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About the 1954 Grand Final

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How the Bulldogs won the 54 flag
Want to know how Footscray brought the VFL premiership back to the Whitten Oval for the first time? The Bulldogs historian Darren Arthur goes back through the annals of the 1954 season, following the Bulldogs fortunes all the way to that one day in September when Footscray ruled the VFL.

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1954 PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS

Coach & Captain:
Charlie Sutton - Born April 3, 1924 (173 games, 65 goals)
Players:
Peter Box - Born March 22, 1932 (107 games, 43 goals)
Dave Bryden - Born 23 June 1928 (147 games, 56 goals)
John Charles (Jack) Collins  - Born January 5, 1930 - Died July 6, 2008 (154 games, 385 goals)
Wally Donald - Born May 27, 1927 - Died November 8, 2003 (205 games, 1 goal)
Roger Duffy - Born September 26, 1931 (117 games, 117 goals)
Arthur Edwards - Born June 4, 1934 - Died May 2006 (120 games, 26 goals)
Jim Gallagher - Born March 16, 1931 (151 games, 12 goals)
Brian Gilmore - Born July 8 1933 - Died 1959 (105 games, 61 goals)
Herb Henderson - Born September 13 1930 (130 games, 0 goals)
John Kerr - Born July 15 1934 (83 Games, 26 Goals)
Alan Martin - Born March 13, 1928 (105 games, 8 goals)
Ron McCarthy - Born November 3, 1934 (42 games, 3 goals)
Doug Reynolds - Born September 4, 1933 (95 Games, 19 Goals)
Don Ross - Born February 20, 1934 (129 games, 20 goals)
Harvey Stevens - Born August 8, 1930 (126 Games, 127 Goals)
Ron Stockman - Born August 19, 1934 (96 Games, 1 Goal)
Edward James 'Ted' Whitten - Born July 27, 1933 - Died August 17, 1995 (321 games, 360 goals)
Reserves:
Angus Abbey - Born November 15, 1925 (78 games, 0 goals)
Jack Nuttall - Born January 30, 1929 (27 games, 0 goals)

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