List of Western Bulldogs captains

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This is a list of all captains of the Western Bulldogs, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's.

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VFL/AFL

DatesCaptain(s)Notes
1926 Allan Hopkins
1927–1928 Paddy Scanlan
1929–1930 Allan Hopkins
1931–1932 Bill Cubbins
1933 Ivan McAlpine
1934 Bill Cubbins
Alby Morrison
1935 Alby Morrison
1936 Stan Penberthy
1937 Sid Dockendorff
Alby Morrison
1938–1939 Roy Evans
1940–1942 Norman Ware
1943–1946 Arthur Olliver
1947 Harry Hickey
1948–1950 Arthur Olliver
1951–1955 Charlie Sutton 1954 Premiership Captain
1956 Charlie Sutton
Wally Donald
1957 Harvey Stevens
Ted Whitten
Ted Whitten Longest Serving Captain
1958–1969 Ted Whitten Longest Serving Captain
1970 Ted Whitten
Stuart Magee
Ted Whitten Longest Serving Captain
1971–1972 Gary Dempsey
1973 David Thorpe
1974–1976 Laurie Sandilands
1977–1978 Gary Dempsey
1979–1981 Geoff Jennings
1982 Kelvin Templeton
1983–1985 Jim Edmond
1986–1988 Rick Kennedy
1989 Stephen Wallis
1990–1993 Doug Hawkins
1994–2000 Scott Wynd
2001–2004 Chris Grant
2005–2006 Luke Darcy
2007–2010 Brad Johnson
2011–2013 Matthew Boyd
2014 Ryan Griffen
2015–2017 Robert Murphy
2018–2019 Easton Wood 2016 premiership captain
2020– Marcus Bontempelli

AFL Women's

DatesCaptain(s)Notes
2017–2018 Katie Brennan Ellie Blackburn was premiership captain in 2018 in Brennan's absence.
2019 Katie Brennan
Ellie Blackburn
Co-captains
2020-present Ellie Blackburn

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