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50 Greats Of 50 Years

03 June 2021

In no particular order, here are our 50 greatest players over the first 50 years of the Werribee Football Club

John Comben: 64 Games, 64 Goals, Best & Fairest 1968/1970, Club Captain 1970/71, VFA State Representative 1968, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, WFC Hall of Fame, WFC Club Legend.

Shaun Smith: 100 Games, 119 Goals, Best & Fairest 1994, VFL State team 1994/1999, Golden Tiger Team of Decade (1992-2001), Leading goalkicker 1994, VFL Team of the Year 1994, AFL Draft 1995- Melbourne, WFC Hall of Fame.

Michael Redenbach: 81 Games, 100 Goals, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, Club Captain (1984)

Gary Parkes: 62 Games, 28 Goals, Best & Fairest 1983, WFC Silver Anniversary Team.

Ben McKinley: 52 Games, 122 Goals, Leading goalkicker 2011.

Scott Faulkner: 100 Games, 44 Goals, Best & Fairest 1999, Club Captain 2002, VFL State team 1998/2002, VFL Team of the Year 1998/99/02, WFC Hall of Fame

Richard Geary: 67 Games, 78 Goals, 1993 Premiership player, VFL State team 1992.

Donald McDonald: 58 Games, 105 Goals,1993 Premiership Captain Coach, Club Captain 1993/94/95, Club Coach 1993/94/95/96/97/98/99, VFA State Representative 1994/95, VFL Team of the Year 1994/95 (coach), VFL State Captain 1994, WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001) playing Coach, Leading goalkicker 1995, WFC Hall of Fame, VFL Life Member.

Henry Ogilvie: 54 Games, 34 Goals, Best & Fairest 1967/1969.

Ralph Turner: 32 Games, 3 Goals, Best & Fairest 1965/66, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, AFL New South Wales Life Member.

Ian Dunstan: 46 Games, 74 Goals, Best & Fairest 1986, Club Captain 1985/86, Club Coach 1985/86/87,WFC Silver Anniversary Team-Captain Coach.

Ben Ross: 88 Games, 60 Goals, 2012 J.J. Liston Trophy Medallist, VFL State Representative 2012/2013, VFL Team of the Year 2012, AFL Draft 2013-Hawthorn.

*Michael Barlow: 53 Games*, 48 Goals*, Best & Fairest 2009, VFL Team of the Year 2008/09/19, 2009 VFL Fothergill-Round Medal, AFL Draft 2009-Fremantle.

David Lyons: 126 Games, 161 Goals, Leading goalkicker 1966/69/70, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, WFC Hall of Fame, WFC Legend.

Michael Martin: 61 Games, 78 Goals, Best & Fairest 1977, Club Captain 1979, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, VFL Life Member.

James Bourke: 108 Games, 77 Goals, Best & Fairest 1974, Club Captain 1977, WFC Silver Anniversary Team.

Teghan Henderson: 125 Games, 42 Goals.

Richie Raeburn: 88 Games, 102 Goals, 1993 Premiership player, VFL State representative 1990,Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001)

Anthony Eames: 100 Games, 65 Goals, 1991 J.J. Liston Trophy Medallist, VFL State representative 1992/94. VFL Team of the Year 1996/97.

David Mitchell: 111 Games, 271 Goals, Leading goalkicker1999/2001/02/03/04, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), VFL State representative 2004, VFL Team of the Year 1999/2001/02/04.

Merv Hughes: 95 Games, 57 Goals.

Michael Frost: 69 Games, 48 Goals, 1998 J.J. Liston Trophy Medallist, Best & Fairest 1998/2000, Club Captain 1999/2000/2001,VFL State representative 1998/99/2001, VFL Team of the Year 1998/2000/01, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), WFC Hall of Fame.

Jarred Moore: 38 Games, 12 Goals, Best & Fairest 2013/14, Club Captain 2014, VFL Team of the Year 2013.

Trent Churchill: 108 Games, 103 Goals, Club Captain 2003, WFC Golden Tigers team of the Decade (1992-2001), VFL State representative 1997/2001, VFL Team of the Year 1997/99/2001.

James Podsiadly: 109 Games, 315 Goals, 2008 J. J. Liston Trophy Medallist, 2005 Frosty Miller Medallist, Best & Fairest 2005/08, VFL State representative 2005/07/08, VFL Team of the Year 2005/06/08, Leading goalkicker 2005/06/07/08, WFC Hall of Fame, VFL Life Member.

Kevin Leece: 111 Games, 406 Goals, Club Leading goalkicker 406, Leading goalkicker 1972/77/78/80/81, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, WFC Hall of Fame.

Jeremy Dyer: 111 Games, 34 Goals, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001).

Andrew Button: 130 Games,151 Goals, 1993 Premiership player, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), VFL Team of the Year 1995.

Nathan Saunders: 123 Games, 115 Goals, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), VFL Representative player 2001, VFL Team of the Year 2001, AFL Draft 2002-Western Bulldogs.VFL Life Member.

David Allday: 67 Games, 8 Goals, 1993 Premiership Player, 1993 Norm Goss Medallist, Best & Fairest 1990, Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001)

Steve Moloney: 83 Games, 3 Goals, Best & Fairest 1985, Club Captain 1987/89, WFC Silver Anniversary Team.

Dale Morris: 36 Games, 0 Goals, AFL Draft 2005-Western Bulldogs.

Steve Douglas: 124 Games, 94 Goals, Best & Fairest 1976, WFC Silver Anniversary Team.

Joskun Aziz: 106 Games, 372 Goals,1993 Premiership player, Club Captain 1998,VFL Leading goalkicker 1993/96, VFL Team of the Year 1996/97/98, WFC leading goalkicker 1993/96/97/98, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), WFC Hall of Fame.

Stephen Sells: 72 Games, 243 Goals, 1988 Field Medal, Best & Fairest 1988, Leading goalkicker 1988/89/90/91, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), WFC Hall of Fame.

James Puli: 104 Games, 34 Goals,1997 Fothergill-Round Medal, VFL representative 1998, VFL Team if the Year 1998, Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001)

Paul Satterley: 70 Games, 56 Goals, 1995 J.J. Liston Trophy Medallist, VFL State representative 1996, VFL Team of the Year 1995, WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001).

Robert Smith: 77 Games, 15 Goals.

Jason Watts: 33 Games, 7 Goals, 1993 Premiership Player, Best & Fairest 1993, AFL draft 1994-Footscray.

Nick Walsh: 65 Games, 52 Goals, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001)

Adam Taylor: 101 Games, 8 Goals.

Daryl Taylor: 75 Games, 194 Goals, Leading goalkicker 1987/92.

Dallas Normington: 50 Games, 11 Goals, 1994 Frank Johnson Medallist, VFL State Representative 1994, WFC Golden Tigers Team of the Decade (1992-2001), AFL Draft 1993-Fitzroy.

Simon Atkins: 78 Games,37 Goals, Best & Fairest 1997, VFL State Representative 1998 Captain, VFL Team of the Year 1997/98, WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001), Club Coach 2005/06/07/08/09/10, VFL Team of the Tear 2005-Coach,WFC Hall of Fame, VFL Life Member.

Michael McMaster: 130 Games, 82 Goals, 1993 Premiership Player, Best & Fairest 1992, WFC Silver Anniversary Team, WFC GHolden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001), WFC Hall of Fame, Current senior runner.

Lynton Fitzpatrick: 125 Games, 11 Goals, Best & Fairest 1995, Club Captain 1996/97, VFL Representative player 1992,WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001), WFC Hall of Fame.

Frank Lesiputty: 72 Games, 32 Goals, 1993 Premiership player, WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001).

Travis Robertson: 135 Games, 36 Goals, Best & Fairest 2001/02/03, Club Captain 2004/05/06, VFL State Representative 2001/02/05, VFL Team of the Year 2001/02/03/05, VFL State Captain 2005, WFC Golden Tiger Team of the Decade (1992-2001),WFC Hall of Fame.

Dom Gleeson: 137 Games, 81 Goals, Best & Fairest 2007/10, Club Captain 2009/10/11, VFL Team of the Year 2010,

Robbie Castello: 169 Games, 179 Goals, WFC Games Record holder (169), Best & Fairest 2006, Club Captain 2012/13, VFL Team of the year 2011, Leading goalkicker 2010.