The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

club located in

Joondalup Joondalup () is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. West Perth competes 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, ...

(WAFL) and

WAFL Women's WAFL Women's (WAFLW) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFLW is the premier women's football competition in Western Australia, and from 2023 is contested by eight teams owned and operated by clubs in ...

(WAFLW) and is the oldest existing

club in Western Australia. Originally located at

Leederville Oval Leederville Oval (known as Medibank Stadium under a naming rights agreement between 2006 and 2016) is an Australian rules football ground located in Leederville, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The ground is used as a home ground by two c ...

, the team was relocated in 1994 to

Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a multi-purpose sports complex in Joondalup, Western Australia, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of Perth. It was officially o ...

, a sports complex in the northern suburbs of Perth. The team's club song is "It's a Grand Old Flag" and its traditional rivals are

East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

History

West_Perth_Football_Club_Senior_team_premiers_from_Western_Mail_19_Oct_1901

The Victorian Football Club was established at a meeting on 2 May 1885. The new team was to play its games at the Recreation Ground (now

Esplanade Reserve The Esplanade Reserve in Perth, Western Australia was a heritage listed public space between Perth Water and the Perth central business district. It formed part of, and was occasionally referred to incorrectly as, the Perth foreshore and the P ...

) and wear the colours cardinal and navy. Two weeks after the establishment of the new club it formed the WAFA together with Rovers and

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

. The three clubs, along with High School (now

Hale School Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to b ...

) were to play out the 1885 season, however High School dropped out after just two rounds. The

West Australian Football Club The West Australian Football Club, often referred to as West Australians or Wests, was an Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Formed in 1886, the club was originally not associated with any competition, but entered ...

was established in 1886 and were admitted to the competition for the 1887 season. At a meeting of the two clubs on 16 April 1889, it was unanimously decided to amalgamate the two clubs – West Australian and Victorians – into a single club known as the Metropolitan Football Club for the 1889 season. The West Australian colours of black and red were to be maintained for the new club. In 1891, a meeting of footballers was held to form a new team, to be called West Perth, which embraced the members of the then-defunct Metropolitan Football Club. The new club was immediately granted entry into the WA Football Association (later called the WA Football League) and won its first premiership in 1897. In 1915 the team became the original tenant of the newly built

where it would remain based until 1993, at which time the team moved to Joondalup to play games at

from the 1994 season onwards. Since relocating, the Falcons have enjoyed relative success with five premierships from nine grand finals, the most recent flag coming in 2022. In 2022 the club became the seventh active club to participate in the

(WAFLW), the premier state-based competition for female footballers.

Club song

:"It's a Grand Old Flag" : It's a grand old flag it's a high flying flag, : It's the emblem for me and for you, : It's the emblem of the team we love, : The team of the red and the blue, : Every heart beats true for the red and the blue, : And we sing this song to you, : Should old acquaintance be forgot, : Keep your eye on the red and the blue...

Honours

Club honours

Individual honours

Sandover Medallists: (12 total) : 1922: Harold Boyd : 1924: Jim Gosnell : 1927: Jim Craig : 1930: Ted Flemming : 1940: Terence O'Keefe : 1942: Laurie Bowen : 1946: John Loughridge : 1951: Fred Buttsworth : 1959: Brian Foley : 1992: Robert West : 1993:

Neil Mildenhall Neil Mildenhall (born 8 September 1968) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers in 1995. He was drafted from West Perth in the WAFL as a predraft selection in the 1994 AFL Draft and played mainly as a wingman. ...

: 2014: Aaron Black Simpson Medallists: (11 total) : 1946: John Loughridge : 1949: Jack Larcombe : 1951:

Don Porter Donald Cecil Porter (September 24, 1912 – February 11, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actor. On television, he played Peter Sands, the boss of Ann Sothern's character on ''Private Secretary'', and Russell Lawrence, the wi ...

: 1960: Brian Foley : 1969:

Bill Dempsey William Brian Dempsey Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 17 March 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Darwin Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and the West Perth Footba ...

: 1971: Shane Sheridan : 1975: Mel Whinnen : 1995: Darren Harris : 1999: Christian Kelly : 2003: Brent LeCras : 2013:

Mark Hutchings Mark Hutchings (born 25 May 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who last played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and currently plays for West Perth Football Club. From Perth, Western Australia, Hutchings c ...

Bernie Naylor Medalists: (20 total) : 1894: Bill Duffy (15) : 1898: Herb Loel (N/A) : 1899: Herb Loel (50) : 1900: Albert Daly (30) : 1901: Herb Loel (45) : 1902: Herb Loel (35) : 1903: Tom McNamara (32) : 1911: William Bellion (30) : 1925: Ted Flemming (50) : 1930:

Frank Hopkins Frank T. Hopkins (August 11, 1865 unsubstantiated – November 5, 1951) was a self-proclaimed professional horseman who at one time performed with the Ringling Brothers Circus. He was a long-distance rider who claimed to have won 400 races and ...

(79) : 1932: Ted Tyson (96) : 1936: Ted Tyson (126) : 1942: Ted Brunton (94) : 1945: Bill Baker (91) : 1951: Ray Scott (141) : 1955: Ray Scott (83) : 1963:

Ron Evans Ronald Barry Evans AM (7 July 1939 – 9 March 2007) was an Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1998 to 2007, as well as President of the Essendon Football Club from 1988 to 1992. Education E ...

(97) : 1973: Phil Smith (84) : 2018: Andrew Strijk (51) : 2019: Tyler Keitel (50) All-Australians: : 1961:

Ray Gabelich Raymond Thomas Gabelich (3 July 1933 – 18 July 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John (1902–1988) and Elizabeth Nina "Bessie" Gabelich, n� ...

: 1972:

Alan Watling Alan John Watling (born 23 July 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 284 games for West Perth in the WANFL Watling was mainly a ruck-rover but started his career on the wing from his debut in 1969. Strong overhead and poss ...

300 games : Mel Whinnen (371) : Bill Dempsey (343) 200 games: : Alan Watling (284) : Les Fong (284) : Paul Mifka (283) : Ray Scholfield (277) : Wally Price (256) : Peter Menaglio (236) : E J (Ted) Flemming (229) : Bill Rainoldi (228) : E A (Ted) Tyson (228) : Ken Ashdown (218) : Jason Salecic (212) : Norm McDiarmid (210) : Max Tetly (210) : Jim Craig (203) : Brian Foley (202) : Len Harman (201) : Eddie Wylde (200) (*) ''Indicates current listed players''

Club records

Highest score: : Round 10, 1981 – 37–17 (239) vs. East Fremantle at Leederville Oval : Round 10, 1987 – 37–17 (239) vs. South Fremantle at Leederville Oval Lowest score: : Round 1, 1912 – 0.3 (3) vs. Subiaco at WACA Most games: : Mel Whinnen 371 (1960–1977) Highest goal kicker (season): : E. Tyson 143 goals (1934) : R. Scott 143 goals (1972) Highest goal kicker (game): : E. Tyson 17 goals v. Swan Districts (1934) Highest goal kicker (career): : E. Tyson 1119 goals Longest serving captain: : Les Fong 7 Seasons (1980–1986) Longest serving coach: : Bill Monaghan 10 Seasons (2009 – 2018) Most club champion awards won: : Mel Whinnen 9 Record home attendance: : Round 21, 1978 – 24,567 vs. East Perth at Leederville Oval Record finals attendance: : 1975 Grand Final – 52,322 vs. South Fremantle at Subiaco Oval

WA Football Hall of Fame

West Perth players who have been inducted into the

West Australian Football Hall of Fame The West Australian Football Hall of Fame was created in 2002 to recognise and enshrine those who have made a significant contribution to Australian rules football in Western Australia. People eligible for inclusion are players, coaches, umpires, ...

