1963 VFL Grand Final
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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 Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the 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 sixth premiership victory and first since winning the 1952 VFL Grand Final.
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 last until 2007.
Teams
| Geelong | |||
| B: | 14 Ian Scott | 31 Roy West | 38 John Watts |
| HB: | 9 John Devine | 34 Peter Walker | 6 Stewart Lord |
| C: | 29 Hugh Routley | 4 Alistair Lord | 21 John Brown |
| HF: | 12 Gordon Hynes | 3 Fred Wooller (c) | 10 John Sharrock |
| F: | 40 John Yeates | 23 Doug Wade | 15 Colin Rice |
| Foll: | 5 Graham Farmer | 8 Paul Vinar | 35 Bill Goggin |
| Reserve(s): | 22 Ken Goodland | 36 Tony Polinelli | |
| Coach: | Bob Davis | ||
| Hawthorn | |||
| B: | 27 David Parkin | 22 Phil Hay | 10 Graham Cooper |
| HB: | 20 Sted Hay | 31 Garry Young | 26 Cam McPherson |
| C: | 5 John Fisher | 3 Ron Nalder | 30 Colin Youren |
| HF: | 2 Graham Arthur (c) | 11 Kevin Coverdale | 14 Ian Mort |
| F: | 25 Rodney Olsson | 23 John Peck | 6 David Albiston |
| Foll: | 4 Ken Beck | 24 Allan Woodley | 7 Ian Law |
| Reserve(s): | 1 Peter Lyon | 32 Kevin Connell | |
| Coach: | John Kennedy | ||
Umpire - Jeff Crouch
Scorecard
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 3.3 | 7.10 | 9.13 | 15.19 (109) |
| Hawthorn | 3.6 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.12 (60) |
Statistics
Goalkickers
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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
