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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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1945 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1945 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 7.812.1019.1422.18 150 WON Hawthorn 2.06.47.712.7 79 71 WIN Apr 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.46.67.89.10 64 DRAW Fitzroy 3.56.78.118.16 64 0 BWS Apr 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 4.410.814.1422.18 150 WON Carlton 4.35.66.77.8 50 100 WIN May 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 6.58.717.1723.18 156 WON St. Kilda 1.04.106.1114.17 101 55 JUN May 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 2.67.88.1312.16 88 WON Collingwood 5.26.118.1411.21 87 1 WIN May 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 4.76.107.119.17 71 LOST Richmond 3.17.89.912.11 83 -12 PUN May 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 6.76.158.2214.28 112 WON Geelong 1.32.76.99.10 64 48 WIN Jun 2 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 A Essendon 1.61.104.137.14 56 LOST Footscray 2.26.88.1012.15 87 -31 WES Jun 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 H Essendon 5.610.1010.1612.20 92 LOST North Melbourne 3.67.810.1218.14 122 -30 WIN Jun 16 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.13.54.95.11 41 LOST South Melbourne 3.25.78.1012.15 87 -46 JUN Jun 23 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.03.14.57.12 54 LOST Melbourne 3.65.108.129.14 68 -14 WIN Jun 30 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.12.42.87.12 54 LOST Hawthorn 2.49.910.1415.17 107 -53 GLE Jul 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 H Essendon 0.45.56.77.14 56 LOST Fitzroy 4.55.97.1111.14 80 -24 WIN Jul 14 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 1.55.96.1210.18 78 WON Carlton 4.16.58.611.9 75 3 PRI Jul 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.45.812.1218.15 123 WON St. Kilda 2.12.23.33.6 24 99 WIN Jul 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.43.65.1010.15 75 LOST Collingwood 4.39.612.816.8 104 -29 VIC Aug 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 1.26.1010.1314.22 106 WON Richmond 4.66.710.1110.13 73 33 WIN Aug 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Essendon 8.411.914.1016.13 109 WON Geelong 3.17.110.514.7 91 18 KAR Aug 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
19 H Essendon 4.37.79.1115.17 107 WON Footscray 1.42.88.129.13 67 40 WIN Aug 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
20 A Essendon 1.34.710.1413.17 95 LOST North Melbourne 4.57.910.1214.17 101 -6 ARD Sep 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1945 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Abbott, Gordon 5                             4 0.8    
Annesley, Bob 6                             7 1.2    
Betson, Norm 17                             11 0.6    
Brittingham, Bill 19                             48 2.5    
Bushby, Percy 20                             7 0.4    
Buttsworth, Fred 8                             9 1.1    
Buttsworth, Wally 20                             1 0.1    
Clark, Milton 3                             0 0.0    
Coward, Ernie 19                             2 0.1    
Dearle, Laurie 17                             5 0.3    
Dimble, Murray 8                             8 1.0    
Drummond, Bob 3                             6 2.0    
Equid, Harry 1                             3 3.0    
Finn, Ray 2                             2 1.0    
Flanigan, Bob 3                             0 0.0    
Gardiner, Les 15                             0 0.0    
Healy, Terry 8                             0 0.0    
Henry, Jack 1                             1 1.0    
Hird Snr, Allan 20                             2 0.1    
Huggard, Jackie 1                             0 0.0    
Hutchison, Bill 20                             32 1.6    
Jory, Ron 18                             15 0.8    
Lambert, Chris 11                             1 0.1    
Lane, Gordon 15                             18 1.2    
Lyons, Jack 17                             3 0.2    
Paterson, Peter 5                             4 0.8    
Pearson, Bill 16                             11 0.7    
Powell, Ray 14                             12 0.9    
Ralph, Harry 4                             0 0.0    
Randall, Alan 3                             0 0.0    
Reynolds, Dick 19                             26 1.4    
Ruddell, Cec 19                             0 0.0    
Shaw, Alan 1                             0 0.0    
Smith, Noel 8                             10 1.3    
Syme, Bob 10                             4 0.4    
Thomas, Ray 4                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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