1957 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 84.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Murray (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Owen Abrahams (31)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Graham Campbell

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Stephen

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 18 R01-R18 31
Aston, Ian #6 7 R04, R06-R07, R12-R13, R17-R18 1
Barclay, Brian #47 5 R14-R18 0
Broadbent, Tom #45 1 R15 0
Campbell, Graham #20 18 R01-R18 23
Chipp, Alan #43 1 R12 0
Chivers, Dave #18 5 R13-R17 0
Clancy, Jack #38 1 R01 0
Clark, Wally #7 16 R02-R12, R14-R18 19
Cunningham, Matt #34 11 R08-R18 4
Davey, Colin #11 8 R01-R05, R10-R12 1
Furness, Don #30 13 R01-R05, R07-R14 4
Gale, Alan #33 15 R01-R09, R12-R13, R15-R18 1
Goodger, Eddie #15 7 R01-R07 0
Gotch, Graham #4 6 R01, R04-R08 3
Grimley, Ken #39 9 R02, R07-R14 16
Harvey, Ron #19 15 R01-R06, R10-R18 10
Henderson, Bob #23 14 R01-R07, R11, R13-R18 0
Hutchinson, John #1 3 R01-R03 3
Johnstone, Norm #17 15 R03-R04, R06-R18 19
Jones, Ken #42 5 R09, R15-R18 0
Knight, Graham #27 6 R07-R10, R12-R13 6
Lane, Bryan #24 5 R01-R05 3
MacGregor, Jack #14 6 R04-R07, R10-R11 0
Murray, Kevin #2 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 1
Ongarello, Tony #5 18 R01-R18 13
Pert, Brian #3 11 R01, R05-R06, R10-R17 0
Roberts, Barry #22 8 R08-R11, R15-R18 1
Rochow, Keith #31 4 R08-R11 1
Rochow, Phil #26 1 R18 0
Shelton, John #25 6 R01-R03, R12-R14 3
Slocum, Ray #36 5 R11, R15-R18 4
Smyth, Leo #21 18 R01-R18 6
Stephen, Bill #8 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 1
Vernon, Rod #9 14 R03-R16 8
Webb, Keith #12 2 R02, R06 1
Whitmore, Stan #37 4 R05-R06, R09-R10 0
Wiegard, Keith #48 1 R18 0
Williams, Vin #10 11 R01-R03, R07-R09, R14-R18 2
Wright, Kevin #13 8 R01-R08 2
Zorzi, Bruno #28 7 R08-R14 0

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 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1957 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 3 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
27/04/1957 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
04/05/1957 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 23 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
11/05/1957 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 15 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
18/05/1957 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 2 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
25/05/1957 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 14 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
01/06/1957 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 14 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
08/06/1957 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 6 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
17/06/1957 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 48 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
22/06/1957 Round 10 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 30 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
29/06/1957 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
06/07/1957 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 84 Bill Stephen unknown
13/07/1957 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 20 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
27/07/1957 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 52 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
03/08/1957 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 12 Bill Stephen unknown
10/08/1957 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 1 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
17/08/1957 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 38 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
24/08/1957 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 24 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen