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KEY FACTS

Official name
Carlton Football Club

Known as
Carlton

Nickname
Blues

Formed
1864

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Northern Bullants; Carlton Reserves; Carlton WFC; Carlton WFC (VFLW)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1864, 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

AFL Premierships
1995 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1906-07-08, 1914-15, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981-82, 1987 (15 total)

VFA Premierships
1877, 1887 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1968, 1970 (2 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1983, 1997, 2005, 2007 (4 total); McClelland Trophy: 1969, 1979, 1985 [joint winners], 1987, 1995 (5 total)

Most Games
375 - Craig Bradley (1986-2002)

Most Goals
738 - Stephen Kernahan (1986-1997)

League Top Goalkickers
M.Grace (50) 1906; E.Cowley (35) 1918; H.Clover (56) 1922; H.Vallence (86) 1931; T.Carroll (54) 1961; B.Fevola (84) 2006 & (89) 2009; H.McKay (58) 2021; C.Curnow (64) 2022 (8 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Bert Deacon 1947; John James 1961; Gordon Collis 1964; Greg Williams 1994; Chris Judd 2010; Patrick Cripps 2022 (6 total)

Headquarters
Ikon Park, 400 Royal Parade, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Postal Address
PO Box 83, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Phone: (03) 9387 1400 

Email
blues@carltonfc.com.au

Website
carltonfc.com.au

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"Watched by what remains (and is likely to remain) an Australian record crowd for any football match of 121,696 Carlton looked dead and buried at the long break inducing Barassi to unleash his now famous instruction to his players to "handball, handball, handball". The players' compliance with this command, coupled with the inspirational impact of nineteenth man Ted Hopkins, saw the pattern of the game alter completely...."

