1956 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 89.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Stephen (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Ongarello (33)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Stephen

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 12 R03-R04, R06-R14, R18 23
Aston, Ian #6 12 R03, R05-R06, R08-R14, R16-R17 2
Campbell, Graham #20 8 R10-R15, R17-R18 4
Carr, Reg #4 9 R07-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18 0
Chapman, James #1 7 R02-R05, R16-R18 1
Chivers, Dave #41 2 R17-R18 0
Clark, Wally #7 7 R07-R09, R11-R12, R17-R18 8
Cunningham, Matt #34 18 R01-R18 12
Darrigan, Kevin #28 11 R03, R05-R08, R10-R13, R16-R17 4
Davey, Colin #11 16 R01-R15, R18 1
Dodd, Colin #19 1 R10 0
Furness, Don #30 11 R01-R10, R18 4
Gale, Alan #33 16 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R18 2
Galpin, Max #31 4 R01, R10-R11, R16 0
Gervasoni, Jack #4 4 R01-R04 2
Goodger, Eddie #15 15 R01-R04, R07-R10, R12-R18 0
Gotch, Graham #35 7 R09-R12, R15, R17-R18 3
Henderson, Bob #23 18 R01-R18 0
Johnstone, Norm #17 16 R01-R05, R07-R11, R13-R18 13
Knight, Graham #27 8 R09, R11, R13-R18 10
Lane, Bryan #24 7 R01-R07 5
MacGregor, Jack #14 18 R01-R18 7
MacKenzie, Graeme #29 14 R01-R14 1
Murray, Kevin #2 15 R01-R06, R10-R18 0
Ongarello, Tony #5 14 R01-R10, R14-R15, R17-R18 33
Pert, Brian #3 9 R01-R06, R15-R16, R18 4
Seymour, Ken #24 4 R01, R05-R06, R09 1
Smith, Ivan #22 4 R12, R14-R16 0
Smith, Ron #18 4 R02, R04, R15-R16 0
Smyth, Leo #21 11 R01-R02, R05-R08, R11-R13, R16-R17 7
Stephen, Bill #8 15 R01-R09, R11-R16 2
Vernon, Rod #9 13 R01-R10, R12-R13, R16 4
Webb, Keith #12 8 R01, R06, R11-R16 6
Williams, Vin #10 14 R02-R10, R13-R15, R17-R18 0
Wright, Kevin #13 8 R07-R08, R12-R17 5

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Stephen, Bill 17 7 -0- 10 R01-R09, R11-R18
Curcio, Frank 1 0 -0- 1 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 29 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
21/04/1956 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 22 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
28/04/1956 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 21 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
05/05/1956 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 19 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
12/05/1956 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 15 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
19/05/1956 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 24 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
26/05/1956 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 9 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
04/06/1956 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 22 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
09/06/1956 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 45 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
23/06/1956 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 36 Frank Curcio unknown
30/06/1956 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 16 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
07/07/1956 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 10 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
14/07/1956 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 9 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
21/07/1956 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 24 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
28/07/1956 Round 15 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
04/08/1956 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 49 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
11/08/1956 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 13 Bill Stephen unknown
18/08/1956 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Bill Stephen unknown