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.
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 rulesedit
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).
Backgroundedit
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).
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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 Contents 1 History 2 Draft rules 3 Background 4 Pre draft picks 5 Pre draft trades 6 1991 mid season draft 7 1991 national draft 8 1992 pre season draft 9 References 10 External linksHistory editWhen 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 editThe 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 editThe 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 picks edit Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new team 1 Jason Ball West Coast Swan Districts WAFL 103Pre draft trades editPlayer Recruited by Recruited from Games played with club Colin Alexander Brisbane Collingwood 5 Russell Jeffrey Brisbane St Kilda 8 Rod Owen Brisbane Melbourne 9 Brendon Retzlaff Brisbane Collingwood 15 Ron De Iulio Carlton North Melbourne 104 Earl Spalding Carlton Melbourne 102 Greg Williams Carlton Sydney 109 Brad Hardie Collingwood Brisbane 2 Gary Pert Collingwood Fitzroy 70 Brad Rowe Collingwood Brisbane 51 Tony Woods Collingwood Fitzroy 18 Sean Denham Essendon Geelong 142 Russell Evans Essendon North Melbourne 0 Shane Strempel Essendon Brisbane 0 Paul Abbott Fitzroy Hawthorn 26 Brad Boyd Fitzroy Collingwood 70 Dale Fleming Fitzroy Hawthorn 13 Ashley Matthews Fitzroy Carlton 6 Peter Sartori Fitzroy Carlton 23 Tony Campbell Footscray Melbourne 35 Darren Morgan Footscray Sydney 0 Ricky Jackson Footscray Melbourne 0 Bernard Toohey Footscray Sydney 40 John Barnes Geelong Essendon 144 Colin Gasden Geelong North Melbourne 0 John McNamara Geelong North Melbourne 0 Geoff Miles Geelong West Coast 20 Jason Taylor Hawthorn Fitzroy 80 Michael Pickering Melbourne Richmond 015 Tim Bourke North Melbourne Geelong 0 Richard Dennis North Melbourne Carlton 13 Stevan Jackson Richmond West Coast 21 Steven O Dwyer Richmond Melbourne 5 Todd Breman Richmond West Coast 25 Craig O Brien St Kilda Essendon 52 Adrian Fletcher St Kilda Geelong 22 Darren Flanigan St Kilda Geelong 8 Lawrence Bingham St Kilda Hawthorn 22 Darren Kappler Sydney Fitzroy 59 Gavin Rose Sydney Collingwood 55 Stuart Wigney Sydney Footscray 1 Simon Minton Connell Sydney Carlton 46 Paul Gow West Coast Footscray 0 Paul Harding West Coast St Kilda 43 Trent Nichols West Coast Richmond 4 David Regan West Coast Richmond 41991 mid season draft editPick Player Recruited from Recruited by 1 Ashley Byrne Box Hill Brisbane Lions 2 David Giles Clarence Fitzroy 3 Ernie Hug Prahran Sydney 4 Fraser Murphy Carlton Collingwood 5 Athas Hrysoulakis Prahran Richmond 6 Mark Naley South Adelaide Footscray 7 Brendan Parker Tongala Carlton 8 Michael Ryan St Mary s Hawthorn 9 Grant Williams Sandy Bay Melbourne 10 Stephen Zamykal Williamstown North Melbourne 11 Trevor Spencer Melbourne Geelong 12 Jason Briggs Robinvale St Kilda 13 David McMurray Keilor Essendon 14 Simon Kenny Kedron Grange Brisbane Lions 15 David Morrison Melbourne Fitzroy 16 Mark Stockdale