Robert Maxwell Crockett (1863 in Hepburn, Victoria – 11 December 1935, at Footscray, Victoria), was an Australian Test match umpire.
He worked as a fitter in a munitions factory at Footscray until 1965 but continued his involvement in the radical unionist movement, being appointed tutor at the Victorian Labor College in 1945 and becoming the college's secretary in 1956.
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The Bulldogs entered its stand-alone reserves team in the VFL for the first time, playing under the club's traditional name of Footscray.
Joyce replaced Wheeler and coached Footscray into 5th spot at the completion of the home and away round.
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Footscray tumbled severely in 1996 and after many heavy losses and few wins, Joyce was replaced by his assistant, Terry Wallace.
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In 1995, Joyce coached Footscray into 7th position at the completion of the home and away season.
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This time however, Footscray were convincingly beaten and eliminated from the finals.
The Melbourne and Murray River Railway (now the Bendigo line) opened in 1859 running from Footscray and terminating in Sunbury; by the early 1860s the line had been extended all the way to the goldfields of Bendigo.
Arthur R. Edwards (1934–2006), Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club
It is located in the industrial inner western suburbs of Melbourne and includes Footscray, Sunshine, Newport, Yarraville, Altona and Williamstown.
Chappel released 2 CDs in 2004 titled The funniest man on the planet and The Footscray Rap in which he talks about his troubled past, the area in which he grew up and relationships.
In that year Footscray recruited legendary Red Star Belgrade player and trainer Dragoslav Šekularac who also brought with him Vlada Stošić which immediately lifted the club from the bottom to the top of the league.
Later sold to Benny Gelbart of Footscray, she sank at her moorings in the Maribyrnong River on 4 May 1960.
Jack F. T. Ryan (born 1916), Footscray and North Melbourne VFL footballer
Matthew Hogg (born 21 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and Carlton.
Lane, who was originally from Melton, started well at Footscray with a 1995 AFL Rising Star nomination on debut, in the opening round of the season.
The Western General Hospital's grounds are located in Footscray although in an area many local residents consider to be West Footscray (Formerly Western General Hospital, Footscray Hospital).
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The Whitten Oval in West Footscray is the home training ground of the AFL team Western Bulldogs, and was their home ground before they moved to Etihad Stadium.