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It was the first time Carlton had held the outright premiership lead (after drawing level with Collingwood for the lead in 1981). [44] Carlton won back-to-back premierships in 1981–82. It was the first time the club had achieved the feat since 1914–15, and the first time any team had achieved the feat since Richmond in 1973–74.
The most famous Grand Final of all time took place in 1970 before a record crowd of 121,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground who watched Carlton take on Collingwood. At half-time, the Blues were 44 points behind (nearly 8 goals) and the game seemed all but over, with a victory seeming a certainty for mighty Collingwood.
The previous three premierships had been won by either Richmond or Carlton; Richmond in 1980 and Carlton in 1979 and 1981, all against Collingwood.. The Tigers won eleven successive matches early in the 1982 VFL season and, after a slump as injuries took toll late on the home-and-away rounds, returned to their most devastating form in the finals.
This is a list of Carlton Football Club players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Carlton was one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897.
Pages in category "Carlton Football Club premiership players" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He wore the Number 5 guernsey. In 1979 he kicked 53 goals and lead Carlton's goalkicking for the year. In the 1979 VFL Grand Final he is remembered for receiving the ball from the sliding Wayne Harmes and kicking the winning goal to give the Blues a premiership win over Collingwood. [1] Sheldon was part of the Blues' 1981 and 1982 premiership ...
Barassi was a six-time premiership player and two-time premiership captain at Melbourne during its most successful era, and at the age of 28 was still one of the biggest names in the game. His shift to Carlton remains one of the biggest player transfers in the game's history. [18]
Craig Bradley is the all-time games record holder in elite Australian rules football with 464 premiership (home-and-away and finals) matches: 89 for Port Adelaide in the SANFL from 1981 to 1985 (despite missing the last eight matches of the 1983 season touring England with the Young Australia cricket team), [9] and 375 for Carlton in the VFL ...