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Footscray's first VFL finals appearance: In 1938, 13 years after being admitted to the VFL, Footscray became the first of the "new" teams to qualify for a VFL finals series, and faced Collingwood in the first semi-final at the MCG on Saturday 3 September. In front of over 68,000 spectators (a record at the time), the Bulldogs acquitted ...
The 1954 Footscray season was the club's 29th since they began competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925. After falling short in the Preliminary final the previous season, the Bulldogs finally won through to their first Grand Final, and beat Melbourne to claim their first VFL premiership, making them the first of the teams admitted to the VFL in 1925 to do so.
The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Western Bulldogs, previously known as Footscray, at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the VFL.
This is a list of Western Bulldogs players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League, known as the Victorian Football League until 1990 and the AFL Women's The Western Bulldogs were previously known as the Footscray Football Club until 1997.
The 1954 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Footscray Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1954. It was the 57th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1954 VFL season .
The Qualifying final saw second-placed Footscray host Hawthorn at the MCG. This marked the second VFL final between the two sides - having previously met in the 1961 VFL Grand Final, which was won by Hawthorn. The Bulldogs were playing in their first VFL finals series since 1976.
Ronald Vincent Stockman (19 August 1934 – 29 December 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. [2] Stockman was a member of the Bulldogs' 1954 premiership side, his goal in the third quarter was the only goal he kicked in his 96-game VFL ...
All these scores were from the first three years of the VFL competition, when scores, in general, were much lower. ... Footscray/Western Bulldogs: 364: Brad Johnson ...