1971 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1971 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 88.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey, Ross | #30 | 2 | 0 | R02, R07 |
| Austin, Graeme | #31 | 11 | 10 | R01-03, R05-06, R12, R15-17, R21-22 |
| Bisset, George | #6 | 20 | 45 | R01-14, R16-17, R19-22 |
| Brown, Don | #26 | 10 | 8 | R03-10, R20, R22 |
| Casey, Gordon | #10 | 21 | 0 | R01, R03-22 |
| Cockerell, Bob | #38 | 3 | 0 | R19-20, R22 |
| Cook, Graeme | #34 | 2 | 1 | R03-04 |
| Darcy, David | #15 | 20 | 0 | R01-02, R04-19, R21-22 |
| Dell, Colin | #48 | 10 | 8 | R11-20 |
| Dempsey, Gary | #24 | 18 | 10 | R02-04, R06-15, R17, R19-22 |
| Fenton, Ron | #5 | 2 | 2 | R03-04 |
| Godridge, Bill | #25 | 4 | 0 | R11-14 |
| Greenwood, Ken | #1 | 3 | 0 | R03-04, R18 |
| Joniec, Tad | #41 | 1 | 1 | R19 |
| Joslin, Graeme | #12 | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R18, R21-22 |
| Keast, John | #33 | 4 | 0 | R11-14 |
| Lake, Bruce | #35 | 2 | 0 | R05, R09 |
| Magee, Stuart | #23 | 21 | 19 | R01-11, R13-22 |
| Mannix, Alan | #8 | 17 | 6 | R01, R03-15, R18-20 |
| McGhie, Robbie | #40 | 6 | 2 | R09-10, R12, R19-21 |
| McGowan, Ron | #22 | 16 | 1 | R01-06, R08-11, R15-16, R18, R20-22 |
| McHardy, Roger | #42 | 1 | 0 | R21 |
| Merrington, Gary | #19 | 18 | 13 | R01-17, R22 |
| Newman, Clive | #39 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Pagnoccolo, Charles | #36 | 10 | 11 | R01, R07-11, R18-21 |
| Parker, Max | #45 | 5 | 6 | R13-17 |
| Power, Stephen | #21 | 15 | 3 | R01-02, R05-06, R12-22 |
| Quinlan, Bernie | #2 | 21 | 48 | R01-08, R10-22 |
| Radziminski, Richard | #17 | 7 | 0 | R02-03, R09, R16-18, R22 |
| Rippon, Laurie | #11 | 21 | 3 | R01-19, R21-22 |
| Rohde, Bruce | #45 | 4 | 0 | R03, R05-07 |
| Round, Barry | #14 | 22 | 29 | R01-22 |
| Salmon, Ian | #18 | 18 | 10 | R01-11, R16-22 |
| Sandilands, Laurie | #9 | 20 | 23 | R01-08, R10-21 |
| Shaw, Colin | #32 | 6 | 2 | R02, R12-16 |
| Simmons, Grant | #29 | 15 | 1 | R07-08, R10-22 |
| Skreja, Harry | #37 | 6 | 7 | R05-09, R12 |
| Spargo, Ricky | #7 | 7 | 2 | R01-02, R15-18, R20 |
| Stillman, Les | #28 | 3 | 1 | R08-10 |
| Thorpe, David | #16 | 21 | 9 | R01-15, R17-22 |
| Welsh, Peter | #4 | 20 | 0 | R01-02, R04-11, R13-22 |
| Wilson, Trevor | #27 | 1 | 0 | R04 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten, Ted | 22 | 11 | -0- | 11 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/1971 | Round 1 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 83 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 12/04/1971 | Round 2 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 44 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 17/04/1971 | Round 3 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 6 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 24/04/1971 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 7 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 01/05/1971 | Round 5 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 20 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 08/05/1971 | Round 6 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 6 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 15/05/1971 | Round 7 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 12 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 22/05/1971 | Round 8 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 40 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 29/05/1971 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 41 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 05/06/1971 | Round 10 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 2 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 14/06/1971 | Round 11 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 59 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 19/06/1971 | Round 12 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 17 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 26/06/1971 | Round 13 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 1 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 03/07/1971 | Round 14 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 2 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 10/07/1971 | Round 15 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 92 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 17/07/1971 | Round 16 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 35 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 24/07/1971 | Round 17 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 115 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 31/07/1971 | Round 18 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 30 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 07/08/1971 | Round 19 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 1 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 14/08/1971 | Round 20 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 35 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 21/08/1971 | Round 21 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 31 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |
| 28/08/1971 | Round 22 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 16 | Ted Whitten | Gary Dempsey |