Memory Lane
Each week we will display an interview with one of the past Western Australian players. The players will be remembered by football followers for their talents from the past. You will find out where they are now and what they feel about the game today, plus, relive the times in their era.
Keep a look out each week as we catch up with a past player on Memory Lane.
Jul 2, 2009
The advent of zoning into the WANFL in 1971 meant that country players could no longer automatically play for whichever league club they liked. South Fremantle were allocated the Upper Great Southern and Central Great Southern Leagues, and they have reaped a good harvest of players from that area.
In the immediately preceding years, clubs were busy signing… more »
Jun 30, 2009
Ray Schofield is recognised as one of the best fullbacks ever to grace the Western Australian football scene. He was one of the few to be able to curb the great Bernie Naylor, and in his 23 games for Western Australia he had the measure of most of the top full forwards of his era.
Yet Schofield made… more »
Jun 24, 2009
Thoughout it’s proud history, WA football has been blessed with many fine centremen, and the mantle of “best ever” would be a highly debated subject. But there hasn’t been a better exponent of the art of playing in the pivot position than East Fremantle champion, Ray Sorrell.
“He was strong, fast, intelligent in both attack and defence, elusive… more »
Jun 18, 2009
In the eighties and nineties, the Perth Football Club seemed to be a stepping stone to VFL club, Carlton, for their star forwards, with Peter Bosustow, Earl Spalding, and Alan Montgomery all furthering their careers at the Blues.
Alan Montgomery became the 900th player to represent Carlton when he made the trek East in 1982. A strongly built… more »
Jun 16, 2009
In the sanitised world of today’s football, it’s worth delving into the history books and remembering the career of one of Western Australian football’s most accomplished yet controversial players and coaches.
The name Jack Sheedy(or Mr Football, as he was known) is revered in Western Australian football. He is not only a legend as both player and coach,… more »
Jun 12, 2009
One of the most durable and fearless players to ever play the game of football was former Claremont and Carlton champion, Ken Hunter.
Robert Walls, a leading critic and former Carlton coach named Hunter as one who “never showed fear, put in a short step, or dogged it”.
Yet Hunter, who weighed twelve stone in his… more »
Jun 10, 2009
In 1968, the WANFL was so concerned about the increasing exodus of star players to the VFL that they imposed a ban on clearances for anyone desiring to further their career in Victoria. Three players:Syd Jackson(East Perth), Bert Thornley(East Fremantle), and Colin Beard(South Fremantle) defied the decree and signed with VFL clubs, with the end result that they were prohibited… more »
Jun 5, 2009
Cam Blakemore was one of Subiaco’s favourite sons, both on and off the field. To tell his story is to reminisce about a man who was not only a gifted footballer but also a talented academic taken from us far too early.
Cameron Howard Blakemore was one of the most complete centremen to have graced the football stage… more »
Jun 3, 2009
The year was 1961.
Swan Districts were playing the highly fancied East Perth in an attempt to win their first premiership since being admitted to the WAFL in 1934. After finishing last the previous season it had been a rags to riches story for the Swans, and Swans centre half back Ken Bagley was holding up the Royals’… more »
May 29, 2009
The name John Gerovich is synonymous with the art of high marking. His is a household name in Western Australian football, and the statue outside the gates at Fremantle Oval depicting his famous mark over East Fremantle’s Ray French captured by West Australian Newspapers photographer Morrie Hammond in the 1956 preliminary final is testament to the contribution he made to… more »
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