1991 AFL draft explained

The 1991 AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. It consisted of the main national draft, the pre-season draft and the trade period.[1]

In 1991 there were 89 picks to be drafted between 15 teams in the main national draft.

History

When the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), the league introduced the first incarnation of a draft system in 1981, where teams had two selections each of interstate players determined by reverse finishing position order.[2] This was introduced as an equalisation strategy in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries at the time, which in combination with declining attendances, threatened to derail the league. It was also a result of the failure of country zoning, introduced in the late 1960s, which had led to a systematic inequality whereby the clubs with the best zones, like Carlton and Hawthorn, could dominate over clubs with poorer zones like Melbourne.

In 1986, the first VFL draft was held. The draft saw players tied to zones based on their location of residence, with each club having first call on players falling within that zone. The West Coast Eagles received access to all West Australian players, while the Brisbane Bears received six concessionary picks before the other clubs.

Draft rules

The minimum draft age was 16. Clubs were allowed to select only one WA player each and South Australia was off-limits because of the introduction of Adelaide. Players in Queensland and NSW/ACT could only be selected by clubs other than the Brisbane Bears and Sydney Swans respectively, if the player was older than 19 and not required by the 'local' club. Faced with these restrictions the league reduced the number of choices from eight to six. In exchange for the SA moratorium, the Crows were excluded from the draft (they could pick any South Australian, but only South Australians).

Background

The talent pool was clearly shallow and most clubs shied away from investing too much hope in the draft. A number of the Victorian clubs, notably Richmond and Fitzroy, couldn't afford to recruit established players so stuck with country footballers and young unproven youngsters. Clubs were believed to be looking to Tasmania as perhaps the only recruiting ground which hadn't been ravaged.The Under-19's competition was still in operation and clubs had only to list players who had been drafted, and those over the age of 19. Essendon and North Melbourne at this point for example had very talented reserves sides drawn from their metropolitan zones (these zones would later provide the basis for the Northern Knights Under-18 teams).

Pre-draft trades

Player Recruited by Recruited from Games played with club
Brisbane Collingwood 5
Brisbane St Kilda 8
Brisbane Melbourne 9
Brisbane Collingwood 15
Carlton North Melbourne 104
Carlton Melbourne 102
Carlton Sydney 109
Collingwood Brisbane 2
Collingwood Fitzroy 70
Collingwood Brisbane 51
Collingwood Fitzroy 18
Essendon Geelong 142
Russell Evans Essendon North Melbourne 0
Essendon Brisbane 0
Fitzroy Hawthorn 26
Fitzroy Collingwood 70
Fitzroy Hawthorn 13
Fitzroy Carlton 6
Fitzroy Carlton 23
Footscray Melbourne 35
Footscray Sydney 0
Footscray Melbourne 0
Footscray Sydney 40
Geelong Essendon 144
Colin Gasden Geelong North Melbourne 0
John McNamara Geelong North Melbourne 0
Geelong West Coast 20
Hawthorn Fitzroy 80
Melbourne Richmond 015
Tim Bourke North Melbourne Geelong 0
North Melbourne Carlton 13
Richmond West Coast 21
Richmond Melbourne 5
Richmond West Coast 25
St Kilda Essendon 52
St Kilda Geelong 22
St Kilda Geelong 8
St Kilda Hawthorn 22
Sydney Fitzroy 59
Sydney Collingwood 55
Sydney Footscray 1
Sydney Carlton 46
West Coast Footscray 0
West Coast St Kilda 43
West Coast Richmond 4
West Coast Richmond 4

1991 mid-season draft

Pick Player Recruited from Recruited by
1Ashley Byrne
2David GilesClarence
3Ernie HugPrahran
4Fraser Murphy
5Athas HrysoulakisPrahran
6Mark Naley
7Brendan ParkerTongala
8Michael RyanSt Mary's
9Grant WilliamsSandy Bay
10Stephen Zamykal
11Trevor Spencer
12Jason BriggsRobinvale
13David McMurrayKeilor
14Simon KennyKedron Grange
15David Morrison
16Mark StockdaleTraralgon
17Dean StrauchGolden Square
18Shane FellGlenorchy
19Paul BrownDandenong
20Trevor Robinson
21Simon PalmerWestern Suburbs
22Stephen Wearne
23PassedN/A
24Steven Handley
25Justin PascoeWhorouly
26Rod Saunders
27Peter Bennett
28Alan ThorpeTatura
29Damian HoganSale
30PassedN/A
31David PrestonGrovedale
32PassedN/A
33Ross HartGolden Point
34Dean SmithSt Joseph's
35PassedN/A
36David RyanTerang
37Daryl ArgusKyabram
38PassedN/A
39Shaun BallansLara
40Darren Enever
41PassedN/A
42Tony LithgowCasterton
43Brad NichollsBell Park
44Robert GilbertSouth Barwon

1991 national draft

Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new team
1 18
2 51
3 Claremont 105
4 Claremont 29
5 Melbourne Claremont 20
6 Paul Burton Sydney Claremont 0
7 Fitzroy Claremont 68
8 109
9 36
10 Melbourne Hobart 33
11Geelong East Perth 3
12 Rob Malone St Kilda Claremont 0
13 Hawthorn Finley (VCFL) 305
14 Brisbane Southern District (NT) 22
15 Kieran O'Dwyer Hawthorn Barooga (NSW) 0
16 West Coast Subiaco 108
17 Anthony Cole Sydney North Hobart 0
18 Carlton Footscray 114
19 Melbourne Claremont 25
20 Fitzroy Broken Hill (NSW) 25
21 Essendon Perth 7
22 Hawthorn Hawthorn 19
23 Mathew McKay Melbourne Hawthorn 0
24 Kane Morphett West Coast East Fremantle 0
25 Steven Davies West Coast Subiaco 0
26Ben Herrald Hawthorn Hawthorn 0
27 Terry Board Brisbane Fitzroy 0
28 Cale O'Keefe Carlton South Launceston 0
29 West Coast Subiaco3
30 Kane Purcell Collingwood North Shore (T) 0
31 Melbourne North Hobart 0
32 Micah Berry Melbourne Melb. Gr. (APS) 0
33 Fitzroy Essendon 20
34 Tim Leng Nth Melbourne Nth Melbourne 0
35 Darryl Donald Geelong Wangaratta (VCFL) 0
36 Jason Dullard Melbourne Essendon 0
37 Essendon Ulverstone 63
38 Jamie Rundle Footscray Dandenong (VFA) 0
39 Hawthorn Hawthorn 4
40 Nick White Melbourne Richmond 0
41 Collingwood West Perth 3
42 West Coast St Kilda 0
43 Sydney Fitzroy 32
44 Carlton Nth Melbourne 35
45 Footscray Essendon 6
46 Bruno Italiano Collingwood South Fremantle 0
47 Essendon Essendon 21
48 Kevin Mitchell Essendon Claremont 0
49 Todd Hawes Richmond Swan Districts 0
50 Bruce Hando Nth Melbourne St Arnaud (VCFL) 0
51 Shaun Brooker Richmond Sydney 0
52 Mathew Henderson Hawthorn Morwell (VCFL) 0
53 Alistair Gray St Kilda Carey Grammar (APS) 0
54 Leigh Snooks Carlton Derinallum (VCFL)) 0
55 Glenn Hoffman Richmond Essendon 0
56 Sydney 217
57 Anthony McDonald Carlton Carlton 0
58 Footscray Richmond 0
59 Greg Turner Collingwood South Fremantle 0
60 James Billington Essendon Subiaco 0
61 Michael Addison St Kilda Carey Gr. (APS) 0
62 Peter Maclean Geelong Seymour (VCFL) 0
63 Essendon Richmond 3
64 Fitzroy Geelong 4
65 Brisbane Burnie Hawks (T) 4
66 Nick Roney Richmond North Launceston 0
67 Footscray Footscray (VCFL) 11
68 Mathew Bell Sydney Sydney 0
69 North Melbourne North Melbourne 2
70 Jon Lister Collingwood Sandy Bay (T) 0
71 Luke Chambers Brisbane Brisbane 0
72 Michael Shields St Kilda St Kilda 0
73 Cameron Burke Geelong Warragul (VCFL) 0
74 West Coast East Fremantle 9
75 Hawthorn Swan Districts 0
76 Brisbane Fitzroy 13
77 Jay Burton Richmond Subiaco 0
78 Mathew Dickson Carlton Sandhurst (VCFL) 0
79 Bevan Smillie Carlton Essendon 0
80 Damian Ryan Footscray Coburg (VFA) 0
81 Brendan Barrows Collingwood Claremont 0
82 Scott Morrison St Kilda Nth Melbourne 0
83 Peter Jacks Geelong Ballarat YCW (VCFL) 0
84 Alistair Burke Hawthorn Hawthorn 0
85 Richmond Hawthorn 0
86 Jamie Madigan Footscray Footscray 0
87 St Kilda 3
88 Aiden Bussell Hawthorn Whorouly (VCFL) 0
89 Richmond Richmond 0

