West Coast Eagles
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The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football
club which plays in the Australian Football League
. The club is based in Perth
, Western Australia
. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season
. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval
(currently also known as Patersons Stadium due to a sponsorship agreement). The club also played games at the WACA Ground
between 1987
and 2000.
The Eagles are currently one of the wealthiest, most-supported and successful clubs in the AFL, winning three premierships since entering the competition, in 1992
, 1994
and 2006
. In terms of overall win percentage, the Eagles are the fourth-most successful club in VFL/AFL history, and the most successful non-Victoria
n club, with an overall win percentage of 55.15%.
. The club appointed Ron Alexander
as its first head coach on 22 September 1986 and revealed its 32-men squad for its first season on 30 October that year.
The club's first official home and away match at Subiaco Oval against Richmond
on 29 March 1987 was played before a crowd of 23,897. The fledgling Eagles, down by 33 points at the final change, somehow managed to outscore the visiting and tiring Tigers nine goals to one in the final term to run out 14 point winners – a club record last quarter comeback that lasted until round 10 of 2006. By season's end, the club had split its games with eleven wins and eleven losses for a seventh place finish, but despite this quite respectable effort, inaugural coach Ron Alexander
was sacked from the position and replaced with WA coaching legend John Todd
.
The 1988 season saw the Eagles improve to become one of the strongest teams of the competition, finishing the home and away season in fourth, before narrowly losing the Elimination Final to Melbourne
by two points. Despite this loss, the mood was upbeat at the club for the future, although it was the last game for inaugural captain Glendinning.
However, the 1989 season put the club under a lot of pressure. Injuries and poor form led to the club only winning two matches in the first fifteen rounds of the season, culminating in the "Windy Hill Massacre", where the Eagles lost by a club record 142 points to Essendon
. In the nadir of this season, with major financial problems besetting the club and a bleak outlook, there was even talk of disbanding the club and reverting back to the WAFL as the senior competition in Western Australia. However, the Eagles rallied with five wins in the last seven weeks of the season. While it was enough to stave off the wolves, it was not enough to keep John Todd in the role of senior coach, nor allow first year captain Murray Rance
to retain the role.
As the VFL made way for the new AFL, the Eagles entered the 1990s with a new coach, Mick Malthouse
, a Victorian recruited from Footscray
, and a new captain in Steve Malaxos
who had won the club's first club champion award in 1987. The change in leadership, and the rise of a few younger players, led to a resurgence at the club winning sixteen games on the way to a third place finish at the end of the home and away season. This led to a berth in the Qualifying Final against Collingwood
, which resulted in a famous draw, but the Eagles could not win the replay
, and despite beating Melbourne
in the First Semi Final, bowed out a fortnight later to Essendon in the Preliminary Final.
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|-
| width=200 | 1991 AFL Grand Final
|| G || B || Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Hawthorn
|| 20 || 19 || 139
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 13 || 8 || 86
|-
| Venue: Waverley Park
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 75,230
|}
As 1991 started, out of favour captain Malaxos was replaced with youngster John Worsfold
. That didn't seem to affect the club as the season saw what was probably the most dominant Eagles side, winning the first twelve games of the season, a club-record nineteen games in the home and away series, and the Eagles' first minor premiership. However, the young team struggled with the finals pressure exerted by such a dominant season, and while they made the 1991 AFL Grand Final
, it was lost to Hawthorn
by 53 points in front of a crowd of 75,230. It was the only Grand Final ever to be played at Waverley Park
, and the first in the AFL to feature a non-Victorian side.
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|-
| width=200 | 1992 AFL Grand Final
|| G || B || Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 16 || 17 || 113
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Geelong
|| 12 || 13 || 85
|-
| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 95,007
|}
The Eagles weren't as strong through the 1992 season, but managed to get a reasonable spot in the finals, winning a classic final against Hawthorn on the way to a Grand Final appearance, this time against Geelong
at the MCG
. The Eagles struggled early in the match, trailing by as much as four goals, but ended up over-running the Cats to win by 28 points and claim the club's first ever premiership, with Peter Matera winning the Norm Smith Medal
for best on ground. The 1992 Premiership was the first senior AFL premiership won by a team from outside Victoria.
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|-
| width=200 | 1994 AFL Home & Away Season
|| W || L || D ||Total || %
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 16 || 6 || 0 || 64 || 132.2
|-
|
| colspan=9 | Minor Premiers
|}
The year of 1993 saw relatively little premiership points separate the finalists, and although West Coast were in the mix, the team never fully clicked across the season.
In 1994 the Eagles again won the minor premiership at the end of the home and away season – the clubs second McClelland Trophy
.
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|-
| width=200 | 1994 AFL Grand Final
|| G || B || Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 20 || 23 || 143
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Geelong
|| 8 || 15 || 63
|-
| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 93,860
|}
This time they managed to carry the form through the finals series, despite a scare in the opening week of the finals when Collingwood nearly sneaked over the line in a close game at the WACA Ground
. In the end the Eagles did not lose a match in the series, culminating in an 80 point thrashing of Geelong in the Grand Final for the club's second premiership. Dean Kemp
was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground on this occasion.
was introduced to the WA football market, heightening competition for the West Australian audience and forming a fierce rivalry to become the Western Derby
, a twice yearly encounter between the two clubs. The derby was for much of the 90s a West Coast affair, with the Eagles winning the first nine encounters before the Dockers finally won the later derby of 1999.
Meanwhile the club's performances on the field slipped a little from the heights of the early 90s, but never so far as to not make the finals. After bowing out quietly in 1995, the Eagles won their opening final in 1996, resulting in what would normally have been a home semi final against Essendon. However, due to what Eagles fans saw as a poorly constructed contract between the league and the MCG, the game was scheduled to be played at the MCG instead of Subiaco. In all the furore the Eagles were comprehensively thrashed. On a brighter note, young Eagle Ben Cousins
won the club's first AFL Rising Star award for the best rookie in the competition for 1996.
.
In the second week of the 1999 season the Eagles again found themselves in the situation where they earned a home final (after beating the Western Bulldogs at the MCG in the first week), but once again the MCG contract denied the club the right to host the final, and the Eagles faced Carlton and lost on the road. This rule later cost the Adelaide Crows the right to host a Semi Final in 2002, and the Brisbane Lions
a Preliminary Final in 2004 (both of which were played against Victorian opposition at the MCG) before it was finally abolished.
The 1999 season is probably more remembered for the continual rumours that linked coach Mick Malthouse to the senior coaching role at Collingwood; the rumours ended up being proven correct when Malthouse was released from his contract to the club for the 2000 season, to be replaced with Ken Judge
. Also notable in 1999 was the first (and currently only) Eagle to top the AFL goalkicking, when Scott Cummings
won the Coleman Medal with 95 goals but did not make the All Australian Team.
However as bad as 2000 might have been, the 2001 season was the club's all time nadir. In a shocking season, crueled by injury, older players falling away, and general mutterings of dissatisfaction, the club won only five matches for the entire year, all against other bottom four sides; the fourteenth place finish was by far the lowest in the club's history until winning their inaugural wooden spoon for finishing last in the 2010 season. Against rumours of player dissatisfaction, and even revolt, Ken Judge was sacked from the coaching role, to be replaced in turn by former premiership captain John Worsfold.
in its round two match against .
The 2003 and 2004 seasons were opposites of each other. In 2003, the Eagles ran riot early, sitting in the high reaches of the ladder mid-season before injury took out the second part of the season and the club slumped to finish just inside the finals, and were bundled straight out; in 2004, the season was looking down the barrel early, but a dramatic late-season recovery saw the Eagles steal a spot in the finals in the last week of the home and away season, only to be thrashed in a thunderstorm by the Sydney Swans
first up.
2004 however saw the first ever Eagle to win Australian Football's highest individual award, when Chris Judd
won the Brownlow Medal in a canter. Previous best West Coast performances had been runner-up efforts from Craig Turley
in 1991, Peter Matera in 1994 and 1997, and Ben Cousins in 2003.
. Despite this, the Eagles turned it around in the finals to make the Grand Final against the Sydney Swans
. However, in reverse of the result in the 2005 Qualifying Final which the Eagles won by 4 points, the Swans managed to hold out the Eagles to win the low scoring encounter by four points. There was some consolation for Eagles fans with Chris Judd being awarded the Norm Smith medal in a losing side which, with captain Ben Cousins having already won the Brownlow Medal, highlighted the quality of the West Coast midfield.
|-
| width=200 | 2006 AFL Home & Away Season
|| W || L || D ||Total || %
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 17 || 5 || 0 || 68 || 120.4
|-
|
| colspan=9 | Minor Premiers
|}
Despite promises to turn it around in 2006, the season looked set to start badly, with Cousins stripped of his captaincy, former All-Australian ruckman Michael Gardiner
relegated to play at Claremont in the WAFL
for continued indiscretions including drinking the night before a practise match and Ashley Sampi
having some domestic trouble. Chris Judd was appointed to replace Cousins as expected, while Gardiner did make it back to the club to play a couple of games, before crashing his car whilst under the influence of alcohol – which saw him made persona non grata at the club, and traded to St Kilda.
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|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
| width=200 | 2006 AFL Grand Final
|| G || B || Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 12 || 13 || 85
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Sydney
|| 12 || 12 || 84
|-
| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 97,431
|}
Despite all this, the Eagles started the season in fairly good form, winning eleven of the opening twelve matches, including a couple of notable comebacks; particularly a club record recovery against Geelong from 54 points down in the third quarter. The Eagles then struggled for a few weeks, slipping off the pace, before good late season form enabled them to win the minor premiership at the end of the season over a slipping Adelaide Crows, the clubs third McClelland Trophy
.
In the 2006 finals, the Eagles were favourites in every game and lost the opening match at Subiaco to Sydney by 1 point, but came back strong to thrash the Bulldogs in the Semi Final, and come from behind against the Crows in the Preliminary Final to book a berth in the Grand Final, once again against the Swans. The Grand Final ended up with a mirror of the 2006 Qualifying Final result between these two teams, the Eagles winning one of the great Grand Finals of recent years by a solitary point. The first Grand Final decided by this margin since 1966. Andrew Embley was awarded the Norm Smith medal for best on ground.
in the opening week of the finals.
The Eagles finals series was cruelled by injuries to key players, something that had been quite common in the latter half of the season, exacerbated by a hamstring injury to Ben Cousins when leading Port Adelaide in the first week. Ultimately West Coast crashed out of the finals in straight sets, losing to Port by three points in the opening week before losing to Collingwood by 19 points in a highly exciting final that went into extra time for only the second time since the extra time rule had been implemented.
In a blow to the club, premiership captain Chris Judd
declared his intention to move back to his home city of Melbourne for the 2008 season, prompting much speculation over his final destination.
Capping off an annus horribilis
for the club, former Eagles champion Chris Mainwaring
died on 1 October 2007, at his home, and his death was widely reported to be the result of drug-taking. This became a major issue in the media, when it was revealed that Cousins had visited Mainwaring at his home the same night, just prior to his death. Cousins volunteered for a drug test following the event. This – on top of Cousins' banishment, Chris Judd's departure and a string of minor incidents (such as Michael Braun's Western Derby speech stunt and the Adam Selwood incident involving Des Headland, all in the Western Derby
) – contributed to an impression that 2007 was a disaster for the Eagles, despite a relatively successful year on the field. The horror season continued for West Coast Eagles when Ben Cousins was sacked by the club on the 17 October 2007 after being arrested for drug possession and other offences the previous day.
, the first in the club's history, after winning only four games for the season.
, at home. This remained their only loss at home for the season.
They did, however, bounce back in the following two rounds; narrowly losing to one of the premiership favourites at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania and comfortably beating at home by 9 goals. Round 7 saw the Eagles lose to a young outfit at Etihad Stadium by 16 points, after leading for majority of the match and Daniel Kerr
picking up 28 disposals and a goal. The round 8 derby proved somewhat of an easy challenge as the Eagles overcame their cross-town rivals by 33 points, despite missing stars Daniel Kerr
and Andrew Embley
due to injuries in the warm-up. Matthew Priddis
won the Ross Glendinning Medal
for best-on-ground in the derby. Round 9 saw the West Coast Eagles cruise to a 123 point win against the Western Bulldogs
with a 10 goal to none final quarter. Josh Kennedy kicked 10 goals and Luke Shuey
kicked 5 goals for the game.
It was announced on 12 April that West Coast would be dropping Hungry Jacks as a sponsor, ending a 25 year partnership. West Coast will form a new partnership with Bankwest, which, ironically, were the former sponsors of cross town rivals .
Round 16 saw the Eagles defeat the ladder leaders in a thrilling 96–88 match, which had only been defeated in one game the whole season coming the week prior to Essendon. This created an excellent opportunity for the team to push into the top 4 sides on the AFL Ladder and secure a home final. It was their first win over the Cats since Round 10, 2006 and first at home since Round 2, 2005. At season's end, the West Coast Eagles eclipsed Carlton on the ladder.
West Coast then entered its first finals campaign in four years, but lost its Qualifying Final against the defending premiers . Granted a home final for finishing fourth at the end of the season, they then met in the second semi-final, and won a thriller by less than one goal after a late Carlton fightback stalled with only seconds remaining in the match. The Eagles' season of improvement then finished on a disappointing note losing convincingly to the eventual premiers whom they had beaten in Round 16 of the season.
The Eagles' jump from 16th to fourth is currently the equal most amount of spots gained over one season; thus, the Eagles became the first team since the Brisbane Lions
of 1998-1999 to reach a preliminary final twelve months after winning a wooden spoon.
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Finishing position !! Coach !! Captain !! Best and Fairest !! Leading Goalkicker !! Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman!! Rookie of the Year
|-
| 1987 || 7th|| Ron Alexander
|| Ross Glendinning
|| Steve Malaxos
|| Ross Glendinning
(38) || Glen Bartlett
|| Chris Mainwaring
|-
| 1988 || 5th || John Todd
|| Ross Glendinning
|| John Worsfold
|| Ross Glendinning
(73) || Phil Scott
|| Guy McKenna
|-
| 1989 || 10th|| John Todd
|| Murray Rance
|| Guy McKenna
|| Peter Sumich
(45) || Geoff Miles
|| Peter Sumich
|-
| 1990 || 3rd || Mick Malthouse
|| Steve Malaxos
|| Chris Lewis
|| Peter Sumich
(90) || Phil Scott
|| Dean Kemp
|-
| 1991 || 2nd || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Craig Turley
|| Peter Sumich
(111) || Chris Waterman
|| Glen Jakovich
|-
| 1992 || Premiers || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Dean Kemp
|| Peter Sumich
(82) || David Hynes
|| Matt Clape
|-
| 1993 || 4th || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Glen Jakovich
/Don Pyke
|| Peter Sumich
(76) || John Worsfold
|| Drew Banfield
|-
| 1994 || Premiers || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Glen Jakovich
|| Peter Sumich
(49) || Guy McKenna
|| Shane Bond
|-
| 1995 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Glen Jakovich
|| Jason Ball (43) || Michael Brennan
|| Fraser Gehrig
|-
| 1996 || 5th || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Drew Banfield
|| Mitchell White
(37) || Tony Evans
|| Andrew Donnelly
|-
| 1997 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Peter Matera || Peter Sumich
(33) || Chris Mainwaring
|| Josh Wooden
|-
| 1998 || 7th || Mick Malthouse
|| John Worsfold
|| Ashley McIntosh
|| Fraser Gehrig
(42) || John Worsfold
|| Phillip Read
|-
| 1999 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
|| Guy McKenna
|| Guy McKenna
|| Scott Cummings
(95) || Dean Kemp
||
Laurie Bellotti
|-
| 2000 || 13th || Ken Judge
|| Guy McKenna
|| Glen Jakovich
|| Phil Matera (49) || Phil Matera ||
Darren Glass
|-
| 2001 || 14th || Ken Judge
|| Ben Cousins
and
Dean Kemp
|| Ben Cousins
|| Troy Wilson (40) || Rowan Jones
|| Daniel Kerr
|-
| 2002 || 8th || John Worsfold
|| Ben Cousins
|| Ben Cousins
|| Phil Matera (46) || Drew Banfield
|| Chris Judd
|-
| 2003 || 8th || John Worsfold
|| Ben Cousins
|| Ben Cousins
|| Phil Matera (62) || Michael Braun || Ashley Sampi
|-
| 2004 || 8th || John Worsfold
|| Ben Cousins
|| Chris Judd
|| Phil Matera (61) || Josh Wooden
|| Mark Seaby
|-
| 2005 || 2nd || John Worsfold
|| Ben Cousins
|| Ben Cousins
|| Phil Matera (38) || Andrew Embley
|| Ashley Hansen
|-
| 2006 || Premiers || John Worsfold
|| Chris Judd
|| Chris Judd
|| Quinten Lynch
(65) || Dean Cox || Jaymie Graham
|-
| 2007 || 5th || John Worsfold
|| Chris Judd
||Darren Glass
||Quinten Lynch
(52) ||Ashley Hansen
|| Matthew Priddis
|-
| 2008 || 15th || John Worsfold
|| Darren Glass
|| Dean Cox || Ben McKinley
(42) || Jaymie Graham
|| Ben McKinley
|-
| 2009 || 11th || John Worsfold
|| Darren Glass
|| Darren Glass
|| Mark LeCras
(58) || Beau Waters
|| Chris Masten
|-
| 2010 || 16th || John Worsfold
|| Darren Glass
|| Mark LeCras
|| Mark LeCras
(63) || Mark Nicoski
|| Nic Naitanui
|-
| 2011 || 4th || John Worsfold
|| Darren Glass
|| Darren Glass
|| Josh Kennedy (59) || Brett Jones
|| Luke Shuey
|}
Note: The Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman Award was created in 2007, after his death. Ashley Hansen
won the inaugural award.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year of induction !! Inductees
|-
| 1994 || Michael Brennan
, Dwayne Lamb
, Chris Lewis
, Chris Mainwaring
, John Worsfold
(all players)
|-
| 1995 || David Hart
, Guy McKenna
(both players)
|-
| 1996 || Hank Gloede (property manager), Dean Kemp
(player), Bill Sutherland (head trainer)
|-
| 1997 || Mick Malthouse
(coach), Peter Matera, Peter Sumich
, Chris Waterman
(all players)
|-
| 1998 || Brett Heady
, Glen Jakovich
, Ashley McIntosh
|-
| 1999 || Murray McHenry (chairman)
|-
| 2000 || Drew Banfield
, Mitchell White
(both players)
|-
| 2002 || Ross Nicholas (marketing manager), Brian Edwards (manager), Ken Fitch, Rod Moore (both team doctors)
|-
| 2003 || Ben Cousins
, Don Pyke
(both players), Robert Wiley
(player and coach)
|-
| 2004 || Karl Langdon
, Phil Matera (both players), Trevor Nisbett
(CEO)
|-
| 2005 || Michael Braun, Tony Evans
, Peter Wilson (all players)
|-
| 2006 || Craig Turley
, Ryan Turnbull
, David Wirrpanda
(all players), David Jones (board member)
|-
| 2007 || Chad Fletcher
, Rowan Jones
(both players, Brian Dawson (coach), Anna Durante (secretary), Tim Gepp (match committee chairman)
|-
| 2008 || Dean Cox, Andrew Embley
, Darren Glass
, Daniel Kerr
, Phil Scott
(all players)
|-
| 2009 || Dalton Gooding
(chairman), Nigel Satterley
(board member), Adam Hunter
, Quinten Lynch
(both players)
|-
| 2010 || Jeff Newman
|-
| 2011 || Adam Selwood
(player), Richard Godfrey (Chief Operating Officer), Glenn Stewart (High Performance Manager)
|}
Source:
{| class="wikitable"
|- border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"
| Backs: || David Hart
|| Michael Brennan
|| Ashley McIntosh
|-
| Half Backs: || Guy McKenna
|| Glen Jakovich
|| John Worsfold
|-
| Centres: || Peter Matera || Dean Kemp
|| Chris Mainwaring
|-
| Half Forwards: || Brett Heady
|| Mitchell White
|| Craig Turley
|-
| Forwards: || Chris Lewis
|| Peter Sumich
|| Tony Evans
|-
| Ruck: || Ryan Turnbull
|| Don Pyke
|| Dwayne Lamb
|-
| Interchange: || Chris Waterman
|| Steve Malaxos
|| Peter Wilson
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"
| Backs: || David Wirrpanda
|| Ashley McIntosh
|| Michael Brennan
|-
| Half Backs: || Guy McKenna
|| Glen Jakovich
|| John Worsfold
(Captain)
|-
| Centres: || Peter Matera || Dean Kemp
|| Chris Mainwaring
|-
| Half Forwards: || Brett Heady
|| Mitchell White
|| Chris Lewis
|-
| Forwards: || Phillip Matera
|| Peter Sumich
|| Tony Evans
|-
| Ruck: || Dean Cox || Chris Judd
|| Ben Cousins
|-
| Interchange: || Chris Waterman
|| Drew Banfield
|| Don Pyke
|-
| ||Dwayne Lamb
||
|-
| Coach: ||Michael Malthouse
|}
was established in 1996:
is awarded to the best player in the competition during the home-and-away season as voted by the umpires:
Winners:
Runners-up:
is awarded to the best player in the competition as voted by the AFL Players Association:
The Best Captain Award is awarded to the best captain
as voted by the AFL Players Association:
The Best First-Year Player Award is awarded to the best first-year player as voted by the AFL Players Association:
is awarded to the player judged best-on-ground in the AFL Grand Final
:
is awarded to the player who kicks the most goals in the AFL competition during the home-and-away season:
is awarded to the player judged to have kicked the best goal during a particular season:
is awarded to the player judged to have taken the best mark
during a particular season:
is awarded to the best player in the West Australian Football League
:
is a representative team consisting of the best players during a particular season. Prior to 1991 it was awarded to the best players in each interstate football carnival
.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Eagles players selected
|-
| 1987 || Phil Narkle
|-
| 1988 || Steve Malaxos
|-
| 1991 || Guy McKenna
, Chris Mainwaring
, Peter Matera, Craig Turley
|-
| 1992 || Dean Kemp
|-
| 1993 || Peter Matera, Guy McKenna
|-
| 1994 || Peter Matera, Guy McKenna
, David Hart
, Glen Jakovich
|-
| 1995 || Glen Jakovich
|-
| 1996 || Peter Matera, Chris Mainwaring
, Mitchell White
|-
| 1997 || Peter Matera, Fraser Gehrig
|-
| 1998 || Ben Cousins
, Ashley McIntosh
|-
| 1999 || Ben Cousins
|-
| 2001 || Ben Cousins
|-
| 2002 || Ben Cousins
|-
| 2003 || Michael Gardiner
, Phil Matera
|-
| 2004 || Chad Fletcher
, Chris Judd
|-
| 2005 || Ben Cousins
, Dean Cox, David Wirrpanda
|-
| 2006 || Ben Cousins
, Chris Judd
, Dean Cox, Darren Glass
|-
| 2007 || Dean Cox, Darren Glass
, Daniel Kerr
|-
| 2008 || Dean Cox
|-
| 2010 || Mark LeCras
|-
| 2011 || Dean Cox, Darren Glass
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Eagles players selected
|-
| 1987 ||Ross Glendinning
|-
| 1988 ||John Worsfold
|-
| 1989 ||Guy McKenna
|-
| 1990 ||John Worsfold
, Chris Lewis
|}
Most goals: 514 – Peter Sumich
Highest score: 29.18 (192) vs. , 1988
, at the WACA Ground
Lowest score: 1.12 (18) vs. , 1989
, at Windy Hill
Greatest winning margin: 135 points vs. , 1995
, at Subiaco Oval
Greatest losing margin: 142 points vs. , 1989
, at Windy Hill
(WAFC) since 1989. It was originally owned by Indian Pacific Limited, a publicly listed company that was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange
in 1990 after 75% of the shares were bought out by the WAFC. The last minority shareholders were bought out in 2000. West Coast pay approximately $3 million in rent to the WAFC for the use of Subiaco Oval
, and 50–70% of overall profits. In 2011, it was reported that the AFL
lobbied to take over the ownership of both the Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club
from the WAFC.
of Subiaco Oval
.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Members !! Finishing position !! Average crowd
|-
|1998||37,496||7th||34,473
|-
|1999||36,212||5th||30,777
|-
|2000||38,868||13th||33,191
|-
|2001||38,649||14th||32,674
|-
|2002||34,880||8th||35,928
|-
|2003||36,234||7th||38,084
|-
|2004||40,792||7th||39,037
|-
|2005||42,406||2nd||40,243
|-
|2006||44,138
||1st||40,506
|-
|2007||45,949
||3rd|| 40,791
|-
|2008|| 44,863
||15th|| 34,452
|-
|2009||43,927
||11th|| 36,377
|-
|2010||44,160||16th||34,931
|-
|2011||54,745||4th||37,436
|}
It was written in the 1980s by Kevin Peek in collaboration with his studio team at the time, Trevor Spencer and Boyd Wilson.
Recorded at Kevin's studio in Rolleystone,engineered by Ric Curtin and sung by Perth musician and session singer Boyd Wilson with other local Perth singers joining the chorus
hit song that is played at home games, "Eagle Rock
".
in the Western Derby
twice a year since the Dockers' inception into the AFL in 1995. Currently, 32 derbies have been played with the Eagles winning twenty and the Dockers fourteen. West Coast won thirteen of the first fifteen, including the first nine consecutively, while the Dockers won seven consecutive games between August 2007 and May 2010.
In recent seasons West Coast have had the wood on Essendon, only losing to the Bombers three times since 2004.
. Six consecutive games between the two teams (from the 2005 Qualifying Final to Round 1 of 2007) were each been decided by less than a goal, resulting in two wins to Sydney and 4 to West Coast (including a Grand Final win each). The difference in aggregate across the six games was three points and the sum of the margins was thirteen points.
In 2005, Sydney lost the Qualifying Final to the Eagles by four points, only to later win the Grand Final by four points against the Eagles. In 2006, the Eagles lost the Qualifying Final to Sydney by one point, only to later win the Grand Final by one point against the Swans, claiming their third premiership.
This trend was broken when the teams clashed again in Round 16, 2007. The Eagles won the game 112–100, a margin almost as high as the combined total margins of the previous 6 contests between the two teams. Since then the Swans have had the upper hand over the Eagles, winning all of their games since 2008.
began after the Eagles won their first premiership against the heavily favoured Geelong in 1992, as well as their second in 1994. Although the rivalry has dimmed in recent years, it was revived after the Eagles won an amazing come-from-behind win in their premiership year of 2006, coming back from 54 points down in the third quarter. In 2008, the Eagles suffered its worst defeat in almost two decades, and its worst ever defeat at home, when they lost by 135 points at Subiaco Oval
.
In Round 16, 2011, West Coast caused an upset when they defeated the then-top-of-the-ladder Cats by eight points, for its first win over the side since Round 10, 2006.
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Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club which plays in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. The club is based in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season
1987 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1987.-Night Series: defeated 8.10 to 8.6 in the Final at Waverley Park.-Leading goalkickers:...
. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
(currently also known as Patersons Stadium due to a sponsorship agreement). The club also played games at the WACA Ground
WACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
between 1987
1987 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1987.-Night Series: defeated 8.10 to 8.6 in the Final at Waverley Park.-Leading goalkickers:...
and 2000.
The Eagles are currently one of the wealthiest, most-supported and successful clubs in the AFL, winning three premierships since entering the competition, in 1992
1992 AFL Grand Final
The 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,...
, 1994
1994 AFL Grand Final
The 1994 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1994. It was the 98th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,...
and 2006
2006 AFL Grand Final
The 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
. In terms of overall win percentage, the Eagles are the fourth-most successful club in VFL/AFL history, and the most successful non-Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
n club, with an overall win percentage of 55.15%.
Formation and first years
Formed in 1986, the West Coast Eagles were given only 160 days to assemble a team and establish an infrastructure for its inaugural season, 19871987 West Coast Eagles season
The 1987 VFL season was the West Coast Eagles' inaugural season in the Victorian Football League . The club was introduced to the competition as part of the VFL's expansion. Ron Alexander was appointed coach of the team and Ross Glendinning was appointed captain...
. The club appointed Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League and West Australian Football League as well as being the inaugural coach of the West Coast Eagles.-Playing career:...
as its first head coach on 22 September 1986 and revealed its 32-men squad for its first season on 30 October that year.
The club's first official home and away match at Subiaco Oval against Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
on 29 March 1987 was played before a crowd of 23,897. The fledgling Eagles, down by 33 points at the final change, somehow managed to outscore the visiting and tiring Tigers nine goals to one in the final term to run out 14 point winners – a club record last quarter comeback that lasted until round 10 of 2006. By season's end, the club had split its games with eleven wins and eleven losses for a seventh place finish, but despite this quite respectable effort, inaugural coach Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League and West Australian Football League as well as being the inaugural coach of the West Coast Eagles.-Playing career:...
was sacked from the position and replaced with WA coaching legend John Todd
John Todd (footballer)
John Todd is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. After becoming youngest ever winner of the Sandover Medal in his first year of senior football he suffered a serious knee injury, which affected his playing career...
.
