The West Australian Football League (WAFL) 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.
Norman David McDonald was an indigenous Australian sportsman best known as an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hailing from the Gunditjmara tribe, McDonald was the first indigenous player to represent Essendon. He was also an accomplished sprinter and boxer.
Peter Featherby is a former Australian rules footballer. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but he also played with two Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs.
Graham Frank Moss is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
John James Leonard was a player and coach of Australian rules football in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the Victorian Football League in the period 1922 to 1946.
Leroy Jetta is an Australian rules footballer who last played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. An outstanding junior, Jetta was twice named in the Under 18 All-Australian Team as well as being adjudged the joint winner of the Kevin Sheehan Medal, awarded to the Best Player in Division 1 at the Under 16 National Championships. He was also a graduate of the AIS-AFL Academy in 2005.
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).
Vincent Michael Irwin was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
Adam Cockie is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2009 to 2010.
Joseph Scaddan was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Graeme William Schultz is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Peter Keith Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Henry "Harry" Crapp, commonly known as "Ivo" Crapp was a leading Australian rules football field umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL) at its formation in the 1890s, and with the West Australian Football League in the early 1900s.
Gerald Ugle is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Brendan Lee is a former professional Australian rules football player at the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and most notable for his long career with East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Alister Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1994. He was recruited from the South Bendigo Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) to Essendon with the 26th selection in the 1989 VFL Draft. He spent four years at Essendon without playing senior football, before being selected by St Kilda with the last selection in the 1994 Preseason Draft.
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.
Paul McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA) sides Prahran and Port Melbourne.
Trevor James Heath was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Robert W. "Bob" Thompson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). While with Essendon he won a reserves premiership in 1968. After leaving the Bombers, he played with Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and then returned to his original team, Castlemaine. He was later an assistant coach of Essendon's under-19s and coached Essendon Grammar Old Boys.