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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

CEO
Cookson, Bill

President
Hird, Allan

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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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1972 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1972 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 7.77.1214.1718.20 128 WON Footscray 2.36.77.99.13 67 61 WES Apr 3 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 4.09.212.416.11 107 WON South Melbourne 3.54.86.137.18 60 47 WIN Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 6.410.916.1419.17 131 WON Richmond 4.36.78.1216.15 111 20 MCG Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 4.58.1212.1517.27 129 WON Geelong 2.34.610.1012.14 86 43 WIN Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 0.46.77.710.13 73 LOST Carlton 2.33.47.913.10 88 -15 VFL Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 5.27.59.1112.13 85 LOST Melbourne 5.38.68.916.13 109 -24 MCG May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 5.310.1216.1318.15 123 WON St. Kilda 2.55.97.1410.22 82 41 WIN May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 1.310.714.814.12 96 WON North Melbourne 2.43.66.128.13 61 35 ARD May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 5.57.119.1415.17 107 WON Hawthorn 4.58.1411.1714.21 105 2 WIN May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.36.812.1114.17 101 WON Fitzroy 4.35.612.615.9 99 2 VFL Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.27.98.1213.15 93 LOST Collingwood 3.45.515.823.10 148 -55 VIC Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.18.811.914.15 99 LOST Footscray 1.88.1112.1319.19 133 -34 WIN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 6.36.611.713.9 87 WON South Melbourne 3.16.59.812.12 84 3 LAK Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.25.45.69.6 60 LOST Geelong 2.16.69.910.10 70 -10 KAR Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.56.811.1013.12 90 LOST Richmond 2.25.510.617.9 111 -21 WIN Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 5.47.911.1317.15 117 LOST Carlton 4.416.417.720.13 133 -16 PRI Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 3.313.616.1121.14 140 WON Melbourne 4.27.210.914.11 95 45 WIN Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 3.25.59.1312.16 88 WON St. Kilda 4.28.89.812.9 81 7 MOO Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 3.616.1018.1221.14 140 WON North Melbourne 3.43.57.614.11 95 45 WIN Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 0.56.99.1412.15 87 LOST Hawthorn 6.58.810.1015.16 106 -19 VFL Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 5.27.315.818.11 119 WON Fitzroy 4.610.1414.1714.20 104 15 JUN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Essendon 5.410.713.1117.15 117 WON Collingwood 5.38.415.717.10 112 5 WIN Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF A Essendon 2.28.38.410.11 71 LOST St. Kilda 5.511.815.1618.16 124 -53 VFL Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1972 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
37 Barclay, Stuart 4 31 7.8 6 1.5 37 9.3 9 2.3 0 0.0     3 9 0 0.0 1 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff 23 252 11.0 12 0.5 264 11.5 120 5.2 0 0.0     50 36 107 4.7 73 715
49 Brown, Bruce 1 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
9 Cassin, John 18 169 9.4 22 1.2 191 10.6 36 2.0 0 0.0     19 57 9 0.5 9 63
19 Close, Robin 15 170 11.3 35 2.3 205 13.7 78 5.2 0 0.0     35 36 21 1.4 24 150
28 Daniel, Peter 15 122 8.1 9 0.6 131 8.7 46 3.1 0 0.0     24 24 3 0.2 1 19
32 Davis, Barry 22 376 17.1 34 1.5 410 18.6 106 4.8 0 0.0     58 26 2 0.1 2 14
40 Delahunty, Hugh 11 111 10.1 22 2.0 133 12.1 50 4.5 1 0.1     22 13 8 0.7 7 55
1 Fields, Neville 23 436 19.0 45 2.0 481 20.9 89 3.9 0 0.0     88 61 24 1.0 27 171
21 Fletcher, Ken 23 384 16.7 19 0.8 403 17.5 80 3.5 0 0.0     56 60 7 0.3 12 54
17 Gerlach, Daryl 18 176 9.8 8 0.4 184 10.2 49 2.7 0 0.0     36 20 0 0.0 0 0
4 Grainger, Gary 5 12 2.4 15 3.0 27 5.4 4 0.8 21 4.2     5 5 0 0.0 2 2
18 Grinter, Barry 21 186 8.9 34 1.6 220 10.5 87 4.1 28 1.3     37 53 4 0.2 6 30
15 Gross, Don 9 96 10.7 35 3.9 131 14.6 16 1.8 0 0.0     17 17 4 0.4 8 32
44 Halley, Len 17 152 8.9 62 3.6 214 12.6 62 3.6 69 4.3     43 29 4 0.2 2 26
14 Headlam, Wayne 5 37 7.4 5 1.0 42 8.4 16 3.2 31 6.2     10 13 5 1.0 1 31
23 Hickmott, Peter 2 15 7.5 7 3.5 22 11.0 4 2.0 0 0.0     5 4 0 0.0 3 3
29 Hogan, Ken 10 113 11.3 14 1.4 127 12.7 12 1.2 0 0.0     20 22 4 0.4 10 34
38 Lake, Eddie 1 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 1 0 0.0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don 21 159 7.6 21 1.0 180 8.6 46 2.2 157 7.9     56 51 0 0.0 3 3
34 Moloney, Laurie 14 163 11.6 21 1.5 184 13.1 35 2.5 0 0.0     27 32 2 0.1 2 14
10 Noonan, Alan 21 254 12.1 59 2.8 313 14.9 94 4.5 3 0.2     47 59 37 1.8 36 258
5 Parkes, Gary 11 156 14.2 12 1.1 168 15.3 33 3.0 0 0.0     29 37 5 0.5 3 33
7 Payne, Charlie 14 82 5.9 9 0.6 91 6.5 34 2.4 7 0.5     15 21 1 0.1 0 6
36 Perry, Greg 18 114 6.3 33 1.8 147 8.2 66 3.7 137 8.1     32 49 15 0.8 8 98
6 Roberts, Ken 21 240 11.4 47 2.2 287 13.7 63 3.0 0 0.0     71 71 23 1.1 11 149
12 Schultz, Graeme 16 181 11.3 16 1.0 197 12.3 40 2.5 0 0.0     28 16 23 1.4 19 157
35 Smith, Ray 9 102 11.3 8 0.9 110 12.2 22 2.4 0 0.0     14 15 0 0.0 0 0
27 Talbot, Sandy 12 71 5.9 6 0.5 77 6.4 19 1.6 0 0.0     24 20 0 0.0 0 0
8 Tuddenham, Des 21 285 13.6 67 3.2 352 16.8 49 2.3 0 0.0     54 51 22 1.0 19 151
56 Wellington, Pat 2 4 2.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
22 Williams, John 21 312 14.9 50 2.4 362 17.2 120 5.7 0 0.0     46 33 0 0.0 0 0
33 Wilson, Andy 16 182 11.4 16 1.0 198 12.4 32 2.0 0 0.0     32 21 13 0.8 12 90
Totals 460 5147 11.2 749 1.6 5896 12.8 1520 3.3 454 1.0     1003 962 343 0.7 301 2359
 

Footnotes

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