1976 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 88.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Graham Moss (48)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Geoff Blethyn (39)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Graham Moss

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Graham Moss
Vice-Captain(s): Ken Fletcher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Amos, Robert #11 8 R01-R03, R17-R21 1
Andrews, Ron #4 16 R01, R04-R17, R22 3
Beaumont, Steve #3 9 R01, R03, R09-R13, R16-R17 14
Berry, Bill #35 7 R04-R07, R16-R17, R21 3
Blethyn, Geoff #7 14 R02-R11, R14-R15, R17, R19 39
Burdett, Geoff #45 7 R05-R06, R10, R12-R15 2
Cahill, Terry #42 9 R12-R15, R18-R22 7
Close, Robin #19 18 R01-R02, R04, R06-R16, R19-R22 26
Crow, Max #31 17 R01-R04, R07-R14, R18-R22 17
Demetriou, Jim #9 2 R06, R11 0
Ellen, Russell #30 12 R01-R02, R04, R07-R13, R15, R18 1
Fields, Neville #1 17 R02-R14, R19-R22 13
Fletcher, Ken #21 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 2
Foulds, Garry #38 12 R01-R02, R04, R06-R09, R16-R20 8
Grinter, Barry #18 22 R01-R22 0
Hartigan, Dean #41 10 R02-R05, R12-R16, R18 1
Hatcher, Graeme #16 3 R05-R06, R12 0
Hickmott, Peter #23 21 R01-R21 3
Jenkin, Graeme #14 1 R02 0
Madden, Simon #27 20 R01-R06, R08, R10-R22 28
Mansfield, Ken #13 2 R12-R13 2
Marsh, Ian #37 2 R03-R04 1
McDonald, Paul #43 2 R14-R15 0
Mihocek, Jack #56 2 R21-R22 3
Moloney, Laurie #34 7 R01-R05, R09, R11 1
Moss, Graham #25 20 R01, R03, R05-R22 19
Newton, Rob #2 15 R06, R09-R22 0
Noonan, Alan #10 13 R01-R03, R07-R10, R16-R20, R22 9
Parkes, Gary #5 22 R01-R22 9
Perry, Greg #8 3 R01-R03 0
Roberts, Ken #6 22 R01-R22 11
Robins, Stephen #24 6 R01, R15-R18, R20 4
Scanlon, Denis #36 9 R14-R22 0
Shaw, Robert #26 4 R05, R13, R21-R22 1
Staehr, Howard #32 3 R07-R08, R22 0
Tyler, Trevor #17 4 R14-R17 0
Walsh, Brian #12 19 R01-R05, R07-R11, R14-R22 33
Watson, Larry #22 11 R04-R10, R19-R22 0
Wellington, Pat #39 10 R03-R08, R11-R13, R18 1
Wilson, Andy #33 18 R01-R11, R16-R22 18

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)
Stephen, Bill 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
10/04/1976 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 12 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
19/04/1976 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 35 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
24/04/1976 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 34 Bill Stephen unknown
01/05/1976 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
08/05/1976 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 55 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
15/05/1976 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
22/05/1976 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 10 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
29/05/1976 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 4 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
05/06/1976 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 9 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
14/06/1976 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 10 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
19/06/1976 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 10 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
26/06/1976 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
03/07/1976 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 15 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
10/07/1976 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
17/07/1976 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 16 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
24/07/1976 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 43 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
31/07/1976 Round 18 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 38 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
07/08/1976 Round 19 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
14/08/1976 Round 20 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 26 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
21/08/1976 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 51 Bill Stephen Graham Moss
28/08/1976 Round 22 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 32 Bill Stephen Graham Moss