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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; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

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

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"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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1961 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1961 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Essendon 3.54.66.116.13 49 LOST North Melbourne 1.25.66.68.10 58 -9 ARD Apr 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.08.211.513.7 85 WON St. Kilda 2.48.78.139.15 69 16 WIN Apr 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.15.55.78.9 57 LOST Melbourne 3.45.68.1111.16 82 -25 WIN Apr 25 (Tue, 2:20) Scores
4 A Essendon 7.47.714.1022.11 143 WON Geelong 1.74.146.167.19 61 82 KAR May 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Essendon 2.16.18.312.4 76 WON Hawthorn 1.56.98.149.21 75 1 GLE May 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Essendon 7.210.515.920.13 133 WON South Melbourne 0.52.133.176.18 54 79 WIN May 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Essendon 3.56.58.98.10 58 LOST Collingwood 0.38.812.818.11 119 -61 VIC Jun 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Essendon 1.52.104.146.18 54 LOST Fitzroy 4.55.78.1010.14 74 -20 BWS Jun 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.26.137.1412.17 89 WON Carlton 4.25.37.117.12 54 35 WIN Jun 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.25.67.1110.14 74 LOST Richmond 1.74.1310.1412.20 92 -18 PUN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Essendon 4.55.610.1112.11 83 LOST Footscray 3.28.59.813.14 92 -9 WIN Jul 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 H Essendon 1.32.36.89.9 63 WON North Melbourne 0.02.62.83.10 28 35 WIN Jul 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.23.54.77.8 50 LOST St. Kilda 1.57.89.1413.20 98 -48 JUN Jul 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 A Essendon 6.19.512.813.9 87 WON Melbourne 4.36.88.1410.18 78 9 MCG Jul 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 H Essendon 1.36.410.1013.16 94 WON Geelong 2.55.106.137.14 56 38 WIN Aug 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Essendon 1.34.57.1010.12 72 LOST Hawthorn 5.47.610.911.13 79 -7 WIN Aug 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Essendon 2.24.59.716.11 107 WON South Melbourne 4.27.510.911.12 78 29 LAK Aug 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Essendon 6.56.910.1312.16 88 DRAW Collingwood 2.35.610.813.10 88 0 WIN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1961 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Beissel, Graeme 8                             0 0.0    
Birt, Johnny 17                             31 1.8    
Blew, Russell 16                             3 0.2    
Capuano, Barry 18                             5 0.3    
Clarke, Jack 12                             14 1.2    
Davis, Barry 17                             14 0.8    
Doran, Paul 13                             20 1.5    
Dunlop, Bob 8                             8 1.0    
Epis, Alec 13                             0 0.0    
Evans, Ron 10                             21 2.1    
Fordham, Ted 10                             3 0.3    
Forge, Ken 7                             0 0.0    
Fraser, Ken 18                             14 0.8    
Gosper, Geoff 5                             1 0.2    
Hebbard, Col 18                             2 0.1    
King, Alf 5                             5 1.0    
Leek, Geoff 17                             1 0.1    
Leydin, Graham 2                             0 0.0    
McKenzie, Don 14                             3 0.2    
Mitchell, Hugh 17                             33 1.9    
Moloney, George 10                             10 1.0    
Murdoch, Alby 10                             5 0.5    
Peucker, Ken 1                             0 0.0    
Rodgers, Terry 5                             3 0.6    
Sampson, Brian 11                             0 0.0    
Sewell, Greg 18                             0 0.0    
Shaw, David 15                             1 0.1    
Shelton, Ian 15                             1 0.1    
Somerville, John 10                             8 0.8    
Timms, Ken 18                             3 0.2    
Welsh, John 2                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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