| # ↧ | Player | DOB | Age | Height | Weight | Games Prior | Goals Prior | Votes Prior | Games 1997 | Goals 1997 | Votes 1997 | Original Club | Drafted | Honours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Harvey | 11 Jun 65 | 31yr | 184cm | 87kg | 200 | 169 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Keilor | AA: 1985, 1993; B&F: 1992; Prem: 1984, 1985, 1993 | ||
| 2 | Mark Mercuri | 21 Feb 74 | 23yr | 178cm | 77kg | 79 | 115 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | Keilor Park | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 3 | Ryan O'Connor | 27 Jun 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 107kg | 33 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | Ulverstone | #37 National 1991 | ||
| 4 | Daniel McAlister | 22 Aug 78 | 18yr | 185cm | 88kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Smithton/Tasmania U18 | #5 National 1996 | ||
| 5 | James Hird | 4 Feb 73 | 24yr | 188cm | 90kg | 88 | 149 | 40 | 7 | 18 | 3 | Ainslie | #79 National 1990 | AA: 1995, 1996; Brownlow: 1996; B&F: 1994, 1995, 1996; Prem: 1993 | |
| 6 | Sean Wellman | 20 Sep 74 | 22yr | 193cm | 90kg | 43 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | St Paul's College (SA)/North Adelaide | |||
| 7 | Chris Daniher | 31 Mar 66 | 31yr | 183cm | 86kg | 107 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3 | Ungarie | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 8 | Darren Bewick | 21 Aug 67 | 29yr | 178cm | 81kg | 167 | 264 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 0 | West Perth | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 9 | Che Cockatoo-Collins | 5 Mar 75 | 22yr | 181cm | 85kg | 54 | 80 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | Cairns City JFC/Port Adelaide (SANFL) | #42 National 1992 | ||
| 10 | Gary O'Donnell | 12 May 65 | 31yr | 181cm | 85kg | 206 | 77 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 1 | North Ringwood | B&F: 1993; Prem: 1993 | ||
| 11 | Paul Hills | 20 Sep 72 | 24yr | 185cm | 78kg | 63 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Ballarat | #93 National 1988 | Prem: 1993 | |
| 12 | Michael Symons | 16 Sep 71 | 25yr | 182cm | 75kg | 77 | 75 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 4 | Subiaco | #8 National 1991 | ||
| 13 | Michael Long | 1 Oct 69 | 27yr | 178cm | 80kg | 126 | 99 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | St Marys/West Torrens | #23 National 1988 | AA: 1988, 1995; Norm Smith: 1993; Prem: 1993 | |
| 14 | David Calthorpe | 17 Aug 73 | 23yr | 179cm | 92kg | 63 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | East Keilor/North Ballarat | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 15 | Michael Prior | 6 Sep 73 | 23yr | 182cm | 79kg | 25 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | Noranda/East Perth | #3 National 1992 | ||
| 16 | Paul Barnard | 13 Feb 73 | 24yr | 189cm | 93kg | 26 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #32 National 1993 | ||
| 17 | Robert Stevenson | 14 Jun 76 | 20yr | 188cm | 82kg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Taylors Lakes/Western U18 | #19 National 1993 | ||
| 18 | Matthew Lloyd | 16 Apr 78 | 19yr | 192cm | 93kg | 16 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 63 | 7 | Avondale Heights/St Bernard's College/Western U18 | Uncontr Comp 1994 | ||
| 19 | Peter Somerville | 8 Jul 68 | 28yr | 195cm | 98kg | 121 | 86 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | Moe | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 20 | Peter Berbakov | 22 Aug 73 | 23yr | 188cm | 90kg | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | Sunbury FC/Essendon U19s/Glenelg | #58 National 1995 | ||
| 21 | Dean Wallis | 27 Aug 69 | 27yr | 190cm | 91kg | 75 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Nhill | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 22 | Ben Doolan | 10 Jan 73 | 24yr | 181cm | 95kg | 72 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Albury FC | |||
| 23 | Peter Cransberg | 29 Jul 67 | 29yr | 190cm | 87kg | 65 | 58 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | East Perth | #39 National 1989 | ||
