Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC; Melbourne U19s

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

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne

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

"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

1972 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1972 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1972-04-01 1	A	Melbourne	1.3	4.7	5.11	10.15	75	LOST	Hawthorn	4.3	9.4	10.10	15.14	104	-29	GLE	1972-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-04-08 2	H	Melbourne	2.4	5.8	10.15	11.18	84	LOST	Footscray	4.2	5.7	9.11	15.15	105	-21	MCG	1972-04-08 Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-04-15 3	A	Melbourne	3.3	5.6	5.9	6.12	48	LOST	Collingwood	2.6	7.7	9.8	17.11	113	-65	VIC	1972-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-04-22 4	H	Melbourne	4.5	6.8	13.12	18.19	127	WON	South Melbourne	3.2	6.5	6.6	8.8	56	71	MCG	1972-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-04-25 5	A	Melbourne	4.6	9.8	11.11	12.12	84	LOST	Richmond	2.2	5.3	7.7	13.11	89	-5	MCG	1972-04-25 Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10)	Scores
1972-05-06 6	H	Melbourne	5.3	8.6	8.9	16.13	109	WON	Essendon	5.2	7.5	9.11	12.13	85	24	MCG	1972-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-05-13 7	A	Melbourne	2.2	2.8	3.8	5.8	38	LOST	Carlton	3.2	4.6	7.11	10.15	75	-37	VFL	1972-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-05-20 8	H	Melbourne	7.3	11.9	14.13	20.14	134	WON	Geelong	2.3	5.9	10.15	14.17	101	33	MCG	1972-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-05-27 9	H	Melbourne	1.1	1.1	1.5	5.6	36	LOST	St. Kilda	2.6	4.9	8.14	9.19	73	-37	VFL	1972-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-06-03 10	A	Melbourne	11.7	14.9	15.14	23.17	155	WON	North Melbourne	0.2	4.4	5.8	6.11	47	108	ARD	1972-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-06-12 11	A	Melbourne	3.3	6.5	12.6	13.10	88	LOST	Fitzroy	4.3	8.8	10.11	12.17	89	-1	JUN	1972-06-12 Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1972-06-17 12	H	Melbourne	2.4	4.8	8.10	11.10	76	WON	Hawthorn	7.0	8.0	11.4	11.9	75	1	MCG	1972-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-07-01 13	A	Melbourne	6.3	8.5	14.8	16.15	111	WON	Footscray	3.1	6.4	7.6	11.8	74	37	VFL	1972-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-07-08 14	A	Melbourne	5.4	6.5	11.7	14.9	93	WON	South Melbourne	1.1	3.2	6.5	10.9	69	24	LAK	1972-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-07-15 15	H	Melbourne	2.1	4.2	6.6	8.10	58	LOST	Collingwood	3.3	7.5	9.10	10.13	73	-15	VFL	1972-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-07-22 16	H	Melbourne	4.8	6.12	7.15	11.18	84	LOST	Richmond	3.1	8.3	14.5	19.9	123	-39	MCG	1972-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-07-29 17	A	Melbourne	4.2	7.2	10.9	14.11	95	LOST	Essendon	3.3	13.6	16.11	21.14	140	-45	WIN	1972-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-08-05 18	H	Melbourne	2.3	2.6	3.10	8.18	66	LOST	Carlton	3.4	5.7	9.11	11.11	77	-11	MCG	1972-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-08-12 19	A	Melbourne	5.3	13.4	19.10	21.16	142	WON	Geelong	1.2	2.10	4.12	11.19	85	57	KAR	1972-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-08-19 20	A	Melbourne	3.3	6.4	8.9	13.11	89	LOST	St. Kilda	3.5	6.6	12.11	13.12	90	-1	MOO	1972-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-08-26 21	H	Melbourne	3.5	8.8	9.18	17.22	124	WON	North Melbourne	5.4	8.5	11.6	14.7	91	33	MCG	1972-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1972-09-02 22	H	Melbourne	3.7	11.9	15.16	18.19	127	WON	Fitzroy	3.2	9.5	11.7	14.11	95	32	MCG	1972-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10)	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
