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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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1969 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1969 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 3.35.77.912.10 82 LOST Richmond 1.53.139.1815.21 111 -29 MCG Apr 7 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.14.88.913.13 91 DRAW Geelong 5.18.113.414.7 91 0 WIN Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 4.38.49.912.13 85 LOST Hawthorn 5.18.512.614.14 98 -13 WIN Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 3.26.810.1313.19 97 WON Melbourne 2.94.117.1510.19 79 18 MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.56.910.1416.17 113 WON North Melbourne 3.36.59.912.11 83 30 WIN May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.26.512.817.13 115 WON Fitzroy 3.27.59.713.12 90 25 PRI May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 1.46.109.1011.14 80 LOST St. Kilda 8.310.315.816.10 106 -26 MOO May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 2.26.611.1015.15 105 WON Footscray 6.29.211.913.12 90 15 WIN May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.32.45.66.9 45 LOST Carlton 5.58.811.915.13 103 -58 PRI May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.410.614.1118.15 123 WON South Melbourne 3.27.511.615.13 103 20 LAK Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 1.54.910.1513.19 97 LOST Collingwood 5.18.610.1116.12 108 -11 WIN Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 1.32.74.128.15 63 WON Richmond 1.44.65.87.12 54 9 WIN Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.27.610.1013.16 94 WON Geelong 3.76.87.1110.14 74 20 KAR Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.67.1112.1516.18 114 LOST Hawthorn 2.59.1014.1517.19 121 -7 GLE Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 0.66.108.1613.21 99 WON Melbourne 3.55.1010.1213.16 94 5 WIN Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 2.16.67.99.13 67 LOST North Melbourne 4.27.711.1213.16 94 -27 ARD Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 6.59.915.1119.18 132 WON Fitzroy 3.24.58.914.11 95 37 WIN Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 2.56.1214.1919.25 139 WON St. Kilda 3.37.610.811.10 76 63 WIN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 3.28.511.712.10 82 LOST Footscray 2.25.59.614.10 94 -12 WES Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 6.48.1010.1317.16 118 LOST Carlton 2.27.516.820.9 129 -11 WIN Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1969 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
42 Barclay, Stuart 12 149 12.4 19 1.6 168 14.0 56 4.7 3 0.3     14 22 0 0.0 0 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff 16 203 12.7 70 4.4 273 17.1 90 5.6 0 0.0     36 29 12 0.8 19 91
18 Brown, Greg 10 99 9.9 18 1.8 117 11.7 40 4.0 0 0.0     25 12 1 0.1 3 9
2 Buhaj, Wally 2 2 1.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
50 Carpenter, John 2 21 10.5 3 1.5 24 12.0 4 2.0 0 0.0     4 1 1 0.5 2 8
19 Close, Robin 19 229 12.1 41 2.2 270 14.2 96 5.1 0 0.0     50 43 39 2.1 28 262
31 Collins, David 10 79 7.9 21 2.1 100 10.0 32 3.2 0 0.0     12 17 4 0.4 4 28
5 Crouch, Gary 5 32 6.4 12 2.4 44 8.8 2 0.4 0 0.0     6 11 0 0.0 4 4
28 Daniel, Peter 20 168 8.4 22 1.1 190 9.5 89 4.5 49 2.5     23 24 32 1.6 29 221
32 Davis, Barry 19 446 23.5 90 4.7 536 28.2 134 7.1 5 0.3     38 34 18 0.9 18 126
29 Egan, Kevin 12 162 13.5 50 4.2 212 17.7 26 2.2 0 0.0     35 20 2 0.2 3 15
30 Ellis, John 5 62 12.4 52 10.4 114 22.8 35 7.0 1 0.2     7 11 5 1.0 5 35
40 Fanning, John 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
55 Fields, Neville 2 5 2.5 1 0.5 6 3.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     1 2 0 0.0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken 20 289 14.5 27 1.4 316 15.8 58 2.9 0 0.0     42 45 3 0.2 4 22
20 Fordham, Ted 6 75 12.5 20 3.3 95 15.8 27 4.5 0 0.0     16 15 2 0.3 5 17
17 Gerlach, Daryl 17 218 12.8 22 1.3 240 14.1 73 4.3 0 0.0     29 26 1 0.1 1 7
6 Gosper, Geoff 19 358 18.8 58 3.1 416 21.9 71 3.7 0 0.0     77 30 10 0.5 16 76
8 Greenwood, Bob 12 213 17.8 32 2.7 245 20.4 57 4.8 0 0.0     30 31 11 0.9 20 86
15 Gross, Don 13 155 11.9 48 3.7 203 15.6 25 1.9 0 0.0     23 23 13 1.0 10 88
41 Hampson, Roger 8 137 17.1 37 4.6 174 21.8 38 4.8 0 0.0     20 21 1 0.1 4 10
40 Headlam, Wayne 6 27 4.5 3 0.5 30 5.0 17 2.8 7 1.2     3 5 7 1.2 6 48
38 Lake, Eddie 4 35 8.8 7 1.8 42 10.5 14 3.5 0 0.0     6 8 0 0.0 2 2
16 Lake, Bruce 15 145 9.7 26 1.7 171 11.4 71 4.7 1 0.1     26 17 16 1.1 14 110
4 McGie, Lindsay 1 3 3.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 0 0 0.0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don 20 209 10.5 32 1.6 241 12.1 63 3.2 344 17.2     71 71 3 0.2 5 23
10 Noonan, Alan 18 208 11.6 35 1.9 243 13.5 99 5.5 0 0.0     28 40 43 2.4 37 295
7 Payne, Charlie 9 108 12.0 29 3.2 137 15.2 49 5.4 7 0.8     14 18 5 0.6 0 30
3 Payne, Ian 1 8 8.0 4 4.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 0 0.0     3 3 0 0.0 0 0
21 Pryor, Geoff 20 247 12.4 20 1.0 267 13.4 104 5.2 35 1.8     38 34 3 0.2 1 19
14 Sinclair, John 2 29 14.5 0 0.0 29 14.5 3 1.5 0 0.0     13 5 0 0.0 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul 17 228 13.4 74 4.4 302 17.8 54 3.2 0 0.0     35 37 21 1.2 24 150
25 Stevenson, Ian 4 17 4.3 4 1.0 21 5.3 5 1.3 14 3.5     5 8 0 0.0 0 0
23 Stillman, Les 13 156 12.0 26 2.0 182 14.0 46 3.5 0 0.0     22 31 14 1.1 20 104
53 Tassell, Doug 9 82 9.1 26 2.9 108 12.0 20 2.2 0 0.0     13 22 0 0.0 1 1
12 Thompson, Bill 8 76 9.5 31 3.9 107 13.4 32 4.0 0 0.0     9 12 0 0.0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce 3 8 2.7 1 0.3 9 3.0 5 1.7 6 2.0     1 2 5 1.7 2 32
22 Williams, John 20 319 16.0 28 1.4 347 17.4 107 5.4 0 0.0     36 19 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 400 5008 12.5 989 2.5 5997 15.0 1647 4.1 472 1.2     812 749 272 0.7 287 1919
 

Footnotes

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