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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
generalenquiries@essendonfc.com.au

Website
essendonfc.com.au

Essendon



"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1937 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1937 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.38.59.119.13 67 LOST Footscray 1.46.76.89.17 71 -4 WES Apr 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Essendon 0.17.48.513.7 85 LOST Melbourne 6.1011.1221.1825.20 170 -85 WIN May 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 2.18.911.918.13 121 WON Geelong 6.107.1113.1514.20 104 17 WIN May 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 3.35.611.816.13 109 WON Hawthorn 2.54.810.1111.15 81 28 GLE May 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.23.66.118.15 63 LOST Richmond 4.57.512.817.13 115 -52 WIN May 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 0.35.137.158.18 66 LOST Fitzroy 2.43.57.711.9 75 -9 BWS May 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 1.23.59.716.12 108 WON South Melbourne 3.17.411.711.10 76 32 WIN Jun 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.25.69.713.11 89 LOST Collingwood 5.210.816.1219.14 128 -39 WIN Jun 12 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.35.67.1011.14 80 LOST St. Kilda 4.26.1010.1413.19 97 -17 JUN Jun 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 H Essendon 2.15.811.1213.18 96 LOST Carlton 2.88.1012.1315.18 108 -12 WIN Jun 26 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.35.109.1311.22 88 WON North Melbourne 3.34.58.1111.11 77 11 ARD Jul 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.36.89.139.13 67 LOST Footscray 1.33.66.911.11 77 -10 WIN Jul 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 A Essendon 1.43.95.108.15 63 LOST Melbourne 3.35.410.711.13 79 -16 MCG Jul 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 0.05.46.59.12 66 LOST Geelong 4.77.1212.1713.22 100 -34 COR Jul 24 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 3.27.58.911.13 79 LOST Hawthorn 2.46.67.1013.14 92 -13 WIN Jul 31 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
16 A Essendon 6.89.912.1612.19 91 LOST Richmond 3.38.510.813.15 93 -2 PUN Aug 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 5.68.812.1117.17 119 WON Fitzroy 2.35.48.610.10 70 49 WIN Aug 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Essendon 3.04.18.211.7 73 LOST South Melbourne 3.74.116.1210.16 76 -3 LAK Aug 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1937 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Anderson, Bruce 6                             0 0.0    
Baggott, Jack 4                             0 0.0    
Baker, Norm 3                             0 0.0    
Bell, George 7                             0 0.0    
Bryce, Ted 5                             2 0.4    
Cahill, Bill 3                             0 0.0    
Cassin, Jack 14                             22 1.6    
Coates, Wally 5                             2 0.4    
Coward, George 1                             0 0.0    
Eason, Dick 2                             0 0.0    
Exelby, Murray 1                             0 0.0    
Forbes, Keith 15                             44 2.9    
Freyer, Ted 11                             34 3.1    
Hall, Billy 7                             0 0.0    
Howard, Don 1                             0 0.0    
Hubbert, Jack 2                             1 0.5    
Kelly, Frank 14                             3 0.2    
Lahiff, Tommy 16                             20 1.3    
Lowenthal, Bill 2                             0 0.0    
Luff Jnr, Bill 18                             2 0.1    
Maltby, Arnold 18                             8 0.4    
Maynes, Leo 8                             5 0.6    
McDermott, Norm 12                             1 0.1    
McFarlane, Mick 1                             0 0.0    
McGorlick, George 1                             0 0.0    
Munro, Doug 1                             0 0.0    
Pattinson, George 11                             4 0.4    
Plummer, Elton 15                             0 0.0    
Powell, Les 15                             0 0.0    
Reynolds, Dick 15                             22 1.5    
Reynolds, Tom 5                             11 2.2    
Rippon, Ted 13                             0 0.0    
Roberts, Archie 12                             0 0.0    
Slater, Syd 2                             0 0.0    
Torney, Hugh 15                             5 0.3    
Wallace, Len 12                             1 0.1    
Watts, Ray 7                             13 1.9    
Webster, Len 18                             9 0.5    
Welch, Dick 10                             4 0.4    
Wilson, Stan 14                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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