The 1988 season saw the Eagles improve to become one of the strongest teams of the competition, finishing the home and away season in fourth, before narrowly losing the Elimination Final to Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
by two points. Despite this loss, the mood was upbeat at the club for the future, although it was the last game for inaugural captain Glendinning.
However, the 1989 season put the club under a lot of pressure. Injuries and poor form led to the club only winning two matches in the first fifteen rounds of the season, culminating in the "Windy Hill Massacre", where the Eagles lost by a club record 142 points to Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
. In the nadir of this season, with major financial problems besetting the club and a bleak outlook, there was even talk of disbanding the club and reverting back to the WAFL as the senior competition in Western Australia. However, the Eagles rallied with five wins in the last seven weeks of the season. While it was enough to stave off the wolves, it was not enough to keep John Todd in the role of senior coach, nor allow first year captain Murray Rance
Murray Rance
Murray Rance is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and West Coast in the Victorian Football League during the late 1980s....
to retain the role.
Malthouse arrival and first Grand Final: 1990–1991
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As the VFL made way for the new AFL, the Eagles entered the 1990s with a new coach, Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
, a Victorian recruited from Footscray
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
, and a new captain in Steve Malaxos
Steve Malaxos
Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...
who had won the club's first club champion award in 1987. The change in leadership, and the rise of a few younger players, led to a resurgence at the club winning sixteen games on the way to a third place finish at the end of the home and away season. This led to a berth in the Qualifying Final against Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, which resulted in a famous draw, but the Eagles could not win the replay
Grand Final Replay
A Grand Final Replay is a method of deciding the winner of a competition when a Grand Final is drawn. It is commonly used in football codes, particularly in Australian rules football, and most notably in the Australian Football League, where it has been used three times, most recently in...
, and despite beating Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
in the First Semi Final, bowed out a fortnight later to Essendon in the Preliminary Final.
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1991 AFL Grand Final
The 1991 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at Waverley Park in Melbourne on 28 September 1991. It was the 95th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
|| G || B || Total
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| style="text-align:left" | Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
|| 20 || 19 || 139
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| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 13 || 8 || 86
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| Venue: Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 75,230
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As 1991 started, out of favour captain Malaxos was replaced with youngster John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
. That didn't seem to affect the club as the season saw what was probably the most dominant Eagles side, winning the first twelve games of the season, a club-record nineteen games in the home and away series, and the Eagles' first minor premiership. However, the young team struggled with the finals pressure exerted by such a dominant season, and while they made the 1991 AFL Grand Final
1991 AFL Grand Final
The 1991 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at Waverley Park in Melbourne on 28 September 1991. It was the 95th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
, it was lost to Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
by 53 points in front of a crowd of 75,230. It was the only Grand Final ever to be played at Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
, and the first in the AFL to feature a non-Victorian side.
Premiership success: 1992–1994
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1992 AFL Grand Final
The 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,...
|| G || B || Total
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| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 16 || 17 || 113
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
|| 12 || 13 || 85
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| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 95,007
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The Eagles weren't as strong through the 1992 season, but managed to get a reasonable spot in the finals, winning a classic final against Hawthorn on the way to a Grand Final appearance, this time against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
. The Eagles struggled early in the match, trailing by as much as four goals, but ended up over-running the Cats to win by 28 points and claim the club's first ever premiership, with Peter Matera winning the Norm Smith Medal
Norm Smith Medal
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
for best on ground. The 1992 Premiership was the first senior AFL premiership won by a team from outside Victoria.
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1994 AFL season
-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series. It was the first season that the AFL implemented a top 8 team finals series...
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The year of 1993 saw relatively little premiership points separate the finalists, and although West Coast were in the mix, the team never fully clicked across the season.
In 1994 the Eagles again won the minor premiership at the end of the home and away season – the clubs second McClelland Trophy
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
.
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1994 AFL Grand Final
The 1994 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1994. It was the 98th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,...
|| G || B || Total
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| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 20 || 23 || 143
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| style="text-align:left" | Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
|| 8 || 15 || 63
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| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 93,860
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This time they managed to carry the form through the finals series, despite a scare in the opening week of the finals when Collingwood nearly sneaked over the line in a close game at the WACA Ground
WACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
. In the end the Eagles did not lose a match in the series, culminating in an 80 point thrashing of Geelong in the Grand Final for the club's second premiership. Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground on this occasion.
New rivalry: 1995–1996
In 1995, a local AFL club rival the Fremantle Football ClubFremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
was introduced to the WA football market, heightening competition for the West Australian audience and forming a fierce rivalry to become the Western Derby
Western Derby
The Western Derby is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Fremantle Football Club and West Coast Eagles, who both participate in the Australian Football League . As both teams are based in Western Australia, the term 'derby' is used to describe the...
, a twice yearly encounter between the two clubs. The derby was for much of the 90s a West Coast affair, with the Eagles winning the first nine encounters before the Dockers finally won the later derby of 1999.
Meanwhile the club's performances on the field slipped a little from the heights of the early 90s, but never so far as to not make the finals. After bowing out quietly in 1995, the Eagles won their opening final in 1996, resulting in what would normally have been a home semi final against Essendon. However, due to what Eagles fans saw as a poorly constructed contract between the league and the MCG, the game was scheduled to be played at the MCG instead of Subiaco. In all the furore the Eagles were comprehensively thrashed. On a brighter note, young Eagle Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
won the club's first AFL Rising Star award for the best rookie in the competition for 1996.
Finals failure: 1997–1999
The 1997 and 1998 seasons saw the Eagles mostly making up numbers in the finals, bowing out early both years, with the most notable incident being when captain John Worsfold was dropped for what would have been his final appearance in the 1998 Semi Final; oddly mirroring what happened to his predecessor in the role, Steve Malaxos, who was dropped for the 1990 Preliminary Final and never played for the club again. Worsfold was replaced in the captaincy by his vice captain, Guy McKennaGuy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
.
In the second week of the 1999 season the Eagles again found themselves in the situation where they earned a home final (after beating the Western Bulldogs at the MCG in the first week), but once again the MCG contract denied the club the right to host the final, and the Eagles faced Carlton and lost on the road. This rule later cost the Adelaide Crows the right to host a Semi Final in 2002, and the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
a Preliminary Final in 2004 (both of which were played against Victorian opposition at the MCG) before it was finally abolished.
The 1999 season is probably more remembered for the continual rumours that linked coach Mick Malthouse to the senior coaching role at Collingwood; the rumours ended up being proven correct when Malthouse was released from his contract to the club for the 2000 season, to be replaced with Ken Judge
Ken Judge
- Playing career :He was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club to Hawthorn and made an immediate impact in his VFL debut in 1983, being part of a premiership side in his first season and winning the Hawks' Best First Year Player award...
. Also notable in 1999 was the first (and currently only) Eagle to top the AFL goalkicking, when Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....
won the Coleman Medal with 95 goals but did not make the All Australian Team.
Ken Judge failure: 2000–2001
The Eagles might have started Judge's reign as coach impressively, thrashing reigning premiers North Melbourne in the opening game of 2000, and winning two games by over 100 points in three weeks against Adelaide and Fremantle, but it was to turn sour quite quickly in the latter part of the 2000 season. Sitting at six wins and five losses at the half way point of the season, injury struck, and West Coast slumped to win only one more match for the season, and missing the finals for the first time since 1989, and another change of captaincy, as McKenna retired to be replaced with Dean Kemp and Ben Cousins as co-captains. The Eagles also introduced a much maligned ochre colour to their home and away uniforms in these years, which have since been abandoned for the more traditional uniforms worn in previous years.However as bad as 2000 might have been, the 2001 season was the club's all time nadir. In a shocking season, crueled by injury, older players falling away, and general mutterings of dissatisfaction, the club won only five matches for the entire year, all against other bottom four sides; the fourteenth place finish was by far the lowest in the club's history until winning their inaugural wooden spoon for finishing last in the 2010 season. Against rumours of player dissatisfaction, and even revolt, Ken Judge was sacked from the coaching role, to be replaced in turn by former premiership captain John Worsfold.
John Worsfold arrival: 2002–2004
It appeared to be a poisoned chalice that was handed to Worsfold in his first senior coaching role: a team that was widely tipped to slump further to the bottom of the ladder. Most fans would have been satisfied with just an improvement in performance, but Worsfold and his mostly young charges surprised many, being almost unbeatable at home, and sneaking a couple of crucial away wins to make an unexpected finals appearance on the back of an eleven-win – eleven-loss home and away season in 2002. The Eagles lost first up and were eliminated, but it was a sign of improvement to come. The 2002 season saw the debut of 2001 draft pick Chris JuddChris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
in its round two match against .
The 2003 and 2004 seasons were opposites of each other. In 2003, the Eagles ran riot early, sitting in the high reaches of the ladder mid-season before injury took out the second part of the season and the club slumped to finish just inside the finals, and were bundled straight out; in 2004, the season was looking down the barrel early, but a dramatic late-season recovery saw the Eagles steal a spot in the finals in the last week of the home and away season, only to be thrashed in a thunderstorm by the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
first up.
2004 however saw the first ever Eagle to win Australian Football's highest individual award, when Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
won the Brownlow Medal in a canter. Previous best West Coast performances had been runner-up efforts from Craig Turley
Craig Turley
Craig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
in 1991, Peter Matera in 1994 and 1997, and Ben Cousins in 2003.
Sydney rivalry: 2005
Season 2005 saw the Eagles start by accounting for all opponents in the opening eight weeks before losing to then-bottom-placed Collingwood. The Eagles, however, recovered to be as much as five games clear, before a poor run home saw the club lose the final week and surrender the minor premiership to the Adelaide CrowsAdelaide Crows
The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
. Despite this, the Eagles turned it around in the finals to make the Grand Final against the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
. However, in reverse of the result in the 2005 Qualifying Final which the Eagles won by 4 points, the Swans managed to hold out the Eagles to win the low scoring encounter by four points. There was some consolation for Eagles fans with Chris Judd being awarded the Norm Smith medal in a losing side which, with captain Ben Cousins having already won the Brownlow Medal, highlighted the quality of the West Coast midfield.
