1972 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 96.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): John Murphy (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Garry Wilson (37)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Garry Wilson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Murray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Amos, Mark #31 1 R12 1
Andrews, Mike #3 13 R04-R06, R08-R16, R22 2
Austen, Geoff #25 3 R13, R15-R16 0
Booth, Greg #24 6 R13-R15, R17, R19-R20 0
Brain, Ray #9 4 R07, R14-R16 1
Brown, Norm #23 8 R15-R22 3
Christou, Jim #20 6 R04-R05, R07, R09, R13, R16 1
Crow, Russell #32 20 R01-R11, R13-R15, R17-R22 15
Dare, Norm #2 10 R03, R07, R12, R16-R22 5
Formosa, John #16 9 R09-R13, R17-R19, R21 2
Irwin, Warwick #7 19 R01-R12, R15, R17-R22 21
Lloyd, Trevor #28 22 R01-R22 10
McCulloch, Ian #6 14 R01-R06, R08-R09, R16-R20, R22 3
McKenzie, Barry #4 7 R07-R08, R10-R14 3
Merrigan, Harvey #36 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 0
Molloy, Shane #22 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 0
Murphy, John #5 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 29
Murray, Kevin #1 22 R01-R22 2
Noonan, Gerry #30 4 R19-R22 10
Padley, Barry #14 22 R01-R22 13
Renwick, Graeme #37 7 R01-R04, R08, R11-R12 5
Rhodes, David #15 19 R01-R11, R13-R16, R18-R21 1
Richards, Laurie #8 22 R01-R22 22
Robertson, Glenn #26 12 R02-R03, R05-R07, R10, R14-R17, R21-R22 0
Robertson, Leigh #18 16 R02-R06, R08-R12, R14-R16, R20-R22 3
Ruscuklic, Alex #13 8 R01, R06, R09-R14 23
Sault, Ray #12 2 R01-R02 0
Searl, Doug #34 18 R01-R13, R18-R22 6
Serafini, Renato #10 18 R01-R14, R16-R18, R22 31
Shanahan, Paul #19 2 R17-R18 6
Thompson, Alan #21 22 R01-R22 11
Wall, David #33 19 R01-R09, R12-R21 16
Wilson, Garry #29 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 37
Zunneberg, Noel #11 1 R01 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 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1972 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
08/04/1972 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 8 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
15/04/1972 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 23 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
22/04/1972 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 19 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
29/04/1972 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 52 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
06/05/1972 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 22 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
13/05/1972 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 25 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
20/05/1972 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 58 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
27/05/1972 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 8 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
03/06/1972 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 2 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
12/06/1972 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 1 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
24/06/1972 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 36 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
01/07/1972 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 35 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
08/07/1972 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 53 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
15/07/1972 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 44 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
22/07/1972 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 16 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
29/07/1972 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 21 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
05/08/1972 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 44 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
12/08/1972 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 45 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
19/08/1972 Round 20 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 37 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
26/08/1972 Round 21 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 15 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray
02/09/1972 Round 22 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 32 Graham Donaldson Kevin Murray