Hampton Rovers Football Club has a strong presence at the elite level, with nine players currently on AFL lists in 2024, with Archie Roberts the most recent Rovers player drafted, by Essendon at pick 54 in the 2023 Draft. In recent years, the club has had three players picked in the top 10 in their respective years (Angus Brayshaw, Andrew Brayshaw and Christian Salem).
Current AFL Players
Karl AMON
HAWTHORN #10
Junior Clubs: Hampton Rovers, East Sandringham
Rovers Games: 7 (2011-2012)
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2013 (pick 68) – Port Adelaide
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
Olli HOTTON
ST KILDA #39
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 113 (2012-2022)
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2022 (pick 35)
Brayden MAYNARD
COLLINGWOOD #4
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
Archie ROBERTS
ESSENDON
Junior Club: Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 109
School: Haileybury
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2023 (pick 54)
AFL Debut: 2024 round 21
Jayden HUNT
WEST COAST EAGLES #5
Junior Clubs: East Sandringham, Hampton Rovers
Rovers Games: 10 (2011)
School: Brighton Grammar
Recruited from: Sandringham Dragons
Drafted: 2013 (pick 57) – Melbourne FC
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) |
| Will Walker | North Melbourne | 2019-2021 | Juniors |
