1969 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-1-9, P%: 102.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Davis (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Noonan (43)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Barry Davis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don McKenzie

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barclay, Stuart #42 12 R05, R08-R14, R17-R20 0
Blethyn, Geoff #11 16 R01-R02, R07-R20 12
Brown, Greg #18 10 R01-R07, R10-R11, R16 1
Buhaj, Wally #2 2 R03-R04 0
Carpenter, John #50 2 R15-R16 1
Close, Robin #19 19 R01, R03-R20 39
Collins, David #31 10 R01, R03-R04, R07-R08, R10, R15, R18-R20 4
Crouch, Gary #5 5 R01-R03, R13-R14 0
Daniel, Peter #28 20 R01-R20 32
Davis, Barry #32 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 18
Egan, Kevin #29 12 R01-R08, R17-R20 2
Ellis, John #30 5 R01, R17-R20 5
Fanning, John #40 1 R06 0
Fields, Neville #55 2 R15, R19 0
Fletcher, Ken #21 20 R01-R20 3
Fordham, Ted #20 6 R04-R06, R16-R18 2
Gerlach, Darryl #17 17 R01-R09, R11-R16, R18, R20 1
Gosper, Geoff #6 19 R01-R14, R16-R20 10
Greenwood, Bob #8 12 R04-R10, R12, R17-R20 11
Gross, Don #15 13 R02, R04-R14, R16 13
Hampson, Roger #41 8 R09-R16 1
Headlam, Wayne #40 6 R11-R16 7
Lake, Bruce #16 15 R01-R15 16
Lake, Eddie #38 4 R01, R09, R14-R15 0
McGie, Lindsay #4 1 R19 0
McKenzie, Don #24 20 R01-R20 3
Noonan, Alan #10 18 R02-R14, R16-R20 43
Payne, Charlie #7 9 R01-R03, R15-R20 5
Payne, Ian #3 1 R20 0
Pryor, Geoff #35 20 R01-R20 3
Sinclair, John #14 2 R01, R10 0
Sproule, Paul #26 17 R01-R07, R10-R13, R15-R20 21
Stevenson, Ian #25 4 R08-R09, R17, R20 0
Stillman, Les #23 13 R02, R05-R06, R08-R17 14
Tassell, Doug #53 9 R07-R15 0
Thompson, Bill #12 8 R02-R06, R17-R19 0
Waite, Bruce #9 3 R02-R03, R07 5
Williams, John #22 20 R01-R20 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)
Clarke, Jack 20 10 -1- 9 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1969 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
12/04/1969 Round 2 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
19/04/1969 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 13 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
25/04/1969 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
03/05/1969 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 30 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
10/05/1969 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
17/05/1969 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
24/05/1969 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 15 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
31/05/1969 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 58 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
14/06/1969 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
21/06/1969 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 11 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
28/06/1969 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 9 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
05/07/1969 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
12/07/1969 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 7 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
19/07/1969 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 5 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
26/07/1969 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 27 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
09/08/1969 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 37 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
16/08/1969 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 63 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
23/08/1969 Round 19 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 12 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
30/08/1969 Round 20 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie