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Round 1, 1977. East Fremantle trailed by 32 points at 3qtr time vs Subiaco and won by 53 points out scoring Subiaco 85-0 in the last qtr. This is the biggest turnaround win from a 3qtr time deficit in the WAFL.
http://waflfootyfacts.net/gamestats.php?GameID=5669
This game was West Perth's greatest turnaround (64 points) win from a 3 qtr time margin.
http://waflfootyfacts.net/gamestats.php?GameID=9128
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I noticed another interesting West Perth fact today; in 1993 West Perth were minor premiers and Swan Districts second, yet neither the Falcons nor the Swans' percentage reached 100. I can't even think of any season, in the WAFL or any league around Australia where the minor premier had a percentage of less than 100, let alone the top two teams. Little wonder the Falcons and Swans proved easy prey for the Claremont Tigers, which comfortably took out the 1993 WAFL premiership from 3rd (final 5).
Are there any other examples of a minor premier with a percentage of under 100?
West Perth's percentage is the lowest by a minor premier in a major football league - no doubt about it. The latest any other team has topped the ladder with nearly so low a percentage was Hawthorn in the 1969 VFL season, when they had lost only one game after Round 8 but their percentage was barely over 100 because they had been thrashed by Carlton in the second round.Hi Emuboy
Apologies for not getting back to you sooner - I am not sure on this one - and without going through every year I don't have this info easily on hand - as soon as I find an answer i'll let you know - I do recall seeing it in prior to 1993 but definitely not the top two teams.
West Perth's percentage is the lowest by a minor premier in a major football league - no doubt about it. The latest any other team has topped the ladder with nearly so low a percentage was Hawthorn in the 1969 VFL season, when they had lost only one game after Round 8 but their percentage was barely over 100 because they had been thrashed by Carlton in the second round.
In fact, the next two lowest percentage by a minor premier in a major Australian Rules league were also in the WA(N)FL: East Fremantle in 1921 and Perth in 1963. The lowest in the V/AFL is 116.3 by Carlton in 1938, which is still a full seventeen percent higher than West Perth in 1993 and thirteen percent higher than Perth in 1963.
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We have discussed a few Test cricketers earlier in this thread, and I was wondering whether there has been any WAFL footballers who became famous in other areas? For example in the VFL/AFL there has been Doug Nicholls, a future Governor of South Australia; Don Chipp, a future leader of the Democrats; Alan Stretton, a future Major General in the Australian Army; and Lindsay Fox, a well known businessman. In the VFA there has been John Curtin who played for Brunswick and later became PM, as well as Norman Yemm, who became a famous actor on Homicide, Number 96 and The Sullivans. The SANFL has had Lionel Hill, who later became that state's premier.
Are there any well known WA identities who played senior WAFL footy and later became famous in other fields?