Players represented in the VFL / AFL

The following players have played in the VFL / AFL, after/whilst representing the Glenelg Football Club.

• Sidney James - South Melbourne 1923 & Hawthorn 1925
• Ray Hunt - Richmond 1943
• Colin Churchett - South Melbourne 1944
• Neil Davies - Richmond 1955
• Graham Cornes - North Melbourne 1979
• Kym Hodgeman - North Melbourne 1981 - 1985
• Stephen Copping - Essendon 1982 - 1984
• Paul Weston - Essendon 1983 - 1985
• Stephen Kernahan - Carlton 1986- 1997
• Tony McGuinness - Footscray 1986 - 1990, Adelaide 1991 - 1996
• Tony Symonds - Hawthorn 1987
• Wayne Henwood - Sydney 1987 - 1991, Melbourne 1992
• Adam Garton - Brisbane 1987 - 1991
• Chris Duthy - Fitzroy 1987
• Tony Hall - Hawthorn 1988 - 1993, Adelaide 1994 - 1995
• David Kernahan - Carlton 1988 - 1993
• Michael Murphy - North Melbourne 1988, Adelaide 1991 - 1992, Brisbane 1993
• David Grenvold - Essendon 1989 - 1996
• Jim West - Sydney 1990 - 1991, Adelaide 1992
• Shannon Corcoran - Footscray 1990 - 1994, Brisbane 1995 - 1996, Sydney 1997

The Adelaide Football Club first season in the AFL was in 1991. On the inaugural list were

• Allan Bartlett - Adelaide 1991
• Clayton Lamb - Adelaide 1991
• Robbie Thompson - Adelaide 1991
• David Marshall - Adelaide 1991 - 1992
• Chris McDermott - Adelaide 1991 - 1996
• Rod Jamieson - Adelaide 1991 - 1999
• Matthew Liptak - Adelaide 1991 - 1999

• Paul Rouvray - Adelaide 1992 - 1994
• Mark Viska - Adelaide 1993 - 1997
• Andrew McKay - Carlton 1993 - 2003
• Wayne Thornborrow St Kilda 1994 - 1995
• Peter Berbakov - Essendon 1995 - 1999
• Craig McRae - Brisbane 1995 - 2004
• Ben Moore - Richmond 1996 - 1997
• Simon Cox - Footscray 1996 - 2001, Hawthorn 2002 - 2003
• Matthew Bode - Port Adelaide 1998 - 2000, Adelaide 2001 - 2007
• Ben Thompson - St Kilda 1998 - 1999
• Brad Ottens - Richmond 1998 - 2004, Geelong 2005 - 2011
• Matthew Golding - Adelaide 1999.
• Luke Ottens - Melbourne 1999.
• Chad Cornes - Port Adelaide 1999 - 2011, Greater Western Sydney 2012 - 2013
• James Byrne - Adelaide 2000 - 2001
• Lindsay Smith - Kangaroos 2001, Carlton 2002
• Kane Cornes - Port Adelaide 2001 - 2015
• Jordan McMahon - Bulldogs 2001 - 2007, Richmond 2008 - 2010
• Jarrad Sundqvist - Sydney 2002 - 2005
• Andrew Mackie - Geelong 2003 - 2017
• David King - Collingwood 2004 - 2005
• Daniel Bell - Melbourne 2004 - 2010
• Danny Meyer - Richmond 2004 - 2008, Port Adelaide 2009 - 2011
• Ryan Gamble - Geelong 2005 - 2010, St Kilda 2011.
• John Hinge - Adelaide 2006 - 2007
• Bryce Gibbs - Carlton 2007 - 2017, Adelaide 2018 - 2020
• Mark Austin - Carlton 2007 - 2011, Western Bulldogs 2012 - 2014
• James Sellar - Adelaide 2007 - 2011, Melbourne 2012 - 2013
• Jack Redden - Brisbane Lions 2009 - 2015, West Coast 2016 -
• Cameron Hitchcock - Port Adelaide 2010 - 2014
• Hayden Jolly Gold Coast 2011 - 2012
• Christian Howard - Western Bulldogs 2010 - 2014
• Jordan Murdoch - Geelong 2012 - 2018, Gold Coast 2019 - 2021
• Patrick McCarthy - Carlton 2011 -2013.
• Lincoln McCarthy - Geelong 2012 - 2018, Brisbane Lions 2019 -
• Lachie Neale - Fremantle 2012 - 2018, Brisbane Lions 2019 -
• Ben Kennedy - Collingwood 2013 - 2015, Melbourne 2016 - 2017
• Brodie Murdoch - St Kilda 2013 - 2016
• Matthew Scharenberg - Collingwood 2013 - 2020
• Alex Neal-Bullen - Melbourne 2015 -
• Billy Stretch - Melbourne 2015 - 2019
• Cory Gregson - Geelong 2015 - 2018
• Mason Redman - Essendon 2016 -
• Bailey Williams - Western Bulldogs 2016 -
• Willie Rioli - West Coast 2017 -
• Mitch Hinge - Brisbane Lions 2017 - 2020, Adelaide 2021 -
• Darcy Fogarty - Adelaide 2018 -
• Dom Barry - Port Adelaide 2018.
• Lachlan Hosie - North Melbourne 2019 - 2020
• Will Gould - Sydney 2020 -
• Bradley Close - Geelong 2020 -
• Luke Pedlar - Adelaide 2021 -
• Luke Edwards - West Coast 2021 -
• Luke Parks - Carlton 2021 -
• Sam Durdin - Carlton 2022 -
• Brett Turner - Adelaide 2022 -

Drafted but did not play AFL

• Gibson Turner - Richmond 2012.
• Nathan Stark - Melbourne 2013.
• Matthew Allen - West Coast 2015 - 2019
• Liam Mackie - Collingwood 2016 - 2017
• Toby Pink - Sydney 2017 - 2019
• Jackson Edwards - Adelaide 2017 - 2018
• Tobin Cox - Port Adelaide 2018 - 2020