Updated: 27 May 2019Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff. Graham Cornes. No date given, initials I.P. setTimeout('renderedElement.style.visibility = "visible"', 1); We have a 4 time Ken Farmer Medallist in Adam Richardson and the club holds the honour of having the first Brownlow Medal winner from SA in Bernie Smith. The photos are not dated. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes, at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park. The West Adelaide Team of the Centuries is unique in that it spans three centuries (1897-2017). BEST FROM THE WEST 1) JOSH CARR If you could have one claim to fame, how is this: 10 Showdowns, 10 victories (plus the bonus win at the Ramsgate Hotel). Includes information about the club, its officials, staff and players, membership, news, merchandise, and history Bloods sweat and tears : West Adelaide Football Club, 1877-1987 by Merv Agars ( Book ) on back of photo, B 75522/78: Craig Ward, West Adelaide, takes a strong mark in front of Fitzsimmons, West Adelaide and Steve Jacquier, Woodville West Torrens. Richmond Oval hosted its first Interstate game in 2013 when South Australia defeated Qld/NT (NEAFL north) 21.14 (140) to 9.4 (58). Not dated: 21. See also "West Adelaide Football Rally" (?date) by Reginald A A Stoneham (18951942) [6]. else The 26 photographs have not been digitsed, but can be requested and viewed in the Somerville Reading Room, as items B 75522/86-112. 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. The first key part of your list is always the players you already have, to get commitments from your existing players is always a great sign of the direction you are going. James "Sorry" Tierney was the club's first ever winner of the Magarey Medal in 1908. 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. 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. After a slow start to the season under the coaching of former Richmond (VFL) premiership player Kevin Morris, the team won nine of its last eleven games to reach the finals in fifth place. Harbor Victorian Virginia W-WT Reserves W-WT Reserves WFC W-WT U16s W-WT U18s Waikerie Walkerville Wallaroo Wayback Weeroona Bay West Adelaide West Adelaide Reserves West Adelaide Reserves WFC West Adelaide U16s West Adelaide . Magpies officially changed its heritage again by assuming similar conditions to the Crows SANFL side, having all its AFL players play under the Magpies Jumper. Dallas Willsmore has made the hard decision not to play SANFL football next year and head back to the family farm to assist there in 2021. Colours, badge and . All rights reserved. Includes 1983 & 2015 teams View Premierships Medalists Boasting 14 Magarey Medal winners and 136 State Players, the Bloods also lay claim to some of the greatest names in SA Football history. { [CDATA[ 22 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Each print is signed by 14 living members of the team, You will be contacted by the club to organise print number, and framing after purchase, 122 Framed Limited Edition Print were made available for purchase, Official Team of the Centuries Souvenir Book, Includes player profiles for all 22 players and 4 emergency players, Includes statistics on the top 50 selected squad. Ken Eustice would become the club's tenth Magarey Medalist in 1962. 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. y - overFlowY : y; From 1877 to 1996 Port Adelaide won 4 Championships of Australia, 34 SANFL premierships and 1 wartime SANFL premiership as a merged club with West Torrens. on back of photo. Doug Thomas is written on the back of one photo and all are initialled I.P. In 2014, the 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. A progressive club with a small but loyal band of supporters, West Adelaide has contributed 82 National and Rookie drafted players to the AFL since 1986. [7], Despite the SANFL being a localised league, West Adelaide have some high-profile Adelaide personalities as supporters of the club. The photos are not dated. Written on back: 'Rookie of the year' John O'Donohue was presented with a compact disc player from manager Bill Rawlings of Patawalonga Motor Inn. [2] The SAFA would subsequently become the SANFL. Bloods players such as Grantley Fielke, Paul Patterson, and two young guns in Tony Modra and Shaun Rehn were signed to play AFL football, but would still be eligible to play for West Adelaide if not selected by the Adelaide Crows. 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). Robert Snell (1929), Jack Sexton (1931) and Ray McArthur (1939) also won the Magarey Medal while playing for the West Adelaide Football Club. 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. Neil states to this day that the greatest team he coached was the 1983 side, with many players missing selection by the smallest of margins. element.innerHTML = '
"; West Adelaide were a foundation member of the SANFL Women's competition in 2017. The Oval is located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide. Lees input regarding players and their character off field was also invaluable in group discussions as a voting member of the panel. Era 5 saw Football Park come into its prime. The ground was used for training and junior games until it was ready for league use in 1958. y = document.all ? Not dated, B 75522/28: Five junior players and the West Adelaide coach sitting in the stands. * 1988 and 1996 matches were under State of Origin rules. In the 2000s the grandstand at the oval was named the B. K. Faeshe Stand in honor of the former champion player, coach and administrator of the club. You may order a high quality photographic copy. Written on back: Brian Winton of Warradale during training. This award has since been won by Westies Adam Cooney and of course Mark Ricciuto. 2022 AFL Draft Hub; 2022 AFLW Draft; 2022 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2021 AFL Draft Hub; 2021 AFLW Draft; 2021 AFL Mid-Season Draft; 2020 AFL Draft; 2020 AFLW Draft Jamie was sourced because of his extensive talent, having created similar pieces for Norwood, Port Adelaide and Central District Football Club. Joint major partners. Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. Photographer Ian Parrish, not dated, B 75522/58: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, not dated, B 75522/59: West Adelaide's Peter Milsom, not dated, B 75522/61: Mark Mickan being chaired off by West players. The ground record crowd for Richmond Oval was set in Round 5 of the 1969 season when 15,742 turned up to see Westies take on a Glenelg side coached by none other than Neil Kerley. Graeme has served the West Adelaide Football Club in an official capacity since 2008 and been a board member of both the Football Club and Westonians, serving the club in a variety of roles. Wests had been leading by 25 points at half time but the melee in the crowd proved unsettling with some battered Wests players not making it back to the dressing room until the team was due to go back out onto the oval for the second half. West Adelaide, which has earned a reputation amongst its fans as being "consistently inconsistent", would win through to their next grand final in 1991. if( typeof(console) == "undefined" ) 2013 Saw West Adelaide consolidate itself as a finals campaigner, finishing the minor round in second place again behind Norwood. Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points. Photographer Stuart Hannagan, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/62, Grand Final 1983. Thanks to the tireless efforts of people like club captain Brian Faeshe (who ironically never got to play on the ground having retired in 1956), Cliff Semmler, Roy Charles, Cliff Todd and City of West Torrens Mayor Steve Hamra, The Bloods finally had a home ground to call their own. Item 2: Badge featuring a portrait of 'Dick' Head. Not dated, Messenger Press, c. 1983-1996, Photograph, B75522/48, West Adelaide player Mike Rennie. The Eagles end the minor round in 2nd position, but . document.body.removeChild(document.body.firstChild); Goals: Green 3, Beech & Webb 2, Fielke, Stevens, Tuck & Wasley-Black 1. A life member and key recruiting officer of the club and foundation member of the WAFC Hall of Fame, Davids breadth of knowledge of early footballers up to those in the current era was unparalleled as a voting member of this panel. The Fos Williams Medal is awarded to the best SANFL player in an interstate game. The club would play its nemesis Port Adelaide in the 1962 grand final and once again would go down by a heartbreaking three points to the Magpies. Players such as 1946 and 1947 Magarey Medallist, 1953 All-Australian and 1953 premiership captain Bob Hank, triple Magarey Medal winner (1955, 1958 & 1963), 1956 All-Australian and '53 premiership player Lindsay Head and former Australian Test cricketer Neil Hawke were all star players for the club. SANFLW Team Selections - Round 2 v North Adelaide 4 days ago Upcoming Events View All. No date given, initials I.P. Graeme also established the WAFC History Group in 2014 and is an active member of the Hall of Fame committee. A listing of people who have played for the South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Further historical changes came when the SANFL Magpies and Port Adelaide Power merged their separate entities when they initiated the One Club campaign. West Adelaide may have won the fights, but North Adelaide won the football game would go on to win easily by the score of 21.22 (148) to 11.7 (73). The Port Adelaide Football Club was founded in late April or early May 1870. 