1962 VFL grand final

1962 VFL Grand Final
1962 VFL Grand Final
13.12 (90)	8.10 (58)
Date	29 September 1962
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	98,385

The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 65th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1962 VFL season. The match, attended by 98,385 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.

Teams

Essendon

Carlton

Essendon
B:	5 David Shaw	36 Paul Doran	24 Don McKenzie
HB:	28 Alec Epis	10 Ian Shelton	32 Barry Davis
C:	14 Russell Blew	18 Graeme Beissel	12 Barry Capuano
HF:	16 Graeme Johnston	23 Ken Fraser	19 John Somerville
F:	25 Ken Timms	7 Charlie Payne	11 John Birt
Foll:	30 Geoff Leek	31 Hugh Mitchell	1 Jack Clarke (c)
Res:	34 Brian Sampson	6 Geoff Gosper
Coach:	John Coleman

Carlton
B:	8 John Benetti	18 Peter Barry	16 Maurie Sankey
HB:	26 Graeme Anderson	20 Wes Lofts	14 Bob Crowe
C:	19 Ian Collins	9 Berkley Cox	30 Murray Kick
HF:	13 Graham Donaldson (c)	10 John James	12 John Gill
F:	5 Ken Greenwood	22 Tom Carroll	36 Peter Falconer
Foll:	2 John Nicholls	1 Sergio Silvagni	31 Bruce Williams
Res:	32 Vasil Varlamos	23 Martin Cross
Coach:	Ken Hands

Umpire – Jack Irving

Scoreboard

Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	6.5 (41)	7.7 (49)	10.10 (70)	13.12 (90)
Carlton	1.1 (7)	5.6 (36)	7.8 (50)	8.10 (58)

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon:

Birt 4
Clarke 2
Mitchell 2
Payne 2
Johnston 1
Leek 1
Timms 1

Carlton:

Williams 3
Nicholls 2
Cross 1
Donaldson 1
Greenwood 1

Attendance

MCG crowd – 98,385

References

AFL Tables: 1962 Grand Final
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

Essendon Football Club 1962 VFL premiers
Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Clarke (c) 5. Shaw 6. Gosper 7. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 12. Capuano 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Beissel 19. Somerville 23. Fraser 24. McKenzie 25. Timms 28. Epis 30. Leek 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 36. Doran
Coach: Coleman

Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal AFLW best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Mark McVeigh AFL captain: Andrew McGrath AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Steph Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (149) (club articles in bold)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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Carlton Football Club
Nickname: Blues History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Honour roll AFL coach: Michael Voss AFL captain: Patrick Cripps AFLW coach: Matthew Buck AFLW captain: Kerryn Harrington
VFL/AFL home grounds	Princes Park (1897–2005) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2005–) Docklands Stadium (2002–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2017–)
VFA premierships (6)	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995
Runner-up (13)	1904 1909 1910 1916 1921 1932 1949 1962 1969 1973 1986 1993 1999
AFLW runners-up (1)	2019
Seasons (157) (club articles in bold)	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 *2026*
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