1962 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-0-2, P%: 130.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Fraser (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Payne (33)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Clarke

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain(s): Geoff Leek

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beissel, Graeme #18 9 R01, R09-R11, R16-R18, SF, GF 1
Birt, Johnny #11 15 R01-R02, R04-R10, R15-R18, SF, GF 30
Blew, Russell #14 18 R02-R03, R05-R18, SF, GF 0
Byers, Max #37 5 R13-R17 0
Capuano, Barry #12 17 R01-R14, R16, SF, GF 1
Clarke, Jack #1 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, GF 24
Davis, Barry #32 17 R01-R05, R08-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Doran, Paul #36 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Epis, Alec #28 18 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 1
Evans, Ron #8 6 R01, R11-R15 17
Fordham, Ted #20 5 R05-R08, R16 0
Forge, Ken #22 8 R02-R04, R06-R08, R12-R13 0
Fraser, Ken #23 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 23
Gosper, Geoff #6 13 R02-R04, R06-R09, R13-R15, R17-R18, GF 2
Graham, Ian #39 2 R07, R09 0
Johnston, Graeme #16 17 R02-R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 8
King, Alf #26 8 R01-R05, R07, R11-R12 1
Leek, Geoff #30 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 10
Lieschke, Bill #41 1 R17 0
Matthews, Barry #3 4 R07-R08, R12, R14 0
McKenzie, Don #24 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, GF 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 29
Murdoch, Alby #15 1 R01 0
Payne, Charlie #7 19 R02-R18, SF, GF 39
Rodgers, Terry #2 16 R01, R03-R15, R18, SF 20
Sampson, Brian #34 6 R01-R02, R16-R17, SF, GF 1
Shaw, David #5 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Shelton, Ian #10 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 0
Somerville, John #19 14 R01-R06, R10-R12, R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 17
Timms, Ken #25 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 26
Welsh, John #29 5 R08, R10, R12, R17-R18 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)
Coleman, John 20 18 -0- 2 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1962 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 37 John Coleman Jack Clarke
28/04/1962 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 John Coleman Jack Clarke
05/05/1962 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 27 John Coleman Jack Clarke
12/05/1962 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 4 John Coleman Jack Clarke
19/05/1962 Round 5 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 45 John Coleman Jack Clarke
26/05/1962 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 6 John Coleman Jack Clarke
02/06/1962 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 58 John Coleman Jack Clarke
09/06/1962 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 17 John Coleman Jack Clarke
23/06/1962 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 40 John Coleman Jack Clarke
30/06/1962 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 18 John Coleman Jack Clarke
07/07/1962 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 17 John Coleman Jack Clarke
14/07/1962 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 53 John Coleman Jack Clarke
21/07/1962 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 34 John Coleman Jack Clarke
28/07/1962 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 1 John Coleman Jack Clarke
04/08/1962 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 50 John Coleman Jack Clarke
11/08/1962 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 9 John Coleman Jack Clarke
18/08/1962 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 37 John Coleman Geoff Leek
25/08/1962 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 5 John Coleman Jack Clarke
08/09/1962 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 46 John Coleman Jack Clarke
29/09/1962 Grand Final Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 32 John Coleman Jack Clarke