Australian Football

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

"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.

1974 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Footscray's 1974 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1974-04-06 1	H	Footscray	4.7	6.8	10.12	16.14	110	WON	Geelong	1.0	6.9	7.10	9.11	65	45	WES	1974-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-15 2	A	Footscray	1.2	6.6	10.7	11.9	75	LOST	North Melbourne	5.3	6.9	12.10	20.12	132	-57	ARD	1974-04-15 Apr 15 (Mon, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-20 3	A	Footscray	4.4	5.7	10.13	14.15	99	LOST	Collingwood	4.4	10.7	14.13	16.16	112	-13	VIC	1974-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-27 4	H	Footscray	2.0	7.2	11.4	15.6	96	WON	South Melbourne	2.6	2.7	5.7	7.9	51	45	WES	1974-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-04 5	A	Footscray	1.0	4.4	6.10	11.19	85	WON	Hawthorn	1.6	3.7	8.13	8.14	62	23	VFL	1974-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-11 6	H	Footscray	4.2	8.6	10.9	17.12	114	WON	Essendon	2.6	4.8	6.11	8.16	64	50	WES	1974-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-18 7	H	Footscray	0.5	2.10	6.12	12.15	87	WON	Fitzroy	3.5	5.8	7.10	8.12	60	27	VFL	1974-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-25 8	A	Footscray	1.5	3.8	7.11	9.12	66	DRAW	Carlton	4.4	6.6	7.11	9.12	66	0	PRI	1974-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-01 9	H	Footscray	5.3	8.11	12.13	13.16	94	WON	Melbourne	2.3	4.4	6.6	8.8	56	38	WES	1974-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-08 10	A	Footscray	3.3	5.5	10.10	11.10	76	WON	St. Kilda	1.1	5.5	5.6	9.9	63	13	MOO	1974-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-17 11	A	Footscray	3.3	7.5	11.8	15.11	101	LOST	Richmond	4.4	6.9	10.13	19.19	133	-32	MCG	1974-06-17 Jun 17 (Mon, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-22 12	A	Footscray	3.3	6.5	6.7	8.10	58	LOST	Geelong	3.1	5.2	10.7	13.14	92	-34	VFL	1974-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-29 13	H	Footscray	1.1	4.10	7.12	11.14	80	LOST	North Melbourne	5.1	6.3	11.8	19.10	124	-44	WES	1974-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-06 14	A	Footscray	6.4	7.9	8.13	12.19	91	LOST	South Melbourne	2.6	6.15	12.23	19.27	141	-50	LAK	1974-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-13 15	H	Footscray	3.2	4.3	6.10	6.10	46	LOST	Collingwood	1.3	2.6	5.8	7.12	54	-8	WES	1974-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-20 16	H	Footscray	2.2	3.6	6.10	8.12	60	LOST	Hawthorn	4.1	5.4	9.5	12.9	81	-21	WES	1974-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-27 17	A	Footscray	4.9	4.11	9.13	13.15	93	WON	Essendon	2.3	6.5	8.9	9.10	64	29	WIN	1974-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-03 18	A	Footscray	1.4	3.6	9.6	14.9	93	WON	Fitzroy	1.6	3.9	8.14	9.16	70	23	JUN	1974-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-10 19	H	Footscray	3.3	5.3	8.7	10.8	68	WON	Carlton	2.3	2.10	2.13	4.20	44	24	WES	1974-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-17 20	A	Footscray	6.7	11.10	15.18	23.21	159	WON	Melbourne	1.1	3.6	7.11	10.15	75	84	MCG	1974-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-24 21	H	Footscray	0.2	4.7	7.13	7.19	61	WON	St. Kilda	