1977 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 82.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Paul Sarah (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Larry Donohue (63)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Ian Nankervis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bruce Nankervis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blake, Rod #16 10 R01-R08, R10-R11 1
Bright, Terry #4 22 R01-R22 37
Brimacombe, John #7 3 R09-R11 0
Browne, Mark #12 22 R01-R22 22
Card, Ray #20 9 R08, R14, R16-R22 0
Cassidy, Jeff #15 5 R01, R09-R11, R13 2
Clarke, David #14 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 4
Cousins, Bryan #24 10 R01, R06-R12, R15, R22 5
Davis, Harvey #21 8 R03-R08, R11-R12 2
Donohue, Larry #23 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 63
Fehring, Jeff #25 6 R13-R15, R20-R22 0
Fitzgerald, Gerard #32 3 R14-R15, R21 4
Hawkins, Jack #26 21 R01-R20, R22 4
Higgins, Kevin #39 17 R01, R04-R17, R21-R22 11
Hovey, Wayne #34 6 R16-R21 10
Jeffreys, Paul #22 4 R15-R18 0
Landy, Graeme #2 10 R01-R03, R13, R15, R18-R22 2
Malarkey, Gary #5 20 R01-R02, R04-R20, R22 0
Manson, David #6 6 R02-R07 3
McGillivray, Andy #27 6 R02-R03, R18-R21 4
Nankervis, Bruce #33 9 R01-R09 0
Nankervis, Ian #40 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 2
Neal, Robert #35 22 R01-R22 1
Newland, Ken #3 8 R09-R12, R16-R19 5
Newman, Sam #17 21 R01-R20, R22 4
Nish, Colin #37 8 R12-R14, R16, R18-R21 0
Preen, John #38 8 R01-R05, R13-R15 2
Preston, Andy #28 8 R11-R16, R21-R22 2
Ruscuklic, Peter #29 4 R06-R09 1
Sarah, Paul #13 20 R01-R09, R12-R22 29
Scarlett, John #30 7 R03-R05, R10-R13 0
Sheehan, Kevin #8 17 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12-R15, R17-R19, R22 19
Steven, Robert #52 1 R20 0
Turner, Mick #9 14 R01-R09, R15, R17, R20-R22 14
Witcombe, Murray #18 10 R10-R11, R13, R16-R22 11
Woodman, Alan #32 16 R02-R10, R12-R14, R16-R17, R19, R21 0
Woolnough, Mike #10 16 R01-R02, R08, R10-R22 9

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)
Olsson, Rod 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 78 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
11/04/1977 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 36 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
16/04/1977 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 55 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
25/04/1977 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 27 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
30/04/1977 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
07/05/1977 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 50 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
14/05/1977 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 65 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
21/05/1977 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 7 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
28/05/1977 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 50 Rod Olsson Bruce Nankervis
04/06/1977 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 37 Rod Olsson unknown
11/06/1977 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 51 Rod Olsson unknown
18/06/1977 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 7 Rod Olsson unknown
25/06/1977 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 10 Rod Olsson unknown
02/07/1977 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 7 Rod Olsson unknown
09/07/1977 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 107 Rod Olsson unknown
16/07/1977 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 5 Rod Olsson unknown
23/07/1977 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 26 Rod Olsson unknown
30/07/1977 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 44 Rod Olsson unknown
06/08/1977 Round 19 Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Rod Olsson unknown
13/08/1977 Round 20 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 86 Rod Olsson unknown
20/08/1977 Round 21 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 17 Rod Olsson unknown
27/08/1977 Round 22 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 41 Rod Olsson unknown