| 24 | Joe Misiti | 9 Nov 74 | 22yr | 186cm | 88kg | 85 | 36 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 6 | Keilor Park | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 25 | Scott Lucas | 30 Dec 77 | 19yr | 192cm | 98kg | 14 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 3 | Camperdown/Geelong U18 | #4 National 1994 | ||
| 26 | Chris Heffernan | 29 Jan 79 | 18yr | 187cm | 81kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Terang/Geelong U18 | #2 National 1996 | ||
| 27 | Steven Alessio | 8 Nov 71 | 25yr | 203cm | 106kg | 69 | 76 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | St Joseph's College (North Melbourne)/St Olivers | |||
| 28 | Andrew Bomford | 19 Jul 74 | 22yr | 184cm | 89kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | North Shore (NSW) | #22 Pre-Season 1993 | ||
| 30 | Mark Fraser | 4 Feb 71 | 26yr | 183cm | 78kg | 58 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | Montmorency | |||
| 31 | Dustin Fletcher | 7 May 75 | 21yr | 198cm | 93kg | 75 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | PEGS/Western U18 | Father-Son 1992 | Prem: 1993 | |
| 32 | Justin Blumfield | 24 Nov 77 | 19yr | 188cm | 86kg | 10 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | Tuggeranong | #62 National 1994 | ||
| 33 | Blake Caracella | 15 Mar 77 | 20yr | 186cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 3 | St Mary's (NFL)/Parade College/Northern U18 | #10 National 1994 | ||
| 35 | Barry Young | 26 Jun 70 | 26yr | 183cm | 93kg | 100 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | St Arnaud/Assumption College | |||
| 36 | Danny Morgan | 20 Aug 74 | 22yr | 178cm | 84kg | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Boolarra/Northern U18 | #87 National 1990 | ||
| 37 | Andrew Ukovic | 23 Nov 78 | 18yr | 189cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | West Coburg/Northern U18 | #31 National 1995 | ||
| 38 | Sean Denham | 29 Apr 69 | 27yr | 177cm | 80kg | 137 | 54 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 0 | Melton South | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 39 | Damien Hardwick | 18 Aug 72 | 24yr | 180cm | 82kg | 50 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | Upwey-Tecoma/Springvale/St Joseph's College (Ferntree Gully)/North Melbourne U19s | #87 National 1992 | ||
| 42 | Jason Johnson | 25 Jan 78 | 19yr | 180cm | 85kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kilmore/Assumption College/Calder U18 | #28 National 1996 | ||
| 44 | Matthew Watson | 2 Dec 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 98kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Warragul/Gippsland U18/Essendon Reserves | #54 National 1996 | ||
| 46 | r | Gary Moorcroft | 16 Apr 76 | 21yr | 173cm | 86kg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | Reservoir/Preston/Northern U18 | #45 National 1994 | Morrish: 1994 |
| 47 | Ricky Olarenshaw | 1 Feb 73 | 24yr | 179cm | 80kg | 45 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | Keilor/PEGS | Prem: 1993 | ||
| 48 | Matthew Banks | 20 Jul 76 | 20yr | 199cm | 103kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Ringwood/Eastern U18 | #33 Pre-Season 1994 | ||
| Tim Williams | 22 Sep 75 | 21yr | 194cm | 94kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Perth | #21 National 1996 | |||
| r | Mark Johnson | 23 May 78 | 18yr | 179cm | 83kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calder U18 | #12 Rookie 1996 | ||
| r | Andrew Ramsden | 27 Jan 74 | 23yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Old Trinity | #42 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Andrew Henderson | 3 Oct 76 | 20yr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Uni Blues | #72 Rookie 1996 | ||||
| r | Damien Franken | 19 Jun 74 | 22yr | 192cm | 82kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donvale | Delisting 1993 | ||
| r | Luke Trew | 17 Feb 78 | 19yr | 184cm | 79kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wodonga FC/Murray U18 | #14 National 1995 |