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colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> William Stephen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-04-01</span>)</span>1 April 1928</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy,_Victoria" title="Fitzroy, Victoria">Fitzroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 23 August 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-08-23)</span> (aged 92)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Thornbury CYMS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 80 kg (176 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1947–1957</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 162 (4)</td></tr><tr><th 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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1976–1977</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>44 <span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>(16–27–1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>256 (83–171–2)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Career highlights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Fitzroy_Football_Club_captains" title="List of Fitzroy Football Club captains">Fitzroy captain</a>: 1955–1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Medal" title="Mitchell Medal">Fitzroy Club Champion</a>: 1950, 1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team"><i>Sporting Life</i> team of the year</a>: 1952</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Bill_Stephen.html">AFL Tables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Bill+Stephen/7540">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Stephen</b> (1 April 1928 – 23 August 2020) was an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules footballer</a> with <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy Football Club</a>. He also coached Fitzroy and <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>. Stephen is second all time for most VFL/AFL games coached without a grand final appearance, with <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide Football Club</a>'s coach <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hinkley" title="Ken Hinkley">Ken Hinkley</a> surpassing him in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fitzroy_Football_Club">Fitzroy Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fitzroy Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recruited from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thornbury_CYMS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thornbury CYMS (page does not exist)">Thornbury CYMS</a> and making his debut with the <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy Football Club</a> in the VFL in 1947, Stephen was one of the best defenders in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy Football Club</a> best and fairest in 1950 and 1954 and played for Victoria 14 times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to play 162 games and kicked 4 goals for the club, playing prominently from the <a href="/wiki/Back_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Back pocket">back pocket</a> position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fitzroy_Football_Club_2">Fitzroy Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fitzroy Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bill Stephen coached <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> as senior coach on three separate occasions from 1955 to 1957, 1965 to 1970 and 1979 to 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-BSFTT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSFTT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His overall VFL coaching record stands at 258 matches, 84 wins, 172 losses and 2 draws. He was sacked from Fitzroy in 1970 as he was recovering in hospital from pneumonia, and resigned from his final VFL coaching appointment at the end of the 1980 season, after coaching the Lions into the finals in 1979 for the first time since 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walls" title="Robert Walls">Robert Walls</a> as Fitzroy Football Club senior coach at the end of the 1980 season.<sup id="cite_ref-BSFTT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSFTT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yarrawonga_Football_Club">Yarrawonga Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Yarrawonga Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stephen was captain / coach of <a href="/wiki/Yarrawonga_Football_Club" title="Yarrawonga Football Club">Yarrawonga</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ovens_%26_Murray_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovens & Murray Football League">Ovens & Murray Football League</a> from 1958 to 1963, then was their non playing coach in 1964. Stephen led Yarrawonga to their first O&MFL premiership against <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rose_(footballer)" title="Bob Rose (footballer)">Bob Rose</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Wangaratta_Rovers_Football_Club" title="Wangaratta Rovers Football Club">Wangaratta Rovers</a> in 1959. </p><p>Stephen was also the non playing coach of the <a href="/wiki/Ovens_%26_Murray_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovens & Murray Football League">Ovens & Murray Football League</a> inter-league side in 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essendon_Football_Club">Essendon Football Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Essendon Football Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stephen also coached <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> as senior coach from 1976 to 1977, with a 16 win, 27 losses and 1 draw record. Stephen was sacked as Essendon Football Club senior coach at the end of the 1977 season.<sup id="cite_ref-BSFTT_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSFTT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen was then replaced by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Davis_(footballer)" title="Barry Davis (footballer)">Barry Davis</a> as Essendon Football Club senior coach.