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; Essendon U19s

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

1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1966 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1966-04-23 1	H	Essendon	3.0	4.3	7.4	11.6	72	WON	Geelong	2.1	6.2	7.2	9.4	58	14	WIN	1966-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-04-30 2	A	Essendon	3.0	8.8	9.12	12.20	92	WON	North Melbourne	2.2	3.5	3.8	5.13	43	49	ARD	1966-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-07 3	H	Essendon	3.4	5.8	7.14	8.18	66	WON	Collingwood	2.1	2.4	4.5	8.6	54	12	WIN	1966-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-14 4	A	Essendon	1.2	2.3	3.7	5.11	41	LOST	Carlton	5.4	6.7	12.9	15.12	102	-61	PRI	1966-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-21 5	A	Essendon	4.1	9.4	11.5	17.11	113	WON	Fitzroy	3.2	5.7	9.9	9.10	64	49	BWS	1966-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-28 6	H	Essendon	3.8	6.10	10.13	15.15	105	WON	Hawthorn	0.1	4.3	6.6	12.9	81	24	WIN	1966-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-04 7	A	Essendon	3.2	4.3	6.5	9.6	60	LOST	Melbourne	2.3	7.4	9.7	14.10	94	-34	MCG	1966-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-13 8	A	Essendon	2.4	3.5	7.7	7.7	49	LOST	St. Kilda	1.0	5.2	6.5	8.8	56	-7	MOO	1966-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-18 9	H	Essendon	1.3	4.9	7.12	9.17	71	WON	Footscray	1.5	2.5	3.9	4.13	37	34	WIN	1966-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-25 10	H	Essendon	3.2	6.5	11.13	14.16	100	WON	Richmond	4.2	8.4	10.5	15.6	96	4	WIN	1966-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-09 11	A	Essendon	4.2	10.4	12.6	13.12	90	WON	South Melbourne	4.4	6.5	9.8	12.10	82	8	LAK	1966-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-16 12	A	Essendon	2.2	4.2	4.5	5.7	37	LOST	Geelong	2.1	7.2	11.4	15.7	97	-60	KAR	1966-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-23 13	H	Essendon	2.5	3.11	5.14	6.16	52	WON	North Melbourne	1.2	4.3	5.5	6.6	42	10	WIN	1966-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-30 14	A	Essendon	8.1	10.5	12.8	18.9	117	WON	Collingwood	2.5	4.7	5.8	7.10	52	65	VIC	1966-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-06 15	H	Essendon	3.3	9.5	12.6	18.7	115	WON	Carlton	4.2	5.4	8.10	10.13	73	42	WIN	1966-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-13 16	H	Essendon	5.1	9.3	13.6	14.9	93	WON	Fitzroy	0.2	2.4	3.6	6.9	45	48	WIN	1966-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-20 17	A	Essendon	1.2	9.2	13.6	15.10	100	WON	Hawthorn	2.3	4.6	9.11	11.13	79	21	GLE	1966-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-27 18	H	Essendon	3.2	5.6	9.12	11.18	84	WON	Melbourne	5.3	5.5	7.5	7.7	49	35	WIN	1966-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-09-03 1SF	A	Essendon	6.1	10.5	13.6	15.6	96	WON	Geelong	3.4	3.5	7.9	12.14	86	10	MCG	1966-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1966-09-17 PF	A	Essendon	2.4	3.4	3.9	7.10	52	LOST	St. Kilda	4.1	10.2	10.2	15.4	94	-42	MCG	1966-09-17 Sep 17 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1966 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Armstrong, Bruce	3	12	4.0	1	0.3	13	4.3	7	2.3	0	0.0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Birt, Johnny	18	366	20.3	25	1.4	391	21.7	38	2.1	0	0.0	36	24	22	1.2	19	151
Blew, Russell	5	102	20.4	2	0.4	104	20.8	22	4.4	0	0.0	13	7	1	0.2	1	7
Brown, Greg	18	185	10.3	20	1.1	205	11.4	69	3.8	1	0.1	23	22	0	0.0	0	0
Capuano, Barry	6	87	14.5	8	1.3	95	15.8	17	2.8	0	0.0	11	11	0	0.0	1	1
Clarke, Jack	18	277	15.4	54	3.0	331	18.4	53	2.9	0	0.0	36	21	22	1.2	10	142
Davis, Barry	20	275	13.8	30	1.5	305	15.3	82	4.1	0	0.0	27	17	1	0.1	2	8
Egan, Kevin	14	180	12.9	48	3.4	228	16.3	21	1.5	0	0.0	39	28	1	0.1	1	7
Epis, Alec	16	173	10.8	12	0.8	185	11.6	35	2.2	1	0.1	15	35	0	0.0	2	2
Fordham, Ted	20	211	10.6	21	1.1	232	11.6	106	5.3	1	0.1	35	22	76	3.8	55	511
Forsyth, Jim	11	58	5.3	10	0.9	68	6.2	12	1.1	90	8.2	12	15	3	0.3	1	19
Fraser, Ken	16	257	16.1	82	5.1	339	21.2	123	7.7	19	1.3	41	30	10	0.6	6	66
Gent, Keith	3	18	6.0	4	1.3	22	7.3	6	2.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	1	1
Gerlach, Daryl	20	213	10.7	31	1.6	244	12.2	55	2.8	0	0.0	32	20	0	0.0	0	0
Gosper, Geoff	20	263	13.2	42	2.1	305	15.3	42	2.1	0	0.0	32	26	5	0.3	11	41
Gross, Don	5	11	2.2	1	0.2	12	2.4	3	0.6	0	0.0	2	2	2	0.4	0	12
Hird Jnr, Allan	3	10	3.3	2	0.7	12	4.0	1	0.3	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnston, Graeme	6	38	6.3	5	0.8	43	7.2	3	0.5	0	0.0	5	3	1	0.2	2	8
McKenzie, Don	20	232	11.6	30	1.5	262	13.1	74	3.7	320	16.8	51	67	1	0.1	4	10
Mitchell, Hugh	17	171	10.1	23	1.4	194	11.4	45	2.6	11	0.7	13	9	11	0.6	13	79
Noonan, Alan	12	155	12.9	36	3.0	191	15.9	71	5.9	3	0.3	26	18	14	1.2	16	100
Payne, Ian	12	89	7.4	17	1.4	106	8.8	26	2.2	0	0.0	14	21	5	0.4	5	35
Payne, Charlie	18	198	11.0	17	0.9	215	11.9	68	3.8	54	3.2	20	29	0	0.0	0	0
Pryor, Geoff	20	236	11.8	18	0.9	254	12.7	65	3.3	3	0.2	22	20	1	0.1	0	6
Sampson, Brian	8	50	6.3	10	1.3	60	7.5	34	4.3	74	10.6	8	16	6	0.8	3	39
Shaw, David	20	327	16.4	27	1.4	354	17.7	57	2.9	39	2.1	36	44	18	0.9	28	136
Somerville, John	19	230	12.1	17	0.9	247	13.0	78	4.1	1	0.1	34	28	19	1.0	23	137
Waite, Bruce	14	59	4.2	25	1.8	84	6.0	26	1.9	96	7.4	9	20	1	0.1	2	8
Williams, John	14	149	10.6	15	1.1	164	11.7	31	2.2	70	5.4	22	25	9	0.6	13	67
Wilson, Bob	4	22	5.5	1	0.3	23	5.8	1	0.3	4	1.0	0	4	0	0.0	0	0