3.3	6.8	6.13	7.15	57	4	WES	1974-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-31 22	H	Footscray	5.4	8.6	9.7	13.9	87	WON	Richmond	2.4	4.7	9.10	11.14	80	7	WES	1974-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-09-07 EF	A	Footscray	3.1	4.11	6.11	6.19	55	LOST	Collingwood	5.6	10.6	13.9	19.10	124	-69	VFL	1974-09-07 Sep 7 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1974 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Abbey, Ross	22	291	13.2	74	3.4	365	16.6	66	3.0			37	38	1	0.0	3	9
Austin, Graeme	11	59	5.4	29	2.6	88	8.0	18	1.6			2	6	0	0.0	2	2
Bartlett, Les	2	6	3.0	0	0.0	6	3.0	2	1.0			2	0	0	0.0	0	0
Brown, Don	1	11	11.0	5	5.0	16	16.0	2	2.0			1	4	0	0.0	1	1
Burleigh, John	1	10	10.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	1	1.0			3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Casey, Gordon	21	240	11.4	78	3.7	318	15.1	63	3.0	2	2.0	29	20	0	0.0	1	1
Collins, Dennis	12	102	8.5	55	4.6	157	13.1	27	2.3			21	27	12	1.0	9	81
Collins, Daryl	1	5	5.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	0	0.0			1	3	0	0.0	0	0
Cross, Mark	4	26	6.5	14	3.5	40	10.0	2	0.5			6	12	1	0.3	3	9
Dell, Colin	15	154	10.3	48	3.2	202	13.5	33	2.2			14	20	0	0.0	0	0
Dempsey, Gary	21	252	12.0	87	4.1	339	16.1	191	9.1	30	15.0	57	46	5	0.2	12	42
Dunstan, Ian	12	161	13.4	50	4.2	211	17.6	42	3.5	3	3.0	23	29	4	0.3	13	37
Gallagher, Adrian	17	349	20.5	40	2.4	389	22.9	71	4.2			47	34	10	0.6	15	75
Gieschen, Jeff	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Gingell, Glenn	19	264	13.9	29	1.5	293	15.4	64	3.4			29	24	5	0.3	11	41
Huppatz, Ray	21	350	16.7	68	3.2	418	19.9	73	3.5	1	1.0	49	71	30	1.4	27	207
Jennings, Geoff	8	76	9.5	23	2.9	99	12.4	18	2.3			8	9	7	0.9	2	44
Magee, Stuart	11	178	16.2	39	3.5	217	19.7	36	3.3			26	15	1	0.1	10	16
McMillan, Marty	2	9	4.5	2	1.0	11	5.5	0	0.0			1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Merrington, Gary	21	181	8.6	47	2.2	228	10.9	50	2.4			43	26	0	0.0	0	0
Morrison, Ian	17	211	12.4	48	2.8	259	15.2	62	3.6			32	24	3	0.2	4	22
Morrison, Peter	1	2	2.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	1	1.0			1	0	0	0.0	1	1
O'Halloran, Max	3	28	9.3	6	2.0	34	11.3	7	2.3			3	2	1	0.3	0	6
Parke, Greg	23	318	13.8	68	3.0	386	16.8	197	8.6			57	46	35	1.5	29	239
Power, Stephen	21	321	15.3	51	2.4	372	17.7	81	3.9			48	46	1	0.0	3	9
Quinlan, Bernie	18	272	15.1	44	2.4	316	17.6	88	4.9			30	29	9	0.5	7	61
Rasmussen, Ivan	12	126	10.5	31	2.6	157	13.1	23	1.9			16	12	15	1.3	15	105
Robertson, Ian	4	37	9.3	19	4.8	56	14.0	17	4.3			5	14	1	0.3	3	9
Round, Barry	22	215	9.8	116	5.3	331	15.0	141	6.4	4	4.0	49	38	2	0.1	3	15
Salmon, Ian	22	183	8.3	82	3.7	265	12.0	80	3.6	5	2.5	30	40	5	0.2	3	33
Sandilands, Laurie	21	243	11.6	54	2.6	297	14.1	140	6.7			30	41	50	2.4	34	334
Simmons, Grant	3	8	2.7	2	0.7	10	3.3	5	1.7			1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Stoneham, Alan	18	279	15.5	98	5.4	377	20.9	61	3.4			31	58	6	0.3	10	46
Templeton, Kelvin	12	92	7.7	14	1.2	106	8.8	54	4.5			12	22	25	2.1	18	168
Welsh, Peter	22	261	11.9	91	4.1	352	16.0	130	5.9	4	2.0	53	62	44	2.0	39	303
Wheeler, Terry	5	25	5.0	14	2.8	39	7.8	3	0.6			5	1	2	0.4	3	15
Whitten Jnr, Ted	6	45	7.5	13	2.2	58	9.7	7	1.2			10	7	0	0.0	1	1
Wilkins, Terry	6	40	6.7	8	1.3	48	8.0	5	0.8			8	13	0	0.0	1	1