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    Timeline

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

    1896 – 1905

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    1879

    First recorded Australian Rules team in Claremont area

    1906 – 1915

    1906

    The Club was formed as the amateur Cottesloe Beach Football Club

    1907

    Premiership won

    1908

    Premiership won

    1909

    Premiership won

    1910

    Premiership won

    1916 – 1925

    1919

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

    1921

    The Club was admitted to 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, receives the first CFC Sandover Medalist

    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

    Sammy Clarke killed in action serving with RAA in New Guinea

    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 destroyed.

    1946 – 1955

    1949

    Gordon ‘Sonny’ Maffina receives the Sandover Medal

    1952  B. Luscombe died in Korean War 05/06/52

    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

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    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.a

    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 the 2007 Rodriguez Shield – the team which has the best League, Reserves and Colts record combined

    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 13th Sandover Medalist

    2017

    The Club returned to the newly redeveloped Claremont Oval

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