Hampton Rovers Football Club has a strong presence at the elite level, with eight players currently on AFL lists in 2021 who played either junior or senior football at the club. Most recently, Miles Bergman was picked up by Port Adelaide as their top pick in the 2019 Draft, while three players were picked in the top 10 in their respective years (Angus Brayshaw, Andrew Brayshaw and Christian Salem). Two players were delisted following the 2020 season – Hamish Brayshaw (West Coast Eagles) and Harry Reynolds (Sydney Swans, Rookie).
Current AFL Players
Karl AMON
PORT ADELAIDE #15
Junior Clubs: Hampton Rovers, East Sandringham
Rovers Games: 7 (2011-2012)
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2013 (pick 68)
AFL Debut: 2015 round 7
Miles BERGMAN
PORT ADELAIDE #14
Junior Clubs: Hampton Rovers, East Brighton (U13-14)
Rovers Games: 92 (2009-2018)
School: St Bedes College
Drafted: 2019 (pick 14)
AFL Debut: 2021 round 1
Angus BRAYSHAW
MELBOURNE #10
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 124 (2003-2011)
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2014 (pick 3)
AFL Debut: 2015 round 1
Andrew BRAYSHAW
FREMANTLE DOCKERS #8
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 112 (2008-2014)
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2017 (pick 2)
AFL Debut: 2018 round 1
Brayden MAYNARD
COLLINGWOOD #37
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 53 (2010-2013)
School: De La Salle
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2014 (pick 30)
AFL Debut: 2015 round 14
Christian SALEM
MELBOURNE #3
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 70 (2004-2010)
School: Brighton Grammar
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2013 (pick 9)
AFL Debut: 2014 round 6
Will WALKER
NORTH MELBOURNE #4
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 32 (2014-2017)
School: Melbourne High
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2017 (pick 23)
AFL Debut: 2018 round 19
Jayden HUNT
MELBOURNE #29
Junior Clubs: East Sandringham, Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 10 (2011)
School: Brighton Grammar
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2013 (pick 57)
AFL Debut: 2016 round 4
Former AFL/VFL Players
The Hampton Rovers Football Club has had in excess of 20 players who’ve played with the club in the VAFA (U19/Seniors) and progressed to play in the VFL/AFL, including Brownlow Medallist Ross Smith. Below is a list of them, and more recently, those who played junior or senior football at the Rovers, progressed to the AFL but are no longer on AFL lists.
| NAME | CLUB | SPAN | MATCHES | GOALS | ROVERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Robinson | Hawthorn | 1938-1939 | 6 | 3 | Seniors |
| Murray Johnstone | St Kilda | 1945 | 3 | 2 | Seniors |
| Tom McNeil | St Kilda | 1951-1952 | 8 | 0 | Seniors |
| Nevin Paynter | Melbourne | 1950-51; 1953 | 12 | 0 | Seniors |
| Dave Bland | St Kilda | 1951-1955 | 36 | 25 | Seniors |
| Stuart Lennie | St Kilda | 1955 | 10 | 12 | Seniors |
| Peter Lucas | Collingwood | 1949-1959 | 177 | 1 | Seniors |
| Roy Harper | Footscray | 1952-1955 | 40 | 26 | Seniors |
| John Kelton | South Melbourne | 1957-1960 | 21 | 4 | Seniors |
| Larry Rowe | Richmond | 1958-1961 | 20 | 6 | Seniors |
| Alan Hayes | Richmond | 1959-1962 | 23 | 10 | Seniors |
| Barry Cameron | Richmond | 1959-1966 | 96 | 21 | Seniors |
| Graham Cooper | Hawthorn | 1959-1965 | 90 | 6 | Seniors |
| Keith Jones | St Kilda | Seniors | |||
| Mick Clover | Carlton | Seniors | |||
| Bruce Blainey | Richmond | 1960 | 1 | 0 | Seniors |
| Bob Morton | St Kilda | 1962-1965 | 42 | 58 | Seniors |
| Ross Smith | St Kilda | 1961-72; 1975 | 234 | 231 | Seniors |
| Dylan Smith | North Melbourne, Fremantle | 2001-2005 | 21 | 4 | Juniors |
| Danny Hughes | Melbourne | 2010 | 2 | 2 | Seniors |
| Chris Dawes | Collingwood, Melbourne | 2008-2016 | 121 | 130 | Juniors |
| Ted Richards | Essendon, Sydney | 2002-2016 | 261 | 34 | Juniors |
| Ty Vickery | Richmond, Hawthorn | 2009-2017 | 125 | 160 | Juniors |
| Corey Maynard | Melbourne | 2017-2019 | 2 | 1 | Juniors |
| Hamish Brayshaw | West Coast Eagles | 2018-2020 | 1 | 0 | Juniors (117 G) |
| Harry Reynolds | Sydney Swans | 2019-2020 (Rookie) | 0 | 0 | Juniors (44 G) |
