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The '''1963 VFL Grand Final''' |
The '''1963 VFL Grand Final''' was an [[Australian rules football]] game contested between the [[Geelong Football Club]] and [[Hawthorn Football Club]], held at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]] on 5 October 1963. It was the 67th annual [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]], staged to determine the [[List of AFL premiers|premiers]] for the [[1963 VFL season]]. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's 7th premiership win and first since 1952. |
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Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong's premiership win was their |
Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong's premiership win was their |
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==Teams== |
==Teams== |
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Revision as of 14:25, 27 September 2009
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Geelong | 3.3 | 7.10 | 9.13 | 15.19 (109) |
| Hawthorn | 3.6 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.12 (60) |
The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an
premiers for the 1963 VFL season
. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's 7th premiership win and first since 1952.
Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong's premiership win was their
Teams
| Geelong | |||
| B: | Ian Scott
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Roy West | John Watts |
| HB: | John Devine | Peter Walker | Stewart Lord |
| C: | Hugh Routley | Alistair Lord | John Brown |
| HF: | Gordon Hynes | Fred Wooller (c) | John Sharrock |
| F: | John Yeates | Doug Wade | Colin Rice |
| Foll: | Graham Farmer
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Paul Vinar | Bill Goggin |
| Res: | Ken Goodland | Tony Polinelli | |
| Coach: | Bob Davis | ||
Umpire - Jeff Crouch
Statistics
Goalkickers
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Geelong:
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Hawthorn:
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Attendance
- MCG crowd - 101,452
References
- AFL Tables: 1963 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