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    Home made bulldogs

    I remember the years when 70% of our list was western suburb footballers picked up from the FDL or VFA sides Sunshine, Yarraville and Williamstown.
    Just wondering how many on our list are actually from the western suburbs nowadays, I know we can easily look up players where they are from but it’s harder now because they are usually named under the under 18 team, I just wonder how many actually grew up around the west..
    Can anyone name any players who went to primary or high schools in the area?
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Interesting thread ledge. I grew up in the east so a bit harder to answer this question. We have quite a few now playing for us from out my way.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    I reckon Bubba Smith would have been the last real local boy (grew up walking distance fro the ground and came from a Footscray supporting family) to play for us.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Callan Ward was fairly local.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    I reckon Bubba Smith would have been the last real local boy (grew up walking distance fro the ground and came from a Footscray supporting family) to play for us.
    Johnno I believe as well. I think he was originally from Hoppers Crossing.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Ryan Gardner worked at the Railway Hotel in Yarraville when he got drafted. That’s pretty legit.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    The most local I can think of would be the father sons like Libba, Wallis and Hunter, and West but I can't be certain
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    The most local I can think of would be the father sons like Libba, Wallis and Hunter, and West but I can't be certain
    But did they grow up in the West ?
    Lachie Hunter I am guessing would be from out my way as I see his dad at Macs hotel (Melton) sometimes.
    I think Wallis old man runs Car dealerships in Werribee and Essendon.
    Apart from that I have no idea if they live or grew up in the West.
    Seems the western suburbs is represented by a team that has no individual of the West.
    But I guess we knew that would happen once the draft was introduced and zoning was abolished.
    I find it quite amusing when you look at the last video of Johnno plugging stand by the West.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    The most local I can think of would be the father sons like Libba, Wallis and Hunter, and West but I can't be certain
    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    But did they grow up in the West ?
    Lachie Hunter I am guessing would be from out my way as I see his dad at Macs hotel (Melton) sometimes.
    I think Wallis old man runs Car dealerships in Werribee and Essendon.
    Apart from that I have no idea if they live or grew up in the West.
    Seems the western suburbs is represented by a team that has no individual of the West.
    But I guess we knew that would happen once the draft was introduced and zoning was abolished.
    I find it quite amusing when you look at the last video of Johnno plugging stand by the West.
    Steve Wallis originally came from Leongatha, Libba's folks live in Brunswick which is where he grew up. It's a fair walk from either of those places to Whitten Oval.

    Bubba copped enough shit for going to a private Catholic secondary school, but now most of the boys are from private schools
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Tony Liberatore grew up in Brunswick. I think Tom grew up in Essendon as that’s where Tony has lived for quite some time.

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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Well i wonder how many west kids are actually AFL players now.
    One at Collingwood is from Nth Sunshine. Hoskin Elliot.
    And Rayner is from Hillside but wouldnt say that falls in the West.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    Well i wonder how many west kids are actually AFL players now.
    One at Collingwood is from Nth Sunshine. Hoskin Elliot.
    And Rayner is from Hillside but wouldnt say that falls in the West.
    Pretty sure Bachar Houli is a Newport or Spotswood native.

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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Pretty sure Bachar Houli is a Newport or Spotswood native.
    His parents ran a fishnchip shop near Werribee race track when he was at the bombers so yeah he would be a western suburbs boy.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Gia is the one I'm surprised that most are missing.

    A list of the Western Jets players and their home clubs listed by teams in the last 10 years.

    #49 National 2012 Lachie Hunter 1994-12-13 181cm 80kg Williamstown Juniors/​St Kevin's College/​Williamstown 128 57 31 Western Bulldogs (128) B&F: 2018
    Prem: 2016
    #56 National 2013 James Sicily 1995-01-06 186cm 77kg Keilor/​Williamstown 82 56 20 Hawthorn (82) AA40: 2019
    #59 National 2018 Brett Bewley 1995-04-14 185cm 87kg Darley/​Williamstown 7 1 0 Fremantle (7)
    #28 National 2014 Dillon Viojo-Rainbow 1996-02-08 184cm 82kg Hoppers Crossing 0 0 0 Carlton (0)
    #37 Rookie 2014 Brenton Payne 1996-03-09 193cm 76kg Bacchus Marsh/​St Patrick's College 0 0 0 St Kilda (0)
    #20 National 2014 Jayden Laverde 1996-04-12 190cm 82kg Keilor/​PEGS 40 30 0 Essendon (40)
    #33 National 2014 Connor Menadue 1996-09-19 187cm 69kg Spotswood 39 11 0 Richmond (39)
    #12 National 2014 Corey Ellis 1996-10-09 184cm 75kg Keilor/​PEGS 31 7 1 Richmond (27)
    Gold Coast (4)
    #11 National 2014 Liam Duggan 1996-12-11 183cm 75kg Bacchus Marsh/​St Patrick's College 85 9 2 West Coast (85) Prem: 2018
    #29 Rookie 2015 Luke Goetz 1997-12-03 201cm 97kg Altona 0 0 0 Western Bulldogs (0)
    #28 Rookie 2016 Oscar Junker 1998-01-23 193cm 84kg Werribee Districts 0 0 0 North Melbourne (0)
    #13 National 2016 Daniel Venables 1998-11-19 186cm 81kg PEGS/​Keilor 21 11 0 West Coast (21) Prem: 2018
    #72 National 2017 Tristan Xerri 1999-03-15 201cm 93kg Caroline Springs/​Lakeview SC/​Werribee 0 0 0 North Melbourne (0)
    #22 National 2017 Lachlan Fogarty 1999-04-01 179cm 75kg Spotswood/​St Kevin's College 17 5 0 Geelong (17)
    #1 National 2017 Cam Rayner 1999-10-21 187cm 87kg Hillside/​Doutta Stars/​PEGS 46 40 3 Brisbane (46)
    Unregistered 2018 Buku Khamis 2000-03-24 189cm 82kg St Albans (WRFL)/​Maribyrnong College 0 0 0 Western Bulldogs (0)
    #22 National 2018 Xavier O'Halloran 2000-07-11 186cm 84kg St Bernards/​St Bernard's College 0 0 0 Greater Western Sydney (0)
    #12 National 2018 Zak Butters 2000-09-08 181cm 71kg Darley/​Maribyrnong College 19 12 0 Port Adelaide (19)
    #9 Rookie 2019 Emerson Jeka 2001-09-18 197cm 87kg Altona/​Maribyrnong College 0 0 0 Hawthorn (0)
    #3 Rookie 2019 Josh Honey 2001-10-17 184cm 79kg Keilor/​Maribyrnong College 0 0 0 Carlton (0)


    I didn't know about Cicily being a local boy. A lot of pennies drop when I see that.
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    Re: Home made bulldogs

    Shane Ellen, who played with Dogs and Crows was from Melton. He famously kicked 5 in 97 GF replacing Modra who had injured his knee in some game I can't recall.

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