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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Fremantle Football Club

Known as
South Fremantle

Nickname
Bulldogs

Formed
1900

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
South Fremantle Reserves; South Fremantle U19s; South Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1900–2024

Home Ground
Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1916-17, 1947-48, 1950, 1952-53-54, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020 (14 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1983-4, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2016 (7 total)

Most Games
266 - Marty Atkins (1990-2003)

Most Goals
1034 - Bernie Naylor (1941, 1946-1954)

League Top Goalkickers
H.Kelly (50) 1905; G.Thomas (31) 1910; H.Campbell (47) 1922; S.Lawn (75) 1928 & (96) 1929; B.Naylor (131) 1946, (108) 1947, (91) 1948, (147) 1952, (167) 1953, (133) 1954; J.Gerovich (74) 1956, (101) 1960 & (74) 1961; R.Bauskis (108) 1977 & (82) 1978; C.Edwards (54) 1992; J.Dorotich (88) 1996 & (114) 1997; Z.Parsons (65) 2002; B.Saunders (66) 2012, (59) 2014 & (52) 2016; M.Shaw (23) 2020 (24 total)

Sandover Medalists
Jack Rocchi 1928; Frank Jenkins 1937; Clive Lewington 1947; Steve Marsh 1952; John Todd 1955; Stephen Michael 1980 & 1981; Mark Bairstow 1986; Craig Edwards 1989; Toby McGrath 2005; Haiden Schloithe 2017 (10 medallists/11 medals)

Postal Address
PO Box 368, Fremantle, WA, 6160

Website
southfremantlefc.com.au

President
D.N MacDonald

South Fremantle



"Among the champion players to wear the red-and-white jumper with distinction in the 1980s and ‘90s were 1986 Sandover Medallist and eventual Geelong skipper Mark Bairstow, dynamic on-baller Scott Watters, flame haired utility Brad Hardie (later a Brownlow Medallist with Footscray), powerful key position player Jon Dorotich, 1989 Sandover Medallist Craig Edwards, versatile and tenacious English policeman Marty Atkins, and a panoply of West Coast Eagles stalwarts such as Peter Matera, John Worsfold, Glen Jakovich and David Hart ... "

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1979 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1979 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Fremantle 5.711.1115.1917.21 123 WON Perth 4.19.513.618.12 120 3 LAT Mar 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 5.78.1212.1517.19 121 WON West Perth 2.67.79.711.10 76 45 FRE Apr 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 4.78.1112.1614.19 103 LOST East Fremantle 1.36.99.1317.18 120 -17 EFO Apr 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 7.412.1016.2320.28 148 WON Subiaco 2.26.98.119.11 65 83 SUB Apr 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A South Fremantle 6.79.912.2020.24 144 WON Claremont 2.18.512.918.12 120 24 CLM Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H South Fremantle 5.410.1015.1420.20 140 WON East Perth 2.45.88.1111.18 84 56 FRE May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A South Fremantle 4.011.415.721.14 140 WON Swan Districts 3.85.119.1511.20 86 54 BAS May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 5.17.58.1013.15 93 LOST Perth 3.67.1013.1316.15 111 -18 FRE May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 6.416.919.1128.19 187 WON West Perth 3.43.95.128.13 61 126 LEE May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H South Fremantle 3.107.1712.2320.30 150 WON East Fremantle 4.28.615.1120.15 135 15 FRE Jun 4 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 5.915.1725.2227.22 184 WON Subiaco 5.27.512.919.17 131 53 FRE Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 2.28.713.916.13 109 WON Claremont 2.25.47.710.10 70 39 FRE Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 3.56.810.1111.16 82 LOST East Perth 2.25.612.1216.19 115 -33 POV Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H South Fremantle 7.49.916.1619.22 136 WON Swan Districts 2.311.913.1418.17 125 11 FRE Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 5.38.515.817.10 112 WON Perth 1.24.47.69.10 64 48 LAT Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H South Fremantle 1.77.1214.1418.17 125 WON West Perth 5.56.812.1314.17 101 24 FRE Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H South Fremantle 5.118.1314.1317.17 119 LOST East Fremantle 2.08.814.1420.22 142 -23 FRE Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 5.214.718.821.12 138 WON Subiaco 3.25.49.1012.13 85 53 SUB Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 0.13.27.212.12 84 LOST Claremont 6.68.816.1518.19 127 -43 CLM Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H South Fremantle 5.06.38.68.10 58 WON East Perth 1.32.54.67.10 52 6 FRE Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A South Fremantle 1.06.29.714.8 92 LOST Swan Districts 9.514.719.1122.18 150 -58 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A South Fremantle 5.77.1113.1717.21 123 WON Claremont 1.18.814.1014.19 103 20 SUB Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF H South Fremantle 4.58.1014.1416.16 112 LOST East Fremantle 3.510.1313.1621.19 145 -33 SUB Sep 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.