Olney spoke of the problems in the district caused by unemployment which was forcing men away from their homes to find work. Don Carter broke the drought in 1953 and was rewarded with State selection and in 1954 Laurie Kettlewell joined him in the State side. Ben Keevers, David Robbins, Mark Haynes and Matt Priddis all had good games.Like 2004 every player had contributed to the victory.Mark Haynes won the Clubs Fairest and Best award. While this was going on Fred Williams, Jim Hawtin, Bill Alderman, Ron Coffey, Jeff Smith, Neil Althorpe, Bob Lindsay, Albert Howe and Don Carter gave good service. An unbelievable crowd of 12,500 turned up for the match even though it was a wet day and there was two other league matches played that day. Rucks: Mike Fitzpatrick-Gary Buckenara- Neil Taylor . Stewart Daily and Lloyd Strack continued to give good service while promising newcomers Fred Williams, Ken Cumming and Alan Wilkinson played well. Chris Hall wins the Simpson medal (v Swan Districts G/Final)The club celebrates QBE being the major sponsor for 25 years.The club announces the Best Ever SFC Haydn Bunton Team.Subiaco are defeated by South Fremantle 13 . No other WAFL. Leading Goal Kicker award. Neil Taylor was Club Champion and 'Bucky' was again runner-up and leading goalkicker with 42.
Reg Hampson (61 goals),Kevin Merifield, Rod Newton, Mike Pethick and Wally Martin, all had good seasons.
The recruitment of Snowy Hamilton in 1923 was a huge bonus as he was regarded as South Australia’s number one player. However, towards the end of the season the team was struggling to beat teams like Perth and East Fremantle who they had thrashed early in the season.The finals campaign was disastrous. Rod Newton and Ron Triplett were top recruits.The start of the 1959 season saw enthusiasm levels amongst supporters at its highest since the War. However the Club was weakened by the retirements of Laurie Kettlewell, Denis Barron and Mike Pethick.
Lions win first 4 games then loses next 6 gamesPlayed in the Foxtel Cup in Adelaide vs Port AdelaideThe League side feature 18 debutants & uses 45 players throughout the seasonFor the first time since 1942 the club has joint Outridge Medallists (George Hampson & Brett Mahoney)ex-Gold Coast Sun Kyal Horsley returns and is named captain.Subiaco complete remarkable turnaround to finish 2nd with a record of 14-6 The Lions record the best attacking side in WAFL with 2000+ points on the seasonSubi record a 16 point Grand Final Win over East Perth; the 12th in club historyDarren Rumble and Ian Dargie added to the WAFC 200 club Jarrad Schofield becomes first to win a premiership as a player and a coach for the Subiaco Football ClubSubiaco show no signs of a Premiership hangover and finish first on the ladder with a record of 17-3. Then Peter Burton gave nineteen newcomers a go in 1979.Only five of these players Neil Taylor, Ken Bell, Phil Lamb, Rod Brown and Brian Taylor went on to play more than one hundred games for the Club.During this period Peter Featherby returned to the Club and won Fairest and Best honours in 1977 and 78. Subiaco recruited well in 1988. Shane Yarran becomes first player of indigenous heritage to win the Bernie Naylor Medal (47 goals) Subiaco win their 13th Premiership over West Perth by 66 points. Mon, May 25, 2020 - 9:02 AM. Their last defeat had been on June 10th and they went into the finals on a ten game winning streak. The Club had recruited well over the past three seasons and numerous local juniors had been blooded and were starting to play consistent football. Ensor introduced fourteen newcomers in 197 6, Brian Douge tried nineteen newcomers in 1977-78. On the bright side Peter Burton, Ian Cunningham, Stephen Heal, and Barry Paterson made their debuts and all went on to have successful careers.In 1968 the legendary Haydn Bunton Jnr. Reg Hampson, Peter Metropolis, Brian Sarre, Peter Eakins, Ross Gosden, Kevin Merifield, Colin Williams, Cam Blakemore, and Peter Burton all had good seasons. The improvement continued in 1958 with the team unlucky to miss the finals, and had to be content with fifth place. The final nail in the coffin for Daniel was a humiliating 127 point loss to South Fremantle. Chad Cossom, Mark Nicosci and Ben Keevers were young players who took their game to another level. Subiaco had the services of Laurie Keene for the preliminary final against East Fremantle which they won by three points. Their efforts had been rewarded and four players Phil Farrell, Reg Hampson, Austin Robertson and Brian Sarre were in the State side. He also won Subiaco’s goal kicking for the four seasons he was at the Club. As minor premiers Subiaco reserved the right to challenge any club victorious after the series of finals. The bookmakers had the team at 7 to 1 to win the premiership, double the odds on offer at the beginning of the season.