While the Sandover Medal has been awarded each year since 1921 (when Tom Outridge originally won from Cyril Hoft on a countback), it was not until 1977 that a public function was held. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the count was regularly televised on Channel 7, however, only league players were invited to attend at the television studio for the event. As a result, it was not until 1977 that a proper menu/program was produced for those in attendance at the count.
In 1977, radio station 6pm and the Swan Brewery launched an award series aimed at rewarding top footballers for staying in Western Australia. It was a time when VFL clubs constantly raided the WAFL for players and the extra money on offer for the overall winner, known as the Champion Footballer, as well as the multiple other minor award winners, was seen as a way of helping to keep players in WA.
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The WA Football Hall of Fame was instituted in 2004 as a way of recognising the best players in WA football over the course of the game's history in this state. What's always been a point of argument, however, is the eligibility criteria. The selection panel has historically used a broad definition to determine whether a player is "West Australian enough", inducting players born and bred in WA who played football elsewhere and also players born and raised interstate or overseas who played football in WA or for the WA-based AFL clubs. The first 10 inductions were held annually before the cost forced the WA Football Commission to move to bi-annual inductions from 2013. In 2021, the induction function was combined with the Sandover Medal count for the first time.
The 200 Club was formed in 1967, largely at the suggestion of former West Perth player Wally Price. Since then, the club has held an annual dinner/reunion, at which players who have become eligible in the past year are formally inducted into the club. An expansion the eligibility rules in the national era allowed players who had played state league football in other states to include those games in their tally.
1967-1986 inclusive
1987 (hosted by East Fremantle)
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1993 (hosted by Perth)
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1996 (hosted by East Fremantle)
1997 (hosted by East Perth)
1998 (hosted by Swan Districts)
1999 (hosted by Claremont)
2000 (hosted by WAFL Umpires)
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2017 WACFL PROGRAM ONLY
2018 - NOT PRODUCED
2019 - NOT PRODUCED
2020 - NOT PRODUCED
2021 - NOT PRODUCED
2022 - NOT PRODUCED
The Jack Clarke Medal was originally called the Burley Medal and was awarded to the best player in the colts competition (known as the 'thirds") from 1957. It was later renamed the Medallists Medal and, eventually, the Jack Clarke Medal. In most years, the colts and reserves medals were officially presented on Sandover Medal night, however, from 1997 there was a separate function held for the counting of Jack Clarke Medal votes. Menus were issued each year until 2017 and 2018 was the final year in which a separate function was held (but no menu was produced that season).
While the Brownlow Medal is clearly not a WAFL award, several players who originally played in the WAFL have won it over the years and some of those have even returned to the WAFL after winning the award. Before the advent of the national competition in 1987, Claremont's Graham Moss won the medal in 1976 while playing with Essendon, East Perth's Ross Glendinning won it in 1983 while with North Melbourne and South Fremantle's Brad Hardie was successful in his first year in the VFL with Footscray. Way back in the 1930s, Haydn Bunton Sr won three Brownlow Medals in Victoria before moving to WA and winning three Sandover Medals. Since the Eagles joined the VFL in time for the start of the 1987 season, the Brownlow has been won by Shane Woewodin (originally from East Fremantle), Simon Black (East Fremantle), Chris Judd (East Perth, but originally a Victorian who was drafted by the Eagles), Ben Cousins (East Fremantle), Matt Priddis (Subiaco), Nat Fyfe (Claremont), Tom Mitchell (Claremont, due to his father being an assistant coach at the Dockers), and Lachie Neale (Swan Districts, but originally a South Australian who was drafted by the Dockers).
1987 (won by John Platten & Tony Lockett)
1988 (won by Gerard Healy)
1989 (won by Paul Couch)
1990 (won by Tony Liberatore)
1991 (won by Jim Stynes)
1992 (won by Scott Wynd)
1993 (won by Gavin Wanganeen)
1994 (won by Greg Williams)
1995 (won by Paul Kelly)
1996 (won by James Hird & Michael Voss)
1997 (won by Robert Harvey)
1998 (won by Robert Harvey)
1999 (won by Shane Crawford)
2000 (won by Shane Woewodin)
2001 (won by Jason Akermanis)
2002 (won by Simon Black)
2003 (won by Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckley & Adam Goodes)
2004 (won by Chris Judd)
2005 (won by Ben Cousins)
2007 (won by Jimmy Bartel)
2008 (won by Adam Cooney)
2009 (won by Gary Ablett Jr)
2010 (won by Chris Judd)
2011 (won by Dane Swan)
2012 (won by Sam Mitchell & Trent Cotchin)
2013 (won by Gary Ablett Jr)
2014 (won by Matt Priddis)
2015 (won by Nat Fyfe)
2016 (won by Patrick Dangerfield)
2017 (won by Dustin Martin)
2018 (won by Tom Mitchell)
2019 (won by Nat Fyfe)
2020 (won by Lachie Neale) - NO MENU DUE TO COVID
2021 (won by Ollie Wines)
2022 (won by Patrick Cripps)
Each year, the life members of the WA Football Commission hold a Christmas lunch, for which a formal menu is produced. The event was not held in 2020 or 2021, due to COVID.
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2020 (NO FUNCTION HELD DUE TO COVID)
2021 (NO FUNCTION HELD DUE TO COVID)
In 2010, the WA Amateur Football League launched its Hall of Champions. Its first induction ceremony was held that year, with annual inductions held thereafter until 2017. From 2018, the Hall of Champions inductions were formally held at the league's awards night. The league was re-named the Perth Football League from 2019.
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