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Victoria University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is a dual-sector university, providing courses in both higher education and technical and further education (TAFE).
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in West Footscray, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area and its council seat. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the 2021 census.
Whitten Oval is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administrative headquarters of the Western Bulldogs, which competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The ground is also the home of the club's women's and reserves teams which compete in the AFL Women's (AFLW), Victorian Football League (VFL), and VFL Women's (VFLW).
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.
Scott West is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Having won a club-record seven Charlie Sutton Medals, West is recognised as one of the Bulldogs' greatest-ever players. A tough "in-and-under" midfielder who was hard at the ball, especially around the stoppages, West was regularly among the league's most prolific ballwinners during his playing career.
Charlie Sutton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Simon Francis Beasley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Tony Liberatore is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Wally Donald was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Charles "Jack" Collins was an Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ray Walker is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Parkside Spurs is a women's Australian rules football club that competes in the Western Region Football League and AFL Masters Victoria competition. Based in Footscray, they play home games at Henry Turner Oval. They were formerly known as the St Albans Spurs and then Western Spurs, and competed for multiple decades in the Victorian Women's Football League.
Ian James "Bluey" Hampshire was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Footscray. He played as a ruckman.
Don Ross is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ian Dunstan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Thomas Boyd is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He was selected with the first overall pick in the 2013 AFL draft by the Greater Western Sydney Giants, but was traded to the Western Bulldogs following the 2014 season. In 2016, he helped the Bulldogs win their first premiership since 1954. After struggling with injuries and mental health, Boyd announced his retirement from AFL football in May 2019.
The 2014 Victorian Football League season was the 133rd season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. In a hard-fought 2014 VFL season, the Footscray Bulldogs took out the premiership, making them the first reserves team to win the VFL, and the tenth senior VFA/VFL premiership for the club. The Grand Final between Footscray and Box Hill was won by Footscray by 22 points.
The Fitzroy Bulldogs was a proposed Australian rules football club which was to have formed from the merger between the Fitzroy Lions and the Footscray Bulldogs, and was to have competed in the Victorian Football LeagueNote 1 from 1990. The merger was arranged in October 1989 to avert the imminent financial collapse of the Footscray Football Club, but was abandoned within three weeks of its announcement, after Footscray supporters raised almost two million dollars and secured sponsorship and funding to ensure their club's solvency and viability into the future.