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)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

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

1976 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1976 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1976-04-03 1	A	Geelong	6.2	13.4	21.5	25.7	157	WON	South Melbourne	5.1	11.5	16.9	23.15	153	4	LAK	1976-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-10 2	H	Geelong	5.6	10.9	16.9	22.11	143	WON	Richmond	3.4	6.5	10.7	14.11	95	48	KAR	1976-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-19 3	A	Geelong	3.3	7.7	9.8	12.14	86	LOST	St. Kilda	3.1	6.1	13.8	16.10	106	-20	MOO	1976-04-19 Apr 19 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-24 4	H	Geelong	3.3	10.5	15.9	19.12	126	WON	Fitzroy	1.4	4.6	8.10	13.13	91	35	KAR	1976-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-01 5	H	Geelong	3.1	10.3	12.5	15.6	96	WON	North Melbourne	4.7	7.9	12.11	13.12	90	6	VFL	1976-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-08 6	A	Geelong	5.4	10.7	14.11	15.13	103	WON	Collingwood	1.4	6.9	10.12	14.13	97	6	VIC	1976-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-15 7	H	Geelong	4.1	6.7	8.12	13.17	95	WON	Footscray	5.3	9.5	13.8	14.9	93	2	KAR	1976-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-22 8	A	Geelong	4.3	7.7	11.10	12.12	84	LOST	Essendon	4.2	7.5	11.10	14.10	94	-10	WIN	1976-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-29 9	H	Geelong	3.4	7.10	9.13	14.18	102	WON	Carlton	1.3	4.5	11.8	12.10	82	20	KAR	1976-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-05 10	H	Geelong	6.0	8.2	13.3	19.8	122	WON	Melbourne	4.1	7.6	9.11	13.15	93	29	VFL	1976-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-14 11	A	Geelong	4.3	7.6	9.8	11.10	76	LOST	Hawthorn	3.3	5.11	9.17	11.22	88	-12	PRI	1976-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-19 12	H	Geelong	4.2	12.5	17.9	23.17	155	WON	South Melbourne	2.5	2.9	6.14	6.15	51	104	KAR	1976-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-26 13	A	Geelong	2.3	5.6	9.9	14.14	98	LOST	Richmond	4.5	5.8	11.10	15.12	102	-4	MCG	1976-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-03 14	A	Geelong	5.7	7.11	11.15	13.18	96	LOST	Fitzroy	1.0	5.9	7.11	17.17	119	-23	JUN	1976-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-10 15	H	Geelong	2.4	6.9	12.11	15.12	102	WON	St. Kilda	3.1	4.3	4.5	9.9	63	39	KAR	1976-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-17 16	A	Geelong	1.3	4.3	10.6	12.6	78	LOST	North Melbourne	3.2	10.5	16.7	22.13	145	-67	ARD	1976-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-24 17	H	Geelong	3.5	10.6	11.6	15.9	99	WON	Collingwood	1.8	3.12	10.25	11.27	93	6	KAR	1976-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-31 18	A	Geelong	1.3	5.9	6.12	10.14	74	LOST	Footscray	6.3	7.5	11.7	13.8	86	-12	WES	1976-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-07 19	H	Geelong	3.3	11.4	14.4	18.8	116	LOST	Essendon	4.4	7.7	13.11	18.14	122	-6	KAR	1976-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-14 20	A	Geelong	0.2	1.7	3.8	5.12	42	LOST	Carlton	2.3	5.10	8.14	11.16	82	-40	VFL	1976-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-21 21	A	Geelong	1.0	8.2	12.6	16.9	105	LOST	Melbourne	8.4	14.8	20.11	22.18	150	-45	MCG	1976-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-28 22	H	Geelong	2.2	8.4	10.12	13.18	96	WON	Hawthorn	4.3	6.7	7.10	10.11	71	25	KAR	1976-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-09-04 EF	H	Geelong	4.8	6.9	9.13	14.18	102	WON	Footscray	3.0	9.5	12.8	14.11	95	7	VFL	1976-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1976-09-11 1SF	H	Geelong	0.1	3.3	6.7	8.12	60	LOST	North Melbourne	4.3	7.5	9.7	14.9	93	-33	MCG	1976-09-11 Sep 11 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1976 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Armour, David	7	29	4.1	6	0.9	35	5.0	18	2.6	2	0.3	2	15	3	0.4	4	22
Barkley, David	18	122	6.8	78	4.3	200	11.1	75	4.2	2	0.1	20	20	26	1.4	14	170
Blake, Rod	17	114	6.7	44	2.6	158	9.3	56	3.3	163	9.6	24	14	1	0.1	0	6
Bright, Terry	15	134	8.9	55	3.7	189	12.6	59	3.9	1	0.1	17	24	16	1.1	12	108
Browne, Mark	23	256	11.1	93	4.0	349	15.2	75	3.3	2	0.1	32	35	15	0.7	11	101
Cassidy, Jeff	5	23	4.6	6	1.2	29	5.8	6	1.2	0	0.0	2	2	2	0.4	2	14
Clarke Snr, David	24	442	18.4	65	2.7	507	21.1	113	4.7	0	0.0	58	45	9	0.4	6	60
Cousins, Bryan	13	82	6.3	40	3.1	122	9.4	14	1.1	0	0.0	18	17	8	0.6	5	53
Davis, Harvey	18	159	8.8	118	6.6	277	15.4	30	1.7	0	0.0	24	29	2	0.1	1	13
Donohue, Larry	24	216	9.0	31	1.3	247	10.3	150	6.3	28	1.2	41	62	105	4.4	63	693
Doyle, Peter	11	123	11.2	26	2.4	149	13.5	47	4.3	4	0.4	11	10	6	0.5	1	37
Hawkins, Jack	24	228	9.5	163	6.8	391	16.3	113	4.7	7	0.3	39	40	0	0.0	2	2
Higgins, Kevin	24	266	11.1	45	1.9	311	13.0	72	3.0	1	0.0	47	41	6	0.3	3	39
Landy, Graeme	17	171	10.1	36	2.1	207	12.2	57	3.4	0	0.0	22	51	20	1.2	10	130
Lewtas, Ian	1	11	11.0	6	6.0	17	17.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Manson, David	13	50	3.8	37	2.8	87	6.7	31	2.4	63	5.3	10	15	0	0.0	0	0
Nankervis, Ian	24	393	16.4	122	5.1	515	21.5	90	3.8	0	0.0	64	24	1	0.0	0	6
Nankervis, Bruce	21	379	18.0	88	4.2	467	22.2	109	5.2	4	0.2	46	37	14	0.7	13	97
Neal, Robert	24	303	12.6	117	4.9	420	17.5	66	2.8	3	0.1	37	38	5	0.2	6	36
Newman, John 'Sam'	23	214	9.3	181	7.9	395	17.2	140	6.1	267	12.1	98	70	1	0.0	3	9
Nish, Colin	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Preen, John	18	137	7.6	59	3.3	196	10.9	45	2.5	0	0.0	21	21	14	0.8	13	97
Sarah, Paul	22	375	17.0	35	1.6	410	18.6	90	4.1	0	0.0	38	44	38	1.7	34	262
Scarlett, John	14	75	5.4	66	4.7	141	10.1	33	2.4	4	0.3	18	23	8	0.6	13	61
Sheehan, Kevin	24	362	15.1	57	2.4	419	17.5	85	3.5	1	0.0	66	40	42	1.8	42	294
Turner, Mick	22	288	13.1	76	3.5	364	16.5	107	4.9	5	0.2	38	38	6	0.3	10	46
Witcombe, Murray	9	28	3.1	8	0.9	36	4.0	9	1.0	0	0.0	4	2	1	0.1	1	7
Woodman, Alan	4	30	7.5	13	3.3	43	10.8	6	1.5	8	2.0	10	0	0	0.0	2	2
Woolnough, Mike	19	286	15.1	51	2.7	337	17.7	79	4.2	1	0.1	33	29	4	0.2	7	31