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West Footscray Football Club

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Former name(s)
  
Tottenham Imperials

President
  
Steven Lane

Date founded
  
1932

Nickname(s)
  
Roosters

Ground(s)
  
Kevin Shorten Reserve

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Full name
  
West Footscray Football Club

Premierships
  
5 (1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982)

Competition
  
Western Region Football League

The West Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in West Footscray.

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The club entered the Footscray District Football League in 1932 and won a premiership in 1934 and again in 1935. West Footscray have won five premierships; four in Division 1 and, most recently, the 2007 Division 2 premiership. The club has 2 senior and 3 junior teams, as well as Auskick junior development.

Notable Players

  • Marty McDonnell, a defender who played 92 VFL games with Footscray, in a war-interrupted career.
  • Laurie Sandilands, a former Footscray captain, who played a total of 164 games with both Footscray and Collingwood.
  • Robert McGhie, played juniors at West Footscray in the 1960s before embarking on a 13-year, dual-premiership career in the VFL with Footscray, Richmond, and the South Melbourne Football Clubs.

    • Honours

  • Western Region Football League
  • Division One (5): 1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982
  • Division Two (1): 2007

    • References

    West Footscray Football Club Wikipedia
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