Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong Football Club

Known as
Geelong

Nickname
Cats

Formed
1859

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Geelong Reserves; Geelong WFC; Geelong WFC (VFLW); Geelong U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
Kardinia Park

AFL Premierships
2007, 2009, 2011, 2022 (4 total)

VFL Premierships
1925, 1931, 1937, 1951-2, 1963 (6 total)

VFA Premierships
1878-9-80, 1882-3-4, 1886 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
V/AFL Night Series - 1961, 2006, 2009 (3 total); McClelland Trophy: 1952, 1954, 1962-63, 1980-81, 1992, 2007-8, 2019, 2022 (11 total)

Most Games
355 - Joel Selwood (2007-2022)

Most Goals
1021 - Gary Ablett Snr (1984-1996)

League Top Goalkickers
E.James (27) 1897 & (31) 1899; L.Hagger (78) 1925; G.Moloney (109) 1932; L.White (86) 1948; G.Goninon (86) 1951; N.Rayson (80) 1955; D.Wade (68) 1962, (96) 1967 & (127) 1969; L.Donohue (105) 1976; G.Ablett senior (129) 1994 & (122) 1995; T. Hawkins (42) 2020 (10 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Edward 'Carji' Greeves 1924; Bernie Smith 1951; Alistair Lord 1962; Paul Couch 1989; Jimmy Bartel 2007; Gary Ablett jnr 2009; Patrick Dangerfield 2016 (7 total)

Headquarters
Kardinia Park (GMHBA) La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, VIC 3220

Postal Address
PO Box 461, Geelong, VIC, 3220

Phone: 1300 462 287

Website
geelongcats.com.au

Geelong

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "

John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers

1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong'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	A	Geelong	2.1	6.2	7.2	9.4	58	LOST	Essendon	3.0	4.3	7.4	11.6	72	-14	WIN	1966-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-04-30 2	H	Geelong	2.0	6.11	11.12	13.16	94	WON	South Melbourne	4.4	5.5	10.6	11.8	74	20	KAR	1966-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-07 3	H	Geelong	2.4	4.7	10.8	12.14	86	WON	Footscray	2.0	5.2	6.2	7.4	46	40	KAR	1966-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-14 4	A	Geelong	4.6	4.10	6.16	7.16	58	LOST	St. Kilda	0.0	9.3	11.4	15.11	101	-43	MOO	1966-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-21 5	H	Geelong	3.1	6.5	9.5	12.8	80	LOST	Richmond	9.4	12.4	14.5	15.8	98	-18	KAR	1966-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-05-28 6	A	Geelong	4.4	5.6	10.13	12.20	92	WON	North Melbourne	3.2	5.3	8.7	8.7	55	37	ARD	1966-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-04 7	H	Geelong	4.1	4.3	5.6	8.9	57	WON	Carlton	1.3	4.7	8.7	8.8	56	1	KAR	1966-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-11 8	A	Geelong	2.3	4.4	9.8	11.10	76	LOST	Collingwood	1.3	6.8	9.14	14.21	105	-29	VIC	1966-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-18 9	H	Geelong	4.1	8.7	10.13	20.24	144	WON	Fitzroy	4.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	31	113	KAR	1966-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-06-25 10	H	Geelong	4.4	7.8	11.13	17.15	117	WON	Hawthorn	0.2	3.5	5.7	8.9	57	60	KAR	1966-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-02 11	A	Geelong	0.3	6.9	11.12	13.15	93	WON	Melbourne	2.4	5.7	9.15	9.21	75	18	MCG	1966-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-16 12	H	Geelong	2.1	7.2	11.4	15.7	97	WON	Essendon	2.2	4.2	4.5	5.7	37	60	KAR	1966-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-23 13	A	Geelong	2.4	4.9	8.13	9.17	71	WON	South Melbourne	2.3	4.8	6.9	9.11	65	6	LAK	1966-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-07-30 14	A	Geelong	1.1	5.4	6.7	10.11	71	WON	Footscray	2.4	2.8	6.9	7.9	51	20	WES	1966-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-06 15	H	Geelong	3.2	7.6	8.8	14.11	95	WON	St. Kilda	2.3	4.6	8.11	10.12	72	23	KAR	1966-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-13 16	A	Geelong	3.2	7.4	11.12	11.16	82	WON	Richmond	0.3	4.7	5.9	6.12	48	34	MCG	1966-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-20 17	H	Geelong	3.5	10.8	13.12	17.16	118	WON	North Melbourne	3.3	6.8	7.10	11.13	79	39	KAR	1966-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-08-27 18	A	Geelong	4.1	6.8	12.10	16.14	110	WON	Carlton	2.5	2.9	5.9	5.10	40	70	PRI	1966-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15)	Scores
1966-09-03 1SF	H	Geelong	3.4	3.5	7.9	12.14	86	LOST	Essendon	6.1	10.5	13.6	15.6	96	-10	MCG	1966-09-03 Sep 3 (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
Andrews, Gareth	6	51	8.5	7	1.2	58	9.7	15	2.5	1	0.2	6	10	9	1.5	10	64
Barr, Alan	5	12	2.4	2	0.4	14	2.8	2	0.4	0	0.0	1	2	0	0.0	1	1
Brown, David	4	38	9.5	8	2.0	46	11.5	4	1.0	0	0.0	3	5	2	0.5	5	17
Chirgwin, Brian	3	18	6.0	4	1.3	22	7.3	2	0.7	0	0.0	4	0	8	2.7	3	51
Closter, Wayne	18	354	19.7	25	1.4	379	21.1	91	5.1	0	0.0	38	25	1	0.1	3	9
Davies, John	5	30	6.0	7	1.4	37	7.4	8	1.6	0	0.0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Devine, John	15	236	15.7	26	1.7	262	17.5	63	4.2	1	0.1	21	32	0	0.0	1	1
Eales, Colin	18	187	10.4	17	0.9	204	11.3	34	1.9	0	0.0	24	25	7	0.4	13	55
Farman, Terry	12	73	6.1	18	1.5	91	7.6	22	1.8	4	0.3	8	17	4	0.3	3	27
Farmer, Graham 'Polly'	18	232	12.9	222	12.3	454	25.2	112	6.2	389	22.9	69	69	15	0.8	14	104
Gladman, Ken	5	16	3.2	1	0.2	17	3.4	3	0.6	0	0.0	3	3	1	0.2	1	7
Goggin, Bill	18	350	19.4	89	4.9	439	24.4	41	2.3	0	0.0	32	32	27	1.5	22	184
Graham, Ricky	7	34	4.9	3	0.4	37	5.3	5	0.7	0	0.0	6	2	1	0.1	3	9
Herrod, Darryl	5	16	3.2	4	0.8	20	4.0	2	0.4	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Hosking, Ron	19	254	13.4	31	1.6	285	15.0	58	3.1	0	0.0	21	17	0	0.0	0	0
Hynes, Gordon	12	167	13.9	11	0.9	178	14.8	21	1.8	1	0.1	13	25	15	1.3	15	105
Lord, Alistair	17	299	17.6	47	2.8	346	20.4	30	1.8	1	0.1	36	43	10	0.6	8	68
Marshall, Denis	17	307	18.1	53	3.1	360	21.2	91	5.4	1	0.1	41	26	2	0.1	3	15
Newland, Ken	19	191	10.1	66	3.5	257	13.5	79	4.2	0	0.0	13	35	21	1.1	24	150
Newman, John 'Sam'	16	186	11.6	64	4.0	250	15.6	67	4.2	225	15.0	24	35	11	0.7	16	82
Polinelli, Tony	14	237	16.9	18	1.3	255	18.2	78	5.6	1	0.1	24	24	2	0.1	12	24
Reid, Gordon	6	15	2.5	3	0.5	18	3.0	5	0.8	0	0.0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rosenow, Geoff	19	327	17.2	42	2.2	369	19.4	103	5.4	32	1.8	20	31	1	0.1	0	6
Ryan, Bill	18	214	11.9	58	3.2	272	15.1	101	5.6	86	5.1	22	19	25	1.4	22	172
Sharrock, John	17	256	15.1	52	3.1	308	18.1	116	6.8	6	0.4	36	25	14	0.8	24	108
Teasdale, Alan	8	48	6.0	4	0.5	52	6.5	14	1.8	0	0.0	5	7	10	1.3	4	64
Vinar, Paul	14	138	9.9	31	2.2	169	12.1	35	2.5	37	2.8	8	21	0	0.0	1	1
Wade, Doug	17	150	8.8	41	2.4	191	11.2	76	4.5	5	0.3	17	29	52	3.1	43	355
Walker, Peter	17	200	11.8	61	3.6	261	15.4	55	3.2	1	0.1	22	43	0	0.0	0	0
West, Roy	11	86	7.8	10	0.9	96	8.7	24	2.2	4	0.4	7	17	0	0.0	0	0