Geelong Football Club Premierships

The Geelong Football Club has been part of the VFL\AFL since 1897 and so far has won nine premierships.

1925 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1925 VFL Grand Final

	1925 VFL Grand Final
10 October 1925	Geelong	def.	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 64,288)	Report
	3.2 (20) 7.8 (50) 10.13 (73) 10.19 (79)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.5 (17) 4.9 (33) 6.12 (48) 9.15 (69)	Umpires: Jack McMurray, Sr.
Rankin 5 Chambers, Hagger, Hall, Heagney, Stevenson 1		Goals	Murphy, Stainsby, Webb 2 Baker, Chesswas, Charlie Tyson 1

Line Ups
Geelong	Collingwood
B:	16.Les Smith	9.Keith Johns	3.Dave Ferguson	3.George Beasley	11.Charlie Dibbs	23.Jim Shanahan
HB:	31.Bill Hudd	23.Tom Fitzmaurice	25.Ken Leahy	25.Charlie Tyson (c)	29.Bob Makeham	26.Ernie Wilson
C:	15.Edward Stevenson	20.Edward Greeves	24.Jack Williams	20.Charlie Milburn	9.Harry Chesswas	28.Leo Wescott
HF:	28.Arthur Rayson	19.George Todd	8.Jack Chambers	13.John Harris	19.Frank Murphy	15.Jim Lawn
F:	6.Cliff Rankin (c)	14.Lloyd Hagger	4.Syd Hall	22.Les Stainsby	6.Gordon Coventry	1.Reg Baker
Foll:	11.Eric Fleming	29.Denis Heagney	12.Jim Warren	7.Syd Coventry	18.Laurie Murphy	27.Reynolds Webb
Coach:	Cliff Rankin			Jock McHale

1931 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1931 VFL Grand Final

	1931 VFL Grand Final
10 October 1925	Geelong	def.	Richmond	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 60,712)	Report
	2.3 (15) 5.6 (36) 8.11 (59) 9.14 (68)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48)	Umpires: Bob Scott
Baker, L Hardiman, Metherell 2 Collins, Moloney, Troughton 1		Goals	Strang 3 Titus 2 Ford, Twyford 1

Line Ups
Geelong	Richmond
B:	7.Milton Lamb	19.George Todd	27.Peter Hardiman	16.Kevin O'Neill	13.Joe Murdoch	33.Fred Heifner
HB:	6.Rupe McDonald	18.Reg Hickey	24.Jack Williams	9.Martin Bolger	17.Tom Dunne	9.Basil McCormack
C:	12.Jack Carney	20.Edward Greeves	15.Jack Walker	6.Stan Judkins	25.Eric Zschech	8.Alan Geddes
HF:	25.Les Hardiman	10.Jack Collins	11.Bob Troughton	12.Jack Titus	23.Gordon Strang	2.Jack Twyford
F:	5.Jack Evans	14.George Moloney	16.Tommy Quinn	17.Jack Dyer (c)	28.Doug Strang	24.Frank Ford
Foll:	13.Arthur Coghlan	3.Len Metherell	2.Ted Baker (c)	7.Jack Bisset	11.Bert Foster	20.Maurie Hunter
Res:	17.Frank Mockridge			18.Thomas O'Halloran
Coach:	Charlie Clymo			Frank 'Checker' Hughes

1937 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1937 VFL Grand Final

	1937 VFL Grand Final
25 September 1937	Geelong	def.	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 88,540)	Report
	3.3 (21) 8.5 (53) 12.8 (80) 18.14 (122)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.3 (39) 8.10 (58) 11.14 (80) 12.18 (90)
Evans 6 Coles, Metherell 4 Abbott 2 Sellwood, Wills 1		Goals	Todd 4 Coventry 3 Pannam 2 Doherty, Fothergill, Kyne 1

Line Ups
Geelong	Collingwood
B:	9.Bernie Hore	18.Reg Hickey (c)	10.Allan Everett	30.Harold Rumney	22.Jack Regan	29.Bervyn Woods
HB:	14.Jack Grant	21.Joe Sellwood	8.Tom Arklay	24.Jack Ross	4.Marcus Boyall	13.Fred Froude
C:	4.Laurie Slack	17.Fred Hawking	28.Angie Muller	6.Jack Carmody	28.Marcus Whelan	10.Ron Dowling
HF:	26.Jim Wills	7.Gordon Abbott	13.Clive Coles	11.Des Fothergill	27.Ron Todd	9.Vin Doherty
F:	22.Jack Metherell	25.Les Hardiman	5.Jack Evans	16.Phonse Kyne	8.Gordon Coventry	16.Alby Pannam
Foll:	27.Peter Hardiman	6.George Dougherty	16.Tommy Quinn	2.Albert Collier	3.Percy Bowyer	1.Harry Collier (c)
Res:	15.Geoff Mahon			19.Len Murphy
Coach:	Reg Hickey			Jock McHale

1951 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1951 VFL Grand Final

	1951 VFL Grand Final
29 September 1951	Geelong	def.	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 85,795)	Report
	3.8 (26) 4.10 (34) 9.13 (67) 11.15 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0 (6) 6.2 (38) 6.4 (40) 10.10 (70)
Goninon 4 Davis, Flanagan, McMaster, Morrow, Norman, Pianto, Trezise 1		Goals	McDonald, Syme 2 Hutchison, Jones, May, Payne, Snell, Tate

Line Ups
Geelong	Essendon
B:	11.Bernie Smith	1.Bruce Morrison	32.Loy Stewart	18.Les Gardiner	23.Bill Brittingham	19.Doug Bigelow
HB:	25.Bert Worner	37.John Hyde	2.Russell Middlemiss	17.Harold Lambert	25.Roy McConnell	4.Norm McDonald
C:	24.Syd Tate	9.Leo Turner	33.Terry Fulton	14.Chris Lambert	15.Alan Dale	32.Lance Mann
HF:	8.Russell Renfrey	10.Fred Flanagan (c)	4.Bob Davis	11.Ron McEwin	22.Bill Snell	24.Jack Jones
F:	7.Bill McMaster	18.George Goninon	6.Peter Pianto	35.Fred Payne	9.Keith McDonald	16.Greg Tate
Foll:	22.Tom Morrow	30.Jim Norman	28.Neil Trezise	12.Wally May	26.Bob Syme	7.Bill Hutchison (c)
Res:	17.Les Reed	16.Ron Hovey		1.Jack Clarke	3.Dick Reynolds
Coach:	Reg Hickey			Dick Reynolds

1952 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1952 VFL Grand Final

	1952 VFL Grand Final
27 September 1952	Geelong	def.	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 81,304)	Report
	4.2 (26) 5.3 (33) 11.6 (72) 13.8 (86)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 3.3 (21) 5.3 (33) 5.10 (40)	Umpires: James Jamieson
Goninon 5 Trezise 4 Davis, Flanagan, McMaster, Worner 1		Goals	Parker 3 Merrett 2

Line Ups
Geelong	Collingwood
B:	11.Bernie Smith	1.Bruce Morrison	26.Norm Sharp	7.George Hams	23.Keith Batchelor	33.Bill Rose
HB:	2.Russell Middlemiss	16.John Hyde	21.Geoff Williams	13.Les Smith	35.|Jack Finck	24.Frank Tuck
C:	25.Bert Worner	3.Doug Palmer	33.Terry Fulton	17.Thorold Merrett	26.Bill Twomey, Jr.	12.Des Healey
HF:	4.Bob Davis	10.Fred Flanagan (c)	9.Leo Turner	19.Jack Hickey	6.Maurie Dunstan	22.Bob Rose
F:	30.Jim Norman	18.George Goninon	6.Peter Pianto	18.Jack Parker	29.Harvey Stevens	16.Neil Mann
Foll:	7.Bill McMaster	8.Russell Renfrey	28.Neil Trezise	25.Mick Twomey	14.Arthur Gooch	2.Lou Richards (c)
Res:	5.Sid Smith	12.Ron Hovey		9.Ron Kingston	28.Ken Aitken
Coach:	Reg Hickey			Phonse Kyne

1963 VFL Premiership

Main Article: 1963 VFL Grand Final

	1963 VFL Grand Final
5 October 1963	Geelong	def.	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 101,209)	Report
	3.3 (21) 7.10 (52) 9.13 (67) 15.19 (109)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.6 (24) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) 8.12 (60)	Umpires: Jeff Crouch
Hynes, Wooller 3 Goggin, A.Lord, Rice, Yeates 2 Wade 1		Goals	Peck 3 Coverdale, Fisher, Law, Mort, Woodley 1

Line Ups
Geelong	Hawthorn
B:	14.Ian Scott	31.Roy West	38.John Watts	27.David Parkin	22.Phil Hay	10.Graham Cooper
HB:	9.John Devine	34.Peter Walker	6.Stewart Lord	20.Sted Hay	31.Garry Young	26.Cam McPherson
C:	29.Hugh Routley	4.Alistair Lord	21.John Brown	5.John Fisher	3.Ron Nalder	30.Colin Youren
HF:	12.Gordon Hynes	3.Fred Wooller (c)	10.John Sharrock	2.Graham Arthur (c)	11.Kevin Coverdale	14.Ian Mort
F:	40.John Yeates	23.Doug Wade	15.Colin Rice	25.Rodney Olsson	23.John Peck	6.David Albiston
Foll:	5.Graham Farmer	8.Paul Vinar	35.Bill Goggin	4.Ken Beck	24.Allan Woodley	7.Ian Law
Res:	22.Ken Goodland	36.Tony Polinelli		1.Peter Lyon	32.Kevin Connell
Coach:	Bob Davis			John Kennedy, Sr.

2007 AFL Premiership

Main Article: 2007 AFL Grand Final

	2007 AFL Grand Final
29 September 2007	Geelong	def.	Port Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 97,302)	Report
	5.7 (37) 11.13 (79) 18.17 (125) 24.19 (163)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 6.8 (44)	Umpires: Stephen McBurney (3), Shane McInerney (30), Scott McLaren (11) Norm Smith Medal: Steve Johnson Television broadcast: Network Ten
Mooney 5 Chapman, Johnson 4 N.Ablett 3 Bartel 2 Ottens, Byrnes, G.Ablett, Rooke, Ling, Mackie 1		Goals	Tredrea, S.Burgoyne 2 C.Cornes, Logan 1
Johnson, Chapman, Scarlett, Ottens, Mooney, Corey, Enright, Bartel		Best	Tredrea, P.Burgoyne 2 K.Cornes

Line Ups
Geelong	Port Adelaide
B:	2.Tom Harley (c)	30.Matthew Scarlett	8.Josh Hunt	36.Michael Pettigrew	28.Toby Thurstans	9.Jacob Surjan
HB:	4.Andrew Mackie	39.Darren Milburn	40.David Wojcinski	25.Domenic Cassisi	30.Troy Chaplin	7.Peter Burgoyne
C:	11.Joel Corey	3.Jimmy Bartel	44.Corey Enright	3.Steven Salopek	18.Kane Cornes	15.David Rodan
HF:	20.Steve Johnson	21.Cameron Mooney	14.Joel Selwood	4.Daniel Motlop	1.Warren Tredrea (c)	16.Danyle Pearce
F:	35.Paul Chapman	23.Nathan Ablett	27.Mathew Stokes	5.Brendon Lade	39.Justin Westhoff	33.Brett Ebert
Foll:	6.Brad Ottens	45.Cameron Ling	29.Gary Ablett, Jr.	20.Dean Brogan	35.Chad Cornes	8.Shaun Burgoyne
Int:	1.Steven King	17.Shannon Byrnes	9.James Kelly	10.Travis Boak	23.Brad Symes	44.Tom Logan
	33.Max Rooke			2.Darryl Wakelin
Coach:	Mark Thompson			Mark Williams

2009 AFL Premiership

Main Article: 2009 AFL Grand Final

	Grand Final
26 September, 2:30pm	St Kilda	def. by	Geelong	MCG (Crowd: 99,251)
	3.2 (20) 7.7 (49) 9.11 (65) 9.14 (68)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.0 (18) 7.1 (43) 9.4 (58) 12.8 (80)	Umpires: Stephen McBurney (3), Brett Rosebury (8), Shaun Ryan (25) Norm Smith Medal: Paul Chapman (Geelong) Television broadcast: Network Ten
Schneider 2, Goddard, Hayes, Dempster, Jones, Koschitzke, Riewoldt, Montagna 1		Goals	Chapman 3, Mooney, Hawkins, Rooke 2, Selwood, Byrnes, Ablett 1
Gram, Hayes, Ball, Jones, Montagna, Baker, Goddard		Best	Chapman, Rooke, Milburn, Taylor, Selwood, Ablett, Corey, Bartel, Ling, Scarlett
Goddard (broken nose/collarbone), Riewoldt (Torn adductor muscle)		Injuries	Paul Chapman (hamstring), Harry Taylor (broken hand)
Nil		Reports	Nil.

Line Ups
Geelong	St Kilda
B:	39.Darren Milburn	30.Matthew Scarlett	44.Corey Enright	27.Jason Blake	43.Zac Dawson	10.Steven Baker
HB:	4.Andrew Mackie	7.Harry Taylor	2.Tom Harley (c)	18.Brendon Goddard	25.Sam Fisher	19.Sam Gilbert
C:	11.Joel Corey	45.Cameron Ling	9.James Kelly	22.Farren Ray	7.Lenny Hayes	26.Nick Dal Santo
HF:	3.Jimmy Bartel	21.Cameron Mooney	5.Travis Varcoe	32.Andrew McQualter	23.Justin Koschitzke	38.Clinton Jones
F:	20.Steve Johnson	26.Tom Hawkins	35.Paul Chapman	44.Stephen Milne	12.Nick Riewoldt (c)	1.Jason Gram
Foll:	24.Mark Blake	14.Joel Selwood	29.Gary Ablett, Jr.	2.Steven King	11.Leigh Montagna	13.Adam Schneider
Int:	6.Brad Ottens	17.Shannon Byrnes	33.Max Rooke	14.Luke Ball	16.Raphael Clarke	24.Sean Dempster
	40.David Wojcinski			15.Michael Gardiner
Coach:	Mark Thompson			Ross Lyon

