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Richmond Football Club History

A look at the past, present and future of the Richmond Football Club

The definitive list of Richmond Captains 1885- Present

Below is a list of those players who were selected as captain for a specific season, or was acting captain for the Richmond Football Club in at least one senior game.
(under construction- can youadd extra information - if so contact me at rhettrospective@hotmail.com )

VFA

1885

  • George Smith


1886

  • Tom Graham
  • Fred Wookey
  • George Smith


1887

  • John J Stewart


1888

  • George Smith


1889

  • Pat J O'Loughlin


1890

  • Ed 'Ned' Burwood


1891

  • Tom Graham


1892

  • A G Powell

1893

  • Charles R Backhouse (pic below)


1894

  • George S Sparrow


1895

  • George S Sparrow
  • Richard T Kelly


1896

  • Richard T Kelly


1897

  • Richard T Kelly
  • William 'Billy' Clarke


1898

  • William 'Billy' Clarke


1899

  • William 'Billy' Clarke
  • Tom Watson


1900

  • Tom Watson


1901-1905

  • Alec Edmond


1906

  • Arthur Cleghorn
  • Alec J Edmond


1907

  • Alec J Edmond
  • Charlie Pannam Snr

 

VFL- AFL


1908

  • Charlie Pannam Snr


1909

  • Dick Condon
  • John Lawson


1910

  • Billy Schmidt


1911

  • Len Incigneri


1912

  • Ted Ohlsen


1913

  • Hugh James


1914-1916

  • Bill Thomas


1917

  • Percy Maybury


1918

  • Clarrie Hall


1919

  • Bill Thomas


1920-1925

  • Dan Minogue


1926

  • Mel Morris


1927-1928

  • Alan Geddes


1929

  • Cyril Lilburne


1930

  • Alan Geddes


1931

  • Maurie Hunter


1932-1940

  • Percy Bentley


1941-1949

  • Jack Dyer
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1950-1951

  • Bill Morris


1952-1957

  • Des Rowe
  • Max Oppy (acting captain) (awaiting confirmation on games)


1958-1959

  • Roy Wright


1960-1962

  • Ron Branton


1963-1966

  • Neville Crowe


1967

  • Fred Swift


1968-1971

  • Roger Dean


1972

  • Royce Hart


1973

  • Royce Hart


1974

  • Royce Hart
  • Kevin Bartlett (Windy Hill Brawl match)


1975

  • Royce Hart


1976-1977

  • Francis Bourke


1978

  • Kevin Sheedy


1979

  • Kevin Bartlett


1980

  • Bruce Monteath


1981

  • Bryan Wood


1982

  • Geoff Raines (practice match vs Carlton)
  • David Cloke (season)


1983-1984

  • Barry Rowlings


1985-1987

  • Mark Lee


1988-1992

  • Dale Weightman


1993

  • Jeff Hogg


1994

  • Tony Free


1995

  • Tony Free


1996

  • Wayne Campbell (captained 2 x Lightning Premiership matches)
  • Tony Free


1997-2000

  • Matthew Knights


2001-2004

  • Wayne Campbell


2005 - 2008

  • Kane Johnson


2009

  • Chris Newman 2009-Present (Selected captain for 2009 season)
  • Brett Deledio (acting captain Rd 22 2009) *Chris Newman was injured*


2010

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