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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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1959 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1959 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Essendon 3.36.109.1411.18 84 LOST Carlton 7.48.1012.1313.20 98 -14 PRI Apr 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.48.613.818.15 123 WON St. Kilda 3.16.57.1112.15 87 36 WIN May 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.14.36.77.10 52 LOST South Melbourne 3.45.88.109.11 65 -13 LAK May 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Essendon 4.45.75.128.14 62 LOST North Melbourne 2.35.99.1111.11 77 -15 WIN May 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.86.118.1311.18 84 WON Geelong 0.42.55.97.12 54 30 WIN May 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.84.137.1512.22 94 WON Fitzroy 2.57.510.611.9 75 19 BWS May 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Essendon 3.45.510.715.11 101 WON Footscray 1.45.77.1112.13 85 16 WIN Jun 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Essendon 3.35.46.68.8 56 LOST Melbourne 3.18.711.1219.15 129 -73 MCG Jun 15 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.36.107.118.11 59 LOST Collingwood 1.42.65.914.12 96 -37 WIN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Essendon 3.96.1211.1712.20 92 LOST Hawthorn 3.37.610.814.13 97 -5 GLE Jul 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.17.715.1219.20 134 WON Richmond 2.44.78.910.9 69 65 WIN Jul 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 H Essendon 4.26.611.815.10 100 WON Carlton 1.43.73.127.18 60 40 WIN Jul 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 A Essendon 4.17.29.511.5 71 LOST St. Kilda 1.57.79.1012.13 85 -14 JUN Jul 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 3.55.88.1110.19 79 WON South Melbourne 3.25.67.98.14 62 17 WIN Aug 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Essendon 5.48.714.1416.14 110 WON North Melbourne 2.04.25.511.8 74 36 ARD Aug 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.69.1011.1315.16 106 WON Geelong 4.34.511.612.9 81 25 KAR Aug 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Essendon 5.17.39.711.8 74 WON Fitzroy 0.53.66.87.12 54 20 WIN Aug 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Essendon 8.210.415.1017.15 117 WON Footscray 2.36.107.1110.14 74 43 WES Aug 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
1SF H Essendon 2.54.910.1114.16 100 WON Collingwood 1.44.85.118.14 62 38 MCG Sep 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 1.44.56.88.9 57 WON Carlton 0.13.75.87.8 50 7 MCG Sep 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Essendon 3.57.810.1011.12 78 LOST Melbourne 1.48.511.1017.13 115 -37 MCG Sep 26 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1959 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Barber, Geoff 3                             0 0.0    
Birt, Johnny 20 73 24.3         3 1.0         6 1 27 1.4    
Booth, Stan 3                             0 0.0    
Burgess, Reg 19 45 15.0         5 1.7         7 1 1 0.1    
Burt, Ian 4                             0 0.0    
Capuano, Barry 10 43 14.3         7 2.3         5 2 3 0.3    
Clarke, Jack 19 34 11.3         7 2.3         5 2 19 1.0    
Dellar, Kevin 5                             0 0.0    
Donohoe, Brian 7                             0 0.0    
Doran, Paul 8 4 4.0         1 1.0         0 0 7 0.9    
Epis, Alec 20 49 16.3         16 5.3         2 5 0 0.0    
Evans, Ron 20 13 4.3         9 3.0         0 1 78 3.9    
Fraser, Ken 21 37 12.3         14 4.7         3 4 9 0.4    
Gamble, Jeff 4                             0 0.0    
Hebbard, Col 20 34 11.3         5 1.7         4 5 3 0.2    
Leek, Geoff 21 21 7.0         9 3.0         4 14 15 0.7    
Leydin, Graham 16 9 3.0         1 0.3         1 0 13 0.8    
Mackie, Barry 16 1 0.5         1 0.5         0 0 6 0.4    
Mann, Lance 17 12 6.0         2 1.0         0 0 0 0.0    
Mitchell, Hugh 21 59 19.7         15 5.0         5 0 38 1.8    
Moloney, George 5                             2 0.4    
Murdoch, Alby 17 22 7.3         2 0.7         4 5 0 0.0    
Nicolson, Don 5                             2 0.4    
Parks, Kevin 2                             0 0.0    
Peucker, Ken 8 39 13.0         9 3.0         5 1 12 1.5    
Sampson, Brian 18 18 6.0         10 3.3         4 4 2 0.1    
Sewell, Greg 18 20 10.0         5 2.5         0 2 10 0.6    
Shaw, David 19 44 14.7         8 2.7         5 1 8 0.4    
Shearman, Bob 19 15 15.0         10 10.0         1 2 1 0.1    
Shelton, Ian 10 35 11.7         9 3.0         8 2 0 0.0    
Timms, Ken 8 7 7.0         2 2.0         1 1 1 0.1    
Towner, John 17 18 6.0         4 1.3         3 1 0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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