Australian Rules Football - Footscray Football Club

Date: 1877
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Surnames/tags: Australia Aussie Rules Football

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Footscray Football Club, also known as the Dogs, is a professional Australian Rules Football club founded in 1877, and based in West Footscray in the old City of Footscray (west of Melbourne), joined the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925 as Footscray, and was renamed as Western Bulldogs in 1996. The club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) prior to 1925. Fourteen players from the Dogs are members of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, including inaugural inductee and Legend Ted Whitten.
The team's colours are Royal blue, red, white.

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Footscray Football Club also known as Western Bulldogs aka "Dogs", "Doggies", "Scraggers", "The ‘Scray", "Dish Lickers", "Footascray"

Photo	Name	Captain (years)	Years Played	Games (Goals)	VFA/VFL/AFL Premiership Other Career Highlight(s)	Connected
	Robert "Bob" Nash	1910–1911 (VFA)	1910–1912 (VFA)	34 (11)	2 seasons as Footscray Football Club's Captain Coach 1910 & 1911 (VFA). Former Collingwood (VFL) Captain. Represented Victoria in 1908 at Interstate level.	Y
	Vic Samson	—	1912 – 1915 and 1918 - 1924 (VFA) & 1925 – 26 (VFL)	220+ (103+)	5 Premierships as a player in the VFA (1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924). Inaugural Member of the Footscray Football Club Hall of Fame (Pioneers) in 2010.	Y
[50px]	Roy Park	-	1920–1921 (VFA)	28 (72)	1 Premiership as a Player in the VFA (1920). VFL leading goalkicker in 1913 while playing for the University Football Club.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	John Cornelius "Con" McCarthy	1922 (VFA) – 1926 (VFL)	1922 (VFA) – 1926 (VFL)	98 (67) (VFA & VFL)	2 Premierships as Captain-Coach (1923 and 1924). Coached the Footscray Football Club from 1922 (VFA) -1925 (VFL). Inaugural Member of the Footscray Football Club Hall of Fame (Pioneers) in 2010. Fairest and most brilliant player in the VFA in 1923.	needs profile created
	Allan Hopkins	1926, 1929–1930	1923 &1924 (VFA) - 1925 - 1934 (VFL)	170 (19 in VFA) (241 (36 in VFA))	2 Premierships as a player (1923 & 1924 VFA). Coached the Footscray Football Club in 1930. Retrospectively awarded the 1930 Brownlow Medal. Footscray Football Club's Best and Fairest in 1931. Footscray/Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame "Legend". Victorian Interstate representative 17 times. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Bill Cubbins	-	1931 – 1932, 1934	33 (0)	Coached the Footscray Football Club from 1931 - 1933.	needs profile created
[[Image:|50px]]	Les Dayman	-	1932 – 1934	34 (68)	Footscray Football Club's Leading Goal kicker in 1932. Inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002.	Y
	Alan Rait	-	1933–1934	19 (62)	Footscray Football Club's Leading goalkicker in 1933. Represented both Victoria and Tasmania at Interstate level. Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) Leading Goalkicker on 8 occasions. Inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Charlie Sutton	1951 – 1956	1942 – 1956	173 (65)	1 Premiership as Captain (1954). Inaugural Member of the Footscray Football Club Hall of Fame (Legend) in 2010. Footscray Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. Footscray Football Club's Leading goalkicker in 1951. Footscray Football Club's Coach: 1951–1957 & 1967–1968. Footscray Football Club President 1978–1981. 18 matches for Victoria at Interstate level. AFL Hall of Fame inductee of 1996.	needs profile created
[50px]	Ted Whitten	1957 – 1970	1951 – 1970	321 (360)	1 Premiership as a player (1954). Club Leading goalkicker in 1961, 1962, 1964 & 1968. Club coach 1957–1971. Australian Football Hall of Fame, inaugural Legend 1996. Sport Australia Hall of Fame, inaugural Legend.	Y
[[Image:|50px]]	Alan John (John) Schultz	-	1958–1968	188 (37)	Brownlow Medal winner of 1960. 5 time Footscray Football Club Best & Fairest winner 1960, 1962, 1964–66. Included in the Footscray/Western Bulldogs Team of the 20th Century in 2002. Inaugural Member of the Footscray Football Club Hall of Fame (Legend) in 2010. Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 1996.	N
[[Image:|50px]]	Barry James Round (1950 - 2022)	-	1968 – 1975	135 (136)	Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee in 2001.	N

Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia : Australian Rules Football

• Wikipedia : Western Bulldogs

• Australian Football League : Western Bulldogs Through & Through: Club History