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1962 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1962 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1962
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	13.12 (90)
away	[[File:Carlton 2018 AFL.png	50px]]

away_score	8.10 (58)
home_abbr	ESS
away_abbr	CAR
home_qtr1	6.5 (41)
home_qtr2	7.7 (49)
home_qtr3	10.10 (70)
home_qtr4	13.12 (90)
away_qtr1	1.1 (7)
away_qtr2	5.6 (36)
away_qtr3	7.8 (50)
away_qtr4	8.10 (58)
date	29 September 1962
attendance	98,385
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1961
next	1963

The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 65th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1962 VFL season. The match, attended by 98,385 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.

Teams

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	David Shaw]]	fullback = 36 Paul Doran	Don McKenzie]]	halfbackflank1 = 28 Alec Epis	Ian Shelton]]	Barry Davis]]	wing1 = 14 Russell Blew	centre = 18 Graeme Beissel	wing2 = 12 Barry Capuano	halfforwardflank1 = 16 Graeme Johnston	centrehalfforward = 23 Ken Fraser	John Somerville]]	forwardpocket1 = 25 Ken Timms	fullforward = 7 Charlie Payne	John Birt]]	ruck = 30 Geoff Leek	Hugh Mitchell]]	Jack Clarke]] (c)	Brian Sampson]]	reserve2 = 6 Geoff Gosper	John Coleman]]		backpocket1 = 8 John Benetti	Peter Barry]]	backpocket2 = 16 Maurie Sankey	Graeme Anderson]]	centrehalfback = 20 Wes Lofts	Bob Crowe]]	Ian Collins]]	centre = 9 Berkley Cox	wing2 = 30 Murray Kick	halfforwardflank1 = 13 Graham Donaldson (c)	John James]]	John Gill]]	forwardpocket1 = 5 Ken Greenwood	Tom Carroll]]	Peter Falconer]]	John Nicholls]]	ruckrover = 1 Sergio Silvagni	Bruce Williams]]	reserve1 = 32 Vasil Varlamos	Martin Cross]]	coach = Ken Hands}}

Umpire – Jack Irving

Scoreboard

Team	1	2	3	Final
Essendon	6.5 (41)	7.7 (49)	10.10 (70)	13.12 (90)
Carlton	1.1 (7)	5.6 (36)	7.8 (50)	8.10 (58)

Statistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

MCG crowd – 98,385

References

AFL Tables: 1962 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.

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