Richmond Football Club senior captain

Below is a list of those players who were selected as captain for a specific season, or was acting captain for the Richmond Football Club in at least one senior game.
(under construction- can you help)

1885

• George Smith

1886

• Tom Graham
• Fred Wookey
• George Smith

1887

• John J Stewart

1888

• George Smith

1889

• Pat J O'Loughlin

1890

• Ed 'Ned' Burwood

1891

• Tom Graham

1892

• A G Powell

1893

• Charles R Backhouse (pic below)

1894

• George S Sparrow

1895

• George S Sparrow
• Richard T Kelly

1896

• Richard T Kelly

1897

• Richard T Kelly
• William 'Billy' Clarke

1898

• William 'Billy' Clarke

1899

• William 'Billy' Clarke
• Tom Watson

1900

• Tom Watson

1901-1905

• Alec Edmond

1906

• Arthur Cleghorn
• Alec J Edmond

1907

• Alec J Edmond
• Charlie Pannam Snr

1908

• Charlie Pannam Snr

1909

• Dick Condon
• John Lawson

1910

• Billy Schmidt

1911

• Len Incigneri

1912

• Ted Ohlsen

1913

• Hugh James

1914-1916

• Bill Thomas

1917

• Percy Maybury

1918

• Clarrie Hall

1919

• Bill Thomas

1920-1925

• Dan Minogue

1926

• Mel Morris

1927-1928

• Alan Geddes

1929

• Cyril Lilburne

1930

• Alan Geddes

1931

• Maurie Hunter

1932-1940

• Percy Bentley

1941-1949

• Jack Dyer

1950-1951

• Bill Morris

1952-1957

• Des Rowe
• Max Oppy (acting captain) (awaiting confirmation on games)

1958-1959

• Roy Wright

1960-1962

• Ron Branton

1963-1966

• Neville Crowe

1967

• Fred Swift

1968-1971

• Roger Dean

1972

• Royce Hart

1973

• Royce Hart

1974

• Royce Hart
• Kevin Bartlett (Windy Hill Brawl match)

1975

• Royce Hart

1976-1977

• Francis Bourke

1978

• Kevin Sheedy

1979

• Kevin Bartlett

1980

• Bruce Monteath

1981

• Bryan Wood

1982

• Geoff Raines (practice match vs Carlton)
• David Cloke (season)

1983-1984

• Barry Rowlings

1985-1987

• Mark Lee

1988-1992

• Dale Weightman

1993

• Jeff Hogg

1994

• Tony Free

1995

• Tony Free

1996

• Wayne Campbell (captained 2 x Lightning Premiership matches)
• Tony Free

1997-2000

• Matthew Knights

2001-2004

• Wayne Campbell

2005 - 2008

• Kane Johnson

2009

• Chris Newman 2009-Present (Selected captain for 2009 season)
• Brett Deledio (acting captain Rd 22 2009) *Chris Newman was injured*

2010

• Trent Cotchin (acting captain Rd3 2010). *Chris Newman had hamstring strain*