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**Perth Demons**

Full name	Perth Football Club
Nickname	Demons/Redlegs
Strip	Black with red sash; black or white shorts; alternating black and redhoop socks.
Founded	1899
Sport	Australian rules football
League	West Australian Football League
First season
Ground	Eftel Stadium (Lathlain Park), Lathlain, Western Australia
Club song	' '
President/Chair	Damian Matthews
Coach	Simon Eastaugh
Captain	Chris Bossong
2006	5th of 9

The Perth Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League. They are based in Lathlain, near Perth, Western Australia.

Home Ground: EFTel Oval (formerly known as Lathlain Park); previously based at the W.A.C.A. ground

Formed: 1899

Colours: Black and Red

Nickname: Demons (formerly Red Legs/Redlegs, and also, for a brief period during the 1930s, as the City Reds)

WAFL Premierships: 1907, 1955, 1966-67-68, 1976-77

Record Home Attendance: 19,541 v. East Perth, 13th May 1967

1 Team Of The Century: 1899 to 1999
2 Club Song
3 Premierships
4 External links

[edit] Team Of The Century: 1899 to 1999

Back Pocket: Nugget Hilsz 1938 – 1952 187 Games State Games 8

Full Back: Bill M’Kenzie 1939 -1950 90 Games State Games 3

Back Pocket: George Bailey 1937 – 1951 110 Games

Half Back Flank: Bob Shields 1965 -1974 187 Games State Games 7

Centre Half Back: Allan Sheperd 1926 – 1934 145 Games State Games 11

Half Back Flank: Bert Wansbrough 1952 – 1958 127 Games State Games 4 167 goals

Wing: Keith Harper 1948 – 1960 228 Games State Games 18

Centre: Ern Henfry 1937 – 1954 85 Games State Games 2

Wing: Greg Brehaut 1965 – 1975 157 Games State Games 16 46 goals

Half Forward Flank: Ian Miller 1967-1973 132 Games State Games 15 Goals 135

Centre Half Forward: Ron Tucker 1940 – 1955 197 Games State Games 14 Goals 727

Half Forward Flank: Peter Bosustow 1975 – 1987 141 Games State Games 8 Goals 378

Forward Pocket: Paddy Astone 1962-1972 215 Games State Games 2 Goals 261

Full Forward: Albert Gook 1933 – 1940 143 Games State Games 7 Goals 538

Forward Pocket: Rob Wiley 1974 – 1988 178 Games State Games 15 Goals 416

Ruck: Merv McIntosh 1939 – 1955 217 Games State Games 24

Ruck Rover: Doug Oliphant 1927 – 1945 214 Games State Games 6

Rover: Barry Cable 1962 – 1973 225 Games State Games Goals 324

Interchange: Alec Clarke 1899 – 1912 115+ Games

Allan Johnson 1975 – 1981 140 Games State Games 6 Goals 151

Reg Zeuner 1949 – 1959 209 Games State Games 6

Pat Dalton 1960 – 1971 217 Games State Games 1 Goals 140

Coach: Mal Atwell 1966 – 1971 Premierships 1966/67/68

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[edit] Club Song

From the playing fields of rival clubs to our home in Lathlain Park On the West Australian football fields We have carved our magic mark

We are called the Mighty Demons and we're feared by one and all And the more they try to conquer us the harder still they fall.

We are rough and ruthless Demons We're the toughest in the West And through thick and thin the Demon boys Will always stand the test

We are called the Mighty Demons and we're feared by one and all And the more they try to conquer us the harder still they fall.

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[edit] Premierships

SENIORS 1907, 1955, 1966-67-68, 1976-77 (7 total) RESERVES (from 1958) 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973-4-5, 1988, 1996 (8 total) COLTS (from 1958) 1959-60-61, 1963-4-5, 1972, 1999 (8 total) OTHER PREMIERSHIPS - R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1963-4, 1968, 1978 (4 total)

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