1972 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 94.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Sandilands (39)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Welsh

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gary Dempsey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 1 R10 0
Austin, Graeme #31 17 R02-R03, R06-R16, R18-R19, R21-R22 5
Baker, Garry #27 1 R01 0
Bartlett, Les #20 20 R01-R18, R20-R21 5
Bisset, George #6 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 38
Boyle, Stephen #44 6 R08-R10, R12-R13, R15 10
Brown, Don #26 15 R05-R14, R16-R19, R22 6
Casey, Gordon #10 22 R01-R22 0
Cockerell, Bob #38 18 R02-R19 11
Collins, Dennis #48 20 R03-R22 5
Cook, Graeme #34 9 R01-R02, R10-R16 3
Dell, Colin #12 3 R02-R03, R22 1
Dempsey, Gary #24 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 13
Fox, Bob #17 1 R09 2
Godridge, Bill #28 6 R04-R09 4
Greenwood, Ken #1 2 R07, R12 2
Magee, Stuart #23 19 R01-R06, R08-R12, R15-R22 13
Mannix, Alan #8 12 R01, R03-R05, R12-R13, R15-R20 5
Marks, Ken #35 3 R01, R04, R10 0
McGhie, Robert #5 14 R01-R03, R10, R12-R21 4
McGowan, Ron #22 5 R04-R08 0
Merrington, Gary #19 20 R01-R11, R14-R22 0
Neish, Bruce #49 1 R07 0
O'Halloran, Max #39 7 R11-R12, R14, R18-R21 1
Pagnoccolo, Charles #36 8 R01, R06-R07, R11, R19-R22 8
Pokrovsky, Mike #46 1 R20 0
Power, Stephen #21 13 R01-R06, R08, R16-R18, R20-R22 3
Quinlan, Bernie #2 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 37
Rippon, Laurie #11 4 R01-R03, R17 0
Round, Barry #14 22 R01-R22 34
Salmon, Ian #18 15 R01, R04-R13, R16, R20-R22 0
Sandilands, Laurie #9 15 R02-R04, R11-R22 39
Shaw, Colin #32 4 R06-R07, R16-R17 0
Stamp, Ray #15 6 R05-R06, R09, R11, R13-R14 3
Steel, Gary #29 2 R15, R22 0
Stoneham, Alan #3 5 R14, R19-R22 2
Thomas, Ralph #42 6 R04-R05, R12-R15 0
Thorpe, David #16 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 15
Vesty, Carl #43 1 R02 0
Welsh, Peter #4 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 4
Zeltner, Trevor #28 11 R01-R03, R08-R09, R17-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)
Rose, Bob 22 11 -0- 11 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1972 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 61 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
08/04/1972 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 21 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
15/04/1972 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 58 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
22/04/1972 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 14 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
29/04/1972 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 28 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
06/05/1972 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 22 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
13/05/1972 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 3 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
20/05/1972 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
27/05/1972 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 17 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
03/06/1972 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 18 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
10/06/1972 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
24/06/1972 Round 12 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 34 Bob Rose unknown
01/07/1972 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 37 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
08/07/1972 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 36 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
15/07/1972 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 26 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
22/07/1972 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 41 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
29/07/1972 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 21 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
05/08/1972 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 4 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
12/08/1972 Round 19 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 47 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
19/08/1972 Round 20 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 13 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
26/08/1972 Round 21 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 2 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey
02/09/1972 Round 22 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Bob Rose Gary Dempsey