Third premiership: 2006
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2006 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final...
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| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 17 || 5 || 0 || 68 || 120.4
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Despite promises to turn it around in 2006, the season looked set to start badly, with Cousins stripped of his captaincy, former All-Australian ruckman Michael Gardiner
Michael Gardiner
Michael S. Gardiner is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He played for the West Coast Eagles from 1997–2006 and the St Kilda Football Club from 2007–2011.- Early life :...
relegated to play at Claremont in the WAFL
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
for continued indiscretions including drinking the night before a practise match and Ashley Sampi
Ashley Sampi
Ashley Sampi is an indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
having some domestic trouble. Chris Judd was appointed to replace Cousins as expected, while Gardiner did make it back to the club to play a couple of games, before crashing his car whilst under the influence of alcohol – which saw him made persona non grata at the club, and traded to St Kilda.
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| width=200 | 2006 AFL Grand Final
2006 AFL Grand Final
The 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
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| style="text-align:left" | West Coast || 12 || 13 || 85
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| style="text-align:left" | Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
|| 12 || 12 || 84
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| Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
| colspan=3 | Crowd: 97,431
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Despite all this, the Eagles started the season in fairly good form, winning eleven of the opening twelve matches, including a couple of notable comebacks; particularly a club record recovery against Geelong from 54 points down in the third quarter. The Eagles then struggled for a few weeks, slipping off the pace, before good late season form enabled them to win the minor premiership at the end of the season over a slipping Adelaide Crows, the clubs third McClelland Trophy
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
.
End of an era: 2007
The Eagles 2007 pre-season was the most turbulent in the club's history, with midfielder Daniel Kerr charged with assault for two separate incidents, and former captain (and 2005 Brownlow Medallist) Ben Cousins suspended from the club indefinitely after continued breaches of team rules, most notably not turning up to training, leading to massive amounts of speculative reporting in the media. Despite this, the Eagles started the season in good form, winning their opening 6 matches, including another one point victory over the Sydney Swans. However the Eagles of 2007 were nowhere near as dominant as those of 2005 or 2006. Instead, the Eagles spent much of the year in the bottom part of the top four, even slipping out of the top four at times. At the end of the season, the Eagles finished third on the ladder, drawing an away final at Port AdelaidePort Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
in the opening week of the finals.
The Eagles finals series was cruelled by injuries to key players, something that had been quite common in the latter half of the season, exacerbated by a hamstring injury to Ben Cousins when leading Port Adelaide in the first week. Ultimately West Coast crashed out of the finals in straight sets, losing to Port by three points in the opening week before losing to Collingwood by 19 points in a highly exciting final that went into extra time for only the second time since the extra time rule had been implemented.
In a blow to the club, premiership captain Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
declared his intention to move back to his home city of Melbourne for the 2008 season, prompting much speculation over his final destination.
Capping off an annus horribilis
Annus horribilis
Annus horribilis is a Latin phrase meaning "horrible year", or alternatively, "year of horrors". It alludes to annus mirabilis meaning "year of wonders".-Elizabeth II:...
for the club, former Eagles champion Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
died on 1 October 2007, at his home, and his death was widely reported to be the result of drug-taking. This became a major issue in the media, when it was revealed that Cousins had visited Mainwaring at his home the same night, just prior to his death. Cousins volunteered for a drug test following the event. This – on top of Cousins' banishment, Chris Judd's departure and a string of minor incidents (such as Michael Braun's Western Derby speech stunt and the Adam Selwood incident involving Des Headland, all in the Western Derby
Western Derby
The Western Derby is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Fremantle Football Club and West Coast Eagles, who both participate in the Australian Football League . As both teams are based in Western Australia, the term 'derby' is used to describe the...
) – contributed to an impression that 2007 was a disaster for the Eagles, despite a relatively successful year on the field. The horror season continued for West Coast Eagles when Ben Cousins was sacked by the club on the 17 October 2007 after being arrested for drug possession and other offences the previous day.
Final misses: 2008–2010
These years saw the Eagles miss the finals three years in a row for the first time, and culminated in them 'winning' the 2010 wooden spoonWooden spoon
A wooden spoon is a spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.- History :The word spoon derives from an ancient word meaning a chip of wood or horn carved from a larger piece. Wooden spoons were easy to carve and thus inexpensive, making them common throughout history.The Iron Age...
, the first in the club's history, after winning only four games for the season.
Breakthrough: 2011
The 2011 season started on a bright note for the West Coast Eagles with the club registering two wins to start the season: a narrow four-point victory over in the opening round of the season, and ending a 9-game losing streak at AAMI Stadium against by 18 points in round 2. Their undefeated start to the season however came to a shuddering halt with a narrow 13-point defeat to their 2005/2006 Grand Final nemesis, the Sydney SwansSydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
, at home. This remained their only loss at home for the season.
They did, however, bounce back in the following two rounds; narrowly losing to one of the premiership favourites at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania and comfortably beating at home by 9 goals. Round 7 saw the Eagles lose to a young outfit at Etihad Stadium by 16 points, after leading for majority of the match and Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
picking up 28 disposals and a goal. The round 8 derby proved somewhat of an easy challenge as the Eagles overcame their cross-town rivals by 33 points, despite missing stars Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
and Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...
due to injuries in the warm-up. Matthew Priddis
Matthew Priddis
Matthew Harley "Matt" Priddis is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Australian football club the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
won the Ross Glendinning Medal
Ross Glendinning Medal
The Ross Glendinning Medal is awarded to the player judged best on ground in the Western Derby football match played between Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles....
for best-on-ground in the derby. Round 9 saw the West Coast Eagles cruise to a 123 point win against the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
with a 10 goal to none final quarter. Josh Kennedy kicked 10 goals and Luke Shuey
Luke Shuey
Luke Shuey , is an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.Shuey was selected by West Coast with the 18th pick in the 2008 AFL Draft...
kicked 5 goals for the game.
It was announced on 12 April that West Coast would be dropping Hungry Jacks as a sponsor, ending a 25 year partnership. West Coast will form a new partnership with Bankwest, which, ironically, were the former sponsors of cross town rivals .
Round 16 saw the Eagles defeat the ladder leaders in a thrilling 96–88 match, which had only been defeated in one game the whole season coming the week prior to Essendon. This created an excellent opportunity for the team to push into the top 4 sides on the AFL Ladder and secure a home final. It was their first win over the Cats since Round 10, 2006 and first at home since Round 2, 2005. At season's end, the West Coast Eagles eclipsed Carlton on the ladder.
West Coast then entered its first finals campaign in four years, but lost its Qualifying Final against the defending premiers . Granted a home final for finishing fourth at the end of the season, they then met in the second semi-final, and won a thriller by less than one goal after a late Carlton fightback stalled with only seconds remaining in the match. The Eagles' season of improvement then finished on a disappointing note losing convincingly to the eventual premiers whom they had beaten in Round 16 of the season.
The Eagles' jump from 16th to fourth is currently the equal most amount of spots gained over one season; thus, the Eagles became the first team since the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
of 1998-1999 to reach a preliminary final twelve months after winning a wooden spoon.
Club honour board
{| class="wikitable"|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Finishing position !! Coach !! Captain !! Best and Fairest !! Leading Goalkicker !! Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman!! Rookie of the Year
|-
| 1987 || 7th|| Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League and West Australian Football League as well as being the inaugural coach of the West Coast Eagles.-Playing career:...
|| Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|| Steve Malaxos
Steve Malaxos
Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...
|| Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(38) || Glen Bartlett
Glen Bartlett
Glen Bartlett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League and East Perth in the West Australian Football League ....
|| Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
|-
| 1988 || 5th || John Todd
John Todd (footballer)
John Todd is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. After becoming youngest ever winner of the Sandover Medal in his first year of senior football he suffered a serious knee injury, which affected his playing career...
|| Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(73) || Phil Scott
Phil Scott
Phil Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....
|| Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|-
| 1989 || 10th|| John Todd
John Todd (footballer)
John Todd is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. After becoming youngest ever winner of the Sandover Medal in his first year of senior football he suffered a serious knee injury, which affected his playing career...
|| Murray Rance
Murray Rance
Murray Rance is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and West Coast in the Victorian Football League during the late 1980s....
|| Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(45) || Geoff Miles
Geoff Miles
Geoff Miles is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, West Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League , formerly VFL....
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|-
| 1990 || 3rd || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| Steve Malaxos
Steve Malaxos
Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...
|| Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis (Australian rules footballer)
Christoper Lockley "Chris" Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles....
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(90) || Phil Scott
Phil Scott
Phil Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....
|| Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|-
| 1991 || 2nd || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Craig Turley
Craig Turley
Craig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(111) || Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|-
| 1992 || Premiers || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(82) || David Hynes
David Hynes
David Thomas Hynes is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League between 1991 and 1997....
|| Matt Clape
Matt Clape
Matt Clape is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and West Coast.Clape got his first chance at AFL football with the West Coast Eagles as a half back flanker but was delisted after three seasons...
|-
| 1993 || 4th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
/Don Pyke
Don Pyke
Donald Lachlan Pyke is a former Australian rules football player, administrator and coach. He played for in the West Australian Football League and in the Australian Football League , and later served as senior coach at Claremont and assistant coach at...
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(76) || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield is a former AFL football player.Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as...
|-
| 1994 || Premiers || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(49) || Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Shane Bond
Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...
|-
| 1995 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|| Jason Ball (43) || Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan (Australian rules footballer)
Michael Brennan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. He was a member of their inaugural side and won premierships with the club in 1992 and 1994...
|| Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...
|-
| 1996 || 5th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield is a former AFL football player.Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as...
|| Mitchell White
Mitchell White
Mitchell White is an Australian rules football player.Along with Glen Jakovich, White was a priority draft choice from WA in 1990. In 1996 he was outstanding after being switched to center half forward after being a defender for his whole career...
