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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
[email protected]

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1935 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1935 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.315.617.724.15 159 WON Melbourne 4.46.510.715.9 99 60 MCG Apr 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.36.410.1113.17 95 WON St. Kilda 1.58.611.913.14 92 3 WIN May 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Essendon 4.04.49.812.11 83 LOST Collingwood 3.310.818.1121.17 143 -60 VIC May 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.07.39.316.5 101 WON Footscray 1.43.57.87.8 50 51 WES May 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.56.813.1313.20 98 WON Hawthorn 5.110.810.1312.14 86 12 WIN May 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 H Essendon 2.38.710.1312.13 85 LOST Richmond 5.39.610.613.9 87 -2 WIN Jun 3 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
7 A Essendon 1.11.42.64.12 36 LOST Geelong 6.49.412.816.14 110 -74 COR Jun 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.45.48.79.7 61 LOST Fitzroy 0.25.108.1014.19 103 -42 WIN Jun 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 1.14.47.49.7 61 LOST South Melbourne 3.55.97.1813.22 100 -39 LAK Jun 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Essendon 2.26.49.711.12 78 LOST Carlton 6.213.517.622.8 140 -62 WIN Jun 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A Essendon 3.45.76.1010.14 74 WON North Melbourne 1.14.67.910.13 73 1 ARD Jul 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.29.710.1010.14 74 LOST Melbourne 4.124.1210.2012.21 93 -19 WIN Jul 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.05.18.211.3 69 LOST St. Kilda 3.48.810.1213.15 93 -24 JUN Jul 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Essendon 7.18.314.816.10 106 LOST Collingwood 3.39.1112.1116.17 113 -7 WIN Aug 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 3.145.148.2015.25 115 WON Footscray 0.46.99.1012.10 82 33 WIN Aug 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.24.46.99.12 66 LOST Hawthorn 1.82.145.198.26 74 -8 GLE Aug 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A Essendon 1.53.74.147.16 58 LOST Richmond 3.36.69.712.14 86 -28 PUN Aug 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 5.26.810.1714.23 107 WON Geelong 4.36.98.1111.13 79 28 WIN Sep 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1935 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Anderson, Bruce 15                             0 0.0    
Asling, Frank 7                             0 0.0    
Bell, George 18                             2 0.1    
Bryce, Ted 16                             3 0.2    
Coward, George 3                             0 0.0    
Crawford, Col 12                             2 0.2    
Earle, Bill 16                             3 0.2    
Exelby, Murray 14                             10 0.7    
Forbes, Keith 18                             52 2.9    
Freyer, Ted 10                             34 3.4    
Griggs, Les 14                             8 0.6    
Hall, Billy 5                             3 0.6    
Hardiman, Kevin 3                             2 0.7    
Hearn, Clarrie 10                             13 1.3    
Hiskins, Jack 3                             2 0.7    
Lahiff, Tommy 18                             32 1.8    
Lowenthal, Bill 8                             0 0.0    
Mathews, Bob 2                             0 0.0    
McGorlick, George 1                             2 2.0    
McHardy, Allan 1                             0 0.0    
Milne, Wally 7                             0 0.0    
Nash, Frank 8                             2 0.3    
Pattinson, George 13                             1 0.1    
Prismall, George 1                             0 0.0    
Reynolds, Dick 16                             10 0.6 16 76
Rippon, Ted 13                             0 0.0    
Slater, Syd 13                             11 0.8    
Stenhouse, Jack 4                             0 0.0    
Torney, Hugh 16                             3 0.2    
Turner, Bill 12                             2 0.2    
Vosti, Jack 2                             0 0.0    
Wallace, Len 16                             2 0.1    
Walsh, Paddy 8                             0 0.0    
Webster, Len 13                             13 1.0    
Wilson, Billy 6                             3 0.5    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.