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_coaching_roles">Other coaching roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other coaching roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was also an assistant coach for <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> in between his stints at Fitzroy, Essendon, and <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Stephen&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/Bill_McSpeerin" title="Bill McSpeerin">McSpeerin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903–1905: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Brosnan" title="Gerald Brosnan">Brosnan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906–1907: <a href="/wiki/Ern_Jenkins" title="Ern Jenkins">Jenkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908–1910: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sharp_(footballer)" title="Jim Sharp (footballer)">Sharp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/Harold_McLennan" title="Harold McLennan">McLennan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cooper_(Australian_rules_footballer,_born_1889)" title="Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1889)">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walker_(Australian_footballer,_born_1883)" title="Bill Walker (Australian footballer, born 1883)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914–1915: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Parratt" title="Percy Parratt">Parratt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Johnson" title="Wally Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917–1918: <a href="/wiki/George_Holden_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="George Holden (Australian rules footballer)">Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Johnson" title="Wally Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920–1921: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Parratt" title="Percy Parratt">Parratt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921–1922: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lethbridge" title="Chris Lethbridge">Lethbridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924–1925: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Atkinson" title="Jim Atkinson">Atkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Adams_(Australian_footballer)" title="Bill Adams (Australian footballer)">Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Len_Wigraft" title="Len Wigraft">Wigraft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chapman_(Australian_footballer)" title="Charlie Chapman (Australian footballer)">Chapman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930–1931: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Niven" title="Colin Niven">Niven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr." title="Haydn Bunton Sr.">Bunton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932–1933: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sexton_(footballer,_born_1907)" title="Jack Sexton (footballer, born 1907)">Sexton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Moriarty" title="Jack Moriarty">Moriarty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cashman" title="Jack Cashman">Cashman</a></span></li> 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href="/wiki/Allan_Ruthven" title="Allan Ruthven">Ruthven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955–1957: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958–1961: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gale" title="Alan Gale">Gale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Owen_Abrahams" title="Owen Abrahams">Abrahams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963–1964: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965–1966: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rogerson" title="Ralph Rogerson">Rogerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/John_Hayes_(footballer,_born_1939)" title="John Hayes (footballer, born 1939)">Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967–1972: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973–1977: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Merrigan" title="Harvey Merrigan">Merrigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979–1980: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Alexander" title="Ron Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981–1984: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985–1987: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rendell" title="Matt Rendell">Rendell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988–1990: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Osborne" title="Richard Osborne">Osborne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992–1994: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995–1996: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Boyd" title="Brad Boyd">Boyd</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Coaches_of_the_Fitzroy_Football_Club110" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#EE141F; color:gold; border:solid blue 2px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1911–1912: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Moriarty" title="Geoff Moriarty">Moriarty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913–1915: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Parratt" title="Percy Parratt">Parratt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916–1919: <a href="/wiki/George_Holden_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="George Holden (Australian rules footballer)">Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <i><a href="/wiki/Ted_Melling" title="Ted Melling">Melling</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920–1921: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Parratt" title="Percy Parratt">Parratt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922–1924: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Belcher" title="Vic Belcher">Belcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lethbridge" title="Chris Lethbridge">Lethbridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926–1927: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Belcher" title="Vic Belcher">Belcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Ringrose" title="Doug Ringrose">Ringrose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Freake" title="Jimmy Freake">Freake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930–1931: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Niven" title="Colin Niven">Niven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932–1933: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Maher_(footballer)" title="Frank Maher (footballer)">Maher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <i><a href="/wiki/Len_Wigraft" title="Len Wigraft">Wigraft</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cashman" title="Jack Cashman">Cashman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Rowe" title="Percy Rowe">Rowe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr." title="Haydn Bunton Sr.">Bunton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937–1939: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940–1942: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Minogue" title="Dan Minogue">Minogue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943–1947: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hughson" title="Fred Hughson">Hughson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <i><a href="/wiki/Norm_Hillard" title="Norm Hillard">Hillard</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cameron_(footballer,_born_1907)" title="Charles Cameron (footballer, born 1907)">Cameron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949–1951: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith" title="Norm Smith">N. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952–1954: <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ruthven" title="Allan Ruthven">Ruthven</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955–1957: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <i><a href="/wiki/Frank_Curcio" title="Frank Curcio">Curcio</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958–1962: <a href="/wiki/Len_Smith_(footballer,_born_1912)" title="Len Smith (footballer, born 1912)">L. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Edwards_(footballer,_born_1915)" title="Arthur Edwards (footballer, born 1915)">Edwards</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963–1964: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <i><a href="/wiki/Wally_Clark_(Australian_footballer)" title="Wally Clark (Australian footballer)">Clark</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <i><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Williams_(Australian_footballer)" title="Tommy Williams (Australian footballer)">Williams</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965–1970: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <i><a href="/wiki/Ray_Slocum" title="Ray Slocum">Slocum</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971–1974: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Donaldson" title="Graham Donaldson">Donaldson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <i><a href="/wiki/Graham_Campbell" title="Graham Campbell">Campbell</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975–1977: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rose_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Kevin Rose (Australian rules footballer)">Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Campbell" title="Graham Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979–1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981–1985: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walls" title="Robert Walls">Walls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986–1988: <a href="/wiki/David_Parkin" title="David Parkin">Parkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989–1990: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Austin" title="Rod Austin">Austin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991–1994: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(footballer)" title="Robert Shaw (footballer)">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Quinlan" title="Bernie Quinlan">Quinlan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <i><a href="/wiki/Alan_McConnell" title="Alan McConnell">McConnell</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Mick_Nunan" title="Mick Nunan">Nunan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <i><a href="/wiki/Alan_McConnell" title="Alan McConnell">McConnell</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><small><i>Italics</i> denote caretaker coach</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Coaches_of_the_Essendon_Football_Club133" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#000000; color:#CC2031; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CC2031, inset -2px -2px 0 #CC2031;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Essendon_Football_Club_coaches" title="Template:Essendon Football Club coaches"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:#CC2031">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Essendon_Football_Club_coaches" title="Template talk:Essendon Football Club coaches"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:#CC2031">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Essendon_Football_Club_coaches" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Essendon Football 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href="/wiki/Dick_Reynolds" title="Dick Reynolds">Reynolds</a>/<a href="/wiki/Harry_Hunter" title="Harry Hunter">Hunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939–1960: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Reynolds" title="Dick Reynolds">Reynolds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961–1967: <a href="/wiki/John_Coleman_(Australian_footballer)" title="John Coleman (Australian footballer)">Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968–1970: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clarke_(footballer,_born_1933)" title="Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1933)">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/John_Birt_(footballer)" title="John Birt (footballer)">Birt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972–1975: <a href="/wiki/Des_Tuddenham" title="Des Tuddenham">Tuddenham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976–1977: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978–1980: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Davis_(footballer)" title="Barry Davis (footballer)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981–2007: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sheedy_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)">Sheedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <i><a href="/wiki/Gary_O%27Donnell_(Australian_footballer)" title="Gary O'Donnell (Australian footballer)">O'Donnell</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008–2010: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Knights" title="Matthew Knights">Knights</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011–2013: <a href="/wiki/James_Hird" title="James Hird">Hird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <i><a href="/wiki/Simon_Goodwin" title="Simon Goodwin">Goodwin</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Thompson_(footballer)" title="Mark Thompson (footballer)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/James_Hird" title="James Hird">Hird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <i><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Egan" title="Matthew Egan">Egan</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016–2020: <a href="/wiki/John_Worsfold" title="John Worsfold">Worsfold</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021–2022: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Rutten" title="Ben Rutten">Rutten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <i><a href="/wiki/Blake_Caracella" title="Blake Caracella">Caracella</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023–: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Scott_(Australian_footballer)" title="Brad Scott (Australian footballer)">Scott</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000; color:#CC2031; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CC2031, inset -2px -2px 0 #CC2031;;width:1%">AFL Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2022 (S7)–: <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Wood_(coach)" title="Natalie Wood (coach)">Wood</a></span></li></ul> 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winners</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1897: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1898: <a href="/wiki/Mick_Grace" title="Mick Grace">Grace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1899: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Hickey_(footballer)" title="Pat Hickey (footballer)">Hickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1900: <a href="/wiki/Mick_Grace" title="Mick