How many times have Richmond won the wooden spoon?

Question

How many times have Richmond won the wooden spoon?

Answer 1

They've won it six times: in 1916, 1917, 1960, 1987, 1989 and 2004.

There's some conjecture over the 1916 award, due to the fact that it was mid-WW1 and only four teams competed, thus the ladder and tournament rankings were approached from a somewhat strange angle. Some groups believe Fitzroy, which lost the most matches that season, should have been given the wooden spoon.

The most diplomatic way to look at it is that both Richmond and Fitzroy were recipients of the wooden spoon in that year.