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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 17 JULY 18, 2015 $3.00 New Legend in WA Football Hall of Fame Landmark Country Football Championships wrap Previews THE TLC GROUP THE LIFTING COMPANY www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Lifting,There Rigging is andAlways Height a Safety Solution Specialists Specialists in Lifting, Rigging and Height Safety Equipment TLC SURFACE TREATMENT www.TLCSurfaceTreatment.com.au Protective Coating Applicators Perth’s Industrial Spray Painting & Sandblasting Specialists TLC FABRICATION www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Engineering, Design & Fabrication THE LIFTING COMPANY Professionals in Fabrication www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au There is Always a Solution Proud sponsors of the Perth Demons Football Club Ph: (08) 9353 4333 www.theTLCgroup.com.au CONTENTS 3 Every Week 7 .................................................................Tipping 7 ...................................Tweets of the Week 20-22 .......................................................... WAFC 29 .........................................Country Football 30 ........................................Amateur Football 31 ....................................................... Club Notes 32 ...................................................................Stats 33 ...................................Ladders & Results 34 ...........................................................Fixtures Features 4-5 ..........................................New LEGEND in WA Football Hall of Fame 6 ......................................................Collectables 24-28 ............................Landmark Country Football Championships wrap Game Time 9 ............................................................Previews 11 .....................................Fremantle v Carlton 11 .......................Collingwood v West Coast 12-13 ...................................Claremont v Peel 14-15 ...............................East Perth v Perth 16-17 ......... Swan Districts v West Perth 18-19CO ....East Fremantle v South NFremantle TENTS 4 A legend and a Young Gun join WA greats JOHNNY Leonard was he is credited with building the team which went on the 3,913th player to to win the 1933 premiership, the club’s last. appear in the VFL/AFL He coached West Perth for three seasons and competition and this won two premierships before securing a hat-trick at Claremont in 1938-40. He coached his last season week he became the following World War II in 1946. 16th Legend of the West Leonard won the Sandover Medal in 1926 (the Publisher Australian Football Hall This publication is proudly produced first English-born player to do so) and was awarded for the WA Football Commission by of Fame. a retrospective medal for the 1929 season after Media Tonic. Born in England in 1903, finishing second on a countback. Phone 9388 7844 By Tracey Lewis Fax 9388 7866 Leonard went on to establish From one of the oldest members of the Hall of Sales: [email protected] a remarkable career as a Fame to youngest ever inductee. Editor player in the 1920s and as a coach in the 1930s and This year’s crop included Paul Hasleby, who Tracey Lewis 1940s. played at both East and South Fremantle and joined Email: [email protected] He was one of the inaugural inductees in the Ben Allan and Peter Bell as the third Fremantle Photography WA Football Hall of Fame in 2004 but has now been Football Club member of the prestigious group. Andrew Ritchie, William Crabb, Belinda Pike & Duncan Watkinson elevated to Legend status alongside Haydn Bunton At the age of 34, Hasleby is now the youngest Jnr, Barry Cable, George Doig, Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, Design/Typesetting Hall of Fame inductee. Jacqueline Holland Stan ‘Pops’ Heal, Denis Marshall, Phil Matson, Merv Glen Jakovich was 35 when he was inducted in Direction Design and Print McIntosh, Steve Marsh, George Moloney, Graham 2008 and John Worsfold was 35and-a-half when he Printing Moss, Jack Sheedy, John Todd, WJ ‘Nipper’ Truscott was an inaugural inductee in 2004. Peter Matera and Data Documents and Bill Walker. Peter Bell were both 37 when they were inducted in www.datadocuments.com.au The West Australian Football Commission 2006 and 2013 respectively. Cover established the WA Football Hall of Fame to honour Hasleby was inducted alongside former East Fremantle Derby action from Round players, coaches, umpires, administrators and Fremantle great Con Regan and South Fremantle 10. Showcase Photographix media representatives who have made a significant champion Tom Grljusich, Kevin Clune, Syd Jackson, The Football Budget is printed on contribution to the game in this State. Since the WA Stan Nowotny, John Wynne and Oliver Drake Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced Football Hall of Fame’s inauguration, 153 individuals Brockman. from a sustainably managed forest and across four eras have been inducted. Hasleby was a mentally-tough, ball-winning uses manufacturing processes of the Leonard was a diminutive rover who was highest environmental standards. midfielder who tasted success at a young age. Bouncedown is printed by an captain-coach of South Melbourne in 1932 where He represented WA at the Under 16 and Under Environmental Accredited printer. 