Grace">Grace</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1901: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1902: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Trotter" title="Percy Trotter">Trotter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1904: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sharp_(footballer)" title="Jim Sharp (footballer)">Sharp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Les_Millis" title="Les Millis">Millis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906: <a href="/wiki/Les_Millis" title="Les Millis">Millis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/Barclay_Bailes" title="Barclay Bailes">Bailes</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wally_Johnson" title="Wally Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908: <a href="/wiki/George_Holden_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="George Holden (Australian rules footballer)">Holden</a>/<a href="/wiki/Herbert_Milne" title="Herbert Milne">Milne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909: <a href="/wiki/George_Lambert_(footballer)" title="George Lambert (footballer)">Lambert</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bill_Walker_(Australian_footballer,_born_1883)" title="Bill Walker (Australian footballer, born 1883)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Milne" title="Herbert Milne">Milne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cooper_(Australian_rules_footballer,_born_1889)" title="Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1889)">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Harold_McLennan" title="Harold McLennan">McLennan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Harold_McLennan" title="Harold McLennan">McLennan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Cooper_(Australian_rules_footballer,_born_1889)" title="Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer, born 1889)">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/George_Holden_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="George Holden (Australian rules footballer)">Holden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1918: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Freake" title="Jimmy Freake">Freake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/Len_Wigraft" title="Len Wigraft">Wigraft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Rattray" title="Gordon Rattray">Rattray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Atkinson" title="Jim Atkinson">Atkinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Collins" title="Goldie Collins">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/wiki/Len_Wigraft" title="Len Wigraft">Wigraft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/Len_Wigraft" title="Len Wigraft">Wigraft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Horrie_Jenkin" title="Horrie Jenkin">Jenkin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Moriarty" title="Jack Moriarty">Moriarty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Batchelor" title="Arthur Batchelor">Batchelor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr." title="Haydn Bunton Sr.">Bunton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr." title="Haydn Bunton Sr.">Bunton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <small>N/A</small></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hughson" title="Fred Hughson">Hughson</a></span></li> 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href="/wiki/Don_Furness_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Don Furness (Australian rules footballer)">Furness</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Don_Furness_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Don Furness (Australian rules footballer)">Furness</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Campbell" title="Graham Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Harvey_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Ron Harvey (Australian rules footballer)">Harvey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Brown" title="Norm Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Brown" title="Norm Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Brown" title="Norm Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Merrigan" title="Harvey Merrigan">Merrigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Irwin" title="Warwick Irwin">Irwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John Murphy (Australian rules footballer)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Wilson" title="Garry Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Alexander" title="Ron Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rendell" title="Matt Rendell">Rendell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rendell" title="Matt Rendell">Rendell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Ross_Thornton" title="Ross Thornton">Thornton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Scott_McIvor" title="Scott McIvor">McIvor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Darren_Kappler" title="Darren Kappler">Kappler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Pert" title="Gary Pert">Pert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Clayton" title="Scott Clayton">Clayton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Lynch" title="Alastair Lynch">Lynch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Roos_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)">Roos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Boyd" title="Brad Boyd">Boyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Martin_Pike_(Australian_footballer)" title="Martin Pike (Australian footballer)">Pike</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKay_(footballer)" title="Ian McKay (footballer)">Ian McKay</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="North Adelaide Football Club">North Adelaide</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bill Stephen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sparrow" title="Frank Sparrow">Frank Sparrow</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cordner" title="Denis Cordner">Denis Cordner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Taylor_(footballer)" title="Don Taylor (footballer)">Don Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Glenelg_Football_Club" title="Glenelg Football Club">Glenelg</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Fitzgerald" title="Len Fitzgerald">Len Fitzgerald</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sturt_Football_Club" title="Sturt Football Club">Sturt</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Deane" title="Jim Deane">Jim Deane</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="South Adelaide Football Club">South Adelaide</a>)</li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Wright_(footballer)" title="Roy Wright (footballer)">Roy Wright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coleman_(Australian_footballer)" title="John Coleman (Australian footballer)">John Coleman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison" title="Bill Hutchison">Bill Hutchison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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