1963 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-17, P%: 57.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Murray (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gary Lazarus (35)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Murray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Allan #38 4 R03-R04, R06-R07 0
Bahen, John #13 13 R01-R05, R10-R14, R16-R18 9
Beattie, Bob #26 16 R01-R16 0
Beers, Brian #12 12 R01-R02, R06-R08, R10-R12, R15-R18 8
Bond, Colin #5 4 R02-R05 0
Brown, Norm #35 14 R01, R04-R06, R08, R10-R18 1
Campbell, Graham #20 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 19
Carroll, Brian #8 10 R08-R17 0
Clements, Bryan #28 12 R03-R05, R10-R18 3
Crow, Russell #32 11 R01-R07, R15-R18 5
Dixon, Joe #33 5 R05-R09 0
Doubleday, Geoff #24 1 R09 0
Duncan, Stewart #18 8 R06-R09, R15-R18 0
Eastman, Wayne #6 15 R01, R03-R16 0
Elliott, Geoff #37 5 R02-R04, R07-R08 1
Ellis, Kevin #41 4 R06-R07, R14, R18 1
Fitzgerald, Barry #25 5 R10, R14-R16, R18 0
Fry, Ron #9 12 R07-R18 3
Goninon, Graham #16 1 R18 0
Haag, Stan #22 4 R04, R06-R08 1
Harvey, Ron #19 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 1
Hayes, John #15 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 3
Hellings, Doug #43 3 R03-R05 1
Hirst, Tony #47 6 R09-R14 2
Lazarus, Gary #31 16 R01-R16 35
Lovett, Ted #44 2 R08-R09 0
Lynch, Allen #11 18 R01-R18 0
McCrae, Ian #34 11 R01-R05, R10-R15 5
Miers, Max #14 8 R02-R03, R08-R12, R17 1
Murray, Kevin #2 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 3
O'Mara, Terry #54 5 R13-R17 0
Pert, Brian #3 15 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R11, R13-R18 0
Pollock, Brett #23 10 R01-R03, R06-R09, R13, R17-R18 7
Powell, Ian #4 2 R01-R02 0
Powell, John #30 2 R01-R02 0
Rippon, Barry #36 3 R04-R05, R07 5
Sadler, Barry #45 2 R12, R14 0
Sleep, Colin #17 6 R09-R12, R17-R18 1
Slocum, Ray #27 12 R05-R10, R13-R18 5
Storer, Bill #53 2 R17-R18 4
Sykes, David #1 10 R01-R06, R10-R13 13
Vernon, Rod #9 1 R01 0
Williams, Brian #10 2 R01-R02 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)
Murray, Kevin 17 0 -0- 17 R01-R09, R11-R18
Clark, Wally 1 1 -0- 0 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 23 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
27/04/1963 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 46 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
04/05/1963 Round 3 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 10 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
11/05/1963 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 39 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
18/05/1963 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 61 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
25/05/1963 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
01/06/1963 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
10/06/1963 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 28 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
22/06/1963 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 19 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
06/07/1963 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 36 Wally Clark unknown
20/07/1963 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 33 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
27/07/1963 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 41 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
03/08/1963 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 31 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
10/08/1963 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 102 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
17/08/1963 Round 15 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 96 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
24/08/1963 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 81 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
31/08/1963 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 47 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray
07/09/1963 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 53 Kevin Murray Kevin Murray