Coach: Norm Smith
Captain: Hassa Mann
Finishing Position: 7th
Best and Fairest: Hassa Mann
Leading Goalkicker: Hassa Mann (38)
Best First Year Player: n/a

Matches

Ladder

Playing List

Night Series

Best and Fairest

Reserves

Under 19s

Despite his side putting in its worse season since Norm Smith first took over in 1953, the coach was reappointed for another season with a brief to improve on an 11th place finish in 1966. He boldly declared that he wouldn't be surprised to see the Demons back into the four.

With Smith back as coach and Hassa Mann reappointed as captain, the only change in the leadership group was the demotion of Bryan Kenneally after two seasons as vice-captain. He was replaced by Tassie Johnson.

For the first time a Little League competition was played, sponsored by the State Savings Bank. Each team had a squad of players which appeared at half time and the matches were umpired by the Emergency Umpire of the main match. Melbourne were the premiers of the inaugural competition.

Also for the first time a draft was suggested as a method of recruiting players. The VFL was involved in a wrangle with country leagues about recruiting zones and a player draft was suggested as a possible alternative. The idea was rejected by an overwhelming majority of clubs including Melbourne.

In the same year that his brother Len passed away after a series of heart attacks, Norm Smith missed the second half of the Round 15 match against Carlton, and another match the week after with a heart complaint of his own. John Beckwith took over as coach on both occassions and took over as Senior Coach in his own right when Smith retired at the end of the year.

The Under 19s failed to win a match for the season.

Terry Leahy and Graeme Jacobs were sacked by the club after misbehaviour on the side's trip to Surfer's Paradise.

Melbourne's VFL delegates were Arthur King and Tom Trumble.

Practice Match

Opponent	Result
Port Adelaide	LOSS

Premiership Season

Round	Opposition	Result
1	North Melbourne	WIN
2	Geelong	LOSS
3	St Kilda	WIN
4	Carlton	LOSS
5	Footscray	LOSS
6	Fitzroy	WIN
7	Essendon	LOSS
8	Hawthorn	WIN
9	South Melbourne	WIN
10	Richmond	LOSS
11	Collingwood	LOSS
12	North Melbourne	WIN
13	Geelong	LOSS
14	St. Kilda	LOSS
15	Carlton	LOSS
16	Footscray	WIN
17	Fitzroy	LOSS
18	Essendon	WIN

Ladder

	W	D	L	%	P
Richmond	15	0	3	145.9	60
Carlton	14	1	3	125.8	58
Geelong	13	0	5	122.8	52
Collingwood	12	0	6	132.2	48
St. Kilda	11	0	7	122.7	44
Essendon	8	1	9	106.0	34
Melbourne	8	0	10	88.8	32
North Melbourne	7	1	10	94.2	30
South Melbourne	5	1	12	82.0	22
Hawthorn	5	0	13	70.3	20
Fitzroy	4	0	14	72.1	16
Footscray	4	0	14	71.6	16

Playing List

Number	Player	Games	Goals
1	Rob Foster	14	2
2	Robert Stewart	10	0
4	Peter Smith	15	18
5	Chris Aitken	4	6
6	Frank Davis	17	0
7	Graham Osborne	13	7
8	Tassie Johnson	17	1
9	Brian Dixon	18	6
10	Ken Emselle	18	19
11	Tony Anderson	14	0
12	Chris Fowler	5	0
15	Stan Alves	18	7
16	John Townsend	6	5
17	John Comben	1	0
18	Neville Stone	12	6
19	Terry Leahy	8	2
20	Graeme Jacobs	5	3
21	Ted Lees	2	1
22	Bryan Kenneally	17	6
23	Adrian Bowden	10	0
24	Ross Dillon	13	19
25	Geoff Whitton	3	0
27	John Murnane	2	0
28	Derek Feldmann	2	0
29	Hassa Mann	17	38
30	Bob Langford	1	0
31	Ray Groom	18	1
32	Barrie Vagg	14	7
33	Gary Hardeman	8	1
34	Brent Jones	1	0
35	Don Williams	17	0
36	Ken Osborne	6	2
37	Bernie Massey	7	0
38	Rob Dowsing	8	15
39	Rick Feldmann	3	2
40	John Toll	2	0
43	Tony Sullivan	2	0
44	Tom Quinn	5	0
46	Max Walker	7	2

Golden Fleece Night Series

Round	Opposition	Result
1	North Melbourne	LOSS

Best and Fairest

	Player
1st	Hassa Mann
2nd	Stan Alves
3rd	Bryan Kenneally
4th	Brian Dixon
5th	Frank Davis

Other Awards
Outstanding Service - Brian Dixon

Tribunal

Round	Player	Charge	Sanction
Round 2 Reserves	Tom Quinn	Striking	Unknown
Round 6 Reserves	Geoff Whitton	Unknown	Unknown
Round 6 Reserves	John Comben	Unknown	Unknown
Round 12 Under 19s	Danny Jennings	Abusive language	Unknown
Round 12 Under 19s	Michael Stanton	Abusive language	Unknown
Round 13 Reserves	Tom Quinn	Striking	Unknown

Reserves

1967 Reserves Season
Leading Goalkicker - Rob Dowsing
Best and Fairest - Derek Feldmann
Second Best and Fairest - Tony Sullivan
Outstanding service - Rob Dowsing, Greg Parke

	W	D	L	%	P
Richmond	15	0	3	151.0	60
North Melbourne	14	0	4	118.4	56
Collingwood	13	0	5	120.3	52
Geelong	11	0	7	121.2	44
Melbourne	9	1	8	102.7	38
Footscray	8	0	10	92.4	32
Hawthorn	7	1	10	91.6	30
St Kilda	7	0	11	101.9	28
Carlton	7	0	11	80.9	28
South Melbourne	6	0	12	85.7	24
Fitzroy	6	0	12	84.2	24
Essendon	4	0	14	74.2	16

Reserves Tribunal

Round	Player	Charge	Sanction
!!!Under 19s
1967 Under 19s Season
Best and Fairest - Joseph Calleja
Second Best and Fairest - Greg Smith
Best Clubman - A. McGuinness
Leading Goalkicker - Paul Callery
Outstanding service - R. Hooper, G. Watts

|W|D|L|%|P

Richmond |15|0|3|137.7|60
Footscray | 13|0|5|131.0|52
Collingwood | 13|0|5|98.8|52
Fitzroy | 12|0|6|114.0|48
Essendon |11|0|7|120.4|44
St Kilda |9|1|8|108.6|38
South Melbourne|9|0|9|103.7|36
Geelong|7|1|10|95.2|30
Carlton|7|0|11|99.3|28
North Melbourne|6|0|12|84.3|24
Hawthorn|5|0|13|91.2|20
Melbourne|0|0|18|52.6|0||

Fourths

Best and Fairest - A. Hollings
Second Best and Fairest - John Gowdie
Best Clubman - R. Girdwood
Outstanding service - G. Swift, S. Goodwin

Media
Age - 09/05/1967
Age - 10/05/1967