The East Fremantle Football Club Hall of Fame was launched on 2 July 2012 when 52 inductees were celebrated during a dinner at the East Fremantle Football Club Social Hall.
Despite being the most successful team in the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
, the
East Fremantle Football Club
The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval. East Fremantle are the ...
had never had a Hall of Fame, the closest being the 1997 Team of the Century, created to celebrate the club's 100th year.
Legends
In the inaugural 2012 Hall of Fame ceremony the following nine players/officials were given 'Legends' status.
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Brian Peake
Brian Francis Peake OAM (born 4 December 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played State of Origin football fo ...
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George Doig
George Ronald Doig (25 May 1913 – 27 November 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and later coached the East Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). A member of the Doig sport ...
*Jack "Stork" Clarke
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Merv Cowan
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Jack Sheedy
*John "Jerry" Dolan
*W.J "Nipper" Truscott
*Tom Wilson
*David "Dolly" Christy
Inductees
The 2012 ceremony saw 52 individuals inducted.
The 52 members of the Hall of Fame served the club as players, officials or volunteers.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, inductees must have played or volunteered between 1898 and 1986.
Legends indicated in bold.
References
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East Fremantle Football Club
Australian rules football museums and halls of fame
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