1963 VFL grand final

1963 VFL Grand Final
Geelong Hawthorn 15.19 (109) 8.12 (60)
1 2 3 4 GEE 3.3 (21) 7.10 (52) 9.13 (67) 15.19 (109) HAW 3.6 (24) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) 8.12 (60)
Date	5 October 1963
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	101,209
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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
Res:	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
Res:	1 Peter Lyon	32 Kevin Connell
Coach:	John Kennedy

Umpire - Jeff Crouch

Scorecard

Team	1	2	3	Final
Geelong	3.3 (21)	7.10 (52)	9.13 (67)	15.19 (109)
Hawthorn	3.6 (24)	5.6 (36)	8.9 (57)	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

See also

• 1963 VFL season