(37) || Tony Evans
Tony Evans (Australian rules footballer)
Tony Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the 1990s. He was named on the forwardline on West Coast's 'Team of the Decade'.-External links:...
|| Andrew Donnelly
Andrew Donnelly
Andrew Donnelly is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 1997 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Peter Matera || Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
(33) || Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
|| Josh Wooden
Josh Wooden
Josh Wooden was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1996 AFL Draft from Lockhart. Josh made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 1, 1997 against the Sydney Swans.Retired in 2007 at the age of 28, due to a...
|-
| 1998 || 7th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....
|| Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...
(42) || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Phillip Read
|-
| 1999 || 6th || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
|| Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings
Scott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....
(95) || Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
||
Laurie Bellotti
Laurie Bellotti
Laurie Bellotti is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2000 || 13th || Ken Judge
Ken Judge
- Playing career :He was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club to Hawthorn and made an immediate impact in his VFL debut in 1983, being part of a premiership side in his first season and winning the Hawks' Best First Year Player award...
|| Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|| Phil Matera (49) || Phil Matera ||
Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|-
| 2001 || 14th || Ken Judge
Ken Judge
- Playing career :He was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club to Hawthorn and made an immediate impact in his VFL debut in 1983, being part of a premiership side in his first season and winning the Hawks' Best First Year Player award...
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
and
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Troy Wilson (40) || Rowan Jones
Rowan Jones
Rowan Jones is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|| Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
|-
| 2002 || 8th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Phil Matera (46) || Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield is a former AFL football player.Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as...
|| Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2003 || 8th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Phil Matera (62) || Michael Braun || Ashley Sampi
Ashley Sampi
Ashley Sampi is an indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
|-
| 2004 || 8th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|| Phil Matera (61) || Josh Wooden
Josh Wooden
Josh Wooden was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 24 draft pick in the 1996 AFL Draft from Lockhart. Josh made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 1, 1997 against the Sydney Swans.Retired in 2007 at the age of 28, due to a...
|| Mark Seaby
Mark Seaby
Mark Seaby is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles.-Biography:...
|-
| 2005 || 2nd || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|| Phil Matera (38) || Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...
|| Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules footballer most known for his stint with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Hansen was born in Victoria, Australia and was educated at Mazenod College....
|-
| 2006 || Premiers || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|| Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|| Quinten Lynch
Quinten Lynch
Quinten Peter Lynch is a West Coast Eagles Australian rules footballer. He mainly plays at full forward and centre half forward, and is a regular goal-kicker.-Career:...
(65) || Dean Cox || Jaymie Graham
Jaymie Graham
Jaymie Graham is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. He previously played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2007 || 5th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
||Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
||Quinten Lynch
Quinten Lynch
Quinten Peter Lynch is a West Coast Eagles Australian rules footballer. He mainly plays at full forward and centre half forward, and is a regular goal-kicker.-Career:...
(52) ||Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules footballer most known for his stint with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Hansen was born in Victoria, Australia and was educated at Mazenod College....
|| Matthew Priddis
Matthew Priddis
Matthew Harley "Matt" Priddis is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Australian football club the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2008 || 15th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Dean Cox || Ben McKinley
Ben McKinley
Benjamin "Ben" McKinley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the West Coast Eagles.-Early life:...
(42) || Jaymie Graham
Jaymie Graham
Jaymie Graham is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. He previously played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
|| Ben McKinley
Ben McKinley
Benjamin "Ben" McKinley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the West Coast Eagles.-Early life:...
|-
| 2009 || 11th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...
(58) || Beau Waters
Beau Waters
Beau Waters is a player and the current vice-captain for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He has played 82 games for the club after making his debut in 2004.-Early career:...
|| Chris Masten
Chris Masten
Chris Masten is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles. He was chosen as the first round pick in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Eagles, the team he had supported as a child....
|-
| 2010 || 16th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...
|| Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...
(63) || Mark Nicoski
Mark Nicoski
Mark Nicoski is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
|| Nic Naitanui
|-
| 2011 || 4th || John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|| Josh Kennedy (59) || Brett Jones
Brett Jones
Brett David Jones is a former Australian rules footballer in the AFL, who played for the West Coast Eagles.-Cricket career:...
|| Luke Shuey
Luke Shuey
Luke Shuey , is an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.Shuey was selected by West Coast with the 18th pick in the 2008 AFL Draft...
|}
Note: The Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman Award was created in 2007, after his death. Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen
Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules footballer most known for his stint with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Hansen was born in Victoria, Australia and was educated at Mazenod College....
won the inaugural award.
Life members
Players who have played 150 games for the club are automatically inducted as life members of the club. Other players, administrators and coaches that have made an outstanding contribution to the club have also been inducted. No life members were inducted in 2001 or 2010. The following players, coaches and administrators are life members of the club:{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year of induction !! Inductees
|-
| 1994 || Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan (Australian rules footballer)
Michael Brennan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. He was a member of their inaugural side and won premierships with the club in 1992 and 1994...
, Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Francis Lamb is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. A utility player, he was often used as a ruck rover or in defence....
, Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis (Australian rules footballer)
Christoper Lockley "Chris" Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles....
, Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
, John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
(all players)
|-
| 1995 || David Hart
David Hart (footballer)
David Hart is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL. Although he was born in Victoria he was brought up in the West Australian town of Bruce Rock. He played 55 games with South Fremantle before being recruited by West Coast.A rover come defender, Hart played in...
, Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
(both players)
|-
| 1996 || Hank Gloede (property manager), Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
(player), Bill Sutherland (head trainer)
|-
| 1997 || Mick Malthouse
Mick Malthouse
Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...
(coach), Peter Matera, Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
, Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15...
(all players)
|-
| 1998 || Brett Heady
Brett Heady
Brett Heady is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL from 1990 to 1999. He was named in West Coast's 'Team of the Decade' as a half forward....
, Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
, Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....
|-
| 1999 || Murray McHenry (chairman)
|-
| 2000 || Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield is a former AFL football player.Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as...
, Mitchell White
Mitchell White
Mitchell White is an Australian rules football player.Along with Glen Jakovich, White was a priority draft choice from WA in 1990. In 1996 he was outstanding after being switched to center half forward after being a defender for his whole career...
(both players)
|-
| 2002 || Ross Nicholas (marketing manager), Brian Edwards (manager), Ken Fitch, Rod Moore (both team doctors)
|-
| 2003 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
, Don Pyke
Don Pyke
Donald Lachlan Pyke is a former Australian rules football player, administrator and coach. He played for in the West Australian Football League and in the Australian Football League , and later served as senior coach at Claremont and assistant coach at...
(both players), Robert Wiley
Robert Wiley
Robert John Wiley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with in the Western Australian National Football League / West Australian Football League and Richmond and West Coast in the Victorian Football League .-Career:Born in Perth, and educated at Scotch College, Wiley was zoned to ...
(player and coach)
|-
| 2004 || Karl Langdon
Karl Langdon
Karl John Langdon is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles.- Early life :...
, Phil Matera (both players), Trevor Nisbett
Trevor Nisbett
Trevor Nisbett is an Australian businessman, executive and former Australian rules footballer, who played for South Bunbury in the South West Football League...
(CEO)
|-
| 2005 || Michael Braun, Tony Evans
Tony Evans (Australian rules footballer)
Tony Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the 1990s. He was named on the forwardline on West Coast's 'Team of the Decade'.-External links:...
, Peter Wilson (all players)
|-
| 2006 || Craig Turley
Craig Turley
Craig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
, Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Edwin Turnbull is a former Australian rules footballer. He played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 1991–2001, playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side...
, David Wirrpanda
David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Wirrpanda is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League between 1996 and 2009...
(all players), David Jones (board member)
|-
| 2007 || Chad Fletcher
Chad Fletcher
Chad Fletcher is an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...
, Rowan Jones
Rowan Jones
Rowan Jones is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
(both players, Brian Dawson (coach), Anna Durante (secretary), Tim Gepp (match committee chairman)
|-
| 2008 || Dean Cox, Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley
Andrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...
, Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
, Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
, Phil Scott
Phil Scott
Phil Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....
(all players)
|-
| 2009 || Dalton Gooding
Dalton Gooding
Dalton Gooding is a Western Australian businessman, and from 2002 to 2007 he was the chairman of the West Coast Eagles Australian Football League club....
(chairman), Nigel Satterley
Satterley
Satterley Property Group is an Australian privately owned real estate land development company based in Perth. It develops residential estates in Western Australia and Victoria.-History:...
(board member), Adam Hunter
Adam Hunter (footballer)
Adam Hunter is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League for the West Coast Eagles. He currently plays for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League.-Early career:...
, Quinten Lynch
Quinten Lynch
Quinten Peter Lynch is a West Coast Eagles Australian rules footballer. He mainly plays at full forward and centre half forward, and is a regular goal-kicker.-Career:...
(both players)
|-
| 2010 || Jeff Newman
Jeff Newman (TV personality)
Jeff Newman OAM was the Seven Network's weather presenter in Perth from 1991 to 2009.He has won five Logie Awards for the state's most popular male television personality....
|-
| 2011 || Adam Selwood
Adam Selwood
Adam Murray Selwood is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Career:...
(player), Richard Godfrey (Chief Operating Officer), Glenn Stewart (High Performance Manager)
|}
Source:
Team of the Decade
In 1996 as part of the AFL's centenary celebrations, and the club's 10 year celebrations, the Eagles named a team of the decade.{| class="wikitable"
|- border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"
| Backs: || David Hart
David Hart (footballer)
David Hart is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL. Although he was born in Victoria he was brought up in the West Australian town of Bruce Rock. He played 55 games with South Fremantle before being recruited by West Coast.A rover come defender, Hart played in...
|| Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan (Australian rules footballer)
Michael Brennan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. He was a member of their inaugural side and won premierships with the club in 1992 and 1994...
|| Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....
|-
| Half Backs: || Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|-
| Centres: || Peter Matera || Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|| Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
|-
| Half Forwards: || Brett Heady
Brett Heady
Brett Heady is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL from 1990 to 1999. He was named in West Coast's 'Team of the Decade' as a half forward....
|| Mitchell White
Mitchell White
Mitchell White is an Australian rules football player.Along with Glen Jakovich, White was a priority draft choice from WA in 1990. In 1996 he was outstanding after being switched to center half forward after being a defender for his whole career...
|| Craig Turley
Craig Turley
Craig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
|-
| Forwards: || Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis (Australian rules footballer)
Christoper Lockley "Chris" Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles....
