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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
F.C Fuhrmann

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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1957 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1957 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Fremantle 4.27.810.1114.12 96 WON Claremont 4.45.510.711.10 76 20 CLM Apr 22 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 3.23.57.87.9 51 LOST Subiaco 1.15.46.49.9 63 -12 FRE Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 2.55.68.712.12 84 LOST East Perth 7.613.1014.1616.23 119 -35 POV May 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H South Fremantle 6.412.619.1023.13 151 WON Swan Districts 4.57.912.1316.15 111 40 FRE May 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 5.37.712.1216.18 114 WON Perth 5.113.813.817.9 111 3 FRE May 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 6.511.517.819.11 125 WON West Perth 3.212.614.818.12 120 5 LEE May 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 5.58.711.1412.16 88 LOST East Fremantle 4.311.912.1118.13 121 -33 FRE Jun 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 2.56.108.1013.20 98 WON Claremont 2.32.38.99.13 67 31 FRE Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 2.33.55.69.17 71 LOST Subiaco 6.310.413.814.11 95 -24 SUB Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H South Fremantle 0.62.96.116.14 50 WON East Perth 2.02.34.36.6 42 8 FRE Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 6.38.613.1315.16 106 LOST Swan Districts 6.17.48.716.12 108 -2 BAS Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A South Fremantle 1.15.67.910.10 70 LOST Perth 4.38.413.818.8 116 -46 WAC Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 5.49.411.616.6 102 WON East Fremantle 2.24.56.89.11 65 37 EFO Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H South Fremantle 0.01.43.55.9 39 LOST West Perth 3.89.1316.1618.18 126 -87 FRE Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 3.44.66.107.10 52 WON Claremont 2.23.63.103.12 30 22 CLM Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H South Fremantle 4.35.126.1912.24 96 WON Subiaco 4.05.07.17.1 43 53 FRE Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 2.22.44.106.12 48 LOST East Perth 0.34.86.1210.16 76 -28 POV Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 0.40.74.710.12 72 LOST Swan Districts 6.49.813.1413.15 93 -21 FRE Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H South Fremantle 3.27.411.1113.13 91 LOST Perth 2.26.78.813.15 93 -2 FRE Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A South Fremantle 6.011.211.413.4 82 DRAW West Perth 4.16.47.712.10 82 0 LEE Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A South Fremantle 1.02.24.55.7 37 LOST East Fremantle 3.44.96.119.12 66 -29 EFO Sep 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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