1971 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 88.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bernie Quinlan (48)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): David Thorpe

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gary Dempsey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 2 R02, R07 0
Austin, Graeme #31 11 R01-R03, R05-R06, R12, R15-R17, R21-R22 10
Bisset, George #6 20 R01-R14, R16-R17, R19-R22 45
Brown, Don #26 10 R03-R10, R20, R22 8
Casey, Gordon #10 21 R01, R03-R22 0
Cockerell, Bob #38 3 R19-R20, R22 0
Cook, Graeme #34 2 R03-R04 1
Darcy, David #15 20 R01-R02, R04-R19, R21-R22 0
Dell, Colin #48 10 R11-R20 8
Dempsey, Gary #24 18 R02-R04, R06-R15, R17, R19-R22 10
Fenton, Ron #5 2 R03-R04 2
Godridge, Bill #25 4 R11-R14 0
Greenwood, Ken #1 3 R03-R04, R18 0
Joniec, Tad #41 1 R19 1
Joslin, Graeme #12 5 R01-R02, R18, R21-R22 0
Keast, John #33 4 R11-R14 0
Lake, Bruce #35 2 R05, R09 0
Magee, Stuart #23 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 19
Mannix, Alan #8 17 R01, R03-R15, R18-R20 6
McGhie, Robert #40 6 R09-R10, R12, R19-R21 2
McGowan, Ron #22 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R15-R16, R18, R20-R22 1
McHardy, Roger #42 1 R21 0
Merrington, Gary #19 18 R01-R17, R22 13
Newman, Clive #39 1 R01 0
Pagnoccolo, Charles #36 10 R01, R07-R11, R18-R21 11
Parker, Max #45 5 R13-R17 6
Power, Stephen #21 15 R01-R02, R05-R06, R12-R22 3
Quinlan, Bernie #2 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 48
Radziminski, Richard #17 7 R02-R03, R09, R16-R18, R22 0
Rippon, Laurie #11 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 3
Rohde, Bruce #45 4 R03, R05-R07 0
Round, Barry #14 22 R01-R22 29
Salmon, Ian #18 18 R01-R11, R16-R22 10
Sandilands, Laurie #9 20 R01-R08, R10-R21 23
Shaw, Colin #32 6 R02, R12-R16 2
Simmons, Grant #29 15 R07-R08, R10-R22 1
Skreja, Harry #37 6 R05-R09, R12 7
Spargo, Ricky #7 7 R01-R02, R15-R18, R20 2
Stillman, Les #28 3 R08-R10 1
Thorpe, David #16 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 9
Welsh, Peter #4 20 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13-R22 0
Wilson, Trevor #27 1 R04 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)
Whitten, Ted 22 11 -0- 11 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 83 Ted Whitten unknown
12/04/1971 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 44 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
17/04/1971 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 6 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
24/04/1971 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 7 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
01/05/1971 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 20 Ted Whitten unknown
08/05/1971 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 6 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
15/05/1971 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 12 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
22/05/1971 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 40 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
29/05/1971 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 41 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
05/06/1971 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 2 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
14/06/1971 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 59 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
19/06/1971 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 17 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
26/06/1971 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
03/07/1971 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
10/07/1971 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 92 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
17/07/1971 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 35 Ted Whitten unknown
24/07/1971 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 115 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
31/07/1971 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 30 Ted Whitten unknown
07/08/1971 Round 19 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
14/08/1971 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 35 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
21/08/1971 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 31 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey
28/08/1971 Round 22 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 16 Ted Whitten Gary Dempsey