1977 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-1-14, P%: 82.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Simon Madden (25)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Max Crow (38)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Simon Madden

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain(s): Ron Andrews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Ron #4 14 R01-R12, R14-R15 5
Bell, Greg #28 12 R01, R03, R05-R09, R11, R18-R21 0
Berry, Bill #35 4 R03-R04, R13-R14 1
Boyd, Colin #17 19 R02-R04, R06-R10, R12-R22 0
Burdett, Geoff #15 4 R01-R04 0
Cahill, Terry #20 4 R01-R03, R06 5
Clarke, Neil #39 8 R01-R04, R12-R15 1
Close, Robin #19 17 R01-R02, R07-R19, R21-R22 12
Crow, Max #31 20 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R22 38
Early, Phillip #25 10 R12-R19, R21-R22 3
Ellen, Russell #30 3 R01-R03 1
Fields, Neville #1 15 R01-R07, R10-R11, R14, R16-R19, R22 18
Fletcher, Ken #21 18 R05-R22 10
Foulds, Garry #38 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 9
Hartigan, Dean #41 3 R05, R08, R10 0
Heard, Shane #9 10 R05-R09, R18-R22 3
Hickmott, Peter #23 8 R01-R02, R04-R06, R15, R18, R21 3
Madden, Simon #27 20 R01-R12, R15-R22 33
Mansfield, Ken #13 11 R01-R03, R11-R14, R16-R17, R20, R22 7
Marsh, Ian #37 7 R03, R16-R17, R19-R22 0
Mattson, Don #44 1 R07 0
McDonald, Paul #43 3 R18-R20 2
Mihocek, Jack #8 3 R01-R02, R11 1
Muir, Russell #42 15 R04, R07-R09, R12-R22 0
Neagle, Merv #34 7 R03, R10-R15 2
Newton, Rob #2 10 R04-R06, R09-R11, R16-R17, R21-R22 0
Primmer, Wayne #15 10 R07-R12, R15, R18, R20-R21 11
Roberts, Ken #6 21 R01-R20, R22 28
Robins, Stephen #24 20 R01-R16, R19-R22 11
Scanlon, Denis #36 22 R01-R22 5
Shaw, Robert #26 5 R01, R03-R06 0
Taubert, Steven #16 15 R05-R11, R15-R22 9
Vander Haar, Paul #18 18 R05-R22 19
Walsh, Brian #12 16 R04-R13, R15-R17, R20-R22 32
Watson, Larry #22 8 R02, R04-R06, R13-R14, R16-R17 1
Watson, Tim #32 16 R07-R22 16
Wilson, Andy #33 17 R01-R10, R12-R14, R17-R20 11
Young, Gary #29 5 R01-R02, R04, R12-R13 1

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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 7 -1- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 32 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
09/04/1977 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 77 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
16/04/1977 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 51 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
23/04/1977 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 4 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
30/04/1977 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 20 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
07/05/1977 Round 6 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 100 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
14/05/1977 Round 7 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
21/05/1977 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
28/05/1977 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 19 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
04/06/1977 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 54 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
13/06/1977 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 106 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
18/06/1977 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
25/06/1977 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 12 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
02/07/1977 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 11 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
09/07/1977 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 11 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
16/07/1977 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 39 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
23/07/1977 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 17 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
30/07/1977 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 46 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
06/08/1977 Round 19 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
13/08/1977 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 35 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
20/08/1977 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 64 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
27/08/1977 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 38 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher