List of VFL debuts in 1922
# List of VFL debuts in 1922

This is a listing of Australian rules footballers who made their senior debut for a Victorian Football League (VFL) club in 1922.

## Debuts by clubs

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Johnny Davies | Carlton | 22 years, 140 days | 8 | 32 | 7 | |
| Jimmy Goonan | Carlton | 25 years, 128 days | 7 | 22 | 1 | |
| Frank Pritchard | Carlton | 22 years, 362 days | 5 | 20 | 11 | |
| George Bolt | Carlton | 22 years, 278 days | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Joe Russell | Carlton | 24 years, 120 days | 10 | 16 | 2 | |
| Leo Credlin | Carlton | 19 years, 64 days | 14 | 16 | 18 | |
| Jim Fraser | Carlton | 25 years, 136 days | 1 | 14 | 13 | |
| Alec Farrow | Carlton | 28 years, 122 days | 6 | 14 | 14 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Ernie Dingwall | Carlton | 23 years, 257 days | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Eric Humphrey | Carlton | 21 years, 195 days | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Charlie Greenhill | Carlton | 20 years, 65 days | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Graham Kemp | Carlton | 27 years, 89 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Syd Coventry | Collingwood | 22 years, 327 days | 1 | 227 | 62 | Brother of Gordon Coventry and father of Hugh and Syd Coventry, Jr. |
| Harry Chesswas | Collingwood | 21 years, 62 days | 14 | 154 | 45 | |
| Leo Wescott | Collingwood | 21 years, 302 days | 1 | 143 | 3 | |
| Reg Baker | Collingwood | 22 years, 314 days | 12 | 60 | 60 | |
| Edward Baker | Collingwood | 21 years, 105 days | 1 | 43 | 33 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Eric Cock | Collingwood | 19 years, 324 days | 3 | 36 | 40 | |
| Rupe Hannah | Collingwood | 21 years, 336 days | 9 | 14 | 0 | |
| Hector Lingwood-Smith | Collingwood | 22 years, 61 days | 11 | 13 | 1 | |
| Bill Glynn | Collingwood | 21 years, 301 days | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| Clyde Smith | Collingwood | 21 years, 98 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Fred Keays | Collingwood | 23 years, 305 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| George Tory | Collingwood | 22 years, 337 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Clem Splatt | Collingwood | 22 years, 238 days | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank Plant | Collingwood | 21 years, 234 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Wall | Collingwood | 26 years, 319 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rowley Watt | Essendon | 23 years, 307 days | 3 | 141 | 41 | |
| Charlie May | Essendon | 23 years, 78 days | 1 | 84 | 3 | |
| Justin McCarthy | Essendon | 27 years, 247 days | 4 | 56 | 60 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Ken Adam | Essendon | 21 years, 268 days | 1 | 31 | 0 | |
| Joe Callahan | Essendon | 24 years, 153 days | 11 | 27 | 11 | |
| Jack Moriarty | Essendon | 21 years, 6 days | 1 | 13 | 36 | Son of Geoff Moriarty. |
| Roy Kemp | Essendon | 26 years, 183 days | 1 | 12 | 4 | |
| Clarrie Clowe | Essendon | 29 years, 166 days | 10 | 5 | 1 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Ralph Raisbeck | Essendon | 23 years, 209 days | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gilbert Wardley | Essendon | 27 years, 27 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Enos Thomas | Essendon | 29 years, 9 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Norm Cockram | Fitzroy | 22 years, 252 days | 1 | 120 | 82 | |
| Tommy Corrigan | Fitzroy | 19 years, 71 days | 1 | 107 | 13 | |
| Goldie Collins | Fitzroy | 20 years, 239 days | 2 | 64 | 9 | Brother of Harry and Norm Collins. |
| Les Warren | Fitzroy | 25 years, 282 days | 9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Steve Donnellan | Fitzroy | 21 years, 175 days | 1 | 27 | 12 | |
| Hector McNeil | Fitzroy | 20 years, 179 days | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| John Hamilton | Fitzroy | 31 years, 163 days | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| Percy Chalmers | Fitzroy | 26 years, 58 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alwin Dalitz | Fitzroy | 28 years, 121 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Todd | Geelong | 19 years, 158 days | 7 | 232 | 54 | |
| Arthur Coghlan | Geelong | 19 years, 270 days | 2 | 145 | 10 | |
| Eric Fleming | Geelong | 19 years, 58 days | 2 | 105 | 112 | |
| Edward Stevenson | Geelong | 21 years, 46 days | 4 | 105 | 30 | |
| Syd Hall | Geelong | 20 years, 93 days | 17 | 85 | 18 | |
| Charlie Plane | Geelong | 26 years, 54 days | 2 | 42 | 5 | |
