1963 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 87.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Ray Walker (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Bisset, Merv Hobbs (16)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ray Walker

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baxter, Ray #18 14 R01, R03, R07-R18 3
Becker, Niels #40 2 R01-R02 1
Bendelle, Col #38 3 R15, R17-R18 0
Birch, Ron #43 1 R12 0
Bisset, George #6 12 R01-R11, R18 16
Blain, Ron #35 2 R01, R05 0
Bradbury, John #19 3 R01, R04-R05 0
Bradley, John #20 7 R05, R07, R10-R12, R17-R18 1
Bryant, Ian #5 16 R01-R16 1
Chalmers, Graeme #27 7 R02-R03, R08-R09, R13, R17-R18 0
Coutts, Rod #40 4 R07-R10 8
Darcy, David #15 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 11
Dowling, Bernie #7 7 R12-R18 7
Duff, Ken #16 11 R02-R03, R10-R18 0
Evans, Charlie #28 3 R07, R09-R10 0
Graham, Max #34 2 R01-R02 1
Gray, Bob #39 7 R12-R18 9
Greenwood, Jack #44 11 R06-R16 0
Harrington, Bill #11 5 R01, R03-R04, R06, R14 2
Hobbs, Merv #2 14 R03-R06, R08, R10-R18 16
Hoiles, John #23 18 R01-R18 2
Ion, Barry #21 16 R01-R16 2
Ion, Graham #17 14 R01-R06, R11-R18 13
Jillard, John #25 18 R01-R18 0
Lee, Bernie #29 9 R01-R02, R06-R09, R14-R16 4
Marsh, Ivan #33 1 R17 0
McDonald, Cameron #9 2 R01, R13 1
McKenzie, Don #30 13 R02-R11, R16-R18 10
O'Halloran, Eddie #41 5 R10-R14 2
Parsons, Bob #32 4 R04-R07 0
Payne, Kelvin #22 3 R02-R04 0
Schultz, John #14 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 4
Schultz, Robert #47 2 R17-R18 0
Smith, Barry #31 16 R01-R16 2
Spargo, Bob #8 15 R02-R11, R14-R18 14
Spurling, Bob #24 2 R04-R05 1
Walker, Ray #26 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Ware, Bob #4 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 9
Whitten, Ted #3 18 R01-R18 15
Zeuschner, Murray #1 5 R06-R10 1

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 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 37 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/04/1963 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 46 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
04/05/1963 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
11/05/1963 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
18/05/1963 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
25/05/1963 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
01/06/1963 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 8 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
10/06/1963 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 13 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
22/06/1963 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 32 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
29/06/1963 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
20/07/1963 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 45 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/07/1963 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
03/08/1963 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 31 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
10/08/1963 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 20 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
17/08/1963 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 65 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/08/1963 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 44 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
31/08/1963 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 56 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
07/09/1963 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten