1980 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-17, P%: 75.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Kelvin Templeton (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kelvin Templeton (75)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Kelvin Templeton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Geoff Jennings

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 16 R01-R08, R11-R15, R20-R22 14
Anderson, Robert #12 5 R01-R02, R04, R07-R08 3
Atkinson, Alan #16 6 R03, R06-R10 3
Berry, Bill #4 10 R01-R07, R09-R11 3
Berry, Jeff #38 17 R06-R22 0
Bradmore, Phil #19 3 R10-R11, R16 3
Burton, Chris #36 1 R22 0
Byrachevski, Matt #28 3 R09-R11 2
Cordy, Neil #29 17 R01-R10, R16-R22 0
Cowton, Gary #6 18 R01-R17, R22 0
Davidson, Stan #53 20 R03-R22 6
Davis, Greg #46 1 R15 0
De Koning, Terry #11 4 R12-R14, R22 0
Dunstan, Ian #32 22 R01-R22 17
Edmond, Jim #20 20 R02-R05, R07-R22 24
Edwards, Bryan #50 1 R22 0
Egan, Mick #10 4 R19-R22 4
Groenewegen, Robert #14 15 R04-R08, R11-R20 1
Hampshire, Ian #1 19 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R22 14
Hawkins, Doug #7 12 R01-R05, R16-R22 5
Hickmott, Peter #24 11 R09-R15, R17, R19-R21 4
Jennings, Geoff #25 17 R01, R05-R08, R11-R22 22
Johnson, Matt #8 1 R01 0
Kelly, Mick #11 4 R03-R04, R06-R07 3
Loveless, Shane #2 16 R02-R03, R06, R08, R10-R15, R17-R22 44
McConnell, Alan #28 7 R15-R21 3
McKenna, Michael #34 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 12
Morrison, Ian #8 14 R01-R02, R07-R10, R13-R15, R18-R22 6
Moylan, John #9 4 R01-R04 0
O'Keefe, Brian #36 3 R16-R17, R20 1
Perrin, Brian #40 10 R12-R21 5
Pollett, Andrew #45 2 R01-R02 0
Polson, Gordon #19 2 R05-R06 1
Reid, Bruce #5 12 R01-R06, R08-R09, R18-R19, R21-R22 0
Reid, John #33 19 R01-R05, R08-R19, R21-R22 0
Ross, Paul #21 3 R01, R09-R10 1
Sampson, Glen #54 6 R11-R16 1
Seery, Colin #47 3 R06-R07, R12 2
Templeton, Kelvin #31 22 R01-R22 75
Towns, Greg #17 13 R03, R05-R11, R16, R18-R21 4
Tweeddale, Russell #23 8 R02, R04-R05, R07, R11-R14 1
Wheeler, Terry #35 17 R01-R10, R16-R22 1
Whitten, Ted #22 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 16

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)
Hart, Royce 22 5 -0- 17 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1980 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 12 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
07/04/1980 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 28 Royce Hart unknown
12/04/1980 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 25 Royce Hart unknown
19/04/1980 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 9 Royce Hart unknown
27/04/1980 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 122 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
03/05/1980 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 17 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
10/05/1980 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 110 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
17/05/1980 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 77 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
24/05/1980 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 Royce Hart unknown
31/05/1980 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 42 Royce Hart unknown
07/06/1980 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 41 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
14/06/1980 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 44 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
21/06/1980 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 17 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
28/06/1980 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 30 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
12/07/1980 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 59 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
19/07/1980 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 57 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
26/07/1980 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 53 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
02/08/1980 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 115 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
09/08/1980 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 42 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
16/08/1980 Round 20 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 45 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
23/08/1980 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 38 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings
30/08/1980 Round 22 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 50 Royce Hart Geoff Jennings