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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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1957 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1957 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 1.64.77.813.15 93 WON Collingwood 2.46.77.108.10 58 35 VIC Apr 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.25.410.611.8 74 WON Fitzroy 0.32.54.98.15 63 11 WIN Apr 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Essendon 0.03.74.85.11 41 LOST Melbourne 2.56.137.1711.20 86 -45 MCG May 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.56.89.1111.14 80 WON Footscray 2.23.73.94.14 38 42 WIN May 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Essendon 2.24.115.1314.16 100 WON South Melbourne 3.65.106.127.16 58 42 LAK May 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Essendon 1.51.67.119.12 66 LOST Hawthorn 1.22.74.811.8 74 -8 WIN May 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Essendon 3.33.114.147.20 62 LOST Carlton 6.06.49.913.9 87 -25 PRI Jun 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.28.812.921.12 138 WON Geelong 5.47.812.915.12 102 36 WIN Jun 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.04.115.169.21 75 WON St. Kilda 2.102.112.123.12 30 45 JUN Jun 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.53.73.157.19 61 LOST Richmond 3.27.49.613.10 88 -27 PUN Jun 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Essendon 5.25.710.1011.14 80 LOST North Melbourne 6.38.79.913.11 89 -9 WIN Jun 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 H Essendon 5.28.59.1112.16 88 WON Collingwood 2.53.76.1010.13 73 15 WIN Jul 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 A Essendon 1.25.68.119.18 72 WON Fitzroy 0.53.75.97.10 52 20 BWS Jul 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.46.79.129.18 72 LOST Melbourne 3.07.08.411.7 73 -1 WIN Jul 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Essendon 4.35.610.912.11 83 WON Footscray 2.24.34.47.8 50 33 WES Aug 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Essendon 5.46.69.910.15 75 WON South Melbourne 0.61.106.117.13 55 20 WIN Aug 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Essendon 1.24.67.99.10 64 LOST Hawthorn 4.16.111.313.7 85 -21 GLE Aug 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Essendon 4.77.1311.1517.21 123 WON Carlton 1.14.56.89.8 62 61 WIN Aug 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2SF A Essendon 1.310.611.912.11 83 WON Melbourne 2.42.66.158.19 67 16 MCG Sep 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Essendon 2.34.47.87.13 55 LOST Melbourne 6.29.912.1117.14 116 -61 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1957 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
11 Birt, Johnny 20                             29 1.5    
2 Booth, Stan 20                             23 1.2    
18 Burgess, Reg 18                             3 0.2    
32 Carmichael, Don 7                             1 0.1    
20 Carstairs, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
1 Clarke, Jack 17                             4 0.2    
26 Donohoe, Brian 8                             1 0.1    
16 Driscoll, Frank 4                             10 2.5    
19 Elliott, Trevor 1                             0 0.0    
24 Fox, Robert 18                             2 0.1    
13 Gallagher, Fred 12                             34 2.8    
22 Gamble, Jeff 19                             0 0.0    
3 Gill, John 18                             13 0.7    
38 Gluyas, Bob 8                             14 1.8    
37 Green, Kevin 2                             0 0.0    
23 Harrington, Jack 4                             0 0.0    
4 Hebbard, Col 16                             16 1.0    
14 Heenan Jnr, Jim 14                             6 0.4    
7 Hutchison, Bill 16                             22 1.4    
21 Knowles, Jack 18                             0 0.0    
30 Leek, Geoff 20                             12 0.6    
10 Maloney, Leo 7                             2 0.3    
28 McColl, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
31 Mitchell, Hugh 20                             15 0.8    
15 Murdoch, Alby 6                             0 0.0    
34 Pascoe, Mal 19                             4 0.2    
6 Pridham, Les 1                             0 0.0    
9 Sewell, Greg 18                             1 0.1    
35 Shearman, Bob 20                             1 0.1    
5 Suter, Bob 19                             0 0.0    
25 Timms, Ken 4                             2 0.5    
33 Towner, John 16                             0 0.0    
27 Webster, Eric 8                             0 0.0    
Totals 400                             215 0.5    
 

Footnotes

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