The 1989 VFL draft was the fourth annual national draft held by the Victorian Football League (since changed its name to Australian Football League) as the main method for the 14 teams to recruit players for the 1990 season. It consisted of a trading period, pre-draft selections, the main national draft and the 1990 pre-season draft and a non-compulsory 1990 mid-year draft. The minimum age for most draftees was 16 and clubs other than the West Coast Eagles were only allowed to choose one player each from Western Australia . For the non-Queensland and NSW clubs, players from those states had to be 19 to be selected, by which time the Brisbane Bears or Sydney Swans would have had three chances to recruit them.
Pre-draft picks
Pre-draft trades
1989 national draft
Post-draft picks
1990 preseason draft
1990 mid-season draft
#
Player
Recruited by
Recruited from
Games for new club
1
Laurence Schache
Brisbane
West Torrens (SANFL )
29
2
Dale Lewis
Sydney
North Ballarat
182
3
Mark Brady
Fitzroy
Old Scotch (VAFA )
0
4
Andrew Payze
Richmond
West Torrens (SANFL)
0
5
Tim Williamson
Nth Melbourne
Casterton (WBFL )
0
6
Craig Cross
Carlton
Burnie Football Club
0
7
Darren Bartsch
Geelong
West Adelaide (SANFL)
0
8
Phil Krakouer
Footscray
North Melbourne
7
9
Steven Cummings
St Kilda
Sandringham (VFA )
14
10
Craig McNaughton
West Coast
Sandhurst
0
11
Damian Stoney
Hawthorn
Old Xaverians (VAFA)
0
12
Jamie Duursma
Melbourne
Melbourne
0
13
Andrew Hardiman
Collingwood
South Warrnambool
0
14
Paul Morrish
Essendon
Richmond
7
15
David Greenhill
Brisbane
Wodonga
0
16
Paul Smit
Sydney
Springvale (VFA)
0
17
Darron Wilkinson
Fitzroy
Camberwell (VFA)
0
18
Scott Turner
Richmond
Ararat
144
19
Anthony Pavey
Nth Melbourne
Churchill
0
20
Darren Read
Carlton
Dandenong (VFA)
0
21
Luke Hampshire
Geelong
Tyrendarra (VCFL)
0
22
Jamie Grant
Footscray
Daylesford (VCFL)
5
23
Damian Sexton
St Kilda
Yarrawonga (VCFL)
4
24
James Weeding
Hawthorn
Norwood (SANFL)
0
25
Peter Van Der Meer
Melbourne
Frankston
0
26
Stephen Anderson
Collingwood
South Warrnambool (VCFL)
0
27
David Robertson
Essendon
Euroa (VCFL)
3
28
Dean Strauch
Brisbane
Golden Square (VCFL)
0
29
Tim Symes
Sydney
Benalla (VCFL)
0
30
Darren Collins
Fitzroy
Port Melbourne (VFA)
4
31
Damian Hancock
Geelong
Leitchville (VCFL)
0
32
Michael Frost
Footscray
Swan Hill (VCFL)
13
33
Bernie Harris
St Kilda
Terang (VCFL)
5
34
Stephen Moloney
Hawthorn
North Melbourne Old Boys (VAFA)
0
35
Paul Hogarth
Melbourne
Northern United (VCFL)
0
36
Jason Morton
Collingwood
Wagga (NSW)
0
37
Andrew Mills
Essendon
North Shore (NSW)
0
38
Glen Bartlett
Brisbane
East Perth (WAFL)
0
39
Nick Tsiotinas
Footscray
Essendon
0
40
Chris Melican
St Kilda
Glenelg (SANFL)
0
41
Martin Cameron
Hawthorn
Traralgon
0
42
David Morrison
Melbourne
Devonport
0
43
Michael Thomson
Essendon
Richmond
0
44
Barry Spierings
Footscray
Werribee (VFA)
0
45
Jolyon Keeble
Hawthorn
Old Melbournians (VAFA)
0
References
Lovett, Michael, ed. (2005). AFL Record Guide to Season 2005 . Melbourne, Victoria: AFL Publishing. pp. 402–405. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5 .
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47. Richard Gerke
48. Dennis Rapacholi
49. Greg Jones
50. Dean Irving
51. Joe Wilson
52. Rod Jameson
53. Derek Coghlan
54. Steven Bozicevic
55. Grant Coffee
56. Shayne Bennett
57. Tim Moreland
58. Jason Dullard
59. Daniel Frawley
60. Chris Sharp
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