1967 VFL Grand Final

The 1967 VFL Grand Final took place on September 23, 1967 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Geelong and Richmond. The game was attended by a crowd of 109,396 people.

It was Richmond's first Grand Final since 1944 and they defeated Geelong by nine points to win their sixth premiership. Geelong had their chances in the final quarter but were inaccurate with eight behinds.

Teams

Aussie rules team old| title = Richmond
backpocket1 = Roger Dean
fullback = Fred Swift (c)
backpocket2 = Tony Jewell
halfbackflank1 = Graham Burgin
centrehalfback = Michael Perry
halfbackflank2 = Geoff Strang
wing1 = Dick Clay
centre = Bill Barrot
wing2 = Francis Bourke
halfforwardflank1 = John Northey
centrehalfforward = Paddy Guinane
halfforwardflank2 = Barry Richardson
forwardpocket1 = John Ronaldson
fullforward = Royce Hart
forwardpocket2 = Bill Brown
ruck = Mike Patterson
ruckrover = Alan Richardson
rover = Kevin Bartlett
reserve1 = Michael Green
reserve2 = John Perry
coach = Tom Hafey

Aussie rules team old| title = Geelong
backpocket1 = Geoff Ainsworth
fullback = Roy West
backpocket2 = Geoff Rosenow
halfbackflank1 = Terry Farman
centrehalfback = Peter Walker
halfbackflank2 = Denis Marshall
wing1 = Ken Newland
centre = Wayne Closter
wing2 = Tony Polinelli
halfforwardflank1 = John Sharrock
centrehalfforward = Gareth Andrews
halfforwardflank2 = Colin Eales
forwardpocket1 = Chris Mitchell
fullforward = Doug Wade
forwardpocket2 = Gordon Hynes
ruck = Graham Farmer (c)
ruckrover = Bill Ryan
rover = Bill Goggin
reserve1 = Ricky Graham
reserve2 = John Scarlett
coach = Peter Pianto

Goalkickers

References

* "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

ee also

* 1967 VFL season