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

1982 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1982 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1982-03-28 1	A	Melbourne	2.3	5.9	11.10	16.12	108	LOST	Sydney	3.6	10.7	18.9	20.17	137	-29	SCG	1982-03-28 Mar 28 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-03 2	H	Melbourne	3.5	8.7	12.15	20.26	146	WON	St. Kilda	7.0	10.5	14.10	16.10	106	40	MCG	1982-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-12 3	A	Melbourne	0.4	1.7	3.10	5.16	46	LOST	Geelong	3.1	10.4	16.7	21.12	138	-92	KAR	1982-04-12 Apr 12 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-17 4	H	Melbourne	1.3	4.6	10.10	19.12	126	LOST	Footscray	7.5	12.13	16.16	19.19	133	-7	MCG	1982-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-24 5	H	Melbourne	3.3	7.7	7.11	9.12	66	LOST	Carlton	2.4	4.8	6.15	9.22	76	-10	VFL	1982-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-01 6	A	Melbourne	4.6	7.10	12.13	15.16	106	LOST	Richmond	5.4	11.7	15.7	18.8	116	-10	MCG	1982-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-08 7	H	Melbourne	4.0	7.4	16.6	22.11	143	LOST	North Melbourne	7.5	17.8	25.10	28.12	180	-37	MCG	1982-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-15 8	A	Melbourne	7.4	10.7	20.12	25.14	164	WON	Fitzroy	3.3	7.11	9.16	13.21	99	65	VFL	1982-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-22 9	A	Melbourne	3.1	6.8	8.11	12.13	85	LOST	Essendon	3.6	8.9	12.16	19.19	133	-48	WIN	1982-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-29 10	H	Melbourne	4.5	9.11	13.15	16.24	120	WON	Collingwood	3.4	7.6	11.8	17.11	113	7	MCG	1982-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-05 11	A	Melbourne	5.6	7.11	12.12	14.15	99	LOST	Hawthorn	4.5	11.10	19.17	26.22	178	-79	PRI	1982-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-12 12	A	Melbourne	3.5	8.12	11.20	19.24	138	WON	St. Kilda	3.2	8.7	13.10	14.11	95	43	MOO	1982-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-19 13	H	Melbourne	7.3	11.5	18.6	21.8	134	WON	Geelong	1.2	4.5	5.6	10.10	70	64	MCG	1982-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-26 14	A	Melbourne	3.6	8.12	10.13	13.16	94	WON	Footscray	5.2	5.2	11.4	14.8	92	2	VFL	1982-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-03 15	A	Melbourne	4.5	9.11	12.13	16.15	111	LOST	Carlton	4.3	9.11	14.17	18.20	128	-17	PRI	1982-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-17 16	H	Melbourne	3.8	6.9	8.13	9.18	72	LOST	Richmond	4.3	12.5	15.5	23.9	147	-75	MCG	1982-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-24 17	A	Melbourne	3.6	6.10	14.14	16.17	113	LOST	North Melbourne	3.2	12.5	18.10	22.14	146	-33	ARD	1982-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-31 18	H	Melbourne	1.5	5.8	9.12	13.15	93	LOST	Fitzroy	7.5	12.11	17.15	24.19	163	-70	MCG	1982-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-07 19	H	Melbourne	5.7	9.9	13.15	14.17	101	LOST	Essendon	2.4	7.10	12.13	20.17	137	-36	VFL	1982-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-14 20	A	Melbourne	7.5	9.10	17.17	25.18	168	WON	Collingwood	4.2	11.7	12.8	17.12	114	54	VIC	1982-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-21 21	H	Melbourne	1.0	5.4	6.6	14.8	92	LOST	Hawthorn	3.5	6.12	11.19	14.19	103	-11	MCG	1982-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-28 22	H	Melbourne	5.3	11.8	18.10	25.13	163	WON	Sydney	5.6	12.9	15.11	22.16	148	15	MCG	1982-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1982 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Battiston, Adrian	22	324	14.7	162	7.4	486	22.1	31	1.4	0	0.0	48	43	25	1.1	17	167
Byrne, Michael	1	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	6	6.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Catoggio, Vin	1	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	1	1
Clayton, Cameron	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Connolly, Chris	3	31	10.3	13	4.3	44	14.7	1	0.3	0	0.0	4	5	3	1.0	1	19
Cordner, David	3	15	5.0	2	0.7	17	5.7	5	1.7	2	0.7	4	6	3	1.0	2	20
Crosswell, Brent	19	150	7.9	87	4.6	237	12.5	74	3.9	1	0.1	22	64	15	0.8	18	108
Dickson, Dale	18	213	11.8	77	4.3	290	16.1	29	1.6	5	0.3	22	44	4	0.2	9	33
Ellingworth, Roger	11	117	10.6	42	3.8	159	14.5	30	2.7	0	0.0	13	17	6	0.5	5	41
Elshaug, Tony	12	162	13.5	70	5.8	232	19.3	17	1.4	0	0.0	19	20	13	1.1	17	95
Fidge, Ted	9	83	9.2	32	3.6	115	12.8	16	1.8	0	0.0	16	19	7	0.8	12	54
Flower, Robert	21	264	12.6	188	9.0	452	21.5	117	5.6	0	0.0	43	37	25	1.2	26	176
Gaunt, Graham	7	72	10.3	28	4.0	100	14.3	14	2.0	0	0.0	6	4	0	0.0	0	0
Giles, Peter	20	187	9.4	81	4.1	268	13.4	52	2.6	0	0.0	68	24	9	0.5	5	59
Hamilton, Peter	4	13	3.3	11	2.8	24	6.0	10	2.5	3	0.8	3	7	0	0.0	0	0
Healy, Gerard	21	263	12.5	89	4.2	352	16.8	99	4.7	0	0.0	34	41	77	3.7	55	517
Hutchison, Greg	12	86	7.2	60	5.0	146	12.2	16	1.3	0	0.0	22	18	3	0.3	2	20
Icke, Stephen	21	173	8.2	263	12.5	436	20.8	73	3.5	1	0.0	50	31	2	0.1	4	16
Jackson, Mark	19	144	7.6	25	1.3	169	8.9	61	3.2	27	1.4	28	72	76	4.0	32	488
Jarrott, Alan	14	120	8.6	105	7.5	225	16.1	31	2.2	0	0.0	17	15	0	0.0	5	5
Johnson, Alan	17	269	15.8	95	5.6	364	21.4	54	3.2	0	0.0	33	22	20	1.2	29	149
Keenan, Peter	16	146	9.1	29	1.8	175	10.9	78	4.9	334	20.9	36	34	0	0.0	0	0
McCarthy, Stephen	6	47	7.8	58	9.7	105	17.5	13	2.2	0	0.0	7	8	6	1.0	7	43
McGlashan, Dave	3	11	3.7	6	2.0	17	5.7	9	3.0	2	0.7	2	6	6	2.0	2	38
McKenzie, Stuart	9	41	4.6	18	2.0	59	6.6	15	1.7	57	6.3	12	15	0	0.0	0	0
McLean, Glenn	15	99	6.6	50	3.3	149	9.9	53	3.5	154	10.3	25	25	2	0.1	1	13
Nettlefold, Bill	1	6	6.0	1	1.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
O'Brien, Paul	13	142	10.9	83	6.4	225	17.3	38	2.9	0	0.0	29	16	0	0.0	0	0
O'Donnell, Kelly	16	230	14.4	128	8.0	358	22.4	48	3.0	0	0.0	20	13	11	0.7	18	84
O'Dwyer, Des	1	2	2.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	1	1.0	0	6
O'Sullivan, Michael	22	314	14.3	111	5.0	425	19.3	65	3.0	1	0.0	41	35	7	0.3	12	54
Seddon, Michael	17	167	9.8	73	4.3	240	14.1	46	2.7	0	0.0	26	22	3	0.2	4	22
Smith, Steven	18	122	6.8	49	2.7	171	9.5	54	3.0	28	1.6	30	14	1	0.1	2	8
Sutcliffe, Scott	2	10	5.0	13	6.5	23	11.5	4	2.0	0	0.0	0	2	1	0.5	0	6
Tossol, Peter	5	20	4.0	15	3.0	35	7.0	8	1.6	1	0.2	3	3	4	0.8	2	26
Wilson, Brian	21	306	14.6	276	13.1	582	27.7	129	6.1	4	0.2	66	61	27	1.3	26	188
Young, Michael	3	28	9.3	15	5.0	43	14.3	9	3.0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0.3	1	7
Zantuck, Shane	16	183	11.4	68	4.3	251	15.7	38	2.4	0	0.0	22	16	0	0.0	1	1