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KEY FACTS

Official name
Swan Districts Football Club

Known as
Swan Districts

Nickname
Swans

Formed
1934

Colours
Black and white

Associated clubs
Swan Districts Reserves; Swan Districts U19s; Swan Districts WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1934–2025

Home Ground
Bassendean Oval

WAFL Premierships
1961-62-63, 1982-83-84, 1990, 2010 (8 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1962, 1965, 1974-5, 1980 (5 total)

Most Games
305 - Bill Walker (1961-1976)

Most Goals
555 - Eric Gorman (1961-1969)

League Top Goalkickers
M.George (90) 1974; S.Beasley (97) 1980; B.Hutton (83) 1984 (3 total)

Sandover Medalists
George Krepp 1935; Jim Davies 1944; Haydn Bunton 1962; Bill Walker 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1970; Phil Narkle 1982; Mick Grasso 1990; Jeremy Wasley 1996; Shane Beros 2003; Andrew Krakouer 2010; Samuel Fisher 2020 (10 medallists/13 medals)

Headquarters
Old Perth Road, Bassendean, WA 6054

Postal Address
PO Box 61, Bassendean, WA, 6054

Phone: (08) 9279 8700 

Email
reception@swandistrictsfc.com

Website
swandistrictsfc.com.au

President
R. McDonald

Swan Districts



Among the newcomers in 1961 to respond to the Bunton technique was rover Bill Walker, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in the history of the club. Nevertheless, it was Bunton’s “genius (that was) solely responsible for the club’s dizzy climb from the bottom to the top of the premiership table in one winter”. Or perhaps, as one senior player archly put it, “He conned us into playing good football” ...

  • Swans might have been late arrivals in the WAFL but, as John Devaney writes, once they found their feet, they were hard to stop

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1937 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1937 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Swan Districts 4.46.88.1211.17 83 LOST Subiaco 2.210.711.916.11 107 -24 SUB Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A Swan Districts 1.14.67.713.8 86 LOST Claremont 4.510.915.1218.14 122 -36 CLM May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 3.37.611.913.17 95 WON South Fremantle 5.78.89.1511.15 81 14 BAS May 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
4 H Swan Districts 4.37.613.1015.12 102 WON East Fremantle 5.29.512.1014.12 96 6 BAS May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 3.35.410.612.9 81 WON East Perth 0.14.310.411.7 73 8 BAS May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 1.25.610.914.14 98 WON Perth 7.29.410.1011.15 81 17 WAC May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 4.66.69.1011.14 80 WON West Perth 3.26.59.911.11 77 3 BAS May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 4.310.512.1016.16 112 WON Subiaco 1.73.87.107.10 52 60 BAS Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 2.27.711.1014.12 96 WON Claremont 4.97.1010.1412.17 89 7 BAS Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 5.59.711.1014.11 95 WON South Fremantle 5.18.310.514.9 93 2 BAS Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 4.65.911.1214.15 99 LOST East Fremantle 3.411.1113.1418.18 126 -27 FRE Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A Swan Districts 1.26.36.37.9 51 LOST East Perth 2.54.58.810.9 69 -18 POV Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Swan Districts 5.46.58.613.11 89 LOST Perth 2.26.612.714.8 92 -3 BAS Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Swan Districts 3.26.211.414.7 91 WON West Perth 3.47.69.912.12 84 7 LEE Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 2.33.78.1111.13 79 WON Subiaco 1.53.95.127.14 56 23 BAS Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Swan Districts 2.45.109.119.13 67 LOST Claremont 3.26.611.814.15 99 -32 BAS Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 3.26.79.911.15 81 WON South Fremantle 4.45.88.1011.12 78 3 FRE Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A Swan Districts 1.47.913.1316.18 114 WON East Fremantle 5.79.99.1112.15 87 27 FRE Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 3.010.411.412.5 77 LOST East Perth 6.78.914.1717.19 121 -44 POV Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 6.48.714.814.8 92 WON Perth 1.05.89.1011.14 80 12 BAS Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H Swan Districts 5.312.515.622.7 139 WON West Perth 2.24.810.1112.15 87 52 BAS Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF A Swan Districts 3.07.27.311.7 73 LOST East Perth 7.17.310.913.9 87 -14 SUB Sep 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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