Premierships

Grand finals

:1897: : 1899: : 1901: : 1905: West Perth 4–7 (31) def East Fremantle 3–9 (27) : 1932: West Perth 18–9 (117) def East Perth 11–8 (74) : 1934: West Perth 11–7 (73) def East Fremantle 5–9 (39) : 1935: West Perth 11–8 (74) def Subiaco 7–9 (51) : 1941: West Perth 14–14 (98) def East Fremantle 10–17 (77) : 1942: West Perth 19–16 (130) def Claremont 11–13 (79) : 1949: West Perth 16–13 (109) def Perth 12–7 (79) : 1951: West Perth 13–10 (88) def South Fremantle 12–13 (85) : 1960: West Perth 17–13 (115) def East Perth 12–11 (83) : 1969: West Perth 21–21 (147) def East Perth 10–14 (74) : 1971: West Perth 14–17 (101) def East Perth 9–15 (69) : 1975: West Perth 23–17 (155) def South Fremantle 7–9 (51) : 1995: West Perth 21–11 (137) def Subiaco 12–9 (81) : 1999: West Perth 14–13 (97) def South Fremantle 11–6 (72) : 2003: West Perth 13–9 (87) def Subiaco 9–10 (64) : 2013: West Perth 20–11 (131) def East Perth 12–10 (81) : 2022: West Perth 10-9 (69) def Claremont 8-9 (57)

Last premiership team

Club coaches

: 1919: Paddy Willoughby : 1920–21: Tony Tyson : 1921–22:

Tom Soutar Thomas William Soutar (16 March 1893 – 14 June 1981) was a professional athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Thomas Soutar, and Margaret Soutar, née ...

: 1923: Archie Herd : 1923–24: Jack Leckie : 1925: Bert Taylor : 1926–27: Tom Soutar : 1928–30: Harold Boyd : 1931: Sam Tyson : 1932–33:

Jack Cashman John Joseph William Cashman (21 April 1906 – 18 July 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Yarrav ...

: 1934–35:

Johnny Leonard John James Leonard (8 June 1903 – 3 May 1995) was a player and coach of Australian rules football in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League (later renamed to Australian Football League) in the period ...

: 1936: Jack Cashman : 1937: Johnny Leonard : 1938–39: Max Tetley : 1940–41:

Ross Hutchinson Sir Ross Hutchinson, DFC (10 September 1914 – 19 December 1999) was an Australian rules footballer, coach and politician. He played for and coached East Fremantle, West Perth and South Fremantle in the West Australian National Football Le ...

: 1942–45: Joe Brooker : 1946: Ross Hutchison : 1947–52: Stan Heal : 1953–54:

Peter O'Donohue Peter O'Donohue (14 June 1923 – 4 November 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s. O'Donohue usually played in defence or in the centre and played 109 games with Hawthorn. He was made ...

: 1955: Don Scott : 1956–57:

Frank Sparrow Francis Valentine Sparrow (1 July 1927 – 31 December 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth Football Club, Swan Districts Football Club and the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian National Football ...

: 1958:

Ray Schofield Raymond John Schofield (7 August 1925 – 23 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Schofield began his career as a full-forward in the wartime ...

: 1959: Don Marinko, Jr. : 1960–63: Arthur Olliver : 1964:

Clive Lewington Clive William Lewington (28 February 1920 – 23 October 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached South Fremantle in the WANFL. He made 182 senior appearances for his club, from his debut in 1939 and is a member o ...

: 1965–67:

Bob Spargo Robert Leslie Spargo (born 15 October 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Western Bulldogs, Footscray in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Spargo started as a half forward but soon establi ...

: 1968–71:

Graham Farmer Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in th ...

: 1972: Peter Steward : 1973–74: Dennis Jones : 1975–77:

Graham Campbell Graham Fraser Campbell (22 July 1936 – 30 January 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played 151 games for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1956 until 1964. Playing career In his playing days Campbe ...

: 1978–79:

Percy Johnson Percy John Johnson (28 January 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Australian rules footballer and coach, who played 13 state matches for Western Australia and 228 games in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). He is a member ...

: 1979–81: Graham Campbell : 1982–84:

Dennis Cometti Dennis John Cometti (born 26 March 1949) is an Australian retired sports commentator, player and coach of Australian rules football. In a career spanning 51 years, his smooth voice, dry humour and quick wit became his trademark. Until his reti ...

: 1985–86: John Wynne : 1987–88: Bruce Monteath : 1989–91: George Michalczyk : 1992–94:

Jeff Gieschen Jeff Gieschen (born 22 September 1956) is the former National Umpire Manager of the Australian Football League (AFL) and a former Australian rules football player and coach who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1974 and 1978 ...

: 1995–99: John Dimmer : 2000–01: Andrew Lockyer : 2002–05: Darren Harris : 2006–08: Todd Curley : 2009–17: Bill Monaghan : 2018–21: Geoff Valentine : 2022- Darren Harris

Club captains

: 1885–86:

Alexander Rankin Alexander Rankin (December 31, 1788 – April 3, 1852) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1827 to 1852. He was born a ...

: 1887: Horace Wilson : 1888:

Harry Sadler Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

: 1889: Frederick McDonough : 1890: Jack Kneale : 1891:

Ken McKenzie Ken McKenzie (August 19, 1923April 9, 2003) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and sports journalist. He served as publicity director of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1946 to 1963. In 1947, he published the first NHL press and radio g ...

: 1892: Alfred Newlands : 1893–94:

George Sykes George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and served in numerous conflicts, ...

: 1895: James Morgan : 1896: Jack Coward and

David DeCoit David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

: 1897–1900:

Barney Grecian Ernest Ferdinand Grecian, best known as Barney Grecian (18 November 1871 – 2 June 1919), was an Australian rules football player. Early life Grecian was born in Geelong, Victoria in 1872. Playing career Grecian joined in the Victorian Fo ...

: 1901: Les Jones and Billy Plunkett (1) : 1902: Herbert Loel (1) : 1903: Herbert Loel (2) and

Bundy McNamara Bundy may refer to: Places Municipalities * Bundy, Idaho, Nez Perce County, Idaho * Bundy, Montana, Musselshell County, Montana * Bundy, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Bundy, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Other *Bundy Drive, a st ...

: 1904: Billy Plunkett (2) : 1905: Billy Plunkett (3) and Shooter Ford (1) : 1906: Shooter Ford (2) : 1907: Gerald Balme (1) : 1908: Frederick Strickland : 1909:

Jim Everett James Samuel Everett III (born January 3, 1963) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the Purdue Boilerm ...

: 1910–11: Gerald Balme (2) : 1912: Gerald Balme (3) and

Bill Mose Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Plac ...

: 1913–14: Samuel Rowe : 1915–16: Anthony Austin : 1917: Samuel Jeffery : 1918: Jack O'Dea : 1919:

Paddy Willoughby Paddy may refer to: People *Paddy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname *An List of ethnic slurs#P, ethnic slur for an Irishman Birds *Paddy (pigeon), a Second World War carrier pigeon *Snowy sheathbill or paddy, a bird ...

: 1920: Tony Tyson : 1921–22:

(1) : 1923–24: Harold Boyd : 1925: Bert Taylor : 1926: Tom Soutar (2) : 1927: Donald Sinclair : 1928: Bill McRae, Jim Gosnell, Jim Craig (1), and

Jack McDiarmid John Frederick Dawes McDiarmid (3 October 1903 – 10 August 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth and Claremont Football Clubs in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). He was inducted into ...

: 1929: Ernest Moyle : 1930: Jim Craig (2) : 1931: Ted Flemming (1) : 1932–33:

: 1934–35:

Don Marinko, Sr. Domenick Louis "Don" Marinko (27 August 1907 – 4 May 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the and West Perth Football Clubs in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and the Boulder City Football Club in ...

: 1936: Bill Benton : 1937: Ted Flemming (2) and

Wally Buttsworth Wallace Francis Buttsworth (21 January 1917 – 22 May 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family Wally had 2 younger brothers Fred and Brian Buttsworth. Fred Buttsworth wa ...

: 1938–39: Max Tetly : 1940–41: Dick Hill : 1941:

Spike Pola Jack Stephen "Spike" Pola (born Giovanni Stefano Pola; 16 November 1914 – 6 January 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Born in Fre ...

(1) : 1942–43: Len Harman : 1944: Fred Buttsworth : 1945: Spike Pola (2) : 1946:

: 1947–51: Stan Heal : 1952:

(1) : 1953–54:

: 1955: Don Scott : 1956:

: 1957–58: Ray Schofield (2) : 1959–60: Don Marinko, Jr. : 1961–64: Brian Foley : 1965–67:

: 1968–71:

: 1972: Peter Steward : 1973–76:

: 1977: Mel Whinnen : 1978: Arthur Duckworth : 1979: Geoff Taylor : 1980–86:

Les Fong Leslie Robert "Les" Fong (born 24 August 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Playing career After being recruited from Nollamara, he joined the cl ...

: 1987–89: Peter Menaglio : 1990: Paul Hasler : 1991:

David Palm David James Palm (born 7 July 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond Football Club, Richmond in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Palm played at both ...

: 1992–94: Craig Nelson : 1995–96: Darren Harris : 1997–98: Brendan Barrows : 1999–2000: Kim Rigoll (1) : 2001–03: Steve Trewhella : 2004: Kim Rigoll (2) : 2005: Todd Curley : 2006–07: Clayton Lasscock : 2008–13: Jason Salecic : 2014–15:

Jay van Berlo Jay van Berlo (born 18 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer, who formerly played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently plays for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian ...

(1) and Luke Tedesco : 2016–17:

(2) : 2018-: Aaron Black

Current squad

''As of October 2022:'' : 1 Aaron Black : 2 Luke Meadows : 3 Ben Johnson : 4 Tyson Moulton : 5 Nathan Alexandre : 6 Dylan Yem : 7 Keegan Knott : 8 Mark Hutchings : 9 Trent Manzone : 10 Zac Guadagnin : 11 Mitchell Antonio : 12 Liam Tedesco : 13 Dean Munns : 14 Shane Nelson : 15 Aidan Lynch : 16 Mitchell Dobson : 17 Blake Wilhelm : 18 Scott Nelson : 19 Sam Rotham : 20 Anton Hamp : 21 Tristan Hobley : 22 Kellen Johnson : 23 Conal Lynch : 24 Thomas O'Donnell : 25 Mitchell Peirce : 26 Troy Yukich : 27 Nathan Murray : 28 Zac Patterson : 29 Alec Johnson : 30 Callum Johnson : 31 Michael Mallard : 32 Rudy Riddoch : 33 Koopah Todd : 34 Ryan Hudson : 35 Logan Foley : 36 Mark Hamilton : 37 Tyler Keitel : 38 Noah Pegoraro : 39 Rowan Garlett : 40 Benjamin Delaporte : 41 Sasha Kernutt : 42 Thomas Boyes : 43 Lochlan Paton : 44 Joshua Munns : 45 Corey Rundle : 46 Darcy Dixon : 47 Lachlan Cox : 48 Rohan Scurria : 49 Zachary Fleiner : 50 Luke Reilly : 51 Connor Klemke : 52 Joseph Hinder : 53 Jack Burke : 55 Brock Lewis : 56 Jared Cole

Team of the Century

AFL/VFL players (including rookies)

This is a list of West Perth players who have played at

AFL AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...

/VFL level: * Jaxon Prior (Brisbane Lions) * Blake Acres (St Kilda) * Marcus Adams (Western Bulldogs and Brisbane Lions) * Oscar Allen (West Coast) * Ian Anderson (Essendon) * Horrie Bant (1882–1957) (St Kilda and Essendon) *

Laurie Bellotti Laurie Bellotti (born 28 February 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). An Indigenous Australian, Bellotti was a utility player who hailed had excelled at b ...

(West Coast) * Bill Benton (1906–1979) (Richmond) * Jack Beveridge (1907–1986) (Collingwood) *

Darren Bewick Darren Bewick (born 21 August 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who won two premierships with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bewick's game breaking pace & goal sense inside the attacking 50 was ...

(Essendon) *

Rohan Bewick Rohan Bewick is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bewick was recruited by the Lions from West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) a par ...

(Brisbane Lions) * Ashley Blurton (West Coast and Richmond) *

Kepler Bradley Kepler Bradley (born 13 November 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League. Early career Bradley played junior football with the Kingsley Junior ...

(Essendon and Fremantle) * Phil Bradmore (Footscray) * Bruce Bridges (1917–1999) (Fitzroy) *

Steven Browne Steven Browne (born 1 February 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2008–2010. He later played for West Perth Football Club, West Perth in the West Aust ...

(Carlton) *

Jeff Bruce Jeff Bruce (born 9 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1995. He was recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League ...

(Fitzroy) * Bill Burns (1884–1955) (Geelong and Richmond) * Ronnie Burns (Geelong and Adelaide) * Fred Buttsworth (Essendon) * Wally Buttsworth (1917–2002) (Essendon) * Adam Campbell (Fremantle) * Jack Cashman (1906–1982) (Fitzroy and Carlton) *

Callum Chambers Callum Chambers (born 19 November 1979) is an Australian rules footballer who has played in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 13 draft pick in the 1997 AFL Draft from Lucknow, Victoria. Callum made his debut for ...

(West Coast and Carlton) * Kevin Clarke (1931–2009) (Melbourne and Carlton) * Ernie Coward (1916–1985) (Essendon) * Phil Cronan (St Kilda and Footscray) * Todd Curley (Collingwood and Footscray/Western Bulldogs) *

Jack Darling Jack Darling (born 13 June 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Additionally, he was recruited from West Perth in the WAFL with pick 26 in the 2010 AFL Draft. ...

(West Coast) * Bill Davern (1883–1952) (Geelong) * Jim Davies (1926–2010) (Carlton) *

Barry Day Sir Barry Stuart Day OBE (born 12 June 1953) was the chief executive of the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust (GDFT). He was formerly headteacher of the Greenwood Dale School. Day was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in ...

(Essendon) * Ian Downsborough (West Coast, Port Adelaide and Adelaide) *

Billy Duckworth Bill Duckworth (born 21 February 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL and West Perth in the West Australian Football League. He is best known for winning the 1984 Norm Smith Medal. His brother John ...

(Essendon) * John Duckworth (Fitzroy) *

Max Duffy Max Duffy (born 11 April 1993) is an Australian American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was formerly the punter for the Kentucky Wildcats and formerly an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Clu ...

(Fremantle) * Russell Ellen (Essendon) * Neil Evans (Essendon) * Ron Evans (1939–2007) (Essendon) *

Brian Falconer Brian Terence Falconer (2 June 1933 – 4 April 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Footb ...

(Hawthorn) *

(Geelong) * Brendon Fewster (West Coast and Fremantle) * Vic Fisher (1924–1999) (Essendon) *

Shane Fitzsimmons Shane Alan Fitzsimmons (born in Sydney) is the Head of Resilience NSW and was previously the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service between September 2007 and April 2020. Career Fitzsimmons joined the NSW Rural Fire Servic ...

(Melbourne) * Dan Foley (Richmond) * Arthur Ford (1881–1953) (Carlton) * Peter Freeman (St Kilda) * Ray Gabelich (1933–2000) (Collingwood) *

John Gastev John Gastev (previously John Gastevich, born 11 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. A cult figure and "crowd favourite" standing at only and weighing just , Gastev began with West Perth in 1983. ...

(West Coast and Brisbane Bears) * Barney Grecian (1872–1919) (Essendon) * Ralph Green (1911–1991) (Carlton) * Chris Groom (Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne) * Brad Gwilliam (West Coast and Richmond) * Derek Hall (West Coast and Geelong) *

Len Halley Harold Leonard "Len" Halley (born 7 March 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon Football Club, Essendon in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Essendon Recruited from Healesv ...

(Essendon) * Jack Heal (1919–1988) (Melbourne) * Stan Heal (1920–2010) (Melbourne) * Trevor Heath (Essendon) * Col Hebbard (Essendon) * Bradley Hill (Hawthorn) * Stephen Hill (Fremantle) *

Ray Holden Ray Holden (born 3 September 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played for West Perth and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Holden played ...

