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5 unusual facts about West Coast Eagles


Collingwood Park, Western Australia

The ground is home to North Albany Football and Sporting Club, Albany Football Club and Collingwood Park Cricket Club and has hosted several large events such as Crusty Demons's West Coast Carnage Tour and in 2008 hosted an AFL NAB Challenge Cup match between West Coast Eagles and Collingwood.

Some of the Places I Know

"Some of the Places I Know" has been selected by the AFL side, West Coast Eagles, as part of its 2010 brand campaign.

West Coast Eagles

The club's current logo features a stylised Wedge-tailed Eagle with the words "West Coast Eagles" written underneath.

There are currently Eagles-affiliated clubs (also referred to as "sister clubs") in Cambodia (the Cambodian Eagles), Canada (the Toronto Eagles), China (the Shanghai Eagles, Italy (the Milano Eagles), and Sweden (the Karlstad Eagles).

The club's current captain is Darren Glass, and the current senior coach is former North Melbourne legend Adam Simpson, after John Worsfold's resignation in September 2013.


Broken Hill Football League

In more recent times players from Broken Hill have managed to find their mark with the country's premier league, the Australian Football League (AFL), including Fremantle's Dean Solomon, Brent Staker of West Coast and Brisbane, Taylor Walker of Adelaide and Mitch Clisby of the Melbourne Football Club.

Dan Lonergan

He spent a year in Perth and learned to broadcast AFL football after calling West Coast Eagles as well as Fremantle games.

David Ellard

After playing his 50th senior game for the Bullants, and more than two years after his AFL debut, Ellard played his second AFL match in Round 17, 2010, against the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval, and played every Carlton game for the rest of the season.

Greg Harding

Injuries and poor form hampered his career after 1997, and he played only a further 33 games in the next three seasons for Fremantle before being traded to the West Coast Eagles in return for Daniel Metropolis and a draft selection that would be used to draft Dion Woods.

Jonathon Griffin

Griffin started well in the 2008 AFL season, with strong performances against very good ruck opponents in Will Minson and Ben Hudson, of the Western Bulldogs, Dean Cox and Mark Seaby of the West Coast Eagles and Dean Brogan and Brendon Lade of Port Adelaide.

Mark LeCras

Mainly playing as a small forward, LeCras led the West Coast Eagles' goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.

Matthew Kluzek

He was used a small forward and earned a nomination for the 1994 AFL Rising Star award after kicking five goals in Adelaide's round 17 win over the West Coast Eagles at Football Park.

Powelltown, Victoria

A relative of Charles, former West Coast Eagles defender David Wirrpanda also played junior football with the Powelltown Demons.

South Gawler Football Club

Names such as Winky Price, Eddie Mahoney, Howard Abbott, Laurie Rusby, John Nottle, Robin Mulholland, Steven Officer and Eddie Schwerdt lead up to Sam Butler who became South Gawler's first fully professional footballer with the AFL's West Coast Eagles in 2004 and a member of the Eagles' 2006 Premiership team.


see also

Chad Jones

The younger brother of former West Coast Eagles player Brett Jones, Jones originally played for the Wembley Downs Junior Football Club.

Joondanna, Western Australia

Footballer Chris Judd lived in Joondanna when he played for the West Coast Eagles and Paralympian Louise Sauvage grew up in the suburb.

Josh Kennedy

Josh J. Kennedy (born 1987), Australian rules footballer with the West Coast Eagles and previously Carlton Football Club

Peter Sumich

He accepted a role as an assistant coach at the West Coast Eagles when his premiership teammate John Worsfold was appointed senior coach in 2002.