| Bill Hudd | Geelong | 20 years, 285 days | 17 | 28 | 5 | |
| Val Marchesi | Geelong | 22 years, 75 days | 3 | 15 | 4 | |
| Alby Bendle | Geelong | 28 years, 195 days | 2 | 13 | 1 | |
| Harry Smith | Geelong | 29 years, 70 days | 6 | 3 | 2 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
| Richard Taylor | Melbourne | 20 years, 292 days | 18 | 164 | 100 | |
| Hugh Dunbar | Melbourne | 18 years, 313 days | 1 | 97 | 48 | Brother of Edgar and Harold Dunbar. |
| Edgar Dunbar | Melbourne | 20 years, 24 days | 1 | 28 | 5 | Brother of Harold and Hugh Dunbar. |
| Vern Moore | Melbourne | 27 years, 72 days | 11 | 14 | 8 | |
| Eric Peck | Melbourne | 22 years, 327 days | 8 | 6 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Harold Dunbar | Melbourne | 22 years, 117 days | 1 | 5 | 2 | Brother of Edgar and Hugh Dunbar. |
| Alf Oldham | Melbourne | 22 years, 202 days | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Artie Cambridge | Melbourne | 20 years, 181 days | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Corby | Melbourne | 23 years, 164 days | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doug Hayes | Richmond | 25 years, 267 days | 6 | 82 | 62 | |
| George Rudolph | Richmond | 21 years, 28 days | 3 | 80 | 61 | |
| Angus MacIsaac | Richmond | 22 years, 70 days | 8 | 59 | 20 | |
| Dave Lynch | Richmond | 20 years, 110 days | 9 | 20 | 77 | |
| Matt Connors | Richmond | 24 years, 248 days | 6 | 6 | 3 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Arthur Birtles | Richmond | 22 years, 331 days | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Rupert Gibb | Richmond | 22 years, 1 days | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| Billy Wright | Richmond | 22 years, 18 days | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rob Brady | Richmond | 21 years, 45 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| George Clark | Richmond | 24 years, 14 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ray Ross | Richmond | 19 years, 145 days | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Stewart | Richmond | 19 years, 108 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Horrie Mason | St Kilda | 19 years, 20 days | 3 | 137 | 76 | |
| Cyril Gambetta | St Kilda | 22 years, 278 days | 1 | 129 | 75 | |
| Ed Sanneman | St Kilda | 19 years, 346 days | 5 | 72 | 25 | |
| Wal Gunnyon | St Kilda | 27 years, 25 days | 6 | 63 | 21 | |
| Aubrey MacKenzie | St Kilda | 27 years, 195 days | 1 | 35 | 8 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Les Reynolds | St Kilda | 23 years, 42 days | 10 | 30 | 11 | Uncle of Dick Reynolds. |
| Horrie Bannister | St Kilda | 21 years, 350 days | 3 | 17 | 4 | |
| Bill Tymms | St Kilda | 18 years, 263 days | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| Les Morrison | St Kilda | 27 years, 115 days | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bill Ward | St Kilda | 21 years, 72 days | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| Orville Lamplough | St Kilda | 25 years, 173 days | 16 | 7 | 6 | |
| Bert Officer | St Kilda | 22 years, 221 days | 8 | 6 | 10 | |
| Stan Cooper | St Kilda | 25 years, 190 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harold Alexander | South Melbourne | 20 years, 29 days | 3 | 70 | 40 | |
| Arthur Hando | South Melbourne | 30 years, 362 days | 5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Connell | South Melbourne | 19 years, 336 days | 7 | 42 | 4 | |
| Frank Ross | South Melbourne | 21 years, 308 days | 1 | 32 | 2 | |
| Wal Matthews | South Melbourne | 28 years, 8 days | 3 | 22 | 7 | |
| Roy Bence | South Melbourne | 22 years, 42 days | 2 | 15 | 6 | |
| Bill Gunn | South Melbourne | 22 years, 359 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Basil Smith | South Melbourne | 20 years, 157 days | 4 | 6 | 5 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Sid Conlon | South Melbourne | 23 years, 209 days | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Billy Gambetta | South Melbourne | 25 years, 30 days | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Bill Peters | South Melbourne | 24 years, 41 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tommy Law | South Melbourne | 27 years, 59 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Cullum | South Melbourne | 24 years, 48 days | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Maurie Connell | South Melbourne | 20 years, 65 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clarrie Woodfield | South Melbourne | 21 years, 34 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
| Don Templeton | South Melbourne | 20 years, 313 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