2 (reserves) for training purposes with Westies often having to train in the Adelaide Park Lands until Richmond became available for training from 1955. Jamie was commissioned by the West Adelaide Football Club to create the WAFC Team of the Centuries official souvenir artwork. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/dial-a-tow-found-guilty-of-breaching-workplace-safety-act-over-death-of-lee-ravlich/news-story/ed2f5d0555247a04cbf8ea17848c0ff4. on back of photo, B 75522/70: Player action shot featuring West Adelaide's Brooke Fogden. [citation needed], A song written dedicated to the West Adelaide Team by Reg Stoneham 1911. West Adelaide was one of the "poor" clubs and consequently won only one of its first 31 matches. Each era had its pros and cons with regards to evaluating player service, as you will see below. Despite Bennetts' return, they finished winless for the third time in 1933 but were terribly unlucky in losing five games by a goal or less[3] They recovered to win eight games and draw one in 1934, but between 1935 and 1940 were never higher than seventh in an eight-team competition and overall won only 26 and drew one of 102 games. West Adelaide / Every Player Written on back: From left to right. After missing the finals in 1999 and 2000, for 2001 West Adelaide hired former premiership captain and best and fairest winner Ian Borchard as coach. 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. Written on back: some serious studying. Damian Cupido. Not dated, B 75522/8: West Adelaide player Grantley Fielke in a shoe shop at Westfield Arndale. Possibly published in West-Side Messenger 3/4/91, B 75522/33: West Adelaide player Larry Watson, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/34: West Adelaide player Greg Summerton, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/35: West Adelaide player Rodney Welch, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/36: West Adelaide player Mike McGinness, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/37: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/38: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/39: West Adelaide player Justin Mackie, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/40: West Adelaide player Grant Porter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/41: West Adelaide player Peter Winter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/42: West Adelaide player Roger Winter, 1 March, 1983, B 75522/43: West Adelaide player Mark Mickan, not dated, B 75522/44: West Adelaide player Shane Malcolm, not dated, B 75522/45: West Adelaide player Brett Pianta, dated 4/3/91. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/7: West Adelaide player Grantley Fielke in a shoe shop at Westfield Arndale. element.style.zIndex = 1000; Photograph by Richard Walker. 1952 North won its eighth premiership by 'slaughtering' Norwood - 23.15 to 6.9. Some players managed upwards of 30 games in a season. Every era has had challenges but West Adelaide, in each of these years since 1897, has produced champion players and teams. Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, . The Bloods finished 5th in 1981, defeated in the Elimination Final by Norwood. Players since 1991 Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. A capacity crowd saw West Adelaide christen their new home with a 12.11 (83) to 10.13 (73) win over neighbouring club West Torrens. AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game . The post would later end up hanging over the Bar in the West Adelaide Footballers' Club. Attendance: 47,129 Not dated, B 75522/20: John O'Donohue and Bill Rawlings. It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day. Richmond, South Australia westadelaidefc.com.au Joined January 2011. 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. Names, location and date not provided, B 75522/3: Women on an oval dressed in cheerleaders costume. Issacs dad Simon McCormick played for the club and won the 2007 Best & Fairest. Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. . During the mid-1950s, West Adelaide, under the coaching of Laurie Cahill and with strong players such as Neil Kerley, Brian Faehse, Doug Thomas, Ken Eustice, Ken McGregor and 1957 Magarey Madalist Ron Benton, became regular finals visitors and finished as beaten grand finalists in 1954, losing the grand final to the Fos Williams led Port Adelaide Also written on back 'Football Times' [a Messenger Press publication. However, with a number of young players such as Richard "Dick" Head joining veterans James Tierney. 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 Includes all WAFC players drafted to the AFL or VFL. Photographer Richard Walker, dated 30/4/92, B 75522/11: Doug Thomas sitting at an office desk which bears the sign "winning is not everything, but wanting to is." 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