The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from April to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final. The league also runs reserves, colts (under-19) and women's competitions.
Brian Francis Peake OAM is a former Australian rules footballer who played for East Fremantle and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played State of Origin football for Western Australia from 1978 to 1987, captaining the side in 1979, 1980, 1986 and 1987. Peake was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990 and was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
Australian rules football is the most popular sport in Western Australia (WA). There are 29 regional club competitions, the highest profile of which is the semi-professional West Australian Football League. It is governed by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC). With more than 95,000 registered adult players, it has the second largest of any jurisdiction, accounting for almost a fifth of players nationally and growing faster than any other state.
Peter Robert Bosustow is a former Australian rules footballer with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Malcolm Gregory "Mal" Brown is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and West Australian National Football League. He is described as "one of the most colourful and controversial characters" of the game.
Barry Thomas Cable MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Considered one of the greatest rovers in the sport's history, he played in 379 premiership games in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later coached in both competitions. However, his reputation was left in tatters after allegations of historical sex crimes, including a code-first revocation of his Australian Football Hall of Fame status as well as his removal from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2023.
Bryan Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 300 games in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Australian Football League (WAFL) competitions.
Earl George Spalding is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), as well as for Perth and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. He is known as "the Duke" or "Snake" because of his unusual running style, and also the "golf ball" in reference to his surname.
Samuel Hunt is an Australian Rules Footballer who has played for Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL), Geelong and Bendigo in the Victorian Football League (VFL), the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup and South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Alan Anthony Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played five state of origin games for Western Australia.
Steven Browne is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2008–2010. He later played for West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Robert John Wiley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Richmond Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Allan Melvyn "Mel" Whinnen MBE is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) from 1960 to 1977. Whinnen played 367 premiership games for West Perth, a WAFL record, playing in four premiership sides and finishing runner-up in the Sandover Medal on two occasions, as well as winning West Perth's best and fairest award, the Breckler Medal, on a record nine occasions.
Brad R. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. He also had a long career in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) where he played for East Perth and coached East Fremantle.
John Joseph William Cashman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Scott Spalding is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Spalding returned to his former club after only one season with the Blues, and another with Port Adelaide in the SANFL, where he played in a premiership and won the Most Consistent Trophy for the Magpies. He later moved to play with East Fremantle, another WAFL club. In 1998, he won a WAFL premiership with East Fremantle, playing alongside his brother, Earl Spalding, also a former Carlton player.
Marc Webb is an Australian rules football coach in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for Port Melbourne and in the WAFL for Perth and Subiaco. He served as an assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs after previously being a premiership winning senior coach for Claremont and serving as an assistant coach for Fremantle. He's the husband of Fremantle AFL Women's player Lisa Webb.
David Roger Armour is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL), East Perth in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Joshua Deluca is a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after being delisted.
Hugh Dixon is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Southport Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), having previously played for Fremantle and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).