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

1975 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1975 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1975-04-05 1	H	Geelong	1.6	4.10	7.11	8.14	62	LOST	Carlton	5.2	7.5	8.7	13.16	94	-32	KAR	1975-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-04-12 2	A	Geelong	2.2	4.6	7.8	10.12	72	LOST	Richmond	3.7	6.9	13.13	15.22	112	-40	MCG	1975-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-04-19 3	H	Geelong	2.5	4.5	9.7	13.12	90	LOST	Footscray	4.1	6.7	11.7	14.14	98	-8	KAR	1975-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-04-26 4	A	Geelong	4.4	7.8	11.10	14.15	99	LOST	Collingwood	6.2	11.4	14.9	17.10	112	-13	VIC	1975-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-05-03 5	H	Geelong	5.0	7.2	8.3	11.5	71	LOST	North Melbourne	1.2	7.4	10.10	12.15	87	-16	KAR	1975-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-05-10 6	A	Geelong	2.2	5.9	10.11	15.14	104	WON	Essendon	4.8	7.16	11.18	12.21	93	11	WIN	1975-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-05-17 7	H	Geelong	3.0	6.3	8.7	13.10	88	WON	St. Kilda	4.2	6.6	7.8	11.14	80	8	KAR	1975-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-05-24 8	H	Geelong	3.1	4.2	5.7	5.10	40	LOST	Hawthorn	5.2	7.3	10.5	17.11	113	-73	VFL	1975-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-05-31 9	A	Geelong	3.4	4.7	4.10	7.13	55	LOST	South Melbourne	2.6	6.12	8.21	11.26	92	-37	LAK	1975-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-06-07 10	H	Geelong	2.1	5.11	9.17	14.20	104	WON	Melbourne	7.4	10.7	11.11	14.14	98	6	KAR	1975-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-06-16 11	H	Geelong	2.8	6.10	13.17	13.19	97	WON	Fitzroy	2.2	7.6	10.6	14.11	95	2	KAR	1975-06-16 Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1975-06-21 12	A	Geelong	2.3	3.9	5.12	12.14	86	LOST	Carlton	8.5	11.8	19.14	23.19	157	-71	PRI	1975-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-06-28 13	H	Geelong	1.4	3.5	6.8	8.13	61	LOST	Richmond	2.3	7.5	10.11	13.14	92	-31	KAR	1975-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-07-05 14	H	Geelong	2.4	5.9	6.10	14.12	96	WON	Collingwood	4.5	5.6	8.9	9.11	65	31	KAR	1975-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-07-12 15	A	Geelong	0.2	3.6	3.6	7.7	49	LOST	Footscray	4.5	4.7	10.13	13.15	93	-44	WES	1975-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-07-19 16	A	Geelong	3.6	5.10	5.15	6.19	55	LOST	North Melbourne	1.3	7.9	10.19	14.25	109	-54	ARD	1975-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-07-26 17	H	Geelong	5.5	8.8	10.12	13.16	94	LOST	Essendon	3.3	5.6	11.9	16.13	109	-15	KAR	1975-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-08-02 18	A	Geelong	6.1	8.9	10.10	11.14	80	LOST	St. Kilda	4.2	5.6	8.14	11.18	84	-4	VFL	1975-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-08-09 19	A	Geelong	3.3	4.6	5.7	8.7	55	LOST	Hawthorn	7.4	17.10	22.15	25.23	173	-118	PRI	1975-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-08-16 20	H	Geelong	4.3	6.5	10.14	12.16	88	LOST	South Melbourne	5.4	7.9	11.10	15.15	105	-17	KAR	1975-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-08-23 21	A	Geelong	3.4	6.8	9.8	10.10	70	WON	Melbourne	2.0	3.5	4.9	8.16	64	6	MCG	1975-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1975-08-30 22	A	Geelong	5.5	9.8	13.9	18.11	119	WON	Fitzroy	1.1	7.3	10.6	14.9	93	26	VFL	1975-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1975 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Armour, David	10	32	3.6	16	1.8	48	5.3	17	1.9	0	0.0	6	17	7	0.7	2	44
Baker, Phil	9	43	5.4	11	1.4	54	6.8	15	1.9	0	0.0	8	10	9	1.0	4	58
Barkley, David	8	49	6.1	22	2.8	71	8.9	24	3.0	0	0.0	12	12	5	0.6	14	44
Blake, Rod	12	92	8.4	27	2.5	119	10.8	55	5.0	25	8.3	16	17	6	0.5	6	42
Browne, Ricky	7	50	7.1	12	1.7	62	8.9	13	1.9	0	0.0	11	11	4	0.6	3	27
Browne, Mark	18	220	12.9	101	5.9	321	18.9	74	4.4	0	0.0	37	21	10	0.6	15	75
Cassidy, Jeff	6	39	7.8	18	3.6	57	11.4	17	3.4	0	0.0	5	2	4	0.7	2	26
Closter, Wayne	16	237	15.8	30	2.0	267	17.8	54	3.6	0	0.0	48	15	15	0.9	13	103
Cousins, Bryan	14	124	9.5	74	5.7	198	15.2	25	1.9	0	0.0	19	22	12	0.9	17	89
Crawford, Leigh	17	129	8.1	65	4.1	194	12.1	55	3.4	14	2.8	40	24	0	0.0	1	1
Davis, Harvey	6	59	11.8	15	3.0	74	14.8	10	2.0	0	0.0	11	6	0	0.0	1	1
Deeath, Rex	7	33	4.7	28	4.0	61	8.7	23	3.3	16	8.0	5	7	2	0.3	0	12
Donohue, Larry	14	123	8.8	67	4.8	190	13.6	79	5.6	27	3.4	31	28	29	2.1	11	185
Doyle, Peter	8	48	6.0	17	2.1	65	8.1	15	1.9	0	0.0	5	13	2	0.3	2	14
Eddy, Barry	7	59	8.4	28	4.0	87	12.4	14	2.0			16	12	0	0.0	0	0
Gilmour, Murray	7	54	9.0	14	2.3	68	11.3	16	2.7	1	0.5	11	11	0	0.0	0	0
Hampshire, Ian	4	20	5.0	17	4.3	37	9.3	15	3.8	3	3.0	4	6	2	0.5	5	17
Hawkins, Jack	15	104	6.9	61	4.1	165	11.0	42	2.8	8	1.3	23	39	1	0.1	2	8
Higgins, Kevin	13	164	12.6	33	2.5	197	15.2	44	3.4	0	0.0	19	21	5	0.4	2	32
Hunt, Rex	17	139	8.7	17	1.1	156	9.8	85	5.3	1	0.2	26	25	18	1.1	12	120
Landy, Graeme	4	48	12.0	14	3.5	62	15.5	20	5.0	0	0.0	6	12	7	1.8	3	45
Lewtas, Ian	9	48	5.3	26	2.9	74	8.2	27	3.0	0	0.0	11	7	1	0.1	0	6
Nankervis, Ian	20	359	18.9	91	4.8	450	23.7	93	4.9	0	0.0	60	51	29	1.5	30	204
Nankervis, Bruce	21	369	18.5	66	3.3	435	21.8	86	4.3	0	0.0	73	37	1	0.0	1	7
Neal, Robert	15	139	9.9	61	4.4	200	14.3	33	2.4	1	0.1	28	28	3	0.2	4	22
Newland, Ken	12	68	6.2	67	6.1	135	12.3	42	3.8	6	3.0	14	24	11	0.9	6	72
Newman, John 'Sam'	20	218	11.5	188	9.9	406	21.4	127	6.7	121	17.3	86	55	3	0.2	11	29
Preen, John	5	41	8.2	11	2.2	52	10.4	15	3.0	0	0.0	13	10	5	1.0	2	32
Sarah, Paul	13	185	14.2	22	1.7	207	15.9	33	2.5	0	0.0	35	22	23	1.8	14	152
Scale, Doug	9	51	5.7	18	2.0	69	7.7	13	1.4	0	0.0	11	14	0	0.0	0	0
Scarlett, John	16	91	5.7	67	4.2	158	9.9	39	2.4	1	0.1	51	25	3	0.2	3	21
Scott, David	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Sheehan, Kevin	19	239	13.3	45	2.5	284	15.8	48	2.7	0	0.0	61	15	14	0.7	25	109
Stevens, Phil	6	60	12.0	13	2.6	73	14.6	16	3.2			5	7	0	0.0	0	0
Thomson, Bruce	2	7	3.5	2	1.0	9	4.5	2	1.0			1	4	1	0.5	2	8
Turner, Mick	20	279	14.7	37	1.9	316	16.6	78	4.1	0	0.0	46	32	5	0.3	12	42
Woodman, Alan	12	63	5.3	43	3.6	106	8.8	23	1.9	5	0.8	16	18	1	0.1	1	7
Woolnough, Mike	21	371	18.6	72	3.6	443	22.2	110	5.5	1	0.1	40	41	4	0.2	16	40