1976 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 92.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Alexander (26)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Murphy (35)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Garry Wilson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Murphy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Ron #6 22 R01-R22 3
Allan, Graeme #27 14 R01-R09, R12-R13, R15-R17 18
Austen, Geoff #25 13 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08, R13-R18, R22 8
Beecroft, Bob #24 13 R01-R04, R09, R14, R16-R22 17
Brown, Brian #2 4 R02-R05 1
Carter, Rod #28 17 R03-R12, R14-R15, R18-R22 0
Chapman, Gary #34 7 R07, R10, R18-R22 10
Christou, Jim #20 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 5
Christou, John #41 1 R06 0
Clifton, Jeff #18 1 R03 0
Duckworth, John #17 18 R01-R05, R07, R09-R16, R18-R21 8
Dwyer, Lex #42 1 R04 1
Fowler, Grant #38 6 R13, R17-R21 1
George, Max #16 8 R11-R17, R21 20
Godfrey, Tim #40 1 R21 0
Goonan, Leon #37 2 R09-R10 1
Harrington, Dan #23 4 R09-R10, R17-R18 0
Irwin, Warwick #7 8 R08-R15 10
Linton, Wayne #30 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 7
McMahon, David #19 19 R01-R03, R05-R12, R15-R22 2
Merrigan, Harvey #36 18 R01-R02, R06-R15, R17-R22 0
Miller, Ian #3 22 R01-R22 13
Murphy, John #5 19 R01-R04, R07-R20, R22 35
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 22 R01-R22 11
Padley, Barry #14 20 R01-R08, R11-R22 0
Robertson, Glenn #26 22 R01-R22 9
Ruscuklic, Peter #13 2 R05-R06 3
Sault, Ray #12 4 R01-R02, R04, R16 0
Searl, Doug #4 12 R07-R08, R10-R18, R22 5
Serafini, Renato #10 14 R03-R08, R11-R14, R19-R22 24
Shepherd, Bob #1 14 R07-R16, R19-R22 12
Sinclair, Allan #31 9 R01-R09 2
Smith, Chris #8 22 R01-R22 18
Thompson, Alan #21 11 R01, R05-R07, R16-R22 0
Wall, David #33 5 R03, R10-R11, R19-R20 1
Whitford, Don #15 18 R01-R17, R22 2
Wilson, Garry #29 22 R01-R22 32

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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, Kevin 22 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Kevin Rose John Murphy
10/04/1976 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 4 Kevin Rose John Murphy
17/04/1976 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 49 Kevin Rose John Murphy
24/04/1976 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 35 Kevin Rose John Murphy
01/05/1976 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 12 Kevin Rose unknown
08/05/1976 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 72 Kevin Rose unknown
15/05/1976 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 1 Kevin Rose John Murphy
22/05/1976 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Kevin Rose John Murphy
29/05/1976 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 27 Kevin Rose John Murphy
05/06/1976 Round 10 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 4 Kevin Rose John Murphy
14/06/1976 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 10 Kevin Rose John Murphy
19/06/1976 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 56 Kevin Rose John Murphy
26/06/1976 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 19 Kevin Rose John Murphy
03/07/1976 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 23 Kevin Rose John Murphy
10/07/1976 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 Kevin Rose John Murphy
17/07/1976 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 40 Kevin Rose John Murphy
24/07/1976 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 19 Kevin Rose John Murphy
31/07/1976 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 27 Kevin Rose John Murphy
07/08/1976 Round 19 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 47 Kevin Rose John Murphy
14/08/1976 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 3 Kevin Rose John Murphy
21/08/1976 Round 21 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Kevin Rose unknown
28/08/1976 Round 22 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 32 Kevin Rose John Murphy