1960 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 90.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): John Schultz (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ray Baxter (37)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): John Schultz

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baxter, Ray #18 15 R01-R09, R11-R16 37
Beamish, Keith #6 7 R09-R12, R14-R16 4
Bradbury, John #37 12 R05, R07-R13, R15-R18 2
Brereton, John #33 4 R02-R03, R06-R07 0
Bryant, Ian #37 6 R09-R14 0
Clegg, John #28 10 R01-R04, R06-R10, R17 6
Darcey, Don #7 1 R08 0
Devery, Terry #2 13 R01-R07, R13-R18 9
Edwards, Arthur #11 11 R02-R09, R12-R14 0
Elliott, Trevor #1 12 R01-R03, R07, R10-R11, R13-R18 9
Evans, Charlie #42 4 R08-R10, R18 0
Gallagher, Jim #24 17 R01-R17 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 14 R01-R11, R16-R18 3
Gehrig, Phil #32 9 R01, R03-R10 6
Graham, Max #34 5 R11-R14, R18 5
Hoiles, John #23 18 R01-R18 0
Howard, Ian #27 16 R03-R18 0
Howard, Ron #31 5 R01-R05 1
Ion, Graham #17 16 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12-R18 9
Jillard, John #25 15 R01-R06, R09-R12, R14-R18 0
Kent, Reg #10 1 R05 0
Lee, Bernie #29 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 0
Long, Noel #34 3 R10, R17-R18 4
McDonald, Cameron #8 14 R01, R06-R18 12
McKellar, Barney #30 1 R04 0
Oates, Max #48 4 R13-R16 1
Prior, Brian #20 1 R02 0
Quarrell, John #15 8 R01-R02, R07-R08, R15-R18 3
Schultz, John #14 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 2
Slattery, Jack #5 4 R01, R04-R06 0
Smith, Barry #53 7 R11-R13, R15-R18 0
Spargo, Bob #8 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 6
Thornton, Barry #13 6 R09-R10, R13-R14, R17-R18 2
Turner, Bob #21 4 R12-R15 0
Walker, Ray #26 18 R01-R18 0
Ware, Bob #4 8 R01-R05, R08, R11-R12 2
Whitten, Ted #3 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 24
Whitzell, Ray #41 3 R10-R12 0
Wood, Peter #35 2 R05-R06 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)
Whitten, Ted 17 6 -0- 11 R01-R09, R11-R18
Ryan, Joe 1 0 -0- 1 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1960 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 31 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/04/1960 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 46 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
07/05/1960 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
14/05/1960 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
21/05/1960 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 39 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
28/05/1960 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 18 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
04/06/1960 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 32 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
11/06/1960 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 31 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
18/06/1960 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
25/06/1960 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 Joe Ryan unknown
09/07/1960 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 3 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/07/1960 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 27 Ted Whitten unknown
23/07/1960 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 2 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/07/1960 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 36 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
06/08/1960 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
13/08/1960 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
20/08/1960 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 12 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/08/1960 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 40 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten