- 1 2 3 The council was known as the Australian National Football Council (ANFC) after 1927.
- ↑ Throughout his life, the spelling of his name alternated between "Moffat" and "Moffatt", although he seems to have preferred the former.
- 1 2 The league was known as the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) after 1930.
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- 1 2 3 Alfred Augustine MOFFAT – NAB WA Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL.", The Daily News , 14 April 1888.
- ↑ For example, in: "WEST PERTH V. ROVERS.", The Daily News, 11 June 1894.
- ↑ "OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.", The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth), 31 March 1893.
- ↑ First-class matches played by Alfred Moffatt – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ PERTH FOOTBALL CLUB. – The West Australian . Published 9 June 1928. Retrieved from Trove, 14 November 2011.
- ↑ FOOTBALL. – The West Australian . Published 19 September 1929. Retrieved from Trove, 14 November 2011.
- ↑ Walter STOOKE – NAB WA Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "Amateur Association's Meeting", The West Australian , 23 March 1936.
- ↑ "Sidebottom among six added to Hall of Fame", The West Australian , 4 March 2011.
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