St Patrick’s College has a proud footballing tradition, having educated dozens of country Victoria’s greatest

footballers.

Right from the College’s first roll call, SPC has been a production line of quality footballers. One of the College’s original students Charlie Baker went on to become the first Old Boy to play footy at the highest level when he played for St Kilda.
In early 2014, the College announced its Greatest Team of 120 Years. The full team can be is available for download .

In 2016, St Patrick’s College has 25 Old Collegians selected on AFL lists.
To read what some of our finest Old Collegian footballers remember of their time at St Patrick’s click this link .

 

Please see below for the full list of SPC Old Boys to have played football at the highest level.

 

Old Boys to have played senior VFL/AFL Football

Number	Name	Years at SPC	Clubs represented
1	Charlie Baker	1893-96	St Kilda
2	John Fogarty	1900	South Melbourne
3	Joe Fogarty	1900-1901	South Melbourne, Essendon and University
4	Leo Seward	1900-1901	University
5	Chris Fogarty	1900-1903	Essendon, University
6	Bert Gregory	1904-1906	Melbourne
7	Robert Thompson	1904-1910	University
8	Leo Little	1906-1911	University, Melbourne
9	Basil Nehill	1906-1911	St Kilda, Essendon
10	Harry Neate	1907-1911	Essendon
11	Joe Shortill	1910-1912	Carlton, Fitzroy
12	Phil McCumisky	1914-1915	Carlton
13	James Keogh	1914-1915	Collingwood
14	Maurice Connell	1916-1919	South Melbourne, Carlton
15	Robert Johnson Snr	1918-1920	Melbourne
16	Reg Hickey	1921	Geelong
17	Joe Nunan	1919-1923	Footscray
18	Sidney Dockendorff	1921-1923	Richmond, Footscray
19	Maurice Sheahan	1920-1925	Richmond
20	Thomas Barwick	1922-1925	Hawthorn
21	Bill Walsh	1926-1927	Melbourne, Fitzroy
22	Dick Hingston	1928	Melbourne
23	Frank Halloran	1929	Melbourne, Footscray
24	Stanley Mullane	1928-29	South Melbourne, Geelong
25	Gerry Hayes	1931-1934	Richmond, South Melbourne
26	Peter O’Donohue	1931-1936	Hawthorn
27	Frank Howard	1935-1937	Richmond
28	Edward Long	1935-1938	North Melbourne
29	Frank McGrath	1939-1941	Melbourne, Carlton
30	Terry Walsh	1941-1943	North Melbourne
31	Colin Dodd	1945-1947	Fitzroy
32	Vin Williams	1946-1947	Fitzroy
33	Les Mogg	1942-1948	North Melbourne
34	Brian Molony	1948-1950	Carlton, St Kilda
35	Frank Drum	1946-1948	Richmond
36	John Elder	1948	Collingwood, South Melbourne
37	John James	1948	Carlton
38	Noel “Toby” Elder	1949	Fitzroy
39	Tom Simpson	1949	Richmond
40	Joe Hickey	1945-1950	Fitzroy
41	Gerald “Terry” Gleeson	1947-1950	Melbourne
42	Basil Moloney	1955-1957	Richmond
43	Kevin Hogan	1944-1951	Richmond
44	William Arch	1951	Carlton
45	Brian Gleeson	1947-1952	St Kilda
46	Bryan King	1952-1953	St Kilda
47	Frank Pomeroy	1953-1954	Geelong, North Melbourne
48	Marshall Younger	1949-1955	South Melbourne
49	Gerald Crough	1952-1955	South Melbourne
50	John Devine	1952-1955	Geelong
51	Robert Vagg	1954-1957	Hawthorn
52	John Hogan	1955-1957	Collingwood
53	Barry Kelly	1954-1958	North Melbourne
54	John Cunningham	1955-1958	Hawthorn
55	Michael Pickering	1956-1959	North Melbourne
56	Brian Carroll	1959	Fitzroy
57	Ian Slockwitch	1951-1960	Richmond
58	John Sheahan	1955-1960	Richmond
59	Greg Dowd	1962-1963	Footscray
60	Frank Dimattina	1963	Richmond, North Melbourne
61	Barry Richardson	1961-1964	Richmond
62	Tony Sullivan	1963-1964	Melbourne
63	Ray Ball	1962-1965	Richmond, South Melbourne
64	John Bell	1965-1966	Collingwood
65	Anthony Smith	1965-1969	Carlton
66	Mario Bortolotto	1972	Geelong, Carlton
67	Gerard FitzGerald	1973	Geelong
68	Paul Armstrong	1969-1974	St Kilda
69	Brian Brown	1973-1975	Fitzroy, Essendon
70	Danny Frawley	1976-1979	St Kilda
71	Mick McGuane	1980	Collingwood, Carlton
72	Alex McDonald	1982-1987	Hawthorn, Collingwood
73	Matthew Francis	1983-1988	Richmond, Collingwood
74	Justin McGrath	1983-1988	Fitzroy
75	Michael James	1987-1989	Carlton
76	Anthony McDonald	1988-1989	Melbourne
77	Nick Hider	1988-1989	Collingwood
78	Martin Heffernan	1988-1990	Geelong, Brisbane
79	Tony Bourke	1988-1993	Carlton
80	Mark Orchard	1988-1993	Collingwood, Sydney
81	Paul Wynd	1991-1993	North Melbourne
82	James McDonald	1989-1994	Melbourne, GWS Giants
83	Peter Walsh	1989-1994	Melbourne, Port Adelaide
84	Drew Petrie	1995-2000	North Melbourne, West Coast Eagles
85	Tristan Cartledge	1998-2002	Essendon, Richmond
86	Clinton Young	2003	Hawthorn, Collingwood
87	Matthew Rosa	2004	West Coast Eagles, Gold Coast Suns
88	Shaun Grigg	2001-2006	Carlton, Richmond
89	Mitchell Brown	2002-2006	West Coast Eagles
90	Nathan Brown	2002-2006	Collingwood, St Kilda
91	Matt Austin	2005-2006	Brisbane
92	Nick Suban	2003-2008	Fremantle
93	Will Young	2003-2004	Adelaide
94	Daniel Nicholson	2007-2008	Melbourne
95	Joshua Cowan	2008-2009	Geelong
96	Tom McDonald	2010	Melbourne
97	Steve Clifton	1999-2004	GWS Giants
98	Nicholas O’Brien	2006-2011	Essendon
99	Jake Neade	2010-2012	Port Adelaide
100	Bradley Crouch	2006-2011	Adelaide
101	Tanner Smith	2011-2012	Fremantle
102	Tom Downie	2010-11	GWS Giants
103	Martin Gleeson	2012	Essendon
104	Michael Close	2011-12	Brisbane
105	Matthew Crouch	2008-13	Adelaide
106	Dom Barry	2009-12	Melbourne, Port Adelaide
107	Liam Duggan	2009-14	West Coast Eagles
108	Oscar McDonald	2011-13	Melbourne
109	Daniel Rioli	2012-15	Richmond
110	Jacob Hopper	2014-15	GWS Giants
111	Jesse Palmer	2013-14	Port Adelaide
112	Dan Butler	2009-14	Richmond
113	Tom Williamson	2012-16	Carlton
114	Dallas Willsmore	2010-13	Hawthorn
115	Brett Bewley	2008-13	Fremantle
116	Harry Sharp	2021-19	Brisbane
117	Josh Gibcus	2016-19	Richmond
118	Kai Lohmann	2016-19	Brisbane
119	Sam Butler	2016-21	Hawthorn
120	Aaron Cadman	2016-20	GWS Giants