The 1988 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the ninety second season of the VFL. The season saw 90 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and 30 players transferring to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1988 Club AFL debuts Change of club 3 7 6 0 4 4 7 3 5 2 9 3 2 0 8 0 3 3 10 1 11 1 8 3 6 5 8 1 Total 90 33

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes Brisbane Bears 164 285 Previously played for Essendon. Brisbane Bears 138 77 Previously played for Fitzroy. Brisbane Bears 39 15Previously played for Hawthorn. Brisbane Bears 34 71Previously played for Sydney. Brisbane Bears 31 13Previously played for Footscray. Brisbane Bears 30 3 Previously played for Hawthorn. Brisbane Bears 23 3 Brisbane Bears 9 2 Brisbane Bears 6 5 Brisbane Bears 1 0 Previously played for Hawthorn and St Kilda. 62 58 55 5 53 8 Brother of Stephen Kernahan. 3 0 3 0 3 3 205 45 201 107 71 90 Previously played for Fitzroy. 44 2 Previously played for Footscray. 41 30 Previously played for Sydney. 17 9 9 1 6 4Previously played for Melbourne and Essendon. 238 332 160 89Son of John Somerville. 103 60 1986 Magarey Medallist. 46 89 8 1 5 0 Previously played for Fitzroy. 3 2Previously played for Melbourne. 3 5 1 0 Previously played for Melbourne. 1 0 120 173 93 80 43 8Previously played for Sydney. 38 0 15 1 2 0 Previously played for Melbourne. 1 0 237 31 130 10 69 20 Previously played for Hawthorn and Richmond. 59 4 47 21 37 35 30 31 7 4 7 0 7 0 6 1 Previously played for Melbourne. 3 7 Previously played for Hawthorn. 27 40 4 0 146 30Son of South African Test cricketer Godfrey Lawrence. 131 8 97 144 89 54 83 74 17 12 Australian Survivor winner. 4 3 3 1 Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League. Previously played for North Melbourne. 258 40 164 166 117 22 Previously played for Carlton. 33 0 Previously played for Sydney and Brisbane. 31 20 Previously played for Hawthorn. 23 4 Brother of Todd Viney. North Melbourne 287 16 Son of Bryan Martyn. North Melbourne 200 511 North Melbourne 184 97 North Melbourne 178 138 North Melbourne 89 98 North Melbourne 3 1 North Melbourne 2 2 North Melbourne 2 3 Previously played for Carlton. North Melbourne 2 0 Brother of Darren Harris. North Melbourne 1 0 North Melbourne 1 0 279 141 123 53 110 19 75 65 64 40 59 54 Brother of Michael Pickering. 55 39 Previously played for Carlton. 29 17 24 13 15 4 5 1 4 0 383 215 1997 and 1998 Brownlow Medallist. Brother of Anthony Harvey. 115 26 85 79 52 31 21 2 Previously played for Carlton. 20 2 Father of Liam Jones. 12 1Previously played for Melbourne. 7 1 5 0 1 0 Previously played for Fitzroy. 1 0 46 9 Previously played for Essendon and Richmond. 37 1 Previously played for St Kilda and Footscray. 25 14 25 3 12 18 11 1 Previously played for Richmond and Collingwood. 9 17 Father of Nick Davis. Previously played for Carlton, North Melbourne and Collingwood. 9 3 Previously played for Melbourne. 8 7 5 1 5 6 Previously played for Melbourne. 267 28 Inaugural Gold Coast Football Club coach. 177 75 100 107 57 7 Father of Alex Rance. Previously played for Footscray. 43 43 27 6 Brother of Michael O'Connell 13 9 10 7 1 1

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