Traralgon Sydney 17 Dean Strauch Golden Square Collingwood 18 Shane Fell Glenorchy Richmond 19 Paul Brown Dandenong Footscray 20 Trevor Robinson Sturt Carlton 21 Simon Palmer Western Suburbs Hawthorn 22 Stephen Wearne Sandringham Melbourne 23 Passed N A North Melbourne 24 Steven Handley Swan Districts Geelong 25 Justin Pascoe Whorouly St Kilda 26 Rod Saunders North Adelaide Essendon 27 Peter Bennett North Adelaide Brisbane Lions 28 Alan Thorpe Tatura Fitzroy 29 Damian Hogan Sale Sydney 30 Passed N A Collingwood 31 David Preston Grovedale Footscray 32 Passed N A Carlton 33 Ross Hart Golden Point Hawthorn 34 Dean Smith St Joseph s Geelong 35 Passed N A St Kilda 36 David Ryan Terang Brisbane Lions 37 Daryl Argus Kyabram Footscray 38 Passed N A Carlton 39 Shaun Ballans Lara Hawthorn 40 Darren Enever Werribee Geelong 41 Passed N A St Kilda 42 Tony Lithgow Casterton Geelong 43 Brad Nicholls Bell Park Geelong 44 Robert Gilbert South Barwon Geelong1991 national draft edit Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new team 1 John Hutton Brisbane Claremont 18 2 Marcus Seecamp Fitzroy East Perth 51 3 Darren Kowal Melbourne Claremont 105 4 Andrew McGovern Sydney Claremont 29 5 Jason Norrish Melbourne Claremont 20 6 Paul Burton Sydney Claremont 0 7 Jeremy Guard Fitzroy Claremont 68 8 Michael Symons Essendon Subiaco 109 9 Stephen O Reilly Geelong Swan Districts 36 10 Andrew Lamprill Melbourne Hobart 33 11 Leigh Willison Geelong East Perth 3 12 Rob Malone St Kilda Claremont 0 13 Shane Crawford Hawthorn Finley VCFL 305 14 Fabian Francis Brisbane Southern District NT 22 15 Kieran O Dwyer Hawthorn Barooga NSW 0 16 Daniel Metropolis West Coast Subiaco 108 17 Anthony Cole Sydney North Hobart 0 18 Matthew Hogg Carlton Footscray 114 19 Phil Gilbert Melbourne Claremont 25 20 Brett Cook Fitzroy Broken Hill NSW 25 21 Willie Dick Essendon Perth 7 22 Simon Crawshay Hawthorn Hawthorn 19 23 Mathew McKay Melbourne Hawthorn 0 24 Kane Morphett West Coast East Fremantle 0 25 Steven Davies West Coast Subiaco 0 26 Ben Herrald Hawthorn Hawthorn 0 27 Terry Board Brisbane Fitzroy 0 28 Cale O Keefe Carlton South Launceston 0 29 Matthew Connell West Coast Subiaco 3 30 Kane Purcell Collingwood North Shore T 0 31 Haydon Kilmartin Melbourne North Hobart 0 32 Micah Berry Melbourne Melb Gr APS 0 33 Paul Morrish 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 Ryan O Connor Essendon Ulverstone 63 38 Jamie Rundle Footscray Dandenong VFA 0 39 Richard Taylor Hawthorn Hawthorn 4 40 Nick White Melbourne Richmond 0 41 Todd Curley Collingwood West Perth 3 42 Peter Freeman West Coast St Kilda 0 43 David Strooper Sydney Fitzroy 32 44 Brett Sholl Carlton Nth Melbourne 35 45 Gary Barrow Footscray Essendon 6 46 Bruno Italiano Collingwood South Fremantle 0 47 Glenn Manton 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 Andrew Dunkley Sydney North Launceston 217 57 Anthony McDonald Carlton Carlton 0 58 Justin Pickering 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 Brendan Bower Essendon Richmond 3 64 Chris Barrett Fitzroy Geelong 4 65 Heath Shephard Brisbane Burnie Hawks T 4 66 Nick Roney Richmond North Launceston 0 67 Shane Ellen Footscray Footscray VCFL 11 68 Mathew