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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)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2023

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



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"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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1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Footscray's 1966 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Footscray 1.05.47.611.9 75 LOST North Melbourne 5.38.613.813.9 87 -12 WES Apr 25 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
2 A Footscray 1.21.52.125.17 47 LOST Richmond 1.75.1010.1317.15 117 -70 MCG Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Footscray 2.05.26.27.4 46 LOST Geelong 2.44.710.812.14 86 -40 KAR May 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Footscray 4.15.211.1212.12 84 WON Fitzroy 0.01.111.115.16 46 38 WES May 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Footscray 4.15.48.810.10 70 WON Hawthorn 0.12.22.54.10 34 36 WES May 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Footscray 1.41.63.86.10 46 LOST Carlton 0.55.78.811.13 79 -33 PRI May 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Footscray 3.43.55.106.12 48 LOST Collingwood 1.44.127.158.20 68 -20 WES Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Footscray 0.05.25.211.5 71 WON Melbourne 3.13.37.67.8 50 21 WES Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A Footscray 1.52.53.94.13 37 LOST Essendon 1.34.97.129.17 71 -34 WIN Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H Footscray 3.63.87.178.19 67 WON South Melbourne 0.16.46.78.7 55 12 WES Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A Footscray 3.44.86.107.12 54 LOST St. Kilda 6.39.814.1115.15 105 -51 MOO Jul 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Footscray 3.25.45.56.6 42 LOST North Melbourne 1.54.97.1310.15 75 -33 ARD Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Footscray 1.04.74.107.15 57 LOST Richmond 6.38.511.1411.16 82 -25 WES Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Footscray 2.42.86.97.9 51 LOST Geelong 1.15.46.710.11 71 -20 WES Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Footscray 3.27.510.713.11 89 LOST Fitzroy 4.58.99.1413.17 95 -6 BWS Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Footscray 2.35.38.89.13 67 LOST Hawthorn 3.09.313.518.11 119 -52 GLE Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Footscray 2.03.04.14.1 25 LOST Carlton 1.35.99.1312.14 86 -61 WES Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Footscray 1.21.61.83.10 28 LOST Collingwood 4.67.1214.1718.24 132 -104 VIC Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1966 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
9 Beattie, Barrie 2 7 3.5 1 0.5 8 4.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     1 4 2 1.0 2 14
6 Bisset, George 12 231 19.3 56 4.7 287 23.9 29 2.4 1 0.1     34 13 12 1.0 21 93
20 Bradley, John 9 107 11.9 23 2.6 130 14.4 37 4.1 1 0.1     12 10 3 0.3 6 24
5 Bryant, Ian 16 188 11.8 2 0.1 190 11.9 51 3.2 0 0.0     26 17 0 0.0 0 0
12 Burgess, Ted 5 54 10.8 5 1.0 59 11.8 9 1.8 0 0.0     11 7 0 0.0 0 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme 13 159 12.2 17 1.3 176 13.5 27 2.1 0 0.0     25 31 4 0.3 10 34
24 Charles, John 7 51 7.3 13 1.9 64 9.1 22 3.1 8 1.1     4 17 3 0.4 3 21
10 Cook, Graeme 6 50 8.3 9 1.5 59 9.8 19 3.2 1 0.2     12 6 4 0.7 6 30
15 Darcy, David 17 208 12.2 23 1.4 231 13.6 80 4.7 1 0.1     17 26 4 0.2 6 30
32 Dark, Gary 2 10 5.0 0 0.0 10 5.0 5 2.5 6 3.0     0 1 3 1.5 2 20
18 Delmenico, Kevin 14 175 12.5 16 1.1 191 13.6 55 3.9 10 0.7     10 13 1 0.1 6 12
35 Dowd, Greg 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
17 Fanning, Frank 2 26 13.0 0 0.0 26 13.0 9 4.5 0 0.0     2 4 0 0.0 1 1
28 Fincher, Noel 16 192 12.0 5 0.3 197 12.3 51 3.2 2 0.1     26 28 0 0.0 0 0
29 Gray, Bob 1 5 5.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 4 4.0         1 0 0 0.0 0 0
17 Hunter, Alan 3 18 6.0 1 0.3 19 6.3 3 1.0 0 0.0     4 5 1 0.3 2 8
7 Jackman, Kevin 18 226 12.6 21 1.2 247 13.7 32 1.8 0 0.0     54 31 28 1.6 21 189
25 Jillard, John 14 195 13.9 11 0.8 206 14.7 59 4.2 0 0.0     37 21 0 0.0 0 0
8 Mannix, Alan 14 140 10.0 13 0.9 153 10.9 40 2.9 0 0.0     21 11 1 0.1 6 12
33 Marsh, Ivan 11 58 5.3 18 1.6 76 6.9 21 1.9 10 0.9     7 20 3 0.3 3 21
37 McGhie, Joe 3 18 6.0 0 0.0 18 6.0 5 1.7 0 0.0     4 2 0 0.0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron 10 149 14.9 9 0.9 158 15.8 25 2.5 0 0.0     25 15 0 0.0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don 16 269 16.8 36 2.3 305 19.1 56 3.5 1 0.1     30 24 6 0.4 11 47
19 Merrington, Gary 13 99 7.6 10 0.8 109 8.4 22 1.7 0 0.0     21 14 8 0.6 12 60
23 O'Connor, Rod 3 20 6.7 3 1.0 23 7.7 2 0.7 5 1.7     2 4 0 0.0 1 1
26 Patterson, Dallas 3 27 9.0 5 1.7 32 10.7 8 2.7 17 5.7     5 4 0 0.0 0 0
40 Peters, Garry 3 12 4.0 0 0.0 12 4.0 2 0.7 0 0.0     2 0 0 0.0 0 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan 15 91 6.1 13 0.9 104 6.9 21 1.4 54 3.9     12 31 5 0.3 8 38
2 Prior, Doug 8 57 7.1 9 1.1 66 8.3 29 3.6 1 0.1     3 8 14 1.8 10 94
32 Reilly, John 8 57 7.1 6 0.8 63 7.9 16 2.0 6 0.8     6 4 0 0.0 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie 6 30 5.0 2 0.3 32 5.3 11 1.8 0 0.0     5 5 0 0.0 0 0
14 Schultz, John 18 251 13.9 37 2.1 288 16.0 113 6.3 384 22.6     38 36 2 0.1 3 15
21 Shanahan, Peter 14 164 11.7 32 2.3 196 14.0 39 2.8 0 0.0     18 25 0 0.0 0 0
36 Spargo, Ricky 3 33 11.0 1 0.3 34 11.3 3 1.0 0 0.0     9 4 1 0.3 3 9
4 Stevens, Kevin 14 102 7.3 19 1.4 121 8.6 52 3.7 126 9.7     10 20 9 0.6 7 61
16 Thorpe, David 13 144 11.1 20 1.5 164 12.6 36 2.8 1 0.1     19 25 8 0.6 9 57
34 Vosilaitis, Algy 3 19 6.3 2 0.7 21 7.0 7 2.3 0 0.0     4 6 1 0.3 1 7
3 Whitten Snr, Ted 14 170 12.1 33 2.4 203 14.5 73 5.2 4 0.3     36 37 13 0.9 19 97
1 Zeuschner, Murray 10 94 9.4 41 4.1 135 13.5 35 3.5 25 2.8     16 29 0 0.0 1 1
Totals 360 3906 10.9 512 1.4 4418 12.3 1110 3.1 664 1.8     569 558 136 0.4 181 997
 

Footnotes

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