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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) 1897–2024

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 (6 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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1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1966 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 3.37.510.1014.16 100 LOST Richmond 3.47.611.716.10 106 -6 PRI Apr 25 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
2 A Carlton 4.55.77.117.12 54 LOST St. Kilda 1.28.411.715.17 107 -53 MOO Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Carlton 0.42.69.1010.16 76 WON Fitzroy 0.23.34.46.8 44 32 BWS May 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Carlton 5.46.712.915.12 102 WON Essendon 1.22.33.75.11 41 61 PRI May 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Carlton 3.46.78.1211.13 79 WON Melbourne 0.22.33.53.14 32 47 MCG May 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Carlton 0.55.78.811.13 79 WON Footscray 1.41.63.86.10 46 33 PRI May 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Carlton 1.34.78.78.8 56 LOST Geelong 4.14.35.68.9 57 -1 KAR Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Carlton 2.35.85.127.15 57 WON South Melbourne 2.16.48.68.6 54 3 PRI Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A Carlton 2.35.47.79.9 63 LOST Hawthorn 0.41.75.99.13 67 -4 GLE Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Carlton 3.25.46.46.6 42 LOST North Melbourne 1.21.104.148.17 65 -23 ARD Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Carlton 4.35.66.87.11 53 WON Collingwood 2.45.45.56.6 42 11 PRI Jul 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Carlton 1.33.33.44.6 30 LOST Richmond 2.34.76.128.13 61 -31 MCG Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Carlton 1.43.74.117.15 57 WON St. Kilda 4.04.54.95.11 41 16 PRI Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Carlton 2.27.79.1012.15 87 WON Fitzroy 2.35.37.59.6 60 27 PRI Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Carlton 4.25.48.1010.13 73 LOST Essendon 3.39.512.618.7 115 -42 WIN Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Carlton 6.59.812.1314.15 99 WON Melbourne 1.07.37.710.10 70 29 PRI Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Carlton 1.35.99.1312.14 86 WON Footscray 2.03.04.14.1 25 61 WES Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Carlton 2.52.95.95.10 40 LOST Geelong 4.16.812.1016.14 110 -70 PRI Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1966 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Anderson, Graeme 9 87 9.7 20 2.2 107 11.9 20 2.2 0 0.0     10 14 0 0.0 0 0
Auchettl, Ron 1 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Barassi Jnr, Ron 8 149 18.6 54 6.8 203 25.4 42 5.3 3 0.4     18 26 11 1.4 6 72
Bennett, Bill 4 23 5.8 9 2.3 32 8.0 9 2.3 0 0.0     2 5 5 1.3 4 34
Board Snr, Terry 5 43 8.6 3 0.6 46 9.2 7 1.4 0 0.0     7 9 2 0.4 1 13
Collins, Ian 17 251 14.8 37 2.2 288 16.9 48 2.8 1 0.1     26 36 7 0.4 5 47
Comben, John 8 69 8.6 11 1.4 80 10.0 9 1.1 1 0.1     9 7 3 0.4 5 23
Constance, Paul 3 4 1.3 0 0.0 4 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 2 0 0.0 1 1
Crane, Gary 18 269 14.9 36 2.0 305 16.9 45 2.5 0 0.0     40 24 0 0.0 4 4
Fowler, Maurie 8 58 7.3 5 0.6 63 7.9 10 1.3 0 0.0     4 7 4 0.5 6 30
Gallagher, Adrian 18 337 18.7 49 2.7 386 21.4 47 2.6 0 0.0     57 38 24 1.3 43 187
Gilbert, Peter 3 25 8.3 6 2.0 31 10.3 6 2.0 0 0.0     2 2 0 0.0 0 0
Gill, John 16 159 9.9 43 2.7 202 12.6 31 1.9 2 0.1     28 30 3 0.2 10 28
Gill, Barry 18 146 8.1 30 1.7 176 9.8 31 1.7 0 0.0     12 28 0 0.0 0 0
Goold, John 14 214 15.3 49 3.5 263 18.8 62 4.4 0 0.0     32 32 0 0.0 0 0
Greenwood, Ken 15 123 8.2 16 1.1 139 9.3 41 2.7 118 8.4     20 29 9 0.6 5 59
Hall, Kevin 16 160 10.0 15 0.9 175 10.9 58 3.6 37 2.5     23 36 3 0.2 2 20
Jones, Peter 'Percy' 3 20 6.7 8 2.7 28 9.3 8 2.7 47 15.7     5 5 2 0.7 3 15
Kemp, John 4 29 7.3 0 0.0 29 7.3 6 1.5 1 0.3     6 2 0 0.0 1 1
Lane, Bob 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lloyd, John 10 121 12.1 9 0.9 130 13.0 15 1.5 0 0.0     9 16 0 0.0 0 0
Lockhart, Gil 2 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Lofts, Wes 18 185 10.3 19 1.1 204 11.3 71 3.9 4 0.2     21 30 1 0.1 2 8
McLean, Peter 15 185 12.3 36 2.4 221 14.7 62 4.1 21 1.4     18 24 4 0.3 4 28
McLean, Ricky 5 33 6.6 1 0.2 34 6.8 11 2.2 1 0.2     5 18 5 1.0 4 34
Morrison, John 2 5 2.5 1 0.5 6 3.0 1 0.5 0 0.0     1 1 0 0.0 1 1
Nankervis, Ian 4 46 11.5 11 2.8 57 14.3 4 1.0 0 0.0     2 1 3 0.8 8 26
Nicholls, John 16 194 12.1 125 7.8 319 19.9 51 3.2 597 39.8     50 45 14 0.9 9 93
Pleydell, Jim 12 92 7.7 10 0.8 102 8.5 22 1.8 0 0.0     16 18 4 0.3 4 28
Quirk, Bryan 18 226 12.6 27 1.5 253 14.1 63 3.5 0 0.0     37 23 21 1.2 23 149
Robertson, Ian 8 75 9.4 13 1.6 88 11.0 26 3.3 2 0.3     4 12 5 0.6 9 39
Silvagni, Serge 17 185 10.9 30 1.8 215 12.6 53 3.1 7 0.4     22 31 18 1.1 26 134
Stewart, Cliff 13 196 15.1 30 2.3 226 17.4 23 1.8 0 0.0     35 22 2 0.2 2 14
Stone, Ron 17 136 8.0 36 2.1 172 10.1 42 2.5 52 3.1     17 16 5 0.3 5 35
Thomas, Max 2 22 11.0 6 3.0 28 14.0 10 5.0 0 0.0     3 3 1 0.5 1 7
Vandenberg, Dick 3 31 10.3 1 0.3 32 10.7 6 2.0 0 0.0     4 4 2 0.7 6 18
Waite, Vin 8 50 6.3 18 2.3 68 8.5 9 1.1 64 8.0     8 12 11 1.4 5 71
 

Footnotes

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