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.

1976 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Footscray's 1976 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1976-04-03 1	H	Footscray	2.3	8.9	11.10	16.16	112	LOST	Essendon	9.7	13.7	15.13	16.17	113	-1	WES	1976-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-10 2	A	Footscray	6.4	14.4	19.11	23.15	153	WON	Melbourne	7.4	11.5	13.7	16.9	105	48	MCG	1976-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-17 3	H	Footscray	5.5	7.9	16.11	20.14	134	WON	South Melbourne	3.0	8.6	11.8	14.11	95	39	WES	1976-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-24 4	A	Footscray	4.1	7.2	12.7	14.8	92	LOST	Hawthorn	2.6	6.11	10.15	14.20	104	-12	VFL	1976-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-01 5	A	Footscray	4.5	7.11	12.16	15.20	110	WON	Richmond	4.2	6.10	9.13	12.17	89	21	MCG	1976-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-08 6	H	Footscray	3.3	4.4	8.9	11.9	75	WON	St. Kilda	0.0	5.4	8.6	10.10	70	5	WES	1976-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-15 7	A	Footscray	5.3	9.5	13.8	14.9	93	LOST	Geelong	4.1	6.7	8.12	13.17	95	-2	KAR	1976-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-22 8	H	Footscray	0.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	45	LOST	North Melbourne	7.3	8.7	11.10	14.11	95	-50	WES	1976-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-29 9	A	Footscray	1.1	7.3	12.8	13.8	86	WON	Collingwood	2.4	7.7	7.11	10.16	76	10	VFL	1976-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-05 10	A	Footscray	4.7	6.9	11.13	13.13	91	WON	Fitzroy	0.2	5.5	7.6	12.15	87	4	JUN	1976-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-14 11	H	Footscray	5.3	7.7	10.13	11.15	81	WON	Carlton	2.0	4.5	5.7	9.10	64	17	WES	1976-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-19 12	A	Footscray	2.2	4.4	9.6	12.7	79	LOST	Essendon	2.3	7.6	9.14	12.17	89	-10	WIN	1976-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-26 13	H	Footscray	3.5	3.6	6.9	7.10	52	LOST	Melbourne	1.1	6.14	7.16	14.20	104	-52	WES	1976-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-03 14	H	Footscray	0.0	2.2	3.3	5.7	37	LOST	Hawthorn	5.4	9.6	16.14	17.15	117	-80	WES	1976-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-10 15	A	Footscray	3.2	10.5	13.12	17.14	116	LOST	South Melbourne	3.8	9.12	16.13	20.16	136	-20	LAK	1976-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-17 16	H	Footscray	5.0	9.4	13.5	15.6	96	WON	Richmond	0.6	4.9	9.16	12.19	91	5	VFL	1976-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-24 17	A	Footscray	2.1	6.7	10.7	15.14	104	LOST	St. Kilda	6.8	9.9	16.14	17.16	118	-14	MOO	1976-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-31 18	H	Footscray	6.3	7.5	11.7	13.8	86	WON	Geelong	1.3	5.9	6.12	10.14	74	12	WES	1976-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-07 19	A	Footscray	0.3	2.3	4.4	7.8	50	LOST	North Melbourne	3.4	5.9	8.12	8.13	61	-11	ARD	1976-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-14 20	H	Footscray	8.3	10.7	15.15	18.16	124	WON	Collingwood	3.2	7.5	10.5	15.9	99	25	WES	1976-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-21 21	H	Footscray	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.11	35	WON	Fitzroy	2.4	2.8	3.13	3.16	34	1	VFL	1976-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-28 22	A	Footscray	5.7	7.13	13.15	15.17	107	DRAW	Carlton	2.4	6.8	10.11	15.17	107	0	PRI	1976-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-09-04 EF	A	Footscray	3.0	9.5	12.8	14.11	95	LOST	Geelong	4.8	6.9	9.13	14.18	102	-7	VFL	1976-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1976 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Abbey, Ross	22	347	15.8	117	5.3	464	21.1	106	4.8	2	0.1	27	40	23	1.0	15	153
Blair, Dennis	15	169	11.3	60	4.0	229	15.3	40	2.7	0	0.0	18	20	2	0.1	1	13
Collins, Dennis	11	136	12.4	50	4.5	186	16.9	28	2.5	0	0.0	30	25	3	0.3	2	20
Dell, Colin	5	30	6.0	12	2.4	42	8.4	8	1.6	0	0.0	4	4	1	0.2	0	6
Dempsey, Gary	20	278	13.9	101	5.1	379	19.0	207	10.4	314	15.7	73	39	3	0.2	4	22
Dunstan, Ian	17	236	13.9	63	3.7	299	17.6	68	4.0	0	0.0	33	21	20	1.2	14	134
Featherby, Peter	20	371	18.6	85	4.3	456	22.8	76	3.8	2	0.1	70	53	9	0.5	15	69
Gallagher, Ross	1	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Gieschen, Jeff	9	89	9.9	18	2.0	107	11.9	27	3.0	0	0.0	21	14	1	0.1	0	6
Gingell, Glenn	3	4	1.3	2	0.7	6	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hampshire, Ian	13	69	5.3	59	4.5	128	9.8	51	3.9	105	8.1	15	28	0	0.0	4	4
Huppatz, Ray	16	290	18.1	64	4.0	354	22.1	73	4.6	0	0.0	36	40	14	0.9	19	103
Jennings, Geoff	22	345	15.7	142	6.5	487	22.1	72	3.3	0	0.0	34	48	16	0.7	15	111
Kelly, Mick	9	74	8.2	26	2.9	100	11.1	22	2.4	0	0.0	12	16	2	0.2	3	15
Low, Ian	15	169	11.3	51	3.4	220	14.7	28	1.9	3	0.2	22	29	19	1.3	8	122
Lynch, Alan	5	23	4.6	13	2.6	36	7.2	8	1.6	0	0.0	7	2	1	0.2	0	6
Morrison, Ian	11	95	8.6	8	0.7	103	9.4	39	3.5	0	0.0	18	9	20	1.8	19	139
Munro, Peter	8	55	6.9	26	3.3	81	10.1	23	2.9	1	0.1	15	19	5	0.6	0	30
Murrie, Richard	15	105	7.0	42	2.8	147	9.8	43	2.9	0	0.0	39	19	5	0.3	1	31
Newland, Ken	18	103	5.7	120	6.7	223	12.4	59	3.3	41	2.3	26	46	12	0.7	10	82
Perussich, Lee	8	49	6.1	23	2.9	72	9.0	10	1.3	0	0.0	10	4	1	0.1	2	8
Power, Stephen	23	274	11.9	74	3.2	348	15.1	55	2.4	0	0.0	44	40	0	0.0	0	0
Quinlan, Bernie	23	311	13.5	83	3.6	394	17.1	109	4.7	35	1.5	60	46	34	1.5	39	243
Reid, John	1	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Salmon, Ian	20	139	7.0	80	4.0	219	11.0	59	3.0	22	1.1	22	39	2	0.1	5	17
Sandilands, Laurie	22	200	9.1	64	2.9	264	12.0	76	3.5	0	0.0	63	27	1	0.0	1	7
Simmons, Grant	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Smedts, Alby	3	19	6.3	14	4.7	33	11.0	8	2.7	0	0.0	10	7	0	0.0	1	1
Stoneham, Alan	19	242	12.7	130	6.8	372	19.6	76	4.0	1	0.1	33	50	3	0.2	3	21
Templeton, Kelvin	23	201	8.7	14	0.6	215	9.3	117	5.1	1	0.0	23	31	82	3.6	39	531
Welsh, Peter	18	147	8.2	63	3.5	210	11.7	92	5.1	40	2.2	30	35	5	0.3	5	35
Wheeler, Garry	2	2	1.0	0	0.0	2	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wheeler, Terry	23	278	12.1	70	3.0	348	15.1	56	2.4	1	0.0	59	45	1	0.0	0	6
Whitten Jnr, Ted	18	194	10.8	85	4.7	279	15.5	51	2.8	0	0.0	47	50	14	0.8	17	101