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1979 list


2	Geoff Ablett	24y 109d (dec)	180cm	80kg	126	16	142	68	11	79
35	Kevin Ablett	21y 96d (dec)	185cm	86kg	15	12	27	4	18	22
7	Gary Ayres	18y 275d	187cm	95kg	2	10	12	3	11	14
27	Alle De Wolde	23y 185d	182cm	83kg	54	21	75	13	1	14
9	Robert DiPierdomenico	21y 56d	185cm	93kg	22	15	37	1	1	2
26	Rodney Eade	21y 87d	183cm	84kg	56	21	77	15	9	24
38	Steve Emery	21y 166d	183cm	83kg	1	5	6	0	0	0
19	Alan Goad	24y 281d	179cm	80kg	73	12	85	65	11	76
1	Norm Goss	28y 119d	177cm	78kg	144	18	162	199	29	228
25	John Hendrie	26y 19d	188cm	87kg	154	19	173	206	23	229
39	Bernie Jones	26y 58d (dec)	197cm	92kg	78	6	84	42	1	43
34	John Kennedy	19y 220d	190cm	90kg	0	17	17	0	1	1
30	Tony King	23y 292d	185cm	80kg	7	4	11	4	3	7
24	Peter Knights	27y 92d	188cm	84kg	186	11	197	95	10	105
14	Alan Martello	26y 289d	193cm	100kg	202	6	208	155	7	162
3	Leigh Matthews	27y 121d	178cm	86kg	197	13	210	519	30	549
20	Michael McCarthy	21y 263d	193cm	89kg	17	8	25	1	7	8
18	Brendan McFaull	22y 53d	194cm	96kg	0	2	2	0	1	1
6	Mike Moncrieff	26y 315d	191cm	85kg	151	15	166	396	45	441
15	Kelvin Moore	28y 319d	188cm	86kg	181	22	203	9	7	16
33	Terry Moore	27y 328d	196cm	93kg	40	14	54	16	8	24
43	Peter Murnane	24y 145d	180cm	78kg	29	20	49	11	16	27
8	David O'Halloran	23y 295d (dec)	185cm	92kg	74	18	92	8	6	14
42	Ian Paton	22y 129d	193cm	92kg	48	15	63	23	3	26
10	David Polkinghorne	23y 149d	182cm	84kg	65	20	85	4	3	7
11	Robert Polkinghorne	21y 123d	183cm	86kg	0	4	4	0	0	0
13	Leon Rice	27y 311d	184cm	75kg	132	1	133	26	0	26
4	Peter Russo	19y 244d	177cm	70kg	11	12	23	13	12	25
23	Don Scott	31y 192d	190cm	89kg	247	14	261	102	15	117
17	Michael Tuck	26y 6d	188cm	76kg	138	22	160	94	20	114
44	Mark Turner	19y 77d	188cm	81kg	0	9	9	0	2	2
16	Terry Wallace	20y 199d	183cm	85kg	25	21	46	7	7	14
45	Richard Walter	20y 83d	193cm	100kg	15	2	17	13	2	15
53	Robert Wilkinson	22y 187d	193cm	89kg	2	6	8	1	4	5
21	Nick Wilton	21y 126d	192cm	86kg	1	9	10	0	6	6

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

1979 season

Missed the finals

7th on the ladder · 10-12 · 99.8% · 40 points

Season leaders

Awards

Peter Crimmins MedalKelvin Moore

Honour board

2,191 games, 1925 to 2026 · 1,069 wins, 1,107 losses, 15 draws · 101.3%

13premierships

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Peter Crimmins Medal

Club champion since 1925

Counts and votes

Brownlow Medal

Leigh Matthews Trophy

Coleman Medal

Norm Smith Medal

Rising Star Award

2003Sam Mitchell
1995Nick Holland