1975 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 94.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Sandilands (47)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Laurie Sandilands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 21 R01-R13, R15-R22 19
Bartlett, Les #20 2 R21-R22 0
Casey, Gordon #10 10 R01-R03, R10-R16 0
Collins, Dennis #15 19 R03-R05, R07-R22 22
Dell, Colin #12 16 R01-R02, R09-R22 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 21 R01-R13, R15-R22 10
Dunstan, Ian #32 16 R04-R17, R21-R22 9
Featherby, Peter #5 22 R01-R22 6
Gallagher, Adrian #17 16 R01-R04, R11-R22 12
Gallagher, Ross #49 3 R20-R22 0
Gieschen, Jeff #27 6 R13-R14, R17-R19, R21 0
Gingell, Glenn #13 8 R07-R08, R12, R18-R22 3
Huppatz, Ray #7 10 R01-R09, R14 13
Jennings, Geoff #25 7 R02-R05, R08-R10 1
Low, Ian #28 10 R01-R06, R09-R10, R18-R19 8
Magee, Stuart #23 12 R05-R08, R15-R22 6
McMillan, Marty #16 5 R02-R04, R06-R07 0
Merrington, Gary #19 17 R01-R11, R14-R19 2
Morrison, Ian #8 14 R01, R04-R06, R08-R17 3
Murrie, Richard #26 6 R09-R10, R17-R20 1
Parke, Greg #1 14 R01-R07, R12-R16, R18-R19 21
Perussich, Lee #37 13 R09-R16, R18-R22 5
Power, Stephen #21 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 1
Quinlan, Bernie #2 22 R01-R22 36
Rasmussen, Ivan #11 12 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11, R17, R20-R22 9
Reid, John #33 1 R07 0
Round, Barry #14 20 R01-R14, R16, R18-R22 5
Sachse, Neil #6 2 R01-R02 1
Salmon, Ian #18 11 R01, R08-R17 0
Sandilands, Laurie #9 19 R01-R19 47
Simmons, Grant #29 2 R20, R22 0
Stoneham, Alan #3 17 R01, R03-R08, R11-R17, R20-R22 2
Templeton, Kelvin #31 14 R04-R15, R17, R20 29
Welsh, Peter #4 3 R01-R03 1
Wheeler, Terry #35 19 R04-R22 3
Whitten, Ted #22 9 R02-R03, R06-R07, R18-R22 9

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)
05/04/1975 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 11 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
12/04/1975 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 33 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
19/04/1975 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
26/04/1975 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 66 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
03/05/1975 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 11 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
10/05/1975 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 53 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
17/05/1975 Round 7 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 41 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
24/05/1975 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 11 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
31/05/1975 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 76 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
07/06/1975 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 2 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
16/06/1975 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 12 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
21/06/1975 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 39 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
28/06/1975 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 13 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
05/07/1975 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 38 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
12/07/1975 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 44 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
19/07/1975 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 7 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
26/07/1975 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 49 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
02/08/1975 Round 18 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 44 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
09/08/1975 Round 19 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 68 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
16/08/1975 Round 20 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Bob Rose unknown
23/08/1975 Round 21 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 40 Bob Rose unknown
30/08/1975 Round 22 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 44 Bob Rose unknown