1972 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 18-1-3, P%: 134.3%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Alex Jesaulenko, Trevor Keogh (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Greg Kennedy (73)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Geoff Southby

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Nicholls

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Barry #12 20 R01-R04, R06-R09, R11, R15-R21, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 15
Austin, Rod #45 4 R06-R08, R12 0
Chandler, Neil #22 4 R17-R18, PF, GF 2
Crane, Gary #6 10 R10-R15, R17, R20-R21, GF 1
Crosswell, Brent #17 14 R01-R05, R10-R11, R13-R18, R22 18
Dickson, David #27 24 R03-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 13
Doull, Bruce #11 26 R01-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 1
Fyffe, Peter #24 8 R02-R03, R07-R10, R14, R16 1
Gallagher, Adrian #10 23 R01-R08, R12-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 34
Gill, Barry #21 3 R07, R09-R10 0
Hall, Kevin #3 13 R01, R06, R09-R10, R18-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 1
Hall, Peter #31 3 R20-R22 2
Hurst, Paul #33 21 R01-R14, R20-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 0
Jackson, Syd #5 23 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15-R22, SF(R), PF, GF 21
Jesaulenko, Alex #25 24 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 33
Jones, Peter #28 24 R01-R05, R08-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 34
Kennedy, Greg #16 22 R01-R02, R04-R12, R14-R15, R17-R22, SF, SF(R), PF 76
Keogh, Trevor #8 26 R01-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 23
Lukas, Andrew #7 22 R03-R19, R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 3
McKay, David #43 26 R01-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 17
Nicholls, John #2 25 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 28
O'Brien, Paul #29 1 R12 0
O'Connell, John #19 20 R01-R05, R11-R13, R15-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 0
Pascoe, Eric #13 1 R06 1
Pinnell, Phillip #15 20 R01-R06, R11-R22, SF, SF(R) 0
Quirk, Bryan #32 17 R01-R05, R07-R16, R18, SF 4
Robertson, Ian #34 16 R01-R02, R11-R16, R19-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 8
Southby, Geoff #20 25 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 0
Waite, Vin #30 20 R01-R08, R11-R14, R16-R19, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 1
Walls, Robert #42 25 R01-R17, R19-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF 47
Walsh, Brian #18 6 R07-R10, R12, R19 4
Warburton, Peter #23 2 R05-R06 0
Warden, John #9 2 R09, R15 0

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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)
Nicholls, John 25 19 -2- 4 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, SF(R), PF, GF
McKenzie, Keith 1 1 -0- 0 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1972 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 11 John Nicholls John Nicholls
08/04/1972 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY DRAW drawn John Nicholls John Nicholls
15/04/1972 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 32 John Nicholls John Nicholls
22/04/1972 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 John Nicholls John Nicholls
25/04/1972 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 15 John Nicholls John Nicholls
06/05/1972 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 49 John Nicholls John Nicholls
13/05/1972 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 37 John Nicholls John Nicholls
20/05/1972 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 27 John Nicholls John Nicholls
27/05/1972 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 62 John Nicholls John Nicholls
03/06/1972 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 3 John Nicholls John Nicholls
10/06/1972 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 6 John Nicholls John Nicholls
24/06/1972 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 36 Keith McKenzie Robert Walls
01/07/1972 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 8 John Nicholls John Nicholls
08/07/1972 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 31 John Nicholls John Nicholls
15/07/1972 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 65 John Nicholls John Nicholls
22/07/1972 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 16 John Nicholls John Nicholls
29/07/1972 Round 17 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 52 John Nicholls John Nicholls
05/08/1972 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 11 John Nicholls John Nicholls
12/08/1972 Round 19 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 23 John Nicholls John Nicholls
19/08/1972 Round 20 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 89 John Nicholls John Nicholls
26/08/1972 Round 21 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 68 John Nicholls John Nicholls
02/09/1972 Round 22 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 3 John Nicholls John Nicholls
16/09/1972 Semi Final Richmond HOME DRAW drawn John Nicholls John Nicholls
23/09/1972 Semi Final (R) Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 41 John Nicholls John Nicholls
30/09/1972 Preliminary Final St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 16 John Nicholls John Nicholls
07/10/1972 Grand Final Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 27 John Nicholls John Nicholls