West Adelaide Football Club - Club Records

Club Records

  • South Australian Premiers: 8 – 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1947, 1961, 1983
  • Champions of Australia: 2 - 1908, 1911
  • South Australian Night Series Champions: 6 – 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1985, 1987
  • Home Ground: Richmond Oval (City Mazda Stadium) (1958–present)
  • Previous Grounds: Kensington Oval, Jubilee Oval, Wayville Showgrounds (1927–1939), Adelaide Oval (1940–1957)
  • First Game at Richmond Oval: 12.11 (83) v West Torrens 10.13 (73) in 1958
  • Record Attendance at City Mazda Stadium: 15,742 v Glenelg in Round 5, 1969
  • Record Night Attendance at City Mazda Stadium: 6,133 v North Adelaide on 26 March 2010
  • Record Attendance: 54,282 v Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, 1958 SANFL Grand Final
  • Record Attendance at AAMI Stadium: 47,129 v Sturt, 1983 SANFL Grand Final
  • Record Attendance since Adelaide Football Club formation (1991): 39,276 v North Adelaide at Football Park, 1991 SANFL Grand Final
  • Most Games: 364 by Grantley Fielke (1979–86, 1988–90, 1992–97)
  • Most Goals in a Season: 105 by Roger Luders in 1983 (24 games)
  • Most Goals for the Club: 558 by Roger Luders 1978-87 (165 games)
  • Most Years as Coach: 8 by Bruce McGregor (1926–29, 1937–39, 1941) and Neil Kerley (1961–62, 1981–84, 1992–93)
  • Most Premierships as Coach: 2 by Neil Kerley (1961, 1983)
  • Most Years as Captain: 7 by Bob Loveday (1971–72, 1974–78)
  • Most Premierships as Captain: 2 by Bernie Leahy (1908, 1909) and Jos Dailey (1911, 1912)
  • Most Premierships as a Player: 4 by Jos Dailey, W. Dowling, H. R. "Dick" Head, J. J. McCarthy and T. Moore (1908, 1909, 1911, 1912)
  • Most Best & Fairest Awards*: 4 by Neil Kerley (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962) and Mark Mickan (1983, 1985, 1986, 1993)
  • All-Australians: Jack Lynch (1953), Stan Costello (1956), Neil Kerley (1961), Don Roach (1961), Robert Day (1966), Geoff Morris (1979), Craig Williams (1983)
  • Highest Score: 36.21 (237) v West Torrens 16.5 (101) at Richmond Oval in Round 8, 1982

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