1967 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 71.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): John Jillard (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Bisset (27)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): John Jillard

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bisset, George #6 18 R01-R18 27
Bradley, John #20 4 R11-R12, R14-R15 1
Bryant, Ian #5 18 R01-R18 3
Chalmers, Graeme #27 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 2
Cook, Fred #29 7 R01, R04, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18 0
Cook, Graeme #10 9 R01-R06, R08-R09, R14 4
Cumming, Len #31 5 R07-R10, R12 4
Delmenico, Kevin #18 14 R01-R03, R05-R06, R10-R18 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 16 R01-R11, R13-R17 8
Fincher, Noel #28 10 R01-R04, R12-R17 1
Greenwood, Ken #1 17 R02-R18 0
Haynes, Ray #17 5 R07-R11 0
Hunter, Alan #15 1 R13 0
Jackman, Kevin #7 5 R01, R07-R10 4
Jillard, John #25 18 R01-R18 0
Mannix, Alan #8 14 R01, R04-R10, R13-R18 3
Marsh, Ivan #33 13 R05-R06, R08-R18 4
McGhie, Joe #37 8 R09-R15, R18 0
McGowan, Ron #22 15 R01-R03, R06-R14, R16-R18 0
McKenzie, Don #30 18 R01-R18 22
Merrington, Gary #19 9 R01-R04, R10-R11, R16-R18 5
O'Connor, Rod #23 1 R03 0
Patterson, Dallas #26 3 R02-R03, R06 7
Percy, Robert #39 1 R11 0
Peters, Garry #40 4 R04-R05, R07, R09 3
Pleitner, Bryan #11 8 R02, R04-R08, R15-R16 2
Prior, Doug #2 7 R01-R03, R11-R14 5
Reilly, John #32 18 R01-R18 0
Sandilands, Laurie #9 7 R01, R10-R13, R17-R18 1
Schultz, John #14 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 3
Shanahan, Peter #21 4 R04-R05, R08-R09 0
Spargo, Ricky #36 12 R02-R07, R13-R18 8
Stevens, Kevin #4 8 R01-R08 6
Thorpe, David #16 10 R05-R06, R11-R18 3
Walsh, Laurie #41 3 R15-R16, R18 1
Whitten, Ted #3 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 19
Zeuschner, Murray #1 1 R07 1

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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)
Sutton, Charlie 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1967 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 81 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
22/04/1967 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 8 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
29/04/1967 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 38 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
06/05/1967 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 58 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
13/05/1967 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 1 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
20/05/1967 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 48 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
27/05/1967 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
03/06/1967 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 24 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
12/06/1967 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 40 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
24/06/1967 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 16 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
01/07/1967 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 37 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
15/07/1967 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 45 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
22/07/1967 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 72 Charlie Sutton unknown
29/07/1967 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 31 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
05/08/1967 Round 15 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 6 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
12/08/1967 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
19/08/1967 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 2 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten
26/08/1967 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 2 Charlie Sutton Ted Whitten