The 1997 season was the St Kilda Football Club's 101st season in the Australian Football League. The Saints made the Grand Final for the first time since 1971, but lost to Adelaide.
Fixture[]
Ladder[]
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| Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Kilda | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2294 | 1918 | 119.6 | 60 | ||
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2111 | 1791 | 117.9 | 60 | ||
| 3 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2100 | 2062 | 101.8 | 56 | ||
| 4 | Adelaide (P) | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2151 | 1769 | 121.6 | 52 | ||
| 5 | West Coast | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1969 | 1770 | 111.2 | 52 | ||
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2093 | 1801 | 116.2 | 48 | ||
| 7 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2051 | 1835 | 111.8 | 48 | ||
| 8 | Brisbane | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2076 | 1973 | 105.2 | 42 | ||
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1852 | 2017 | 91.8 | 42 | ||
| 10 | Collingwood | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2138 | 1919 | 111.4 | 40 | ||
| 11 | Carlton | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1978 | 2045 | 96.7 | 40 | ||
| 12 | Fremantle | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1748 | 1902 | 91.9 | 40 | ||
| 13 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1883 | 2144 | 87.4 | 40 | ||
| 14 | Essendon | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2004 | 2170 | 92.4 | 36 | ||
| 15 | Hawthorn | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1873 | 2144 | 87.4 | 28 | ||
| 16 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1477 | 2429 | 60.8 | 16 | ||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against | |||||||||||
Playing squad[]
| Senior list | |||||||||
| 11 | Dean Anderson | 38 | Tim Elliott | 5 | Austinn Jones | 13 | David Sierakowski | ||
| 14 | Kristian Bardsley | 10 | Peter Everitt | 17 | Rod Keogh | 4 | Joel Smith | ||
| 27 | Luke Beveridge | 40 | Lucas Fleming | 36 | Brett Knowles | 19 | Steven Sziller | ||
| 2 | Tony Brown | 21 | Troy Gray | 39 | Andrew Lamb | 29 | Andrew Thompson | ||
| 3 | Nathan Burke | 37 | Ryan Grinter | 22 | Matthew Lappin | 32 | Jason Traianidis | ||
| 41 | Brad Campbell | 25 | Barry Hall | 23 | Stewart Loewe | 9 | Lazar Vidovic | ||
| 30 | Glen Coghlan | 35 | Robert Harvey | 26 | Joe McLaren | 15 | Darryl Wakelin | ||
| 42 | Brett Cook | 6 | Daniel Healy | 16 | Robert Neill | 12 | Shane Wakelin | ||
| 18 | Jason Cripps | 24 | Jason Heatley | 1 | Justin Peckett | 7 | Nicky Winmar | ||
| 34 | Jayson Daniels | 33 | Chris Hemley | 31 | Jamie Shanahan | 20 | Matthew Young | ||
| 28 | Jamie Elliott | 8 | Max Hudghton |
Player movements[]
| Arrivals | Player | From | Departures | Player | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traded | Troy Gray | Sydney | Delisted (pre-November draft) |
Darren Bourke | ||
| National draft | Lucas Fleming | Northern Knights | Matthew Jackson | |||
| Jason Heatley | West Coast | Mark Kennedy | ||||
| Max Hudghton | West Brisbane | Josh Kitchen | ||||
| Brett Knowles | Gippsland Power | Glenn Nugent | Sandringham | |||
| Andrew Thompson | St Kilda VSFL | Damen Shaw | Port Magpies | |||
| Pre-season draft | Brad Campbell | Port Melbourne | Delisted (pre-March draft) |
Anthony Darcy | ||
| Brett Cook | St Kilda (redrafted) | Andrew McLean | Glenelg |