Bulldogs Through & Through

Bulldogs Through & Through traces the storied history of the Western Bulldogs Football Club, from its beginnings as Footscray in the 1880s, through its admission to the VFL in 1925 leading to a century of elite footy that featured precious triumphs, some heartbreaking defeats and countless outstanding individual performances.

There were times when the club was on the edge of extinction, only to rebound to become one of the AFL’s most professional and successful modern teams, and a proud pioneer in the development of the AFLW. The book profiles many of the great players who have represented the Bulldogs including members of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Brownlow Medallists, Coleman Medallists and modern-day champions, along with administrators who have served the club diligently and made it what it is today.

Bulldogs Through & Through, written by club historian Darren Arthur, and lifetime fan Andrew Gigacz, has been published to celebrate the club’s 100th year as a VFL/AFL club. The book is fully illustrated and includes many archival images from the club’s earliest years alongside extensive coverage of the famous premiership wins of 2016 (AFL) and 2018 (AFLW).

In her foreword to the book, Western Bulldogs president Kylie Watson-Wheeler wrote: “There are names and deeds captured and commemorated in this book that echo across generations, as well as historic turning points that have brought us to this moment in time and deserve to be immortalised.”