1966 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 68.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Ian Bryant (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kevin Jackman (28)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): John Schultz

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beattie, Barrie #9 2 R07-R08 2
Bisset, George #6 12 R07-R18 12
Bradley, John #20 9 R01-R02, R04-R09, R17 3
Bryant, Ian #5 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 0
Burgess, Ted #12 5 R05-R09 0
Chalmers, Graeme #27 13 R01-R04, R09-R17 4
Charles, John #24 7 R04-R06, R12-R15 3
Cook, Graeme #10 6 R01-R06 4
Darcy, David #15 17 R01, R03-R18 4
Dark, Gary #32 2 R10-R11 3
Delmenico, Kevin #18 14 R02-R03, R06, R08-R18 1
Dowd, Greg #35 1 R02 0
Fanning, Frank #17 2 R01-R02 0
Fincher, Noel #28 16 R03-R18 0
Gray, Bob #29 1 R01 0
Hunter, Alan #17 3 R01, R10, R18 1
Jackman, Kevin #7 18 R01-R18 28
Jillard, John #25 14 R01-R14 0
Mannix, Alan #8 14 R01-R06, R08, R10-R13, R16-R18 1
Marsh, Ivan #33 11 R03-R10, R14-R15, R18 3
McGhie, Joe #37 3 R14, R17-R18 0
McGowan, Ron #22 10 R08-R12, R14-R18 0
McKenzie, Don #30 16 R01-R03, R06-R18 6
Merrington, Gary #19 13 R03-R05, R07-R15, R18 8
O'Connor, Rod #23 3 R11-R12, R16 0
Patterson, Dallas #26 3 R14-R16 0
Peters, Garry #40 3 R14-R16 0
Pleitner, Bryan #11 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 5
Prior, Doug #2 8 R01-R07, R18 14
Reilly, John #32 8 R05, R07-R11, R13, R16 0
Sandilands, Laurie #9 6 R12-R17 0
Schultz, John #14 18 R01-R18 2
Shanahan, Peter #21 14 R02-R13, R15, R18 0
Spargo, Ricky #36 3 R13, R16-R17 1
Stevens, Kevin #4 14 R01-R07, R09, R13-R18 9
Thorpe, David #16 13 R01-R09, R11-R12, R17-R18 8
Vosilaitis, Algy #34 3 R01-R03 1
Whitten, Ted #3 14 R01-R07, R10-R13, R15-R17 13
Zeuschner, Murray #1 10 R01-R02, R04-R09, R17-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)
Whitten, Ted 16 3 -0- 13 R01-R07, R10-R18
Findlay, Bill 2 1 -0- 1 R08-R09

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
25/04/1966 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 12 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/04/1966 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 70 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
07/05/1966 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 40 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
14/05/1966 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 38 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
21/05/1966 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 36 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
28/05/1966 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 33 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
04/06/1966 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
11/06/1966 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 21 Bill Findlay unknown
18/06/1966 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 34 Bill Findlay unknown
25/06/1966 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 12 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/07/1966 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 51 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/07/1966 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 33 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/07/1966 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 25 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/07/1966 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 20 Ted Whitten unknown
06/08/1966 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 6 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
13/08/1966 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 52 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
20/08/1966 Round 17 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 61 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/08/1966 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 104 Ted Whitten unknown