1977 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 83.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Garry Wilson (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Beecroft (59)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Murphy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Ron #6 20 R01-R11, R13-R21 4
Allan, Graeme #27 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 25
Austen, Geoff #25 15 R01-R12, R15-R17 5
Beecroft, Bob #24 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 59
Brown, Brian #2 15 R07, R09-R22 2
Brown, Peter #18 9 R02, R04-R06, R08-R10, R17, R20 2
Carter, Rod #28 18 R01-R07, R09-R17, R21-R22 0
Chapman, Gary #34 8 R01-R03, R05, R12-R14, R16 7
Christou, John #41 5 R05, R08-R11 1
Conlan, Mick #12 5 R18-R22 2
Dare, Norm #9 2 R09-R10 0
Duke, Wayne #32 6 R17-R22 1
Dwyer, Lex #42 1 R19 0
Fowler, Grant #38 12 R03-R04, R12-R13, R15-R22 18
Gilmore, Shane #47 4 R12-R14, R16 0
Godfrey, Tim #26 8 R02, R04-R09, R11 0
Hansen, Chris #16 15 R06-R07, R09-R11, R13-R22 8
Hodges, Russ #17 10 R13-R22 0
Holmes, Allan #37 1 R18 0
Irwin, Warwick #7 22 R01-R22 17
Johnston, Peter #40 6 R08, R10-R14 9
Linton, Wayne #30 8 R01, R03, R06, R11-R14, R18 3
MacLeod, Neil #20 7 R01, R04-R05, R08-R10, R21 6
McMahon, David #19 18 R01-R08, R13-R22 18
Merrigan, Harvey #36 15 R01-R04, R06-R08, R14-R16, R18-R22 0
Miller, Ian #3 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 3
Murphy, John #5 22 R01-R22 32
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 17 R04-R20 4
Padley, Barry #14 7 R01-R07 0
Parke, Greg #4 15 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15, R21-R22 17
Serafini, Laurie #37 6 R15-R20 8
Serafini, Renato #10 1 R03 2
Shepherd, Bob #1 13 R01-R04, R07, R09-R16 8
Sinclair, Allan #31 11 R04, R07-R08, R11-R12, R17-R22 3
Smith, Chris #8 10 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09, R12, R16, R19, R22 2
Thompson, Alan #21 16 R01-R03, R06-R08, R12-R17, R19-R22 8
Vann, Kalev #13 2 R11, R16 0
Ward, Glenn #22 3 R18, R20, R22 0
Whitford, Don #15 8 R01-R02, R05, R08, R10-R12, R17 0
Wilson, Garry #29 16 R01-R12, R14-R15, R21-R22 24

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, Kevin 22 6 -0- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 14 Kevin Rose John Murphy
09/04/1977 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 Kevin Rose John Murphy
16/04/1977 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 28 Kevin Rose John Murphy
23/04/1977 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 36 Kevin Rose John Murphy
30/04/1977 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 56 Kevin Rose John Murphy
07/05/1977 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 19 Kevin Rose John Murphy
14/05/1977 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 33 Kevin Rose John Murphy
21/05/1977 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 48 Kevin Rose John Murphy
28/05/1977 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 10 Kevin Rose John Murphy
04/06/1977 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 54 Kevin Rose John Murphy
11/06/1977 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 51 Kevin Rose John Murphy
18/06/1977 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 52 Kevin Rose John Murphy
25/06/1977 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 7 Kevin Rose John Murphy
02/07/1977 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 24 Kevin Rose John Murphy
09/07/1977 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 18 Kevin Rose John Murphy
16/07/1977 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 56 Kevin Rose John Murphy
23/07/1977 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 62 Kevin Rose John Murphy
30/07/1977 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Kevin Rose John Murphy
06/08/1977 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 62 Kevin Rose John Murphy
13/08/1977 Round 20 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 14 Kevin Rose John Murphy
20/08/1977 Round 21 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 64 Kevin Rose John Murphy
27/08/1977 Round 22 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 41 Kevin Rose John Murphy