Australian Football

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; Melbourne U19s

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

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

Melbourne

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

"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

1997 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1997 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1997-03-27 1	A	Melbourne	2.2	4.5	8.9	10.10	70	WON	North Melbourne	2.1	3.4	4.7	7.13	55	15	MCG	1997-03-27 Mar 27 (Thu, 7:40)	Scores
1997-04-04 2	H	Melbourne	3.5	4.7	6.11	7.14	56	LOST	Collingwood	6.1	12.6	15.12	24.19	163	-107	MCG	1997-04-04 Apr 4 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1997-04-11 3	A	Melbourne	2.4	7.4	13.5	14.7	91	LOST	Sydney	6.3	11.4	13.6	15.9	99	-8	SCG	1997-04-11 Apr 11 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1997-04-18 4	H	Melbourne	3.3	8.6	10.8	13.9	87	LOST	Western Bulldogs	2.2	5.6	9.8	13.11	89	-2	MCG	1997-04-18 Apr 18 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1997-04-26 5	H	Melbourne	5.1	6.2	7.4	12.6	78	LOST	West Coast	4.1	10.4	18.7	19.12	126	-48	MCG	1997-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-04 6	A	Melbourne	0.3	2.7	4.9	4.11	35	LOST	St. Kilda	6.5	9.8	14.12	17.19	121	-86	WAV	1997-05-04 May 4 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-10 7	A	Melbourne	1.4	5.6	7.8	10.9	69	LOST	Fremantle	4.8	7.9	14.16	17.22	124	-55	WAC	1997-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1997-05-17 8	H	Melbourne	2.2	5.3	7.6	7.7	49	LOST	Geelong	5.2	7.5	11.8	19.14	128	-79	MCG	1997-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-23 9	A	Melbourne	0.4	0.6	1.8	3.9	27	LOST	Port Adelaide	4.1	5.6	7.13	10.18	78	-51	FBP	1997-05-23 May 23 (Fri, 8:40)	Scores
1997-05-31 10	A	Melbourne	4.2	6.2	11.6	14.8	92	WON	Richmond	3.5	7.11	9.11	9.13	67	25	MCG	1997-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1997-06-08 11	H	Melbourne	1.1	2.8	4.9	5.15	45	LOST	Adelaide	6.4	8.6	11.11	14.13	97	-52	MCG	1997-06-08 Jun 8 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-15 12	H	Melbourne	1.2	4.4	6.5	7.8	50	LOST	Brisbane	5.1	10.4	17.8	21.9	135	-85	MCG	1997-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-29 13	A	Melbourne	3.5	4.9	6.11	7.13	55	LOST	Hawthorn	3.1	7.6	12.11	17.16	118	-63	WAV	1997-06-29 Jun 29 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-06 14	A	Melbourne	2.3	5.5	7.5	8.9	57	LOST	Essendon	4.5	8.7	13.11	18.12	120	-63	MCG	1997-07-06 Jul 6 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-12 15	H	Melbourne	4.3	10.7	16.8	18.11	119	WON	Carlton	5.0	10.3	13.5	15.10	100	19	MCG	1997-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-20 16	H	Melbourne	1.5	2.9	4.15	7.16	58	LOST	North Melbourne	3.5	8.7	12.10	17.12	114	-56	MCG	1997-07-20 Jul 20 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-27 17	A	Melbourne	5.3	9.6	10.8	12.10	82	LOST	Collingwood	3.3	4.6	13.10	20.14	134	-52	MCG	1997-07-27 Jul 27 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-02 18	H	Melbourne	1.2	4.5	6.7	7.11	53	LOST	Sydney	10.5	14.11	21.16	25.19	169	-116	MCG	1997-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-09 19	A	Melbourne	1.3	3.5	8.6	9.10	64	LOST	Western Bulldogs	4.5	6.10	9.15	14.18	102	-38	PRI	1997-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-15 20	A	Melbourne	0.3	1.8	3.14	7.17	59	LOST	West Coast	6.1	9.3	12.4	15.7	97	-38	WAC	1997-08-15 Aug 15 (Fri, 8:40)	Scores
