1978 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 90.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kelvin Templeton (118)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Kelvin Templeton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gary Dempsey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 22 R01-R22 6
Blair, Dennis #16 8 R01-R03, R09-R12, R15 0
Bradmore, Phil #19 5 R08-R09, R11-R12, R15 2
Brown, George #12 5 R01, R08, R19-R21 4
Davis, Greg #46 1 R22 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 17 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R16, R20-R22 13
Dinatale, Jack #34 9 R13-R21 5
Dunstan, Ian #32 22 R01-R22 20
Edmond, Jim #20 9 R01-R02, R05, R07-R11, R22 4
Egan, Mick #49 1 R15 0
Foreman, Wayne #42 13 R01-R10, R16-R18 16
Fox, Tony #37 1 R22 0
Fox, Wayne #9 1 R08 0
Gieschen, Jeff #27 3 R02-R03, R17 0
Groenewegen, Robert #14 6 R04-R05, R16-R19 5
Hampshire, Ian #1 14 R04-R06, R09-R10, R14-R22 16
Hawkins, Doug #7 18 R01-R02, R04-R06, R09-R21 11
Henwood, Don #45 2 R03-R04 0
Jennings, Geoff #25 22 R01-R22 16
Johnson, Matt #8 4 R06-R07, R12, R22 3
Kelly, Mick #11 19 R03-R05, R07-R22 7
Linke, Graeme #44 4 R01-R04 0
Low, Ian #28 16 R01, R06-R18, R21-R22 7
Morrison, Ian #8 13 R01-R03, R05-R07, R16-R22 14
Munro, Peter #10 4 R01-R02, R07, R22 3
Murrie, Richard #26 15 R01-R04, R08-R16, R18, R21 3
Perussich, Lee #23 6 R05-R07, R17, R21-R22 4
Power, Stephen #21 12 R11-R22 0
Reid, Bruce #5 15 R01-R04, R06-R15, R20 4
Reid, John #33 19 R02-R16, R18-R21 1
Scanlan, Glen #50 5 R02-R04, R13-R14 4
Smedts, Alby #17 22 R01-R22 2
Stoneham, Alan #3 21 R01, R03-R22 7
Tantsis, Angelo #48 2 R05-R06 0
Templeton, Kelvin #31 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 118
Tivendale, Norm #43 2 R19-R20 0
Welsh, Peter #4 10 R08-R13, R17-R20 5
Wheeler, Garry #49 3 R12-R14 3
Wheeler, Terry #35 22 R01-R22 0
Whitten, Ted #22 22 R01-R22 27
Wilson, Brian #40 4 R05-R07, R19 3

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)
Goggin, Bill 1 0 -0- 1 R01
McKenzie, Don 21 7 -0- 14 R02-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 69 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
08/04/1978 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
15/04/1978 Round 3 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 64 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
22/04/1978 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 7 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
29/04/1978 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 17 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
06/05/1978 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 18 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
13/05/1978 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 86 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
20/05/1978 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 4 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
27/05/1978 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 25 Don McKenzie unknown
05/06/1978 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 21 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
17/06/1978 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 58 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
24/06/1978 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 30 Don McKenzie unknown
01/07/1978 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 107 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
08/07/1978 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 68 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
15/07/1978 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 12 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
22/07/1978 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 21 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
29/07/1978 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 14 Don McKenzie unknown
05/08/1978 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 6 Don McKenzie unknown
12/08/1978 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 16 Don McKenzie unknown
19/08/1978 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 68 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
26/08/1978 Round 21 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey
02/09/1978 Round 22 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 53 Don McKenzie Gary Dempsey