1963 VFL grand final

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)

The 1963 VFL Grand Final took place on October 5, 1963 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Geelong and Hawthorn.

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 first since 1952.

Teams

Geelong
B:	Ian Scott	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	Paul Vinar	Bill Goggin
Res:	Ken Goodland	Tony Polinelli
Coach:	Bob Davis

Hawthorn
B:	David Parkin	Phil Hay	Graham Cooper
HB:	Sted Hay	Garry Young	Cam McPherson
C:	John Fisher	Ron Nalder	Colin Youren
HF:	Graham Arthur (c)	Kevin Coverdale	Ian Mort
F:	Rodney Olsson	John Peck	David Albiston
Foll:	Ken Beck	Allan Woodley	Ian Law
Res:	Peter Lyon	Kevin Connell
Coach:	John Kennedy

Umpire - Jeff Crouch

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

See also

• 1963 VFL season