1978 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 113.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Ray Shaw (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Moore (54)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Ray Shaw

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Len Thompson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Atkinson, Alan #16 19 R01-R18, R22 13
Barham, Ricky #43 20 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14-R20, QF, SF, PF 15
Batt, Murrie #4 2 R02, R06 0
Betts, Gerald #11 9 R01, R03-R04, R12-R15, R20-R21 3
Bond, Shane #15 13 R03-R06, R08-R10, R17-R18, R21-R22, SF, PF 10
Byrne, Ray #26 11 R14-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Carlson, Leigh #29 6 R16-R17, R19, R21-R22, QF 9
Carman, Phil #2 15 R01-R10, R16, R19, QF, SF, PF 22
Carroll, Ted #39 3 R11, R13-R14 2
Clifford, Stephen #20 2 R01-R02 1
Cole, Brian #47 1 R03 0
Dellamarta, John #33 1 R16 1
Dunne, Ross #44 6 R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 17
Gordon, Wayne #13 10 R01-R05, R08, R12-R15 2
Ireland, Andrew #24 24 R01-R02, R04-R22, QF, SF, PF 1
Kink, Rene #36 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 33
Magro, Stan #3 21 R01-R21 4
Manassa, Phil #31 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 18
McCormack, Peter #6 15 R07-R08, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF 2
Moore, Peter #30 24 R01-R07, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 57
Morris, Kevin #14 16 R09-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 9
Oborne, Rod #8 15 R01-R07, R09, R11-R12, R16, R21-R22, SF, PF 13
Perry, Chris #7 9 R04-R08, R17-R20 0
Phillipe, Terry #49 5 R10-R12, R17-R18 1
Picken, Bill #25 24 R01-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Richardson, Max #12 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 21
Richardson, Wayne #18 20 R01-R18, QF, PF 7
Sandilands, Laurie #19 4 R07-R10 6
Shaw, Derek #44, #4 9 R11-R16, R19-R21 2
Shaw, Ray #23 23 R01-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 49
Shaw, Tony #56, #32 5 R19, R21-R22, QF, SF 6
Stewart, Craig #9 21 R01-R18, R22, SF, PF 11
Thompson, Len #1 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 13
Wearmouth, Ronnie #5 20 R01-R15, R18-R20, QF, PF 12
Whitcroft, Greg #37 4 R19-R20, SF, PF 2
Wight, Terry #28 3 R15, R22, QF 0
Worthington, Kevin #27 21 R01-R13, R18-R22, QF, SF, PF 7

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 16 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 42 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
08/04/1978 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 67 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
15/04/1978 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 17 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
22/04/1978 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 2 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
29/04/1978 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
06/05/1978 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 52 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
13/05/1978 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 17 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
20/05/1978 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 4 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
27/05/1978 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 16 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
05/06/1978 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 34 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
17/06/1978 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 60 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
24/06/1978 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 40 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
01/07/1978 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 7 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
08/07/1978 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 10 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
15/07/1978 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 20 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
22/07/1978 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 42 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
29/07/1978 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 30 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
05/08/1978 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 41 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
12/08/1978 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 16 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
19/08/1978 Round 20 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 14 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
26/08/1978 Round 21 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 40 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
02/09/1978 Round 22 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 31 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
09/09/1978 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 56 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
16/09/1978 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN COL by 15 Tom Hafey Len Thompson
23/09/1978 Preliminary Final North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 12 Tom Hafey Len Thompson