Youngest Carlton Players

Youngest Carlton Player to Play Against
Player	Against	Round	Age
Lance Whitnall	Adelaide	Round 3, 1997	17 years, 233 days
Lance Whitnall	Brisbane	Round 11, 1997	17 years, 290 days
Jim Buckley	Collingwood	Round 12, 1976	16 years, 205 days
Vin Waite	Essendon	Round 15, 1966	17 years, 160 days
Jim Buckley	Fitzroy	Round 2, 1977	17 years, 133 days
Jim Buckley	Footscray	Round 11, 1976	16 years, 200 days*
Lance Whitnall	Fremantle	Round 9, 1997	17 years, 274 days
Jim Buckley	Geelong	Round 1, 1977	17 years, 126 days
Robert Walls	Hawthorn	Round 2, 1967	16 years, 275 days*
Robert Walls	Melbourne	Round 4, 1967	16 years, 289 days
Robert Walls	North Melb.	Round 3, 1967	16 years, 282 days
Lance Whitnall	Port Adelaide	Round 10, 1997	17 years, 280 days
Leo Tasker	Richmond	Round 2, 1918	17 years, 208 days
Ted Pollock	St. Kilda	Round 9, 1930	16 years, 200 days*
Harry Gyles	Sth. Melb.	Round 2, 1897	16 years, 321 days*#
Athol Sharp	University	Round 14, 1913	19 years, 116 days*
Lance Whitnall	West Coast	Round 13, 1997	17 years, 308 days

NB * Debut Game # Only Game
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Last updated by Jamie Sanderson · 15 September 2026