List of Essendon Football Club captains

The following is a list of players who have captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Dates	Captain(s)	Notes
1897–1900	George Stuckey	1897 Premiership Captain
1901–02	Tod Collins	1901 Premiership Captain
1903	Jim Anderson
1904	Jim Anderson Hugh Gavin
1905	William Robinson
1906	Jack McKenzie
1907–09	William Griffith
1910	Alan Belcher
1911	David Smith	1911 Premiership Captain
1912–15	Alan Belcher	1912 Premiership Captain
1918	Fred Baring
1919	Alan Belcher
1920–21	Percy Ogden
1922–24	Syd Barker	1923 Premiership Captain 1924 Premiership Captain
1925–28	Frank Maher
1929–30	Norm Beckton
1931–33	Garnet Campbell
1934–35	Keith Forbes
1936	Jack Baggott
1937	Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
1938	Len Webster
1939–50	Dick Reynolds	1942 Premiership Captain 1946 Premiership Captain 1949 Premiership Captain 1950 Premiership Captain
1951–57	Bill Hutchison
1958–64	Jack Clarke	1962 Premiership Captain
1965–68	Ken Fraser	1965 Premiership Captain
1969	Don McKenzie
1970–71	Barry Davis
1972–75	Des Tuddenham
1976	Graham Moss
1977–79	Ken Fletcher
1980–81	Simon Madden
1982	Neale Daniher Ron Andrews (caretaker)
1983–88	Terry Daniher	1984 Premiership Captain 1985 Premiership Captain
1989–91	Tim Watson
1992–95	Mark Thompson	1993 Premiership Captain
1996–97	Gary O'Donnell
1998	James Hird
1999	James Hird Michael Long (caretaker)
2000–05	James Hird	2000 Premiership Captain
2006	Matthew Lloyd David Hille (caretaker)
2007–09	Matthew Lloyd
2010–15	Jobe Watson
2016–present	Jobe Watson Brendon Goddard (caretaker)

References

Essendon Football Club

History Premierships and records Players Captains Coaches Awards W. S. Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Jobe Watson Coach: John Worsfold Nickname: Bombers

Home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–91) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Docklands Stadium (2000–present)

Premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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VFL/AFL club captains

Adelaide Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fitzroy Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Swans University West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs

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