Bell Sydney Sydney 0 69 Brad Sholl 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 Brendan Krummel West Coast East Fremantle 9 75 Travis Edmonds Hawthorn Swan Districts 0 76 Matt Rendell 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 John Kennedy Richmond Hawthorn 0 86 Jamie Madigan Footscray Footscray 0 87 Sam Jones St Kilda Sandy Bay 3 88 Aiden Bussell Hawthorn Whorouly VCFL 0 89 Paul Dimattina Richmond Richmond 01992 pre season draft edit Player Recruited by Recruited from Games with new team 1 Ashley Green Brisbane Bears Essendon 23 2 Gavin Exell Fitzroy Geelong 5 3 Mark McQueen Richmond Richmond 34 4 Damien Mellow Sydney Swans Adelaide 0 5 Mark Athorn Carlton Sydney Swans 15 6 Greg Jones Footscray St Kilda 0 7 Alex Ishchenko North Melbourne Brisbane Bears 70 8 Ross Napoli Collingwood Essendon 0 9 Alan Schwartz Essendon Essendon 0 10 Michael Ford St Kilda Footscray 2 11 Wayne Henwood Melbourne Sydney Swans 1 12 Tim McGrath Geelong North Melbourne 219 13 Tim Watson West Coast Eagles Essendon 0 14 Ricky Nixon Hawthorn St Kilda 8 15 Jason Jones Brisbane Bears Darwin NTFL 0 16 Danny Sexton Fitzroy North Melbourne 0 17 David Honybun Richmond Richmond 16 18 Alan Thorpe Sydney Swans Fitzroy 3 19 Paul McCormack Carlton Dandenong VFA 14 20 Mark Majerczak Footscray Carlton 0 21 Marty Christensen North Melbourne Geelong 2 22 Ross Johns Collingwood Carlton 0 23 Paul McMaster Essendon Carlton 0 24 Steven Clark St Kilda Melbourne 6 25 Andy Goodwin Melbourne Richmond 17 26 Garry Phillips Geelong Geelong 0 27 David Ogg West Coast Eagles Brisbane Bears 0 28 Ernie Hug Jr Hawthorn Prahran VFA 0 29 Darren Bartsch Brisbane Bears West Adelaide SANFL 0 30 Simon Taylor Fitzroy Montmorency 0 31 Brad Gwilliam Richmond West Coast Eagles 4 32 Allan McKellar Footscray Sydney Swans 0 33 Rohan Welsh Carlton Dandenong VFA 42 34 Paul Satterley Footscray Footscray 0 35 Leigh Tudor North Melbourne North Melbourne 3 36 Paul Docherty Collingwood Essendon 0 37 Glenn Kilpatrick Essendon North Melbourne 0 38 Dale Kickett St Kilda West Coast Eagles 21 39 Ben Judd Melbourne Sturt SANFL 0 40 Ben Graham Geelong Geelong 219 41 Jason Disney Richmond West Coast Eagles 0 42 Austin McCrabb Hawthorn Geelong 9 43 Matthew Clarke Richmond Brisbane Bears 0 44 Simon Dennis Richmond Richmond 2 45 Andrew Peck Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 0 46 Paul Tuddenham Carlton Collingwood 0 47 Glenn Page North Melbourne Sydney Swans 5 48 Derek Percival Collingwood Collingwood 0 49 Justin Peckett St Kilda St Kilda 252 50 Cristian O Brien Melbourne Melbourne 2 51 Campbell Black Brisbane Bears Southport 0 52 Adam Jones Xavier College Richmond 0 53 Phil Krakouer Footscray Sydney Swans 0 54 Jeremy Smith Carlton Carlton 1 55 Michael Scoon North Melbourne North Melbourne 0 56 Pass CarltonReferences edit Lovett Michael 2004 AFL 2004 The Official Statistical History Of The AFL AFL Publishing ISBN 0 9580300 5 7 Quayle Emma 17 November 2006 The draft blows in The Age External links editThe Complete AFL draft Official AFL draft page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1991 AFL draft amp oldid 1179562803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
