The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray that competes in the Australian Football League. Originally the Footscray Football Club, it cites a foundation year of 1877, won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association, and was admitted to the Victorian Football League in 1925. It changed its name to Western Bulldogs at the end of 1996 as part of a rebranding. The club has won two VFL and AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016. Its guernsey has two thick horizontal hoops, one red and one white, on a royal blue background, and it has played at Docklands Stadium since 2000 while its headquarters are at the Whitten Oval. Fourteen players are members of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and the women's team has played in the AFL Women's league since 2017, winning a premiership in 2018.
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based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray
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are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray
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cites a foundation year of 1877
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The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships
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based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray
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are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray
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The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL)
View the SourceAdam Cooney (Wikipedia)
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played for the Western Bulldogs
Jason Akermanis (Wikipedia)
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Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs
Barry Hall (Wikipedia)
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Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Marcus Bontempelli (Wikipedia)
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playing for the Western Bulldogs
Bernie Quinlan (Wikipedia)
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played for the Footscray Football Club
Scott West (Wikipedia)
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represented the Western Bulldogs
Gary Dempsey (Wikipedia)
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played for the Footscray Football Club
Ted Whitten (Wikipedia)
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played for the Footscray Football Club
George Tribe (Wikipedia)
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Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club
Brad Johnson (Australian footballer) (Wikipedia)
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captain of Australian Football League team Western Bulldogs
Brad Hardie (Wikipedia)
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represented Footscray, Brisbane Bears, and Collingwood
Chris Grant (Wikipedia)
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recruited by the Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs)
Ted Whitten Jr. (Wikipedia)
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played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League
Barry Round (Wikipedia)
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He played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 193 for South Melbourne/Sydney)
Doug Hawkins (Wikipedia)
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after playing 329 games and kicking 216 goals for the Bulldogs
Nicky Winmar (Wikipedia)
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was drafted by the Western Bulldogs, playing one further season in the AFL
Alex Keath (Wikipedia)
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played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League between 2020 and 2024
Callan Ward (Wikipedia)
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played for the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Caleb Daniel (Wikipedia)
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He previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2015 to 2024
Luke Dahlhaus (Wikipedia)
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played for the Geelong Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Jordan Roughead (Wikipedia)
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played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Shane Birss (Wikipedia)
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Birss played for both St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Farren Ray (Wikipedia)
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played for the Western Bulldogs, St Kilda Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Travis Cloke (Wikipedia)
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played for the Collingwood Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Tom Boyd (Wikipedia)
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traded to the Western Bulldogs following the 2014 season
Bernie Collins (Gaelic footballer) (Wikipedia)
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He also spent two seasons playing Australian rules football with Western Bulldogs.
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