1971 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 106.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Alex Ruscuklic (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Murphy (47)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Murray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Mike #3 10 R01-R04, R07-R10, R16-R17 6
Brown, Norm #23 22 R01-R22 23
Crow, Russell #32 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 17
Dare, Norm #2 6 R01-R02, R05-R07, R15 1
Ellis, Peter #30 3 R01, R06-R07 0
Herrod, Darryl #19 2 R02-R03 0
Hobbs, Colin #25 1 R01 0
Hodgkin, Bob #35 3 R10, R14, R18 0
Irwin, Warwick #7 22 R01-R22 15
Lloyd, Trevor #28 19 R03-R20, R22 5
McGregor, Treva #9 7 R10-R13, R16, R19-R20 0
McKenzie, Barry #4 6 R01-R05, R16 1
Merrigan, Harvey #36 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 0
Molloy, Shane #22 20 R02-R09, R11-R22 1
Murphy, John #5 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 47
Murray, Kevin #1 22 R01-R22 5
Newnham, John #20 2 R01-R02 1
Newton, Jack #27 10 R05-R14 30
Padley, Barry #14 19 R01-R09, R12-R14, R16-R22 24
Renwick, Graeme #37 15 R05-R19 6
Rheinberger, Cec #26 4 R11-R12, R16-R17 0
Rhodes, David #15 20 R01-R06, R08-R18, R20-R22 9
Richards, Laurie #8 14 R03-R06, R10-R15, R18-R19, R21-R22 7
Robertson, Leigh #18 14 R08-R21 3
Ruscuklic, Alex #13 21 R01-R09, R11-R22 31
Sault, Ray #12 14 R02-R04, R08-R09, R14-R22 4
Searl, Doug #34 19 R01-R02, R06-R22 2
Serafini, Renato #47 2 R21-R22 0
Shanahan, Paul #38 4 R15, R20-R22 9
Skinner, Lyle #28 2 R03-R04 1
Sykes, Bill #24 13 R01-R02, R04-R05, R13, R15-R22 0
Thompson, Alan #21 17 R01, R07-R22 11
Wall, David #33 22 R01-R22 9
Wilson, Garry #29 9 R03-R11 17
Zunneberg, Noel #11 13 R01-R07, R10, R13, R19-R22 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)
Donaldson, Graham 22 12 -0- 10 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 51 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
10/04/1971 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 44 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
17/04/1971 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 34 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
24/04/1971 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 53 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
01/05/1971 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
08/05/1971 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 45 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
15/05/1971 Round 7 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 10 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
22/05/1971 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 44 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
29/05/1971 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 41 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
05/06/1971 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 15 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
14/06/1971 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 58 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
19/06/1971 Round 12 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 18 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
26/06/1971 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 35 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
03/07/1971 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 7 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
10/07/1971 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 18 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
17/07/1971 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 15 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
24/07/1971 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 63 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
31/07/1971 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 19 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
07/08/1971 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 25 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
14/08/1971 Round 20 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 35 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
21/08/1971 Round 21 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 23 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
28/08/1971 Round 22 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray