Essendon

Robin Close

1968–1978 · debut 15 June 1968

Games: 147
Goals: 233
Disposals: 1,789
Brownlow votes: –
Finals: 4
Tackles: –

Career by season

Disposals per game, by season

Gold marks the best season. Some statistics were only recorded from the late 1990s or 2000s.

Season by season

Robin Close season totals

1968	Essendon	13	176	163	13	63	25	22	0	13.5	1.92
1969	Essendon	19	270	229	41	96	39	28	0	14.2	2.05
1970	Essendon	14	157	133	24	59	17	14	0	11.2	1.21
1971	Essendon	3	44	32	12	17	5	5	0	14.7	1.67
1972	Essendon	15	205	170	35	78	21	24	0	13.7	1.40
1973	Essendon	19	242	201	41	87	38	27	0	12.7	2.00
1974	Essendon	5	62	53	9	24	8	8	0	12.4	1.60
1975	Essendon	20	230	186	44	82	36	27	1	11.5	1.80
1976	Essendon	18	204	166	38	68	26	30	0	11.3	1.44
1977	Essendon	17	174	132	42	48	12	6	1	10.2	0.71
1978	Essendon	4	25	22	3	10	6	5	0	6.3	1.50

Every game (147)

Robin Close game log

29 July 1978	R17	@ Richmond	L 96–136	9	9	0	5	0	3	0
15 Apr 1978	R3	v Fitzroy	W 105–101	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
8 Apr 1978	R2	@ Collingwood	L 88–155	5	3	2	1	1	2	0
1 Apr 1978	R1	v South Melbourne	W 123–102	8	7	1	4	4	0	0
27 Aug 1977	R22	v Hawthorn	L 130–168	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
20 Aug 1977	R21	v Fitzroy	L 73–137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Aug 1977	R19	v Geelong	L 110–124	11	7	4	5	1	3	1
30 July 1977	R18	@ Richmond	L 65–111	10	7	3	1	1	1	0
23 July 1977	R17	@ Footscray	L 76–93	6	5	1	1	3	1	0
16 July 1977	R16	v North Melbourne	W 116–77	11	8	3	5	7	0	0
9 July 1977	R15	v Collingwood	L 103–114	9	6	3	4	0	0	0
2 July 1977	R14	@ Melbourne	L 59–70	21	17	4	4	0	0	0
25 June 1977	R13	v South Melbourne	W 63–51	14	9	5	5	0	0	0
18 June 1977	R12	@ St Kilda	W 46–42	6	4	2	1	0	0	0
13 June 1977	R11	@ Hawthorn	L 57–163	17	14	3	4	0	–	–
4 June 1977	R10	@ Fitzroy	W 154–100	8	7	1	1	0	0	0
28 May 1977	R9	v Carlton	W 96–77	13	11	2	2	0	0	0
21 May 1977	R8	@ Geelong	L 87–94	11	10	1	4	0	0	0
14 May 1977	R7	v Richmond	D 99–99	20	14	6	4	0	0	0
9 Apr 1977	R2	@ South Melbourne	L 98–175	10	7	3	3	0	0	0
2 Apr 1977	R1	v St Kilda	W 109–77	5	5	0	3	0	0	0
28 Aug 1976	R22	@ Fitzroy	L 78–110	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
21 Aug 1976	R21	@ Collingwood	L 89–140	9	9	0	6	0	2	0
14 Aug 1976	R20	v North Melbourne	L 69–95	20	14	6	5	1	1	0
7 Aug 1976	R19	@ Geelong	W 122–116	18	14	4	3	0	0	0
17 July 1976	R16	@ Hawthorn	W 123–107	6	5	1	3	2	0	0
10 July 1976	R15	@ Melbourne	W 119–104	11	8	3	3	0	0	0
3 July 1976	R14	v South Melbourne	W 93–78	13	8	5	2	1	3	0
26 June 1976	R13	@ Carlton	L 68–85	8	6	2	4	0	3	0
19 June 1976	R12	v Footscray	W 89–79	16	14	2	9	6	4	0
14 June 1976	R11	v Fitzroy	L 100–110	14	11	3	8	1	3	0
5 June 1976	R10	v Collingwood	W 103–94	9	8	1	2	1	1	0
29 May 1976	R9	@ North Melbourne	L 54–58	12	12	0	5	0	1	0
22 May 1976	R8	v Geelong	W 94–84	10	9	1	3	3	2	0
15 May 1976	R7	@ St Kilda	W 97–69	8	6	2	2	2	0	0
8 May 1976	R6	@ Richmond	L 64–119	9	6	3	4	1	1	0
24 Apr 1976	R4	@ South Melbourne	L 109–143	9	7	2	2	2	1	0
10 Apr 1976	R2	v Carlton	L 88–100	14	13	1	5	2	2	0
3 Apr 1976	R1	@ Footscray	W 113–112	17	16	1	2	4	6	0
30 Aug 1975	R22	@ Hawthorn	W 110–103	11	10	1	3	4	0	0
23 Aug 1975	R21	v Richmond	L 117–136	15	11	4	4	1	4	0
16 Aug 1975	R20	v North Melbourne	W 105–91	12	9	3	3	3	1	0
9 Aug 1975	R19	@ Collingwood	L 99–138	10	7	3	4	1	0	1
2 Aug 1975	R18	v Footscray	L 83–127	16	12	4	7	1	2	0
26 July 1975	R17	@ Geelong	W 109–94	14	12	2	5	0	3	0
5 July 1975	R14	v Carlton	L 95–175	10	7	3	3	1	0	0
28 June 1975	R13	v South Melbourne	W 132–114	17	14	3	3	2	1	–
21 June 1975	R12	@ St Kilda	L 73–141	4	4	0	0	0	1	–
16 June 1975	R11	v Hawthorn	L 90–146	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
7 June 1975	R10	@ Richmond	L 81–128	15	13	2	8	0	0	–
31 May 1975	R9	@ North Melbourne	W 98–83	19	15	4	7	0	0	–
24 May 1975	R8	v Collingwood	L 55–81	10	8	2	4	1	1	–
17 May 1975	R7	@ Footscray	W 101–60	9	8	1	3	2	2	–
10 May 1975	R6	v Geelong	L 93–104	7	7	0	4	3	1	–
3 May 1975	R5	@ Fitzroy	L 107–125	14	10	4	5	5	2	–
25 Apr 1975	R4	@ Carlton	W 104–87	11	8	3	4	2	2	–
19 Apr 1975	R3	v Melbourne	W 117–100	14	12	2	6	2	5	–
12 Apr 1975	R2	@ South Melbourne	W 131–102	13	11	2	7	5	2	–
5 Apr 1975	R1	v St Kilda	W 136–67	9	8	1	2	3	0	–
4 May 1974	R5	v Geelong	W 98–74	6	5	1	1	1	2	–
27 Apr 1974	R4	@ Hawthorn	L 43–69	11	9	2	6	1	1	–
20 Apr 1974	R3	v St Kilda	W 110–105	18	14	4	5	2	0	–
15 Apr 1974	R2	v South Melbourne	W 150–78	16	15	1	5	2	3	0
