1977 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 18-0-4, P%: 130.7%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Picken (41)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Moore (63)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Len Thompson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Max Richardson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Graeme #21 23 R03-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 46
Atkinson, Alan #16 12 R01-R04, R06-R08, R13, R16, R18-R19, R22 4
Barham, Ricky #43 17 R06-R07, R09-R17, R20-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 16
Batt, Murrie #4 4 R01-R03, R15 5
Betts, Gerald #11 15 R01-R07, R11, R19-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
Bond, Shane #15 13 R01, R03-R06, R10-R14, R17, GF, GF(R) 8
Carman, Phil #9 20 R01-R08, R11-R20, R22, SF 41
Clifford, Stephen #20 2 R02, R04 0
Cole, Brian #47 1 R19 0
Cooper, Ian #10 21 R01-R21 0
Dellamarta, John #33 5 R03, R08-R11 0
Dunne, Ross #12 24 R01-R21, SF, GF, GF(R) 27
Foley, Kerry #35 1 R01 0
Gordon, Wayne #13 24 R02-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 16
Gott, Doug #34 4 R21-R22, SF, GF 0
Grose, Kevin #17 5 R01-R02, R05, R09-R10 1
Hyde, Robert #38 24 R01-R04, R06-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 1
Ireland, Andrew #24 13 R01-R08, R21-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 5
Jessop, Russell #32 2 R04, R18 0
Kekovich, Sam #8 4 R13, R17, R19-R20 4
Kink, Rene #36 20 R04-R16, R18-R21, SF, GF, GF(R) 34
Magro, Stan #45, #3 18 R07-R09, R11-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 10
Manassa, Phil #31 19 R05-R07, R09-R10, R12-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 12
Marshall, Peter #26 4 R18-R19, R21-R22 1
McCormack, Peter #6 3 R01-R03 4
Moore, Peter #30 22 R04-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 76
Moyle, Graeme #44 1 R08 0
Perry, Chris #7 8 R05, R09, R12-R14, R17-R18, GF(R) 0
Picken, Bill #25 24 R01-R12, R14-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 0
Pritchard, Lex #29 2 R08, R12 1
Richardson, Max #1 24 R01-R12, R14-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 31
Richardson, Wayne #18 22 R01-R11, R13-R18, R20, R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 16
Shaw, Ray #23 10 R01-R03, R10, R20-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 13
Thompson, Len #2 25 R01-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 10
Tuddenham, Des #3 2 R01-R02 4
Wearmouth, Ronnie #5 24 R01-R20, R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 22
Wight, Terry #28 9 R05, R10-R17 1
Wise, John #19 4 R09, R15-R16, R21 0
Worthington, Kevin #27 25 R01-R22, SF, GF, GF(R) 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)
Hafey, Tom 25 19 -1- 5 R01-R22, SF, GF, GF(R)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 11 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
09/04/1977 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
16/04/1977 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 51 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
25/04/1977 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 26 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
30/04/1977 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 15 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
07/05/1977 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 102 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
14/05/1977 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 33 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
21/05/1977 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 57 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
28/05/1977 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 34 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
04/06/1977 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 26 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
13/06/1977 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 33 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
18/06/1977 Round 12 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 33 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
25/06/1977 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 41 Tom Hafey unknown
02/07/1977 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 63 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
09/07/1977 Round 15 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 11 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
16/07/1977 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
23/07/1977 Round 17 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 32 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
30/07/1977 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 33 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
06/08/1977 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 26 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
13/08/1977 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 6 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
20/08/1977 Round 21 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 32 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
27/08/1977 Round 22 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 14 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
10/09/1977 Semi Final Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 2 Tom Hafey Max Richardson
24/09/1977 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Tom Hafey Max Richardson
01/10/1977 Grand Final (R) North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 27 Tom Hafey Max Richardson