Ballarat Football Netball Club players who have played for VFL / AFL Clubs.
Brad & Matt Crouch both came through the Ballarat FNC's junior program from Under 12's.
Twins Nathan & Mitch Brown were both drafted in 2007. They played their entire junior careers with Ballarat.
One of the Ballarat FNC's most famous exports, Drew Petrie. He still regularly returns to support the club he played his junior career with.
The late Geoff Tunbridge, was a famous former Ballarat FC player recruited to Melbourne FC where he played over 100 games and won 3 premierships from 1957 - 1962.
Van De Heuvel was Ballarat's first AFLW player. Drafted at #2 in the 2018 National Draft to Geelong FC.
| NAME | CLUB/S | YEAR DRAFTED |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Van De Heuvel (AFLW) | Geelong | 2018 |
| Matt Crouch | Adelaide | 2013 |
| Brad Crouch | Adelaide | 2011 |
| Nathan Brown | Collingwood / St Kilda | 2007 |
| Mitch Brown | West Coast | 2007 |
| Drew Petrie | Nth Melbourne / West Coast | 2000 |
| James McDonald | Melbourne | 1997 |
| Jamie Lamb | St Kilda / Geelong | 1985 |
| Ben Ingleton | St Kilda | 1985 |
| Don Discher | St Kilda | 1978 |
| Robert Muir | St Kilda | 1974 |
| Les Harrison | Melbourne | 1966 |
| Gary Williams | Nth Melbourne | 1965 |
| Len Templar | Nth Melbourne | 1965 |
| Gary Wise | Melbourne | 1963 |
| Bill Hosking | Geelong | 1962 |
| Otto Sonnleitner | Sth Melbourne | 1961 |
| Mick Cooke | Nth Melbourne | 1959 |
| Geoff Tunbridge | Melbourne | 1957 |
| David Shaw | Essendon | 1957 |
| John Birt | Essendon | 1957 |
| Jim Stevenson | St Kilda | 1956 |
| Max Orr | Melbourne | 1952 |
| John ‘Jack’ Gervasoni | Fitzroy | 1951 |
| Mick Twomey | Collingwood | 1951 |
| Joe Finn | Geelong | 1945 |
| Frank Penney | Nth Melbourne | 1937 |
| Max Wheeler | Hawthorn | 1937 |
| Ralph Duff | Hawthorn | 1935 |
| Eric Crompton | Footscray | 1935 |
| Alan Everett | Geelong | 1934 |
| Frank Finn | Carlton / Footscray | 1934 |
| Billy Stevens | St Kilda | 1930 |
| Bill Cutler | Melbourne | 1930 |
| Wilbur ‘Weber’ Jackson | Melbourne | 1930 |
| Jack Boyd | Essendon | 1927 |
| H. Bill Finlayson | Richmond | 1926 |
| Dave Duff | Melbourne | 1926 |
| Clarrie Wyatt | Melbourne | 1925 |
| Joe Flannigan | Melbourne | 1921 |
| Pat Bourke | Melbourne | 1921 |
| Charlie Fincher | Sth Melbourne | 1913 |
| Leo Seward | University | 1908 |
| George Morrissey | St Kilda | 1907 |
| W. Alf Appleton | Fitzroy | 1907 |
| Joe Youlden | Fitzroy | 1906 |
| Bill Jennings | St Kilda | 1902 |
| George Hutchinson | Fitzroy | 1902 |
| Vic Hutchens | Essendon | 1902 |
| Alf Boyack | Collingwood | 1901 |
| Jim Williamson | Sth Melbourne | 1900 |
| Angus M. Greenfield | Geelong | 1900 |
| David McGrath | Fitzroy | 1900 |
| Gerald Brosnan | Fitzroy | 1900 |
| Bill Crebbin | Essendon | 1900 |
| Harry Parkin | Geelong | 1899 |
| Charlie Doherty | Fitzroy | 1898 |
| George Cowell | Collingwood / Carlton | 1898 |
| Harry Purdy | Sth Melbourne | 1897 |
| Bill Matthews | St Kilda | 1897 |
| Alf Wood | Melbourne | 1897 |
| Jim Gregory | Collingwood | 1897 |
| Peter Williams | Carlton | 1897 |