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Bombers · 14 premierships

1956 list


19	Doug Bigelow	27y 349d (dec)	184cm	96kg	131	17	148	25	2	27
2	Stan Booth	22y 210d (dec)	173cm	70kg	54	17	71	60	21	81
18	Reg Burgess	21y 329d (dec)	175cm	72kg	35	17	52	0	3	3
32	Don Carmichael	19y 119d (dec)	180cm	78kg	3	5	8	0	0	0
20	Jim Carstairs	26y 304d (dec)	187cm	87kg	59	11	70	19	6	25
1	Jack Clarke	22y 352d (dec)	175cm	78kg	68	16	84	7	10	17
29	Jack Clarkson	21y 123d	173cm	71kg	0	2	2	0	1	1
16	Alan Dale	26y 229d (dec)	177cm	78kg	42	16	58	3	1	4
6	Doug Dench	26y 153d (dec)	174cm	75kg	18	9	27	0	0	0
12	Morton Diston	20y 33d	185cm	80kg	5	7	12	2	0	2
24	W. Robert Fox	24y 241d	189cm	79kg	19	15	34	24	8	32
13	Fred Gallagher	25y 181d	183cm	83kg	43	18	61	11	0	11
22	Jeff Gamble	21y 37d (dec)	191cm	80kg	26	13	39	10	4	14
3	John Gill	24y 72d (dec)	193cm	95kg	75	14	89	52	11	63
23	Jack Harrington	26y 4d (dec)	183cm	87kg	49	11	60	9	3	12
14	Jim Heenan	26y 42d (dec)	173cm	76kg	50	18	68	0	0	0
7	Bill Hutchison	33y 63d (dec)	174cm	70kg	259	15	274	444	30	474
21	Jack Knowles	24y 149d (dec)	183cm	78kg	38	16	54	0	0	0
8	Ray Lalor	19y 305d (dec)	173cm	73kg	0	6	6	0	2	2
30	Geoff Leek	24y 133d (dec)	194cm	96kg	64	15	79	31	7	38
4	Fred Lynch	20y 51d	182cm	85kg	0	6	6	0	0	0
25	Roy McConnell	28y 314d (dec)	188cm	76kg	123	12	135	0	0	0
31	Hugh Mitchell	21y 221d (dec)	183cm	80kg	39	18	57	71	16	87
17	Max Nixon	24y 189d (dec)	183cm	81kg	0	6	6	0	1	1
34	Mal Pascoe	23y 91d (dec)	180cm	85kg	40	17	57	6	13	19
28	Warren Prest	23y 204d (dec)	187cm	85kg	2	1	3	0	0	0
9	Greg Sewell	23y 0d (dec)	179cm	75kg	62	18	80	13	2	15
35	Bob Shearman	16y 290d (dec)	178cm	82kg	0	2	2	0	1	1
5	Bob Suter	28y 21d (dec)	173cm	76kg	0	2	2	0	0	0
15	Bob Taylor	25y 50d (dec)	179cm	76kg	27	7	34	0	1	1
33	John Towner	22y 224d (dec)	183cm	75kg	28	10	38	35	1	36
16	Graham Willey	22y 347d (dec)	188cm	89kg	1	16	17	2	33	35

Figures as at 1956. Contracts shown for the current list only.

1956 season

Missed the finals

6th on the ladder · 10-8 · 95.8% · 40 points

Season leaders

GoalsGraham Willey2.1

Awards

W.S. Crichton MedalBill Hutchison

Honour board

2,669 games, 1897 to 2026 · 1,452 wins, 1,178 losses, 39 draws · 105.8%

14premierships

1901
1911
1912
1923
1942
1946
1949
1950
1962
1965
1984
1985
1993
2000

W.S. Crichton Medal

Club champion since 1901

Counts and votes

Brownlow Medal

Leigh Matthews Trophy

1989Tim Watson
1983Terry Daniher

Coleman Medal

Leading Goalkicker Medal

Norm Smith Medal

Rising Star Award

2017Andrew McGrath
2011Dyson Heppell