16 | 65 | 13 | |
  | Jim Forsyth | Essendon | 18 years, 348 days | 10 | 29 | 4 | Father of Tim Forsyth. |
  | Noel Raitt | Essendon | 19 years, 122 days | 2 | 18 | 7 | |
  | Garry Fenton | Essendon | 20 years, 168 days | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
  | John Booth | Essendon | 20 years, 314 days | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Gary Lazarus | Fitzroy | 17 years, 211 days | 1 | 132 | 206 | |
  | Doug Hellings | Fitzroy | 18 years, 280 days | 3 | 64 | 15 | |
  | Ron Fry | Fitzroy | 26 years, 29 days | 7 | 46 | 7 | |
  | Barry Fitzgerald | Fitzroy | 24 years, 278 days | 10 | 35 | 4 | |
  | Terry O'Mara | Fitzroy | 22 years, 160 days | 13 | 20 | 1 | |
  | Tony Hirst | Fitzroy | 18 years, 8 days | 9 | 19 | 3 | |
  | Brett Pollock | Fitzroy | 20 years, 144 days | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
  | Brian Carroll | Fitzroy | 22 years, 77 days | 8 | 10 | 0 | Father of Damian Carroll. |
  | Ted Lovett | Fitzroy | 21 years, 115 days | 8 | 9 | 2 | Son of Alf Egan. |
  | Bill Storer | Fitzroy | 21 years, 205 days | 17 | 9 | 7 | |
  | Joe Dixon | Fitzroy | 22 years, 352 days | 5 | 5 | 0 | Father of Ben Dixon. |
  | Allan Anderson | Fitzroy | 19 years, 83 days | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
  | Stan Haag | Fitzroy | 20 years, 94 days | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
  | Kevin Ellis | Fitzroy | 18 years, 223 days | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
  | Graham Goninon | Fitzroy | 18 years, 129 days | 18 | 4 | 0 | |
  | Barry Rippon | Fitzroy | 23 years, 42 days | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
  | Brian Williams | Fitzroy | 26 years, 218 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Barry Sadler | Fitzroy | 23 years, 24 days | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Geoff Doubleday | Fitzroy | 23 years, 145 days | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
  | George Bisset | Footscray | 20 years, 41 days | 1 | 166 | 288 | |
  | David Darcy | Footscray | 19 years, 252 days | 1 | 133 | 47 | Father of Luke Darcy. |
  | Ivan Marsh | Footscray | 20 years, 99 days | 17 | 77 | 33 | |
  | John Bradley | Footscray | 20 years, 8 days | 5 | 43 | 12 | |
  | Jack Greenwood | Footscray | 19 years, 150 days | 6 | 23 | 0 | |
  | Bob Gray | Footscray | 20 years, 145 days | 12 | 23 | 20 | |
  | Rod Coutts | Footscray | 20 years, 326 days | 7 | 16 | 22 | |
  | Bob Spurling | Footscray | 19 years, 335 days | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
  | Eddie O'Halloran | Footscray | 20 years, 110 days | 10 | 6 | 2 | |
  | Bob Parsons | Footscray | 21 years, 143 days | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
  | Col Bendelle | Footscray | 19 years, 35 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
  | Robert Schultz | Footscray | 19 years, 199 days | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Ron Birch | Footscray | 19 years, 284 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
  | Bill Ryan | Geelong | 18 years, 208 days | 9 | 167 | 220 | |
  | John Sharrock | Geelong | 19 years, 63 days | 1 | 94 | 109 | |
  | Gordon Hynes | Geelong | 18 years, 172 days | 2 | 61 | 52 | |
  | Colin Eales | Geelong | 18 years, 333 days | 7 | 56 | 24 | |
  | John Watts | Geelong | 26 years, 89 days | 1 | 52 | 4 | |
  | Ian Scott | Geelong | 23 years, 177 days | 17 | 36 | 0 | |
  | Ross Growcott | Hawthorn | 18 years, 29 days | 9 | 53 | 2 | |
  | Kevin Coverdale | Hawthorn | 22 years, 329 days | 2 | 50 | 33 | |
  | Peter Lyon | Hawthorn | 21 years, 113 days | 1 | 16 | 0 | Father of Garry Lyon. |
  | Graeme McArthur | Hawthorn | 18 years, 269 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Danny Hegarty | Hawthorn | 18 years, 254 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
  | Barry Bourke | Melbourne | 19 years, 223 days | 2 | 175 | 154 | |
  | Ray Groom | Melbourne | 18 years, 229 days | 1 | 92 | 36 | Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996. |
  | Tony Anderson | Melbourne | 21 years, 100 days | 4 | 75 | 2 | |
