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

1980 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1980 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1980-03-29 1	H	Geelong	4.1	8.7	11.10	12.13	85	LOST	South Melbourne	4.3	6.3	10.7	13.10	88	-3	KAR	1980-03-29 Mar 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-07 2	A	Geelong	7.4	10.7	11.13	15.14	104	LOST	Carlton	2.5	5.16	11.19	14.25	109	-5	PRI	1980-04-07 Apr 7 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-12 3	H	Geelong	4.3	6.9	11.10	17.17	119	WON	Melbourne	3.1	6.7	11.8	14.9	93	26	KAR	1980-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-19 4	A	Geelong	3.3	8.6	9.9	16.10	106	WON	North Melbourne	4.5	6.6	7.7	10.9	69	37	ARD	1980-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-25 5	H	Geelong	6.2	11.4	12.7	14.10	94	WON	Hawthorn	3.2	6.5	10.6	13.11	89	5	KAR	1980-04-25 Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-03 6	H	Geelong	1.5	3.7	4.10	10.17	77	LOST	Richmond	5.3	6.7	9.13	12.16	88	-11	VFL	1980-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-10 7	A	Geelong	3.3	6.5	10.7	16.11	107	WON	Essendon	7.2	8.5	8.13	13.15	93	14	WIN	1980-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-17 8	H	Geelong	6.1	7.7	15.10	20.15	135	WON	St. Kilda	3.2	5.8	5.9	10.12	72	63	KAR	1980-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-24 9	A	Geelong	0.7	6.10	10.13	15.15	105	LOST	Collingwood	2.8	10.18	13.23	18.28	136	-31	VIC	1980-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-31 10	H	Geelong	4.7	8.11	10.14	18.15	123	WON	Fitzroy	3.0	7.3	15.5	17.6	108	15	KAR	1980-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-07 11	A	Geelong	4.4	11.9	12.10	22.12	144	WON	Footscray	2.2	4.5	11.10	15.13	103	41	WES	1980-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-15 12	A	Geelong	8.3	12.10	17.17	21.21	147	WON	South Melbourne	2.3	4.5	6.11	12.12	84	63	SCG	1980-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-21 13	H	Geelong	1.3	4.4	7.8	12.11	83	WON	Carlton	1.2	4.2	8.4	12.6	78	5	KAR	1980-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-28 14	H	Geelong	1.3	5.6	11.6	13.6	84	WON	North Melbourne	3.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	27	57	KAR	1980-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-12 15	A	Geelong	6.4	7.7	14.14	17.15	117	WON	Hawthorn	1.5	2.7	3.8	4.13	37	80	VFL	1980-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-19 16	A	Geelong	4.4	8.10	13.11	17.12	114	WON	Melbourne	3.4	7.7	12.10	15.15	105	9	MCG	1980-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-26 17	A	Geelong	3.3	7.5	13.9	16.14	110	WON	Richmond	3.3	7.7	10.11	13.15	93	17	MCG	1980-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-02 18	H	Geelong	3.6	8.10	11.14	15.14	104	WON	Essendon	5.2	10.5	12.10	13.12	90	14	KAR	1980-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-09 19	A	Geelong	3.3	5.10	6.11	11.17	83	LOST	St. Kilda	4.4	4.5	11.8	13.10	88	-5	MOO	1980-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-16 20	H	Geelong	2.2	4.9	11.13	14.15	99	WON	Collingwood	5.2	5.2	7.2	12.9	81	18	KAR	1980-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-23 21	A	Geelong	5.2	10.6	13.7	20.12	132	WON	Fitzroy	7.5	8.8	13.16	16.21	117	15	JUN	1980-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-30 22	H	Geelong	5.2	9.5	11.14	12.18	90	WON	Footscray	1.4	3.6	3.6	5.10	40	50	VFL	1980-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-09-13 2SF	A	Geelong	5.2	7.4	9.4	11.5	71	LOST	Richmond	3.2	7.3	10.6	14.11	95	-24	VFL	1980-09-13 Sep 13 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1980-09-20 PF	H	Geelong	2.2	5.5	9.8	13.11	89	LOST	Collingwood	3.5	6.8	12.10	13.15	93	-4	VFL	1980-09-20 Sep 20 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1980 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Blake, Rod	24	274	11.4	112	4.7	386	16.1	167	7.0	693	28.9	59	54	12	0.5	5	77
Bortolotto, Mario	5	32	6.4	12	2.4	44	8.8	10	2.0	0	0.0	8	6	1	0.2	0	6
Bos, Mark	23	257	11.2	92	4.0	349	15.2	77	3.3	1	0.0	23	30	5	0.2	3	33
Bright, Terry	24	304	12.7	95	4.0	399	16.6	129	5.4	0	0.0	33	45	59	2.5	31	385
Bruns, Neville	15	241	16.1	51	3.4	292	19.5	51	3.4	0	0.0	22	27	20	1.3	16	136
Card, Ray	8	70	8.8	32	4.0	102	12.8	17	2.1	1	0.1	22	9	0	0.0	0	0
Cassidy, Jeff	4	33	8.3	22	5.5	55	13.8	12	3.0	0	0.0	10	8	0	0.0	1	1
Clarke Snr, David	24	506	21.1	75	3.1	581	24.2	151	6.3	3	0.1	45	46	46	1.9	38	314
Donohue, Larry	4	10	2.5	4	1.0	14	3.5	7	1.8	0	0.0	2	4	3	0.8	5	23
Featherby, Peter	24	449	18.7	120	5.0	569	23.7	106	4.4	3	0.1	52	48	20	0.8	22	142
Floyd, Tommy	22	332	15.1	101	4.6	433	19.7	68	3.1	0	0.0	39	38	25	1.1	18	168
Hawkins, Jack	22	196	8.9	175	8.0	371	16.9	122	5.5	11	0.5	31	26	0	0.0	1	1
Jeffreys, Paul	11	106	9.6	32	2.9	138	12.5	42	3.8	2	0.2	19	18	1	0.1	8	14
Johnston, Peter	18	162	9.0	27	1.5	189	10.5	90	5.0	9	0.5	23	42	19	1.1	21	135
Lunn, Stephen	22	218	9.9	77	3.5	295	13.4	63	2.9	0	0.0	20	45	19	0.9	15	129
Malarkey, Gary	20	191	9.6	96	4.8	287	14.4	75	3.8	0	0.0	26	15	0	0.0	0	0
Matthews, Kelvin	11	82	7.5	17	1.5	99	9.0	38	3.5	0	0.0	20	22	16	1.5	10	106
Middlemiss, Glenn	19	140	7.4	72	3.8	212	11.2	89	4.7	2	0.1	36	46	22	1.2	15	147
Mossop, John	10	41	4.1	26	2.6	67	6.7	25	2.5	43	4.3	6	17	13	1.3	6	84
Murrie, Richard	10	56	5.6	48	4.8	104	10.4	28	2.8	0	0.0	20	18	2	0.2	1	13
Nankervis, Ian	20	284	14.2	155	7.8	439	22.0	75	3.8	0	0.0	59	23	2	0.1	0	12
Nankervis, Bruce	22	393	17.9	72	3.3	465	21.1	88	4.0	0	0.0	53	51	17	0.8	11	113
Neal, Robert	5	37	7.4	18	3.6	55	11.0	6	1.2	0	0.0	8	7	1	0.2	0	6
Newman, John 'Sam'	22	162	7.4	122	5.5	284	12.9	102	4.6	122	5.5	34	73	19	0.9	20	134
O'Keefe, Maurice	1	3	3.0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1.0	0	6
Preston, Andy	10	61	6.1	41	4.1	102	10.2	20	2.0	0	0.0	13	15	3	0.3	2	20
Reed, Malcolm	5	21	4.2	17	3.4	38	7.6	9	1.8	0	0.0	4	2	1	0.2	2	8
Sarah, Paul	2	14	7.0	5	2.5	19	9.5	3	1.5	0	0.0	3	2	0	0.0	2	2
Sheehan, Kevin	11	146	13.3	36	3.3	182	16.5	41	3.7	0	0.0	22	15	12	1.1	9	81
Smith, Jan	2	18	9.0	10	5.0	28	14.0	6	3.0	0	0.0	5	3	0	0.0	0	0
Smyth, Dale	2	17	8.5	8	4.0	25	12.5	3	1.5	1	0.5	5	3	0	0.0	1	1
Taylor, Zane	13	101	7.8	41	3.2	142	10.9	34	2.6	0	0.0	25	25	2	0.2	1	13
Turner, Mick	23	380	16.5	76	3.3	456	19.8	97	4.2	0	0.0	50	60	16	0.7	16	112
Witcombe, Murray	20	306	15.3	96	4.8	402	20.1	70	3.5	0	0.0	47	36	10	0.5	5	65
Yeates, Mark	2	11	5.5	7	3.5	18	9.0	6	3.0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0