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Cats · 11 premierships

1979 list


16	Rod Blake	27y 15d	199cm	94kg	95	22	117	35	9	44
29	Mario Bortolotto	22y 4d (dec)	189cm	87kg	0	9	9	0	1	1
44	Mark Bos	18y 337d	185cm	84kg	0	6	6	0	1	1
4	Terry Bright	21y 138d	188cm	87kg	53	22	75	72	25	97
19	Neville Bruns	20y 270d	176cm	77kg	7	17	24	4	25	29
12	John Burns	29y 324d	178cm	85kg	95	17	112	68	10	78
20	Ray Card	22y 87d	185cm	86kg	25	18	43	0	2	2
15	Jeff Cassidy	22y 276d	183cm	83kg	34	12	46	16	4	20
14	David Clarke	26y 181d	184cm	82kg	143	22	165	194	40	234
24	Bryan Cousins	25y 183d	175cm	75kg	49	18	67	30	16	46
23	Larry Donohue	24y 69d	196cm	97kg	90	11	101	299	37	336
27	Craig Dowsett	19y 141d	175cm	76kg	4	3	7	0	0	0
30	John Durnan	21y 354d	178cm	80kg	0	1	1	0	0	0
6	Peter Featherby	27y 200d	183cm	85kg	42	12	54	15	9	24
25	Jeff Fehring	23y 70d (dec)	197cm	106kg	14	5	19	1	0	1
-	Tom Floyd	18y 266d	170cm	68kg	7	0	7	5	0	5
26	Jack Hawkins	25y 40d	188cm	83kg	124	21	145	18	0	18
22	Paul Jeffreys	20y 112d	189cm	84kg	17	2	19	7	0	7
3	Peter Andrew Johnston	21y 229d	192cm	95kg	30	12	42	36	20	56
5	Gary Malarkey	26y 38d	185cm	89kg	42	20	62	0	0	0
7	Kelvin Matthews	25y 197d	179cm	92kg	105	16	121	105	15	120
2	Glenn Middlemiss	23y 22d	188cm	90kg	0	12	12	0	6	6
10	John Mossop	20y 16d	196cm	99kg	0	15	15	0	3	3
33	Bruce Nankervis	28y 320d	179cm	80kg	141	22	163	37	15	52
40	Ian Nankervis	31y 178d	183cm	73kg	227	19	246	198	0	198
35	Robert Neal	22y 196d	178cm	82kg	92	11	103	17	0	17
17	John Newman	33y 190d	189cm	94kg	265	13	278	80	11	91
31	Greg Nichols	20y 175d	190cm	84kg	0	1	1	0	0	0
28	Andy Preston	21y 318d	180cm	77kg	23	19	42	7	2	9
1	Malcom Reed	21y 139d	180cm	80kg	3	9	12	1	3	4
13	Paul Sarah	25y 193d	177cm	70kg	119	7	126	184	20	204
8	Kevin Sheehan	25y 333d	177cm	76kg	77	9	86	85	13	98
9	Michael Turner	24y 206d (dec)	183cm	77kg	84	22	106	39	18	57
18	Murray Witcombe	22y 241d	182cm	72kg	28	10	38	23	2	25
11	Alan Woodman	24y 23d (dec)	191cm	92kg	53	5	58	1	1	2

Figures as at 1979. Contracts shown for the current list only.

1979 season

Missed the finals

6th on the ladder · 12-10 · 100.4% · 48 points

Season leaders

Awards

Carji Greeves MedalDavid Clarke

Honour board

2,658 games, 1897 to 2026 · 1,463 wins, 1,170 losses, 24 draws · 108.3%

11premierships

1897
1925
1931
1937
1951
1952
1963
2007
2009
2011
2022

Carji Greeves Medal

Club champion since 1897

Counts and votes

Brownlow Medal

Leigh Matthews Trophy

AFLCA Champion Player

Coleman Medal

Leading Goalkicker Medal

Norm Smith Medal

Rising Star Award

2024Oliver Dempsey
2007Joel Selwood