1969 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 6-0-14, P%: 85.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): George Bisset (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Bisset (45)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): George Bisset

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bartlett, Les #20 2 R07, R18 0
Bisset, George #6 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 45
Bryant, Ian #5 19 R01-R05, R07-R20 0
Casey, Gordon #34 9 R03-R05, R15-R20 5
Cook, Fred #29 6 R01-R06 1
Cook, Graeme #10 8 R01-R04, R07, R13-R15 5
Cumming, Len #31 4 R05-R06, R10-R11 0
Darcy, David #15 20 R01-R20 11
Davidson, Bruce #27 3 R01-R03 0
Delmenico, Kevin #18 13 R01, R03-R11, R14-R16 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 2 R19-R20 7
Greenhill, Bruce #28 1 R01 0
Greenwood, Ken #1 15 R02-R07, R12-R20 0
Haynes, Ray #17 14 R02, R04, R09-R20 1
Hines, Peter #2 3 R01-R02, R07 3
Jillard, John #25 18 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R20 0
Joniec, Tad #41 1 R20 0
Joslin, Graeme #12 1 R01 0
Magee, Stuart #23 17 R01-R13, R16-R17, R19-R20 3
Mannix, Alan #8 12 R05, R10-R20 6
Marsh, Ivan #33 12 R02-R04, R06-R10, R14-R15, R17, R20 3
McGhie, Robert #40 1 R11 0
McGowan, Ron #22 15 R02, R07-R20 1
McKenzie, Don #30 18 R01-R17, R19 32
Merrington, Gary #19 17 R03-R06, R08-R20 3
Mitchell, Norm #26 5 R06-R08, R18-R19 1
Power, Stephen #39 6 R08-R13 2
Quinlan, Bernie #2 9 R12-R20 18
Radziminski, Richard #21 2 R01, R11 0
Reilly, John #32 12 R07-R18 1
Rippon, Laurie #11 13 R05-R13, R17-R20 1
Round, Barry #14 20 R01-R20 28
Sandilands, Laurie #9 6 R01-R04, R06, R18 2
Skreja, Harry #37 11 R07-R14, R16, R19-R20 5
Spargo, Ricky #7 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 33
Thatcher, Geoff #44 2 R05-R06 0
Thorpe, David #16 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 18
Welsh, Peter #4 10 R01-R10 1
Whitten, Ted #3 18 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R20 13

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 20 6 -0- 14 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1969 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 56 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
12/04/1969 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 33 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
19/04/1969 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 29 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
26/04/1969 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 45 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
03/05/1969 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 60 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
10/05/1969 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 53 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
17/05/1969 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 8 Ted Whitten unknown
24/05/1969 Round 8 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 15 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
31/05/1969 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 11 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/06/1969 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 25 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
21/06/1969 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 46 Ted Whitten unknown
28/06/1969 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 47 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
05/07/1969 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 10 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
12/07/1969 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 2 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
19/07/1969 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 13 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/08/1969 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 77 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
09/08/1969 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/08/1969 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 17 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/08/1969 Round 19 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 12 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/08/1969 Round 20 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 90 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten