Carlton Football Club
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The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football
club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League
, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897. The club originally represented the suburb of Carlton
in Melbourne's inner north, and its nickname is the Blues, which comes from the navy blue colour which it has traditionally worn in its playing uniform. It is based at Princes Park in Carlton, and played its home matches there throughout most of its history, but currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground
. Carlton has historically been one of the AFL's most successful clubs, having won sixteen senior premierships throughout its history, equal with as the most of any club.
in early competition including the Caledonian Challenge Cup, which it dominated in the 1870s. In 1877, Carlton became one of the foundation clubs of the Victorian Football Association, and was a comfortable winner of the premiership in the competition's inaugural season.
Carlton was one of first clubs to have a player worthy of the superstar tag: champion player George Coulthard
, who played for Carlton between 1876 and 1882, and was noted by The Australasian as 'The grandest player of the day'. He died of tuberculosis in 1883, aged 27.
The club won one more VFA premiership, in 1887, but after that, particularly during the 1890s, the club went from one of the strongest clubs in the Association to one of the weaker, both on-field and off-field. In spite of this, the club was invited to join the breakaway Victorian Football League
competition in 1897. The club continued to struggle in early seasons of the new competition, and did not finish above second-last in its first five seasons.
Carlton's fortunes improved significantly in 1902. The Board elected the highly respected former Fitzroy
footballer and Australian
test cricket
er Jack Worrall
, then the secretary of the Carlton Cricket Club
, to the same position at the football club. As secretary, Worrall slowly took over the managing of the players, in what is now recognised as the first official coaching role in the VFL. Under Worrall's guidance in the latter part of the 1902 season, Carlton's on-field performances improved, and in 1903 he led Carlton the finals for the first time. Carlton built a strong reputation and financial position, and was able to convince many great players to shift to the club from other clubs, or even (in the case of Mick Grace
) out of retirement. Worrall led the club to its first three VFL premierships, won consecutively, in 1906
, 1907
and 1908
. Carlton became the first club in the VFL to win three premierships in a row, and its win-loss record of 19–1 in the 1908 season
(including finals) was a record which stood for more than ninety years.
Following these premierships, Carlton went through a tumultuous period off-field. Some players had become frustrated by low payments and hard training standards, and responded by refusing to train or even play matches. The club removed Worrall from the coaching role (he retained the role of secretary), and after significant changes at board level after the 1909 season, Worrall left the club altogether. Many players who had supported Worrall left the club at the end of the season. Then, in 1910, several players were suspected of having taken bribes to fix
matches, with two players (Alex Lang
and Doug Fraser
) both found guilty and suspended for 99 matches. Despite this backdrop, Carlton continued its strong on-field form, reaching the 1909
and 1910
Grand Finals, but losing both.
Carlton fell out of the finals in 1913, but returned in 1914 under coach Norm Clark
, and with many inexperienced players, to win back-to-back premierships in 1914
and 1915 VFL season
s. Most football around the country was suspended during the height of World War I
, but Carlton continued to compete in a VFL which featured, at its fewest, only four clubs. Altogether, between Jack Worrall's first Grand Final in 1904 and the peak of World War I in 1916, Carlton won five premierships and contested nine Grand Finals for one of the most successful times in the club's history. The only success which eluded the club was the Championship of Australia
; Carlton contested the championship three times (1907, 1908 and 1914), with its South Australian opponents victorious on all three occasions.
of the 1930s, Carlton maintained a strong on-field presence. The club was a frequent finalist, contesting fourteen finals series between the wars. However, premiership success did not follow, and the club contested only three Grand Finals for just one premiership during this period, and endured the longest premiership drought (23 years) in the club's history. The drought was broken with the club's sixth VFL premiership in 1938
, when former Subiaco
and South Melbourne
champion Brighton Diggins
was recruited by the club to serve as captain-coach.
On-field, Carlton's inter-war period was highlighted by two of its greatest goalkickers: in the 1920s, Horrie Clover
(396 goals in 147 games), and in the 1930s, Harry "Soapy" Vallence
(722 goals in 204 games), both of which were Carlton career records at the time.
. With the retirement of Diggins, Carlton secured the services of former coach Percy Bentley
, who coached the club for fifteen seasons. Carlton continued to finish in or near the finals without premiership success through the war, before winning the premiership in 1945, one month after peace. In a remarkable season, Carlton languished with a record of 3–6 after nine weeks, but won ten of the remaining eleven home-and-away matches to finish fourth; Carlton then comfortably beat in the first semi-final, overcame a 28-point deficit in the final quarter to beat Collingwood in the preliminary final, then beat South Melbourne in the notoriously brutal and violent Bloodbath Grand Final.
Carlton contested two more Grand Finals in the 1940s, both against , winning the 1947 Grand Final
by a single point, and being comfortably beaten in 1949
. Thereafter followed what was Carlton's weakest on-field period since Worrall's appointment in 1902, with the club reaching the finals only four times between 1950 and 1964. Finishing tenth out of twelve and winning only five matches, 1964 was Carlton's worst VFL season to date.
The period of success began when George Harris
replaced Lew Holmes as president of the club, after the 1964 season. Harris then signed legend Ron Barassi
serve as coach from 1965. Barassi was a six-time premiership player and two-time premiership captain at Melbourne during its most successful era, and at the age of 28 was still one of the biggest names in the game. His shift to Carlton remains one of the biggest player transfers in the game's history.
Under Barassi, Carlton reached three consecutive Grand Finals between 1968 and 1970, resulting in two premierships. The 1970 Grand Final
against traditional rivals
Collingwood, remains one of the most famous matches in football history. Played in front of an enduring record crowd of 121,696, Collingwood dominated early to lead by 44 points at half time, but Carlton kicked seven goals in fifteen minutes after half time to narrow the margin to only three points; after a close final quarter, Carlton won its tenth VFL premiership with a ten point victory. Carlton won its first and second Championship of Australia
titles in 1968 and 1970, beating the SANFL's Sturt Football Club
in both seasons.
Carlton missed the finals in 1971, and Barassi left the club at the end of the season, but Carlton returned prominence the following year, and contested back-to-back Grand Finals. Both matches were against , with Carlton recording a high-scoring victory in 1972
, and losing a rough, physical encounter in 1973
.
Of the legendary players from the Barassi era, none was more important than John Nicholls, who captained all three premierships and took over as captain-coach upon Barassi's departure. Nicholls, a ruckman and forward, had played at Carlton since 1957, and he and Graham Farmer
(who played with and in the WAFL
during the same era) are regarded as the greatest ruckmen in the league's history. Midfielders Sergio Silvagni
and Adrian Gallagher
, half-forward Robert Walls
, and ruckman Percy Jones
were also prominent throughout the Barassi era, and in 1970, Alex Jesaulenko
became the first (and to date, only) Carlton forward to kick 100 goals in a season.
Carlton continued to play finals through the 1970s without premiership success, and went through several coaches in a short period of time: Nicholls (until 1975), Ian Thorogood
(1976–1977), Ian Stewart
(for only three matches in 1978), and Alex Jesaulenko as playing coach after Stewart's departure. It was not until 1979 that Carlton again reached the Grand Final
, defeating by five points in a close match best remembered for the late goal kicked by Ken Sheldon
, after Wayne Harmes
tapped the ball into the goalsquare from the boundary line.
After the 1979 season, there was off-field instability at the board level. Ian Rice
replaced George Harris as president, and many of Harris' supporters left the club, including Jesaulenko, who went to . Percy Jones replaced Jesaulenko as coach in 1980, before coach David Parkin
was recruited in 1981, Carlton's sixth coach in eight seasons.
Despite the off-field troubles, Carlton continued to thrive on-field, and Parkin led the team to back-to-back premierships in 1981
and 1982
, with victories in the Grand Finals against Collingwood and respectively. With its fourteenth premiership in 1982, Carlton overtook Collingwood to become the most successful club in the league's history, based on premierships won – a position it has held either outright or jointly with since.
Starring on-field during this period for Carlton was Bruce Doull
, regarded as one of the best half-back flankers in the history of the league. Wayne Johnston
was a prominent ruckman/forward, and Carlton had great success recruiting high profile Western Australian footballers to the club, including Mike Fitzpatrick
, Ken Hunter
and Peter Bosustow
.
took over the presidency from Ian Rice
. On-field, the club endured three consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns under Parkin before he was replaced by Robert Walls
in 1986. Also in 1986, Carlton lured three of South Australia's top young players to the club: Stephen Kernahan
, Craig Bradley
and Peter Motley
. The club reached the next two Grand Finals, losing in 1986
and winning in 1987
, both times against . Kernahan went on to become the club's longest serving captain and leading career goalkicker (738 goals), and Bradley became the club games record holder (375 games); Motley's career was unfortunately cut short by a non-fatal car accident in 1987. Carlton had also recruited Stephen Silvagni
(son of Sergio
) in 1985, who is now recognised as one of the greatest fullbacks of all-time, and secured the league's star player Greg Williams in a trade in 1992.
David Parkin returned to coach the club from 1991 until 2000, and Carlton was a mainstay of the finals throughout most of this time. In 1995, Carlton became the first team to win twenty matches in a home-and-away season (finishing with a record of 20–2), and won the Grand Final
against to claim its sixteenth premiership. Carlton reached two other Grand Finals during the 1990s, losing to Essendon in 1993
and to the Kangaroos
in 1999
; in 1999, Carlton had come from sixth on the home-and-away ladder to qualify for the Grand Final, famously beating its rival
Essendon (the minor premiers
) by one point in the preliminary final
.
as a means for recruitment, so when its champion players from the 1990s began to retire in the early 2000s, on-field performances fell away quickly, and in 2002, the club won the wooden spoon
for the first time in its VFL/AFL history. At the same time, the club was starting to struggle financially, due to unwise investments under John Elliott – most significantly, building a new grandstand
at Princes Park during the 1990s, at a time when other clubs were finding it more profitable to play at the higher-capacity central venues. Then, at the end of 2002, it was revealed that Carlton had been systematically cheating the league salary cap
during the early 2000s. The scandal
resulted in the loss of draft picks and a fine of almost one million dollars, which exacerbated the club's poor on-field and off-field positions. The club's professional reputation was also severly damaged.
In the immediate fall-out from 2002, president John Elliott was removed, and was replaced with Docklands Stadium CEO Ian Collins. Under Collins, the club shifted its home stadium from Princes Park to Docklands, with the final match played at Princes Park in 2005. Additionally, coach Wayne Brittain
was sacked, and replaced with Kangaroos coach Denis Pagan
. On-field performances did not improve under Pagan, and overall the club won three wooden spoons and finished in the bottom two five times between 2002–2007.
Carlton's overall position began to improve in 2007, when businessman Richard Pratt
,, Steven Icke
and Collingwood's Greg Swann
came to the club as president, general manager of football operations, and CEO respectively, to stabilise the club's off-field position. Pagan was sacked as coach mid-season after a string of heavy defeats, and was replaced by former club captain Brett Ratten
. Then, prior to the 2008 season, Carlton was able to secure a trade for 's Chris Judd
, one of the league's best midfielders, to join the club as captain. The time spent at the bottom of the ladder also allowed Carlton to secure three No. 1 draft picks – Marc Murphy
, Bryce Gibbs and Matthew Kreuzer
– who have helped the club's on-field position. Carlton returned to the finals in 2009, and has participated in finals each year since, but without premiership success.
The current Carlton guernsey is plain navy blue, emblazoned with a white CFC monogram
(which stands for "Carlton Football Club") on the front, and white numbers on the back. Other than changes to the font
of the monogram, this has been Carlton's guernsey continually since 1909. The club has worn navy blue in its uniform since 1871, when colour of the team's caps was changed from orange/yellow.
The team wears navy blue shorts in home games, and white shorts in away games. Since 2011, Carlton's clash guernsey has been sky blue with navy blue monogram, side-panels and numbers, and worn with sky blue shorts and navy blue socks. The club's clash socks are navy blue with a white hoop.
Nickname
Since the addition of navy blue to the playing uniform in 1871, the club has been known almost universally as the Blues, Dark Blues or Navy Blues.
Prior to 1871, when the uniform was predominantly chamois, the club was known informally as the Butchers. After World War II, the club briefly considered changing its nickname to the Cockatoos, but this never formally eventuated; even so, the push was serious enough that newspaper cartoons depicting a Carlton cockatoo were printed around that time.
Club song
Carlton's club song is We Are the Navy Blues. The song is sung to the tune of the chorus of Lily of Laguna
by Leslie Stuart
.
Home ground
The club's traditional home ground is Princes Park (currently known as Visy Park), located in North Carlton. After struggling to find a permanent home venue during its time in the VFA, Carlton established Princes Park as its home venue when it joined the VFL in 1897. The club played home matches at Princes Park every year between 1897-2005. It was the last of the "suburban home grounds" to be used in AFL competition.
Since 2005, Carlton's official home ground has been Docklands Stadium (currently known as Etihad Stadium). However, home matches expecting to draw large crowds are usually played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
, which has a much higher capacity; this has been the case since the 1990s. Carlton continues to use Princes Park as its training and administrative base.
VFL affiliation
Since 2003, the Carlton Football Club has been affiliated
with the Northern Blues Football Club in the Victorian Football League
. The Northern Blues, formerly known as the Preston Bullants and Northern Bullants before becoming the Blues in 2012, are based in the northern suburb of Preston, but also play several home games at Visy Park. Under the affiliation, reserves players for Carlton play VFL football with the Northern Blues.
, (2) Bob Chitty
, (3) Horrie Clover
and (4) Rod McGregor
. The five players with an asterisk
(*) are also members of the AFL Team of the Century – the largest number of any AFL club.
. Ratten has been the full time senior coach since the 2008 season, after serving as caretaker for the final six matches of 2007 after the dismissal of Denis Pagan
. Carlton's current captain is dual-Brownlow Medal
list Chris Judd
, who has served as captain since coming to the club from at the end of the 2007 season.
Playing Squad and Coaching Panel as of 29 November 2011:
Vice Presidents – Richard Newton, Jeannie Pratt
Board Members – Marcus Clarke, Zac Fried, Raphael Geminder, Adrian Gleeson
, Mark Harrison, Greg Lee, Mark LoGiudice, Stephen Moulton, Ari Suss
The club had 43,214 members in 2011.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897. The club originally represented the suburb of Carlton
Carlton, Victoria
Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...
in Melbourne's inner north, and its nickname is the Blues, which comes from the navy blue colour which it has traditionally worn in its playing uniform. It is based at Princes Park in Carlton, and played its home matches there throughout most of its history, but currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
. Carlton has historically been one of the AFL's most successful clubs, having won sixteen senior premierships throughout its history, equal with as the most of any club.
Club history
Carlton has had a long and successful history, and is one of the most successful clubs in the VFL/AFL. Together with fierce rivals , and , Carlton is considered one of the league's "Big Four" clubs, and enjoys a healthy rivalry with all three others.Early history
The Carlton Football Club was formed in July 1864. In the early days, Carlton became particularly strong and having grown a large supporter base became a fierce rival to the Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
in early competition including the Caledonian Challenge Cup, which it dominated in the 1870s. In 1877, Carlton became one of the foundation clubs of the Victorian Football Association, and was a comfortable winner of the premiership in the competition's inaugural season.
Carlton was one of first clubs to have a player worthy of the superstar tag: champion player George Coulthard
George Coulthard
George Coulthard was a star Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton. He was also a notable cricketer who played for the Melbourne Cricket Club and briefly for Australia. As a cricketer he played only six first-class matches, five for Victoria and a Test match for Australia...
, who played for Carlton between 1876 and 1882, and was noted by The Australasian as 'The grandest player of the day'. He died of tuberculosis in 1883, aged 27.
The club won one more VFA premiership, in 1887, but after that, particularly during the 1890s, the club went from one of the strongest clubs in the Association to one of the weaker, both on-field and off-field. In spite of this, the club was invited to join the breakaway Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
competition in 1897. The club continued to struggle in early seasons of the new competition, and did not finish above second-last in its first five seasons.
Jack Worrall to World War I
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
footballer and Australian
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
er Jack Worrall
Jack Worrall
John "Jack" Worrall was an Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy in the VFA and a test cricketer, a coach of both sports and a sporting journalist....
, then the secretary of the Carlton Cricket Club
Carlton Cricket Club
Carlton Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team that competes in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. The club was formed in 1864 and plays its home matches at Princes Park in North Carlton. Known as the Blues, Carlton has won eight First XI premierships, most recently in the...
, to the same position at the football club. As secretary, Worrall slowly took over the managing of the players, in what is now recognised as the first official coaching role in the VFL. Under Worrall's guidance in the latter part of the 1902 season, Carlton's on-field performances improved, and in 1903 he led Carlton the finals for the first time. Carlton built a strong reputation and financial position, and was able to convince many great players to shift to the club from other clubs, or even (in the case of Mick Grace
Mick Grace
Michael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association ....
) out of retirement. Worrall led the club to its first three VFL premierships, won consecutively, in 1906
1906 VFL Grand Final
The 1906 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1906. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, 1907
1907 VFL Grand Final
The 1907 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 September 1907. It was the 10th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
and 1908
1908 VFL Grand Final
The 1908 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 in Melbourne on 26 September 1908. It was the 11th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
. Carlton became the first club in the VFL to win three premierships in a row, and its win-loss record of 19–1 in the 1908 season
1908 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1908.Both Richmond Football Club and University Football Club were admitted to the VFL competition .-Premiership season:...
(including finals) was a record which stood for more than ninety years.
Following these premierships, Carlton went through a tumultuous period off-field. Some players had become frustrated by low payments and hard training standards, and responded by refusing to train or even play matches. The club removed Worrall from the coaching role (he retained the role of secretary), and after significant changes at board level after the 1909 season, Worrall left the club altogether. Many players who had supported Worrall left the club at the end of the season. Then, in 1910, several players were suspected of having taken bribes to fix
Match fixing
In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...
matches, with two players (Alex Lang
Alex Lang
Alex 'Bongo' Lang was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League...
and Doug Fraser
Doug Fraser (Australian footballer)
Doug Fraser was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .A Yarraville premiership player, Fraser broke into a strong Carlton team in the 1910 VFL season and established a place in the side as a follower...
) both found guilty and suspended for 99 matches. Despite this backdrop, Carlton continued its strong on-field form, reaching the 1909
1909 VFL Grand Final
The 1909 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1909. It was the 12th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
and 1910
1910 VFL Grand Final
The 1910 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1910. It was the 13th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
Grand Finals, but losing both.
Carlton fell out of the finals in 1913, but returned in 1914 under coach Norm Clark
Norm Clark
Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1905 and 1912....
, and with many inexperienced players, to win back-to-back premierships in 1914
1914 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1914.-Premiership season:In 1914, the VFL competition consisted of ten teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
and 1915 VFL season
1915 VFL season
Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1915.-Premiership season:In 1915, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the...
s. Most football around the country was suspended during the height of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, but Carlton continued to compete in a VFL which featured, at its fewest, only four clubs. Altogether, between Jack Worrall's first Grand Final in 1904 and the peak of World War I in 1916, Carlton won five premierships and contested nine Grand Finals for one of the most successful times in the club's history. The only success which eluded the club was the Championship of Australia
Championship of Australia
The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian and West Australian football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914...
; Carlton contested the championship three times (1907, 1908 and 1914), with its South Australian opponents victorious on all three occasions.
Between the wars
Through the 1920s and the Great DepressionGreat Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
of the 1930s, Carlton maintained a strong on-field presence. The club was a frequent finalist, contesting fourteen finals series between the wars. However, premiership success did not follow, and the club contested only three Grand Finals for just one premiership during this period, and endured the longest premiership drought (23 years) in the club's history. The drought was broken with the club's sixth VFL premiership in 1938
1938 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1938.-Premiership season:In 1938, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
, when former Subiaco
Subiaco Football Club
The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
and South Melbourne
South Melbourne Football Club
South Melbourne Football Club can refer to:*Sydney Swans, an Australian rules football club formerly known as the South Melbourne Football Club until 1982...
champion Brighton Diggins
Brighton Diggins
Brighton Diggins was a former Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League and Victorian Football League....
was recruited by the club to serve as captain-coach.
On-field, Carlton's inter-war period was highlighted by two of its greatest goalkickers: in the 1920s, Horrie Clover
Horrie Clover
Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career...
(396 goals in 147 games), and in the 1930s, Harry "Soapy" Vallence
Harry Vallence
Harry "Soapy" Vallence was a champion Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association...
(722 goals in 204 games), both of which were Carlton career records at the time.
1941 to 1964
The VFL continued to operate through World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. With the retirement of Diggins, Carlton secured the services of former coach Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley
Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era...
, who coached the club for fifteen seasons. Carlton continued to finish in or near the finals without premiership success through the war, before winning the premiership in 1945, one month after peace. In a remarkable season, Carlton languished with a record of 3–6 after nine weeks, but won ten of the remaining eleven home-and-away matches to finish fourth; Carlton then comfortably beat in the first semi-final, overcame a 28-point deficit in the final quarter to beat Collingwood in the preliminary final, then beat South Melbourne in the notoriously brutal and violent Bloodbath Grand Final.
Carlton contested two more Grand Finals in the 1940s, both against , winning the 1947 Grand Final
1947 VFL Grand Final
The 1947 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 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...
by a single point, and being comfortably beaten in 1949
1949 VFL Grand Final
The 1949 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 24 September 1949. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...
. Thereafter followed what was Carlton's weakest on-field period since Worrall's appointment in 1902, with the club reaching the finals only four times between 1950 and 1964. Finishing tenth out of twelve and winning only five matches, 1964 was Carlton's worst VFL season to date.
Ron Barassi to 1973
A change of president at the end of 1964 heralded the most successful period in the Carlton Football Club's history. Between 1967 and 1988, Carlton missed the finals only three times, contested ten Grand Finals, and won seven premierships.The period of success began when George Harris
George Harris (Carlton President)
George Harris was a President of Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1964 to 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980. He was regarded as a highly significant figure in VFL-AFL history....
replaced Lew Holmes as president of the club, after the 1964 season. Harris then signed legend Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...
serve as coach from 1965. Barassi was a six-time premiership player and two-time premiership captain at Melbourne during its most successful era, and at the age of 28 was still one of the biggest names in the game. His shift to Carlton remains one of the biggest player transfers in the game's history.
Under Barassi, Carlton reached three consecutive Grand Finals between 1968 and 1970, resulting in two premierships. The 1970 Grand Final
1970 VFL Grand Final
The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
against traditional rivals
Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry
-In The beginning :In 1864, the Carlton Football Club was born. In 1877, they were one of the founding clubs of the Victorian Football Association...
Collingwood, remains one of the most famous matches in football history. Played in front of an enduring record crowd of 121,696, Collingwood dominated early to lead by 44 points at half time, but Carlton kicked seven goals in fifteen minutes after half time to narrow the margin to only three points; after a close final quarter, Carlton won its tenth VFL premiership with a ten point victory. Carlton won its first and second Championship of Australia
Championship of Australia
The Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian and West Australian football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914...
titles in 1968 and 1970, beating the SANFL's Sturt Football Club
Sturt Football Club
Sturt Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League. The club is best known for its period of dominance from 1966–76 under legendary coach Jack Oatey, during which it revolutionised the style of play by emphasising teamwork and accurate ball...
in both seasons.
Carlton missed the finals in 1971, and Barassi left the club at the end of the season, but Carlton returned prominence the following year, and contested back-to-back Grand Finals. Both matches were against , with Carlton recording a high-scoring victory in 1972
1972 VFL Grand Final
The 1972 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 October 1972. It was the 76th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, and losing a rough, physical encounter in 1973
1973 VFL Grand Final
The 1973 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1973. It was the 77th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
.
Of the legendary players from the Barassi era, none was more important than John Nicholls, who captained all three premierships and took over as captain-coach upon Barassi's departure. Nicholls, a ruckman and forward, had played at Carlton since 1957, and he and Graham Farmer
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer, MBE is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. Born in Western Australia, he joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953, where he won several awards and contributed to the team winning three premierships...
(who played with and in the WAFL
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
during the same era) are regarded as the greatest ruckmen in the league's history. Midfielders Sergio Silvagni
Sergio Silvagni
Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958...
and Adrian Gallagher
Adrian Gallagher
Adrian Lindsay Gallagher is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.He was also an outstanding cricketer in his youth and received many offers to play in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton.Gallagher made...
, half-forward Robert Walls
Robert Walls
Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...
, and ruckman Percy Jones
Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)
Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL...
were also prominent throughout the Barassi era, and in 1970, Alex Jesaulenko
Alex Jesaulenko
Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...
became the first (and to date, only) Carlton forward to kick 100 goals in a season.
1975 to 1982
Ian Thorogood
Ian Thorogood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Thorogood played for Melbourne, including three premiership teams. Following his retirement from playing, he coached Waverley to a premiership in the VFA in 1965...
(1976–1977), Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)
Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond...
(for only three matches in 1978), and Alex Jesaulenko as playing coach after Stewart's departure. It was not until 1979 that Carlton again reached the Grand Final
1979 VFL Grand Final
The 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. It was the 83rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, defeating by five points in a close match best remembered for the late goal kicked by Ken Sheldon
Ken Sheldon
Kenneth "Ken" Sheldon is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He is the father of Brisbane Lions player, Sam Sheldon.-Carlton career:...
, after Wayne Harmes
Wayne Harmes
Wayne Harmes is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:Recruited from Oak Park, as a youngster Harmes was perceived to have a lot of talent, winning The Sun newspapers' "Sunkick" competition. Added to this was the fact he was a grandson of Len Smith...
tapped the ball into the goalsquare from the boundary line.
After the 1979 season, there was off-field instability at the board level. Ian Rice
Ian Rice
Ian Rice was a former president of the Carlton Football Club from 1980-1982 after ousting George Harris from the position.-External links:* at...
replaced George Harris as president, and many of Harris' supporters left the club, including Jesaulenko, who went to . Percy Jones replaced Jesaulenko as coach in 1980, before coach David Parkin
David Parkin
David Parkin is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.- Pre-football career :He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football....
was recruited in 1981, Carlton's sixth coach in eight seasons.
Despite the off-field troubles, Carlton continued to thrive on-field, and Parkin led the team to back-to-back premierships in 1981
1981 VFL Grand Final
The 1981 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1981. It was the 85th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
and 1982
1982 VFL Grand Final
The 1982 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1982. It was the 86th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, with victories in the Grand Finals against Collingwood and respectively. With its fourteenth premiership in 1982, Carlton overtook Collingwood to become the most successful club in the league's history, based on premierships won – a position it has held either outright or jointly with since.
Starring on-field during this period for Carlton was Bruce Doull
Bruce Doull
Bruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club....
, regarded as one of the best half-back flankers in the history of the league. Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston (footballer)
Wayne "The Dominator" Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer. Johnston played 209 games and kicked 283 goals for the Carlton Football Club , in a career spanning 1979–1990...
was a prominent ruckman/forward, and Carlton had great success recruiting high profile Western Australian footballers to the club, including Mike Fitzpatrick
Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer)
Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick is an Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer....
, Ken Hunter
Ken Hunter
Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....
and Peter Bosustow
Peter Bosustow
Peter Bosustow is a former Australian rules footballer with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League....
.
1983 to 2001
In 1983, John ElliottJohn Elliott (businessman)
John Dorman Elliott is a former president of the Liberal Party, and former president of Carlton Football Club. In 2003 he was found guilty of trading while insolvent and in 2005 declared bankrupt...
took over the presidency from Ian Rice
Ian Rice
Ian Rice was a former president of the Carlton Football Club from 1980-1982 after ousting George Harris from the position.-External links:* at...
. On-field, the club endured three consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns under Parkin before he was replaced by Robert Walls
Robert Walls
Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...
in 1986. Also in 1986, Carlton lured three of South Australia's top young players to the club: Stephen Kernahan
Stephen Kernahan
Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997...
, Craig Bradley
Craig Bradley
Craig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....
and Peter Motley
Peter Motley
Peter Motley is a former professional Australian rules footballer, playing for Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League....
. The club reached the next two Grand Finals, losing in 1986
1986 VFL Grand Final
The 1986 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1986. It was the 90th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
and winning in 1987
1987 VFL Grand Final
The 1987 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1987. It was the 91st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, both times against . Kernahan went on to become the club's longest serving captain and leading career goalkicker (738 goals), and Bradley became the club games record holder (375 games); Motley's career was unfortunately cut short by a non-fatal car accident in 1987. Carlton had also recruited Stephen Silvagni
Stephen Silvagni
Stephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team...
(son of Sergio
Sergio Silvagni
Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958...
) in 1985, who is now recognised as one of the greatest fullbacks of all-time, and secured the league's star player Greg Williams in a trade in 1992.
David Parkin returned to coach the club from 1991 until 2000, and Carlton was a mainstay of the finals throughout most of this time. In 1995, Carlton became the first team to win twenty matches in a home-and-away season (finishing with a record of 20–2), and won the Grand Final
1995 AFL Grand Final
The 1995 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1995. It was the 99th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
against to claim its sixteenth premiership. Carlton reached two other Grand Finals during the 1990s, losing to Essendon in 1993
1993 AFL Grand Final
The 1993 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1993. It was the 97th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
and to the Kangaroos
Kangaroos Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
in 1999
1999 AFL Grand Final
The 1999 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between and , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1999. It was the 103rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the...
; in 1999, Carlton had come from sixth on the home-and-away ladder to qualify for the Grand Final, famously beating its rival
Carlton–Essendon AFL rivalry
The rivalry between the Carlton and Essendon football clubs is one of the most celebrated rivalries in the Australian Football League.- The Birth of the Modern Rivalry :...
Essendon (the minor premiers
Minor premiership
A minor premiership is the name of the title given to the team which finishes a sporting competition first in the league standings after the regular season but prior to commencement of the playoffs....
) by one point in the preliminary final
1999 AFL First Preliminary Final
The 1999 AFL First Preliminary Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Essendon Bombers and the Carlton Blues at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 18 September 1999...
.
2000s
In 2002, Carlton swiftly fell from being one of the most successful clubs, both on-field and off-field, to one of the least successful. The club had been much slower than others to embrace the AFL DraftAFL Draft
The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...
as a means for recruitment, so when its champion players from the 1990s began to retire in the early 2000s, on-field performances fell away quickly, and in 2002, the club won the wooden spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
for the first time in its VFL/AFL history. At the same time, the club was starting to struggle financially, due to unwise investments under John Elliott – most significantly, building a new grandstand
Grandstand
A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way...
at Princes Park during the 1990s, at a time when other clubs were finding it more profitable to play at the higher-capacity central venues. Then, at the end of 2002, it was revealed that Carlton had been systematically cheating the league salary cap
Salary cap
In professional sports, a salary cap is a cartel agreement between teams that places a limit on the amount of money that can be spent on player salaries. The limit exists as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster, or both...
during the early 2000s. The scandal
Carlton Football Club salary cap breach
The Carlton Football Club salary cap breach was the breach of the Australian Football League's salary cap by the Carlton Football Club, primarily in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
resulted in the loss of draft picks and a fine of almost one million dollars, which exacerbated the club's poor on-field and off-field positions. The club's professional reputation was also severly damaged.
In the immediate fall-out from 2002, president John Elliott was removed, and was replaced with Docklands Stadium CEO Ian Collins. Under Collins, the club shifted its home stadium from Princes Park to Docklands, with the final match played at Princes Park in 2005. Additionally, coach Wayne Brittain
Wayne Brittain
Wayne Brittain is a former coach of the Australian Football League.- Career :In his playing career, he did not play in the AFL, instead he played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland State League. He eventually suffered a back injury which ended his career...
was sacked, and replaced with Kangaroos coach Denis Pagan
Denis Pagan
Denis Pagan is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the VFL/AFL. He is current coach of Northern Knights in TAC Cup.-Playing career:...
. On-field performances did not improve under Pagan, and overall the club won three wooden spoons and finished in the bottom two five times between 2002–2007.
Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)
Richard J. Pratt was a prominent Australian businessman, chairman of the privately-owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at billion...
,, Steven Icke
Steven Icke
Steven Icke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
and Collingwood's Greg Swann
Greg Swann
Greg Swann b. 1962 is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Carlton Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne competing in the Australian Football League...
came to the club as president, general manager of football operations, and CEO respectively, to stabilise the club's off-field position. Pagan was sacked as coach mid-season after a string of heavy defeats, and was replaced by former club captain Brett Ratten
Brett Ratten
Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
. Then, prior to the 2008 season, Carlton was able to secure a trade for 's Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, one of the league's best midfielders, to join the club as captain. The time spent at the bottom of the ladder also allowed Carlton to secure three No. 1 draft picks – Marc Murphy
Marc Murphy
Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...
, Bryce Gibbs and Matthew Kreuzer
Matthew Kreuzer
Matthew Kreuzer is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club. He was selected with the first pick overall in the 2007 AFL National Draft....
– who have helped the club's on-field position. Carlton returned to the finals in 2009, and has participated in finals each year since, but without premiership success.
Club Symbols
GuernseyThe current Carlton guernsey is plain navy blue, emblazoned with a white CFC monogram
Monogram
A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series of uncombined initials is properly referred to as a...
(which stands for "Carlton Football Club") on the front, and white numbers on the back. Other than changes to the font
Font
In typography, a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface...
of the monogram, this has been Carlton's guernsey continually since 1909. The club has worn navy blue in its uniform since 1871, when colour of the team's caps was changed from orange/yellow.
The team wears navy blue shorts in home games, and white shorts in away games. Since 2011, Carlton's clash guernsey has been sky blue with navy blue monogram, side-panels and numbers, and worn with sky blue shorts and navy blue socks. The club's clash socks are navy blue with a white hoop.
Nickname
Since the addition of navy blue to the playing uniform in 1871, the club has been known almost universally as the Blues, Dark Blues or Navy Blues.
Prior to 1871, when the uniform was predominantly chamois, the club was known informally as the Butchers. After World War II, the club briefly considered changing its nickname to the Cockatoos, but this never formally eventuated; even so, the push was serious enough that newspaper cartoons depicting a Carlton cockatoo were printed around that time.
Club song
Carlton's club song is We Are the Navy Blues. The song is sung to the tune of the chorus of Lily of Laguna
Lily of Laguna
Lily of Laguna is a song written in 1898 by Leslie Stuart and performed by Eugene Stratton and G. H. Elliott. The Carlton Football Club's official theme, We Are The Navy Blues is based on the tune...
by Leslie Stuart
Leslie Stuart
Leslie Stuart was an English composer of early musical theatre, best known for the hit show Florodora and many popular songs. Stuart began writing songs in the late 1870s, including songs for blackface performers, such as "Lily of Laguna"; songs for musical theatre; and ballads such as "Soldiers...
.
Home ground
The club's traditional home ground is Princes Park (currently known as Visy Park), located in North Carlton. After struggling to find a permanent home venue during its time in the VFA, Carlton established Princes Park as its home venue when it joined the VFL in 1897. The club played home matches at Princes Park every year between 1897-2005. It was the last of the "suburban home grounds" to be used in AFL competition.
Since 2005, Carlton's official home ground has been Docklands Stadium (currently known as Etihad Stadium). However, home matches expecting to draw large crowds are usually played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
, which has a much higher capacity; this has been the case since the 1990s. Carlton continues to use Princes Park as its training and administrative base.
VFL affiliation
Since 2003, the Carlton Football Club has been affiliated
Australian Football League reserves affiliations
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country. However, since the late 1980s, when the former Victorian Football League expanded interstate to become the modern Australian Football League, there has not been a league-wide...
with the Northern Blues Football Club in the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
. The Northern Blues, formerly known as the Preston Bullants and Northern Bullants before becoming the Blues in 2012, are based in the northern suburb of Preston, but also play several home games at Visy Park. Under the affiliation, reserves players for Carlton play VFL football with the Northern Blues.
Club honour board
| Year | Finishing position | President | Coach | Captain | Best and Fairest | Leading Goalkicker (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 7th | A.H. Shaw | ||||
| Jimmy Aitken Jimmy Aitken James Munroe "Jimmy" Aitken was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .... |
– | Wally O'Cock Wally O'Cock Wally O'Cock was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.O'Cock made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1897 season, the first official round of the VFL. He left the Blues in 1901 before they could lift from the bottom of the ladder.-External links:* ... (13) |
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| 1898 | 7th | A.H. Shaw | ||||
| Ernie Walton Ernie Walton Ernie Walton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Walton made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1897 season after playing for them for three years before the Victorian Football League began... |
– | Tommy O'Day (8) | ||||
| 1899 | 7th | A.H. Shaw | ||||
| Ernie Walton | – | Harry Thompson (8) | ||||
| 1900 | 7th | A.H. Shaw | ||||
| Will Stuckey Will Stuckey Will Stuckey is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Stuckey made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1899 season. He left the Blues at the end of the 1901 season.-External links:... |
– | Joe Sullivan Joe Sullivan (footballer) Joe Sullivan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Sullivan had played for both Rutherglen and Port Melbourne by the time he arrived at Carlton. He was Carlton's leading goal-kicker in three of his four seasons, with 18 goals in 1900, 14 goals... (18) |
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| 1901 | 7th | Robert Heatley | – | Will Stuckey | – | Joe Sullivan (14) |
| 1902 | 6th | Robert Heatley | Jack Worrall Jack Worrall John "Jack" Worrall was an Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy in the VFA and a test cricketer, a coach of both sports and a sporting journalist.... |
Joe McShane Joe McShane Joe McShane was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.McShane started his career at Geelong before moving to Carlton for the 1902 season. He left the Blues following the 1904 Grand Final against Fitzroy.-External links:* at... |
– | Fred Webber Fred Webber Fred Webber was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Webber made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 8 of the 1902 season. He left the Blues at the end of the 1904 season.... (11) |
| 1903 | 3rd | Robert Heatley | Jack Worrall | Joe McShane | – | Joe Sullivan (27) |
| 1904 | Grand Finalist | Henry Bourne Higgins | Jack Worrall | Joe McShane | – | Mick Grace Mick Grace Michael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association .... (26) |
| 1905 | 3rd | W.F. Evans | Jack Worrall | Jim Flynn Jim Flynn (footballer) Jim Flynn was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the VFL.A ruckman, Flynn started his career in 1897 where he was part of Geelong's inaugural VFL side... |
– | Frank Caine Frank Caine Frank Caine is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Caine made his debut for the Carlton Football Club against St. Kilda in Round 7 of the 1905 season. He went on to play 80 games and kick 147 goals for the Blues.... (25) |
| 1906 | Premiers | W.F. Evans | Jack Worrall | Jim Flynn | – | Mick Grace (50) |
| 1907 | Premiers | J. Urquhart | Jack Worrall | Jim Flynn | – | Frank Caine (32) |
| 1908 | Premiers | J. Urquhart | Jack Worrall | Fred Elliott Fred Elliott (footballer) Fred 'Pompey' Elliott was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year playing with Melbourne. He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season and became... |
– | Vin Gardiner Vin Gardiner Vincent Sidley "Vin" Gardiner was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League .... (34) |
| 1909 | Grand Finalist | J. Urquhart | Jack Worrall | Fred Elliott | – | George Topping George Topping George Topping was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Topping made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 10 of the 1902 season. He retired as a result of World War I after playing 2 games in 1916.... (36) |
| 1910 | Grand Finalist | J. McInerney | Fred Elliott Fred Elliott (footballer) Fred 'Pompey' Elliott was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Elliott made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1900 season. He had previously spent a year playing with Melbourne. He was named as Carlton's captain for the 1908 season and became... |
Fred Elliott | – | Vin Gardiner (42) |
| 1911 | 4th | J. McInerney | Fred Elliott | Fred Elliott | – | Vin Gardiner (47) |
| 1912 | 3rd | D. Bell | Norman Clark | Jack Wells Jack Wells (footballer) John "Jack" Wells was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Western Australian Football Association , Kalgoorlie City in the Goldfields Football Association , St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League , and in the Victorian Football Association... |
– | Vin Gardiner (47) |
| 1913 | 6th | D. Bell | Jack Wells Jack Wells (footballer) John "Jack" Wells was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Western Australian Football Association , Kalgoorlie City in the Goldfields Football Association , St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League , and in the Victorian Football Association... |
Jack Wells | – | Vin Gardiner (27) |
| 1914 | Premiers | Jack Gardiner Jack Gardiner John Carlton 'Jack' Gardiner was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He then became a successful coach in the Tasmanian Football League.... |
Norman Clark | Billy Dick Billy Dick William John "Billy" Dick was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Victorian Football League .... |
– | Bill Cook Bill Cook (footballer born 1887) William "Bill" Cook was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League .... (27) |
| 1915 | Premiers | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Billy Dick | – | Herb Burleigh Herb Burleigh Herb Burleigh was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Burleigh made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3 of the 1914 season. He left the club at the end of the 1915 season.... (46) |
| 1916 | Grand Finalist | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Billy Dick | – | Vin Gardiner (44) |
| 1917 | 3rd | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Billy Dick | – | Billy Dick Billy Dick William John "Billy" Dick was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Victorian Football League .... (22) |
| 1918 | 3rd | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Rod McGregor Rod McGregor Rod McGregor was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.He was a wonderful centreman for the Carlton Football Club with the ability to find targets and elude opponents... |
– | Ern Cowley Ern Cowley Ern Cowley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Cowley came to Carlton from Brunswick and had a strong debut season, kicking 35 goals to top the VFL's goalkicking... (35) |
| 1919 | 4th | Jack Gardiner | Viv Valentine Viv Valentine Viv Valentine is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Valentine made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1911 season.... |
Charlie Fisher Charlie Fisher Charlie Fisher was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Fisher made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 2 of the 1914 season. In 1919, he was club captain and also lead the team's goalkicking. Fisher retired at the end of the 1921 season.-External links:* at... |
– | Charlie Fisher Charlie Fisher Charlie Fisher was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Fisher made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 2 of the 1914 season. In 1919, he was club captain and also lead the team's goalkicking. Fisher retired at the end of the 1921 season.-External links:* at... (36) |
| 1920 | 3rd | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Paddy O'Brien | – | Horrie Clover Horrie Clover Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career... |
| 1921 | Grand Finalist | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Gordon Green Gordon Green Gordon Green was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Green made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 5 of the 1911 season. He last played in the 1921 Grand Final between Carlton and Richmond before retiring.-External links:* at... |
– | Horrie Clover (58) |
| 1922 | 4th | Jack Gardiner | Norman Clark | Ernie Jamieson Ernie Jamieson Ernie Jamieson was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .A key member of Carlton's defense in a successful era, Jamieson played in 14 finals with Carlton... , Horrie Clover Horrie Clover Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career... |
– | Horrie Clover (56) |
| 1923 | 7th | Jack Gardiner | Horrie Clover Horrie Clover Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career... |
Horrie Clover | – | Horrie Clover (28) |
| 1924 | 7th | Jack Gardiner | Percy Parratt Percy Parratt Percy Parratt was an Australian rules footballer. He played 195 games for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League from 1909 to 1923, kicking 202 goals.He started out at Rose of Northcote.After leaving the club he became coach... |
Paddy O'Brien | – | Alex Duncan Alex Duncan Alex Duncan was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Duncan made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of the 1921 season... (27) |
| 1925 | 9th | David Young (Australian footballer active 1925) | Paddy O'Brien | Jim Caldwell Jim Caldwell (footballer) Jim Caldwell was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
– | Harvey Dunn Harvey Dunn Harvey Thomas Dunn was an American painter. He is best known for his prairie-intimate masterpiece, The Prairie is My Garden. In this painting, a mother and her son and daughter are out gathering flowers from the quintessential prairie of the Great Plains.-Early life:Dunn was born on a homestead... (35) |
| 1926 | 6th | David Young | Ray Brew Ray Brew Ray Brew was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Brew made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3 of the 1923 season. He retired from the game due to injury in 1931.... |
Ray Brew Ray Brew Ray Brew was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Brew made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3 of the 1923 season. He retired from the game due to injury in 1931.... |
– | Horrie Clover (38) |
| 1927 | 3rd | David Young | Horrie Clover | Horrie Clover | – | Harold Carter Harold Carter Harold Carter was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Carter made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3 of the 1924 season. He left the club at the end of the 1928 season.... (33) |
| 1928 | 4th | David Young | Ray Brew | Ray Brew | – | Horrie Clover (41) |
| 1929 | 3rd | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue Dan Minogue Daniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final... |
Ray Brew | Horrie Clover | Harry "Soapy" Vallence (64) |
| 1930 | 3rd | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue | Ray Brew | – | Les Allen Les Allen (Australian footballer) Les Allen was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... (56) |
| 1931 | 3rd | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue | Ray Brew | – | Harry Vallence (86) |
| 1932 | Grand Finalist | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue | Colin Martyn Colin Martyn Colin Martyn was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Martyn made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 3 of the 1928 season. He left the game at the end of the 1932 season.-External links:* at Blueseum*... |
– | Harry Vallence (97) |
| 1933 | 4th | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue | Frank Gill Frank Gill (footballer) Frank Gill was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL. He is a member of the Carlton Hall of Fame.... |
– | Harry Vallence (84) |
| 1934 | 5th | Dave Crone | Dan Minogue | Maurie Johnson Maurie Johnson Maurie 'Mocha' Johnson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Johnson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 5 of the 1927 season... |
Creswell Crisp | Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp (44) |
| 1935 | 4th | Dave Crone | Frank Maher Frank Maher (footballer) Frank H. Maher , is a former Australian footballer, and coach in the Victorian Football League.He served in the army in World War I from 1916 to 1919, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry for his actions in France on 19 May 1918.He only began playing football when serving overseas with... |
Charlie Davey | Jim Francis Jim Francis Jim Francis is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the... |
Harry Vallence (66) |
| 1936 | 4th | Dave Crone | Frank Maher | Jim Francis Jim Francis Jim Francis is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the... |
Ansell Clarke Ansell Clarke Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season... |
Harry Vallence (86) |
| 1937 | 5th | Dave Crone | Percy Rowe Percy Rowe Percy Rowe is a former player and coach in the Victorian Football League.Rowe was the coach of the Fitzroy Football Club in 1935 and the Carlton Football Club for only the 1937 season before he was replaced by captain-coach Brighton Diggins. He is the father of Des Rowe, who captained... |
Ansell Clarke Ansell Clarke Edward Augustus "Ansell" Clarke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Clarke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1929 season... |
Don McIntyre | Harry Vallence (39) |
| 1938 | Premiers | Sir Kenneth G.Luke | Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins was a former Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League and Victorian Football League.... |
Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins was a former Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League and Victorian Football League.... |
Creswell Crisp | Harry Vallence (81) |
| 1939 | 5th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Brighton Diggins | Brighton Diggins | Frank Gill Frank Gill (footballer) Frank Gill was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL. He is a member of the Carlton Hall of Fame.... |
Ken Baxter Ken Baxter Ken "Fleetwood Smith" Baxter was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at *... (65) |
| 1940 | 5th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Brighton Diggins | Brighton Diggins | Jim Francis | Paul Schmidt Paul Schmidt (footballer) Paul Schmidt was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL.Schmidt was a half forward, he topped Carlton goalkicking every season from 1940 to 1942. His best season tally came in 1941 when he managed 77 goals, including 11 in Carlton's Round 16 game against St Kilda... (55) |
| 1941 | 3rd | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley Percy Bentley Percy Bentley was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Bentley was a strong ruckman and great tactician who was a key player and coach for the Richmond Football Club during his era... |
Jim Francis | Bob Chitty Bob Chitty Bob Chitty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season... |
Paul Schmidt (77) |
| 1942 | 5th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Jim Francis | Jim Mooring Jim Mooring Jim Mooring was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at... |
Paul Schmidt (47) |
| 1943 | 4th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Jim Francis | George Gneil George Gneil George Gniel is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Gniel debuted in the VFL for Geelong. He was recruited by the Carlton Football Club and made his debut for the Blues in round 2 of the 1942 season... |
Jack Wrout Jack Wrout Jack Wrout was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Wrout debuted in the VFL for North Melbourne. He made the move to Princes Park and made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 12 of the 1936 season... (33) |
| 1944 | 5th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Jim Francis, Bob Atkinson Bob Atkinson Bob Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1942 season, coming across from Coburg. He returned to Coburg after the 1944 season.-External links:* at... |
Bob Chitty | Jim Mooring Jim Mooring Jim Mooring was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References:* at... (42) |
| 1945 | Premiers | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Bob Chitty Bob Chitty Bob Chitty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season... |
Ron Savage Ron Savage Ron Savage was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Savage made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 14 of the 1938 season... |
Lance Collins Lance Collins Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League .... (49) |
| 1946 | 6th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Bob Chitty | Jack Howell Jack Howell (footballer) Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :... |
Ken Baxter (46) |
| 1947 | Premiers | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry Ern Henfry Ern Henfry was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League . After playing three seasons for Perth Football Club in the WAFL from 1939–1941, and finishing second to Haydn Bunton in the Sandover Medal in 1941, he joined the RAAF... |
Bert Deacon Bert Deacon Bert Deacon was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League . He is remembered for being Carlton's first ever Brownlow Medal winner.... , Ern Henfry Ern Henfry Ern Henfry was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League . After playing three seasons for Perth Football Club in the WAFL from 1939–1941, and finishing second to Haydn Bunton in the Sandover Medal in 1941, he joined the RAAF... |
Ken Baxter (42) |
| 1948 | 6th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry | Jack Howell | Ken Baxter, Ray Garby Ray Garby Ray Garby is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-External links:* -References Links:* at... (39) |
| 1949 | Grand Finalist | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry | Ern Henfry | Ken Baxter (46) |
| 1950 | 8th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry | Arthur Hodgson Arthur Hodgson (footballer) Arthur Hodgson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and North Western Football Union . Born in Sydney but raised in Queenstown, Tasmania, Hodgson was recruited by the Carlton Football Club in Victoria, playing 76 games and winning the Robert Reynolds Trophy as... |
Ken Baxter (43) |
| 1951 | 7th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry | Jim Clark Jim Clark (footballer) Jim Clark is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-External links:* -References:* at *... |
Keith Warburton Keith Warburton Keith Warburton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Warburton made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1951 season.... (48) |
| 1952 | 4th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ern Henfry, Ken Hands Ken Hands Ken Hands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.... |
Ollie Grieve Ollie Grieve Ollie Grieve was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at -External links:*... |
Jack Howell Jack Howell (footballer) Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :... (42) |
| 1953 | 5th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ken Hands | Ken Hands Ken Hands Ken Hands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.... |
Jack Spencer (32) |
| 1954 | 8th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ken Hands | Bill Milroy Bill Milroy Bill Milroy is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Milroy made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 16 of the 1951 season. He left the Blues at the end of the 1956 season.... |
Noel O'Brien Noel O'Brien Noel O'Brien is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.O'Brien made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1954 season. He sustained a season ending injury and retired from the game in 1955.-External links:* at... (45) |
| 1955 | 7th | Sir Kenneth G. Luke | Percy Bentley | Ken Hands | John James | Noel O'Brien (73) |
| 1956 | 5th | Horrie Clover Horrie Clover Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career... |
Jim Francis Jim Francis Jim Francis is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the... |
Ken Hands | Doug Beasy Doug Beasy Doug Beasy is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Beasy made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1951 season. He left the Blues at the end of the 1959 season.... |
Kevan Hamilton Kevan Hamilton Kevan Hamilton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Hamilton made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 6 of the 1956 season, retiring at the end of the year.-External links:* at... (22) |
| 1957 | 4th | Horrie Clover | Jim Francis | Ken Hands | Bruce Comben Bruce Comben Bruce Comben is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Comben made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1950 season. He retired from the game at the end of the 1961 season.... |
Gerald Burke Gerald Burke Gerald Burke is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Burke made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 6 of the 1953 season. He retired at the end of the 1960 season.-External links:... (34) |
| 1958 | 7th | Lew Holmes | Jim Francis | Bruce Comben Bruce Comben Bruce Comben is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Comben made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1950 season. He retired from the game at the end of the 1961 season.... |
Bruce Comben | John Heathcote John Heathcote (footballer) John Heathcote is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Heathcote made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 2 of the 1958 season. He left the club at the end of the 1962 season.... (19) |
| 1959 | 3rd | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands Ken Hands Ken Hands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-References:* at *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim . The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.... |
Bruce Comben | John Nicholls | Sergio Silvagni Sergio Silvagni Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958... (40) |
| 1960 | 7th | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands | Bruce Comben | John James | Leo Brereton Leo Brereton Leo Brereton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Brereton made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1957 season. He left the club at the end of the 1962 season.... (44) |
| 1961 | 8th | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands | Graham Donaldson Graham Donaldson Graham Donaldson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Donaldson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 4 of the 1955 season. He announced his retirement from the game after the 1962 season.-External links:*, Blueseum*... |
John James | Tom Carroll (54) |
| 1962 | Grand Finalist | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands | Graham Donaldson | Sergio Silvagni Sergio Silvagni Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958... |
Tom Carroll (62) |
| 1963 | 6th | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands | John Nicholls | John Nicholls | Tom Carroll (27) |
| 1964 | 10th | Lew Holmes | Ken Hands | Sergio Silvagni Sergio Silvagni Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Silvagni made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7, 1958... |
Gordon Collis Gordon Collis Gordon Collis is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Recruited from Healesville, Collis played less than 100 games of VFL football, but his place in history is assured as a winner of one of the game's highest honours - the Brownlow Medal.Collis won the medal in... |
Ian Nankervis (18) |
| 1965 | 6th | George Harris | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
John Nicholls | Bryan Quirk Bryan Quirk Bryan Quirk 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.... (29) |
| 1966 | 6th | George Harris | Ron Barassi | Ron Barassi | John Nicholls | Adrian Gallagher Adrian Gallagher Adrian Lindsay Gallagher is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.He was also an outstanding cricketer in his youth and received many offers to play in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton.Gallagher made... (24) |
| 1967 | 3rd | George Harris | Ron Barassi | Ron Barassi | John Nicholls | Brian Kekovich Brian Kekovich Brian Kekovich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL, who played for two seasons with the Carlton Football Club.... (38) |
| 1968 | Premiers | George Harris | Ron Barassi | Ron Barassi, John Nicholls |
Sergio Silvagni | Brian Kekovich (59) |
| 1969 | Grand Finalist | George Harris | Ron Barassi | John Nicholls | Garry Crane Garry Crane Garry Crane is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Crane made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 17, 1964. He retired at the end of the 1976 season.- External links :* at... |
Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame... (66) |
| 1970 | Premiers | George Harris | Ron Barassi | John Nicholls | Adrian Gallagher Adrian Gallagher Adrian Lindsay Gallagher is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.He was also an outstanding cricketer in his youth and received many offers to play in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton.Gallagher made... |
Alex Jesaulenko (115) |
| 1971 | 5th | George Harris | Ron Barassi | John Nicholls | Geoff Southby Geoff Southby Geoff Southby was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .An attacking full-back who ran hard from defence and stopped the best full-forwards, Southby was a key contributor to Carlton Football Club's success in the 1970s.In 2000 Southby was inducted into the Australian... |
Alex Jesaulenko (56) |
| 1972 | Premiers | George Harris | John Nicholls | John Nicholls | Geoff Southby | Greg Kennedy Greg Kennedy Greg Kennedy is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Kennedy made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 1, 1972.-External links:* at... (76) |
| 1973 | Grand Finalist | George Harris | John Nicholls | John Nicholls | Peter Jones Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer) Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL... |
Brian Walsh Brian T. Walsh Brian T. Walsh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s.... (60) |
| 1974 | 7th | George Harris | John Nicholls, Robert Walls Robert Walls Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :... |
John Nicholls, Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame... |
Bruce Doull Bruce Doull Bruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club.... |
Craig Davis Craig Davis (Australian rules footballer) Craig Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with four clubs during his eleven seasons in the VFL in the 1970s and early 1980s... (45) |
| 1975 | 4th | Ivan Rohrt Ivan Rohrt Ivanhoe Borch Rohrt is a former president of the Carlton Football Club from 1974–1977. He was also appointed as a director on the Victorian Football League Board.-External links:* at *... |
John Nicholls | Alex Jesaulenko | Alex Jesaulenko | Robert Walls Robert Walls Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :... (59) |
| 1976 | 3rd | Ivan Rohrt | Ian Thorogood Ian Thorogood Ian Thorogood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Thorogood played for Melbourne, including three premiership teams. Following his retirement from playing, he coached Waverley to a premiership in the VFA in 1965... |
Alex Jesaulenko | Trevor Keogh Trevor Keogh Trevor Keogh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League.Keogh was recruited from Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League and made his debut for Carlton in 1970. A rover, he has been described as "instrumental" in Carlton's premiership wins of... |
Robert Walls (55) |
| 1977 | 6th | Ivan Rohrt | Ian Thorogood | Robert Walls Robert Walls Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :... |
Bruce Doull Bruce Doull Bruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club.... |
Mark Maclure Mark Maclure Mark Maclure is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Mark made his debut for Carlton in Round 13, 1974. He retired from the game in 1986 after playing 243 games for the club.... (39) |
| 1978 | 4th | George Harris | Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer) Ian Harlow Stewart , son of Aldo Liberale Cervi and Anita Cervi who separated three years after his birth, is a former Australian rules footballer with Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League , and in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda and Richmond... , Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame... |
Robert Walls, Alex Jesaulenko |
Trevor Keogh | Rod Galt Rod Galt Rod Galt is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Ross made his debut for the St. Kilda. Ross made his move to Carlton in 1975 and debuted in Round 17, 1975. He was delisted after the 1979 season.... (49) |
| 1979 | Premiers | George Harris | Alex Jesaulenko | Alex Jesaulenko | Mike Fitzpatrick Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer) Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick is an Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer.... |
Ken Sheldon Ken Sheldon Kenneth "Ken" Sheldon is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He is the father of Brisbane Lions player, Sam Sheldon.-Carlton career:... (53) |
| 1980 | 4th | Ian Rice Ian Rice Ian Rice was a former president of the Carlton Football Club from 1980-1982 after ousting George Harris from the position.-External links:* at... |
Peter Jones Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer) Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL... |
Mike Fitzpatrick Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer) Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick is an Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer.... |
Bruce Doull | Wayne Johnston Wayne Johnston (footballer) Wayne "The Dominator" Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer. Johnston played 209 games and kicked 283 goals for the Carlton Football Club , in a career spanning 1979–1990... (51) |
| 1981 | Premiers | Ian Rice | David Parkin David Parkin David Parkin is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.- Pre-football career :He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football.... |
Mike Fitzpatrick | Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL .... |
Peter Bosustow Peter Bosustow Peter Bosustow is a former Australian rules footballer with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League.... (59) |
| 1982 | Premiers | Ian Rice | David Parkin | Mike Fitzpatrick | James Buckley | Ross Ditchburn Ross Ditchburn Ross Ditchburn is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Ross made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 8 of the 1982 season. Ross left the club at the end of the 1983 season. He was a member Carlton's 1982 VFL Grand Final winning side.-External links:* at... (61) |
| 1983 | 5th | John Elliott John Elliott (businessman) John Dorman Elliott is a former president of the Liberal Party, and former president of Carlton Football Club. In 2003 he was found guilty of trading while insolvent and in 2005 declared bankrupt... |
David Parkin | Mike Fitzpatrick | Wayne Johnston | Ken Hunter Ken Hunter Ken Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL .... (43) |
| 1984 | 4th | John Elliott | David Parkin | Wayne Johnston Wayne Johnston (footballer) Wayne "The Dominator" Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer. Johnston played 209 games and kicked 283 goals for the Carlton Football Club , in a career spanning 1979–1990... |
Bruce Doull | Warren Ralph Warren Ralph Warren Ralph is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s. He was recruited from Claremont in the West Australian Football League.... (55) |
| 1985 | 5th | John Elliott | David Parkin | Wayne Johnston | Justin Madden Justin Madden Madden was 206 cm tall, and one of the tallest men ever to play Australian Rules football, and his potential in this area was fully utilized by Carlton, who used him as their main ruckman. Over the next fifteen seasons, Madden became a mainstay of the Carlton side, and one of the most... |
Mark Maclure Mark Maclure Mark Maclure is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Mark made his debut for Carlton in Round 13, 1974. He retired from the game in 1986 after playing 243 games for the club.... (48) |
| 1986 | Grand Finalist | John Elliot | Robert Walls | Mark Maclure Mark Maclure Mark Maclure is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Mark made his debut for Carlton in Round 13, 1974. He retired from the game in 1986 after playing 243 games for the club.... |
Wayne Johnston, Craig Bradley Craig Bradley Craig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL.... |
Stephen Kernahan Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997... (62) |
| 1987 | Premiers | John Elliot | Robert Walls | Stephen Kernahan Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997... |
Stephen Kernahan Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997... |
Stephen Kernahan (73) |
| 1988 | 3rd | John Elliot | Robert Walls | Stephen Kernahan | Craig Bradley | Stephen Kernahan (54) |
| 1989 | 8th | John Elliot | Robert Walls, Alex Jesaulenko |
Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Kernahan (59) |
| 1990 | 8th | John Elliot | Alex Jesaulenko | Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team... |
Stephen Kernahan (69) |
| 1991 | 11th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Justin Madden | Stephen Kernahan (46) |
| 1992 | 7th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Kernahan (83) |
| 1993 | Grand Finalist | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Craig Bradley | Stephen Kernahan (68) |
| 1994 | 5th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Greg Williams | Stephen Kernahan (82) |
| 1995 | Premiers | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... |
Stephen Kernahan (63) |
| 1996 | 6th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Stephen Silvagni | Stephen Kernahan (56) |
| 1997 | 11th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Stephen Kernahan | Brett Ratten | Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been... (28) |
| 1998 | 11th | John Elliot | David Parkin | Craig Bradley Craig Bradley Craig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL.... |
Fraser Brown Fraser Brown Fraser Brown is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from Lilydale, Victoria and known for his fierce style of play, Brown's highest achievements in football were playing in the 1995 premiership and winning the 1998 Carlton best and fairest.Brown will... |
Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall is a former Australian rules footballer, and the ex-captain of the Carlton Football Club.-Early career :... (46) |
| 1999 | Grand Finalist | John Elliot | David Parkin | Craig Bradley | Matthew Allan Matthew Allan Matthew Allan is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He joined with the Carlton Football Club in 1992, and debuted in 1994 as the 1000th player to represent Carlton... |
Lance Whitnall (55) |
| 2000 | 3rd | John Elliot | David Parkin | Craig Bradley | Brett Ratten, Scott Camporeale Scott Camporeale Scott Camporeale is a former Australian rules footballer who spent the majority of his AFL career with the Carlton Football Club.-AFL career:... |
Lance Whitnall (70) |
| 2001 | 6th | John Elliot | Wayne Brittain Wayne Brittain Wayne Brittain is a former coach of the Australian Football League.- Career :In his playing career, he did not play in the AFL, instead he played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland State League. He eventually suffered a back injury which ended his career... |
Craig Bradley | Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been... |
Matthew Lappin Matthew Lappin Matthew Lappin is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He was an assistant coach with the Carlton Football Club from 2007–2010, deciding not to renew his contract for 2011.... (49) |
| 2002 | 16th | John Elliot | Wayne Brittain | Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... |
Corey McKernan Corey McKernan Corey McKernan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League... |
Corey McKernan Corey McKernan Corey McKernan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League... (40) |
| 2003 | 15th | Ian Collins Ian Collins (Australian) Ian "Collo" Collins AM is a former Australian rules footballer and is now a high-profile businessman.- Playing career :... |
Denis Pagan Denis Pagan Denis Pagan is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the VFL/AFL. He is current coach of Northern Knights in TAC Cup.-Playing career:... |
Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... , Andrew McKay Andrew McKay Dr Andrew Ian McKay is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.McKay grew up in eastern South Australia, and played junior football for Lucindale in the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League. He moved to Adelaide and played senior SANFL football for Glenelg between 1991... |
Andrew McKay Andrew McKay Dr Andrew Ian McKay is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.McKay grew up in eastern South Australia, and played junior football for Lucindale in the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League. He moved to Adelaide and played senior SANFL football for Glenelg between 1991... |
Brendan Fevola Brendan Fevola Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League.... (63) |
| 2004 | 11th | Ian Collins | Denis Pagan | Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been... |
David Teague | Brendan Fevola (66) |
| 2005 | 16th | Ian Collins | Denis Pagan | Anthony Koutoufides | Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been... |
Brendan Fevola (49) |
| 2006 | 16th | Ian Collins, Graham Smorgon Graham Smorgon Graham Smorgon is a prominent Australian businessman and a member of the Smorgon family – one of Australia's wealthiest and most powerful and influential families... |
Denis Pagan | Anthony Koutoufides | Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall is a former Australian rules footballer, and the ex-captain of the Carlton Football Club.-Early career :... |
Brendan Fevola (84) |
| 2007 | 15th | Graham Smorgon, Stephen Kernahan Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997... , Richard Pratt Richard Pratt (Australian businessman) Richard J. Pratt was a prominent Australian businessman, chairman of the privately-owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at billion... |
Denis Pagan, Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... |
Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall Lance Whitnall is a former Australian rules footballer, and the ex-captain of the Carlton Football Club.-Early career :... |
Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .- Early career :... |
Brendan Fevola (59) |
| 2008 | 11th | Richard Pratt, Stephen Kernahan |
Brett Ratten | Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Brendan Fevola (99) |
| 2009 | 7th | Stephen Kernahan | Brett Ratten | Chris Judd | Chris Judd | Brendan Fevola (89) |
| 2010 | 7th | Stephen Kernahan | Brett Ratten | Chris Judd | Chris Judd | Eddie Betts Eddie Betts Eddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club... (42) |
| 2011 | 5th | Stephen Kernahan | Brett Ratten | Chris Judd | Marc Murphy | Andrew Walker Andrew Walker (footballer) Andrew "Tex" Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:... (56) |
Carlton's Team of the Century
Four emergencies were also named: (1) Laurie KerrLaurie Kerr
Laurie Kerr is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1950s. He was named as an emergency in Carlton's official 'Team of the Century'.Kerr was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak....
, (2) Bob Chitty
Bob Chitty
Bob Chitty was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Chitty made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 7 of the 1937 season...
, (3) Horrie Clover
Horrie Clover
Horrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career...
and (4) Rod McGregor
Rod McGregor
Rod McGregor was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.He was a wonderful centreman for the Carlton Football Club with the ability to find targets and elude opponents...
. The five players with an asterisk
Asterisk
An asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
(*) are also members of the AFL Team of the Century – the largest number of any AFL club.
Current playing staff
The Carlton team is currently coached by former club captain and premiership player Brett RattenBrett Ratten
Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
. Ratten has been the full time senior coach since the 2008 season, after serving as caretaker for the final six matches of 2007 after the dismissal of Denis Pagan
Denis Pagan
Denis Pagan is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the VFL/AFL. He is current coach of Northern Knights in TAC Cup.-Playing career:...
. Carlton's current captain is dual-Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
list Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, who has served as captain since coming to the club from at the end of the 2007 season.
Playing Squad and Coaching Panel as of 29 November 2011:
Board of directors
President – Stephen KernahanStephen Kernahan
Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997...
Vice Presidents – Richard Newton, Jeannie Pratt
Board Members – Marcus Clarke, Zac Fried, Raphael Geminder, Adrian Gleeson
Adrian Gleeson
Adrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Gleeson, who played as a rover, finished eighth in the 1988 Brownlow Medal count, in just his third season of league football.Wearing the number 12 guernsey, Gleeson debuted for the...
, Mark Harrison, Greg Lee, Mark LoGiudice, Stephen Moulton, Ari Suss
Chief Executive Officers
CEOs since 1980.| Incumbent | Term |
|---|---|
| Jim Allison | 1980–1981 |
| Ian Collins Ian Collins (Australian) Ian "Collo" Collins AM is a former Australian rules footballer and is now a high-profile businessman.- Playing career :... |
1981–1993 |
| Stephen Gough | 1994–1999 |
| John Gurrieri | 2000 |
| Don Hanly | 2001–2002 |
| Michael Malouf Michael Malouf Michael Malouf is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Carlton Football Club. On the 23rd of March 2007, it was announced that the then-current CEO at the Collingwood Football Club, Greg Swann, would replace Malouf in this position.... |
2003–2007 |
| Greg Swann Greg Swann Greg Swann b. 1962 is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Carlton Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne competing in the Australian Football League... |
2007– |
The club had 43,214 members in 2011.
Premierships
- See Carlton Football Club premiershipsCarlton Football Club premiershipsThe Carlton Football Club has been involved in 29 VFL/AFL Grand Finals from 1897-2006, winning 16 premiership titles.-1945: The Bloodbath:An infamous battle between Carlton and South Melbourne , in which the game became footbrawl rather than football...