Alves, Stan	21	373	17.8	62	3.0	435	20.7	136	6.5	0	0.0			53	57	22	1.0	14	146
Anderson, Colin	2	17	8.5	1	0.5	18	9.0	2	1.0	1	0.5			1	4	0	0.0	0	0
Biffin, Ray	20	229	11.5	25	1.3	254	12.7	84	4.2	0	0.0			56	37	0	0.0	0	0
Bourke, Barry	22	287	13.0	12	0.5	299	13.6	71	3.2	0	0.0			25	44	0	0.0	0	0
Brewer, Ross	17	182	10.7	24	1.4	206	12.1	69	4.1	1	0.1			25	41	15	0.9	22	112
Burgmann, Lloyd	7	77	11.0	12	1.7	89	12.7	22	3.1	0	0.0			11	13	12	1.7	9	81
Callery, Paul	22	408	18.5	45	2.0	453	20.6	46	2.1	2	0.1			74	50	23	1.0	37	175
Carr, Ray	4	20	5.0	1	0.3	21	5.3	13	3.3	0	0.0			0	2	11	2.8	6	72
Clark, Denis	9	99	11.0	10	1.1	109	12.1	25	2.8	0	0.0			14	14	2	0.2	3	15
Clennett, John	17	125	7.4	20	1.2	145	8.5	87	5.1	186	10.9			17	20	13	0.8	10	88
Collins, Mike	13	151	11.6	17	1.3	168	12.9	35	2.7	1	0.1			21	14	6	0.5	5	41
Davis, Frank	21	261	12.4	33	1.6	294	14.0	68	3.2	2	0.1			44	53	0	0.0	1	1
Delmenico, Wayne	1	8	8.0	0	0.0	8	8.0	4	4.0	2	2.0			0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dillon, Ross	11	98	8.9	21	1.9	119	10.8	54	4.9	4	0.4			26	20	5	0.5	6	36
Dilnot, Peter	1	7	7.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			2	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gallus, John	8	67	8.4	4	0.5	71	8.9	43	5.4	42	5.3			10	14	8	1.0	4	52
Hardeman, Gary	21	335	16.0	56	2.7	391	18.6	124	5.9	1	0.1			38	56	10	0.5	6	66
Harrold, Geoff	2	18	9.0	5	2.5	23	11.5	9	4.5	0	0.0			2	0	0	0.0	3	3
Keenan, Peter	16	114	7.1	19	1.2	133	8.3	75	4.7	267	17.8			18	38	13	0.8	7	85
Kerley, Stephen	14	159	11.4	16	1.1	175	12.5	71	5.1	5	0.4			32	28	1	0.1	2	8
Lakes, George	2	12	6.0	1	0.5	13	6.5	2	1.0	0	0.0			3	2	0	0.0	0	0
Leary, Noel	1	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Letcher, John	12	116	9.7	8	0.7	124	10.3	37	3.1	4	0.4			25	22	0	0.0	1	1
McKenzie Jnr, Robert	8	103	12.9	19	2.4	122	15.3	24	3.0	0	0.0			21	18	0	0.0	5	5
McSpeerin, Shane	6	90	15.0	3	0.5	93	15.5	28	4.7	0	0.0			12	7	3	0.5	6	24
Molloy, Graham	21	236	11.2	68	3.2	304	14.5	88	4.2	14	0.7			43	62	7	0.3	9	51
Osborne, Graham	13	83	6.4	10	0.8	93	7.2	31	2.4	19	1.6			12	25	7	0.5	5	47
Parke, Greg	20	218	10.9	44	2.2	262	13.1	158	7.9	1	0.1			29	33	63	3.2	46	424
Queay, Laurie	2	26	13.0	1	0.5	27	13.5	9	4.5	0	0.0			6	6	2	1.0	1	13
Reid, John	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ritterman, Henry	12	82	6.8	4	0.3	86	7.2	18	1.5	0	0.0			14	15	4	0.3	7	31
Rollinson, Trevor	6	68	11.3	9	1.5	77	12.8	13	2.2	1	0.2			3	15	0	0.0	0	0
Sinclair, Peter	8	127	15.9	28	3.5	155	19.4	26	3.3	0	0.0			11	19	8	1.0	6	54
Sullivan, Tony	18	230	12.8	22	1.2	252	14.0	61	3.4	0	0.0			44	46	0	0.0	0	0
Tilbrook, Jim	9	86	9.6	6	0.7	92	10.2	23	2.6	1	0.1			10	25	10	1.1	8	68
Townsend, John	12	152	12.7	44	3.7	196	16.3	48	4.0	0	0.0			13	23	9	0.8	12	66
Walker, Max	11	86	7.8	13	1.2	99	9.0	43	3.9	40	4.0			20	11	1	0.1	1	7
Wells, Greg	22	444	20.2	52	2.4	496	22.5	114	5.2	5	0.2	0	0.0	87	51	34	1.5	29	233
Williamson, Peter	4	11	2.8	1	0.3	12	3.0	4	1.0	6	1.5			2	1	0	0.0	1	1
Yeo, Peter	3	8	2.7	3	1.0	11	3.7	1	0.3	0	0.0			1	3	1	0.3	0	6