1966 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 121.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by St Kilda (Preliminary Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Clarke (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Fordham (73)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Don McKenzie

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain(s): Johnny Birt

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Bruce #33 3 R05-R06, R09 0
Birt, Johnny #11 18 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, PF 22
Blew, Russell #14 5 R01-R05 1
Brown, Greg #18 18 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF 0
Capuano, Barry #12 6 R04-R07, R11-R12 0
Clarke, Jack #1 18 R02-R04, R06-R18, SF, PF 22
Davis, Barry #32 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Egan, Kevin #29 14 R07-R18, SF, PF 1
Epis, Alec #28 16 R01-R05, R07-R12, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Fordham, Ted #20 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 76
Forsyth, Jim #27 11 R02-R03, R08-R14, SF, PF 3
Fraser, Ken #23 16 R01-R07, R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 10
Gent, Keith #2 3 R06-R08 0
Gerlach, Darryl #17 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Gosper, Geoff #6 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 5
Gross, Don #15 5 R01-R03, R16-R17 2
Hird, Allan #39 3 R08-R10 0
Johnston, Graeme #16 6 R02, R04, R08-R10, PF 1
McKenzie, Don #24 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Mitchell, Hugh #31 17 R01-R08, R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 11
Noonan, Alan #10 12 R09-R18, SF, PF 14
Payne, Charlie #7 18 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18, SF, PF 0
Payne, Ian #3 12 R01, R05-R06, R09, R12-R18, SF 5
Pryor, Geoff #35 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Sampson, Brian #34 8 R01-R07, R12 6
Shaw, David #5 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 18
Somerville, John #19 19 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 19
Waite, Bruce #9 14 R01-R11, R15-R17 1
Williams, John #22 14 R01, R08-R18, SF, PF 9
Wilson, Bob #26 4 R13-R15, 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 15 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1966 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 14 John Coleman Ken Fraser
30/04/1966 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 49 John Coleman Ken Fraser
07/05/1966 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 12 John Coleman Ken Fraser
14/05/1966 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 61 John Coleman Ken Fraser
21/05/1966 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 49 John Coleman Ken Fraser
28/05/1966 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 24 John Coleman Ken Fraser
04/06/1966 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 34 John Coleman Ken Fraser
13/06/1966 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 John Coleman unknown
18/06/1966 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 34 John Coleman unknown
25/06/1966 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 4 John Coleman Johnny Birt
09/07/1966 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 8 John Coleman Ken Fraser
16/07/1966 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 60 John Coleman Johnny Birt
23/07/1966 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 10 John Coleman Ken Fraser
30/07/1966 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 65 John Coleman Ken Fraser
06/08/1966 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 42 John Coleman Ken Fraser
13/08/1966 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 48 John Coleman Ken Fraser
20/08/1966 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 21 John Coleman Ken Fraser
27/08/1966 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 35 John Coleman Ken Fraser
03/09/1966 Semi Final Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 10 John Coleman Ken Fraser
17/09/1966 Preliminary Final St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 42 John Coleman Ken Fraser