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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); Footscray U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2025

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



Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals
Game records

"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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1959 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Footscray's 1959 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Footscray 2.15.46.86.13 49 LOST St. Kilda 3.57.88.129.15 69 -20 JUN Apr 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 H Footscray 2.13.44.58.7 55 LOST Carlton 3.68.611.1215.14 104 -49 WES May 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 H Footscray 0.04.74.108.10 58 LOST Hawthorn 4.96.914.1015.12 102 -44 WES May 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 A Footscray 1.14.56.99.12 66 LOST Melbourne 6.511.914.1119.17 131 -65 MCG May 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Footscray 3.46.514.717.11 113 WON South Melbourne 3.07.410.513.8 86 27 WES May 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Footscray 2.15.78.1010.11 71 LOST Collingwood 7.59.813.1316.16 112 -41 VIC May 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Footscray 1.45.77.1112.13 85 LOST Essendon 3.45.510.715.11 101 -16 WIN Jun 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Footscray 0.61.104.124.13 37 LOST Richmond 2.14.45.69.9 63 -26 WES Jun 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A Footscray 5.77.88.129.14 68 LOST North Melbourne 3.29.109.1613.18 96 -28 ARD Jun 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Footscray 2.34.78.910.15 75 LOST Geelong 0.45.911.1013.15 93 -18 KAR Jul 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Footscray 2.63.104.166.17 53 LOST Fitzroy 0.12.72.710.13 73 -20 WES Jul 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 H Footscray 5.65.79.1310.15 75 LOST St. Kilda 2.48.910.912.14 86 -11 WES Jul 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 A Footscray 1.12.53.86.11 47 LOST Carlton 7.27.49.79.9 63 -16 PRI Jul 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 A Footscray 3.34.56.77.10 52 LOST Hawthorn 8.29.511.1014.15 99 -47 GLE Aug 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 H Footscray 2.38.311.512.8 80 WON Melbourne 3.37.48.910.11 71 9 WES Aug 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Footscray 1.26.77.912.13 85 WON South Melbourne 4.57.78.1011.10 76 9 LAK Aug 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Footscray 1.31.35.45.5 35 LOST Collingwood 0.65.86.118.17 65 -30 WES Aug 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Footscray 2.36.107.1110.14 74 LOST Essendon 8.210.415.1017.15 117 -43 WES Aug 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1959 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Anderson, Lyle 3                             0 0.0    
Barker, Peter 1                             0 0.0    
Baxter, Ray 15                             35 2.3    
Beamish, Keith 7                             4 0.6    
Brereton, John 13                             0 0.0    
Buckley, Brian 11                             0 0.0    
Clegg, John 9                             2 0.2    
Darcey, Don 11                             2 0.2    
Densworth, Eon 3                             0 0.0    
Devery, Terry 17                             19 1.1    
Edwards, Ralph 4                             0 0.0    
Edwards, Arthur 9                             0 0.0    
Fleming, Ian 5                             2 0.4    
Gallagher, Jim 8                             0 0.0    
Gardiner, Alex 16                             4 0.3    
Gehrig, Phil 7                             5 0.7    
Hoiles Snr, John 11                             1 0.1    
Howard, Ron 14                             10 0.7    
Ion, Graham 14                             5 0.4    
Jillard, John 14                             0 0.0    
Kerr, Barrie 8                             2 0.3    
Lee, Bernie 15                             0 0.0    
Long, Noel 9                             8 0.9    
McDonald, Cameron 8                             5 0.6    
McGill, Alan 1                             0 0.0    
Moloney, Brian 7                             0 0.0    
Payne, Kelvin 16                             0 0.0    
Porta, Ron 6                             1 0.2    
Prior, Brian 7                             8 1.1    
Quarrell, John 11                             1 0.1    
Schultz, John 14                             4 0.3    
Slattery, Jack 2                             0 0.0    
Spargo Jnr, Bob 10                             5 0.5    
Thornton, Barry 6                             0 0.0    
Trusler, Wally 1                             0 0.0    
Walker, Ray 2                             0 0.0    
Ware, Bob 14                             19 1.4    
Westacott, John 3                             0 0.0    
Whittaker, Ike 4                             1 0.3    
Whitten Snr, Ted 16                             18 1.1 10 118
Wood, Peter 8                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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