Team Information:
Coach - David Parkin
Captain - Craig Bradley
Joined AFL in 1897
Premierships: 16
(1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945,
1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995)
Brownlow Medal Winners: 4
Bert Deacon 1947, John James 1961,
Gordon Collis 1964, Greg Williams 1994.
1997 Best and fairest: Brett Ratten
Last Season: Won 10, Lost 12, Finished 11th
The Players
Name No. D.O.B. Ht Wt Debut Gms Goals Recruited from
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Allan, Mathew 24 26/02/75 198 102 1994 55 18 North Ringwood
Anstey, Jacob 12 27/01/78 176 71 1997 9 4 Tuggeranong (ACT)
Balkwill, Andrew 28 24/03/72 192 89 1997 1 0 C Districts (SA)
Beaumont, Simon 29 13/12/75 188 82 1995 16 9 C Districts (U18)
Black, Craig 37 --/--/80 180 70 -- - - Dandenong
Bourke, Anthony 40 13/06/76 201 89 -- 0 0 Ballarat (U18)
Bradley, Craig 21 23/10/63 180 83 1986 267 195 Pt Adelaide
Brown, Fraser 20 18/08/70 181 89 1989 129 83 Lilydale
Camporeale, Scott16 11/08/75 180 74 1995 59 38 W'ville-W Torrens
Charles, Sean 10 --/--/75 182 83 1992 147 60 Powelltown / Melbourne
Chatfield, Adam 13 --/--/79 189 78 -- - - NSW / ACT Rams
Christou, Angelo 39 16/01/72 190 93 1991 105 17 East Brunswick
Clape, Matthew 6 28/05/69 187 86 1992 80 60 East Perth/W Coast
De Iulio, Ron 34 15/04/72 180 81 1992 69 53 Box Hill
Dean, Peter 35 09/03/65 188 85 1984 235 36 South Bendigo
Franchina, Tony 45 11/10/77 176 78 1997 2 0 Calder (U18)
Hamill, Aaron 36 20/08/77 184 87 1996 23 13 Tuggeranong (ACT)
Hickmott,Adrian 9 30/03/72 182 86 1992 89 42 Geelong
Hogg, Matthew 33 21/12/68 175 79 1988 152 38 E Keilor/Footscray
Hoppner, Trent 42 --/--/78 175 70 -- - - Heidelberg / Northern Knights
Hulme, Darren 27 19/07/77 176 80 1997 8 0 Dand U18
Hynes, John 26 --/--/78 184 85 -- - - Prahan Dragons
Jackson, Chris 38 07/10/78 193 90 -- 0 0 Hay/NSW-ACT U18
Koutoufides,Tony 43 18/01/73 190 95 1991 107 83 Lalor/Under 19s
Lock, Damien 17 01/10/78 179 73 -- 0 0 Bendigo U18
Manton, Glenn 22 01/06/73 185 86 1992 77 23 Strathmore
Massie, Chris 3 --/--/80 188 78 -- - - Edithvale-Aspendale
McKay, Andrew 5 14/04/70 185 89 1993 108 18 Glenelg
Murphy, Justin 18 24/04/76 188 88 1994 49 54 Richmond
Nelson, Ben 15 23/01/77 184 91 1997 1 0 Sturt (SA)
Pearce, Brad 19 16/08/71 185 86 1993 53 104 S Laun (Tas)/Brisbane
Porter, Mark 11 --/--/76 199 100 1997 4 2 Coburg
Ratten, Brett 7 11/07/71 184 92 1990 142 36 Yarra Glen
Rice, Dean 23 17/03/68 181 92 1987 153 70 Longwood/Geelong/StK
Sexton, Michael 14 05/03/71 192 90 1990 148 15 Sandhurst
Silvagni, Stephen 1 31/05/67 194 99 1985 230 152 Marcelin
Smart, Sam 25 02/05/75 200 101 1997 1 0 Norwood (SA)
Thompson, Ben 41 --/--/78 186 80 -- - - Northern Eagles
White, Adam 30 09/01/76 188 89 1997 10 5 Eastern (U18)
Whitehead,Adrian 32 25/08/75 178 82 1994 62 22 Wodonga
Whitnall, Lance 8 23/08/79 190 91 1997 18 19 Lalor/Norther U18
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