1977 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Moorabbin Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-2-17, P%: 73.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Jeff Sarau (30)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Young (58)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Jeff Sarau

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Carl Ditterich

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Ian #20 21 R02-R22 2
Barker, Trevor #1 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 6
Bell, Peter #13 5 R01, R03-R06 3
Besanko, Neil #11 4 R01, R05, R20-R21 0
Blackburn, David #40 2 R09-R10 2
Bond, Graeme #34 15 R04-R09, R12-R17, R19-R20, R22 6
Booth, Doug #38 1 R01 0
Breen, Barry #4 20 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R22 18
Cahir, Gerard #33 1 R21 0
Callery, Paul #35 18 R01, R04-R08, R11-R22 16
Carlon, Mark #21 6 R06, R13, R17-R20 1
Carter, Colin #26 9 R01-R06, R08, R11-R12 3
Colling, Gary #12 20 R01-R04, R07-R22 1
Cunningham, Geoff #15 1 R02 0
Ditterich, Carl #10 11 R01, R04, R06-R10, R15, R17-R18, R22 6
Dunne, Jeff #46 2 R11-R12 0
Duperouzel, Bruce #3 15 R01-R03, R05-R16 17
Elliott, Glenn #8 11 R01-R07, R09-R12 12
Elliott, Robert #8 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 7
Ellis, David #30 1 R16 1
Evans, Dale #22 2 R21-R22 0
Greene, Mark #6 3 R06, R08, R17 0
Greene, Russell #29 22 R01-R22 9
Hughes, Rod #7 7 R02-R04, R19-R22 3
Hunt, Rex #2 18 R02-R06, R08-R12, R15-R22 52
Judson, Wayne #42 8 R01-R03, R10, R13-R14, R17-R18 0
Lofts, Gary #16 16 R01, R05-R08, R10, R13-R22 17
Mildenhall, Bill #39 19 R04-R22 0
Muir, Robert #32 8 R01-R03, R15-R19 3
Neale, Kevin #18 20 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R22 4
O'Keefe, Maurice #15 13 R07, R09-R16, R19-R22 4
Perovic, Val #9 18 R01-R04, R07-R16, R19-R22 2
Sarau, Jeff #31 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 4
Shepherd, David #48 2 R13, R18 1
Stevens, Phil #13 10 R02-R05, R08-R09, R13-R14, R17-R18 2
Tweeddale, Russell #23 19 R02-R05, R07, R09-R22 15
Williams, Craig #44 8 R06-R07, R09-R14 5
Young, George #27 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 58

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)
Smith, Ross 22 3 -2- 17 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 32 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
11/04/1977 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 36 Ross Smith unknown
16/04/1977 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 107 Ross Smith unknown
23/04/1977 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN STK by 36 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
30/04/1977 Round 5 Footscray AWAY DRAW drawn Ross Smith unknown
07/05/1977 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 88 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
14/05/1977 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
21/05/1977 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 57 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
28/05/1977 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 5 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
04/06/1977 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 85 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
13/06/1977 Round 11 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 13 Ross Smith unknown
18/06/1977 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 Ross Smith unknown
25/06/1977 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN STK by 10 Ross Smith unknown
02/07/1977 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN STK by 24 Ross Smith unknown
09/07/1977 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 8 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
16/07/1977 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 20 Ross Smith unknown
23/07/1977 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 86 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
30/07/1977 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 55 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich
06/08/1977 Round 19 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 26 Ross Smith unknown
13/08/1977 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 71 Ross Smith unknown
20/08/1977 Round 21 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 28 Ross Smith unknown
27/08/1977 Round 22 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 59 Ross Smith Carl Ditterich