Canterbury Bulldogs Hall of Fame
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| Bulldogs | |
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| Full name | Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Bulldogs |
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| Founded | 1935 as Canterbury-Bankstown |
| Ground | Telstra Stadium Homebush, Sydney |
| Capacity | 83,500 |
| CEO |  Malcolm Noad |
| Coach | Steve Folkes |
| League | National Rugby League |
| 2006 | National Rugby League, 3rd |
The Bulldogs (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) are a professional rugby league club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia.
Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition.
The Bulldogs won their first premiership in just their fourth season (1938). At the time it made them the quickest club (barring the founding clubs) to win a premiership after admission to the competition, a record which was only recently beaten in 1999 by the Melbourne Storm. They won a second premiership in 1942 but then had to wait another 38 years before breaking through for a third title in 1980. During the 80s, the Bulldogs were a dominant force in the competition appearing in five Grand Finals, winning four of them. In the 90s they featured in the 1995 and 1998 Grand Finals, winning the former. Their most recent success was in 2004 when they beat the Sydney Roosters 16 - 13. The tryscorers were Hazem El Masri and Matt Utai, and the Clive Churchill Medal winner was Willie Mason.
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[edit] Ring of Champions (Hall of Fame)
| Ring of Champions (2007) | ||||||||||
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| Inductee | Year | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson |
2007 | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey |
2007 | |||||||||
| Greg Brentnall |
2007 | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns |
2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Folkes |
2007 | |||||||||
| David Gillespie |
2007 | |||||||||
| John Greaves |
2007 | |||||||||
| Les Johns |
2007 | |||||||||
| Peter Kelly |
2007 | |||||||||
| Roy Kirkaldy |
2007 | |||||||||
| Terry Lamb |
2007 | |||||||||
| Peter Moore |
2007 | |||||||||
| Peter Mortimer |
2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer |
2007 | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham |
2007 | |||||||||
| George Peponis |
2007 | |||||||||
| Henry Porter |
2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Price |
2007 | |||||||||
| Kevin Ryan |
2007 | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg |
2007 | |||||||||
[edit] 70 Year Team of Champions
| 70 Year Team of Champions (2004) | ||||||||||
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| Player | Position | |||||||||
| Les Johns |
Full Back | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson |
Wing | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey |
Centre | |||||||||
| John Greaves |
Centre | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham |
Wing | |||||||||
| Terry Lamb (C) |
Five Eight | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer |
Half Back | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg |
Lock | |||||||||
| Steve Folkes |
Second Row | |||||||||
| David Gillespie |
Second Row | |||||||||
| Kevin Ryan |
Prop | |||||||||
| George Peponis |
Hooker | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns |
Prop | |||||||||
| Peter Kelly |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Peter Mortimer |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Greg Brentnall |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Henry Porter |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Roy Kirkaldy |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Steve Price |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Peter Moore |
Administration | |||||||||
[edit] 50th Anniversary Greatest Team Ever
| 50th Anniversary Greatest Team Ever (1985) | ||||||||||
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| Player | Position | |||||||||
| Les Johns |
Full Back | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson |
Wing | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey |
Centre | |||||||||
| John Greaves |
Centre | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham |
Wing | |||||||||
| Garry Hughes |
Five Eight | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer (C) |
Half Back | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg |
Lock | |||||||||
| Graeme Hughes |
Second Row | |||||||||
| Bob McCarthy |
Second Row | |||||||||
| Henry Porter |
Prop | |||||||||
| George Peponis |
Hooker | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns |
Prop | |||||||||
| Peter Mortimer |
Reserve | |||||||||
| Ron Costello |
Reserve | |||||||||
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Andrews M (2006). The ABC of Rugby League. ABC Publishing. ISBN 0-7333-1946-7
- Whiticker A & Hudson G (2005). Canterbury Bulldogs - The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Bas Publishing. ISBN 1-920910-50-6
- Lane D (1996). A Family Betrayal - One Man's Super League War - Jarred McCracken. Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35839-1
- Chesterton R (1996). Good as Gould - Phil Gould's Stormy Life in Football. Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35873-1
- Lester G (1991). The Bulldog Story. Playright Publishing. ISBN 0-646-04447-8
- Whiticker A (1992). The Terry Lamb Story. Gary Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-875169-14-8
- Tasker N (1988). Top-Dog - The Steve Mortimer Story. Century Hutchinson Publishing. ISBN 0-09-169231-8
- Lester G (1985). Berries to Bulldogs. Lester - Townsend Publishing. ISBN 0-949853-06-2
[edit] External links
- Official Bulldogs Website
- Official Bulldogs Team Store
- Bulldogs Statistics
- Back to Belmore - The Official Campaign Website
- The Kennel
- Bulldogs Debate Page
- Daily Telegraph - The Bulldogs 2007 season feature
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