Player who has played at the most clubs?

[clivewaterhousen]

which player has played VFL/AFL football at more than 3 clubs?

 

[Scatter]

Dale Kickett comes to mind - 5 clubs from memory

 

[Damon_3388]

Justin Murphy
Richmond (1994-1995)
Carlton (1996-2000, 2002-2003)
Geelong (2001)
Essendon (2004-2005)

Dale Kickett
Fitzroy (1990)
West Coast (1991)
St Kilda (1992)
Essendon (1994)
Fremantle (1995-2002)

 

[Blowfly]

Dale Kickett comes to mind - 5 clubs from memory

Fitzroy, West Coast, St Kilda, Essendon and Fremantle.

Interestingly for someone who's been at so many teams he was (for a short time) the games record holder for Freo.

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/5clubs.html

Les Abbott (1904-12) and Les Hughson (1927-37) also played at five clubs each.

 

[UpForGrabs]

Scott Cummings:

Essendon
Port Adelaide
West Coast
Collingwood

Richard Osborne

Fitzroy
Sydney Swans
Footscray
Collingwood

 

[CrowHop]

Adrian Fletcher played 13 seasons with 4 different clubs. Numbers are impressive aswell.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-fremantle-dockers--adrian-fletcher

 

[Damon_3388]

Adrian Fletcher played 13 seasons with 4 different clubs. Numbers are impressive aswell.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-fremantle-dockers--adrian-fletcher

I wouldn't think there'd be too many players who have had at least 1 season at 4 different clubs where they averaged 20 disposals per game and also registered Brownlow votes.

 

[terrybull]

Darryl Cummings

Richmond
Melbourne
South Melbourne
North Melbourne

 

[*Paul*]

Les Abbott (1904-12) and Les Hughson (1927-37) also played at five clubs each.

Fletcher also is five if one counts post-merger Brisbane as a new entity. Using this baseline 28 players have 4 clubs or more.

 

[Bomber32]

Phil Carman
Collingwood (1975-1978, 66 games, 142 goals)
Melbourne (1979, 11 games, 23 goals)
Essendon (1980-1981, 10 games, 12 goals)
North Melbourne (1982, 13 games, 27 goals)

 

[Supermercado]

Charlie Anderson has to get a mention for racking up four clubs in 16 games.

 

[Damon_3388]

Two more:

Mark Athorn
Western Bulldogs (1987-1989)
Fitzroy (1990)
Sydney (1991)
Carlton (1992-1994)

Stuart Wigney
Western Bulldogs (1988-1991)
Sydney (1992)
Adelaide (1993-1994)
Richmond (1995-1996)

 

[Colin D'Cops]

Troy Simmonds & Darren Jolly are two that spring to mind.

 

[Damon_3388]

Troy Simmonds & Darren Jolly are two that spring to mind.

Three clubs each now:

Troy Simmonds
Melbourne (1999-2001)
Fremantle (2002-2004)
Richmond (2005-)

Darren Jolly
Melbourne (2001-2004)
Sydney (2005-2009)
Collingwood (2010-)

Another three-clubber:

Trent Nichols
Richmond (1987-1991, 1997-1998)
West Coast (1992-1993)
North Melbourne (1994-1996)

 

[Jabso]

Leigh Roy Brown. Freo, Kangaroos, Collingwood

Blake Carracella. Ess, Bris, Collingwood

3 clubs isn't that rare.

 

[Bartram_Class]

Martin Pike.

 

[hawks_time]

Simon Minton-Connell
Carlton 89-91
Sydney 92-94
Hawthorn 95-96
Dogs 97-98

 

[cricketnut14]

Tom Hickey
Gold Coast 2011-12
St Kilda 2013-18
West Coast 2019-20
Sydney 2021 - ?

*First player in history to play at AFL clubs in 4 different states.

Send him to Adelaide or Port Adelaide next

 

[Jones2ByrneJones]

Tom Hickey
Gold Coast 2011-12
St Kilda 2013-18
West Coast 2019-20
Sydney 2021 - ?

*First player in history to play at AFL clubs in 4 different states.

Send him to Adelaide or Port Adelaide next

Hawthorn and North Melbourne would probably come after SA on the itinerary.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Tom Hickey
Gold Coast 2011-12
St Kilda 2013-18
West Coast 2019-20
Sydney 2021 - ?

*First player in history to play at AFL clubs in 4 different states.

Send him to Adelaide or Port Adelaide next

Along with Jacob Townsend?