18s National Championships and won the Larke The magazine is 100% recyclable. »Johnny Leonard with fellow Sandover Medal for best player in Division One at the 1999 WAFL admission prices medallists Barry Cable and Mick Grasso Under 18 carnival. $15 – Adult* At the start of the 1999 season he joined East $12 – Concession* Fremantle and achieved immediate success at senior 2 for 1 offer – Student Edge Member* Free – Children U16 level, playing 18 games and winning the Lynn Medal *Includes a copy of Football Budget (league fairest and best award) despite missing three games mid-season while at the U18 carnival. Find us on Taken by Fremantle with their second selection of the 1999 National draft, Hasleby made his AFL debut in Round 1, 2000. In an extraordinary debut performance against Geelong at Subiaco, he had Copyright © No part of this publication may 16 kicks, 14 handballs and kicked 1 goal 2. His 30 be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system without the permission of the publisher. disposals earned him the first nomination for the Opinions expressed in the Football Budget 2000 Norwich Rising Star award (which he went are not necessarily those of the WAFC. on to win that year) and he was runner-up to Troy The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is Cook in Fremantle’s fairest and best count, the Doig accurate, but gives no warranty in relation Medal. thereto and disclaims all liability for claims against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Hasleby become just the second West Australian Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other after Cousins to win the AFL Rising Star Award and person, which may rise from any person acting on the materials contained herein. was a top five placegetter in Fremantle’s Doig medal in an outstanding six of his 10 AFL seasons. Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 5 Stan Nowotny Player 1969-1983 Games: 285 (Swan Districts 278, 2015 Western Australia 7) L Goals: 100 (Swan Districts 100) e d Honours: Swan Districts premiership g e n player 1982, 1983; Swan Districts fairest and best 1974; Sandover Medal runner up 1974, 1975; Swan Districts John Leonard captain 1977-1981; Swan Districts Player-coach 1922-46 Team of the Century Games: 183 (Subiaco 146; South Melbourne 12; WA 25) Honours: Subiaco premiership Tom Grljusich player 1924; West Perth Player 1960 – 1976 premiership coach 1934-35, Games: 316 (South Fremantle 258, Claremont premiership coach Central Districts 49, WA 3, SA 6) 1938-40; Sandover Medal 1926, 29; Goals 205 (South Fremantle 126, Subiaco fairest and best 1926-30; Central Districts 77, WA 2) AFL Hall of Fame (Coach) 1996 Honours: South Fremantle premiership player 1970; Club fairest and best 1968, 1972 (South Fremantle), 1966 (Central Districts); club leading goal kicker 1972 (South 2015 inductees: Fremantle) 1967 (Central Districts); South Fremantle games record holder Con Regan 1976 – 2003; South Fremantle Life Member 1974 Player 1953-1965 Games 269 (East Fremantle 262, WA 7) Goals 148 (East Fremantle 146, WA 2) John Wynne Honours: East Fremantle premiership player 1957; East Player 1966-1982 Fremantle leading goal kicker 1955, Games: 290 (West Perth 85, Norwood 1962; 193, WA 4, SA 8) East Fremantle club games record Goals: 192 (West Perth 79, Norwood holder 1964-1988; Life Member East 110, WA 3) Fremantle 1963; East Fremantle Honours: West Perth premiership Hall of Fame 2012; EF Team of the player 1969; Norwood premiership Century 1997; Fremantle Hall of player 1975 (Captain), 1978; West Legends 1997 Perth coach 1985-1987; Norwood captain 1975-1977 Australian representative “Galahs”1968 Australian Kevin Clune Football World Tour; Norwood Life Member; Norwood Team of the Player 1954-1966 Century Games: 239 (Claremont 231, Western Australia 8) Goals: 106 (Claremont 106, Western Australia 0) Paul Hasleby Honours: Claremont premiership Player 1999 – 2011 player 1964; Claremont fairest and Games: 244 (Fremantle 208, East best 1960, 1964; Claremont captain Fremantle 19, South Fremantle 16 WA 1) 1958, 1960 (part); Claremont Life Goals: 174 (Fremantle 131, East Member; Claremont Best Ever Team Fremantle 18, South Fremantle 24 (Post War) 1993 WA 1) Honours: East Fremantle fairest and best 1999; All Australian 2003; AFL Syd Jackson Rising Star 2000; Ross Glendinning Player 1963-1977 Medal 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009; Games: 254 (East