List of South Fremantle Football Club coaches
There have been 43 coaches in the 116-year history of the South Fremantle Football Club, a West Australian Football League (WAFL) club.
The longest serving coach is Clive Lewington who coached the club for 11 seasons, winning the premiership four times. John Todd (one premiership), Mal Brown (one premiership), John Dimmer (two premierships) and Joe Coates (two premierships) each coached the team in eight seasons.
Coaches
| Order | Coach | Seasons | Games | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leckie, JackJack Leckie | 1911 | Captain-coach, former captain of Perth[1] | |
| 2 | Banks, BertBert Banks | 1912 | Previously captain in 1909[2] | |
| 3 | Coates, JoeJoe Coates | 1913-20 | 1916 & 1917 premiership coach, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | |
| 4 | Cain, TomTom Cain | 1921, 27 | ||
| 5 | Craig, BillyBilly Craig | 1922 | ||
| 6 | McGilvray, BillBill McGilvray | 1923 | ||
| 7 | Youlden, PercyPercy Youlden | 1924 | Part year | |
| 8 | Bell, TomTom Bell | 1924 | Part year, previously played for Essendon | |
| 9 | Sullivan, TomTom Sullivan | 1925 | Part year | |
| 10 | Heinrichs, DolphDolph Heinrichs | 1925 | Part year,[3] numerous spellings of his surname exist | |
| 11 | Sunderland, JerryJerry Sunderland | 1926, 28 | [4] | |
| 12 | McIntosh, NormNorm McIntosh | 1929, 33 | 38 | |
| 13 | Hebbard, PaddyPaddy Hebbard | 1930-31 | 19 | [5] |
| 14 | Doig, RonRon Doig | 1932 | Doig died from injuries sustained during the 1932 first semi-final, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member | |
| 15 | Edgar, RonRon Edgar | 1934-35 | [6] | |
| 16 | Jones, JackJack Jones | 1936-37 | Ron Cooper was appointed as playing coach,[7] but returned to the Eastern States before the season started.[8] Also played for East Fremantle and first class cricket for WA.[9] | |
| 17 | Chandler, BertBert Chandler | 1938-39 | ||
| 18 | Shea, KeithKeith Shea | 1940 | ||
| 19 | Bowe, JohnJohn Bowe | 1941 | ||
| 20 | Poole, RoyRoy Poole | 1942 | Underage competition | |
| 21 | Smith, DonDon Smith | 1943 | Underage competition | |
| 22 | Davey, BillBill Davey[10] | 1944 | Underage competition, listed as A Davies in SFFC yearbook | |
| 23 | Lewington, NeilNeil Lewington | 1945-46 | Capt-coach in 1945, non playing in 1946, resigned mid-year, South Fremantle Hall of Fame member[11] | |
| 24 | Ditchburn, JimJim Ditchburn | 1946 | Appointed mid-year following Lewington's resignation[12] | |
| 25 | Hutchinson, RossRoss Hutchinson | 1947-49 | 62 | 1947, 1948 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 26 | Lewington, CliveClive Lewington | 1950-58 | 201 | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 premiership coach, South Fremantle and West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 27 | Todd, JohnJohn Todd | 1959, 66-68, 95-98 | 172 | 1997 premiership coach, South Fremantle, West Australian and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 28 | McDonnell, MartyMarty McDonnell | 1960-63 | 86 | |
| 29 | Sorrell, RayRay Sorrell | 1964-65 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 30 | Mann, HassaHassa Mann | 1969-71 | 65 | 1970 premiership coach, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 31 | Atwell, MalMal Atwell | 1972-73 | 42 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 32 | Beard, ColinColin Beard | 1974-76 | 70 | |
| 33 | Johnson, PercyPercy Johnson | 1977 | 23 | West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 34 | Brown, MalMal Brown | 1978-84, 92 | 189 | 1980 premiership coach, West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee |
| 35 | Haddow, DonDon Haddow | 1985-86 | 42 | |
| 36 | Magro, StanStan Magro | 1987-90 | 89 | |
| 37 | Hargrave, SteveSteve Hargrave | 1991 | 21 | |
| 38 | Watson, MarkMark Watson | 1993-94 | 43 | |
| 39 | Micale, TonyTony Micale | 1999 | 22 | |
| 40 | Sumich, PeterPeter Sumich | 2000-01 | 39 | |
| 41 | Northey, JohnJohn Northey | 2002-03 | 38 | |
| 42 | Dimmer, JohnJohn Dimmer | 2004-11 | 151 | 2005, 2009 premiership coach |
| 43 | Hasleby, PaulPaul Hasleby | 2012-14 | 60 | |
| 44 | Curley, ToddTodd Curley | 2015- | Appointed in October 2014[13] | |
| source: South Fremantle Football Club 2013 Yearbook, page 51; Games coached | ||||
References
- ↑ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. p. 31.
- ↑ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. p. 33.
- ↑ "Next Saturday's Games". Western Mail. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 4 June 1925. p. 26. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "South Fremantle". Westralian Worker. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Football Coach: Hebbard for South. Surprise Selection". Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Football. Edgar to Coach South Fremantle.". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "South Fremantle Keen. Ron Cooper Takes Charge.". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 18 March 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "South Fremantle Coach. J Jones Appointed". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1936. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Football Coach Marries". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1936. p. 4 Edition: GOLDFIELDS EDITION. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Watersider As Football Coach". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1944. p. 4 Edition: CITY FINAL. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Football. South Fremantle's Coach". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 5 February 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "League Football. A New Coach". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ Hagdorn, Kim (20 August 2014). "Former Fremantle assistant Todd Curley set to take head coaching job at WAFL club South Fremantle". PerthNow.
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