 

[cricketnut14]

Along with Jacob Townsend?

nope he's only played in 3 states

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Matthew Clarke
• Brisbane Bears (1993-1996)
• Brisbane Lions (1997-1999)
• Adelaide (2000-2006)
• St Kilda (2007)

Geoff Raines
• Richmond (1976-1982)
• Collingwood (1983-1986)
• Essendon (1986)
• Brisbane Bears (1987-1988)

Allan Davis
• St Kilda (1966-1975)
• Melbourne (1976-1977)
• Essendon (1978-1979)
• Collingwood (1980)

Brian Wilson
• Footscray (1978-1979)
• North Melbourne (1980-1981)
• Melbourne (1982-1990)
• St Kilda (1991)

George Dougherty
• Carlton (1934-1936)
• Geelong (1936-1941; 1944-1945)
• Footscray (1942-1943)
• South Melbourne (1945)

Ben Hudson
• Adelaide (2004-2007)
• Western Bulldogs (2008-2011)
• Brisbane (2012)
• Collingwood (2013)

Craig Davis
• Carlton (1973-1975)
• North Melbourne (1977-1978)
• Collingwood (1979-1983)
• Sydney (1988)

Peter Francis
• Carlton (1979-1981)
• Fitzroy (1981-1983)
• Richmond (1984-1986)
• Essendon (1987-1988)

Edward Baker
• Carlton (1920)
• Collingwood (1922-1923; 1932)
• Geelong (1927-1932)
• Footscray (1934)

Frank Kelly
• Collingwood (1930-1933)
• Melbourne (1934-1936)
• Essendon (1937-1939)
• St Kilda (1942-1944)

Dick Chirgwin
• Richmond (1934-1939)
• South Melbourne (1940)
• Footscray (1940)
• North Melbourne (1941-1943)

Alf Clay
• Hawthorn (1937)
• Footscray (1938-1939)
• Fitzroy (1940-1944)
• North Melbourne (1944-1946)

Norm Le Brun
• South Melbourne (1929)
• Essendon (1931-1932)
• Collingwood (1933-1934)
• Carlton (1935)

Vic Nankervis
• Geelong (1941; 1944-1945)
• Footscray (1942)
• St Kilda (1943)
• South Melbourne (1946)

Lew Sharpe
• St Kilda (1926-1927)
• Footscray (1929-1930)
• Fitzroy (1932)
• Essendon (1934)

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Matthew Clarke
• Brisbane Bears (1993-1996)
• Brisbane Lions (1997-1999)
• Adelaide (2000-2006)
• St Kilda (2007)

Geoff Raines
• Richmond (1976-1982)
• Collingwood (1983-1986)
• Essendon (1986)
• Brisbane Bears (1987-1988)

Allan Davis
• St Kilda (1966-1975)
• Melbourne (1976-1977)
• Essendon (1978-1979)
• Collingwood (1980)

Brian Wilson
• Footscray (1978-1979)
• North Melbourne (1980-1981)
• Melbourne (1982-1990)
• St Kilda (1991)

George Dougherty
• Carlton (1934-1936)
• Geelong (1936-1941; 1944-1945)
• Footscray (1942-1943)
• South Melbourne (1945)

Ben Hudson
• Adelaide (2004-2007)
• Western Bulldogs (2008-2011)
• Brisbane (2012)
• Collingwood (2013)

Craig Davis
• Carlton (1973-1975)
• North Melbourne (1977-1978)
• Collingwood (1979-1983)
• Sydney (1988)

Peter Francis
• Carlton (1979-1981)
• Fitzroy (1981-1983)
• Richmond (1984-1986)
• Essendon (1987-1988)

Edward Baker
• Carlton (1920)
• Collingwood (1922-1923; 1932)
• Geelong (1927-1932)
• Footscray (1934)

Frank Kelly
• Collingwood (1930-1933)
• Melbourne (1934-1936)
• Essendon (1937-1939)
• St Kilda (1942-1944)

Dick Chirgwin
• Richmond (1934-1939)
• South Melbourne (1940)
• Footscray (1940)
• North Melbourne (1941-1943)

Alf Clay
• Hawthorn (1937)
• Footscray (1938-1939)
• Fitzroy (1940-1944)
• North Melbourne (1944-1946)

Norm Le Brun
• South Melbourne (1929)
• Essendon (1931-1932)
• Collingwood (1933-1934)
• Carlton (1935)

Vic Nankervis
• Geelong (1941; 1944-1945)
• Footscray (1942)
• St Kilda (1943)
• South Melbourne (1946)

Lew Sharpe
• St Kilda (1926-1927)
• Footscray (1929-1930)
• Fitzroy (1932)
• Essendon (1934)

Tom Hickey too.

