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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; Essendon U19s; Essendon Wheelchair

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

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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1956 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1956 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Essendon 1.34.67.99.13 67 WON Carlton 1.14.14.75.9 39 28 WIN Apr 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A Essendon 2.53.96.137.15 57 LOST Fitzroy 3.68.109.1210.19 79 -22 BWS Apr 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Essendon 3.26.1011.1115.17 107 WON North Melbourne 3.56.78.99.11 65 42 ARD Apr 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Essendon 9.313.415.518.9 117 WON St. Kilda 3.35.87.169.23 77 40 WIN May 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Essendon 2.83.135.186.22 58 WON Richmond 1.21.54.107.10 52 6 WIN May 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Essendon 1.44.88.1211.20 86 LOST South Melbourne 4.110.313.815.8 98 -12 LAK May 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.24.47.68.9 57 LOST Geelong 1.44.1210.1415.17 107 -50 KAR May 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.26.68.612.11 83 LOST Footscray 4.56.1112.1914.23 107 -24 WIN Jun 4 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
9 A Essendon 0.40.71.114.15 39 LOST Melbourne 2.39.1013.1415.17 107 -68 MCG Jun 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H Essendon 2.45.88.1412.20 92 WON Hawthorn 5.27.59.1010.11 71 21 WIN Jun 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.62.87.107.12 54 LOST Collingwood 2.27.99.1215.18 108 -54 VIC Jun 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Essendon 0.12.93.135.15 45 LOST Carlton 5.36.58.1012.13 85 -40 PRI Jul 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Essendon 0.23.34.79.13 67 WON Fitzroy 2.35.57.98.10 58 9 WIN Jul 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.65.148.1510.18 78 WON North Melbourne 0.22.46.86.11 47 31 WIN Jul 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Essendon 1.04.25.47.7 49 WON St. Kilda 1.54.66.106.11 47 2 JUN Jul 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Essendon 2.44.56.911.13 79 LOST Richmond 5.48.79.1113.13 91 -12 PUN Aug 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Essendon 2.35.67.911.10 76 WON South Melbourne 1.23.65.107.16 58 18 WIN Aug 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Essendon 2.35.59.1014.13 97 WON Geelong 1.25.96.139.15 69 28 WIN Aug 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1956 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Bigelow, Doug 17                             2 0.1    
Booth, Stan 17                             21 1.2    
Burgess, Reg 17                             3 0.2    
Carmichael, Don 5                             0 0.0    
Carstairs, Jim 11                             6 0.5    
Clarke, Jack 16                             10 0.6    
Clarkson, Jack 2                             1 0.5    
Dale, Alan 3                             0 0.0    
Dench, Doug 9                             0 0.0    
Diston, Morton 7                             0 0.0    
Fox, Robert 15                             8 0.5    
Gallagher, Fred 18                             0 0.0    
Gamble, Jeff 13                             4 0.3    
Gill, John 14                             11 0.8    
Harrington, Jack 11                             3 0.3    
Heenan Jnr, Jim 18                             0 0.0    
Hutchison, Bill 15                             30 2.0    
Knowles, Jack 16                             0 0.0    
Lalor, Ray 6                             2 0.3    
Leek, Geoff 15                             7 0.5    
Lynch, Fred 6                             0 0.0    
McConnell, Roy 12                             0 0.0    
Mitchell, Hugh 18                             16 0.9    
Nixon, Max 6                             1 0.2    
Pascoe, Mal 17                             13 0.8    
Prest, Warren 1                             0 0.0    
Sewell, Greg 18                             2 0.1    
Shearman, Bob 2                             1 0.5    
Suter, Bob 2                             0 0.0    
Taylor, Bob 7                             1 0.1    
Towner, John 10                             1 0.1    
Willey, Graham 16                             33 2.1    
 

Footnotes

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