Australian Rules Football
AFL Wooden Spoon Awardees
The Wooden Spoon is the unofficail title for the last placed team at the end of the regular AFL season. Why a wooden spoon? The wooden spoon is an award usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition. The custom dates back to at least the early 19th century, where a wooden spoon was awarded by the students at the University of Cambridge to the student who achieved the lowest exam marks, but still earned a third-class degree in the Mathematical Tripos.
AFL Wooden Spoon Awardees List
| Year | Wooden Spoon | Year | Wooden Spoon |
1897 |
St Kilda |
1960 |
Richmond |
1898 |
St Kilda |
1961 |
Nth Melbourne |
1899 |
St Kilda |
1962 |
Sth Melbourne |
1900 |
St Kilda |
1963 |
Fitzroy |
1901 |
St Kilda |
1964 |
Fitzroy |
1902 |
St Kilda |
1965 |
Hawthorn |
1903 |
Sth Melbourne |
1966 |
Fitzroy |
1904 |
St Kilda |
1967 |
Footscray |
1905 |
Melbourne |
1968 |
Nth Melbourne |
1906 |
Melbourne |
1969 |
Melbourne |
1907 |
Essendon |
1970 |
Nth Melbourne |
1908 |
Geelong |
1971 |
Sth Melbourne |
1909 |
St Kilda |
1972 |
Nth Melbourne |
1910 |
St Kilda |
1973 |
Sth Melbourne |
1911 |
University |
1974 |
Melbourne |
1912 |
University |
1975 |
Sth Melbourne |
1913 |
University |
1976 |
Collingwood |
1914 |
University |
1977 |
St Kilda |
1915 |
Geelong |
1978 |
Melbourne |
1916 |
Fitzroy |
1979 |
St Kilda |
1917 |
Richmond |
1980 |
Fitzroy |
1918 |
Essendon |
1981 |
Melbourne |
1919 |
Melbourne |
1982 |
Footscray |
1920 |
St Kilda |
1983 |
St Kilda |
1921 |
Essendon |
1984 |
St Kilda |
1922 |
Sth Melbourne |
1985 |
St Kilda |
1923 |
Melbourne |
1986 |
St Kilda |
1924 |
St Kilda |
1987 |
Richmond |
1925 |
Hawthorn |
1988 |
St Kilda |
1926 |
Nth Melbourne |
1989 |
Richmond |
1927 |
Hawthorn |
1990 |
Brisbane Bears |
1928 |
Hawthorn |
1991 |
Brisbane Bears |
1929 |
Nth Melbourne |
1992 |
Sydney |
1930 |
Nth Melbourne |
1993 |
Sydney |
1931 |
Nth Melbourne |
1994 |
Sydney |
1932 |
Hawthorn |
1995 |
Fitzroy |
1933 |
Essendon |
1996 |
Fitzroy |
1934 |
Nth Melbourne |
1997 |
Melbourne |
1935 |
Nth Melbourne |
1998 |
Brisbane Lions |
1936 |
Fitzroy |
1999 |
Collingwood |
1937 |
Nth Melbourne |
2000 |
St Kilda |
1938 |
Sth Melbourne |
2001 |
Fremantle |
1939 |
Sth Melbourne |
2002 |
Carlton |
1940 |
Nth Melbourne |
2003 |
Western Bulldogs |
1941 |
Hawthorn |
2004 |
Richmond |
1942 |
Hawthorn |
2005 |
Carlton |
1943 |
St Kilda |
2006 |
Carlton |
1944 |
Geelong |
2007 |
Richmond |
1945 |
St Kilda |
2008 | Melbourne |
1946 |
Hawthorn |
2009 | Melbourne |
1947 |
St Kilda |
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1948 |
St Kilda |
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1949 |
Hawthorn |
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1950 |
Hawthorn |
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1951 |
Melbourne |
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1952 |
St Kilda |
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1953 |
Hawthorn |
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1954 |
St Kilda |
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1955 |
St Kilda |
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1956 |
Nth Melbourne |
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1957 |
Geelong |
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1958 |
Geelong |
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1959 |
Footscray |
