curious

[gazza]

i am intrigued by the number of foreign players now in the afl.does anyone know how to discover how many current afl players where not born in australia

[Wardy]

havent a clue, but to see kids from other cultures embrace it is a great thing.

[Frog]

From page 27 in a 2005 Australian Rules Football Document:

Australian football has a long tradition of multicultural players. Wally Koochew was the
league?s first Chinese footballer who defied the White Australia Policy to play for Carlton
in 1908. Great names from the past are easy to rattle off: Ron Barassi, Peter Daicos, Carl
Ditterich, Robert DiPierdomenico, Glen Jakovich, Alex Jesaulenko, Sam Kekovich, Tony
Liberatore, Wayne Schimmelbusch, Sergio and Stephen Silvagni, Paul Van Der Haar and
Murray Weideman to name a few.

Then there are today?s stars, including: Scott Camporeale, Josh Francou, Anthony Koutoufidis,
Daniel Giansiracusa, Angelo Lekkas, Paul Licuria, Matthew Pavlich, Simon Prestigiacomo,
Peter Riccardi, Mark Ricciuto, Nick Riewoldt, Saverio and Anthony Rocca, Richie Vandenberg
and Brett and Michael Voss, who have all made significant contributions to football. Even
the AFL?s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Demetriou, hails from an ethnic background
? the son of Cypriot parents who migrated to Australia more than 50 years ago.

The 2005 National Census of Australian Football Participation revealed that 6.7% of football
players in 2005 were people of non-English speaking origin.

Note that in 2005, almost 33,000 people of non-English speaking background were playing AFL Football.

This is the document.

And then there is this, but I don't know how up-to-date it is ...

List of overseas born AFL players

[ScottH]

I've asked publicly on twitter.
Will let you know if I get a response.

A good question gazza.