1966 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-17, P%: 53.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Brown (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gary Lazarus (39)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Norm Brown

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Hayes, Ralph Rogerson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Mike #3 14 R01-R13, R18 0
Aspinall, Dennis #50 3 R15-R16, R18 2
Bahen, John #13 9 R07-R10, R14-R18 5
Beattie, Bob #10 9 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11 0
Benison, John #32 1 R17 0
Bond, Colin #5 9 R03-R09, R12-R13 0
Booth, John #29 17 R02-R18 0
Brown, Norm #23 15 R01-R07, R10, R12-R18 4
Calverley, Ray #12 10 R02, R04, R10-R16, R18 2
Carey, George #39 5 R11-R15 4
Carroll, Bob #28 4 R01-R03, R08 0
Cobain, Rod #34 6 R13-R18 4
Cole, Max #38 7 R04-R06, R13-R14, R17-R18 0
Corbett, Harry #45 8 R04-R11 2
Corkran, Peter #19 1 R01 0
Cromarty, Russell #14 14 R04-R17 25
Dawson, Trevor #8 7 R02-R05, R08-R09, R11 5
Drake, Vern #41 2 R16, R18 0
Drury, Bernie #33 6 R05-R10 0
Eastman, Wayne #6 14 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12, R15-R18 2
Ellis, Kingsley #18 7 R06, R12-R17 0
Fry, Ron #9 2 R17-R18 0
Hackwill, Brendon #37 11 R01-R06, R08, R11-R13, R18 2
Hayes, John #15 18 R01-R18 1
Hellings, Doug #2 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 0
Hepper, Brian #21 5 R01-R04, R11 1
Hobbs, Colin #25 12 R01-R04, R11-R18 0
Hodgson, Paul #48 3 R14-R16 0
Kemp, Jim #22 3 R01-R03 7
Lazarus, Gary #31 18 R01-R18 39
Lynch, Allen #11 11 R01-R03, R05-R09, R12, R17-R18 3
McCrae, Ian #7 16 R01, R03-R15, R17-R18 11
McGregor, Treva #44 3 R07-R08, R14 1
Newnham, John #20 11 R01-R07, R10, R12, R16-R17 7
Oakley, Kevin #51 10 R07-R09, R11-R17 1
O'Brien, Paul #17 7 R01, R11-R16 0
Parker, Kevin #4 2 R09-R10 0
Peoples, Daryl #16 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 5
Rheinberger, Cec #26 1 R10 0
Rogerson, Ralph #1 5 R01-R05 3
Ruscuklic, Alex #24 1 R10 0
Williams, Peter #49 3 R09-R11 0
Wood, Peter #30 16 R01-R02, R04, R06-R18 5

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)
Stephen, Bill 18 1 -0- 17 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1966 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 53 Bill Stephen unknown
30/04/1966 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 29 Bill Stephen unknown
07/05/1966 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 32 Bill Stephen unknown
14/05/1966 Round 4 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 38 Bill Stephen unknown
21/05/1966 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 49 Bill Stephen unknown
28/05/1966 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 64 Bill Stephen John Hayes
04/06/1966 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 24 Bill Stephen John Hayes
13/06/1966 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Bill Stephen John Hayes
18/06/1966 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 113 Bill Stephen John Hayes
25/06/1966 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 58 Bill Stephen John Hayes
02/07/1966 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 73 Bill Stephen John Hayes
16/07/1966 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 22 Bill Stephen John Hayes
23/07/1966 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 67 Bill Stephen John Hayes
30/07/1966 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 Bill Stephen John Hayes
06/08/1966 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 6 Bill Stephen John Hayes
13/08/1966 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 48 Bill Stephen John Hayes
20/08/1966 Round 17 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 84 Bill Stephen John Hayes
27/08/1966 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 67 Bill Stephen John Hayes