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1968 VFL Grand Final
The 1968 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 28 September 1968. It was the 71st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1968 VFL season. The match, attended by a record crowd of 116,828 spectators, was won by Carlton ("The Blues") by a margin of 3 points, making it that club's ninth premiership victory, but its first since winning the 1947 VFL Grand Final. The Blues emerged victorious despite Essendon kicking more goals, the only time that happened in a VFL Grand Final. There was a strong wind blowing during the whole game, which did not help it as a spectacle and possibly contributed to Carlton's inaccuracy. Garry Crane starred on the wing for the Blues with 30 possessions. Essendon came within a point of Carlton at the 20 minute mark of the final term after a goal to Geoff Blet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton 2018 AFL
Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician and astronomer Places Australia * Carlton, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Carlton, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania * Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada * Carlton, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Carlton, Saskatchewan, a hamlet * Fort Carlton, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post built in 1810, near present-day Carlton, Saskatchewan * Carlton Trail, a historic trail near Fort Carlton * Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario England * Carlton, Bedfordshire, a village * Carlton, Cambridgeshire, a village * Carlton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Carlton, Leicestershire, a village * Carlton, Nottinghamshire, a suburb to the east of Nottingham ** The Carlton Academy ** Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Collins (Australian)
Ian "Collo" Collins AM (born 24 October 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and is now a high-profile businessman. Playing career Carlton Football Club Collins played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1961 and 1971. He was part of the 1968 premiership side. but he missed the entire 1970 premiership winning season due to an achilles injury. He returned in 1971. Collins played as a tough back-pocket player in the back line and was recruited from Sale. Coaching career Port Melbourne Football Club (VFA) Collins had a coaching stint as captain and senior coach of Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFA from 1972 until the end of the 1973 season. where one of his players was his former senior coach at Carlton Ron Barassi, then Collins hung up his boots for good as senior coach of Port Melbourne to prepare for bigger things and to move on with other endeavours. Administration career Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Carlton F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Munari
Dennis Munari (born 18 April 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at ... in the VFL. Munari joined Carlton in 1967 from Assumption Collegand was the second rover to Adrian Gallagher in Carlton's premiership side the following season. From 1971 to 1973 he spent time as playing coach at Hobart and had a stint at VFA club Preston before returning to the VFL in 1974, at North Melbourne. Despite being with North for four seasons he managed just 13 games. External links *Blueseum profile 1948 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players North Melbourne Football Club players Hobart Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Kekovich
Brian Kekovich (born 7 January 1946) christened Branko is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL, who played for two seasons with the Carlton Football Club. A strong, dominant, talented, and courageous player, who was able to play hard and well through extreme pain, and always alert to the position of his teammates, his otherwise long and productive VFL career was brought to a sudden end when he was forced to retire after suffering a severe back injury. The Kekovich brothers Brian is the older brother of former and player Sam Kekovich. His youngest brother, Michael, recruited from Trinity Grammar, who was showing great promise at North Melbourne at the age of 16, played for the North Melbourne First XVIII on Thursday, 10 September 1970 against Footscray, in the first round of the 1970 VFL night premiership. North Melbourne lost 6.7 (43) to 14.13 (97). Michael also played in the North Melbourne Second XVIII team that lost the 1970 preliminary final to Melbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jones (Australian Rules Footballer)
Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones (born 20 October 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Playing primarily as a ruckman and forward, Jones became known as one of the game's great characters on and off the field. He was a member of four premiership teams for the Blues during one of the most successful eras in the club's history. After a short-lived stint as Carlton coach, Jones ventured into the hotel industry, owning or co-owning several pubs in Melbourne's inner suburbs. Early life and career Jones was born at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Hobart, the second of four children to Kevin and Mollie Jones (née Macleod), At the age of four, he contracted meningitis and was considered fortunate to survive after undergoing spinal tap treatment. He played first grade football with North Hobart Football Club, and was selected in the Tasmanian State Team in 1965. He was one of the best Tasmanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Quirk
Bryan Quirk (born 26 December 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Morwell Football Club in the then Latrobe Valley Football League. He was Collingwood fan as a child. Quirk made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3, 1965. He kicked 3 goals on debut and was a forward pocket he had to retire in 1975 due to injury. At the age of 29 after eleven years with the club. After his retirement from playing, he spent many years as a coach. He coached Maryborough in 1976 and 1977. He returned to Carlton in 1978 and coached its Under-19s to back-to-back premierships in 1978 and 1979 (assisted by Brian Buckley), and later coached the Carlton reserves for three seasons. He coached Victorian Football Association club Oakleigh Football Club Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club from Oakleigh which played in the VFA from 1929 until 1994. Oakleigh wore purple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bennett (footballer)
William Bennett (born 12 April 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the VFL during the 1960s. A forward from the Victorian town of Maffra, Bennett played 11 games with Carlton which included the 1968 Grand Final. Lining up at centre half-forward, Bennett's side finished victors by three points in what would be his last league game. External links *Blueseum profile 1948 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players Maffra Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People from Maffra One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Jesaulenko
Oleksandr "Alex" Jesaulenko ( ; uk, Олександр Васильович Єсауленко, Oleksandr Vasiliovych Yesaulenko, ; born 2 August 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer and who played for the Carlton Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also served as a coach at both clubs. Jesaulenko is a Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and as a player was known for his versatility, uncanny balance and spectacular marking. He immortalised his reputation in the game by taking the most iconic mark in football history in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. In 2009 ''The Australian'' nominated Jesaulenko as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal. Recruited from Canberra, Jesaulenko has played more games and kicked more goals than any other player from the Australian Capital Territory. He represented his home territory in 1978. His popularity caused the code to surge in popularity there, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Crosswell
Brent Tasman Crosswell (born 8 August 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). An articulate and outspoken individual, 'Tiger' Crosswell was renowned as one of the finest 'big game' players of his era and is one of a small group of VFL/AFL footballers to have won premierships with two clubs. He is recognized for his on-field achievements with Icon status in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame, as well as being named in the Tasmanian and North Melbourne Teams of the Century. Crosswell was also known for his tempestuous professional relationship with coach Ron Barassi, under whom he played at all three clubs for all but four of his fifteen seasons in the VFL. Early life and career Crosswell was born at Launceston's Queen Victoria Hospital to Darrell Crosswell and wife Ruby (née Parsons), He is a paternal first cousin of fellow VFL footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Robertson (Australian Rules Footballer)
Ian Anthony Robertson (born 25 January 1946 in Footscray, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL and currently a football commentator. Robertson was born in Footscray and recruited to the Carlton Football Club from Dalyston after the Footscray Football Club refused a request for a trial with the club. Robertson debuted in 1967 with the Blues and was a solid midfielder. The fact that he was taken from Footscray's recruitment zone became an issue two years into Robertson's career, when the Bulldogs asked for their rights to him as a player. Ken Greenwood was cleared to the Bulldogs from Carlton and the dispute was resolved. In 1968, 1970 and 1972, Robertson was a member of Carlton's premiership sides and was a serviceable player. He had played 125 games and kicked 86 goals for Carlton between 1966 and 1974, before moving to Footscray (in an ironic twist) late in 1974, only notching up 4 games and 1 goal. In the 1980s Robertson became a Football commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hall (footballer)
Kevin Hall (born 21 May 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the VFL. Making his debut in 1963, Hall played mostly as a defender and was at a half back flank in Carlton's 1968 premiership side. He was a premiership player with Carlton again in 1970 and 1972, playing as a fullback and ruck-rover respectively. His last game in the VFL was in the 1973 Grand Final which they lost to Richmond and five years later he was appointed to Carlton's match committee, later joining the Board of Directors. References External links * *Blueseum profile 1944 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players West Preston Football Club players Living people VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goold
John Goold (born 27 June 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. Family John William Crosbie-Goold was born on 27 June 1941. He married Joanna Darling Baillieu in March 1968. Education He attended Melbourne Grammar School, as a boarder, for 11 years. Football Recruited from Healesville. Goold was a half back and played in two Carlton premiership sides. The first in 1968 saw him line up at centre half back and the second came two years later in the 1970 VFL Grand Final which would be his last league game. He represented Victoria at interstate football during his career, including 1966 when he wore the Big V at the Hobart Carnival and earned All-Australian selection as well as finishing second in the Tassie Medal voting. He also polled well in that year's Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
