Squads
| Victorian Football League | South Australia | Western Australia | Tasmania | Victorian Football Association | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach: Frank 'Checker' Hughes | Bob Quinn | Clive Lewington | Len McCankie | ||
| (C) Bill Hutchison (Essendon) | (C) Bob Hank (West Torrens) | (C) Frank Sparrow (Swan Districts) | (C) Len McCankie (North Hobart) | (C) Norm Tindall (Oakleigh) | |
| Lance Arnold (Melbourne) | John Abley (Port Adelaide) | Ken Ashdown (West Perth) | Noel Atkins (Launceston) | Boyd | |
| Jack Clarke (Essendon) | Dave Boyd (Port Adelaide) | Ken Caporn (Claremont) | Terry Cashion (Sandy Bay) | Jim Bohan (Camberwell) | |
| Ron Clegg (South Melbourne) | Colin Brown (West Adelaide) | Don Carter | Mike Clennett (Sandy Bay) | Tom Miller (Sandringham) | |
| John Coleman (Essendon) | Jim Coverlid (West Torrens) | Jack Clarke (East Fremantle) | Neil Conlan (New Town) | Reg Murray (Port Melbourne) | |
| Len Crane (Hawthorn) | Neil Davies (Glenelg) | John Colgan (South Fremantle) | Lance Cox (New Town) | G. Savory | |
| Fred Flanagan (Geelong) | Jim Deane (South Adelaide) | Keith Harper (Perth) | Joe Crawford (Devonport) | Don Fraser (Port Melbourne) | |
| Alan Gale (Fitzroy) | Brian Faehse (West Adelaide) | Cliff Hillier (South Fremantle) | Charlie Dennis (Scottsdale) | Ted Henrys (Preston) | |
| Ken Hands (Carlton) | Len Fitzgerald (Sturt) | Keith London (West Perth) | Darrel Eaton (Wynyard) | Hewes | |
| Des Healey (Collingwood) | Tony Goodchild (Sturt) | Don Marinko (West Perth) | Rex Garwood (New Town) | Bernie Miller (Port Melbourne) | |
| Jack Howell (Carlton) | Lyall Griffin (North Adelaide) | Steve Marsh (South Fremantle) | John Golding (Hobart) | Frank Johnson (Port Melbourne) | |
| Ted Jarrard (North Melbourne) | Pat Hall (Glenelg) | Merv McIntosh (Perth) | Kevin Haas (Scottsdale) | ||
| Neville Linney (St Kilda) | Lindsay Head (West Torrens) | Laurie McNamara | Cec Hammer (Sandy Bay) | ||
| Bob McKenzie (Melbourne) | Brian Luke (Port Adelaide) | John Munro (Claremont) | Jack Hawksley (North Launceston) | ||
| Neil Pearson (Hawthorn) | Jack Lynch (West Adelaide) | Bernie Naylor (South Fremantle) | Arthur Hodgson (Ulverstone) | Max Kruse (Prahran) | |
| Bruce Phillips (St Kilda) | John Marriott (Norwood) | Tony Parentich (South Fremantle) | Les McClements (Clarence) | ||
| Bob Rose (Collingwood) | William L. McKenzie (North Adelaide) | Wally Price (West Perth) | Stan Walker (Ulverstone) | ||
| Des Rowe (Richmond) | Alf Roberts (West Torrens) | Geoff Rakich | Jim Newton (Ulverstone) | ||
| Bernie Smith (Geelong) | Clayton Thompson (Sturt) | Ray Schofield (West Perth) | Ashton Shirley (North Hobart) | ||
| Bill Stephen (Fitzroy) | Norman Walker (Norwood) | Jack Sheedy (East Fremantle) | Paddy Williams (Hobart) | ||
| Charlie Sutton (Footscray) | Ray Whitaker (Port Adelaide) | Norm Smith | Terry Pierce (Latrobe) | ||
| Jim Taylor (South Melbourne) | H. Williams | Jim Spencer | Ray Stokes (Burnie) | ||
| Leo Turner (Geelong) | – | Arthur Young | Geoff Long (City-South) | – | |
| Bill Wilson (Richmond) | – | Reg Zeuner (Perth) | John Leedham (North Launceston) | ||
| Roy Wright (Richmond) | – | – | Paddy Martin (Launceston) | Gordon Williams (Williamstown) |
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