1960 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 112.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Murray (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wally Clark (33)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alan Gale

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 18 R01-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 29
Aston, Ian #6 13 R02-R05, R10, R13-R18, SF, PF 0
Barclay, Brian #31 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Bromage, Keith #37 14 R07-R18, SF, PF 16
Campbell, Graham #20 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 19
Clark, Wally #7 19 R01-R18, SF 33
Crow, Russell #32 2 R01-R02 0
Duncan, Stewart #18 13 R03-R12, R17-R18, SF 3
Embrey, John #22 1 R07 0
Gale, Alan #33 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 2
Gotch, Graham #4 14 R01-R11, R14, R16-R17 8
Harvey, Ron #19 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Henderson, Bob #23 17 R01-R10, R14-R18, SF, PF 0
Hill, Geoff #15 6 R01, R07, R12-R13, R16, PF 0
Hughson, Les #8 9 R01-R05, R10-R11, R13, PF 1
Jones, Ken #17 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Knight, Graham #1 7 R01, R12, R15-R18, PF 1
Lynch, Allen #11 15 R01, R04, R08-R18, SF, PF 0
MacKenzie, Graeme #29 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
MacNeil, Colin #38 3 R06, R09-R10 2
McMaster-Smith, Bruce #24 10 R02-R09, SF, PF 1
Murray, Kevin #2 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF 1
Ongarello, Tony #5 10 R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 26
Pert, Brian #3 15 R01-R06, R11-R18, SF 0
Pigot, Barrie #25 1 R16 0
Powell, John #30 12 R05-R15, PF 3
Ross, Ken #22 2 R02-R03 0
Slocum, Ray #27 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 11
Vernon, Rod #9 16 R01-R08, R11-R15, R18, SF, PF 5
Wicks, Brian #39 1 R16 0
Wright, Kevin #13 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 36
Zorzi, Bruno #28 4 R06, R08-R10 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)
Smith, Len 20 14 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1960 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 55 Len Smith Alan Gale
25/04/1960 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 7 Len Smith Alan Gale
07/05/1960 Round 3 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Len Smith Alan Gale
14/05/1960 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Len Smith Alan Gale
21/05/1960 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 39 Len Smith Alan Gale
28/05/1960 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 5 Len Smith Alan Gale
04/06/1960 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 24 Len Smith Alan Gale
11/06/1960 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 1 Len Smith Alan Gale
18/06/1960 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 42 Len Smith Alan Gale
02/07/1960 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 22 Len Smith Alan Gale
09/07/1960 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 17 Len Smith Alan Gale
16/07/1960 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 16 Len Smith Alan Gale
23/07/1960 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 44 Len Smith Alan Gale
30/07/1960 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 42 Len Smith Alan Gale
06/08/1960 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 20 Len Smith Alan Gale
13/08/1960 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Len Smith Alan Gale
20/08/1960 Round 17 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Len Smith Alan Gale
27/08/1960 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 25 Len Smith Alan Gale
10/09/1960 Semi Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 62 Len Smith Alan Gale
17/09/1960 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 5 Len Smith Alan Gale