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KEY FACTS

Official name
Carlton Football Club

Known as
Carlton

Nickname
Blues

Formed
1864

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Northern Bullants; Carlton Reserves; Carlton WFC; Carlton WFC (VFLW); Carlton U19s

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

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1864, 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

AFL Premierships
1995 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1906-07-08, 1914-15, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981-82, 1987 (15 total)

VFA Premierships
1877, 1887 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1968, 1970 (2 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1983, 1997, 2005, 2007 (4 total); McClelland Trophy: 1969, 1979, 1985 [joint winners], 1987, 1995 (5 total)

Most Games
375 - Craig Bradley (1986-2002)

Most Goals
738 - Stephen Kernahan (1986-1997)

League Top Goalkickers
M.Grace (50) 1906; E.Cowley (35) 1918; H.Clover (56) 1922; H.Vallence (86) 1931; T.Carroll (54) 1961; B.Fevola (84) 2006 & (89) 2009; H.McKay (58) 2021; C.Curnow (64) 2022 (8 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Bert Deacon 1947; John James 1961; Gordon Collis 1964; Greg Williams 1994; Chris Judd 2010; Patrick Cripps 2022, 2024 (7 total)

Headquarters
Ikon Park, 400 Royal Parade, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Postal Address
PO Box 83, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Phone: (03) 9387 1400 

Email
blues@carltonfc.com.au

Website
carltonfc.com.au

Carlton



"Watched by what remains (and is likely to remain) an Australian record crowd for any football match of 121,696 Carlton looked dead and buried at the long break inducing Barassi to unleash his now famous instruction to his players to "handball, handball, handball". The players' compliance with this command, coupled with the inspirational impact of nineteenth man Ted Hopkins, saw the pattern of the game alter completely...."

John Devaney reports on the colorful history of the old dark navy Blues and their record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1921 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1921 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Carlton 4.45.77.118.14 62 WON Richmond 1.26.87.97.11 53 9 PUN May 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 Carlton       Bye        
3 H Carlton 8.49.413.715.11 101 WON St. Kilda 3.18.710.711.12 78 23 PRI May 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H Carlton 0.33.74.135.20 50 DRAW Fitzroy 1.41.73.146.14 50 0 PRI May 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A Carlton 5.27.49.710.10 70 DRAW South Melbourne 2.25.68.810.10 70 0 LAK Jun 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Carlton 2.010.312.818.9 117 WON Essendon 1.74.84.147.18 60 57 EME Jun 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Carlton 1.75.128.1511.15 81 WON Geelong 3.45.56.88.13 61 20 PRI Jun 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 A Carlton 2.46.88.108.14 62 WON Melbourne 2.14.46.87.13 55 7 MCG Jun 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 H Carlton 4.46.1011.1312.16 88 WON Collingwood 2.17.38.310.4 64 24 PRI Jul 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Carlton 4.26.59.814.15 99 WON Richmond 0.53.86.116.12 48 51 PRI Jul 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 Carlton       Bye        
12 A Carlton 5.111.316.722.10 142 WON St. Kilda 3.54.84.125.14 44 98 JUN Jul 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A Carlton 0.60.62.63.6 24 LOST Fitzroy 0.01.52.74.15 39 -15 BWS Jul 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Carlton 2.65.108.1211.15 81 WON South Melbourne 3.35.57.97.14 56 25 PRI Aug 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Carlton 0.01.54.107.19 61 WON Essendon 3.74.96.97.11 53 8 PRI Aug 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Carlton 3.63.65.128.15 63 WON Geelong 1.33.64.76.11 47 16 COR Sep 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Carlton 5.57.913.1314.16 100 WON Melbourne 0.24.45.710.16 76 24 PRI Sep 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Carlton 3.27.49.79.10 64 WON Collingwood 0.02.33.65.7 37 27 VIC Sep 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2SF A Carlton 2.05.67.79.11 65 WON Collingwood 1.31.76.97.10 52 13 MCG Oct 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Carlton 1.42.107.147.17 59 LOST Richmond 4.25.58.510.7 67 -8 MCG Oct 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Carlton 2.23.43.64.8 32 LOST Richmond 1.21.33.45.6 36 -4 MCG Oct 15 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1921 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Beasy, Maurie 4                             1 0.3    
Bell, Harry 1                             0 0.0    
Bickford, Edric 9                             9 1.0    
Blackman, Billy 18                             0 0.0    
Boromeo, Bert 17                             2 0.1    
Canet, Charlie 11                             1 0.1    
Chandler, Newton 8                             1 0.1    
Clover, Horrie 17                             57 3.4    
Clowe, Clarrie 3                             0 0.0    
Daykin, Percy 18                             27 1.5    
Downs, Lyle 2                             0 0.0    
Duncan, Alex 16                             7 0.4    
Ewans, Morrie 1                             0 0.0    
Fisher, Charlie 18                             12 0.7    
Green, Gordon 16                             18 1.1    
Greenhill, Jack 19                             2 0.1    
Hiskins, Rupe 16                             1 0.1    
Jamieson, Ernie 11                             0 0.0    
Johnson, Fred 16                             0 0.0    
Keily, Dan 2                             0 0.0    
Martin, Frank 17                             3 0.2    
McKenzie, Croft 7                             0 0.0    
McLatchie, Stewart 19                             24 1.3    
Morgan, Harry 10                             25 2.5    
Murphy, Frank 1                             0 0.0    
O'Brien, Paddy 14                             0 0.0    
Raleigh, Wally 19                             0 0.0    
Stephenson, Jack 17                             1 0.1    
Toole, Harry 7                             3 0.4    
Watson, Jim 3                             0 0.0    
Whannell, Dan 1                             0 0.0    
Wittmann, Dick 4                             1 0.3    
 

Footnotes

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