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.
Feb 11, 2010
by Ron Head
One of the best club sides seen in Western Australian football, the East Perth combination of the late fifties under Jack Sheedy boasted an array of stars, with an onball brigade to dream of. Farmer, Kilmurray, Hunt, and Kennedy ruled the air, while Seal, Everett, and McGill pounced on every offering like…
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Feb 9, 2010
by Ron Head
James Ferguson had an auspicious start to his league career.
The wingman from Wembley Amateurs wandered over to Claremont Oval to see if he was good enough to make it at league level, and immediately made his presence felt. A disciplined athlete, Ferguson was selected in the Tigers side for the pre season… more »
Feb 4, 2010
by Ron Head
Tom Grljusich was one of South Fremantle’s all time best defenders, a man who played a record(at the time of his retirement) 258 league games for the Port club, with a total of 307 league appearances, a member of the Fremantle Hall of Fame, selected in the combined East Fremantle-South Fremantle Team…
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Feb 2, 2010
by Ron Head
When Wayne Allard made his league debut for Perth against East Fremantle in round one of the 1991 season he joined club legend Ern Henfry and star player Brian Cousins as members of an elite group to have represented the Demons at that level at the tender age of sixteen.
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Feb 1, 2010
by Ron Head
A link with the West Perth premiership team of 1971 was severed with the passing of former full forward, Phil Smith, on the weekend, at the age of sixty three.
Father of star Subiaco goalsneak, Brad, Smith was recruited by West Perth as part of a premiership drive in 1971, along with back… more »
Jan 28, 2010
by Ron Head
Archie Duda was a sure marking, accurate kicking full forward with East Perth in the seventies, averaging over four goals a game from his 118 appearances over six seasons, and was a favourite with Royals supporters.
But it may come as a surprise to many of them that Duda was… more »
Jan 25, 2010
by Ron Head
Four premierships in two States, two Sandover Medals, and drafted by two AFL clubs...that was the impressive haul of Subiaco centreman, Ian Dargie, despite being hampered by injury over many of his thirteen years at league level. A hard running centreman or onballer, Dargie’s medical history reads like a war zone, and…
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Jan 21, 2010
by Ron Head
When Kalgoorlie recruit Mick Johns arrived unheralded at Subiaco in 1977 and won the colts fairest and best that same year, the gangly six foot five ruckman had the club’s heirachy in raptures. Making his league debut against East Perth the following season, he did enough against Ian McCulloch and Bradley Smith…
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Jan 19, 2010
by Ron Head
It’s a rare occasion when a centre half forward wins a fairest and best medal in any league, and when it happens you can rest assured that it was an outstanding player who won it.
Perth’s Ian Miller fitted that category.
Miller capped off a great 1972 season… more »
Jan 14, 2010
by Ron Head
The West Perth Football club and it’s supporters have two reasons to give thanks to Ian Logan. Not only did he give them ten years service as a top quality wingman, but his son, Brendon, was a double centurion for the club.
Between them, they gave the Falcons over 380…
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