1992 pre-season draft

Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new team
1Ashley GreenBrisbane BearsEssendon23
2Gavin ExellFitzroyGeelong5
3Mark McQueenRichmondRichmond34
4Damien MellowSydney SwansAdelaide0
5Mark AthornCarltonSydney Swans15
6Greg JonesFootscraySt Kilda0
7Alex IshchenkoNorth MelbourneBrisbane Bears70
8Ross NapoliCollingwoodEssendon0
9Alan Schwartz EssendonEssendon0
10Michael FordSt KildaFootscray2
11Wayne HenwoodMelbourneSydney Swans1
12Tim McGrathGeelongNorth Melbourne219
13Tim WatsonWest Coast EaglesEssendon0
14Ricky NixonHawthornSt Kilda8
15Jason JonesBrisbane BearsDarwin (NTFL)0
16Danny SextonFitzroyNorth Melbourne0
17David HonybunRichmondRichmond16
18Alan ThorpeSydney SwansFitzroy3
19Paul McCormackCarltonDandenong (VFA)14
20Mark MajerczakFootscrayCarlton0
21Marty ChristensenNorth MelbourneGeelong2
22Ross Johns CollingwoodCarlton0
23Paul McMasterEssendonCarlton0
24Steven ClarkSt KildaMelbourne6
25Andy GoodwinMelbourneRichmond17
26Garry PhillipsGeelong Geelong 0
27David OggWest Coast EaglesBrisbane Bears0
28Ernie Hug Jr.HawthornPrahran (VFA)0
29Brisbane BearsWest Adelaide (SANFL)0
30Simon TaylorFitzroyMontmorency0
31Brad GwilliamRichmondWest Coast Eagles4
32Allan McKellarFootscraySydney Swans0
33Rohan WelshDandenong (VFA)42
34Paul SatterleyFootscrayFootscray0
35Leigh TudorNorth MelbourneNorth Melbourne3
36Paul DochertyCollingwoodEssendon0
37Glenn KilpatrickEssendonNorth Melbourne0
38Dale KickettSt KildaWest Coast Eagles21
39Ben JuddMelbourneSturt (SANFL)0
40Ben GrahamGeelong Geelong 219
41Jason DisneyRichmondWest Coast Eagles0
42Austin McCrabbHawthornGeelong 9
43Matthew ClarkeRichmondBrisbane Bears0
44Simon DennisRichmondRichmond2
45Andrew PeckSydney SwansSydney Swans0
46Paul TuddenhamCarltonCollingwood0
47Glenn PageSydney Swans5
48Derek PercivalCollingwoodCollingwood0
49Justin PeckettSt KildaSt Kilda252
50Cristian O'BrienMelbourneMelbourne2
51Campbell BlackSouthport0
52Adam JonesXavier CollegeRichmond0
53Phil KrakouerFootscraySydney Swans0
54Jeremy SmithCarltonCarlton1
55Michael ScoonNorth MelbourneNorth Melbourne0
56Pass-Carlton

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. 2004. 0-9580300-5-7.
  2. [Emma Quayle|Quayle, Emma]