The 1944 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 48th season of the VFL. The season saw 123 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 21 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1944 Club VFL debuts Change of club 11 0 10 0 12 0 5 3 Footscray 7 2 3 2 13 2 14 1 12 3 11 0 South Melbourne 13 1 12 7 Total 123 21

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 135104 120 7 86 101 84 20 32 27 7 5 7 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 49 32 30 10 24 1 8 26Brother of Jack and Frank Galbally. 7 0 5 2 5 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 116 59 37 0 15 1 14 1 10 14 9 0 5 0 4 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 228 185 Grandfather of Travis Johnstone. 159 31 36 58Previously played for Richmond. 18 14 Previously played for Hawthorn. 12 0 12 0 2 0 1 0Previously played for Melbourne. 139 24 115 294 100 27 13 8 13 3 Previously played for North Melbourne. 11 2 10 0 9 6 Previously played for South Melbourne. 4 0 108 14 70 108 Previously played for Fitzroy. 44 26 38 11 Previously played for Fitzroy. 33 1 129 51 80 9 41 6 31 39Previously played for Richmond. 30 0 30 0 12 9 6 0 6 4 3 0Previously played for Richmond. 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 36 11 25 31 22 7 17 2 14 0 12 1 9 20Previously played for Geelong and South Melbourne. 9 4 4 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 North Melbourne 131 218 North Melbourne 130 12 North Melbourne 130 11 North Melbourne 54 14 North Melbourne 31 16Previously played for Hawthorn, Fitzroy and Footscray. North Melbourne 19 2 North Melbourne 161 North Melbourne 11 0 North Melbourne 10 1 North Melbourne 7 13Previously played for Essendon. North Melbourne 5 0 North Melbourne 4 0 North Melbourne 2 0 Previously played for Hawthorn. North Melbourne 2 0 North Melbourne 1 0 185 225 81 11 Twin brother of Keith Cook. 68 2 59 23 26 1 Twin brother of Fred Cook. 20 48 Brother of Don Taylor. 13 8 6 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 South Melbourne 36 0 South Melbourne 35 0 South Melbourne 19 15 South Melbourne 13 0 South Melbourne 10 6 South Melbourne 8 0 South Melbourne 6 0 South Melbourne 6 7 South Melbourne 5 4 South Melbourne 5 3 Previously played for Footscray. South Melbourne 4 0 South Melbourne 4 0 South Melbourne 2 1 South Melbourne 1 0 110 6 103 258 Represented Australia in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. 33 36 32 3 23 30 22 2 Previously played for North Melbourne. 20 0 17 19Previously played for Essendon. 14 8 12 1 Previously played for Fitzroy. 8 1 4 1Previously played for North Melbourne and South Melbourne. 34 20 20Previously played for Collingwood. 20 23Previously played for Fitzroy. 11Previously played for South Melbourne. 10

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