The Western Bulldogs is a professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-west Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria.The club was founded in 1877 and has competed in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1925.
Christopher Lee Grant is a former Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, a legend of the Western Bulldogs and a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was born in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.
Dustin Fletcher is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 23 season career for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is widely acknowledged as one of the finest defenders in VFL/AFL history.
Chris Bond is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a rover for the Carlton, Richmond and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since retiring as a player he has coached Werribee in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and has also been an assistant coach for the Western Bulldogs. He is currently the football operations manager at Fremantle.
Chris McDermott is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men's competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990.
Christopher Newman is the coach of the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League and a former player with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted at pick 55 in the 2000 national draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. Newman grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren where his neighbour and childhood friend was former AFL player Brendan Fevola. Newman led Box Hill to a VFL premiership in 2018 and formerly served as an assistant coach at Hawthorn in 2016.
Anthony Hall is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
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.
Andrew Moore is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He previously played for Port Adelaide Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Chris O'Sullivan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Alan Thomas Woodman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Chris Hall is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 2003.
Chris Obst is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).
William Langford is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Langford is the son of Hawthorn Team of the Century backman Chris Langford, who is currently a member of the AFL Commission.
Brian Woodman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Norm Woodman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George Woodman was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Luke Ryan is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).