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The following is a list of Australian rules footballers to have competed in the Australian Football League (previously known as VFL) that were born in a country other than Australia (sorted by country of birth).

These players have all played one or more games in the senior competition of the VFL/AFL.

See also List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity.

Austria

• Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton/St Kilda)

Brazil

Heritier O'Brien was born in Brazil

• Heritier O'Brien (Collingwood)

Canada

• Mike Pyke (Sydney)

Chile

• Jose Romero (North Melbourne/Footscray)

Czechoslovakia

• Paul Vinar (Geelong)

England

• Colin Alexander (Collingwood/Brisbane)
• Mark Bayliss (Collingwood)
• Lawrence Bingham (Hawthorn/St Kilda)
• Wayne Blackwell (Carlton)
• Chris Burton (Footscray/Richmond)
• Ian Dargie (St Kilda/West Coast)
• Harry Davie (Melbourne/Carlton)
• Fred Fairweather (North Melbourne)
• Andy Goodwin (Richmond/Melbourne)
• Paul Harding (Hawthorn/St Kilda/West Coast)
• Johnny Leonard (South Melbourne)
• Brad Moran (Kangaroos, Adelaide)
• Brian Mynott (St Kilda)
• Richard Nixon (St Kilda)
• Bill Perkins (Richmond)
• Ralph Robertson (St Kilda)
• Will Thursfield (Richmond)
• Clive Waterhouse (Fremantle)
• Fergus Watts (St Kilda)

Fiji

David Rodan was born in Fiji

• Alipate Carlile (Port Adelaide)
• Charlie Moore (Essendon)
• David Rodan (Richmond/Port Adelaide)

France

• Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne)

Germany

• Harry Frei (Footscray)
• Bohdan Jaworskyj (Hawthorn)
• Alex Ruscuklic (Fitzroy / Carlton)
• Michael McCarthy (Hawthorn/Brisbane Bears)

Holland

• Robbert Klomp

India

• Fred Pringle

Ireland

Tadhg Kennelly, a premiership player, was born and grew up in Ireland

• Martin Clarke (Collingwood)
• Colm Begley (St Kilda/Brisbane)
• Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney)
• Pearce Hanley (Brisbane)
• Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
• Paul Earley (Melbourne)
• Stuart Magee (South Melbourne/Footscray)
• Dermot McNicholl (St Kilda)
• Brian Stynes (Melbourne)
• Michael Quinn (Essendon)
• Setanta Ó hAilpín (Carlton)

Israel

• Mordecai Bromberg (St Kilda)

Italy

• Peter Bevilacqua

Lebanon

• Milham Hanna (Carlton)

New Zealand

New Zealand's Trent Croad

• Adam Campbell (Fremantle)
• Trent Croad (Fremantle/Hawthorn)
• Brent Renouf (Hawthorn)
• Peter Bennett (Hawthorn/Essendon)
• Donald Dickie (Port Adelaide)
• Harry Haughton (Carlton)
• Warren Jones (Carlton/St Kilda)
• Daniel McAlister (Essendon)
• Marty McDonnell (Footscray)
• Tom O'Halloran (Richmond)
• Wayne Schwass (North Melbourne/Sydney)
• Joe Sellwood (Geelong)
• Barney Wood (Melbourne)

Papua New Guinea

• Ben Sexton (Footscray/Carlton)

Mal Michael was born in Papua New Guinea

• Mal Michael (Essendon/Brisbane Lions/Collingwood)

Samoa

• Aaron Edwards (West Coast/Kangaroos)

Scotland

• Thomas Leather (North Melbourne)
• Sean Wight (Melbourne)
• Tom McNeil (St Kilda 1951-1952)

South Africa

• Jack Baggott (Richmond/Essendon)
• Damian Cupido (Brisbane Lions/Essendon)
• Ian Muller (Carlton, St Kilda)

South Korea

South Korean-born Peter Bell

• Peter Bell (Fremantle/North Melbourne)

Sweden

• Kris Massie (Carlton/Adelaide)

Switzerland

• Henri Jenneret (South Melbourne/Melbourne)

Thailand

• Sudjai Cook (Adelaide)

Ukraine

• Alex Ishchenko (West Coast/Brisbane Bears/North Melbourne)

United States of America

• Tom Banks (Fitzroy)
• Don Pyke (West Coast)
• Sanford Wheeler (Sydney)

Wales

• John McCarthy (North Melbourne/Fitzroy)

Zimbabwe

• Ian Perrie (Adelaide)
• Stephen Lawrence (footballer) (Hawthorn)

References

• Brian Clarke (2003). "Overseas Born VFL/AFL players". International Australian Football Council. http://www.iafc.com.au/history/overseas.html. Retrieved December 14, 2005.  
• "Other Nationalities". Full Points Footy. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/other_nationalities.htm. Retrieved March 1, 2006.  
• Rod Curtis (2005). "The AFL evangelist". The Age. http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2005/04/29/1114635749120.html?from=storyrhs. Retrieved November 8, 2006.  

See also

• List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity
• Australian rules football around the world