Australian Football

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

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1962 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1962 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1962-04-23 1	H	Essendon	1.6	4.7	8.13	12.13	85	WON	Fitzroy	0.2	1.4	3.5	7.6	48	37	WIN	1962-04-23 Apr 23 (Mon, 2:15)	Scores
1962-04-28 2	A	Essendon	4.0	8.3	9.7	10.8	68	WON	North Melbourne	3.3	4.6	6.7	7.9	51	17	ARD	1962-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-05-05 3	H	Essendon	3.4	6.10	8.14	12.22	94	WON	Richmond	2.5	5.6	8.11	9.13	67	27	WIN	1962-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-05-12 4	A	Essendon	2.3	5.6	7.12	11.13	79	WON	St. Kilda	3.4	8.7	9.9	10.15	75	4	JUN	1962-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-05-19 5	A	Essendon	2.2	8.8	12.11	17.16	118	WON	Carlton	2.2	4.3	6.6	11.7	73	45	PRI	1962-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-05-26 6	H	Essendon	3.0	8.3	11.7	14.9	93	WON	Footscray	8.2	8.4	11.7	13.9	87	6	WIN	1962-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-06-02 7	A	Essendon	4.3	11.6	14.9	16.15	111	WON	South Melbourne	0.7	3.7	6.10	7.11	53	58	LAK	1962-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-06-09 8	A	Essendon	0.1	3.7	3.9	7.10	52	LOST	Hawthorn	1.4	3.8	7.11	9.15	69	-17	GLE	1962-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-06-23 9	H	Essendon	4.6	6.8	11.12	15.17	107	WON	Geelong	2.0	6.2	8.3	10.7	67	40	WIN	1962-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-06-30 10	A	Essendon	1.2	5.5	9.9	10.13	73	WON	Melbourne	2.3	4.6	4.9	7.13	55	18	MCG	1962-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-07-07 11	H	Essendon	3.4	5.5	9.10	13.16	94	WON	Collingwood	1.2	5.6	10.9	11.11	77	17	WIN	1962-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-07-14 12	A	Essendon	5.5	7.11	10.16	14.18	102	WON	Fitzroy	0.3	0.9	2.14	5.19	49	53	BWS	1962-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-07-21 13	H	Essendon	3.4	5.4	9.7	13.11	89	WON	North Melbourne	3.1	5.4	8.5	8.7	55	34	WIN	1962-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-07-28 14	A	Essendon	6.4	9.6	12.12	12.12	84	WON	Richmond	1.3	7.7	8.8	11.17	83	1	PUN	1962-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-08-04 15	H	Essendon	3.0	6.1	10.3	15.7	97	WON	St. Kilda	2.3	3.5	4.12	5.17	47	50	WIN	1962-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-08-11 16	H	Essendon	3.1	6.4	7.7	10.11	71	WON	Carlton	1.2	5.3	5.8	9.8	62	9	WIN	1962-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-08-18 17	A	Essendon	2.6	3.7	7.9	9.10	64	LOST	Footscray	2.1	6.3	10.7	15.11	101	-37	WES	1962-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-08-25 18	H	Essendon	3.5	5.6	8.13	13.15	93	WON	South Melbourne	4.3	7.8	8.9	13.10	88	5	WIN	1962-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1962-09-08 2SF	A	Essendon	3.3	7.6	10.13	14.21	105	WON	Geelong	2.8	6.13	7.15	7.17	59	46	MCG	1962-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1962-09-29 GF	H	Essendon	6.5	7.7	10.10	13.12	90	WON	Carlton	1.1	5.6	7.8	8.10	58	32	MCG	1962-09-29 Sep 29 (Sat, 2:50)	Scores

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1962 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	M	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg
Beissel, Graeme	9	29	14.5	9	4.5	5	5	1	0.1
Birt, Johnny	15	44	22.0	9	4.5	7	3	30	2.0
Blew, Russell	18	31	15.5	3	1.5	8	5	0	0.0
Byers, Max	5							0	0.0
Capuano, Barry	17	29	14.5	6	3.0	4	3	1	0.1
Clarke, Jack	19	42	21.0	7	3.5	5	1	24	1.3
Davis, Barry	17	24	12.0	9	4.5	1	1	0	0.0
Doran, Paul	20	13	6.5	6	3.0	0	0	0	0.0
Epis, Alec	18	28	14.0	8	4.0	3	4	1	0.1
Evans, Ron	6							17	2.8
Fordham, Ted	5							0	0.0
Forge, Ken	8							0	0.0
Fraser, Ken	19	26	13.0	15	7.5	4	4	23	1.2
Gosper, Geoff	13	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0.2
Graham, Ian	2							0	0.0
Johnston, Graeme	17	14	7.0	5	2.5	1	1	8	0.5
King, Alf	8							1	0.1
Leek, Geoff	20	12	6.0	5	2.5	1	5	10	0.5
Lieschke, Bill	1							0	0.0
Matthews, Barry	4							0	0.0
McKenzie, Don	19	13	6.5	6	3.0	1	4	0	0.0
Mitchell, Hugh	20	47	23.5	9	4.5	3	1	29	1.5
Murdoch, Alby	1							0	0.0
Payne, Charlie	19	15	7.5	8	4.0	1	3	39	2.1
Rodgers, Terry	16	8	8.0	3	3.0	1	1	20	1.3
Sampson, Brian	6	3	1.5	1	0.5	0	0	1	0.2
Shaw, David	20	17	8.5	2	1.0	2	1	0	0.0
Shelton, Ian	19	26	13.0	14	7.0	2	10	0	0.0
Somerville, John	14	21	10.5	6	3.0	3	4	17	1.2
Timms, Ken	20	22	11.0	9	4.5	3	4	26	1.3
Welsh, John	5							0	0.0