This will be a great endorsement for the club and the Riverland competition in 2021. West Adelaide had winners all over the ground but it was captain Ian Borchard who won the Jack Oatey Medal as the best player in the Grand Final while Centre half-forward Bruce Lindner with 5 goals and Full-forward Roger Luders kicked 4. Lindner's fifth goal was the last of the game, a 65-metre kick on the full from inside the centre square only seconds before the game ended. His award came in 1928 in the eighth year of the Club's history as a League side. Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date, B 75522/67: West Adelaide players with winning trophy. Lees knowledge of players past and present made his input invaluable. on back of photo, B 75522/69: West Adelaide player, Smith, cops an injury and is carried from the ground. Item 3: West Adelaide badge from a Milo promotion of 1963. The Crows also signed former Bloods Bruce Lindner (Geelong) and Mark Mickan (Brisbane) who under the rules of the time, were automatically allocated back to their former SANFL club. Lees input regarding players and their character off field was also invaluable in group discussions as a voting member of the panel. on back of photo, B 75522/72: West Adelaide's Paul Ravesi. Paperwork [removed] indicates photos published in Football Times, but no date, B 75522/65: West Adelaide Players and administrators celebrating a win as the siren goes and as they receive the trophy. The 1954 final was marred by a brawl which broke out at half time of the match when angry Port supporters set upon Wests players as they attempted to enter the dressing room located in the Sir Edwin Smith Stand. After the SANFL resumed competition following World War I, West Adelaide would finish second in 1922, losing the Final to Norwood while player Robert Barnes was the club's third Magarey Madalist. The club boasts one of the best past players' bars and historical collections of any club in the land and welcomes everyone to be a part of one of the state's historic football clubs. He was a non-voting member of the panel who provided commentary and insights on players in each of the meetings. In a major development for the club, lights for night games were installed at Richmond Oval (now called City Mazda Stadium under a sponsorship deal) in 2010 and Friday night games became a success with 6,133 fans attending The Bloods first ever home game under lights against North Adelaide on 26 March. The Bloods' home ground is at. So many words to describe Logan Hill. Graeme also established the WAFC History Group in 2014 and is an active member of the Hall of Fame committee. Ken Eustice would become the club's tenth Magarey Medalist in 1962. The vice-president of the WAFC is the main reason this wonderful project was established and completed. It was a tough decision for him but family always comes first and we respect his decision and wish him all the best. First player to kick 100 goals in an SANFL season: Most Years as Captain: 7 by Bob Loveday (197172, 197478), Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Bernie Leahy (1908, 1909) and Jos Dailey (1911, 1912). The post would later end up hanging over the Bar in the West Adelaide Footballers' Club. In 1995 Glenn Kilpatrick became West's thirteenth Magarey Medalist when he jointly won the award with Norwood legend Garry McIntosh. originalFirstChild = document.body.firstChild; Tony Fielke, Nathan Willmott, Darren White, Adrian O'Dea. AFL. Sensationally after taking the club to two Grand Finals and one premiership in his two years as coach of the club, Kerley was sacked as West's coach after the 1962 season. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval, a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD. Photographer Stuart Hannagan, B 75522/62: Grand Final 1983. Every era has had challenges but West Adelaide, in each of these years since 1897, has produced champion players and teams. An unexpected 112-point thrashing of North Adelaide in their last game of 1940, however, proved a true omen of what was to come in 1941. In 1908 former Hotham 1887-1888 Captain, South Adelaide and North Adelaide champion "Dinny" Reedman became West's Coach. destroyPagination(); Photograph by Richard Walker. Mike Collins (Australian footballer, born 1953) Myke Cook. West bounced back a week later to record a 13.10 (88) to 10.7 (67) win over North Adelaide in the Preliminary Final to book a place in their seventeenth SANFL Grand Final, and their first against Norwood since the Bloods 1961 premiership. As a voting member of the panel, his assessment of players and especially their ability not only to dominate key positions, but have the durability to be versatile in other positions helped enormously with our problem of choosing a balanced interchange and list of emergencies. The club participated in the SAPFL while the SAFL was in recess from 19161918; The club merged with, List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (before 1997), List of Port Adelaide Football Club players, "Every player who has played in the SANFL The list", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Port_Adelaide_Football_Club_players_(before_1997)&oldid=1133743343, Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 08:44. Photo number 2 labelled on back as West Cheer Girls. West Adelaide, coached by Port Adelaide premiership player and coach John Cahill (nephew of former West coach Laurie Cahill) finished 3rd in the 1985 SANFL season, missing out on a grand final spot by less than 2 goals to North Adelaide in the Preliminary Final. During 2013, the club won its first competition since winning the 1987 Foundation Cup (SANFL pre-season) when they won the 2013 Foxtel Cup, defeating WAFL side East Fremantle 4.8 (32) to 2.16 (28) at Football Park, a win worth A$100,000 in prizemoney to the club. 440 Following. Most Premierships as a Player: 4 by Jos Dailey, W. Dowling, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 23:46. Date stamped 26 April 1988, B 75522/23: Rod O'Riley pumping up football's before a junior coaching clinic. 2017 was also the anniversary of our 1927 and 1947 premierships. Yet another WAFC Hall of Fame Club Legend and now giving his name to a medal for club champions, Grant has played the most games for West Adelaide. Possibly published in the Weekly Times, B 75522/57: Happy Eddie Hocking, West Reserves. Full-forward Adam Richardson became the first West Adelaide player since Ron Phipps in 1957 to lead the SANFL in goal kicking when he kicked 80 in the regular season and five in the finals to finish with 85 for the season and win the Ken Farmer Medal. 57 Milner Road, Richmond SA 5033. Where more than date has been supplied, one of the dates may refer to the date of publication. The West Adelaide Football Club are proud to present the team selection for the WAFC Team of the Centuries. We thank him for his contribution and wish him the best of luck in the future. Men's League. The Bloods got some revenge for their 2003 Grand Final loss to Centrals with a 27-point win in the Qualifying final to book a place against Norwood in the Second Semi-final. Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/32, New West Adelaide football coach, Kevin Morris, at Richmond Oval today (written on back of photo.) Written on back: From left to right. Prior to the opening of Richmond Oval West Adelaide had used the Kensington Oval (1897), Jubilee Oval (18981906) and the Adelaide Oval (19071926) for its "home" games before gaining exclusive SANFL use of the main arena at the Wayville Showgrounds in 1927, the year of their fifth SANFL Premiership. Photographer Denys Finney, dated 2 and 6 July, 1994. 87 posts. After finishing third in 1957, West Adelaide would play in both the 1958 and 1959 SANFL Grand Finals and again would be beaten by the Fos Williams coached Port Adelaide by just two points in 1958 and ten points in 1959. element.innerHTML = '

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"; With lists every year, people come and go and that is the nature of the sport, We would like to pay tribute to a few that will not be with us in 2021 and thank them for their commitment and service to the football club, they have been able to help set the foundation of the next two exciting years for us and they should know they have played a part in that. In 2017 the South Australian National Football League, which is the oldest codified football competition in Australia, celebrated 140 years of operation while the West Adelaide Football Club celebrated its 125th birthday, being established some time in 1892 before joining the SANFL in 1897. West Adelaide players Mark Dreher, Ian Borchard, Neil Kerley, Leon Grosser, Dirk de Yong. Club General Manager Doug Thomas and President Bob Lee enticed 1961 premiership coach Neil Kerley away from West Torrens and back to West Adelaide in 1981 and the improvement in the team was immediate. South Adelaide Football Club EST.1876. List of Woodville-West Torrens Players Edit This is a list of players to have played for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). { In addition, the group includes a photograph by the Sunday Mail (do an archival number search on B 75522/85) as well as 26 photographs of player portraits, training sessions and events with no descriptions provided, apart from dates on some of the photos. Added to these highlights are two Champions of Australia titles against Essendon and Carlton, 2 SANFL Cup Premierships 1985 & 1987 and the first SANFL club to win the National Foxtel Cup premiership in 2013. Colours, badge and . The following year 2016 it again collected the wooden spoon which it has repeated in the last 3 consecutive seasons 2019-2021. The club used the showgrounds until the end of 1939 when it was taken over by the Australian Army following the outbreak of World War II. Copyright 2023 West Adelaide Football Club. Membership available from November 01 Home Buy Memberships Ticketing Home Memberships Membership Club Memberships Metro Jets Regional Membership Ticketed Memberships These memberships provide game day access Concession Past Players & Officials Junior & Youth Dated 4/9/90, B 75522/5: Two men pictured with lawnmowers and a van behind them. Following the 1961 premiership win and subsequent runners-up in 1962, West Adelaide would go through a very lean time. CEO Kym Russell also ended his association with the club while Coach Andrew Collins won a job at Williamstown Football Club. A listing of people who have played for the South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). West then went back to the Adelaide Oval for its home games from 1940 until 1957, sharing the ground with South Adelaide. Any other use requires permission from the State Library of South Australia. Bob was a volunteer in the property room for 5 years and part of the 2015 premiership year, operated the scoreboard at times and was on the history committee. Richmond Oval was opened by long-serving member of the South Australian Legislative Council Sir Lyell McEwin on 26 April 1958. Glenelg defeated the Bloods 18 18 (126) to 8.9 (57) on the day and the record crowd still stands as of 2013. List of West Torrens players | Australian Rules Football Wiki | Fandom Australian Rules Football Wiki 2,910 pages Explore AFL Leagues Wiki Affiliates in: SANFL Clubs List of West Torrens players Edit Sorry, the video player failed to load. 1: 1-5-1897: BISHOP, Enoch John Thomas: 2: 1-5-1897: MESECKE, Adolphus Charles: 3: 1-5-1897: BAIRD, Gabriel - 4: 1-5-1897: DAY, George - 5: 1-5-1897: DEAN, G: 6: . 2 AFL Premiership player: (1993, 2004), SANFL Premiership player: (1990), Brownlow Medal: (1993), John Cahill Medal: (2003), Michael Tuck Medal: (1993), Port Adelaide captain: (1997-2000), 5 All-Australian team: (1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003), National Football Carnival Championship (1993), Essendon Team of the Century (Back Pocket), Champions They then defeated a determined South Adelaide by 21 points in the Preliminary Final and would then come up against North Adelaide, a team they had not beaten since Round 17 of the 1985 season. Central District and Woodvilles admission as league teams also changed the demographics of zones, with Woodville having a huge impact on West Adelaide and West Torrens in terms of junior development. Cassandra is currently on. renderedElement = document.body.insertBefore(element, document.body.firstChild); This one club merge removed the stand-alone Magpies from the league as shareholders and saw the Magpies relinquish its junior and country zones. The team finally got its revenge on Norwood when they put a severe dent in the Redlegs premiership defence with a 77-point win the 2nd Semi-final to earn a spot in their first Grand Final since 1962. The publication contains a description of Port Adelaide-West Torrens 1942 premiership season. The Port Adelaide Football Club was established in late April or early May 1870[6] as part of a joint Australian football and cricket club. Copyright 2023 West Adelaide Football Club. 2 full size reproductions were made, one which will be kept by the club and displayed in the players area, and the other which was successfully auctioned by the Club during the Team of the Centuries dinner on Friday the 20th of April. Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points. Well now it's been happening at schools around the state. { Photographer Tony Lewis, dated 16/11/87. Players were split into 20-year eras and evaluated by their feats in accordance with the era in which they played. Dated 15/9, year not given, B 75522/16: Twins and West Adelaide players, Roger and Peter Winter, using exercise equipment during training. 2017 was also the anniversary of our 1927 and 1947 premierships. Prior to the 2010 SANFL season West Adelaide installed lights at Richmond Oval for night games. Port Adelaides betrayal of its SANFL brotherhood saw the fabric of football in South Australia change with the formation of the Adelaide Crows and later the Port Adelaide Power. The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/6: Two men pictured with lawnmowers and a van behind them. Club legends like Dick Head, Bruce McGregor, Neil Kerley and Brian Faehse donned the Red and Black. Brians assessments were invaluable to the panel and his contribution and memory of events was second to none as a voting member of the panel. element = document.createElement("div"); After finishing third in 1928 and 1929 followed by in the absence of star goalsneak "Dickie" Bennetts who was banned for three years for kicking an umpire fifth in 1930, West Adelaide slumped badly in 1931 to last with only two wins before bouncing back to fifth in 1932 only half a game from the finals. 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