1963 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 128.2%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Graham Farmer (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Doug Wade (44)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Graham Farmer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Fred Wooller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brown, John #21 12 R01-R02, R08, R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 2
Brushfield, Brian #30 6 R03-R06, R09-R10 2
Callan, Terry #7 17 R01-R17 0
Devine, John #9 19 R02-R18, SF, GF 0
Eales, Colin #16 3 R07-R08, R12 0
Farmer, Graham #5 19 R01-R06, R08-R18, SF, GF 15
Fox, John #24 5 R01, R03, R07, R11-R12 0
Goggin, Bill #35 18 R01, R04-R18, SF, GF 18
Goodland, Ken #22 13 R01, R03, R07-R15, SF, GF 3
Hamer, Garry #18 8 R07, R10-R16 3
Hynes, Gordon #12 9 R02-R06, R17-R18, SF, GF 10
Lord, Alistair #4 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, GF 11
Lord, Stewart #6 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Lowe, Brian #25 8 R01-R02, R07-R08, R16-R18, SF 1
Miller, Bill #37 1 R10 1
Nicholls, Eric #2 6 R02-R04, R09, R13-R14 0
Polinelli, Tony #36 15 R01-R06, R08-R11, R15-R16, R18, SF, GF 4
Rice, Colin #15 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 25
Rosenow, Geoff #27 12 R01-R09, R14-R16 1
Routley, Hugh #29 13 R01, R04-R05, R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
Ryan, Bill #26 5 R09-R10, R12, R17-R18 6
Scott, Ian #14 4 R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Sharrock, John #10 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 18
Stephens, Darryl #38 6 R03, R05-R09 0
Sutherland, Neil #32 1 R02 0
Vinar, Paul #8 19 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF, GF 8
Wade, Doug #23 16 R01-R02, R05-R09, R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 48
Walker, Peter #34 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Watts, John #28 14 R01-R08, R10-R13, SF, GF 2
West, Roy #31 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Williams, Ian #33 2 R09-R10 0
Wooller, Fred #3 18 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, GF 20
Yeates, John #40 14 R04, R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 10

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)
Davis, Bob 19 15 -1- 3 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF
Trezise, Neil 1 0 -0- 1 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 59 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
27/04/1963 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 59 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
04/05/1963 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 21 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
11/05/1963 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 36 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
18/05/1963 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 43 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
25/05/1963 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 6 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
01/06/1963 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME DRAW drawn Bob Davis Fred Wooller
10/06/1963 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 47 Bob Davis unknown
22/06/1963 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 38 Bob Davis unknown
06/07/1963 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 36 Neil Trezise Fred Wooller
20/07/1963 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 12 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
27/07/1963 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 35 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
03/08/1963 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 37 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
10/08/1963 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 20 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
17/08/1963 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 55 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
24/08/1963 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 21 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
31/08/1963 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 61 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
07/09/1963 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 38 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
21/09/1963 Semi Final Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 19 Bob Davis Fred Wooller
05/10/1963 Grand Final Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 49 Bob Davis Fred Wooller