1967 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 8-1-9, P%: 106.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Johnny Birt (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Noonan (40)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Johnny Birt

Team Leaders

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

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Ian #57 14 R04-R11, R13-R18 21
Birt, Johnny #11 16 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R18 24
Blew, Russell #14 6 R03-R05, R11, R13-R14 0
Brown, Greg #18 18 R01-R18 3
Buhaj, Wally #53 5 R14-R18 1
Clarke, Jack #1 2 R01-R02 1
Davis, Barry #32 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Egan, Kevin #29 15 R01-R08, R10-R13, R16-R18 2
Ellis, John #30 4 R01-R03, R15 2
Epis, Alec #28 14 R01-R04, R06-R09, R13-R18 0
Evans, Neil #36 10 R03-R12 7
Fletcher, Ken #21 16 R03-R18 0
Fordham, Ted #20 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 25
Forsyth, Jim #27 6 R01-R03, R13-R15 0
Fraser, Ken #23 16 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R18 13
Gerlach, Darryl #17 18 R01-R18 0
Gosper, Geoff #6 18 R01-R18 11
Greenwood, Bob #8 10 R04-R07, R13-R18 14
Gross, Don #15 15 R02, R05-R18 18
Hird, Allan #39 1 R04 0
Johnston, Graeme #16 3 R04, R08-R09 0
McKenzie, Don #24 18 R01-R18 3
Mitchell, Hugh #31 2 R01-R02 0
Noonan, Alan #10 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 40
Payne, Charlie #7 18 R01-R18 0
Payne, Ian #3 8 R03, R06-R12 1
Pryor, Geoff #35 3 R01-R03 0
Shaw, David #5 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 4
Somerville, John #19 9 R05-R06, R09-R15 4
Thompson, Bill #12 6 R01-R02, R10-R13 2
Waite, Bruce #9 10 R08-R09, R11-R18 2
Williams, John #22 15 R01, R05-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 18 8 -1- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1967 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 35 John Coleman Ken Fraser
22/04/1967 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 3 John Coleman Ken Fraser
29/04/1967 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 John Coleman Ken Fraser
06/05/1967 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 39 John Coleman Ken Fraser
13/05/1967 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 11 John Coleman Ken Fraser
20/05/1967 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 48 John Coleman Johnny Birt
27/05/1967 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 26 John Coleman Ken Fraser
03/06/1967 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn John Coleman Ken Fraser
10/06/1967 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 91 John Coleman Johnny Birt
24/06/1967 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 26 John Coleman Ken Fraser
01/07/1967 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 9 John Coleman Ken Fraser
08/07/1967 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 21 John Coleman Ken Fraser
22/07/1967 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 23 John Coleman Ken Fraser
29/07/1967 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 9 John Coleman Ken Fraser
05/08/1967 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 41 John Coleman Ken Fraser
12/08/1967 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 39 John Coleman Ken Fraser
19/08/1967 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 2 John Coleman Ken Fraser
26/08/1967 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 John Coleman Ken Fraser