Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong Football Club

Known as
Geelong

Nickname
Cats

Formed
1859

Colours
Navy blue and white

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

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

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
Kardinia Park

AFL Premierships
2007, 2009, 2011, 2022 (4 total)

VFL Premierships
1925, 1931, 1937, 1951-2, 1963 (6 total)

VFA Premierships
1878-9-80, 1882-3-4, 1886 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
V/AFL Night Series - 1961, 2006, 2009 (3 total); McClelland Trophy: 1952, 1954, 1962-63, 1980-81, 1992, 2007-8, 2019, 2022 (11 total)

Most Games
355 - Joel Selwood (2007-2022)

Most Goals
1021 - Gary Ablett Snr (1984-1996)

League Top Goalkickers
E.James (27) 1897 & (31) 1899; L.Hagger (78) 1925; G.Moloney (109) 1932; L.White (86) 1948; G.Goninon (86) 1951; N.Rayson (80) 1955; D.Wade (68) 1962, (96) 1967 & (127) 1969; L.Donohue (105) 1976; G.Ablett senior (129) 1994 & (122) 1995; T. Hawkins (42) 2020 (10 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Edward 'Carji' Greeves 1924; Bernie Smith 1951; Alistair Lord 1962; Paul Couch 1989; Jimmy Bartel 2007; Gary Ablett jnr 2009; Patrick Dangerfield 2016 (7 total)

Headquarters
Kardinia Park (GMHBA) La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, VIC 3220

Postal Address
PO Box 461, Geelong, VIC, 3220

Phone: 1300 462 287

Website
geelongcats.com.au

Geelong

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

"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "

John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers

1973 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1973 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1973-04-07 1	H	Geelong	5.3	7.4	10.6	10.8	68	LOST	Carlton	1.5	8.7	10.10	18.16	124	-56	KAR	1973-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-04-14 2	A	Geelong	6.1	9.5	13.10	16.14	110	LOST	Richmond	1.4	8.7	16.12	18.19	127	-17	MCG	1973-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-04-21 3	A	Geelong	2.4	6.5	8.7	11.13	79	LOST	Collingwood	6.5	11.13	15.18	21.23	149	-70	VIC	1973-04-21 Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-04-28 4	H	Geelong	3.0	7.3	13.11	17.16	118	WON	South Melbourne	5.3	8.6	8.8	12.14	86	32	KAR	1973-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-05-05 5	A	Geelong	5.6	7.10	10.12	15.16	106	LOST	Essendon	3.6	8.13	11.18	16.26	122	-16	WIN	1973-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-05-12 6	H	Geelong	2.4	7.7	9.12	11.14	80	LOST	Footscray	5.5	7.7	10.9	14.14	98	-18	KAR	1973-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-05-19 7	A	Geelong	5.4	6.8	8.11	9.14	68	LOST	Hawthorn	3.5	5.9	12.13	19.15	129	-61	GLE	1973-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-05-26 8	A	Geelong	2.3	5.6	5.8	8.12	60	LOST	St. Kilda	3.2	5.2	10.9	16.10	106	-46	MOO	1973-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-06-04 9	H	Geelong	2.2	5.3	11.4	14.6	90	LOST	North Melbourne	3.3	7.6	12.11	18.13	121	-31	KAR	1973-06-04 Jun 4 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1973-06-09 10	A	Geelong	3.7	4.9	6.12	11.15	81	LOST	Melbourne	2.6	8.13	16.16	20.19	139	-58	MCG	1973-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-06-16 11	H	Geelong	1.3	6.3	13.4	16.8	104	WON	Fitzroy	0.3	3.5	8.7	11.15	81	23	KAR	1973-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-06-23 12	A	Geelong	2.3	7.6	8.11	9.13	67	LOST	Carlton	6.1	10.4	14.9	17.12	114	-47	PRI	1973-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-06-30 13	H	Geelong	7.4	10.4	12.7	13.11	89	LOST	Richmond	5.1	12.3	16.5	21.7	133	-44	VFL	1973-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-07-07 14	A	Geelong	3.4	6.5	10.5	12.6	78	LOST	South Melbourne	8.4	11.7	12.11	18.15	123	-45	LAK	1973-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-07-14 15	H	Geelong	8.4	10.6	11.9	13.10	88	LOST	Collingwood	1.4	3.11	7.15	13.18	96	-8	KAR	1973-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-07-21 16	H	Geelong	4.2	7.5	9.7	12.10	82	WON	Essendon	1.1	5.8	10.12	11.15	81	1	KAR	1973-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-07-28 17	A	Geelong	3.5	6.8	8.13	13.14	92	LOST	Footscray	4.5	7.9	14.11	21.15	141	-49	VFL	1973-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-08-04 18	H	Geelong	1.1	7.8	10.10	14.11	95	WON	Hawthorn	4.3	6.7	11.8	14.10	94	1	KAR	1973-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-08-11 19	H	Geelong	1.2	4.3	10.4	13.8	86	WON	St. Kilda	4.2	7.4	9.14	11.17	83	3	VFL	1973-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-08-18 20	A	Geelong	2.1	5.4	5.4	7.6	48	LOST	North Melbourne	1.3	7.3	9.8	9.10	64	-16	ARD	1973-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-08-25 21	H	Geelong	4.3	7.7	13.8	17.11	113	WON	Melbourne	6.4	9.6	11.9	14.14	98	15	KAR	1973-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1973-09-01 22	A	Geelong	5.4	7.5	11.14	14.17	101	LOST	Fitzroy	3.3	6.6	10.9	17.15	117	-16	JUN	1973-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1973 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Ainsworth, Geoff	21	162	7.7	21	1.0	183	8.7	32	1.5	2	0.1	38	26	0	0.0	0	0
Andrews, Gareth	20	190	9.5	50	2.5	240	12.0	104	5.2	4	0.2	23	24	5	0.3	9	39
Barkley, David	5	51	10.2	12	2.4	63	12.6	21	4.2	6	1.2	10	8	5	1.0	10	40
Blake, Rod	4	5	1.3	1	0.3	6	1.5	4	1.0	8	2.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Clarke Snr, David	19	441	23.2	36	1.9	477	25.1	136	7.2	1	0.1	69	40	45	2.4	29	299
Closter, Wayne	21	334	15.9	27	1.3	361	17.2	79	3.8	0	0.0	65	32	11	0.5	9	75
Davidson, Garry	16	177	11.1	24	1.5	201	12.6	53	3.3	0	0.0	44	39	10	0.6	16	76
Davis, Harvey	5	22	4.4	7	1.4	29	5.8	2	0.4	0	0.0	6	8	1	0.2	1	7
Donohue, Larry	6	42	7.0	10	1.7	52	8.7	22	3.7	6	1.0	11	11	5	0.8	2	32
Evans, Tim	21	240	11.4	12	0.6	252	12.0	92	4.4	1	0.0	36	30	8	0.4	3	51
Farman, Terry	10	63	6.3	29	2.9	92	9.2	18	1.8	1	0.1	10	17	0	0.0	0	0
Gilmore, Tony	12	159	13.3	11	0.9	170	14.2	30	2.5	0	0.0	22	18	4	0.3	8	32
Hampshire, Ian	17	113	6.6	66	3.9	179	10.5	78	4.6	117	6.9	34	41	6	0.4	4	40
Hawkins, Jack	20	172	8.6	42	2.1	214	10.7	67	3.4	10	0.5	45	23	10	0.5	4	64
Hawkins, Michael	2	19	9.5	3	1.5	22	11.0	6	3.0	2	1.0	5	1	0	0.0	0	0
Higgins, Kevin	22	319	14.5	38	1.7	357	16.2	60	2.7	0	0.0	49	61	5	0.2	2	32
Kline, Jeff	4	26	6.5	3	0.8	29	7.3	3	0.8	0	0.0	6	2	0	0.0	1	1
Lewtas, Ian	2	6	3.0	1	0.5	7	3.5	5	2.5	0	0.0	2	0	2	1.0	0	12
Lindquist, Greg	2	6	3.0	2	1.0	8	4.0	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	0	0	0.0	1	1
Linke, Graeme	13	101	7.8	12	0.9	113	8.7	45	3.5	0	0.0	33	18	0	0.0	0	0
Mayne, Terry	14	128	9.1	15	1.1	143	10.2	46	3.3	0	0.0	24	25	18	1.3	17	125
Nankervis, Ian	22	455	20.7	149	6.8	604	27.5	76	3.5	0	0.0	92	51	23	1.0	25	163
Nankervis, Bruce	21	268	12.8	66	3.1	334	15.9	65	3.1	0	0.0	58	29	4	0.2	3	27
Newland, Ken	21	202	9.6	91	4.3	293	14.0	115	5.5	65	3.1	36	60	39	1.9	25	259
Newman, John 'Sam'	16	147	9.2	84	5.3	231	14.4	107	6.7	180	11.3	53	52	4	0.3	3	27
Russell, Ivan	9	39	4.3	8	0.9	47	5.2	8	0.9	0	0.0	8	2	2	0.2	1	13
Sarah, Paul	15	183	12.2	17	1.1	200	13.3	41	2.7	1	0.1	42	31	23	1.5	11	149
Scarlett, John	21	288	13.7	74	3.5	362	17.2	73	3.5	17	0.8	86	77	21	1.0	15	141
Stephens, Peter	11	102	9.3	28	2.5	130	11.8	60	5.5	4	0.4	13	33	11	1.0	9	75
Stevens, Phil	20	226	11.3	39	2.0	265	13.3	61	3.1	0	0.0	33	16	3	0.2	5	23
Wells, Greg	2	7	3.5	3	1.5	10	5.0	2	1.0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1
Whatman, Robert	10	101	10.1	21	2.1	122	12.2	35	3.5	0	0.0	21	15	7	0.7	8	50
Woolnough, Mike	7	111	15.9	10	1.4	121	17.3	29	4.1	0	0.0	17	14	3	0.4	3	21
Yates, Warwick	9	53	5.9	33	3.7	86	9.6	27	3.0	35	3.9	11	23	0	0.0	1	1