St. Kilda Football Club
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The 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.
The club was established in 1873 and its name originates from the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda
. St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and later, in 1897, became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League
(VFL), which was renamed the Australian Football League
(AFL) prior to the start of the 1990 season.
Despite being a foundation team in the league, St Kilda have only won a single premiership, a famous one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final
. St Kilda have, however, had various other achievements including, most recently, being the minor premiers of the 2009 AFL season
and 2009
and 2010
grand finalists.
St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers, much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league, as well as having the second lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league.
in 1897. They made their debut in an away game against Collingwood
on 8 May 1897, which they lost 2.4. (16) to 5.11. (41).
The club's first home ground was the Junction Oval
in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne and the club's first home game was against Fitzroy
. The score was St Kilda 3.8. (26) to 10.6. (66).
St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful and, in 1899, they had the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, one point against Geelong (who scored 162).
In 1902, Charlie Baker
became the first St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 30 goals.
saw St Kilda make the finals for the first time, qualifying third with nine wins and eight losses.
St Kilda were beaten by Carlton
in their first VFL final by 56 points. They qualified in third position again in 1908
and were once again eliminated by Carlton in the semi-finals, this time by 58 points.
by Fitzroy. At the time a challenge system was in place, which allowed the team that qualified in first position as minor premiers to challenge any team that won through to be the top ranked team in the finals series if it was not the minor premiers. St Kilda won its semi-final against South Melbourne
and then defeated Fitzroy two weeks later 10.10. (70) to 6.9. (45) in what was a match between the two teams that won the semi-finals. Fitzroy as minor premiers were allowed to challenge St Kilda – the number one ranked team in the finals series at that point – and the two teams played again the following week in the grand final which Fitzroy won 7.14.(56) to 5.13.(43).
Due to World War I
the St Kilda Football Club was in recess in 1916 and 1917 but resumed in 1918 and fared well, making the finals in fourth position but were eliminated by Collingwood in a semi final by nine points, 58 to 49.
became the first St Kilda player to win the league's highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal
.
The following years saw St Kilda establish itself as a more consistently competitive club. They made the finals in 1929
and were eliminated once again by Carlton
, 12.9 (81) to 11.7, (73) in the semi-finals.
became the second St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season.
Bill Mohr kicked 101 goals in 1936
and was the first St Kilda player to kick 100 goals or more in a season.
The mid 1930s saw the club consistently vying for finals berths, finally making it in 1939
by qualifying fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories and an overall record of 13 wins and five losses. The team had its first finals win since 1913, against Richmond
, but were eliminated in the 1939 finals series by Collingwood in the preliminary final.
and were on top of the ladder after Round 4 before finishing second last. Although there were some prominent players like Harold Bray
, Keith Drinan
, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive in the 1940s. The 1950 season
saw St Kilda win the first five games before fading to finish with eight wins and a draw in ninth place. In 1955, after one of the club's worst seasons, Alan Killigrew
was appointed coach. His first action was one of the largest clean-outs of players in the history of any VFL club. It is believed that only 17 players from 1955 played for St Kilda again in 1956, with 11 new players appearing in the club's opening match of 1956.
In 1956 Bill Young
became the third St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 56 goals.
became the second St Kilda player to win the league's highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.
In 1958, Neil Roberts became the third St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal.
Also in 1958 St Kilda won the Consolation Night Series competition
, a competition that was played between clubs that had failed to qualify for the premiership season finals series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101) in the final.
In 1959, Verdun Howell
became the fourth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal.
Howell tied with Bob Skilton
in the 1959 Brownlow Medal count. At the time Skilton was awarded the medal on count-back. The league later decided to award a Brownlow Medal to any player who was eligible to win who tied on the same number of votes as a winner who won on count-back – with Verdun Howell receiving a Brownlow retrospectively.
In 1961, after finishing sixth in 1960, Allan Jeans
was appointed coach. St Kilda qualified for the final four for the first time since 1939, qualifying third with eleven wins and seven losses. However, with fullback Verdun Howell unfit, the club lost to Footscray
in the first semi-final. The club finished ninth in 1962
with nine wins and nine losses.
In 1964, St Kilda were defeated in the final of the Consolation Night Series
competition by Footscray 11.12 (78) to 11.7 (73).
St Kilda had a convincing sequence of six consecutive wins in the last six rounds of the 1963 season
to qualify in fourth position with 13 wins (52 premiership points), two premiership points behind minor premiers Hawthorn
. The club lost to Melbourne
in the semi-finals.
was the Round 18 match on 22 August 1964 against Geelong
. St Kilda won 12. 18. (90) to 11. 12 (78) in front of a crowd of 37,100.
, the club moved to a new training, administration and home game base at Moorabbin Oval
in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The first home game at the new home ground was a 6 point win over Collingwood 8. 12. (60) to 8. 6. (54) in front of a massive crowd of 51,370.
St Kilda finished the home and away season a game clear on top with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for a finals series in first position as minor premiers for the first time in the club's history.
St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the second semi-final to progress into the grand final. The club finished second in the 1965 premiership season after being beaten by Essendon
14.21 (105) to 9.16 (70) in the 1965 VFL Grand Final
.
Ian Stewart
became the fifth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal. Stewart tied on votes with Noel Teasdale
of North Melbourne
and was awarded the 1965 Brownlow on a count-back.
1966 saw St Kilda qualify for finals series in consecutive years for the first time since 1907–08. 14 wins and 4 losses in the home and away rounds qualified the club for the finals in second place.
Ian Stewart was the first St Kilda player in history to become a dual Brownlow Medalist after winning the 1966 Brownlow Medal with 21 votes. The second consecutive year he won the league's highest individual award and the sixth Brownlow Medal won by a St Kilda player.
St Kilda were defeated by Collingwood in the second semi-final 15. 9. (99) to 13. 11. (89). The club progressed to the 1966 Grand Final after defeating Essendon in the preliminary final 15. 4. (94) to 7. 10. (52).
St Kilda went on to defeat Collingwood in the 1966 VFL Grand Final
10.14 (74) to 10.13 (73), winning the club's first ever premiership.
became the sixth player St Kilda player to win Brownlow Medal. This was also the third consecutive year that a St Kilda player had won the Brownlow Medal and the second time in the club's history that they had Brownlow Medalists in three consecutive years.
The 1968 season
saw St Kilda qualify fourth with 14 wins, 5 losses and a draw. St Kilda were eliminated by Geelong in the first semi-final.
was followed by another finals appearance in 1970
, when St Kilda qualified in third place with 14 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda defeated South Melbourne in the first semifinal and went on to be eliminated by eventual premiers Carlton
in the preliminary final.
St Kilda qualified for the finals series in second place in 1971
at the end of the home and away season with 16 wins. St Kilda was defeated by Hawthorn by two points in the second semifinal, defeated Richmond in the preliminary final and was defeated in the 1971 VFL Grand Final
by Hawthorn.
The club qualified for the finals series again in 1972
in fourth with 14 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda defeated Essendon in the elimination final and Collingwood in the first semifinal before being eliminated in the preliminary final by Carlton.
1973
saw the club qualify for a record fourth consecutive finals series in fifth place with 12 wins. St Kilda defeated Essendon in the elimination final before being eliminated in the semifinals by Richmond.
1974
saw the Saints decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s, finishing tenth with seven wins. The club failed to build on competitive seasons in 1975
and 1976
. Allan Jeans coaching career at St Kilda ended at the end of the 1976 season after 16 seasons.
1978
began and ended strongly, but a mid-season slump saw the club narrowly miss the finals. 1979
began well with a win over Hawthorn before a run of defeats and finishing a clear last. Continuing financial pressures and defeats saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season from 1979 to 1986.
In 1987
, with Tony Lockett
at full forward, St Kilda moved out of the bottom three for the first time since 1982
with nine wins.
Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal
for leading goalkicker in the home and away season, the fourth St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award.
Tony Locket was the second St Kilda player to kick more than 100 goals in a season (117).
Tony Lockett became the seventh St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal
. He also became the first player to win both the Brownlow Medal and the Coleman Medal in the same season in football history. He remains the only person in league history to win both the league's best and fairest award and the league's leading goalkicker award in the same season.
Lockett also won St Kilda's best and fairest award, now called the Trevor Barker Award
, in the same year. He is the only person in league history to win the Brownlow, Coleman and club best and fairest awards in the same season.
prior to the start of the 1990 premiership season.
A competitive 1991 AFL season
saw St Kilda qualify for a finals series for the first time since 1973, qualifying fourth at the end of the home and away rounds.
Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season in 1991, the first St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker twice.
Lockett's 118 goals in 1991 was the third year a St Kilda player had kicked more than 100 goals in a eason.
In a competitive 1992 season
, St Kilda again qualified for the finals series, qualifying sixth at the end of the home and away rounds. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the elimination final.
Tony Lockett's 132 goals in 1992 was the fourth year a St Kilda player kicked more than 100 goals in a season.
St Kilda won its first finals series match since 1973, over Collingwood, before being by eliminated from the 1992 finals series by Footscray in the semi-finals.
St Kilda Football Club retained Moorabbin Oval as a training, administration and entertainment venue.
competition, the pre-season cup. The team had wins over Hawthorn in the round of 16, Adelaide in the quarter finals, West Coast
in the semi-finals and defeated Carlton in the final 20.10 (130) to 10.12 (72) in front of 66,888 people at Waverley Park.
Nicky Winmar
became the first St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal
for best player on the ground in the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup Final.
, St Kilda qualifed for the finals series in first position at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses, winning a second minor premiership and the first McClelland Trophy in the club's history.
Robert Harvey
became the eighth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal
.
St Kilda defeated Brisbane
in the qualifying finals and North Melbourne in the preliminary finals to move through to the grand final. St Kilda finished second after being beaten in the 1997 AFL Grand Final
by Adelaide.
final in which they were defeated by North Melbourne.
In a competitive 1998 season, St Kilda qualified for the finals series in sixth position. St Kilda were defeated by Sydney in the qualifying finals then eliminated by Melbourne in the semi-finals.
Robert Harvey became the second St Kilda player in history to become a dual Brownlow Medalist after winning the 1998 Brownlow Medal with 32 votes, the second St Kilda player to win consecutive Brownlow Medals and the tenth Brownlow Medal won by a St Kilda player.
1999: Farewell to Waverley Park
St Kilda's final home game for premiership points at Waverley Park was the Round 20 match on 14 August 1999, a 25 point loss to North Melbourne.
In 2000, St Kilda moved to a new playing home at Docklands Stadium (currently known by its sponsorship name as Etihad Stadium) whilst maintaining the club's training and administration headquarters at Moorabbin.
. St Kilda had wins over Adelaide in the round of 16, Richmond in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and defeating Geelong in the final – 1.14.5 (98) to 1.10.7 (76) – in front of 50,533 people at Docklands Stadium.
Robert Harvey became the second St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal after being judged best player on the ground in the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup Final.
The 2004 AFL season
saw the team win a then club record of 10 consecutive matches from round 1 to round 10. A consistent and competitive season saw St Kilda qualify third at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for the finals series with 16 wins and 6 losses.
Fraser Gehrig
won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season, the fifth St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award. His tally of 103 goals in 2004 (including finals matches) was the fifth year a St Kilda player had kicked more than 100 goals in a season.
St Kilda were defeated by Brisbane in the qualifying finals, defeated Sydney in the semi-finals and were eliminated by the eventual premiers, Port Adelaide
, in the preliminary final.
, the Saints finished the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position, qualifying for the finals series with 14 wins and 8 losses.
Fraser Gehrig won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season in 2005, the second St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award twice and the first St Kilda player to win consecutive Coleman Medals.
St Kilda defeated the 2005 minor premiers, Adelaide, in a qualifying final in Adelaide and then went on to be eliminated by the eventual premiers, Sydney, in the preliminary finals two weeks later.
with 14 wins and 8 losses saw the club finish in sixth position at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for a third successive finals series. St Kilda were eliminated by Melbourne in the elimination finals.
On 11 October 2006, Ross Lyon
was appointed as the new head coach for the Saints, replacing Grant Thomas
.
. The team had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and won the final against the Adelaide Crows by 5 points at Football Park (AAMI Stadium) in Adelaide
69 to 64.
Jason Gram
became the third St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal after being judged best player on the ground in the 2008 NAB Cup Final.
In a competitive 2008 AFL season
St Kilda again qualified for the finals series, a 108 point win over Essendon in the final home and away round saw the club take fourth position for the finals series with 13 wins. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the qualifying finals, defeated Collingwood in the semi-finals and were eliminated by the eventual premiers, Hawthorn, in the preliminary final.
by Brisbane in the opening round.
St Kilda won the first 19 games of the 2009 season, breaking the club record of 10 successive wins which was set in the first 10 games of the 2004 season. The winning streak was brought to end by Essendon in Round 20 when they defeated the Saints by two points. An after-the-siren shot at goal which would have won the game for St Kilda was missed by Nick Riewoldt
.
In Round 14, on 5 July, St Kilda played the premiership favourites Geelong, a club they had not beaten since 2006. Both teams were undefeated prior to the round 14 clash. St Kilda defeated Geelong by six points in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest home and away matches ever played in the AFL. The game broke many records including highest ever crowd for an AFL match at Docklands Stadium (54,444) as well as the latest round in a season that two undefeated teams had met (the previous record was in Round 8, 1991 when West Coast
played Essendon
after being unbeaten). The game was sold out two weeks in advance, causing a change in timeslot (moving from 2.10pm to 3.10pm) so that the Seven Network
could broadcast the game live in Victoria.
St Kilda went on to qualify for the 2009 AFL finals series in first position, winning a third minor premiership and second McClelland Trophy
with 20 wins and 2 losses – the best home and away record in the club's history and one of the most dominant home and away seasons ever in AFL history.
St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the qualifying finals and went on to qualify for the 2009 AFL Grand Final
by defeating the Western Bulldogs in the preliminary final. They did not win the 2009 AFL premiership in the grand final, however, a match in which the most dominant team of the season played against the most dominant teams of the past two seasons, Geelong. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the grand final by 12 points.
Ross Lyon signed a three year extension to his coaching contract until the end of the 2012 season.
competition with wins over Collingwood in the first round, Sydney in the quarter finals and Fremantle in the semi-finals. St Kilda were defeated by the Western Bulldogs in the NAB Cup final 13.8 104 to 9.10 64.
The Saints qualified for the 2010 AFL finals in third position with a home and away record of 15 wins, one draw and six losses, the fourth best home and away season record in the club's history.
St Kilda defeated Geelong in the AFL 2nd Qualifying Final at the MCG by four points – 12.11 (83) to 11.13 (79) – to record the club's first ever finals match win over Geelong. St Kilda then defeated the Western Bulldogs by 24 points in the 2nd Preliminary Final – 13.10 (88) to 8.16 (64) to qualify for their second consecutive grand final.
In the 2010 AFL Grand Final
on 25 September, the Saints played against Collingwood Football Club, with the match ending in a draw – 10.8. (68) to 9.14. (68). This was the third drawn grand final in league history and had an attendance of 100,016. Lenny Hayes
won the Norm Smith Medal
for the player judged the best on ground in the match.
In the Grand Final rematch, on 2 October at the MCG
, Collingwood won by 56 points.
In December 2010, the club received the keys to their new additional training and administration property in the City of Frankston
at Seaford
– currently known by its sponsorship name of the Linen House Centre – after its construction was completed at a cost of approximately $9.5 million dollars. As a consequence of the new additional facility being completed – and a cash operating profit after depreciation of $1.69 million dollars in 2010 – the Saints announced a record net profit of $7.467 million dollars for season 2010.
The Saints achieved a new record membership for a season (over 40,000 for the first time), new record home total attendance of 418,098, new record home average attendance for a season, new record total attendance for all matches in a season of 1,151,816 – and averaged 76,628 for all matches at the MCG in 2010 – more than any other team.
competition with a win over Brisbane and a draw with Essendon in the pool games in Round 1 then a win over Geelong in the quarter finals before losing to Essendon in the semi-finals.
The Saints opened their 2011 premiership campaign on 25 March 2011, losing to the Geelong Cats by 1 point.
St Kilda qualified for the 2011 AFL finals series
– for a club record equalling fourth successive season – with a win over North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium by 65 points in Round 23 of the 2011 AFL Premiership Season
.
St Kilda played in an Elimination Final in Week 1 of the Finals Series against Sydney at Etihad Stadium but lost by 25 points.
during the First World War. The German Weimar Republic
ironically chose red, yellow and black for the national colours following the war.
In 1923 the club returned to using the club's original colours of red, white and black. The club crest first appeared on the jumper in approximately 1933. In 1953 the Saints' jumper took the look of the three stripes; red, white and black which have been used up until today, except for a period from 1997 to 2001 in which a stylised jumper based on the club crest was worn.
The St Kilda jumper is three vertical stripes of red, white and black on the front with the club crest. The back is black with white numbers. From 2008 the jumper's sponsor is Jeld-Wen
, a windows and doors company. Jeld-Wen's logo also appears on the jumper.
In 1995 the club dropped the shield logo style and began using the club crest which first appeared on the St Kilda jumper about 1933. The St Kilda Football Club crest is one of the features of the Saints' jumper and is a symbol of the club.
The logo also includes the club's motto, Fortius Quo Fidelius, which is Latin
for Fortitude along with Fidelity (Strength Through Loyalty).
" and was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers.
Oh when the Saints,
Go marching in,
Oh when the Saints go marching in,
Oh how I want to be with St Kilda,
When the Saints go marching in.
Until 1964, when St Kilda played at the Junction Oval, the club song at every match was an adaptation of "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside". When the club moved to Moorabbin Oval a popular chant called "We are the Saints" was sung by supporters. In the late 1960s "When The Saints Go Marching In" eventually became established as the club song. The tune is used by permission under license.
The club's training and administration base remained at Moorabbin Oval after home games ceased being played there. The club's final home game for premiership points at Moorabbin Oval was in Round 20, 1992.
Moorabbin Oval was extensively renovated to provide training, administration and entertainment facilities within the Huggins Stand and a heritage museum. Moorabbin Oval remains the club's training, administration and entertainment base. The G.G. Huggins Stand has three internal floors that contain player rooms, a fully equipped player gymnasium, football department meeting rooms, administration offices, a membership department, gaming room and bar, the Trevor Barker Room (a function room with a bar), club shop, trophy and memorabilia display areas and other facilities.
In 2010 construction was completed on a new additional training and administration property at Seaford in the City Of Frankston, approximately 21 kilometers from Moorabbin Oval. The new facilities were completed a cost of approximately 9.5 million dollars and was named the Linen House Centre under a naming rights sponsorship deal.
Finalists (26)
to honour the name and memory of Trevor Barker
, a former St Kilda player and reserves coach.
The person who has won the most St Kilda best and fairest awards:
is awarded to the "best and fairest
" player in the Australian Football League
(AFL) during the regular season (i.e., not including finals matches) as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football
.
has been awarded to the player adjudged best on ground during the AFL Cup Final held before the Premiership season begins each year. Three St Kilda Football Club players have won it.
is awarded by the AFL Players Association to the player voted the most valuable during the year, the award has been given out ever since Leigh Matthews first won it in 1982.
is awarded to the leading goal scorer in the league in the home and away season. Prior to 1955 the league's leading goal scorer was awarded the Leading Goalkicker Medal.
rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season, and not have been suspended during the season.
was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League
, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football
by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established with 136 inductees. As of 2008, this figure has grown to 219, including 22 "Legends". Former St Kilda players voted into the AFL's Hall of Fame
:
Club identities, past or present, are selected and inducted into the club's hall of fame by a St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame committee.
At each gala event, an inductee is selected to be elevated to club legend status.
St Kilda's most recent Hall of Fame induction was held in the Palladium at Crown Casino in Melbourne on 24 July 2010 with three new inductees added.
The St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame committee for 2010 featured Ross Smith, Greg Westaway, John Beveridge, Russell Holmesby, Neil Roberts, Allan Jeans and Danny Frawley.
Previous inductions were held in 2003, 2007 and 2008, with 13 identities inducted in 2003, 12 in 2007 and 12 in 2008.
2003 Inductees
2007 Inductees
2008 Inductees
2010 Inductees
was also named a member of the AFL Team of the Century.
Australian rules football
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club based in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Victoria, Australia
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. The club plays in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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, the sport's premier league.
The club was established in 1873 and its name originates from the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda
St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
. St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and later, in 1897, became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL), which was renamed the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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(AFL) prior to the start of the 1990 season.
Despite being a foundation team in the league, St Kilda have only won a single premiership, a famous one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final
1966 VFL Grand Final
The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League , staged to...
. St Kilda have, however, had various other achievements including, most recently, being the minor premiers of the 2009 AFL season
2009 AFL season
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and 2009
2009 AFL Grand Final
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and 2010
2010 AFL Grand Final
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grand finalists.
St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers, much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league, as well as having the second lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league.
History
1873: Establishment
The St Kilda Football Club was formed on 2 April 1873, containing many elements of the previous South Yarra Football Club which had disbanded a year earlier. Soon after a decision was made to amalgamate St Kilda FC with nearby Prahran Football Club. St Kilda retained their colours, name and ground, as well as picking up a number of Prahran players. St Kilda competed as a senior club in the VFA from 1877 to 1879, 1881–1882 and 1886–1896 before moving into the breakaway competition – The Victorian Football League – from 1897 onwards.1897: Joining the VFL
St Kilda were one of the eight clubs that took part in the inaugural VFL season1897 VFL season
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in 1897. They made their debut in an away game against Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
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on 8 May 1897, which they lost 2.4. (16) to 5.11. (41).
The club's first home ground was the Junction Oval
Junction Oval
The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne and the club's first home game was against Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
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. The score was St Kilda 3.8. (26) to 10.6. (66).
St Kilda's early years in the VFL were not successful and, in 1899, they had the lowest score ever recorded in a VFL/AFL match, one point against Geelong (who scored 162).
In 1902, Charlie Baker
Charlie Baker (footballer)
Charles M. Baker was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Recruited from St. Patrick's, Ballarat. He played 75 games for St Kilda 1901–1906. He kicked 120 goals including, a then club record, four in his first VFL game....
became the first St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 30 goals.
1907: First finals series
Six successive wins at the start of the 1907 season1907 VFL season
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saw St Kilda make the finals for the first time, qualifying third with nine wins and eight losses.
St Kilda were beaten by Carlton
Carlton Football Club
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in their first VFL final by 56 points. They qualified in third position again in 1908
1908 VFL season
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and were once again eliminated by Carlton in the semi-finals, this time by 58 points.
1913: First grand final
The 1913 season saw major improvement in which the team qualified fourth, but were eventually beaten in the 1913 grand final1913 VFL Grand Final
The 1913 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1913. It was the 16th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
by Fitzroy. At the time a challenge system was in place, which allowed the team that qualified in first position as minor premiers to challenge any team that won through to be the top ranked team in the finals series if it was not the minor premiers. St Kilda won its semi-final against South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The 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...
and then defeated Fitzroy two weeks later 10.10. (70) to 6.9. (45) in what was a match between the two teams that won the semi-finals. Fitzroy as minor premiers were allowed to challenge St Kilda – the number one ranked team in the finals series at that point – and the two teams played again the following week in the grand final which Fitzroy won 7.14.(56) to 5.13.(43).
Due to 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...
the St Kilda Football Club was in recess in 1916 and 1917 but resumed in 1918 and fared well, making the finals in fourth position but were eliminated by Collingwood in a semi final by nine points, 58 to 49.
1925: First Brownlow Medallist
Colin WatsonColin Watson (footballer)
Colin C. Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with...
became the first St Kilda player to win the league's highest individual award, the 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...
.
The following years saw St Kilda establish itself as a more consistently competitive club. They made the finals in 1929
1929 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1929.-Premiership season:In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve 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...
and were eliminated once again by Carlton
Carlton Football Club
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...
, 12.9 (81) to 11.7, (73) in the semi-finals.
1930s
In 1936, Bill MohrBill Mohr
Wilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
became the second St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season.
Bill Mohr kicked 101 goals in 1936
1936 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1936.-Premiership season:In 1936, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
and was the first St Kilda player to kick 100 goals or more in a season.
The mid 1930s saw the club consistently vying for finals berths, finally making it in 1939
1939 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1939.-Premiership season:In 1939, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
by qualifying fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories and an overall record of 13 wins and five losses. The team had its first finals win since 1913, against Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
, but were eliminated in the 1939 finals series by Collingwood in the preliminary final.
1940s and 1950s
St Kilda won three of the first four games early in the 1940 season1940 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1940.-Premiership season:In 1940, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
and were on top of the ladder after Round 4 before finishing second last. Although there were some prominent players like Harold Bray
Harold Bray
Harold Bray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman...
, Keith Drinan
Keith Drinan
Keith Francis James Drinan was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Drinan, who served with the Royal Australian Navy during the war, played for St Kilda initially as Half-back flank then Centre Half-Back before establishing himself as a great full back...
, Peter Bennett and later Neil Roberts, St Kilda were rarely competitive in the 1940s. The 1950 season
1950 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1950.-Premiership season:In 1950, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
saw St Kilda win the first five games before fading to finish with eight wins and a draw in ninth place. In 1955, after one of the club's worst seasons, Alan Killigrew
Alan Killigrew
Alan Killigrew was an Australian rules footballer who went on to a celebrated career as senior coach in the Victorian Football League , South Australian National Football League and West Australian National Football League .-Playing career:Killigrew was a physically small man but an effective...
was appointed coach. His first action was one of the largest clean-outs of players in the history of any VFL club. It is believed that only 17 players from 1955 played for St Kilda again in 1956, with 11 new players appearing in the club's opening match of 1956.
In 1956 Bill Young
Bill Young
Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress...
became the third St Kilda player to be the league's leading goalkicker in a home and away season with 56 goals.
1957—1959: Consecutive Brownlow Medallists
In 1957, Brian GleesonBrian Gleeson
Brian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957...
became the second St Kilda player to win the league's highest individual award, the Brownlow Medal.
In 1958, Neil Roberts became the third St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal.
Also in 1958 St Kilda won the Consolation Night Series competition
1958 Night Series Cup
The 1958 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in August and September of the 1958 VFL Premiership Season. This was the third year the Night Premiership had existed...
, a competition that was played between clubs that had failed to qualify for the premiership season finals series. St Kilda defeated Carlton 16.13 (109) to 15.11 (101) in the final.
In 1959, Verdun Howell
Verdun Howell
Verdun John Howell is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL .Howell made his VFL debut with the St Kilda Football Club in 1958 after being signed from Tasmania in 1953. He initially played on the half forward line, then later as a half back before playing with the Saints as a full back...
became the fourth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal.
Howell tied with Bob Skilton
Bob Skilton
Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971....
in the 1959 Brownlow Medal count. At the time Skilton was awarded the medal on count-back. The league later decided to award a Brownlow Medal to any player who was eligible to win who tied on the same number of votes as a winner who won on count-back – with Verdun Howell receiving a Brownlow retrospectively.
In 1961, after finishing sixth in 1960, Allan Jeans
Allan Jeans
Allan Jeans was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996...
was appointed coach. St Kilda qualified for the final four for the first time since 1939, qualifying third with eleven wins and seven losses. However, with fullback Verdun Howell unfit, the club lost to Footscray
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
in the first semi-final. The club finished ninth in 1962
1962 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1962.-Premiership season:In 1962, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
with nine wins and nine losses.
In 1964, St Kilda were defeated in the final of the Consolation Night Series
1964 Night Series Cup
The 1964 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in August and September of the 1964 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1964 VFL finals series...
competition by Footscray 11.12 (78) to 11.7 (73).
St Kilda had a convincing sequence of six consecutive wins in the last six rounds of the 1963 season
1963 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1963.-Premiership season:In 1963, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
to qualify in fourth position with 13 wins (52 premiership points), two premiership points behind minor premiers Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The 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...
. The club lost to Melbourne
Melbourne 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 the semi-finals.
1964: Farewell to the Junction Oval
St Kilda's final home game for premiership points at the Junction OvalJunction Oval
The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
was the Round 18 match on 22 August 1964 against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
. St Kilda won 12. 18. (90) to 11. 12 (78) in front of a crowd of 37,100.
1965: First minor premiership
Prior to the start of the 1965 season1965 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1965.-Premiership season:In 1965, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
, the club moved to a new training, administration and home game base at Moorabbin Oval
Moorabbin Oval
Moorabbin Oval, also known by its sponsorship name of Linen House Oval, is an Australian Rules Football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin....
in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The first home game at the new home ground was a 6 point win over Collingwood 8. 12. (60) to 8. 6. (54) in front of a massive crowd of 51,370.
St Kilda finished the home and away season a game clear on top with 14 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for a finals series in first position as minor premiers for the first time in the club's history.
St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the second semi-final to progress into the grand final. The club finished second in the 1965 premiership season after being beaten by Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
14.21 (105) to 9.16 (70) in the 1965 VFL Grand Final
1965 VFL Grand Final
The 1965 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1965. It was the 69th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
.
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...
became the fifth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal. Stewart tied on votes with Noel Teasdale
Noel Teasdale
Noel Teasdale is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League.Originally from Daylesford, Teasdale made his debut with the North Melbourne Football Club in 1956 playing as a ruckman and for a period, a full-back.Teasdale was noted for his tough, uncompromising...
of North Melbourne
North Melbourne 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...
and was awarded the 1965 Brownlow on a count-back.
1966: First premiership
| 1966 VFL Grand Final 1966 VFL Grand Final The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League , staged to... |
G | B | Total |
| St Kilda | 10 | 14 | 74 |
| Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
10 | 13 | 73 |
| Venue: 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... |
Crowd: 101,655 | ||
1966 saw St Kilda qualify for finals series in consecutive years for the first time since 1907–08. 14 wins and 4 losses in the home and away rounds qualified the club for the finals in second place.
Ian Stewart was the first St Kilda player in history to become a dual Brownlow Medalist after winning the 1966 Brownlow Medal with 21 votes. The second consecutive year he won the league's highest individual award and the sixth Brownlow Medal won by a St Kilda player.
St Kilda were defeated by Collingwood in the second semi-final 15. 9. (99) to 13. 11. (89). The club progressed to the 1966 Grand Final after defeating Essendon in the preliminary final 15. 4. (94) to 7. 10. (52).
St Kilda went on to defeat Collingwood in the 1966 VFL Grand Final
1966 VFL Grand Final
The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League , staged to...
10.14 (74) to 10.13 (73), winning the club's first ever premiership.
Late 1960s
in 1967, Ross SmithRoss G. Smith
Ross G. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival...
became the sixth player St Kilda player to win Brownlow Medal. This was also the third consecutive year that a St Kilda player had won the Brownlow Medal and the second time in the club's history that they had Brownlow Medalists in three consecutive years.
The 1968 season
1968 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1968.-Premiership season:In 1968, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
saw St Kilda qualify fourth with 14 wins, 5 losses and a draw. St Kilda were eliminated by Geelong in the first semi-final.
1970—1973: Consecutive finals series
A seventh place home and away season finish in 19691969 VFL season
-Premiership season:In 1969, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
was followed by another finals appearance in 1970
1970 VFL season
-Premiership season:In 1970, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
, when St Kilda qualified in third place with 14 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda defeated South Melbourne in the first semifinal and went on to be eliminated by eventual premiers Carlton
Carlton Football Club
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...
in the preliminary final.
St Kilda qualified for the finals series in second place in 1971
1971 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1971.-Premiership season:In 1971, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
at the end of the home and away season with 16 wins. St Kilda was defeated by Hawthorn by two points in the second semifinal, defeated Richmond in the preliminary final and was defeated in the 1971 VFL Grand Final
1971 VFL Grand Final
The 1971 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1971. It was the 75th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
by Hawthorn.
The club qualified for the finals series again in 1972
1972 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1972.-Premiership season:In 1972, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
in fourth with 14 wins and 8 losses. St Kilda defeated Essendon in the elimination final and Collingwood in the first semifinal before being eliminated in the preliminary final by Carlton.
1973
1973 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1973.-Premiership season:In 1973, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
saw the club qualify for a record fourth consecutive finals series in fifth place with 12 wins. St Kilda defeated Essendon in the elimination final before being eliminated in the semifinals by Richmond.
1974
1974 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1974.-Premiership season:In 1974, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
saw the Saints decline to the lower half of the ladder for the first time since the 1950s, finishing tenth with seven wins. The club failed to build on competitive seasons in 1975
1975 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1975.-Premiership season:In 1975, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
and 1976
1976 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1976.-Premiership season:In 1976, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
. Allan Jeans coaching career at St Kilda ended at the end of the 1976 season after 16 seasons.
1978
1978 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1978.-Grand final:Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 18.13 to 15.13 , in front of a crowd of 101704 people...
began and ended strongly, but a mid-season slump saw the club narrowly miss the finals. 1979
1979 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1979.-Grand final:Carlton defeated Collingwood 11.16 to 11.11 , in front of a crowd of 112845 people...
began well with a win over Hawthorn before a run of defeats and finishing a clear last. Continuing financial pressures and defeats saw the club remain in the bottom three for every season from 1979 to 1986.
In 1987
1987 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1987.-Night Series: defeated 8.10 to 8.6 in the Final at Waverley Park.-Leading goalkickers:...
, with Tony Lockett
Tony Lockett
Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
at full forward, St Kilda moved out of the bottom three for the first time since 1982
1982 VFL season
The 86th Victorian Football League Premiership season commenced on 20 March 1982 and concluded on 25 September 1982 with Carlton winning their second consecutive Premiership against Richmond...
with nine wins.
Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
for leading goalkicker in the home and away season, the fourth St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award.
Tony Locket was the second St Kilda player to kick more than 100 goals in a season (117).
Tony Lockett became the seventh St Kilda player to win the 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...
. He also became the first player to win both the Brownlow Medal and the Coleman Medal in the same season in football history. He remains the only person in league history to win both the league's best and fairest award and the league's leading goalkicker award in the same season.
Lockett also won St Kilda's best and fairest award, now called the Trevor Barker Award
Trevor Barker Award
The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club Club Champion during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel....
, in the same year. He is the only person in league history to win the Brownlow, Coleman and club best and fairest awards in the same season.
1990—1999
The league was officially renamed the Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
prior to the start of the 1990 premiership season.
A competitive 1991 AFL season
1991 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1991.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
saw St Kilda qualify for a finals series for the first time since 1973, qualifying fourth at the end of the home and away rounds.
Tony Lockett won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season in 1991, the first St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker twice.
Lockett's 118 goals in 1991 was the third year a St Kilda player had kicked more than 100 goals in a eason.
In a competitive 1992 season
1992 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1992. The AFL Grand Final this year was won by the West Coast Eagles, who became the first non-Victorian club to win a Premiership.-Ladder:...
, St Kilda again qualified for the finals series, qualifying sixth at the end of the home and away rounds. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the elimination final.
Tony Lockett's 132 goals in 1992 was the fourth year a St Kilda player kicked more than 100 goals in a season.
St Kilda won its first finals series match since 1973, over Collingwood, before being by eliminated from the 1992 finals series by Footscray in the semi-finals.
1992: Last home game at Moorabbin
St Kilda's final home game for premiership points at Moorabbin Oval was the Round 20 match on 1 August 1992, an 18 point win over the Fitzroy Lions in front of 27,736.St Kilda Football Club retained Moorabbin Oval as a training, administration and entertainment venue.
1996: First pre-season cup win
St Kilda won the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup1996 Ansett Australia Cup
- Scorecard :-St Kilda Football Club:-Carlton Football Club:- Final Placings :1. St. Kilda 2. Carlton 3. West Coast 4. North Melbourne 5. Collingwood 6. Brisbane 7. Footscray 8. Adelaide 9. Sydney 10. Fremantle 11. Fitzroy 12. Richmond...
competition, the pre-season cup. The team had wins over Hawthorn in the round of 16, Adelaide in the quarter finals, West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
in the semi-finals and defeated Carlton in the final 20.10 (130) to 10.12 (72) in front of 66,888 people at Waverley Park.
Nicky Winmar
Nicky Winmar
Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar is a former Australian Footballer of an indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.- AFL career :...
became the first St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal
Michael Tuck Medal
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck Medal has been awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. It is named after Michael Tuck, the current AFL games record holder who played 426 senior matches for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1972 and 1991....
for best player on the ground in the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup Final.
1997: Second minor premiership
In the 1997 season1997 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and ....
, St Kilda qualifed for the finals series in first position at the end of the home and away rounds with 15 wins and 7 losses, winning a second minor premiership and the first McClelland Trophy in the club's history.
Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey (footballer)
Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
became the eighth St Kilda player to win the 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...
.
St Kilda defeated Brisbane
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
in the qualifying finals and North Melbourne in the preliminary finals to move through to the grand final. St Kilda finished second after being beaten in the 1997 AFL Grand Final
1997 AFL Grand Final
-Match details:-References:...
by Adelaide.
1998—2000
Prior to the start of the 1998 season, St Kilda progressed to the 1998 Ansett Australia Cup1998 Ansett Australia Cup
- Scorecard :- Final Placings :1. North Melbourne 2. St. Kilda 3. Melbourne 4. Brisbane 5. Western Bulldogs 6. Essendon 7. Adelaide 8. West Coast 9. Richmond 10. Sydney 11. Port Adelaide 12. Fremantle 13. Carlton 14. Geelong 15. Hawthorn...
final in which they were defeated by North Melbourne.
In a competitive 1998 season, St Kilda qualified for the finals series in sixth position. St Kilda were defeated by Sydney in the qualifying finals then eliminated by Melbourne in the semi-finals.
Robert Harvey became the second St Kilda player in history to become a dual Brownlow Medalist after winning the 1998 Brownlow Medal with 32 votes, the second St Kilda player to win consecutive Brownlow Medals and the tenth Brownlow Medal won by a St Kilda player.
1999: Farewell to Waverley Park
St Kilda's final home game for premiership points at Waverley Park was the Round 20 match on 14 August 1999, a 25 point loss to North Melbourne.
In 2000, St Kilda moved to a new playing home at Docklands Stadium (currently known by its sponsorship name as Etihad Stadium) whilst maintaining the club's training and administration headquarters at Moorabbin.
2004: Second pre-season cup win
2004 began with the club winning the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup
The 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2004 Premiership Season began...
. St Kilda had wins over Adelaide in the round of 16, Richmond in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and defeating Geelong in the final – 1.14.5 (98) to 1.10.7 (76) – in front of 50,533 people at Docklands Stadium.
Robert Harvey became the second St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal after being judged best player on the ground in the 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup Final.
The 2004 AFL season
2004 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St...
saw the team win a then club record of 10 consecutive matches from round 1 to round 10. A consistent and competitive season saw St Kilda qualify third at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for the finals series with 16 wins and 6 losses.
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...
won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season, the fifth St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award. His tally of 103 goals in 2004 (including finals matches) was the fifth year a St Kilda player had kicked more than 100 goals in a season.
St Kilda were defeated by Brisbane in the qualifying finals, defeated Sydney in the semi-finals and were eliminated by the eventual premiers, Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
, in the preliminary final.
2005 season
In a consistent and competitive 2005 AFL season2005 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
, the Saints finished the home and away rounds in the top four in fourth position, qualifying for the finals series with 14 wins and 8 losses.
Fraser Gehrig won the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker in the home and away season in 2005, the second St Kilda player to win the league's leading goalkicker award twice and the first St Kilda player to win consecutive Coleman Medals.
St Kilda defeated the 2005 minor premiers, Adelaide, in a qualifying final in Adelaide and then went on to be eliminated by the eventual premiers, Sydney, in the preliminary finals two weeks later.
2006 season
A competitive 2006 AFL season2006 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final...
with 14 wins and 8 losses saw the club finish in sixth position at the end of the home and away rounds and qualify for a third successive finals series. St Kilda were eliminated by Melbourne in the elimination finals.
On 11 October 2006, Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon is a former Australian rules football player for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears. He is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Playing career:...
was appointed as the new head coach for the Saints, replacing Grant Thomas
Grant Thomas (footballer)
Grant Thomas is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He most recently held the position of coach of the St Kilda Football Club from 2001–2006. He attended St Bede's College in Mentone.- Playing career :...
.
2008: Third pre-season cup win
2008 began with the Saints winning the 2008 National Australia Bank Cup2008 NAB Cup
The 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 Premiership season began...
. The team had wins over Richmond in the round of 16, Geelong in the quarter-finals, Essendon in the semi-finals and won the final against the Adelaide Crows by 5 points at Football Park (AAMI Stadium) in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
69 to 64.
Jason Gram
Jason Gram
Jason Gram is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
became the third St Kilda player to win the Michael Tuck Medal after being judged best player on the ground in the 2008 NAB Cup Final.
In a competitive 2008 AFL season
2008 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:...
St Kilda again qualified for the finals series, a 108 point win over Essendon in the final home and away round saw the club take fourth position for the finals series with 13 wins. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the qualifying finals, defeated Collingwood in the semi-finals and were eliminated by the eventual premiers, Hawthorn, in the preliminary final.
2009: Third minor premiership
St Kilda were eliminated from the 2009 NAB Cup2009 NAB Cup
The 2009 NAB Cup is the Australian Football League pre-season competition that was played before the Australian Football League's 2009 Premiership season begins. It culminated with the Final on 13 March 2009 played between Geelong and Collingwood and was won by Geelong...
by Brisbane in the opening round.
St Kilda won the first 19 games of the 2009 season, breaking the club record of 10 successive wins which was set in the first 10 games of the 2004 season. The winning streak was brought to end by Essendon in Round 20 when they defeated the Saints by two points. An after-the-siren shot at goal which would have won the game for St Kilda was missed by Nick Riewoldt
Nick Riewoldt
Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...
.
In Round 14, on 5 July, St Kilda played the premiership favourites Geelong, a club they had not beaten since 2006. Both teams were undefeated prior to the round 14 clash. St Kilda defeated Geelong by six points in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest home and away matches ever played in the AFL. The game broke many records including highest ever crowd for an AFL match at Docklands Stadium (54,444) as well as the latest round in a season that two undefeated teams had met (the previous record was in Round 8, 1991 when West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
played Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
after being unbeaten). The game was sold out two weeks in advance, causing a change in timeslot (moving from 2.10pm to 3.10pm) so that the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
could broadcast the game live in Victoria.
St Kilda went on to qualify for the 2009 AFL finals series in first position, winning a third minor premiership and second McClelland Trophy
2009 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
with 20 wins and 2 losses – the best home and away record in the club's history and one of the most dominant home and away seasons ever in AFL history.
St Kilda defeated Collingwood in the qualifying finals and went on to qualify for the 2009 AFL Grand Final
2009 AFL Grand Final
The 2009 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the St Kilda Football Club and the Geelong Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 September 2009...
by defeating the Western Bulldogs in the preliminary final. They did not win the 2009 AFL premiership in the grand final, however, a match in which the most dominant team of the season played against the most dominant teams of the past two seasons, Geelong. St Kilda were defeated by Geelong in the grand final by 12 points.
Ross Lyon signed a three year extension to his coaching contract until the end of the 2012 season.
2010 season
St Kilda reached the final of the 2010 NAB Cup2010 NAB Cup
The 2010 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition that was played before the 2010 home and away season. The games were played between 12 February and 13 March, with the first match being between and at Subiaco Oval...
competition with wins over Collingwood in the first round, Sydney in the quarter finals and Fremantle in the semi-finals. St Kilda were defeated by the Western Bulldogs in the NAB Cup final 13.8 104 to 9.10 64.
The Saints qualified for the 2010 AFL finals in third position with a home and away record of 15 wins, one draw and six losses, the fourth best home and away season record in the club's history.
St Kilda defeated Geelong in the AFL 2nd Qualifying Final at the MCG by four points – 12.11 (83) to 11.13 (79) – to record the club's first ever finals match win over Geelong. St Kilda then defeated the Western Bulldogs by 24 points in the 2nd Preliminary Final – 13.10 (88) to 8.16 (64) to qualify for their second consecutive grand final.
In the 2010 AFL Grand Final
2010 AFL Grand Final
The 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
on 25 September, the Saints played against Collingwood Football Club, with the match ending in a draw – 10.8. (68) to 9.14. (68). This was the third drawn grand final in league history and had an attendance of 100,016. Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield....
won the Norm Smith Medal
Norm Smith Medal
The 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...
for the player judged the best on ground in the match.
In the Grand Final rematch, on 2 October at the MCG
McG
Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
, Collingwood won by 56 points.
In December 2010, the club received the keys to their new additional training and administration property in the City of Frankston
City of Frankston
The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 131 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 128,576 people....
at Seaford
Seaford, Victoria
Seaford is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston...
– currently known by its sponsorship name of the Linen House Centre – after its construction was completed at a cost of approximately $9.5 million dollars. As a consequence of the new additional facility being completed – and a cash operating profit after depreciation of $1.69 million dollars in 2010 – the Saints announced a record net profit of $7.467 million dollars for season 2010.
The Saints achieved a new record membership for a season (over 40,000 for the first time), new record home total attendance of 418,098, new record home average attendance for a season, new record total attendance for all matches in a season of 1,151,816 – and averaged 76,628 for all matches at the MCG in 2010 – more than any other team.
2011 season
St Kilda reached the semi finals of the restructured 2011 NAB Cup2011 NAB Cup
-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Grand Final:-NAB Challenge:Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.On 16 December 2010,...
competition with a win over Brisbane and a draw with Essendon in the pool games in Round 1 then a win over Geelong in the quarter finals before losing to Essendon in the semi-finals.
The Saints opened their 2011 premiership campaign on 25 March 2011, losing to the Geelong Cats by 1 point.
St Kilda qualified for the 2011 AFL finals series
2011 AFL finals series
The 2011 Australian Football League finals series will determine the winner of the 2011 AFL season. The series is scheduled to occur over four weekends in September 2011, culminating with the 115th AFL/VFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2011...
– for a club record equalling fourth successive season – with a win over North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium by 65 points in Round 23 of the 2011 AFL Premiership Season
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
.
St Kilda played in an Elimination Final in Week 1 of the Finals Series against Sydney at Etihad Stadium but lost by 25 points.
Jumper
The original colours of the St Kilda Football Club are red, white and black. In the club's early years, from 1873 to 1896, the players wore a thinly striped red, white and black jumper which was also used in selected games during 2004 and 2005. It later changed to thicker red, white and black stripes. In 1915 St Kilda changed its colours to red, yellow and black due to red, white and black being the national colours of the German EmpireGerman Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
during the First World War. The German Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
ironically chose red, yellow and black for the national colours following the war.
In 1923 the club returned to using the club's original colours of red, white and black. The club crest first appeared on the jumper in approximately 1933. In 1953 the Saints' jumper took the look of the three stripes; red, white and black which have been used up until today, except for a period from 1997 to 2001 in which a stylised jumper based on the club crest was worn.
The St Kilda jumper is three vertical stripes of red, white and black on the front with the club crest. The back is black with white numbers. From 2008 the jumper's sponsor is Jeld-Wen
JELD-WEN
Jeld-Wen is a corporation with over 150 divisions and 20,000 employees worldwide. The business manufactures building products, including windows, interior and exterior doors, and garage doors. Jeld-Wen owns several distribution facilities and operates several resort properties...
, a windows and doors company. Jeld-Wen's logo also appears on the jumper.
Logo
In 1977 the VFL introduced official logos for the first time. Prior to 1977 logos were generally done by outside companies for sales of merchandise but were in no way official. All the club's logos were printed on shields and had navy blue top halves to represent the league. In 1980 the St Kilda logo had the border replaced with the club colour of red. In 1989 the logo changed to include the then AFL logo and the St Kilda crest sitting on the point posts.In 1995 the club dropped the shield logo style and began using the club crest which first appeared on the St Kilda jumper about 1933. The St Kilda Football Club crest is one of the features of the Saints' jumper and is a symbol of the club.
The logo also includes the club's motto, Fortius Quo Fidelius, which is Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for Fortitude along with Fidelity (Strength Through Loyalty).
Song
The club song is sung to the tune of "When The Saints Go Marching InWhen the Saints Go Marching In
"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
" and was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers.
Oh when the Saints,
Go marching in,
Oh when the Saints go marching in,
Oh how I want to be with St Kilda,
When the Saints go marching in.
Until 1964, when St Kilda played at the Junction Oval, the club song at every match was an adaptation of "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside". When the club moved to Moorabbin Oval a popular chant called "We are the Saints" was sung by supporters. In the late 1960s "When The Saints Go Marching In" eventually became established as the club song. The tune is used by permission under license.
Home grounds
- Docklands Stadium (Etihad Stadium), Docklands, Melbourne
Former home grounds
- 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...
, MulgraveMulgrave, VictoriaMulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Mulgrave had a population of 16,280....
; 1993–1999 - Moorabbin OvalMoorabbin OvalMoorabbin Oval, also known by its sponsorship name of Linen House Oval, is an Australian Rules Football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin....
, MoorabbinMoorabbin, VictoriaMoorabbin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston. At the 2006 Census, Moorabbin had a population of 5,170....
; 1965–1992 - Junction OvalJunction OvalThe Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
, St KildaSt Kilda, VictoriaSt Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...
; 1877–1964
Training, administration and entertainment facilities
The club's training and administration base remained at Moorabbin Oval after home games ceased being played there. The club's final home game for premiership points at Moorabbin Oval was in Round 20, 1992.
Moorabbin Oval was extensively renovated to provide training, administration and entertainment facilities within the Huggins Stand and a heritage museum. Moorabbin Oval remains the club's training, administration and entertainment base. The G.G. Huggins Stand has three internal floors that contain player rooms, a fully equipped player gymnasium, football department meeting rooms, administration offices, a membership department, gaming room and bar, the Trevor Barker Room (a function room with a bar), club shop, trophy and memorabilia display areas and other facilities.
In 2010 construction was completed on a new additional training and administration property at Seaford in the City Of Frankston, approximately 21 kilometers from Moorabbin Oval. The new facilities were completed a cost of approximately 9.5 million dollars and was named the Linen House Centre under a naming rights sponsorship deal.
Club honours
Finals record
Grand Finals (8)- 1913, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1997, 2009, 2010 (×2)
Finalists (26)
- 1907, 1908, 1913, 1918, 1929, 1939, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
| St Kilda Football Club Finals Series Matches Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Most Recent Final |
| Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2005 Qualifying Final Win 2005 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:... |
| Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2004 Qualifying Final Loss 2004 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St... |
| Carlton | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1972 Preliminary Final Loss 1972 VFL season Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1972.-Premiership season:In 1972, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man... |
| Collingwood | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2010 Grand Final Replay Loss 2010 AFL season -Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22... |
| Essendon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1972 Elimination Final Win 1972 VFL season Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1972.-Premiership season:In 1972, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man... |
| Geelong | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2010 Qualifying Final Win 2010 AFL season -Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22... |
| Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2008 Preliminary Final Loss 2008 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:... |
| Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2006 Elimination Final Loss 2006 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final... |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1997 Preliminary Final Win 1997 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and .... |
| Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2004 Preliminary Final Loss 2004 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St... |
| Richmond | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1971 Preliminary Final Win 1971 VFL season Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1971.-Premiership season:In 1971, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man... |
| Sydney | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2011 Elimination Final Loss 2011 AFL season The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams... |
| Western Bulldogs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2010 Preliminary Final Win 2010 AFL season -Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22... |
| Overall | 51 | 21 (42%) | 29 (56%) | 1 (2%) |
|
Players and staff
Officials
- President: Greg WestawayGreg WestawayGregory John "Greg" Westaway is an Australian businessman and founder of Gregorys Transport. He is also the current president of the St Kilda Football Club....
- Vice President: Ross Levin
- Chief Executive Officer: Michael NettlefoldMichael NettlefoldMichael Nettlefold is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League . He went on to become a successful businessman and is the current Executive Director of the St Kilda Football Club.Nettlefold, who spent most of his time on the wing...
- Director: Nathan BurkeNathan BurkeNathan Burke is a former Australian rules footballer.He was a tough rover who always backed himself in a contest and was one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club. He set the club record for most number of games at his retirement, with 323 games which was broken...
- Director: John Gdanski
- Director: Simon Grant
- Director: Ian McLeod
- Director: Peter Summers
- Director: Andrew ThompsonAndrew Thompson (footballer)Andrew Charles Thompson is a retired Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League....
Trevor Barker Award winners
An individual player award under various headings such as "champion player" and later "best and fairest" has been made since about 1914. In the late 1990s the club named the award the Trevor Barker AwardTrevor Barker Award
The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club Club Champion during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel....
to honour the name and memory of Trevor Barker
Trevor Barker
Trevor Barker was an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
, a former St Kilda player and reserves coach.
The person who has won the most St Kilda best and fairest awards:
- Nick RiewoldtNick RiewoldtNick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...
: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
Brownlow Medal winners
The Brownlow MedalBrownlow 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...
is awarded to the "best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
" player 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...
(AFL) during the regular season (i.e., not including finals matches) as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football
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...
.
- Robert HarveyRobert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, 1997 and 1998 - Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
, 1987 - Ian StewartIan 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...
, 1965 and 1966 - Ross SmithRoss G. SmithRoss G. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival...
, 1967 - Verdun HowellVerdun HowellVerdun John Howell is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL .Howell made his VFL debut with the St Kilda Football Club in 1958 after being signed from Tasmania in 1953. He initially played on the half forward line, then later as a half back before playing with the Saints as a full back...
, 1959 - Neil Roberts, 1958
- Brian GleesonBrian GleesonBrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957...
, 1957 - Colin WatsonColin Watson (footballer)Colin C. Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with...
, 1925
Michael Tuck Medal winners
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck MedalMichael Tuck Medal
Since 1992, the Michael Tuck Medal has been awarded to the best-and-fairest player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final. It is named after Michael Tuck, the current AFL games record holder who played 426 senior matches for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1972 and 1991....
has been awarded to the player adjudged best on ground during the AFL Cup Final held before the Premiership season begins each year. Three St Kilda Football Club players have won it.
- Jason GramJason GramJason Gram is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
: 2008 - Robert HarveyRobert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
: 2004 - Nicky WinmarNicky WinmarNeil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar is a former Australian Footballer of an indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.- AFL career :...
: 1996
Leigh Matthews Trophy winners
The Leigh Matthews TrophyLeigh Matthews Trophy
The 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...
is awarded by the AFL Players Association to the player voted the most valuable during the year, the award has been given out ever since Leigh Matthews first won it in 1982.
- Nick RiewoldtNick RiewoldtNick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...
, 2004 - Robert HarveyRobert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, 1997 - Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
, 1987
Coleman Medal winners
The Coleman MedalColeman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
is awarded to the leading goal scorer in the league in the home and away season. Prior to 1955 the league's leading goal scorer was awarded the Leading Goalkicker Medal.
- Fraser GehrigFraser GehrigFraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...
, 2004 and 2005 - Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
, 1987 and 1991 - Bill Young, 1956
- Bill MohrBill MohrWilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
, 1936 - Charlie BakerCharlie Baker (footballer)Charles M. Baker was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Recruited from St. Patrick's, Ballarat. He played 75 games for St Kilda 1901–1906. He kicked 120 goals including, a then club record, four in his first VFL game....
, 1902
AFL Rising Star winners
The AFL Rising Star award is given to a young player considered to have significantly improved during the year. Every round, an Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season, and not have been suspended during the season.
- Nick RiewoldtNick RiewoldtNick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...
, 2002 - Justin KoschitzkeJustin KoschitzkeJustin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...
, 2001
Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of FameAustralian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
was established in 1996, the Centenary year of 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...
, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football
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...
by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established with 136 inductees. As of 2008, this figure has grown to 219, including 22 "Legends". Former St Kilda players voted into the AFL's Hall of Fame
Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
:
- Roy CazalyRoy CazalyRoy Cazaly was an Australian rules football player famous for his high marks and ruck work, which gave rise to the phrase "Up There Cazaly".-Early life/career:...
=, legend - Ian StewartIan 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...
~, legend - Darrel BaldockDarrel BaldockDarrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"...
, legend - Alex JesaulenkoAlex 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...
^, legend - Vic CumberlandVic CumberlandHarold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland , also known as Harry Cumberland, was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL and the SANFL....
- Carl DitterichCarl DitterichCarl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,...
- Wels EickeWels EickeWellesley Hastings "Wels" Eicke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Early life/career:Eicke was a talented young sportsman who was a champion swimmer at school level...
- Les FooteLes FooteLeslie Roy Foote was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:A local lad, and recruited from the North Melbourne Colts, Foote played his first match with the North Melbourne Football Club in 1941 at just 16 years of age.He was able to kick equally well with...
- Dave McNamaraDave McNamaraDavid J. "Dave" McNamara was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward....
- Bill MohrBill MohrWilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
- Colin WatsonColin Watson (footballer)Colin C. Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with...
- Ross SmithRoss G. SmithRoss G. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival...
St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame
St Kilda Football Club's Hall of Fame was established in 2003.Club identities, past or present, are selected and inducted into the club's hall of fame by a St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame committee.
At each gala event, an inductee is selected to be elevated to club legend status.
St Kilda's most recent Hall of Fame induction was held in the Palladium at Crown Casino in Melbourne on 24 July 2010 with three new inductees added.
The St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame committee for 2010 featured Ross Smith, Greg Westaway, John Beveridge, Russell Holmesby, Neil Roberts, Allan Jeans and Danny Frawley.
Previous inductions were held in 2003, 2007 and 2008, with 13 identities inducted in 2003, 12 in 2007 and 12 in 2008.
2003 Inductees
- Darrel BaldockDarrel BaldockDarrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"...
~ Legend - Ian StewartIan 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...
- Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
- Trevor BarkerTrevor BarkerTrevor Barker was an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
- Carl DitterichCarl DitterichCarl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,...
- Verdun HowellVerdun HowellVerdun John Howell is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL .Howell made his VFL debut with the St Kilda Football Club in 1958 after being signed from Tasmania in 1953. He initially played on the half forward line, then later as a half back before playing with the Saints as a full back...
- Nicky WinmarNicky WinmarNeil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar is a former Australian Footballer of an indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.- AFL career :...
- Ross SmithRoss G. SmithRoss G. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Smith played with St Kilda as a courageous rover. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1967 and captained Victoria at the 1972 Perth Carnival...
- Neil Roberts
- Bill MohrBill MohrWilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
- Dave McNamaraDave McNamaraDavid J. "Dave" McNamara was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .McNamara played with St Kilda as a Centre Half-Forward....
- Allan JeansAllan JeansAllan Jeans was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996...
- Ian Drake
2007 Inductees
- Ian StewartIan 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...
~ Legend - Harold BrayHarold BrayHarold Bray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman...
- Barry BreenBarry BreenBarry Breen was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. Breen attended De La Salle College, Malvern...
- Jack DavisJack Davis (footballer)Jack Davis was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL during the 1930s....
- Keith DrinanKeith DrinanKeith Francis James Drinan was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Drinan, who served with the Royal Australian Navy during the war, played for St Kilda initially as Half-back flank then Centre Half-Back before establishing himself as a great full back...
- Wels EickeWels EickeWellesley Hastings "Wels" Eicke was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Early life/career:Eicke was a talented young sportsman who was a champion swimmer at school level...
- Danny FrawleyDanny FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending...
- Graham HugginsGraham HugginsGraham G. Huggins was President of the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1959 to 1979, and remains the club's longest serving President.-St Kilda Presidency:...
- Stewart LoeweStewart LoeweStewart Loewe is a former Australian rules football champion of the St Kilda Football Club.Nicknamed "Buckets" for his big hands and the way he was able to mark the ball with ease, Loewe debuted in 1986 for the St Kilda Football Club after being recruited from Mount Eliza...
- Alan Morrow
- Bob MurrayRobert W. MurrayRobert W. "Bob" Murray is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.He played in Sandringham's 1962 premiership where they defeated Moorabbin by one point after being 44 points down at 3/4 time...
- Kevin NealeKevin NealeKevin "Cowboy" Neale is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .-St Kilda :...
- Travis PayzeTravis PayzeTravis Irving Payze was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Debuting for St Kilda against Collingwood in the 1966 second semi-final, Payze came off the bench and booted 3 goals...
2008 Inductees
- Allan JeansAllan JeansAllan Jeans was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996...
~ Legend - Nathan BurkeNathan BurkeNathan Burke is a former Australian rules footballer.He was a tough rover who always backed himself in a contest and was one of the most courageous footballers to play for the St Kilda Football Club. He set the club record for most number of games at his retirement, with 323 games which was broken...
- Greg Burns
- Gary CollingGary CollingGary Colling is a former Australian rules footballer who played from for St Kilda from 1968 until 1981 in the Victorian Football League ....
- Bill CubbinsBill CubbinsWilliam "Bill" Cubbins was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Cubbins played with St Kilda as possibly the greatest full back of his time. He won a record four club best and fairest awards . Cubbins was an excellent mark and long kick.He played for...
- Brian GleesonBrian GleesonBrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957...
- Daryl Griffiths
- Barry LawrenceBarry LawrenceBarry K. Lawrence is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He played for St Kilda.Barry played as a forward for Longford in Tasmania, he had once signed the play with Hawthorn in 1967 but he decided to stay in Tasmania for two more years before jioning St Kilda. he...
- Brian MynottBrian MynottBrian Mynott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League . He was born in England.-External links:...
- Des Nisbet
- Lance Oswald
- Bruce PhillipsBruce PhillipsBruce Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.A fullback, in 1950 Phillips won St Kilda's best and fairest award and finished equal 3rd in the Brownlow Medal count...
- Colin WatsonColin Watson (footballer)Colin C. Watson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with...
2010 Inductees
- Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
~ Legend - Jeff SarauJeff SarauJeff Sarau is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League and West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as a ruckman....
- Ian SynmanIan SynmanIan M. Synman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played as a centre half-back for the St Kilda Football Club playing 153 games from 1958–69. A Melbourne Grammar recruit, he played 123 consecutive games and wore the number 9.Synman played in the...
- Ken WalkerKen WalkerKenneth McInnes Walker was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.Walker was a key position player and a dual Best and fairest winner at St Kilda, with back to back wins in 1942 and 1943. In the fall of 1944, Walker was hit by a truck, while driving home from a party...
St Kilda Team of the Century: 1900–1999
At a special function in 2003 the St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century was announced. Darrel Baldock, who captained the 1966 grand final team, was named as captain and Allan Jeans, who coached St Kilda for a record 17 years, was named as coach. Ian StewartIan 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...
was also named a member of the AFL Team of the Century.
Records and statistics
- Biggest winning margin: 139 points – 2005 (Round 22 v Brisbane Lions)
- Largest attendance at a home game: 72,669 – 1978 (Waverley Park, v Collingwood)
- Most members in a season: 40,544 – June 2010
- Most premiership points in a season: 80 – 2009
- Most consecutive wins: 19 – 2009 (Rounds 1–19)
- Most club best and fairest awards: 5 Nick RiewoldtNick RiewoldtNick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...
(2002, 2004, 2006–07, 2009) - Most consecutive games: 123 Ian SynmanIan SynmanIan M. Synman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played as a centre half-back for the St Kilda Football Club playing 153 games from 1958–69. A Melbourne Grammar recruit, he played 123 consecutive games and wore the number 9.Synman played in the...
(1961–1968) - Most seasons as leading goalkicker: 12 Bill MohrBill MohrWilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
(1929–1940) - Most goals: 898 Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
(1983–1994) - Most goals in a season: 132 Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
(1992) - Most goals kicked in a game: 15 Tony LockettTony LockettAnthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...
(1992, v Sydney Swans) - Most games: 383 Robert HarveyRobert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
(1988–2008) - Most matches as coach: 332 Allan JeansAllan JeansAllan Jeans was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996...
(1961–1976) - Most matches as captain: 177 Danny FrawleyDanny FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending...
(1987–1995)
See also
- 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....
External links
- St Kilda Football Club official website
- Australian Football League official website
- St Kilda statistics and honour roll
- Around the Grounds web documentary
- AFL statistics website
- History of the St Kilda Football Club
- St Kilda statistics webpage