Competition Level Wins Years Won Challenge Cup Challenge CupThe Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....Seniors 5 1869, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1875 VFA Victorian Football LeagueThe Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...Seniors 2 1877, 1887 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Seniors 16 1906 1906 VFL Grand FinalThe 1906 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1906. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, 19071907 VFL Grand FinalThe 1907 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 September 1907. It was the 10th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, 19081908 VFL Grand FinalThe 1908 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 in Melbourne on 26 September 1908. It was the 11th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, 19141914 VFL Grand FinalThe 1914 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1914. It was the 17th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, 19151915 VFL Grand FinalThe 1915 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 18 September 1915. It was the 18th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19381938 VFL Grand FinalThe 1938 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1938. It was the 42nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19451945 VFL Grand FinalThe 1945 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at Princes Park in Melbourne on 29 September 1945. It was the 49th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers...
, 19471947 VFL Grand FinalThe 1947 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 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...
, 19681968 VFL Grand FinalThe 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 in Melbourne on 28 September 1968. It was the 72nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19701970 VFL Grand FinalThe 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19721972 VFL Grand FinalThe 1972 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 October 1972. It was the 76th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
, 19791979 VFL Grand FinalThe 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. It was the 83rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, 19811981 VFL Grand FinalThe 1981 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1981. It was the 85th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, 19821982 VFL Grand FinalThe 1982 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1982. It was the 86th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19871987 VFL Grand FinalThe 1987 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1987. It was the 91st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 19951995 AFL Grand FinalThe 1995 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1995. It was the 99th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Reserves 8 1926, 1927, 1928, 1951, 1953, 1986, 1987, 1990 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Under 19s 6 1948, 1949, 1951, 1963, 1978, 1979 Championship of Australia Championship of AustraliaThe Championship of Australia was the name given to an Australian rules football tournament which was contested between football clubs from the Victorian, South Australian and West Australian football leagues. The Championship took place three times in the 19th century and then from 1907 to 1914...Seniors 2 1968, 1970 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Night/Pre-Season Premierships 4 1983, 1997, 2005, 2007 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...McClelland Trophy McClelland TrophyThe McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...5 1969, 1979, 1985 (tied), 1987, 1995 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Minor Premiers 17 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1938, 1941, 1947, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1995 VFL/AFL Australian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...Wooden Spoons Wooden spoon (award)A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...3
2002, 2005, 2006
Finishing positions (1897–2010)
Ladder Position Year (Finals in Bold) Tally 1st 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995 16 2nd 1904, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1949, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1993, 1999 13 3rd 1903, 1905, 1912, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1941, 1959, 1967, 1976, 1988, 2000 16 4th 1911, 1919, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1943, 1952, 1957, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984 15 5th 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1971, 1983, 1985, 1994, 2011 13 6th 1902, 1913, 1946, 1948, 1926, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1996, 2001 11 7th 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1923, 1924, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1974, 1992, 2009, 2010 15 8th 1950, 1954, 1961, 1989, 1990 5 9th 1925 1 10th 1964 1 11th 1991, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2008 5 12th nil 0 13th nil 0 14th nil 0 15th 2003, 2007 2 16th 2002, 2005, 2006 3
John Nicholls Medal
Known as "Robert Reynolds Trophy" until 2003John Nicholls MedalThe John Nicholls Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Carlton Football Club for the season....
listsNo. Player Years Won 5 John Nicholls 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 4 Bruce Doull Bruce DoullBruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club....
1974, 1977, 1980, 1984 3 Craig Bradley Craig BradleyCraig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....
1986, 1988, 1993 John James 1955, 1960, 1961 Chris Judd Chris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
2008, 2009, 2010 Stephen Kernahan Stephen KernahanStephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997...
1987, 1989, 1992 Brett Ratten Brett RattenBrett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
1995, 1997, 2000
Brownlow Medal
Brownlow MedalThe Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
listsPlayer Year Won Bert Deacon Bert DeaconBert Deacon was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League . He is remembered for being Carlton's first ever Brownlow Medal winner....1947 John James 1961 Gordon Collis Gordon CollisGordon Collis is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Recruited from Healesville, Collis played less than 100 games of VFL football, but his place in history is assured as a winner of one of the game's highest honours - the Brownlow Medal.Collis won the medal in...1964 Greg Williams 1994 Chris Judd Chris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....2010
League leading goalkickers
Awarded the Coleman MedalColeman MedalThe Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
since 1955.Player Year Won Mick Grace Mick GraceMichael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association ....1906 Ern Cowley Ern CowleyErn Cowley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Cowley came to Carlton from Brunswick and had a strong debut season, kicking 35 goals to top the VFL's goalkicking...1918 Horrie Clover Horrie CloverHorrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career...1922 Harry Vallence Harry VallenceHarry "Soapy" Vallence was a champion Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association...1931 Tom Carroll Tom Carroll (Australian footballer)Tom 'Turkey Tom' Carroll is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....1961 Brendan Fevola Brendan FevolaBrendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....2006, 2009
Norm Smith Medal
Norm Smith MedalThe Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
listsPlayer Year Won Wayne Harmes Wayne HarmesWayne Harmes is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:Recruited from Oak Park, as a youngster Harmes was perceived to have a lot of talent, winning The Sun newspapers' "Sunkick" competition. Added to this was the fact he was a grandson of Len Smith...1979 Bruce Doull Bruce DoullBruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club....1981 David Rhys-Jones David Rhys-JonesDavid Rhys-Jones is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. The highlight of his 182 game career was winning the Norm Smith Medal as best on ground in Carlton's 1987 Grand Final victory...1987 Greg Williams 1995
Mark of the Year winners
Player Year Won Alex Jesaulenko Alex JesaulenkoAlex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...1970 Peter Bosustow Peter BosustowPeter Bosustow is a former Australian rules footballer with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League....1981 Ken Hunter Ken HunterKen Hunter is a former champion Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL ....1983 Stephen Silvagni Stephen SilvagniStephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team...1988 Matthew Lappin Matthew LappinMatthew Lappin is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He was an assistant coach with the Carlton Football Club from 2007–2010, deciding not to renew his contract for 2011....1999
Goal of the Year
Goal of the Year (Australia)The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
winnersPlayer Year Won Peter Bosustow Peter BosustowPeter Bosustow is a former Australian rules footballer with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League....1981 Eddie Betts Eddie BettsEddie Betts is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Betts grew up in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and played for the Mines Rovers Football Club...2006
Leigh Matthews Trophy
Leigh Matthews TrophyThe Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...
winnersPlayer Year Won Greg Williams 1994 Anthony Koutoufides Anthony KoutoufidesAnthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been...2000 Chris Judd Chris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....2011
Most career goals
Player Career Years Goals Stephen Kernahan Stephen KernahanStephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League and the Glenelg Football Club of the SANFL from 1981 until 1997...1986–1997 738 Harry "Soapy" Vallence 1926–1938 722 Brendan Fevola Brendan FevolaBrendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....1999–2009 575 Alex Jesaulenko Alex JesaulenkoAlex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...1967–1979 424 Horrie Clover Horrie CloverHorrie Clover was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A high-marking centre half-forward who was Carlton’s key player during his career...
1920–1924,
1926–1931398
Most career games
Player Career Years Games Craig Bradley Craig BradleyCraig Edwin "Braddles" Bradley is a former South Australian Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer. He is currently a part-time assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club, the club he represented 375 times in the VFL/AFL....1986–2002 375 Bruce Doull Bruce DoullBruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club....1969–1986 356 John Nicholls 1957–1974 331 Stephen Silvagni Stephen SilvagniStephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team...
1985–2001 312 Justin Madden Justin MaddenMadden was 206 cm tall, and one of the tallest men ever to play Australian Rules football, and his potential in this area was fully utilized by Carlton, who used him as their main ruckman. Over the next fifteen seasons, Madden became a mainstay of the Carlton side, and one of the most...
1982–1997 287
VFL/AFL Match records
- Most goals in a game: 13 by Horrie Clover vs. St. KildaSt. Kilda Football ClubThe St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league....
in 1921 - Highest score: 30.30 (210) vs. HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
on 12 April 1969 - Lowest score: 0.6 (6) vs. CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
on 4 June 1898 - Greatest winning margin: 140 points vs. St. Kilda on 8 April 1985
- Greatest losing margin: 124 points vs. Kangaroos on 31 August 2003
- Highest losing score: 22.13 (145) v North Melbourne on 15 April 1985
- Lowest winning score: 3.6 (24) v South MelbourneSydney SwansThe Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
on 24 June 1899 - Record attendance (home and away game): 91,571, 21 July 2000 at MCGMcGJoseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
v EssendonEssendon Football ClubThe Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... - Record attendance (finals match): 121,696, Grand Final, 26 September 1970 v CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
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See also
- Wikipedia listing of Carlton players
- List of Carlton Football Club coaches
- Sport in AustraliaSport in AustraliaAustralia has a long sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s, a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey and various codes of football....
- Sport in VictoriaSport in VictoriaThe state of Victoria, Australia, is known for its sporting culture. The Victorian capital, Melbourne is often referred to as the sporting capital of the world....
Footnotes
- 1. Specifically, Carlton's 19–1 record set a record for the best win-loss percentage across a full season, including finals, which stood until broke it in the 2000 AFL season with a record of 24–1. The record was matched twice before it was broken: by in 1929, and Essendon in 1950.
- 2. Harris had served two tenures as Carlton president: from 1965–1974, then from 1978–1979.
- 3. The "suburban grounds" is a collective term generally understood to mean all venues in Melbourne, except for the Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
, Docklands Stadium and Waverley ParkWaverley ParkWaverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
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External links
- Official Website of the Carlton Football Club
- "Around the Grounds" – Web Documentary – Princes Park
- Blueseum – History of the Carlton Football Club
- BigFooty's Carlton AFL Football Club discussion forum
- Can You Smell What the Blues are Cooking Carlton Membership Slogan 2010
Carlton Football Club VFL/AFL Premiership Teams - Most goals in a game: 13 by Horrie Clover vs. St. Kilda