Williamstown Football Club
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| Full name | Williamstown Seagulls Football Club |
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| Nickname | Seagulls |
| Strip | Blue guernsey with gold sash, white shorts with blue and gold stripe, blue and gold hooped socks |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Sport | Australian Rules football |
| League | Victorian Football League |
| First season | 1884 |
| Ground | Burbank Oval (formally Point Gellibrand Oval) |
| Club song | 'Stand & Deliver' |
| President/Chair | Trevor Monti |
| Coach | Brad Gotch |
| Captain | Brett Johnson |
| 2007 | 4th of 13 |
The Williamstown Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League. The seagulls were formed in 1864 and the club is one of the oldest in Australia.
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[edit] AFL Affiliation
[edit] Collingwood Football Club
The Seagulls were aligned to the Collingwood Football Club from 2000 until 2007, enjoying success in the 2003 season when they won their most recent VFL premiership. The alliance was broken at the conclusion of the 2007 season, when both sides came to a mutual agreement to cancel the final year of the contract so that Collingwood could establish their own stand alone VFL side. [1]
[edit] Western Bulldogs Football Club
Shortly after Collingwood had broken ties with the club, Williamstown announced that they had signed a 3 year deal with the Western Bulldogs Football Club, with the alliance starting before the 2008 VFL season. The Bulldogs had originally been aligned with the Seagulls in 2000 (a partial-allignment shared with Werribee. [2]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Premierships
- Division One (13): 1907, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1986, 1990, 2003
- Division Two (2): 1969, 1976
[edit] J.J. Liston Medalists
- C. Stanbridge (1933), Fred Brooks (1935), Neville Huggins (1937), Arthur Cutting (1938), Des Fothergill (1941), John Martin (1956), Barry Round (1987), Brett McTaggart (1988), Saade Ghazi (1989), Paul Dooley (1996)
[edit] Norm Goss Medalists
- Tony Pastore (1986), Barry Round (1990), Adrian Fletcher (2003)
[edit] Fothergill-Round Medalists
- Julian Shanks (1992), Paul Dooley( 1996), Jackson Barling (2005)
[edit] Honour Role
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Captains
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Gerry Callahan Medalists
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[edit] Club Records
- Most Games: Troy West 208
- Most Goals: Ron Todd 672
[edit] Team Of The Century
| Back | Eric Beitzel | Max Munday | John Ramsay |
| Half Back | Brett McTaggart | Gerry Callahan | Colin Wilcox |
| Centre | Jim Caldwell | Max Papley | John Martin |
| Half Forward | Ray Smith | Ron Todd | Ian Rickman |
| Forward | Harry Simpson | Mark Fotheringham | Saade Ghazi |
| Ruck | Barry Round | Eric Glass | Alby Linton |
| Interchange | Reg Harley | Bob Jones | Len Kent |
| Kim Kershaw | Tony Pastore | Tom Russell | |
| Captain | Gerry Callahan | ||
| Coach | Wally Carter |
[edit] Jumper
[edit] External links
- Official Williamstown Seagulls Website
- Full Points Footy Profile for Williamstown Football Club
- Western Bulldogs website
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