Essendon

Bombers · 14 premierships

1997 list


27	Steven Alessio	25y 234d	203cm	106kg	69	9	78	76	11	87	St Olivers	-		Primary
48	Matthew Banks	20y 345d	199cm	103kg	0	2	2	0	1	1	Eastern U18	1994	PSD#33	Primary
16	Paul Barnard	24y 137d	189cm	93kg	26	5	31	7	0	7	East Perth	1993	#32	Primary
20	Peter Berbakov	23y 312d	188cm	90kg	17	11	28	0	10	10	Glenelg	1995	#58	Primary
8	Darren Bewick	29y 313d	178cm	81kg	167	5	172	264	2	266		-		Primary
32	Justin Blumfield	19y 218d	188cm	86kg	10	15	25	3	5	8	Essendon	1994	#62	Primary
28	Andrew Bomford	22y 346d	184cm	89kg	0	3	3	0	2	2	North Shore (NSW)	1993	PSD#22	Primary
14	David Calthorpe	23y 317d	179cm	92kg	63	8	71	41	4	45	North Ballarat	1998	PSD#1	Primary
33	Blake Caracella	20y 107d	186cm	85kg	0	17	17	0	25	25	Bris	1994	#10	Primary
9	Che Cockatoo-Collins	22y 117d	181cm	85kg	54	17	71	80	17	97	Port Adelaide (SANFL)	1992	#42	Primary
23	Peter Cransberg	29y 336d	190cm	87kg	65	14	79	58	14	72	East Perth	1989	#39	Primary
7	Chris Daniher	31y 91d	183cm	86kg	107	17	124	36	4	40		-		Primary
38	Sean Denham	28y 62d	177cm	80kg	137	22	159	54	8	62		-		Primary
22	Ben Doolan	24y 171d	181cm	95kg	72	11	83	10	1	11	Albury FC	1992	PSD#20	Primary
31	Dustin Fletcher	22y 54d	198cm	92kg	75	16	91	22	9	31	Western U18	1992		Primary
30	Mark Fraser	26y 146d	183cm	78kg	58	11	69	27	5	32	Montmorency	1994	PSD#8	Primary
-	David Grenvold	31y 116d	180cm	88kg	112	0	112	18	0	18	Glenelg	1987	#45
39	Damien Hardwick	24y 316d	180cm	82kg	50	15	65	9	3	12	Essendon	1992	#87	Primary
1	Mark Harvey	32y 19d	184cm	87kg	200	6	206	169	1	170		-		Primary
26	Chris Heffernan	18y 152d	187cm	81kg	0	3	3	0	0	0	Melbourne	1996	#2	Primary
11	Paul Hills	24y 283d	185cm	78kg	63	0	63	11	0	11	North Ballarat	1988	#93	Primary
5	James Hird	24y 146d	188cm	90kg	88	7	95	149	18	167	Ainslie	1990	#79	Primary
42	Jason Johnson	19y 156d	181cm	82kg	0	3	3	0	0	0	Calder U18	1996	#28	Primary
18	Matthew Lloyd	19y 75d	192cm	93kg	16	20	36	25	63	88	Western U18	1995		Primary
13	Michael Long	27y 272d	178cm	80kg	126	5	131	99	4	103	West Torrens	1988	#23	Primary
25	Scott Lucas	19y 182d	192cm	96kg	14	22	36	11	23	34	Geelong U18	1994	#4	Primary
4	Daniel McAlister	18y 312d	185cm	88kg	0	2	2	0	0	0	Tasmania U18	1996	#5	Primary
2	Mark Mercuri	23y 129d	178cm	77kg	79	11	90	115	12	127	Keilor Park	-		Primary
24	Joe Misiti	22y 233d	186cm	88kg	85	18	103	37	4	41	Keilor Park	-		Primary
46	Gary Moorcroft	21y 75d	173cm	86kg	1	11	12	0	7	7	Northern U18	1994	#45	Rookie A
36	Danny Morgan	22y 314d	178cm	84kg	11	5	16	2	0	2	Northern U18	1990	#87	Primary
3	Ryan O'Connor	23y 3d	192cm	107kg	33	16	49	27	12	39	Ulverstone	1991	#37	Primary
10	Gary O'Donnell	32y 49d	181cm	85kg	206	20	226	77	8	85		-		Primary
47	Ricky Olarenshaw	24y 149d	179cm	80kg	45	15	60	10	2	12		-		Primary
15	Michael Prior	23y 297d	184cm	79kg	25	22	47	5	10	15	East Perth	1992	#3	Primary
19	Peter Somerville	28y 357d	195cm	98kg	121	13	134	86	1	87		-		Primary
17	Robert Stevenson	21y 16d	188cm	82kg	6	5	11	0	0	0	Western U18	1993	#19	Primary
12	Michael Symons	25y 287d	182cm	75kg	77	15	92	75	2	77	Subiaco	1991	#8	Primary
37	Andrew Ukovic	18y 219d	189cm	79kg	0	5	5	0	2	2	Northern U18	1995	#31	Primary
21	Dean Wallis	27y 307d	190cm	91kg	75	11	86	29	0	29		-		Primary
44	Matthew Watson	20y 210d	199cm	98kg	0	1	1	0	0	0	Essendon Reserves	1996	#54	Primary
6	Sean Wellman	22y 283d	193cm	90kg	43	22	65	9	2	11	Adelaide	-		Primary
-	Tim Williams	21y 281d	194cm	94kg	0	0	0	0	0	0	East Perth	1996	#21	Primary
35	Barry Young	27y 4d	183cm	93kg	100	6	106	55	3	58	Assumption College	1993	PSD#20	Primary

Figures as at 1997. Contracts shown for the current list only.

1997 season

Missed the finals

14th on the ladder · 9-13 · 92.3% · 36 points

Season leaders

Awards

W.S. Crichton MedalSean Denham

Honour board

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

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1997 list

1997 season

Season leaders

Awards

Honour board

W.S. Crichton Medal

Brownlow Medal

Leigh Matthews Trophy

Coleman Medal

Leading Goalkicker Medal

Norm Smith Medal

Rising Star Award