  | Graham Wise | Melbourne | 20 years, 189 days | 1 | 40 | 1 | |
  | David Robbie | Melbourne | 19 years, 49 days | 10 | 21 | 5 | |
  | Tony Thiessen | Melbourne | 20 years, 351 days | 4 | 7 | 2 | Father of James Thiessen. |
  | Owen Zinko | Melbourne | 18 years, 38 days | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
  | Tom Allison | North Melbourne | 19 years, 51 days | 1 | 106 | 61 | Father of Brett Allison. |
  | Maurie Wood | North Melbourne | 19 years, 55 days | 2 | 97 | 77 | |
  | Terry Benton | North Melbourne | 20 years, 316 days | 6 | 77 | 3 | Grandfather of Jaryd Cachia. |
  | Mike Delanty | North Melbourne | 26 years, 187 days | 1 | 54 | 12 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
  | Bob Goode | North Melbourne | 19 years, 216 days | 7 | 20 | 0 | |
  | Graeme O'Donnell | North Melbourne | 24 years, 310 days | 6 | 16 | 18 | Father of Gary O'Donnell. Previously played for Geelong. |
  | Peter Agrums | North Melbourne | 22 years, 238 days | 5 | 11 | 4 | |
  | Roland Crosby | North Melbourne | 19 years, 115 days | 8 | 10 | 3 | |
  | Viv Peterson | North Melbourne | 21 years, 065 days | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
  | Bob Stewart | North Melbourne | 22 years, 34 days | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
  | Bob Wright | North Melbourne | 20 years, 144 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
  | Billy Brown | Richmond | 20 years, 207 days | 3 | 130 | 124 | |
  | John Northey | Richmond | 19 years, 295 days | 1 | 118 | 192 | |
  | Ross Warner | Richmond | 18 years, 303 days | 7 | 49 | 45 | |
  | Peter Hogan | Richmond | 17 years, 143 days | 1 | 40 | 57 | |
  | Owen Madigan | Richmond | 19 years, 60 days | 7 | 40 | 1 | Previously played for Footscray. |
  | Gary Arnold | Richmond | 19 years, 171 days | 6 | 13 | 7 | |
  | Rodney Evans | Richmond | 17 years, 113 days | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
  | Tom Garland | Richmond | 20 years, 0 days | 10 | 11 | 4 | |
  | Jeff Lawson | Richmond | 18 years, 300 days | 14 | 10 | 7 | |
  | John Caulfield | Richmond | 19 years, 148 days | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
  | Bob Brownhill | Richmond | 19 years, 199 days | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
  | Brian Lienert | Richmond | 20 years, 126 days | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
  | Carl Ditterich | St Kilda | 17 years, 192 days | 1 | 203 | 156 | |
  | Bob Murray | St Kilda | 21 years, 15 days | 1 | 153 | 14 | |
  | Ian Stewart | St Kilda | 19 years, 280 days | 1 | 127 | 25 | |
  | Daryl Griffiths | St Kilda | 17 years, 214 days | 8 | 123 | 40 | |
  | Jim Wallis | St Kilda | 21 years, 159 days | 1 | 39 | 41 | |
  | John Dowling | St Kilda | 19 years, 149 days | 18 | 37 | 6 | |
  | Bill Gerrand | St Kilda | 21 years, 239 days | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
  | Max Reed | St Kilda | 20 years, 348 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
  | John Rantall | South Melbourne | 19 years, 132 days | 1 | 260 | 8 | |
  | Paul Harrison | South Melbourne | 18 years, 268 days | 1 | 119 | 27 | |
  | Ken Phillips | South Melbourne | 19 years, 230 days | 4 | 60 | 28 | |
  | Des Bethke | South Melbourne | 19 years, 244 days | 1 | 56 | 43 | |
  | Trevor Somerville | South Melbourne | 19 years, 16 days | 3 | 49 | 4 | Brother of John and uncle of Peter Somerville. |
  | Gary Johnston | South Melbourne | 22 years, 5 days | 3 | 27 | 1 | |
  | Eric White | South Melbourne | 20 years, 250 days | 5 | 21 | 7 | |
  | Bill Ross | South Melbourne | 19 years, 35 days | 3 | 20 | 4 | |
  | Kevin Batch | South Melbourne | 22 years, 54 days | 15 | 16 | 0 | |
  | Bob Strachan | South Melbourne | 18 years, 321 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
  | Ron Cotton | South Melbourne | 20 years, 236 days | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
  | Fred Rees | South Melbourne | 19 years, 334 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
  | Jim Fuller | South Melbourne | 19 years, 223 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
  