Timeline

Timeline

These are some of the noteworthy events of the Claremont Football Club.

1906 – 1915

1906

The Club was formed as the amateur Cottesloe Football Club and won the premiership in their first year

1907

Premiership won

1908

Premiership won

1909

Premiership won

1910

Premiership won

1916 – 1925

1919

Cottesloe club merged with a consortium from Claremont to gain entry to the WANFL

1921

The Club was admitted to the West Australian National Football Association, the  WANFL “B” Grade competition, as Claremont-Cottesloe.

1926 – 1935

1926

Claremont/Cottesloe was admitted to the senior league

1927

The Club moved to Claremont Oval

1932

Keith Hough, is the first CFC player to win the WANFL Sandover Medal.

1935

The Club officially dropped ‘Cottesloe’ from its name, becoming simply ‘Claremont’

1936 – 1945

Those who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War 2 are:

S. Clarke – 24/01/45

H. Curtis – 02/02/42

A. Exley – 16/08/40

H. Guthrie – 24/10/43

R. Guthrie – 01/05/42

W. Holly – 27/08/43

A. Howe – 10/11/42

A. Jeffrey – – 04/06/45

T. King – 07/01/43

Malcolm Lyon – 17/09/43

H. Mottram – 04/11/44

C. Williams – 10/10/44

1938

Premiership won

Claremont broke their premiership drought, winning the grand final against East Fremantle

1939

World War 2 begins

1939

Premiership won

The Club won its second premiership, in a grand final once again against East Fremantle

1940

Claremont won its third successive premiership, against South Fremantle

1942

During World War 2 the WANFL operated on a limited, under age only basis

1944

The Claremont Oval grandstand burnt down. All early records, photos and memorabilia, including all the club’s football gear, jumpers etc, destroyed.

1946 – 1955

1949

Gordon ‘Sonny’ Maffina receives the Sandover Medal

1956 – 1965

1964

Claremont won the grand final against East Fremantle, securing the club’s fourth premiership and breaking a 24 year drought.

1966 – 1975

1967

John Parkinson receives the Sandover Medal (ties with Bill Walker, SD)

1972

First Rodriguez Shield

1976 – 1985

1976

Graham Moss becomes WA’s first player to win the Brownlow Medal

1977

Graham Moss returned in 1977 as captain-coach

1981

The Club kicked an Australian record 3,352 points in 21 matches

1981

Claremont won their fifth flag over South Fremantle

1982

A record attendance of 50,883 was recorded at the Grand Final against Swan Districts at Subiaco Oval

1984

Michael Mitchell and Steve Malaxos receive the Sandover Medal (tied with Peter Spencer, EP)

1986 – 1995

1987

Start of the Neesham era

1987

Under Gerard Neesham’s extremely innovative coaching methods the Club won twenty and drew one of their last 21 games

1987

Premiership Won

1989

Premiership Won

1991

Premiership Won

1993

Premiership Won

1994

Gerard Neesham departs mid-year to become inaugural coach of Fremantle Dockers

Mark Riley appointed as coach for the remainder of the season.

1995

Darrell Panizza breaks Ken Caporn’s games record of 274

1996 – 2005

1996

Premiership Won

2005

Jaxon Crabb receives the Sandover Medal

2006 – 2015

2007

Claremont won its 12th Rodriguez Shield.

2007

Anthony Jones receives the Sandover Medal

2011

Premiership Won

The Club were once again the dominant side in the competition completing the season at the top of the league ladder winning 14 from 19 games and claiming the premiership over Subiaco

2011

Luke Blackwell wins Sandover Medal

2012

Premiership Won

Another extremely successful season for Claremont with the League and Reserves sides both winning premierships and the Colts side coming within 2 points of a Grand Final berth. The Club won its 15th Rodriguez shield as a result, as well as the prestigious Foxtel Cup.

2012

Kane Mitchell receives the Sandover Medal

2014

After many years of negotiations, the Club secured funding to demolish their well-worn premises and to rebuild a new state-of-the-art complex on freehold land

2014

During construction of their new facilities the Club moved their operations to nearby Showgrounds, where they operated from for 3 years

2016 onwards

2016

Jye Bolton becomes the Club’s 12th Sandover Medalist

2017

The Club returned to the newly redeveloped Claremont Oval

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