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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC

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

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
generalenquiries@essendonfc.com.au

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1944 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1944 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.57.1013.1415.16 106 WON Hawthorn 2.53.74.129.14 68 38 GLE May 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.38.413.1117.18 120 WON Melbourne 4.010.413.416.4 100 20 WIN May 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.28.712.1116.14 110 LOST Richmond 6.614.1118.1522.19 151 -41 WIN May 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 5.410.513.814.9 93 LOST Carlton 2.47.97.1413.17 95 -2 PRI May 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.311.1014.1117.14 116 WON Geelong 3.25.48.911.14 80 36 WIN Jun 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.35.107.149.17 71 DRAW St. Kilda 5.39.79.89.17 71 0 JUN Jun 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
7 A Essendon 0.01.66.79.10 64 LOST Collingwood 4.106.1411.2012.21 93 -29 VIC Jun 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 H Essendon 3.58.813.1521.18 144 WON North Melbourne 1.63.77.118.12 60 84 WIN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 3.46.107.1111.17 83 DRAW Fitzroy 3.15.48.712.11 83 0 BWS Jul 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 H Essendon 2.46.710.1314.16 100 WON Footscray 3.35.66.98.13 61 39 WIN Jul 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.46.118.1215.16 106 WON South Melbourne 1.33.74.117.15 57 49 JUN Jul 15 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 H Essendon 4.211.816.1219.18 132 WON Hawthorn 1.52.52.73.7 25 107 WIN Jul 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.76.713.1114.14 98 WON Melbourne 3.35.96.911.12 78 20 PUN Jul 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 2.47.89.1112.15 87 WON Richmond 1.13.67.1111.17 83 4 PUN Aug 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 0.02.34.66.9 45 LOST Carlton 1.94.1210.1614.20 104 -59 WIN Aug 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 5.410.1011.1713.19 97 WON Geelong 7.87.810.910.12 72 25 KAR Aug 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 10.613.1022.1428.21 189 WON St. Kilda 2.28.79.912.11 83 106 WIN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 5.712.1015.1817.24 126 WON South Melbourne 2.14.34.56.8 44 82 WIN Sep 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
1SF H Essendon 1.37.68.614.17 101 WON Footscray 1.11.17.48.4 52 49 JUN Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 0.55.77.912.15 87 LOST Richmond 8.210.515.916.12 108 -21 JUN Sep 23 (Sat, 2:38) Scores
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1944 Player Stats

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