1963 VFL Grand Final

Geelong	Hawthorn
15.19 (109)	8.12 (60)

	1	2	3	4
GEE	3.3	7.10	9.13	15.19 (109)
HAW	3.6	5.6	8.9	8.12 (60)

Date

5 October 1963

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

101,209

← 1962

VFL Grand Final

1964 →

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

Geelong:

Hynes 3
Wooller 3
Goggin 2
A.Lord 2
Rice 2
Yeates 2
Wade 1

Hawthorn:

Peck 3
Coverdale 1
Fisher 1
Law 1
Mort 1
Woodley 1

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

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Geelong Football Club 1963 VFL premiers

Geelong 15.19 (109) defeated Hawthorn 8.12 (60), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

3. Wooller (c) 4. A. Lord 5. Farmer 6. S. Lord 8. Vinar 9. Devine 10. Sharrock 12. Hynes 14. Scott 15. Rice 21. Brown 22. Goodland 23. Wade 28. Watts 29. Routley 31. West 34. Walker 35. Goggin 36. Polinelli 40. Yeates

Coach: Davis

Geelong Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Carji Greeves Medal Leading goalkickers Coach: Chris Scott Captain: Joel Selwood Founded in 1859 Based in Geelong, Victoria Nickname: Cats

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1963 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Scorecard

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

References

See also