Carlton Football Club premierships

Last updated March 18, 2019

The Carlton Football Club has been involved in 29 VFL/AFL Grand Finals from 1897-2006, winning 16 premiership titles.

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight founding member clubs in 1897.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notable Grand Finals

1945: The Bloodbath

An infamous battle between Carlton and South Melbourne (now Sydney Swans), in which the game became footbrawl rather than football. It is the most bloodiest and toughest grand final of all time with the reporting and suspension of ten footballers from both teams. Fights went on all day with several players being knocked out, involving umpires, police, trainers, and spectators, all fighting on the field. Princes Park in Melbourne had 63,000 spectators screaming for blood. Carlton won by 28 points with the following ten players being reported:

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

Ted Whitfield (South), found guilty and suspended for the entire 1946 season.
Jack "Basher" Williams (South), found guilty and suspended for twelve weeks.
Captain Herbie Matthews (South), found guilty and severely reprimanded.
Keith Smith (South), found not guilty.
Don Grossman (South), found guilty and suspended for eight weeks.
Jim Cleary (South), found guilty and suspended for eight weeks.
Ken Hands (Carlton), found not guilty.
Captain Bob Chitty (Carlton), found guilty and suspended for eight weeks.
Ron Savage (Carlton), found guilty and suspended for eight weeks.
Fred Fitzgibbon (Carlton), an already suspended player, found guilty and suspended for a further four weeks for running onto the field and joining in numerous brawls.

Ted Whitfield Australian rules footballer

Edward Carlyle "Ted" Whitfield was an Australian rules footballer, playing with South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jack E. "Basher" Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Herbie Matthews Australian rules footballer

Herbie Matthews was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was recruited to South Melbourne from suburban club Fairfield under the VFL's father–son rule. His father, "Butcher" Matthews, partnered the great Roy Cazaly in South Melbourne's ruck combination of the early 1920s. Although he was smaller and slighter in build than his ruckman father, he was a strong mark and showed a ferocious drive for possession of the football. He was recruited by South Melbourne at the age of 17 in the face of determined approaches from Collingwood and his local Victorian Football Association club, Northcote.

1970: The Great Comeback

The most famous Grand Final of all time took place in 1970 before a record crowd of 121,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) who watched Carlton take on Collingwood. At half-time, the Blues were 44 points behind (nearly 8 goals) and the game seemed all but over, with a victory seeming a certainty for mighty Collingwood. At the half-time break, legendary Carlton coach Ron Barassi blasted his players with a frightening tirade of verbal abuse, pushing and motivating his team to concentrate on handpassing and short kicks - a strategy that worked wonders. In the second half of the game...the tide had turned...and the Blues came storming home. At the time-on stage in the last quarter with the final siren about to go off at any second, the Blues were still two points behind, then suddenly two quick goals - one from Crosswell and another from Alex Jesaulenko - saw Carlton in front by ten points. The clock was ticking...suddenly...the siren sounded...the game was over...Carlton...had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. There was nothing...absolutely nothing...but euphoria for the Carltonians...the MCG was shaking...the whole world and the skies were painted Navy Blue.

Ron Barassi Australian rules footballer and coach

Ronald Dale Barassi Jr is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father Ron Barassi Sr., also a prominent Australian rules footballer, was killed at Tobruk during World War II. The young Barassi spent his latter teenage years living with Norm Smith, coach of the Melbourne Football Club and a former teammate of his father.

Alex Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who represented Carlton and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from the 1960s to the 1980s.

During the game, the football world was inspired by one of the most famous marks in VFL/AFL history. Towards the end of the second quarter David McKay kicked it to the wing and Jesaulenko soared high into the sky on the shoulders of Collingwood's ruckman Graeme "Jerker" Jenkins, a giant of a man at 6'6", and took the heaven-high-grab with his hands out in front of his face. The commentator, Mike Williamson, spoke the infamous words "McKay, to the wing position on the member's stand side, OH JESAULENKO! YOU BEAUTY!" The mark symbolises Carlton famous victory over Collingwood in this Grand Final.^[1]

For 37 years this Grand Final victory stood as the greatest comeback in Carlton's history, until the 2007 season when the record was broken by an impressive win from 48 points down in the Round 3 clash against Essendon. It is fitting that Carlton's two greatest comeback wins are against its two fiercest rivals.

Premiership teams

Source: Graeme Atkinson, "The COURAGE book of VFL Finals 1897 - 1973", Wren Publishing Pty Ltd & Courage Breweries Ltd, 1973. ISBN 0-85885-152-0.

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(C) = Captain, (NSM) = Norm Smith Medallist.

1906 The First of Many: The first Carlton Premiership Team - Defeated Fitzroy Football Club
B:	Clark	Gillespie	Beck
HB:	Payne	Johnson	Hammond
C:	Bruce	McGregor	Kennedy
HF:	Caine	Marchbank	Grace
F:	Lang	Topping	Little
Foll:	Flynn (C)	Jinks	Elliot
Int:

Coach:	Jack Worrall

1907 Premiership Team: The first double - Defeated South Melbourne Football Club now Sydney Swans Football Club
B:	Clark	Gillespie	Beck
HB:	Gotz	Flynn (C)	Payne
C:	Bruce	Ingleman	Kennedy
HF:	Jinks	Kelly	Caine
F:	Grace	Topping	Harris
Foll:	Johnson	Hammond	Lang
Int:

Coach:	Jack Worrall

1908 Premiership Team: The First three-in-a-row in the VFL/AFL - Defeated Essendon Football Club
B:	Clark	Beck	Ford
HB:	Flynn	Payne	Jinks
C:	Bruce	McGregor	Kennedy
HF:	Lang	Marchbank	Gotz
F:	Kelly	Gardiner	Topping
Foll:	Johnson	Hammond	Elliot (C)
Int:

Coach:	Jack Worrall. Note: This was the first premiership team not containing a single first year player.

1914 Premiership Team Defeated South Melbourne Football Club now Sydney Swans Football Club
B:	O'Brien	Jamieson	McDonald
HB:	Leehane	Dick (C)	Haughton
C:	Baud	McGregor	Brown
HF:	Lowe	Cook	Daykin
F:	Fisher	Green	Burleigh
Foll:	Calwell	Hammond	Morris
Int:

Coach:	N Clark

1915 Premiership Team: Another Double - Defeated Collingwood Football Club
B:	O'Brien	Jamieson	McDonald
HB:	Baud (C)	Robinson	Brown
C:	Morris	McGregor	Challis*
HF:	Burleigh	Daykin	Fisher
F:	Green	Gardiner	Sharp
Foll:	Hammond	Haugton	Valentine
Int:

Coach:	N Clark. *Note Challis was killed in WWI

1938 Premiership Team Defeated Collingwood Football Club
B:	McIntyre	Gill	Park*
HB:	Chitty	Francis	Anderson
C:	Green	Crisp	Carney
HF:	Vallence	Wrout	Schmidt
F:	McLean	Baxter	Price
Foll:	Diggins (C)	Hollingshead	Hale
Int:	McInnes

Coach:	Brighton Diggins. *Note Jim Park was killed in WWII

1945 Premiership Team: The Bloodbath - Defeated South Melbourne Football Club now Sydney Swans Football Club
B:	Sanger	Brown	Baird
HB:	Chitty (C)	Deacon	Clark
C:	Turner	Wines	Williams
HF:	Collins	Hands	Way
F:	McLean	Baxter	Mooring
Foll:	Savage	Bennett	Price
Int:	McInnes

Coach:	Perce Bentley

1947 Premiership Team Defeated Essendon Football Club
B:	Green	Grieve	Bailey
HB:	Brown	Deacon	Clark
C:	Williams	Henfry (C)	Fitzgibbon
HF:	Stafford	Hands	Garby
F:	Davies	Baird	Turner
Foll:	Howell	Bennett	Conley
Int:	Baxter	Greensheilds

Coach:	Perce Bentley

1968 Premiership Team Defeated Essendon Football Club
B:	Collins	Lofts	Walls
HB:	Gill	Goold	Hall
C:	Crane	Crosswell	Robertson
HF:	Jesaulenko	Bennett	Quirk
F:	Munari	Kekovich	Jones
Foll:	Nicholls (C)	Silvagni	Gallagher
Int:	Chandler	McLean

Coach:	Ron Barassi

1970 Premiership Team: The Great Comeback - Defeated Collingwood Football Club
B:	Gill	Hall	Waite
HB:	Goold	McKay	Mulcair
C:	Crane	Robertson	Pinnell
HF:	Crosswell	Walls	Jackson
F:	Jones	Jesaulenko	Thornley
Foll:	Nicholls (C)	Silvagni	Gallagher
Int:	Hopkins	Chandler

Coach:	Ron Barassi

1972 Premiership Team Defeated Richmond Football Club
B:	O'Connell	Southby	McKay
HB:	Waite	Doull	Hurst
C:	Robertson	Armstrong	Dickson
HF:	Chandler	Walls	Jackson
F:	Nicholls (C)	Jesaulenko	Keogh
Foll:	Jones	Hall	Gallagher
Int:	Lukas	Crane

Coach:	John Nicholls

1979 Premiership Team Defeated Collingwood Football Club
B:	Harmes (NSM)	Southby	McKay
HB:	Klomp	Doull	McConville
C:	Francis	Jesaulenko (C)	Young
HF:	Keogh	Maclure	Johnston
F:	Fitzpatrick	Brown	Sheldon
Foll:	Jones	Armstrong	Buckley
Int:	Austin	Marcou

Coach:	Alex Jesaulenko

1981 Premiership Team Defeated Collingwood Football Club
B:	English	Howell	Perovic
HB:	Harmes	Doull (NSM)	Hunter
C:	Maylin	Wells	Glascott
HF:	Bosustow	Maclure	Johnston
F:	Buckley	McKay	McConville
Foll:	Fitzpatrick (C)	Sheldon	Ashman
Int:	Bortolotto	Marcou

Coach:	David Parkin

1982 Premiership Team Defeated Richmond Football Club
B:	English	Bortolotto	Perovic
HB:	Klomp	Doull	Hunter
C:	Harmes	Buckley	Glascott
HF:	Bosustow	Maclure	Johnston
F:	Marcou	Ditchburn	McConville
Foll:	Fitzpatrick (C)	Maylin	Ashman
Int:	Jones	Sheldon

Coach:	David Parkin

1987 Premiership Team Defeated Hawthorn Football Club
B:	Aitken	Silvagni	Glascott
HB:	Alvin	Rhys-Jones (NSM)	Dean
C:	Robertson	Bradley	Kennedy
HF:	Hunter	Kernahan (C)	Dennis
F:	Meldrum	Dorotich	Naley
Foll:	Madden	Johnston	Murphy
Int:	Gleeson	McKenzie

Coach:	Robert Walls

1995 Premiership Team Defeated Geelong Football Club
B:	Hogg	Silvagni	Sexton
HB:	Christou	Dean	McKay
C:	Koutoufides	Ratten	Hanna
HF:	Rice	Spalding	Clape
F:	Pearce	Kernahan (C)	Williams (NSM)
Foll:	Madden	Bradley	Brown
Int:	Camporeale	Manton	Whitehead

Coach:	David Parkin

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