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

1977 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1977 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1977-04-02 1	H	Geelong	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.9	45	LOST	Carlton	3.7	4.13	10.16	17.21	123	-78	KAR	1977-04-02 Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-11 2	A	Geelong	6.3	10.4	13.9	17.17	119	WON	St. Kilda	4.3	6.6	8.11	11.17	83	36	MOO	1977-04-11 Apr 11 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-16 3	H	Geelong	2.3	2.6	5.11	6.14	50	LOST	Hawthorn	3.2	4.9	8.11	15.15	105	-55	KAR	1977-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-25 4	A	Geelong	7.4	10.9	14.17	16.18	114	WON	South Melbourne	2.2	8.6	9.8	12.15	87	27	VFL	1977-04-25 Apr 25 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-30 5	A	Geelong	4.4	8.8	10.14	15.19	109	LOST	Collingwood	5.6	10.8	13.14	18.16	124	-15	VIC	1977-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-07 6	H	Geelong	6.3	11.6	13.12	21.17	143	WON	Melbourne	4.3	7.9	9.13	13.15	93	50	KAR	1977-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-14 7	A	Geelong	1.3	6.5	7.5	12.12	84	LOST	North Melbourne	7.2	12.3	21.9	23.11	149	-65	ARD	1977-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-21 8	H	Geelong	6.6	10.9	11.12	13.16	94	WON	Essendon	1.3	3.5	9.7	13.9	87	7	KAR	1977-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-28 9	A	Geelong	1.0	4.6	4.8	10.11	71	LOST	Richmond	7.5	9.7	15.11	18.13	121	-50	VFL	1977-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-04 10	A	Geelong	4.2	8.5	12.10	15.13	103	LOST	Footscray	4.2	6.9	11.11	21.14	140	-37	WES	1977-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-11 11	H	Geelong	7.5	9.6	13.10	20.13	133	WON	Fitzroy	1.5	5.7	8.13	11.16	82	51	KAR	1977-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-18 12	A	Geelong	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.12	24	LOST	Carlton	1.4	1.7	3.11	3.13	31	-7	PRI	1977-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-25 13	H	Geelong	3.4	4.4	9.7	11.9	75	LOST	St. Kilda	1.2	7.9	9.11	12.13	85	-10	KAR	1977-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-02 14	H	Geelong	1.3	3.8	5.13	7.15	57	LOST	South Melbourne	3.2	5.6	5.6	9.10	64	-7	KAR	1977-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-09 15	A	Geelong	5.1	5.4	10.5	13.6	84	LOST	Hawthorn	6.5	12.12	21.14	28.23	191	-107	PRI	1977-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-16 16	H	Geelong	2.0	7.4	12.5	16.6	102	WON	Collingwood	5.7	7.12	10.18	12.25	97	5	VFL	1977-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-23 17	A	Geelong	5.5	12.8	15.12	20.14	134	WON	Melbourne	6.4	8.9	13.12	15.18	108	26	MCG	1977-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-30 18	H	Geelong	1.3	3.5	5.11	6.15	51	LOST	North Melbourne	6.0	9.4	12.7	14.11	95	-44	KAR	1977-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-06 19	A	Geelong	6.3	10.8	14.13	18.16	124	WON	Essendon	2.6	6.8	10.10	15.20	110	14	WIN	1977-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-13 20	H	Geelong	1.4	2.9	4.14	5.16	46	LOST	Richmond	3.4	10.12	14.15	19.18	132	-86	KAR	1977-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-20 21	H	Geelong	4.2	5.4	7.5	10.8	68	LOST	Footscray	1.5	5.10	8.15	11.19	85	-17	VFL	1977-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-27 22	A	Geelong	6.6	9.10	13.14	14.16	100	LOST	Fitzroy	4.6	7.13	12.16	19.27	141	-41	JUN	1977-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1977 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Blake, Rod	10	54	5.4	18	1.8	72	7.2	16	1.6	86	8.6	15	20	1	0.1	4	10
Bright, Terry	22	238	10.8	96	4.4	334	15.2	105	4.8	1	0.0	48	39	37	1.7	29	251
Brimacombe, John	3	10	3.3	10	3.3	20	6.7	7	2.3	5	1.7	5	4	0	0.0	0	0
Browne, Mark	22	351	16.0	112	5.1	463	21.0	95	4.3	8	0.4	41	34	22	1.0	8	140
Card, Ray	9	63	7.0	19	2.1	82	9.1	18	2.0	0	0.0	20	11	0	0.0	0	0
Cassidy, Jeff	5	48	9.6	26	5.2	74	14.8	11	2.2	0	0.0	14	16	2	0.4	0	12
Clarke Snr, David	21	402	19.1	52	2.5	454	21.6	87	4.1	5	0.2	62	45	4	0.2	14	38
Cousins, Bryan	10	82	8.2	33	3.3	115	11.5	11	1.1	0	0.0	9	13	5	0.5	8	38
Davis, Harvey	8	79	9.9	34	4.3	113	14.1	15	1.9	0	0.0	16	14	2	0.3	3	15
Donohue, Larry	21	180	8.6	35	1.7	215	10.2	119	5.7	36	1.7	30	44	63	3.0	35	413
Fehring, Jeff	6	21	3.5	12	2.0	33	5.5	10	1.7	41	6.8	7	7	0	0.0	1	1
Fitzgerald, Gerard	3	5	1.7	5	1.7	10	3.3	3	1.0	0	0.0	3	1	4	1.3	1	25
Hawkins, Jack	21	157	7.5	113	5.4	270	12.9	77	3.7	11	0.5	29	40	4	0.2	2	26
Higgins, Kevin	17	207	12.2	54	3.2	261	15.4	65	3.8	0	0.0	34	35	11	0.6	5	71
Hovey, Wayne	6	74	12.3	13	2.2	87	14.5	15	2.5	0	0.0	17	15	10	1.7	9	69
Jeffreys, Paul	4	38	9.5	10	2.5	48	12.0	15	3.8	1	0.3	11	9	0	0.0	0	0
Landy, Graeme	10	121	12.1	32	3.2	153	15.3	42	4.2	0	0.0	19	26	2	0.2	2	14
Malarkey, Gary	20	180	9.0	46	2.3	226	11.3	50	2.5	0	0.0	32	23	0	0.0	0	0
Manson, David	6	28	4.7	19	3.2	47	7.8	19	3.2	52	8.7	3	5	3	0.5	1	19
McGillivray, Andy	6	33	5.5	7	1.2	40	6.7	12	2.0	0	0.0	7	10	4	0.7	3	27
Nankervis, Ian	21	288	13.7	97	4.6	385	18.3	64	3.0	1	0.0	62	25	2	0.1	0	12
Nankervis, Bruce	9	152	16.9	21	2.3	173	19.2	47	5.2	1	0.1	22	10	0	0.0	1	1
Neal, Robert	22	307	14.0	90	4.1	397	18.0	69	3.1	1	0.0	52	47	1	0.0	9	15
Newland, Ken	8	36	4.5	55	6.9	91	11.4	15	1.9	7	0.9	5	17	5	0.6	5	35
Newman, John 'Sam'	21	181	8.6	113	5.4	294	14.0	78	3.7	251	12.0	85	61	4	0.2	4	28
Nish, Colin	8	37	4.6	10	1.3	47	5.9	4	0.5	0	0.0	13	13	0	0.0	0	0
Preen, John	8	35	4.4	13	1.6	48	6.0	15	1.9	0	0.0	5	7	2	0.3	2	14
Preston, Andy	8	56	7.0	24	3.0	80	10.0	18	2.3	0	0.0	14	16	2	0.3	3	15
Ruscuklic, Peter	4	9	2.3	9	2.3	18	4.5	7	1.8	0	0.0	3	4	1	0.3	1	7
Sarah, Paul	20	384	19.2	47	2.4	431	21.6	94	4.7	0	0.0	56	33	29	1.5	25	199
Scarlett, John	7	37	5.3	23	3.3	60	8.6	15	2.1	1	0.1	12	14	0	0.0	0	0
Sheehan, Kevin	17	201	11.8	36	2.1	237	13.9	43	2.5	0	0.0	41	11	19	1.1	17	131
Steven, Robert	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Turner, Mick	14	189	13.5	39	2.8	228	16.3	56	4.0	0	0.0	21	33	14	1.0	10	94
Witcombe, Murray	10	109	10.9	29	2.9	138	13.8	10	1.0	0	0.0	21	19	11	1.1	8	74
Woodman, Alan	16	120	7.5	43	2.7	163	10.2	34	2.1	11	0.7	16	17	0	0.0	0	0
Woolnough, Mike	16	200	12.5	30	1.9	230	14.4	51	3.2	0	0.0	29	30	9	0.6	5	59