2011 AFL Premiership

Main Article: 2011 AFL Grand Final

	Grand Final
1 October, 2:30pm	Collingwood	def. by	Geelong	MCG (Crowd: 99,537)
	4.2 (26) 9.3 (57) 12.6 (78) 12.9 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 8.6 (54) 13.7 (85) 18.11 (119)	Umpires: Chris Donlon, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan Norm Smith Medal: Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) Television broadcast: Network Ten National Anthem: Vanessa Amorosi
Cloke, Krakouer 3 Sidebottom 2 Ball, Brown, Johnson, Wellingham 1		Goals	Johnson 4 Bartel, Hawkins, Varcoe 3 Selwood 2 Duncan, Ling, Stokes 1
Pendlebury, Thomas, Sidebottom, Tarrant, Ball, Brown, Cloke		Best	Bartel, Selwood, Hawkins, Ling, Johnson, Chapman, Ottens, Varcoe
Nil		Injuries	Podsiadly (shoulder)
Nil		Reports	Nil.

Line Ups
Geelong	Collingwood
B:	8.Josh Hunt	30.Matthew Scarlett	13.Tom Lonergan	34.Alan Toovey	20.Ben Reid	8.Harry O'Brien
HB:	44.Corey Enright	7.Harry Taylor	40.David Wojcinski	5.Nick Maxwell (c)	2.Chris Tarrant	39.Heath Shaw
C:	14.Joel Selwood	3.Jimmy Bartel	4.Andrew Mackie	11.Jarryd Blair	36.Dane Swan	13.Dale Thomas
HF:	20.Steve Johnson	26.Tom Hawkins	5.Travis Varcoe	26.Ben Johnson	15.Leigh Brown	4.Alan Didak
F:	12.Trent West	31.James Podsiadly	35.Paul Chapman	22.Steele Sidebottom	32.Travis Cloke	12.Luke Ball
Foll:	6.Brad Ottens	45.Cameron Ling (c)	11.Joel Corey	18.Darren Jolly	10.Scott Pendlebury	7.Andrew Krakouer
Sub:	9.James Kelly	27.Mathew Stokes	28.Allen Christensen	1.Leon Davis	31.Chris Dawes	21.Sharrod Wellingham
	22.Mitch Duncan			35.Alex Fasolo
Coach:	Chris Scott			Mick Malthouse

Premiership Statistics

Triple Premiership Players

• 2007, 2009 & 2011 - Matthew Scarlett, Andrew Mackie, Joel Corey, Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright, Steve Johnson, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman, Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, James Kelly, David Wojcinski

Dual Premiership Players

• 1925 & 1931 - Edward Greeves, George Todd, Jack Williams
• 1931 & 1937 - Jack Evans, Les Hardiman, Peter Hardiman, Reg Hickey, Tommy Quinn
• 1951 & 1952 - Bernie Smith, Bert Worner, Bill McMaster, Bob Davis, Bruce Morrison, Fred Flanagan, George Goninon, Jim Norman, John Hyde, Leo Turner, Neil Trezise, Peter Pianto, Ron Hovey, Russell Middlemiss, Russell Renfrey, Terry Fulton
• 2007 & 2009 - Tom Harley, Darren Milburn, Cameron Mooney, Gary Ablett Jr., Shannon Byrnes, Max Rooke
• 2007 & 2011 - Mathew Stokes, Josh Hunt
• 2009 & 2011 - Harry Taylor, Tom Hawkins, Travis Varcoe

Dual Premiership Captains

• 1951 & 1952 - Fred Flanagan
• 2007 & 2009 - Tom Harley

Most Premierships as Player or Coach

• 4 - Reg Hickey - 1931, 1937 (player), 1951, 1952 (coach)
• 3 - Bob Davis - 1951, 1952 (player), 1963 (coach)
• 3 - Matthew Scarlett - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Andrew Mackie - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - David Wojcinski - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Joel Corey - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Jimmy Bartel - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Corey Enright - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Steve Johnson - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Joel Selwood - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Paul Chapman - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Brad Ottens - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - Cameron Ling - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)
• 3 - James Kelly - 2007, 2009, 2011 (player)

Geelong Football Club Founded in 1859 Based in Geelong, Victoria Nickname: Cats Coach: Chris Scott Captain: Joel Selwood History Origins VFA (1877–1896) VFL (1897–1989) AFL (1990–present) Stadiums Corio Oval (1897–1915; 1917–1940) Simonds Stadium (1941; 1944–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present) Honours Premierships Records Awards Carji Greeves Medal Leading Goalkickers Personnel Coaches Captains Players Premierships (9) 1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011 Geelong Football Club seasons 1890s 1897 1898 1899 1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Related articles VFL team Rivalry with Hawthorn Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey)