1966 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 137.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): John Sharrock (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Doug Wade (50)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Denis Marshall

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Graham Farmer

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Gareth #6 6 R02-R04, R09-R11 9
Barr, Alan #33 5 R05-R06, R14, R18, SF 0
Brown, David #37 4 R13-R16 2
Chirgwin, Brian #28 3 R05-R07 8
Closter, Wayne #1 18 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF 1
Davies, John #19 5 R09-R11, R15-R16 0
Devine, John #9 15 R01-R03, R08-R18, SF 0
Eales, Colin #16 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 7
Farman, Terry #15 12 R03-R04, R06-R12, R14, R16, R18 4
Farmer, Graham #5 18 R01-R17, SF 15
Gladman, Ken #18 5 R01, R07-R09, R14 1
Goggin, Bill #35 18 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF 27
Graham, Ricky #21 7 R01, R03, R05-R08, R17 1
Herrod, Darryl #13 5 R03-R06, R17 0
Hosking, Ron #11 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Hynes, Gordon #12 12 R01-R12 15
Lord, Alistair #4 17 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF 10
Marshall, Denis #2 17 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF 2
Newland, Ken #3 19 R01-R18, SF 21
Newman, Sam #17 16 R01-R08, R12-R18, SF 11
Polinelli, Tony #36 14 R02-R05, R10-R18, SF 2
Reid, Gordon #29 6 R08-R09, R11-R13, R15 0
Rosenow, Geoff #27 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Ryan, Bill #26 18 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF 25
Sharrock, John #10 17 R01-R04, R07-R18, SF 14
Teasdale, Alan #20 8 R01-R02, R08-R11, R18, SF 10
Vinar, Paul #8 14 R01-R08, R13, R15-R18, SF 0
Wade, Doug #23 17 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF 52
Walker, Peter #34 17 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF 0
West, Roy #31 11 R09-R18, SF 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)
Pianto, Peter 19 14 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1966 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 14 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
30/04/1966 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 20 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
07/05/1966 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 40 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
14/05/1966 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 43 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
21/05/1966 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 18 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
28/05/1966 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 37 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
04/06/1966 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 1 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
11/06/1966 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 29 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
18/06/1966 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 113 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
25/06/1966 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 60 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
02/07/1966 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 18 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
16/07/1966 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 60 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
23/07/1966 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 6 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
30/07/1966 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 20 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
06/08/1966 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 23 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
13/08/1966 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 34 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
20/08/1966 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 39 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer
27/08/1966 Round 18 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 70 Peter Pianto unknown
03/09/1966 Semi Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 10 Peter Pianto Graham Farmer