6 Apr 1974	R1	@ Collingwood	L 100–117	11	10	1	7	2	2	–
8 Sept 1973	EF	v St Kilda	L 91–158	16	14	2	10	1	4	0
1 Sept 1973	R22	v Collingwood	L 102–112	16	13	3	7	3	2	0
25 Aug 1973	R21	@ Fitzroy	L 77–100	8	7	1	2	1	2	0
18 Aug 1973	R20	v Carlton	L 67–111	10	9	1	1	0	1	0
11 Aug 1973	R19	v Melbourne	W 115–101	16	11	5	5	3	1	0
4 Aug 1973	R18	@ North Melbourne	W 94–91	8	8	0	0	1	1	0
28 July 1973	R17	v St Kilda	W 102–79	13	11	2	8	5	2	0
21 July 1973	R16	@ Geelong	L 81–82	14	11	3	6	2	0	0
14 July 1973	R15	v Hawthorn	W 151–116	18	10	8	4	2	0	0
30 June 1973	R13	v South Melbourne	W 139–110	15	11	4	6	3	2	0
23 June 1973	R12	@ Richmond	L 95–111	10	8	2	5	3	0	0
16 June 1973	R11	@ Collingwood	L 112–154	10	9	1	4	2	1	0
9 June 1973	R10	v Fitzroy	W 107–97	11	10	1	2	2	3	0
4 June 1973	R9	@ Carlton	L 92–133	12	11	1	4	2	1	0
26 May 1973	R8	@ Melbourne	W 81–71	14	14	0	7	4	1	0
19 May 1973	R7	v North Melbourne	W 144–74	12	12	0	0	1	2	0
12 May 1973	R6	@ St Kilda	W 140–121	12	11	1	9	1	0	0
5 May 1973	R5	v Geelong	W 122–106	18	15	3	5	2	2	0
28 Apr 1973	R4	@ Footscray	W 115–67	9	6	3	2	0	2	0
22 July 1972	R16	@ Carlton	L 117–133	15	12	3	4	1	1	0
15 July 1972	R15	v Richmond	L 90–111	10	7	3	2	1	1	0
1 July 1972	R13	@ South Melbourne	W 87–84	8	7	1	4	2	0	0
24 June 1972	R12	v Footscray	L 99–133	12	11	1	2	1	2	0
12 June 1972	R11	@ Collingwood	L 93–148	13	10	3	3	1	2	0
3 June 1972	R10	v Fitzroy	W 101–99	21	17	4	7	1	1	0
27 May 1972	R9	v Hawthorn	W 107–105	15	15	0	6	2	2	0
20 May 1972	R8	@ North Melbourne	W 96–61	19	14	5	12	1	3	0
13 May 1972	R7	v St Kilda	W 123–82	13	10	3	4	2	2	0
6 May 1972	R6	@ Melbourne	L 85–109	9	8	1	5	2	0	0
25 Apr 1972	R5	v Carlton	L 73–88	14	14	0	6	1	5	0
22 Apr 1972	R4	v Geelong	W 129–86	16	14	2	6	1	3	0
15 Apr 1972	R3	@ Richmond	W 131–111	16	14	2	8	4	0	0
8 Apr 1972	R2	v South Melbourne	W 107–60	9	6	3	5	1	0	0
3 Apr 1972	R1	@ Footscray	W 128–67	15	11	4	4	0	2	–
31 July 1971	R18	@ South Melbourne	W 96–86	16	10	6	6	2	2	0
24 July 1971	R17	v St Kilda	L 50–99	15	14	1	8	2	2	0
17 July 1971	R16	@ Geelong	W 114–85	13	8	5	3	1	1	0
15 Aug 1970	R20	@ Collingwood	L 79–160	6	3	3	2	2	0	0
8 Aug 1970	R19	v Fitzroy	L 88–94	7	7	0	3	2	4	0
1 Aug 1970	R18	@ North Melbourne	W 118–91	8	7	1	4	4	2	0
25 July 1970	R17	v Melbourne	W 125–89	15	15	0	6	5	2	0
27 June 1970	R13	@ Footscray	L 62–78	10	7	3	3	0	0	0
20 June 1970	R12	v Carlton	L 76–81	17	16	1	7	2	0	0
15 June 1970	R11	@ St Kilda	L 57–69	7	6	1	4	0	0	0
6 June 1970	R10	v Richmond	L 97–104	19	17	2	4	0	0	0
30 May 1970	R9	v Collingwood	W 93–87	16	13	3	7	0	1	0
2 May 1970	R5	v Geelong	L 68–88	8	7	1	3	0	1	0
25 Apr 1970	R4	@ Hawthorn	W 110–70	8	6	2	1	1	1	0
18 Apr 1970	R3	@ South Melbourne	W 100–89	15	13	2	8	1	0	0
11 Apr 1970	R2	v Footscray	L 74–106	9	7	2	3	0	2	0
4 Apr 1970	R1	@ Carlton	L 96–145	12	9	3	4	0	1	0
30 Aug 1969	R20	v Carlton	L 118–129	13	11	2	7	3	2	0
23 Aug 1969	R19	@ Footscray	L 82–94	11	9	2	6	1	2	0
16 Aug 1969	R18	v St Kilda	W 139–76	17	14	3	8	5	0	0
9 Aug 1969	R17	v Fitzroy	W 132–95	16	13	3	3	2	1	0
26 July 1969	R16	@ North Melbourne	L 67–94	22	17	5	6	1	2	0
19 July 1969	R15	v Melbourne	W 99–94	21	15	6	10	1	2	0
12 July 1969	R14	@ Hawthorn	L 114–121	15	13	2	11	0	1	0
5 July 1969	R13	@ Geelong	W 94–74	13	12	1	3	1	0	0
28 June 1969	R12	v Richmond	W 63–54	14	11	3	4	1	1	0
21 June 1969	R11	v Collingwood	L 97–108	10	9	1	2	1	3	0
14 June 1969	R10	@ South Melbourne	W 123–103	14	11	3	4	3	2	0
31 May 1969	R9	@ Carlton	L 45–103	8	7	1	2	2	1	0
24 May 1969	R8	v Footscray	W 105–90	21	19	2	9	6	4	0
17 May 1969	R7	@ St Kilda	L 80–106	14	11	3	2	2	1	0
10 May 1969	R6	@ Fitzroy	W 115–90	16	14	2	4	3	1	0
3 May 1969	R5	v North Melbourne	W 113–83	9	8	1	3	2	0	0
25 Apr 1969	R4	@ Melbourne	W 97–79	17	16	1	5	3	1	0
19 Apr 1969	R3	v Hawthorn	L 85–98	14	14	0	5	2	4	0
7 Apr 1969	R1	@ Richmond	L 82–111	5	5	0	2	0	0	0
28 Sept 1968	GF	v Carlton	L 53–56	14	14	0	4	1	2	0
21 Sept 1968	PF	v Geelong	W 91–67	14	13	1	4	1	3	0
14 Sept 1968	SF	v Carlton	L 59–95	18	18	0	5	2	2	0
31 Aug 1968	R20	@ Footscray	W 112–85	18	15	3	9	1	1	0
17 Aug 1968	R18	@ Richmond	L 54–74	13	13	0	2	1	2	0
10 Aug 1968	R17	v Collingwood	W 138–53	16	15	1	7	2	2	0
3 Aug 1968	R16	@ Fitzroy	W 94–93	11	9	2	5	1	1	0
27 July 1968	R15	@ South Melbourne	W 97–54	12	12	0	6	4	1	0
13 July 1968	R13	v North Melbourne	W 115–63	16	15	1	9	5	3	0
6 July 1968	R12	@ Hawthorn	W 112–83	8	8	0	2	3	2	0
29 June 1968	R11	v Geelong	W 104–81	14	13	1	5	1	2	0
22 June 1968	R10	@ Melbourne	W 96–68	12	10	2	3	3	0	0
15 June 1968	R9	v Footscray	W 83–41	10	8	2	2	0	1	0

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Against the league, 1977

Percentile rank per game among every player with 10 or more games that season.

Goals0.7 · 60

Hitouts0.1 · 45

Marks2.8 · 39

Disposals10.2 · 15

Against each club


Carlton	15	2	19	12.6
Sydney	15	13	32	12.6
Geelong	15	10	17	12.5
St Kilda	14	9	25	11.2
Collingwood	14	3	17	10.7
Western Bulldogs	14	8	25	12.8
Fitzroy	13	7	19	10.0
Richmond	13	2	13	12.7
Hawthorn	12	6	17	11.4
North Melbourne	12	9	26	14.0
Melbourne	10	8	23	15.0

1968

Essendon

176

163

13.5

1.92

1969

Essendon

270

229

14.2

2.05

1970

Essendon

157

133

11.2

1.21

1971

Essendon

14.7

1.67

1972

Essendon

205

170

13.7

1.40

1973

Essendon

242

201

12.7

2.00

1974

Essendon

12.4

1.60

1975

Essendon

230

186

11.5

1.80

1976

Essendon

204

166

11.3

1.44

1977

Essendon

174

132

10.2

0.71

1978

Essendon

6.3

1.50

29 July 1978

R17

@ Richmond

L 96–136

15 Apr 1978

v Fitzroy

W 105–101

8 Apr 1978

@ Collingwood

L 88–155

1 Apr 1978

v South Melbourne

W 123–102

27 Aug 1977

R22

v Hawthorn

L 130–168

20 Aug 1977

R21

v Fitzroy

L 73–137

6 Aug 1977

R19

v Geelong

L 110–124

30 July 1977

R18

@ Richmond

L 65–111

23 July 1977

R17

@ Footscray

L 76–93

16 July 1977

R16

v North Melbourne

W 116–77

9 July 1977

R15

v Collingwood

L 103–114

2 July 1977

R14

@ Melbourne

L 59–70

25 June 1977

R13

v South Melbourne

W 63–51

18 June 1977

R12

@ St Kilda

W 46–42

13 June 1977

R11

@ Hawthorn

L 57–163

–

4 June 1977

R10

@ Fitzroy

W 154–100

28 May 1977

v Carlton

W 96–77

21 May 1977

@ Geelong

L 87–94

14 May 1977

v Richmond

D 99–99

9 Apr 1977

@ South Melbourne

L 98–175

2 Apr 1977

v St Kilda

W 109–77

28 Aug 1976

R22

@ Fitzroy

L 78–110

21 Aug 1976

R21

@ Collingwood

L 89–140

14 Aug 1976

R20

v North Melbourne

L 69–95

7 Aug 1976

R19

@ Geelong

W 122–116

17 July 1976

R16

@ Hawthorn

W 123–107

10 July 1976

R15

@ Melbourne

W 119–104

3 July 1976

R14

v South Melbourne

W 93–78

26 June 1976

R13

@ Carlton

L 68–85

19 June 1976

R12

v Footscray

W 89–79

14 June 1976

R11

v Fitzroy

L 100–110

5 June 1976

R10

v Collingwood

W 103–94

29 May 1976

@ North Melbourne

L 54–58

22 May 1976

v Geelong

W 94–84

15 May 1976

@ St Kilda

W 97–69

8 May 1976

@ Richmond

L 64–119

24 Apr 1976

@ South Melbourne

L 109–143

10 Apr 1976

v Carlton

L 88–100

3 Apr 1976

@ Footscray

W 113–112

30 Aug 1975

R22

@ Hawthorn

W 110–103

23 Aug 1975

R21

v Richmond

L 117–136

16 Aug 1975

R20

v North Melbourne

W 105–91

9 Aug 1975

R19

@ Collingwood

L 99–138

2 Aug 1975

R18

v Footscray

L 83–127

26 July 1975

R17

@ Geelong

W 109–94

5 July 1975

R14

v Carlton

L 95–175

28 June 1975

R13

v South Melbourne

W 132–114

–

21 June 1975

R12

@ St Kilda

L 73–141

–

16 June 1975

R11

v Hawthorn

L 90–146

–

7 June 1975

R10

@ Richmond

L 81–128

–

31 May 1975

@ North Melbourne

W 98–83

–

24 May 1975

v Collingwood

L 55–81

–

17 May 1975

@ Footscray

W 101–60

–

10 May 1975

v Geelong

L 93–104

–

3 May 1975

@ Fitzroy

L 107–125

–

25 Apr 1975

@ Carlton

W 104–87

–

19 Apr 1975

v Melbourne

W 117–100

–

12 Apr 1975

@ South Melbourne

W 131–102

–

5 Apr 1975

v St Kilda

W 136–67

–

4 May 1974

v Geelong

W 98–74

–

27 Apr 1974

@ Hawthorn

L 43–69

–

20 Apr 1974

v St Kilda