Gold Coast. (2011-12.)
St KIlda. (2013-18.)
West Coast. (2019-20.)
Sydney. (2021-.)

 

[Ron The Bear]

Includes switches back to previous club

Clubs	Player	Clubs	Career	Gms	Gls
5	Abbott, Les	Co,Ca,Ri,Me,Sy	1904-1912	39	0
5	Baker, Ted	Ca,Co,Ge,Co,WB	1920-1934	142	139
5	Dougherty, George	Ca,Ge,WB,Ge,Sy	1934-1945	173	259
5	Hughson, Les W.	Co,Ha,Ca,St,Fi	1927-1937	73	68
5	Kickett, Dale	Fi,WC,St,Es,Fr	1990-2002	181	64
5	Murphy, Justin	Ri,Ca,Ge,Ca,Es	1994-2005	185	151
5	Nankervis, Vic A.	Ge,WB,St,Ge,Sy	1941-1946	46	68
4	Anderson, Charlie	Ca,Sy,Ri,WB	1924-1927	16	2
4	Athorn, Mark	WB,Fi,Sy,Ca	1987-1993	83	17
4	Carman, Phil	Co,Me,Es,NM	1975-1982	100	204
4	Chirgwin, Dick	Ri,Sy,WB,NM	1934-1943	83	6
4	Clay, Alf	Ha,WB,Fi,NM	1937-1946	83	38
4	Cowton, Gary	NM,WB,Sy,NM	1971-1984	199	39
4	Cumming, Daryl	Ri,Me,NM,Sy	1971-1979	109	75
4	Cummings, Scott	Es,PA,WC,Co	1994-2002	128	349
4	Davis, Allan	St,Me,Es,Co	1966-1980	250	372
4	Davis, Craig	Ca,NM,Co,Sy	1973-1988	163	360
4	Ditterich, Carl	St,Me,St,Me	1963-1980	285	199
4	Fletcher, Adrian	Ge,St,Br,Fr	1989-2001	231	97
4	Francis, Peter	Ca,Fi,Ri,Es	1979-1988	158	58
4	Hickey, Tom	GC,St,WC,Sy	2011-2021	120	41
4	Hudson, Ben	Ad,WB,Br,Co	2004-2013	168	19
4	Keenan, Peter	Me,NM,Es,Me	1970-1982	213	123
4	Kelly, Frank James	Co,Me,Es,St	1930-1944	116	44
4	Le Brun, Norm	Sy,Es,Co,Ca	1929-1935	50	31
4	Leahy, Pat	Ge,Sy,Ge,Sy	1939-1945	32	23
4	Matthews, E. Herb	Sy,Ri,Me,Sy	1914-1924	85	51
4	McGhie, Robert	WB,Ri,WB,Sy	1969-1981	146	7
4	Minton-Connell, Simon	Ca,Sy,Ha,WB	1989-1998	112	305
4	Morwood, Paul	Sy,St,Sy,Co	1977-1987	170	81
4	Nichols, Trent	Ri,WC,NM,Ri	1988-1998	112	107
4	Osborne, Richard	Fi,Sy,WB,Co	1982-1998	283	574
4	Peart, Neil	Co,Ri,WB,Ri	1982-1987	62	14
4	Pike, Martin	Me,Fi,NM,Br	1993-2005	247	126
4	Raines, Geoff	Ri,Co,Es,Br	1976-1989	254	101
4	Rantall, John	Sy,NM,Sy,Fi	1963-1980	336	10
4	Sharpe, Lew	St,WB,Fi,Es	1926-1934	34	8
4	Southern, Wally	Ge,Sy,Ge,St	1941-1946	31	13
4	Townsend, Jacob	WS,Ri,Es,GC	2012-2021	61	43
4	Toyne, Len	Ge,Fi,Ge,Me	1940-1949	59	37
4	Wigney, Stuart	WB,Sy,Ad,Ri	1988-1996	72	42
4	Wilson, Brian C.	WB,NM,Me,St	1978-1991	209	246

 

[Clark G]

Jon Giles played at four clubs - Port, GWS, Essendon and West Coast. Did not play a game for Port though.