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- ↑ A night for Fremantle legends
- ↑ Legendary status for Moss
- ↑ Old Easts make WA Football’s Hall of Fame
- ↑ WA Football Hall of Fame inductees announced
- ↑ Clarke, Tim (10 March 2009). "Fame never stops for Winmar". WAtoday . Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
- ↑ 2010 Inductees Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 2011 Inductees Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Townsend, John (3 March 2012). "O'Connell joins WA greats". The West Australian .
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- ↑ Beattie, Adrian (11 July 2015). "WA footy greats heading for Hall of Fame".
- ↑ "2017 WA Football Hall of Fame inductees". 17 November 2017.
- ↑ "Michael a legend, Eagles trio inducted". PerthNow. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.