West Footscray Football Club
The West Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in [West Western Bulldogs|Footscray, Victoria|West Footscray].
The club entered the Footscray District Football League in 1932 and won a premiership in 1934 and again in 1935. West Footscray have won five premierships; four in Division 1 and, most recently, the 2007 Division 2 premiership. The club has 2 senior Men's Teams, a Women's Team and 9 junior teams, including under 15 and 12s girls teams, as well as Auskick junior development.
Notable players
- Marty McDonnell, a defender who played 92 VFL games with Footscray, in a war-interrupted career.
- Laurie Sandilands, a former Footscray captain, who played a total of 164 games with both Footscray and Collingwood.
- Robert McGhie, played juniors at West Footscray in the 1960s before embarking on a 13-year, dual-premiership career in the VFL with Footscray, Richmond, and the South Melbourne Football Clubs.