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|| Tony Evans
Tony Evans (Australian rules footballer)
Tony Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the 1990s. He was named on the forwardline on West Coast's 'Team of the Decade'.-External links:...
|-
| Ruck: || Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Turnbull
Ryan Edwin Turnbull is a former Australian rules footballer. He played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 1991–2001, playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side...
|| Don Pyke
Don Pyke
Donald Lachlan Pyke is a former Australian rules football player, administrator and coach. He played for in the West Australian Football League and in the Australian Football League , and later served as senior coach at Claremont and assistant coach at...
|| Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Francis Lamb is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. A utility player, he was often used as a ruck rover or in defence....
|-
| Interchange: || Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15...
|| Steve Malaxos
Steve Malaxos
Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...
|| Peter Wilson
|}
Team 20
In 2006 the West Coast Eagles named a greatest team of the past twenty years as part of the club's twentieth anniversary celebrations:{| class="wikitable"
|- border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"
| Backs: || David Wirrpanda
David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Wirrpanda is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League between 1996 and 2009...
|| Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....
|| Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan (Australian rules footballer)
Michael Brennan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. He was a member of their inaugural side and won premierships with the club in 1992 and 1994...
|-
| Half Backs: || Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|| Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|| John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
(Captain)
|-
| Centres: || Peter Matera || Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|| Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
|-
| Half Forwards: || Brett Heady
Brett Heady
Brett Heady is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL from 1990 to 1999. He was named in West Coast's 'Team of the Decade' as a half forward....
|| Mitchell White
Mitchell White
Mitchell White is an Australian rules football player.Along with Glen Jakovich, White was a priority draft choice from WA in 1990. In 1996 he was outstanding after being switched to center half forward after being a defender for his whole career...
|| Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis (Australian rules footballer)
Christoper Lockley "Chris" Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles....
|-
| Forwards: || Phillip Matera
Phillip Matera
Phillip "Phil" Matera is a former Australian rules footballer of Italian-Aboriginal heritage.-Career:Beginning his career in 1996, the 171 cm forward pocket was one of the Australian Football League's best small forwards....
|| Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|| Tony Evans
Tony Evans (Australian rules footballer)
Tony Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the 1990s. He was named on the forwardline on West Coast's 'Team of the Decade'.-External links:...
|-
| Ruck: || Dean Cox || Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|| Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| Interchange: || Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman
Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15...
|| Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield
Drew Banfield is a former AFL football player.Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as...
|| Don Pyke
Don Pyke
Donald Lachlan Pyke is a former Australian rules football player, administrator and coach. He played for in the West Australian Football League and in the Australian Football League , and later served as senior coach at Claremont and assistant coach at...
|-
| ||Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Lamb
Dwayne Francis Lamb is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the VFL/AFL. A utility player, he was often used as a ruck rover or in defence....
||
|-
| Coach: ||Michael Malthouse
|}
Hall of Fame inductees
The Australian Football Hall of FameAustralian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
was established in 1996:
- Ross GlendinningRoss GlendinningRoss Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
– 2000 - Peter Matera – 2006
- Dean KempDean KempDean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
– 2007 - Glen JakovichGlen JakovichGlen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
– 2008 - Guy McKennaGuy McKennaGuy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
– 2009
Brownlow Medal winners
The Brownlow MedalBrownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
is awarded to the best player in the competition during the home-and-away season as voted by the umpires:
Winners:
- Chris JuddChris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2004) - Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
(2005)
Runners-up:
- Craig TurleyCraig TurleyCraig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
– 1991 - Peter Matera – 1994, 1997
- Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
– 2003 (equal) - Daniel KerrDaniel KerrDaniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
– 2005, 2007
AFLPA Awards
The Leigh Matthews TrophyLeigh Matthews Trophy
The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...
is awarded to the best player in the competition as voted by the AFL Players Association:
- Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
– 2005 - Chris JuddChris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 2006
The Best Captain Award is awarded to the best captain
Captain (Australian rules football)
A captain of an Australian rules football team, sometimes known as a skipper is a player who, during the course of a match and off the field, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player....
as voted by the AFL Players Association:
- Ross GlendinningRoss GlendinningRoss Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
– 1988
The Best First-Year Player Award is awarded to the best first-year player as voted by the AFL Players Association:
- Daniel KerrDaniel KerrDaniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
– 2001 - Chris JuddChris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 2002
Norm Smith Medal winners
The Norm Smith MedalNorm Smith Medal
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
is awarded to the player judged best-on-ground in the AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
:
- Peter Matera – 19921992 AFL Grand FinalThe 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,...
- Dean KempDean KempDean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
– 19941994 AFL Grand FinalThe 1994 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1994. It was the 98th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,... - Chris JuddChris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 20052005 AFL Grand FinalThe 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
(losing side) - Andrew EmbleyAndrew EmbleyAndrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...
– 20062006 AFL Grand FinalThe 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
Coleman Medal winners
The Coleman MedalColeman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
is awarded to the player who kicks the most goals in the AFL competition during the home-and-away season:
- Scott CummingsScott CummingsScott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....
(88 goals) – 1999
AFL Rising Star winners
The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best rookie player in the competition during a particular season:- Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
– 1996
Goal of the Year winners
The Goal of the YearGoal of the Year (Australia)
The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
is awarded to the player judged to have kicked the best goal during a particular season:
- Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
– 1999 - Mark MerendaMark MerendaMark Merenda is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Merenda began his career with West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League....
– 2001 - Daniel KerrDaniel KerrDaniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
– 2003 - Chris JuddChris JuddChristopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 2005
Mark of the Year winners
The Mark of the YearMark of the Year
The annual Mark of the Year competition is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark...
is awarded to the player judged to have taken the best mark
Mark (Australian football)
A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground....
during a particular season:
- Ashley SampiAshley SampiAshley Sampi is an indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
– 2004
Sandover Medal winners
The Sandover MedalSandover Medal
The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League...
is awarded to the best player in the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
:
- Phil NarklePhil NarklePhillip Michael "Phil" Narkle is a former Australian rules football player of indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club and West Coast Eagles Football Club in the Australian Football League and Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League during the...
(Swan Districts) – 1982 - Murray WrenstedMurray WrenstedMurray Wrensted is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League ....
(East Fremantle Football ClubEast Fremantle Football ClubThe East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval...
) – 1985 - Ian DargieIan DargieIan Dargie is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
(SubiacoSubiaco Football ClubThe Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
) – 1991 - Robbie WestRobbie WestRobbie West is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Footscray in the AFL.Despite making his debut for West Coast in 1991 he never had an extended stay in the side until 1993...
(West PerthWest Perth Football ClubThe West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian...
) – 1992 - Ryan TurnbullRyan TurnbullRyan Edwin Turnbull is a former Australian rules footballer. He played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League from 1991–2001, playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side...
(East PerthEast Perth Football ClubThe East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League...
) – 2001 - Matt Priddis (SubiacoSubiaco Football ClubThe Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
) – 2006
All-Australian selection
The All-Australian teamAll-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
is a representative team consisting of the best players during a particular season. Prior to 1991 it was awarded to the best players in each interstate football carnival
Interstate matches in Australian rules football
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies/states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were...
.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Eagles players selected
|-
| 1987 || Phil Narkle
Phil Narkle
Phillip Michael "Phil" Narkle is a former Australian rules football player of indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club and West Coast Eagles Football Club in the Australian Football League and Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League during the...
|-
| 1988 || Steve Malaxos
Steve Malaxos
Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...
|-
| 1991 || Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
, Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
, Peter Matera, Craig Turley
Craig Turley
Craig Turley is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL during the early 1990s.Turley had his best season in 1991 where he finished second behind Jim Stynes in the Brownlow Medal count, and won his club's best and fairest...
|-
| 1992 || Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp
Dean Kemp is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League....
|-
| 1993 || Peter Matera, Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|-
| 1994 || Peter Matera, Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
, David Hart
David Hart (footballer)
David Hart is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast in the AFL. Although he was born in Victoria he was brought up in the West Australian town of Bruce Rock. He played 55 games with South Fremantle before being recruited by West Coast.A rover come defender, Hart played in...
, Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|-
| 1995 || Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
|-
| 1996 || Peter Matera, Chris Mainwaring
Chris Mainwaring
Chris Douglas Mainwaring was an Australian rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
, Mitchell White
Mitchell White
Mitchell White is an Australian rules football player.Along with Glen Jakovich, White was a priority draft choice from WA in 1990. In 1996 he was outstanding after being switched to center half forward after being a defender for his whole career...
|-
| 1997 || Peter Matera, Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig
Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...
|-
| 1998 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
, Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh
Ashley McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. He played a total of 242 games for the club and is the son of former St Kilda and Claremont player John McIntosh....
|-
| 1999 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2001 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2002 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2003 || Michael Gardiner
Michael Gardiner
Michael S. Gardiner is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He played for the West Coast Eagles from 1997–2006 and the St Kilda Football Club from 2007–2011.- Early life :...
, Phil Matera
|-
| 2004 || Chad Fletcher
Chad Fletcher
Chad Fletcher is an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...
, Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
|-
| 2005 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
, Dean Cox, David Wirrpanda
David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Wirrpanda is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League between 1996 and 2009...
|-
| 2006 || Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
, Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, Dean Cox, Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|-
| 2007 || Dean Cox, Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
, Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr
Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...
|-
| 2008 || Dean Cox
|-
| 2010 || Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras
Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...
|-
| 2011 || Dean Cox, Darren Glass
Darren Glass
Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...
|}
VFL Team of the Year
Prior to 1991 the VFL Team of the Year was announced each year, consisting of the best players during that season in the Victorian Football League.{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Eagles players selected
|-
| 1987 ||Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning
Ross Glendinning was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
|-
| 1988 ||John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
|-
| 1989 ||Guy McKenna
Guy McKenna
Guy Lindsay McKenna is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League . McKenna also played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins...
|-
| 1990 ||John Worsfold
John Worsfold
John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
, Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis (Australian rules footballer)
Christoper Lockley "Chris" Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles....
|}
Records
Most games: 276 – Glen JakovichGlen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
Most goals: 514 – Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...
Highest score: 29.18 (192) vs. , 1988
1988 VFL season
The 92nd Victorian Football League Premiership Season commenced in April 1988 and concluded on 24 September 1988, with Hawthorn winning their seventh Premiership in their sixth consecutive Grand Final appearance.-Night Series:...
, at the WACA Ground
WACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
Lowest score: 1.12 (18) vs. , 1989
1989 VFL season
-Notable events:* In Round 13, horrendous conditions at Windy Hill saw Essendon and Footscray play the lowest scoring game since the 1927 Grand Final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 ....
, at Windy Hill
Windy Hill, Essendon
Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....
Greatest winning margin: 135 points vs. , 1995
1995 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1995.-Round 1:-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:*This was the first ANZAC Day clash held between Collingwood and Essendon which famously ended in a draw.-Round 5:-Round 6:...
, at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
Greatest losing margin: 142 points vs. , 1989
1989 VFL season
-Notable events:* In Round 13, horrendous conditions at Windy Hill saw Essendon and Footscray play the lowest scoring game since the 1927 Grand Final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 ....
, at Windy Hill
Windy Hill, Essendon
Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....
Ownership
The West Coast Eagles have been owned in full by the West Australian Football CommissionWest Australian Football Commission
The West Australian Football Commission is the governing body of Australian rules football in the state of Western Australia.It was formed in 1989 as an independent body to the West Australian Football League for governance and development of the game in the state.The WAFC operates Subiaco Oval,...
(WAFC) since 1989. It was originally owned by Indian Pacific Limited, a publicly listed company that was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange
Australian Stock Exchange
The Australian Securities Exchange was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2006. It is the primary stock exchange group in Australia....
in 1990 after 75% of the shares were bought out by the WAFC. The last minority shareholders were bought out in 2000. West Coast pay approximately $3 million in rent to the WAFC for the use of Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
, and 50–70% of overall profits. In 2011, it was reported that the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
lobbied to take over the ownership of both the Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
from the WAFC.
Membership and attendance
The Eagles membership has generally been limited by the seating capacitySeating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Year !! Members !! Finishing position !! Average crowd
|-
|1998||37,496||7th||34,473
|-
|1999||36,212||5th||30,777
|-
|2000||38,868||13th||33,191
|-
|2001||38,649||14th||32,674
|-
|2002||34,880||8th||35,928
|-
|2003||36,234||7th||38,084
|-
|2004||40,792||7th||39,037
|-
|2005||42,406||2nd||40,243
|-
|2006||44,138
||1st||40,506
|-
|2007||45,949
||3rd|| 40,791
|-
|2008|| 44,863
||15th|| 34,452
|-
|2009||43,927
||11th|| 36,377
|-
|2010||44,160||16th||34,931
|-
|2011||54,745||4th||37,436
|}
Club song
We're the Eagles is the official anthem of the West Coast Eagles.It was written in the 1980s by Kevin Peek in collaboration with his studio team at the time, Trevor Spencer and Boyd Wilson.
Recorded at Kevin's studio in Rolleystone,engineered by Ric Curtin and sung by Perth musician and session singer Boyd Wilson with other local Perth singers joining the chorus
Club mascot
West Coast's mascot is Rick "the Rock" Eagle, named after the Daddy CoolDaddy Cool (band)
Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan , Ross Hannaford , Ross Wilson and Gary Young . Their debut single "Eagle Rock" was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks...
hit song that is played at home games, "Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock (song)
"Eagle Rock" is a classic Australian song, released by Daddy Cool in May 1971 on the Sparmac Record Label. It went on to become the best selling Australian single of the year, achieving gold status in eleven weeks, and remaining at #1 on the national charts for a record ten weeks. "Eagle Rock"...
".
Players and staff
- See also West Coast Eagles draft historyWest Coast Eagles draft historyThe West Coast Eagles have drafted players through the Australian Football League's draft system, beginning with the 1988 VFL Draft. The West Coast Eagles have participated in every National Draft since then, and also participated in the Pre-season Draft , the Mid-season Draft , and the Rookie Draft...
for the complete list of West Coast's draft selections, delistings and trades from 1989 onward
Current coaching staff
- Senior Coach: John WorsfoldJohn WorsfoldJohn Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...
- Assistant Coaches:
- Scott BurnsScott BurnsScott Burns is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Football career:Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft...
(Midfield) - David TeagueDavid Teague (footballer)David Teague is an Australian rules football coach and former playerer who played for and the in the Australian Football League. He is an assistant coach at .-Playing career:...
(Backs) - Phillip WalshPhillip WalshPhillip Walsh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL during the 1980s....
(Strategy & Game Plan) - Development Coaches:
- Gavin Bell (Midfield)
- Justin LongmuirJustin LongmuirJustin Longmuir is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was a key position forward or ruckman who played for the Fremantle Football Club...
(Backline) - Simon EastaughSimon EastaughSimon Eastaugh is an Australian rules footballer who mainly played as a ruckman. He played for both the Essendon Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL, as well as Norwood Football Club in the SANFL and both South Fremantle and East Fremantle in the WAFL...
(Forwards) - Opposition Analyst: Darren Walsh
- High Performance Manager: Glenn Stewart
- Strength & Conditioning Coach: Warren Kofoed
Officials
- Chairman: Alan CransbergAlan CransbergAlan John Cransberg is an Australian businessman and former Australian rules footballer...
- Deputy Chairman: Chris Cronin
- Directors:
- Terry Agnew
- Graeme Yukich
- James McMahon
- Hon. Julie BishopJulie BishopJulie Isabel Bishop is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first female Deputy Leader and the third woman in Australian history to...
- Peter Carter
- Chief Executive Officer: Trevor NisbettTrevor NisbettTrevor Nisbett is an Australian businessman, executive and former Australian rules footballer, who played for South Bunbury in the South West Football League...
- Chief Operating Officer: Richard Godfrey
- Chief Financial Officer: Amanda Cox
- General Manager – Football Operations: Neale DaniherNeale DaniherNeale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club...
Fremantle
The West Coast Eagles have played the Fremantle DockersFremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
in the Western Derby
Western Derby
The Western Derby is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Fremantle Football Club and West Coast Eagles, who both participate in the Australian Football League . As both teams are based in Western Australia, the term 'derby' is used to describe the...
twice a year since the Dockers' inception into the AFL in 1995. Currently, 32 derbies have been played with the Eagles winning twenty and the Dockers fourteen. West Coast won thirteen of the first fifteen, including the first nine consecutively, while the Dockers won seven consecutive games between August 2007 and May 2010.
Essendon
After an Essendon come-from-behind win in 1993, Bombers coach Kevin Sheedy famously waved his jacket around his head. Whenever the two clubs meet now fans of the winning team wave jackets, scarves and other paraphernalia above their heads. The rivalry has increased as a result of the clubs sharing close ladder positions in recent years.In recent seasons West Coast have had the wood on Essendon, only losing to the Bombers three times since 2004.
Sydney Swans
The Eagles have developed arguably their second-most famous modern rivalry (after the Derby) against the Sydney SwansSydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
. Six consecutive games between the two teams (from the 2005 Qualifying Final to Round 1 of 2007) were each been decided by less than a goal, resulting in two wins to Sydney and 4 to West Coast (including a Grand Final win each). The difference in aggregate across the six games was three points and the sum of the margins was thirteen points.
In 2005, Sydney lost the Qualifying Final to the Eagles by four points, only to later win the Grand Final by four points against the Eagles. In 2006, the Eagles lost the Qualifying Final to Sydney by one point, only to later win the Grand Final by one point against the Swans, claiming their third premiership.
This trend was broken when the teams clashed again in Round 16, 2007. The Eagles won the game 112–100, a margin almost as high as the combined total margins of the previous 6 contests between the two teams. Since then the Swans have had the upper hand over the Eagles, winning all of their games since 2008.
Geelong
West Coast's rivalry with GeelongGeelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
began after the Eagles won their first premiership against the heavily favoured Geelong in 1992, as well as their second in 1994. Although the rivalry has dimmed in recent years, it was revived after the Eagles won an amazing come-from-behind win in their premiership year of 2006, coming back from 54 points down in the third quarter. In 2008, the Eagles suffered its worst defeat in almost two decades, and its worst ever defeat at home, when they lost by 135 points at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
.
In Round 16, 2011, West Coast caused an upset when they defeated the then-top-of-the-ladder Cats by eight points, for its first win over the side since Round 10, 2006.
See also
- Australian rules football in Western AustraliaAustralian rules football in Western AustraliaAustralian rules football in Western Australia is the most popular sport in the state.-Early Beginnings:Organised football in the Perth/Fremantle region of Western Australia dates back to 1881. Back then though rugby union was the dominant football code...
- Wikipedia listing of West Coast Eagles players
- List of West Coast Eagles Football Club coaches
- Sport in AustraliaSport in AustraliaAustralia has a long sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s, a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey and various codes of football....
- Sport in Western AustraliaSport in Western Australia-Australian rules football:Along with cricket, Australian rules football is one of the main sports. Western Australia has two teams in the Australian Football League : the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club . The "home" of Australian rules football in Perth is Subiaco Oval...
- Western DerbyWestern DerbyThe Western Derby is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Fremantle Football Club and West Coast Eagles, who both participate in the Australian Football League . As both teams are based in Western Australia, the term 'derby' is used to describe the...
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