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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) 1897–2025

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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1958 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1958 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 4.48.810.1213.17 95 WON Geelong 2.23.85.108.10 58 37 WIN Apr 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A Essendon 3.96.1210.1411.16 82 LOST St. Kilda 3.49.1211.1517.18 120 -38 JUN Apr 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.44.46.57.6 48 LOST Hawthorn 0.66.117.1310.14 74 -26 GLE Apr 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Essendon 4.35.412.713.9 87 WON Collingwood 1.25.98.129.15 69 18 WIN May 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.89.1011.1212.15 87 LOST Melbourne 3.06.59.715.12 102 -15 MCG May 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Essendon 0.04.75.87.13 55 LOST North Melbourne 5.75.79.109.10 64 -9 ARD May 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Essendon 1.25.78.811.16 82 WON Richmond 2.93.108.129.14 68 14 WIN May 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Essendon 3.46.610.913.14 92 LOST Footscray 5.58.814.1016.11 107 -15 WES May 31 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 H Essendon 0.71.135.175.19 49 LOST Carlton 2.25.36.67.8 50 -1 WIN Jun 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.28.513.816.11 107 WON Fitzroy 0.33.46.78.8 56 51 WIN Jun 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.110.712.1015.13 103 WON South Melbourne 2.43.53.98.13 61 42 LAK Jun 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.35.67.712.12 84 LOST Geelong 5.18.612.815.9 99 -15 KAR Jun 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.38.128.1817.30 132 WON St. Kilda 3.23.57.98.9 57 75 WIN Jul 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.45.57.1111.15 81 WON Hawthorn 2.14.56.67.7 49 32 WIN Jul 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Essendon 1.45.78.1112.14 86 WON Collingwood 5.68.610.711.9 75 11 VIC Aug 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.65.76.911.12 78 WON Melbourne 3.45.98.1310.15 75 3 WIN Aug 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Essendon 3.35.36.88.14 62 LOST North Melbourne 2.46.89.1111.14 80 -18 WIN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.38.513.716.13 109 WON Richmond 7.08.310.715.11 101 8 PUN Aug 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1958 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Birt, Johnny 18                             31 1.7    
Booth, Stan 8                             14 1.8    
Box, Bill 9                             4 0.4    
Burgess, Reg 16                             2 0.1    
Clarke, Jack 18                             3 0.2    
Clarkson, Jack 3                             0 0.0    
Donohoe, Brian 17                             5 0.3    
Driscoll, Frank 3                             1 0.3    
Elliott, Trevor 6                             1 0.2    
Epis, Alec 10                             1 0.1    
Evans, Ron 10                             27 2.7    
Fraser, Ken 17                             3 0.2    
Gallagher, Fred 11                             16 1.5    
Gamble, Jeff 18                             0 0.0    
Gluyas, Bob 1                             1 1.0    
Green, Kevin 2                             0 0.0    
Hebbard, Col 12                             3 0.3    
Knowles, Jack 6                             0 0.0    
Leek, Geoff 18                             13 0.7    
Mackie, Barry 1                             0 0.0    
Mann, Lance 8                             1 0.1    
Mitchell, Hugh 13                             19 1.5    
Moloney, George 9                             13 1.4    
Murdoch, Alby 17                             0 0.0    
Parks, Kevin 8                             0 0.0    
Pascoe, Mal 18                             18 1.0    
Peucker, Ken 7                             3 0.4    
Sewell, Greg 18                             8 0.4    
Shearman, Bob 15                             2 0.1    
Suter, Bob 1                             0 0.0    
Timms, Ken 18                             21 1.2    
Towner, John 16                             0 0.0    
Webster, Eric 3                             0 0.0    
Yeo, Alby 5                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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