W 110–105

–

15 Apr 1974

v South Melbourne

W 150–78

6 Apr 1974

@ Collingwood

L 100–117

–

8 Sept 1973

v St Kilda

L 91–158

1 Sept 1973

R22

v Collingwood

L 102–112

25 Aug 1973

R21

@ Fitzroy

L 77–100

18 Aug 1973

R20

v Carlton

L 67–111

11 Aug 1973

R19

v Melbourne

W 115–101

4 Aug 1973

R18

@ North Melbourne

W 94–91

28 July 1973

R17

v St Kilda

W 102–79

21 July 1973

R16

@ Geelong

L 81–82

14 July 1973

R15

v Hawthorn

W 151–116

30 June 1973

R13

v South Melbourne

W 139–110

23 June 1973

R12

@ Richmond

L 95–111

16 June 1973

R11

@ Collingwood

L 112–154

9 June 1973

R10

v Fitzroy

W 107–97

4 June 1973

@ Carlton

L 92–133

26 May 1973

@ Melbourne

W 81–71

19 May 1973

v North Melbourne

W 144–74

12 May 1973

@ St Kilda

W 140–121

5 May 1973

v Geelong

W 122–106

28 Apr 1973

@ Footscray

W 115–67

22 July 1972

R16

@ Carlton

L 117–133

15 July 1972

R15

v Richmond

L 90–111

1 July 1972

R13

@ South Melbourne

W 87–84

24 June 1972

R12

v Footscray

L 99–133

12 June 1972

R11

@ Collingwood

L 93–148

3 June 1972

R10

v Fitzroy

W 101–99

27 May 1972

v Hawthorn

W 107–105

20 May 1972

@ North Melbourne

W 96–61

13 May 1972

v St Kilda

W 123–82

6 May 1972

@ Melbourne

L 85–109

25 Apr 1972

v Carlton

L 73–88

22 Apr 1972

v Geelong

W 129–86

15 Apr 1972

@ Richmond

W 131–111

8 Apr 1972

v South Melbourne

W 107–60

3 Apr 1972

@ Footscray

W 128–67

–

31 July 1971

R18

@ South Melbourne

W 96–86

24 July 1971

R17

v St Kilda

L 50–99

17 July 1971

R16

@ Geelong

W 114–85

15 Aug 1970

R20

@ Collingwood

L 79–160

8 Aug 1970

R19

v Fitzroy

L 88–94

1 Aug 1970

R18

@ North Melbourne

W 118–91

25 July 1970

R17

v Melbourne

W 125–89

27 June 1970

R13

@ Footscray

L 62–78

20 June 1970

R12

v Carlton

L 76–81

15 June 1970

R11

@ St Kilda

L 57–69

6 June 1970

R10

v Richmond

L 97–104

30 May 1970

v Collingwood

W 93–87

2 May 1970

v Geelong

L 68–88

25 Apr 1970

@ Hawthorn

W 110–70

18 Apr 1970

@ South Melbourne

W 100–89

11 Apr 1970

v Footscray

L 74–106

4 Apr 1970

@ Carlton

L 96–145

30 Aug 1969

R20

v Carlton

L 118–129

23 Aug 1969

R19

@ Footscray

L 82–94

16 Aug 1969

R18

v St Kilda

W 139–76

9 Aug 1969

R17

v Fitzroy

W 132–95

26 July 1969

R16

@ North Melbourne

L 67–94

19 July 1969

R15

v Melbourne

W 99–94

12 July 1969

R14

@ Hawthorn

L 114–121

5 July 1969

R13

@ Geelong

W 94–74

28 June 1969

R12

v Richmond

W 63–54

21 June 1969

R11

v Collingwood

L 97–108

14 June 1969

R10

@ South Melbourne

W 123–103

31 May 1969

@ Carlton

L 45–103

24 May 1969

v Footscray

W 105–90

17 May 1969

@ St Kilda

L 80–106

10 May 1969

@ Fitzroy

W 115–90

3 May 1969

v North Melbourne

W 113–83

25 Apr 1969

@ Melbourne

W 97–79

19 Apr 1969

v Hawthorn

L 85–98

7 Apr 1969

@ Richmond

L 82–111

28 Sept 1968

v Carlton

L 53–56

21 Sept 1968

v Geelong

W 91–67

14 Sept 1968

v Carlton

L 59–95

31 Aug 1968

R20

@ Footscray

W 112–85

17 Aug 1968

R18

@ Richmond

L 54–74

10 Aug 1968

R17

v Collingwood

W 138–53

3 Aug 1968

R16

@ Fitzroy

W 94–93

27 July 1968

R15

@ South Melbourne

W 97–54

13 July 1968

R13

v North Melbourne

W 115–63

6 July 1968

R12

@ Hawthorn

W 112–83

29 June 1968

R11

v Geelong

W 104–81

22 June 1968

R10

@ Melbourne

W 96–68

15 June 1968

v Footscray

W 83–41