1997-08-22 21	H	Melbourne	1.2	3.5	6.8	8.14	62	LOST	St. Kilda	7.1	9.6	13.8	17.12	114	-52	MCG	1997-08-22 Aug 22 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1997-08-30 22	H	Melbourne	1.4	5.8	12.9	18.11	119	WON	Fremantle	3.4	4.5	6.9	11.13	79	40	MCG	1997-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1997 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Charles, Sean	18	120	6.7	36	2.0	156	8.7	50	2.8	0	0.0	11	0.6	7	14	17	0.9	17	119
Clarkson, Alastair	19	202	10.6	88	4.6	290	15.3	61	3.2	1	0.1	28	1.5	12	23	11	0.6	1	67
Cockatoo-Collins, Don	4	29	7.3	7	1.8	36	9.0	10	2.5	0	0.0	4	1.0	2	2	1	0.3	0	6
Cockatoo-Collins, David	1	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Farmer, Jeff	17	115	6.8	63	3.7	178	10.5	40	2.4	0	0.0	16	0.9	21	20	30	1.8	17	197
Febey, Steven	20	215	10.8	132	6.6	347	17.4	51	2.6	0	0.0	23	1.2	22	15	2	0.1	6	18
Febey, Matthew	11	100	9.1	81	7.4	181	16.5	33	3.0	0	0.0	14	1.3	5	9	0	0.0	1	1
Gaspar, Damien	12	77	6.4	27	2.3	104	8.7	38	3.2	1	0.1	6	0.5	16	6	0	0.0	0	0
Grgic, Brent	9	58	6.4	20	2.2	78	8.7	25	2.8	1	0.1	5	0.6	7	6	5	0.6	3	33
Hopgood, Paul	20	159	8.0	93	4.7	252	12.6	40	2.0	0	0.0	16	0.8	14	23	2	0.1	1	13
Ingerson, Anthony	22	89	4.0	80	3.6	169	7.7	81	3.7	9	0.4	27	1.2	15	18	4	0.2	2	26
Irving, Dean	2	8	4.0	10	5.0	18	9.0	4	2.0	7	3.5	3	1.5	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kowal, Darren	6	37	6.2	29	4.8	66	11.0	13	2.2	0	0.0	5	0.8	7	3	1	0.2	1	7
Lamprill, Andrew	3	15	5.0	4	1.3	19	6.3	2	0.7	0	0.0	4	1.3	3	3	0	0.0	0	0
Leoncelli, Andrew	12	105	8.8	56	4.7	161	13.4	39	3.3	0	0.0	9	0.8	9	8	1	0.1	0	6
Lovett, Brett	18	135	7.5	110	6.1	245	13.6	61	3.4	1	0.1	10	0.6	10	17	4	0.2	4	28
Lovett, Glenn	14	129	9.2	127	9.1	256	18.3	37	2.6	2	0.1	19	1.4	11	5	3	0.2	3	21
Lyon, Garry	5	27	5.4	6	1.2	33	6.6	13	2.6	2	0.4	3	0.6	2	6	7	1.4	8	50
McDonald, Anthony	19	187	9.8	106	5.6	293	15.4	63	3.3	0	0.0	38	2.0	18	28	7	0.4	16	58
McDonald, James	4	26	6.5	12	3.0	38	9.5	5	1.3	0	0.0	6	1.5	3	2	3	0.8	1	19
McHardy, Todd	2	7	3.5	6	3.0	13	6.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	1	0.5	1	0	0	0.0	1	1
Neitz, David	17	129	7.6	34	2.0	163	9.6	77	4.5	17	1.0	9	0.5	9	25	30	1.8	22	202
Nettelbeck, Craig	13	94	7.2	54	4.2	148	11.4	46	3.5	6	0.5	11	0.8	13	11	5	0.4	6	36
Newton, Leigh	13	64	4.9	25	1.9	89	6.8	29	2.2	18	1.4	10	0.8	14	8	6	0.5	7	43
Nicholson, Alistair	1	2	2.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
O'Brien, Darren	11	74	6.7	33	3.0	107	9.7	27	2.5	0	0.0	11	1.0	4	8	2	0.2	4	16
Obst, Andrew	18	132	7.3	82	4.6	214	11.9	38	2.1	2	0.1	17	0.9	8	13	3	0.2	5	23
Pesch, Nick	4	17	4.3	12	3.0	29	7.3	5	1.3	0	0.0	7	1.8	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pyman, Robert	19	198	10.4	130	6.8	328	17.3	63	3.3	3	0.2	28	1.5	9	11	8	0.4	9	57
Robertson, Russell	3	19	6.3	13	4.3	32	10.7	10	3.3	0	0.0	6	2.0	4	2	5	1.7	3	33
Schwarz, David	10	57	5.7	18	1.8	75	7.5	37	3.7	16	1.6	4	0.4	7	13	18	1.8	15	123
Seecamp, Marcus	15	112	7.5	60	4.0	172	11.5	47	3.1	1	0.1	12	0.8	9	17	0	0.0	0	0
Smith, Shaun	12	67	5.6	29	2.4	96	8.0	43	3.6	2	0.2	11	0.9	7	6	9	0.8	4	58
Stynes, Jim	22	279	12.7	172	7.8	451	20.5	126	5.7	320	14.5	16	0.7	48	51	3	0.1	4	22
Tingay, Stephen	3	37	12.3	17	5.7	54	18.0	7	2.3	0	0.0	3	1.0	3	3	0	0.0	1	1
Viney, Todd	22	261	11.9	235	10.7	496	22.5	61	2.8	1	0.0	60	2.7	20	40	7	0.3	2	44
Woewodin, Shane	22	169	7.7	79	3.6	248	11.3	74	3.4	3	0.1	22	1.0	19	21	4	0.2	4	28
Yze, Adem	19	203	10.7	34	1.8	237	12.5	62	3.3	0	0.0	21	1.1	16	13	9	0.5	16	70