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KEY FACTS

Official name
Footscray Football Club (trading as Western Bulldogs Football Club)

Known as
Western Bulldogs

Nickname
Bulldogs

Former name
Footscray

Former name date
1997-01-01

Formed
1883 (as Footscray); 1997 (named changed to Western Bulldogs)

Colours
Red, white and blue

Associated clubs
Footscray; Western Bulldogs WFC; Western Bulldogs WFC (VFLW); Footscray U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1886–1924

Home Ground
Docklands

AFL Premierships
2016 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1954 (1 total)

VFA Premierships
1898-9-1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-4 (9 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Victoria - 1924 (1 total); V/AFL Night Series: 1963-4, 1967, 1970, 2010 (5 total)

Most Games
364 - Brad Johnson (1994-2010)

Most Goals
575 - Simon Beasley (1982-1989)

League Top Goalkickers
J.Collins (84) 1954 & (74) 1957; K.Templeton (118) 1978 & (91) 1979; S.Beasley (105) 1985; B.Hall (80) 2010 (4 winners/6 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Alan Hopkins 1930; Norm Ware 1941; Peter Box 1956; John Schultz 1960; Gary Dempsey 1975; Kelvin Templeton 1980; Brad Hardie 1985; Tony Liberatore 1990; Scott Wynd 1992; Adam Cooney 2008 (10 total)

Headquarters
417 Barkly St, Footscray, VIC 3011

Postal Address
PO Box 4112 DC, Footscray West, VIC, 3012

Phone: (03) 9680 6100 

Email
godogs@westernbulldogs.com.au

Website
westernbulldogs.com.au

Western Bulldogs



"In actuality, Footscray in the 1950s was gradually assembling its greatest array of talent ever, and an inability to perform under pressure was certainly never an issue for players like Herb Henderson, Jack Collins, Charlie Sutton or Ted Whitten ... Collins, the VFL's top goalkicker in 1954 and 1957, was arguably Footscray's greatest ever full forward; Sutton, although best remembered as a highly accomplished back pocket player, was capable of playing almost anywhere, and indeed jointly topped the club's goalkicking list in 1951. Whitten, of course, was simply incomparable..."

John Devaney extols the virtues of the blue-collar Bulldogs, Footscray - the team of the mighty west.

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1944 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Footscray's 1944 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Footscray 5.79.1210.1715.23 113 WON Geelong 0.01.25.58.7 55 58 WES May 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Footscray 2.33.77.810.14 74 LOST St. Kilda 2.43.78.1312.17 89 -15 JUN May 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Footscray 5.39.612.716.9 105 WON Collingwood 2.46.99.1513.19 97 8 WES May 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Footscray 3.34.57.139.16 70 LOST North Melbourne 3.19.510.715.14 104 -34 ARD May 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Footscray 0.12.74.98.15 63 WON Fitzroy 4.35.38.108.10 58 5 WES Jun 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
6 A Footscray 3.67.1016.1718.17 125 DRAW Richmond 5.310.713.819.11 125 0 PUN Jun 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
7 H Footscray 2.56.87.119.13 67 WON South Melbourne 2.12.23.98.10 58 9 WES Jun 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 A Footscray 5.37.1310.1614.18 102 WON Hawthorn 4.35.57.89.10 64 38 GLE Jun 24 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 H Footscray 3.65.96.138.15 63 WON Melbourne 3.34.67.88.13 61 2 WES Jul 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Footscray 3.35.66.98.13 61 LOST Essendon 2.46.710.1314.16 100 -39 WIN Jul 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Footscray 6.18.212.313.8 86 WON Carlton 3.56.712.1112.11 83 3 WES Jul 15 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 A Footscray 3.37.139.1514.17 101 WON Geelong 3.65.67.1111.11 77 24 KAR Jul 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 H Footscray 1.07.78.914.15 99 WON St. Kilda 3.74.810.1011.10 76 23 WES Jul 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Footscray 2.46.710.915.9 99 WON Collingwood 4.35.87.108.12 60 39 VIC Aug 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Footscray 5.37.310.512.6 78 WON North Melbourne 0.07.38.511.8 74 4 WES Aug 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Footscray 4.45.78.1112.18 90 LOST Fitzroy 3.68.1213.1313.14 92 -2 BWS Aug 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Footscray 1.52.102.125.14 44 LOST Richmond 1.43.77.139.15 69 -25 WES Aug 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Footscray 2.26.910.1112.17 89 WON Carlton 4.28.410.913.10 88 1 PRI Sep 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
1SF A Footscray 1.11.17.48.4 52 LOST Essendon 1.37.68.614.17 101 -49 JUN Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1944 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Benison, Alf 9                             6 0.7    
Cahill, Pat 3                             2 0.7    
Cahill, Frank 6                             2 0.3    
Chalmers, Harry 9                             1 0.1    
Collins, Alan 15                             8 0.5    
Dudley, Merv 9                             3 0.3    
Ellis, Ted 4                             0 0.0    
Esse, Herb 9                             0 0.0    
Greenham, Jim 12                             5 0.4    
Grove, Ron 17                             11 0.6    
Hand, Pat 19                             2 0.1    
Henderson, Don 11                             2 0.2    
Hickey, Harry 19                             21 1.1    
Hillis, Leo 2                             0 0.0    
Houston, Bill 3                             1 0.3    
Kelly, Frank 1                             0 0.0    
Kennedy, Del 5                             0 0.0    
Law, Jack 2                             0 0.0    
McBean, Mal 1                             0 0.0    
McCankie, Len 14                             0 0.0    
McDonnell, Marty 3                             0 0.0    
McLaren, George 14                             1 0.1    
McTaggart, Bill 15                             16 1.1    
McTaggart, Bert 19                             0 0.0    
Miller, Jim 18                             7 0.4    
O'Neill, Gerry 3                             2 0.7    
Olliver, Arthur 19                             12 0.6    
Ryan, Joe 18                             23 1.3    
Sexton, Gerry 9                             0 0.0    
Sutton, Jack 9                             4 0.4    
Thoms, Jim 3                             0 0.0    
Tribe, George 17                             24 1.4    
Tribe, Tom 16                             0 0.0    
Ware, Norm 5                             13 2.6    
Wearmouth, Dick 2                             0 0.0    
Weldon, Joe 6                             3 0.5    
Wood, Bill 15                             51 3.4    
 

Footnotes

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