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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111 

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

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"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

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1987 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1987 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Melbourne 8.613.1014.1219.14 128 WON Fitzroy 2.17.410.1312.17 89 39 MCG Mar 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Melbourne 3.45.116.147.17 59 LOST North Melbourne 3.55.1010.1213.14 92 -33 MCG Apr 3 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
3 A Melbourne 2.53.96.1313.16 94 LOST Geelong 2.610.913.1218.20 128 -34 KAR Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Melbourne 3.211.918.921.13 139 WON St. Kilda 4.55.59.814.8 92 47 MCG Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Melbourne 5.18.110.312.9 81 LOST Brisbane 1.36.88.1212.14 86 -5 CRR Apr 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Melbourne 4.58.715.916.14 110 WON Richmond 1.33.56.99.15 69 41 MCG May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Melbourne 4.610.1215.1718.18 126 WON Collingwood 2.15.47.612.8 80 46 MCG May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Melbourne 4.46.76.1311.15 81 LOST Footscray 3.58.1012.1315.15 105 -24 MCG May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Melbourne 6.17.413.818.11 119 LOST West Coast 5.312.916.1220.15 135 -16 SUB May 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A Melbourne 4.45.614.915.12 102 WON Essendon 1.36.88.1011.14 80 22 WIN May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Melbourne 3.56.710.1113.12 90 LOST Carlton 7.013.218.521.9 135 -45 MCG Jun 8 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Melbourne 1.63.89.911.10 76 LOST Sydney 4.36.512.817.10 112 -36 MCG Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Melbourne 0.13.46.68.9 57 WON Hawthorn 3.24.45.66.8 44 13 PRI Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Melbourne 3.43.74.94.10 34 LOST Fitzroy 1.45.96.1111.16 82 -48 PRI Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Melbourne 4.78.1211.1715.20 110 LOST North Melbourne 4.79.1111.1316.16 112 -2 MCG Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Melbourne 4.09.315.518.9 117 WON Geelong 4.18.310.611.11 77 40 VFL Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Melbourne 3.44.74.109.14 68 LOST St. Kilda 2.07.113.518.6 114 -46 VFL Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Melbourne 4.79.1314.1922.21 153 WON Brisbane 4.58.610.1114.15 99 54 MCG Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Melbourne 5.49.812.1217.17 119 WON Richmond 6.312.614.615.10 100 19 MCG Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Melbourne 1.77.1411.1915.24 114 WON Collingwood 2.55.66.88.11 59 55 VIC Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Melbourne 3.107.1312.1518.21 129 WON West Coast 0.13.16.510.8 68 61 MCG Aug 21 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 A Melbourne 4.05.48.712.11 83 WON Footscray 4.26.49.710.8 68 15 WES Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF H Melbourne 3.69.1116.1622.26 158 WON North Melbourne 3.24.44.85.10 40 118 MCG Sep 6 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
1SF H Melbourne 2.410.1317.1821.23 149 WON Sydney 3.36.68.1210.13 73 76 MCG Sep 13 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
PF H Melbourne 2.36.1010.1210.18 78 LOST Hawthorn 1.43.67.811.14 80 -2 VFL Sep 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1987 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
24 Bailey, Bret 25 314 12.6 172 6.9 486 19.4 67 2.7 0 0.0 37 1.5 39 39 20 0.8 18 138
16 Battiston, Adrian 14 159 11.4 85 6.1 244 17.4 24 1.7 0 0.0 18 1.3 18 16 4 0.3 8 32
40 Campbell, Tony 6 31 5.2 9 1.5 40 6.7 10 1.7 0 0.0 4 0.7 1 5 7 1.2 6 48
29 Chiron, Dean 8 37 4.6 44 5.5 81 10.1 14 1.8 0 0.0 7 0.9 7 7 1 0.1 0 6
22 Connolly, Chris 5 58 11.6 16 3.2 74 14.8 20 4.0 1 0.2 9 1.8 8 4 1 0.2 0 6
28 Cordner, David 1 8 8.0 3 3.0 11 11.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
23 Dean, Warren 19 253 13.3 44 2.3 297 15.6 92 4.8 2 0.1 28 1.5 33 21 17 0.9 24 126
25 Eishold, Simon 9 36 4.0 16 1.8 52 5.8 10 1.1 0 0.0 9 1.0 9 11 2 0.2 5 17
2 Flower, Robert 20 215 10.8 60 3.0 275 13.8 91 4.6 0 0.0 25 1.3 27 19 47 2.4 31 313
4 Giles, Peter 13 100 7.7 28 2.2 128 9.8 38 2.9 2 0.2 13 1.0 12 24 7 0.5 8 50
14 Grinter, Rod 18 230 12.8 48 2.7 278 15.4 67 3.7 2 0.1 12 0.7 21 24 2 0.1 3 15
33 Healy, Greg 23 347 15.1 181 7.9 528 23.0 90 3.9 1 0.0 41 1.8 60 44 29 1.3 27 201
10 Hughes, Danny 22 209 9.5 41 1.9 250 11.4 57 2.6 12 0.5 16 0.7 34 32 2 0.1 1 13
11 Icke, Stephen 2 8 4.0 7 3.5 15 7.5 4 2.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0 2 1.0 0 12
45 Jackson, Ricky 14 162 11.6 66 4.7 228 16.3 16 1.1 0 0.0 18 1.3 20 16 25 1.8 19 169
9 Johnson, Alan 9 114 12.7 29 3.2 143 15.9 26 2.9 0 0.0 20 2.2 21 6 6 0.7 13 49
29 Kiel, Peter 1 5 5.0 1 1.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
38 Kol, Nigel 2 19 9.5 7 3.5 26 13.0 3 1.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 2 2 2 1.0 1 13
39 Koop, Doug 17 135 7.9 63 3.7 198 11.6 30 1.8 0 0.0 30 1.8 23 28 5 0.3 3 33
51 Lovett, Glenn 2 8 4.0 5 2.5 13 6.5 2 1.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 1 4 1 0.5 1 7
17 Lovett, Brett 16 161 10.1 79 4.9 240 15.0 63 3.9 0 0.0 17 1.1 18 12 1 0.1 3 9
3 Lyon, Garry 18 189 10.5 76 4.2 265 14.7 69 3.8 7 0.4 21 1.2 13 22 28 1.6 20 188
30 Moore, Peter 7 42 6.0 12 1.7 54 7.7 28 4.0 41 5.9 1 0.1 5 18 14 2.0 7 91
34 Newport, Stephen 9 110 12.2 30 3.3 140 15.6 30 3.3 0 0.0 17 1.9 12 15 2 0.2 5 17
32 O'Dwyer, Steven 17 87 5.1 45 2.6 132 7.8 57 3.4 239 14.1 16 0.9 33 29 3 0.2 4 22
19 Payne, Paul 5 29 5.8 8 1.6 37 7.4 6 1.2 1 0.2 3 0.6 3 5 1 0.2 0 6
20 Richards, Russell 11 84 7.6 40 3.6 124 11.3 20 1.8 10 0.9 11 1.0 7 16 7 0.6 4 46
26 Rugolo, Joseph 2 6 3.0 6 3.0 12 6.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
35 Spalding, Earl 24 188 7.8 97 4.0 285 11.9 75 3.1 35 1.5 21 0.9 37 31 6 0.3 5 41
42 Sparks, Bradley 3 31 10.3 4 1.3 35 11.7 7 2.3 0 0.0 4 1.3 3 3 3 1.0 0 18
18 Stretch, Steven 24 345 14.4 95 4.0 440 18.3 90 3.8 1 0.0 34 1.4 27 28 9 0.4 7 61
37 Stynes, Jim 13 116 8.9 45 3.5 161 12.4 48 3.7 114 8.8 8 0.6 22 24 15 1.2 10 100
41 Turner, Steve 15 83 5.5 38 2.5 121 8.1 45 3.0 114 7.6 6 0.4 19 38 3 0.2 2 20
12 Viney, Todd 16 180 11.3 79 4.9 259 16.2 58 3.6 3 0.2 44 2.8 22 32 9 0.6 11 65
5 White, Robin 6 36 6.0 25 4.2 61 10.2 4 0.7 1 0.2 12 2.0 7 7 0 0.0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean 21 204 9.7 59 2.8 263 12.5 75 3.6 19 0.9 23 1.1 25 21 14 0.7 4 88
15 Williams, David 19 201 10.6 69 3.6 270 14.2 110 5.8 0 0.0 9 0.5 22 35 39 2.1 48 282
7 Wilson, Brian 21 291 13.9 174 8.3 465 22.1 98 4.7 2 0.1 16 0.8 38 38 23 1.1 18 156
8 Yeats, Graeme 23 320 13.9 92 4.0 412 17.9 92 4.0 0 0.0 30 1.3 37 28 8 0.3 13 61
Totals 500 5151 10.3 1998 4.0 7149 14.3 1642 3.3 607 1.2 589 1.2 689 704 365 0.7 329 2519
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.