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1977 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1977 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Carlton 3.74.1310.1617.21 123 WON Geelong 2.13.25.46.9 45 78 KAR Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Carlton 1.67.812.1416.17 113 WON Fitzroy 3.35.510.712.9 81 32 PRI Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Carlton 4.1012.1218.1924.26 170 WON St. Kilda 3.26.57.59.9 63 107 PRI Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Carlton 3.57.710.1012.11 83 LOST Hawthorn 3.46.1011.1313.18 96 -13 PRI Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Carlton 5.311.317.521.8 134 WON South Melbourne 3.27.511.816.11 107 27 PRI Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Carlton 3.24.34.67.8 50 LOST Collingwood 3.510.719.1522.20 152 -102 VFL May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Carlton 5.711.1314.1616.20 116 WON Melbourne 3.25.610.814.12 96 20 MCG May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Carlton 2.63.97.168.17 65 WON North Melbourne 2.15.65.79.8 62 3 PRI May 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Carlton 2.64.96.1210.17 77 LOST Essendon 4.57.811.1014.12 96 -19 WIN May 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Carlton 7.19.313.516.9 105 LOST Richmond 5.210.415.919.11 125 -20 PRI Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Carlton 4.36.612.1017.14 116 WON Footscray 1.34.85.148.19 67 49 VFL Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Carlton 1.41.73.113.13 31 WON Geelong 0.30.40.62.12 24 7 PRI Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Carlton 0.33.67.99.14 68 LOST Fitzroy 3.44.58.911.9 75 -7 JUN Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Carlton 3.37.78.89.8 62 WON Hawthorn 2.13.24.37.6 48 14 PRI Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Carlton 4.18.414.1318.14 122 WON St. Kilda 0.19.811.817.12 114 8 MOO Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Carlton 3.36.39.513.7 85 WON South Melbourne 1.15.111.312.4 76 9 LAK Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Carlton 4.56.69.711.8 74 LOST Collingwood 2.35.810.1015.16 106 -32 PRI Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Carlton 7.210.212.717.11 113 WON Melbourne 2.04.25.27.4 46 67 VFL Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Carlton 2.13.34.36.7 43 LOST North Melbourne 1.73.98.128.15 63 -20 ARD Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Carlton 7.411.617.1122.14 146 WON Essendon 6.510.714.1016.15 111 35 PRI Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Carlton 1.26.711.1114.16 100 LOST Richmond 6.27.513.915.13 103 -3 MCG Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Carlton 0.15.85.1012.13 85 LOST Footscray 3.36.311.1215.13 103 -18 WES Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1977 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
12 Armstrong, Barry 14 323 23.1 50 3.6 373 26.6 57 4.1 0 0.0     46 29 7 0.5 8 50
14 Ashman, Rod 17 238 14.0 71 4.2 309 18.2 71 4.2 4 0.2     31 48 25 1.5 30 180
21 Austin, Rod 20 210 10.5 31 1.6 241 12.1 46 2.3 0 0.0     68 17 1 0.1 1 7
6 Bedford, Peter 7 67 9.6 34 4.9 101 14.4 23 3.3 0 0.0     10 9 4 0.6 6 30
41 Brown, Peter 3 9 3.0 3 1.0 12 4.0 5 1.7 0 0.0     2 5 0 0.0 1 1
16 Buckley, Jim 12 132 11.0 36 3.0 168 14.0 28 2.3 3 0.3     34 33 12 1.0 13 85
26 Byrne, Ray 22 256 11.6 146 6.6 402 18.3 67 3.0 2 0.1     49 48 5 0.2 4 34
1 Canfield, Jim 9 38 4.2 23 2.6 61 6.8 22 2.4 6 0.7     11 16 2 0.2 0 12
11 Doull, Bruce 21 233 11.1 106 5.0 339 16.1 93 4.4 6 0.3     33 37 1 0.0 0 6
33 Fletcher, Trevor 1 4 4.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
17 Galt, Rod 3 21 7.0 8 2.7 29 9.7 9 3.0 20 6.7     5 6 3 1.0 10 28
31 Halloran, Danny 1 4 4.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 1 1
54 Harmes, Wayne 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
18 Heath, Kevin 16 114 7.1 44 2.8 158 9.9 40 2.5 1 0.1     27 18 0 0.0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex 19 199 10.5 86 4.5 285 15.0 82 4.3 2 0.1     31 34 12 0.6 14 86
28 Jones, Peter 'Percy' 21 174 8.3 98 4.7 272 13.0 114 5.4 333 15.9     62 71 15 0.7 5 95
8 Keogh, Trevor 21 300 14.3 48 2.3 348 16.6 60 2.9 2 0.1     48 59 29 1.4 12 186
36 MacLure, Mark 20 246 12.3 58 2.9 304 15.2 127 6.4 2 0.1     40 52 39 2.0 35 269
10 Mangels, Alan 19 240 12.6 44 2.3 284 14.9 65 3.4 1 0.1     49 42 7 0.4 10 52
32 McConnon, Leigh 13 116 8.9 41 3.2 157 12.1 26 2.0 0 0.0     21 36 0 0.0 5 5
43 McKay, David 18 201 11.2 41 2.3 242 13.4 107 5.9 82 4.6     40 58 21 1.2 16 142
27 McKenna, Peter 11 89 8.1 10 0.9 99 9.0 41 3.7 0 0.0     21 25 36 3.3 23 239
24 Ohlsen, Russell 13 154 11.8 62 4.8 216 16.6 31 2.4 8 0.6     20 36 8 0.6 11 59
30 Pickett, Tony 14 124 8.9 21 1.5 145 10.4 29 2.1 0 0.0     29 13 5 0.4 2 32
15 Pinnell, Phillip 19 200 10.5 63 3.3 263 13.8 53 2.8 2 0.1     24 38 1 0.1 3 9
10 Serafini, Renato 4 22 5.5 4 1.0 26 6.5 5 1.3 0 0.0     8 2 3 0.8 2 20
5 Sheldon, Ken 6 98 16.3 21 3.5 119 19.8 17 2.8 1 0.2     14 7 13 2.2 9 87
20 Southby, Geoff 12 145 12.1 60 5.0 205 17.1 46 3.8 2 0.2     28 19 0 0.0 0 0
4 Southcombe, Tony 13 111 8.5 50 3.8 161 12.4 35 2.7 109 8.4     31 30 11 0.8 13 79
9 Towns, Greg 9 109 12.1 42 4.7 151 16.8 33 3.7 1 0.1     24 17 3 0.3 6 24
22 Tresize, John 13 100 7.7 48 3.7 148 11.4 17 1.3 1 0.1     12 24 1 0.1 3 9
42 Walls, Robert 19 229 12.1 42 2.2 271 14.3 91 4.8 6 0.3     47 65 33 1.7 27 225
7 Whitnall, Graeme 22 251 11.4 79 3.6 330 15.0 63 2.9 0 0.0     37 16 0 0.0 0 0
19 Young, Michael 7 90 12.9 20 2.9 110 15.7 22 3.1 0 0.0     15 16 1 0.1 9 15
Totals 440 4848 11.0 1492 3.4 6340 14.4 1529 3.5 594 1.4     917 926 298 0.7 279 2067
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.