(Melbourne) *

(West Coast) * Jordan Jones (West Coast) *

Derek Kickett Derek Thomas Kickett (born 6 October 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer. Kickett played with seven different VFL/AFL, WAFL and SANFL clubs during his career. Early career Derek is related to a number of other past and present high ...

(North Melbourne, Essendon and Sydney Swans) * Sean King (West Coast) * Steven Koops (Fremantle and Western Bulldogs) *

Dean Laidley Danielle May Laidley (born Dean James Laidley; 27 March 1967) is a former Australian rules football coach and player, who played for the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1987 to 1997, including ...

(West Coast and North Melbourne) * Ken Leahy (1906–1985) (Geelong) * Brent LeCras (North Melbourne) * Mark LeCras (West Coast) * Teddy Lockwood (1872–1953) (Geelong and Collingwood) * Justin Longmuir (Fremantle) *

Troy Longmuir Troy John Longmuir (born 27 May 1979) is an Australian rules footballer formerly in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the older brother of former Fremantle player Justin Longmuir. He was recruited as the number-22 draft pick in the ...

(Melbourne, Fremantle and Carlton) * Ray Lucev (South Melbourne) *

Quinten Lynch Quinten Peter Lynch (born 24 January 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Grass Patch, a rural farming co ...

(West Coast and Collingwood) * Tom Marinko (1941–1981) (St Kilda) * Josh Mellington (Fremantle) * Mark Merenda (Richmond and West Coast) * Paul Mifka (West Coast) *

(Fremantle) * Ray Niven (1910–1992) (Fitzroy and Melbourne) * Darren O'Brien (Melbourne) * Peter O'Donohue (1923–2012) (Hawthorn) *

(Richmond) *

Michael Pettigrew Michael Pettigrew (born 16 March 1985) is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australi ...

(Port Adelaide) * Len Phillips (1890–19??) (St Kilda and Essendon) *

Andrew Purser Andrew Douglas Purser (born 31 October 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the East Fremantle Football Club and West Perth Football Club in th ...

(Footscray) * Bert Renfrey (1879–1940) (St Kilda) * George Renwick (1886–1945) (Carlton) * Arthur Retell (1906–1978) (St Kilda) * Laurie Richards (Fitzroy) * Mike Richardson (Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane Bears) * Jon Riggs (St Kilda) * Austin Robertson Sr. (1907–1988) (South Melbourne) * Nick Robertson (Brisbane Lions) * Bob Robinson (1914–2001) (Fitzroy) * Warren Roper (Collingwood) * Brian Sampson (1941–2012) (Essendon) * Don Scott (South Melbourne) * Paul Shanahan (1948–2011) (Fitzroy) *

Josh Smith Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Entering the NBA straight out of high school, Smith played nine seasons with the Atlant ...

(North Melbourne) * Phil Smith (1946–2010) (Geelong) *

Craig Smoker Craig Smoker (born 4 April 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After his AFL career ended, Smoker also played for Williams ...

(Melbourne) *

(Footscray) * Darren Stanley (Footscray) * Peter Steward (North Melbourne) * Andrew Strijk (West Coast) * Paul Symmons (West Coast) *

John Towner John William Towner (19 November 1933 – 19 January 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played 87 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1953 to 1959. Career Recruited from the Ascot Vale Football Club, Towner made his ...

(Essendon) * Craig Turley (West Coast and Melbourne) * Bill Valli (Collingwood and Essendon) *

(Fremantle) *

Nathan van Berlo Nathan van Berlo (born 6 June 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the club with pick 24 in the 2004 National Draft. He was th ...

(Adelaide) *

Robert Warnock Robert Warnock (born 19 January 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Warnock is the brother of AFL footballer ...

(Fremantle and Carlton) * Robbie West (West Coast and Footscray) * Martin Whitelaw (Fremantle) * Ike Whittaker (Footscray) * Andrew Williams (West Coast and Collingwood) * Don Williams (1935–1995) (Melbourne) * Frank Williams (1884–1939) (St Kilda) * Tom Williams (1876–1938) (Essendon) * Troy Wilson (West Coast) * Fred Wimbridge (1893–1977) (South Melbourne)

References and notes

External links

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AustralianFootball.com: History of West Perth

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