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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
D.N MacDonald

South Fremantle



Grand Finals | Honour board | Notable players
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"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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1978 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1978 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Fremantle 2.55.109.1113.15 93 LOST Perth 5.36.1111.1714.18 102 -9 FRE Mar 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A South Fremantle 7.312.413.1024.16 160 WON West Perth 4.411.413.1915.21 111 49 LEE Apr 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 4.512.1118.1424.18 162 WON East Fremantle 5.25.611.1116.15 111 51 EFO Apr 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H South Fremantle 8.613.1121.1723.19 157 WON Subiaco 1.37.611.614.11 95 62 FRE Apr 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 4.48.812.1115.20 110 LOST Claremont 5.612.1018.1320.17 137 -27 FRE Apr 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 3.27.615.1019.14 128 WON East Perth 5.211.414.618.9 117 11 POV Apr 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 8.413.1021.1629.28 202 WON Swan Districts 6.311.515.917.12 114 88 FRE May 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 8.210.1016.1121.17 143 LOST Perth 4.49.1017.1323.16 154 -11 LAT May 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 3.19.315.1018.12 120 LOST West Perth 6.012.515.919.10 124 -4 FRE May 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 3.110.513.1121.16 142 WON Subiaco 4.46.711.1014.13 97 45 SUB May 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 3.711.1115.1221.13 139 WON East Fremantle 3.47.511.1214.14 98 41 FRE Jun 5 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
12 A South Fremantle 3.47.710.1216.15 111 LOST Claremont 5.68.915.1318.14 122 -11 CLM Jun 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 3.96.1211.1711.23 89 WON East Perth 0.46.78.812.13 85 4 FRE Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 8.010.1013.1215.16 106 WON Swan Districts 2.37.1010.1513.20 98 8 BAS Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 5.412.614.1120.14 134 WON Perth 6.210.514.816.14 110 24 FRE Jul 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 4.28.711.714.14 98 WON West Perth 4.24.65.1310.15 75 23 LEE Jul 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 5.111.414.717.8 110 LOST East Fremantle 5.28.512.1418.15 123 -13 EFO Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 4.47.99.2013.30 108 WON Subiaco 2.23.55.107.15 57 51 FRE Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H South Fremantle 4.610.1114.1416.19 115 LOST Claremont 6.28.315.920.13 133 -18 FRE Aug 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A South Fremantle 4.412.716.1117.13 115 LOST East Perth 4.18.515.618.9 117 -2 POV Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H South Fremantle 4.38.611.918.16 124 LOST Swan Districts 3.49.716.1221.17 143 -19 FRE Aug 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF H South Fremantle 4.48.712.1013.17 95 WON West Perth 2.35.49.712.10 82 13 SUB Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF H South Fremantle 2.16.88.89.11 65 LOST East Perth 5.512.521.1027.15 177 -112 SUB Sep 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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