Australian Football

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) 1897–2024

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

Essendon

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

"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

1953 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1953 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1953-04-18 1	H	Essendon	4.0	9.2	13.3	17.9	111	WON	Fitzroy	5.5	7.10	10.14	12.16	88	23	WIN	1953-04-18 Apr 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-05-02 2	A	Essendon	1.0	9.2	10.8	13.11	89	LOST	South Melbourne	3.6	5.11	10.16	13.21	99	-10	LAK	1953-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-05-09 3	H	Essendon	3.8	6.10	12.14	17.20	122	WON	St. Kilda	1.3	4.9	5.12	7.16	58	64	WIN	1953-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-05-16 4	A	Essendon	3.1	5.6	8.9	9.11	65	LOST	Geelong	4.1	8.2	9.4	12.7	79	-14	KAR	1953-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-05-23 5	H	Essendon	2.3	4.5	5.7	6.10	46	LOST	Melbourne	2.2	5.2	6.3	9.3	57	-11	WIN	1953-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-05-30 6	A	Essendon	2.4	3.4	6.11	9.14	68	WON	North Melbourne	0.3	4.8	6.8	7.9	51	17	ARD	1953-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-06-06 7	H	Essendon	1.2	5.8	8.16	11.18	84	WON	Richmond	0.1	1.1	3.3	7.6	48	36	WIN	1953-06-06 Jun 6 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-06-13 8	H	Essendon	0.1	7.2	8.7	14.14	98	WON	Carlton	6.6	6.7	6.9	7.11	53	45	WIN	1953-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-06-20 9	A	Essendon	5.7	6.7	10.13	12.15	87	WON	Hawthorn	1.1	5.6	5.7	9.10	64	23	GLE	1953-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-06-27 10	H	Essendon	2.2	6.7	10.9	11.14	80	WON	Collingwood	1.6	1.8	3.13	6.16	52	28	WIN	1953-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-07-04 11	A	Essendon	2.5	2.7	7.11	7.11	53	LOST	Footscray	0.3	1.9	2.11	9.15	69	-16	WES	1953-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-07-18 12	A	Essendon	4.5	6.8	10.9	14.13	97	WON	Fitzroy	2.5	5.11	6.14	7.20	62	35	BWS	1953-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-07-25 13	H	Essendon	2.0	7.4	10.9	12.11	83	WON	South Melbourne	3.6	4.9	6.11	8.14	62	21	WIN	1953-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-08-01 14	A	Essendon	2.1	7.3	12.6	14.15	99	WON	St. Kilda	1.5	5.7	8.8	9.10	64	35	JUN	1953-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-08-08 15	H	Essendon	3.4	3.10	6.13	8.13	61	WON	Geelong	3.2	6.4	6.5	7.8	50	11	WIN	1953-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-08-15 16	A	Essendon	4.6	5.7	9.9	12.10	82	WON	Melbourne	0.4	3.6	7.8	8.9	57	25	MCG	1953-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-08-22 17	H	Essendon	4.0	5.1	9.3	12.6	78	LOST	North Melbourne	3.3	6.5	9.6	12.7	79	-1	WIN	1953-08-22 Aug 22 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-08-29 18	A	Essendon	6.2	14.5	15.7	19.12	126	WON	Richmond	5.3	6.4	10.5	13.7	85	41	PUN	1953-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1953-09-05 1SF	H	Essendon	1.0	3.7	4.7	5.11	41	LOST	Footscray	3.7	3.8	4.11	6.13	49	-8	MCG	1953-09-05 Sep 5 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1953 Player Stats

Player	GP	M	Avg	FF	G	Avg	B	TS
Bigelow, Doug	19	4	4.0	2	1	0.1	1	7
Booth, Stan	17				13	0.8
Bradley, Kevin	3				0	0.0
Carstairs, Jim	6				1	0.2
Clarke, Jack	17	2	2.0	0	1	0.1	0	6
Coleman, John	18	2	2.0	1	97	5.4	2	584
Coleman, Brian	5				0	0.0
Dale, Alan	1				0	0.0
Gallagher, Fred	12	5	5.0	0	5	0.4	0	30
Gamble, Jeff	6				3	0.5
Gardiner, Les	14	4	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0
Gill, John	15	7	7.0	2	8	0.5	0	48
Gilmore, Brian	3				0	0.0
Harrington, Jack	15	1	1.0	1	1	0.1	1	7
Heenan Jnr, Jim	2				0	0.0
Hutchison, Bill	18	6	6.0	4	27	1.5	3	165
Jones, Jack	16	0	0.0	0	2	0.1	0	12
Knowles, Jack	6				0	0.0
Law, Alby	2				1	0.5
Leek, Geoff	18	7	7.0	2	16	0.9	1	97
Mann, Lance	17	2	2.0	4	5	0.3	1	31
McConnell, Roy	19	2	2.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
McDonald, Norm	19	3	3.0	2	3	0.2	0	18
Mitchell, Hugh	2				1	0.5
Monks, Ian	12	2	2.0	2	17	1.4	0	102
Morris, Hugh	8				0	0.0
O'Sullivan, Peter	19	4	4.0	3	1	0.1	0	6
Pascoe, Mal	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Payne, Fred	2				0	0.0
Sewell, Greg	19	3	3.0	4	0	0.0	0	0
Syme, Bob	16	3	3.0	4	7	0.4	2	44
Thaw, Alan	14	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Towner, John	11	1	1.0	2	12	1.1	0	72