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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
C.W Doig

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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1937 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1937 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Fremantle 3.57.911.1314.15 99 LOST West Perth 5.19.312.619.8 122 -23 FRE Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A South Fremantle 4.29.413.916.14 110 LOST East Fremantle 6.614.1520.2028.23 191 -81 FRE May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 5.78.89.1511.15 81 LOST Swan Districts 3.37.611.913.17 95 -14 BAS May 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
4 H South Fremantle 3.17.212.812.12 84 LOST Claremont 3.311.612.615.10 100 -16 FRE May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 5.69.815.1017.17 119 WON Perth 3.35.58.911.10 76 43 FRE May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 2.16.47.410.7 67 LOST East Perth 4.26.413.1215.13 103 -36 POV May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 4.39.913.1117.14 116 WON Subiaco 4.26.310.311.9 75 41 FRE May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 1.46.88.1210.15 75 LOST West Perth 5.57.89.1012.17 89 -14 LEE Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 5.610.716.1416.15 111 WON East Fremantle 3.36.510.814.17 101 10 FRE Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 5.18.310.514.9 93 LOST Swan Districts 5.59.711.1014.11 95 -2 BAS Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 6.39.314.615.10 100 LOST Claremont 1.011.417.822.13 145 -45 CLM Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A South Fremantle 3.34.55.57.8 50 LOST Perth 4.211.911.1417.21 123 -73 WAC Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 1.35.1211.1517.17 119 WON East Perth 2.45.76.1311.16 82 37 FRE Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 1.32.74.97.15 57 LOST Subiaco 2.15.39.612.9 81 -24 SUB Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 1.23.77.89.10 64 LOST West Perth 5.27.410.514.9 93 -29 FRE Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 5.57.1011.1714.20 104 LOST East Fremantle 5.310.514.620.13 133 -29 FRE Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H South Fremantle 4.45.88.1011.12 78 LOST Swan Districts 3.26.79.911.15 81 -3 FRE Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 0.03.53.78.14 62 LOST Claremont 6.69.817.1417.17 119 -57 CLM Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 2.14.74.76.13 49 LOST Perth 9.414.719.1423.18 156 -107 WAC Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H South Fremantle 2.36.612.1414.15 99 LOST East Perth 4.310.615.719.11 125 -26 FRP Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H South Fremantle 5.57.712.914.10 94 WON Subiaco 4.05.105.1311.21 87 7 FRE Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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