Life Governors

Bob Hank - "The Master"

1944 – 1958

224 games for West Torrens

14 games for Port-Torrens in 1944

Captain – 1947 – 55

Coach – 1951

Club Champion – 1945 – 50, ‘52, ‘53 & ‘57 (record 9 times)

Magarey – 1946 – 47

Premiership 1945 & 1953 SA State Captain – 1947 – 49 & 1951-54 1st

All Australian selection – 1953

West Torrens Life Member – 1953

West Torrens Life Governor – 1989

Australian Hall of Fame – 1999

Life Governor of the Eagles

Number 1 ticket holder of the Eagles

Lindsay Head

Triple Magarey Medallist 1955, 1958, 1963

Club Champion 8 times 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967

Played record 327 games for Torrens

Captain from 1959 to 1961

Vice Captain 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968

Coach 1959, 1960, 1981

Club Leading Goalkicker 1954, 1958, 1963

State Representative 1953 to 1964

State Captain 11th June 1960

State Vice Captain 1960 to 1962

Club President 1984 to 1988

Club Chairman 1986 to 1988

West Torrens Football Club Life Member 1962

West Torrens Football Club Life Governor 1989

Awarded M.B.E. in 1963 for Service to Football

Hall of Fame Australian Football 1996

Andrew Rogers - "Bucky"

Woodville West Torrens Club Champion 1993, 1995,

Captain 1995 - 2000

Club Vice Captain 1994

Played 65 games for Woodville 1985 - 1987

Played 179 games for Woodville West Torrens 1993 - 2001

Total Games 244

Member of 1993 Premiership Team

South Australian State Team Captain 1996

South Australian State Team Representative 1987 - 1996 (8 games)

Selected as “All Australian” 1987

Woodville West Torrens Club Life Member 1999

Played 83 AFL games with Essendon & Geelong 1988 - 1992

Wife Tracey, Children Mitchell and Tyler

Originally from Port Pirie

Currently - Sales Rep for Schinder

Malcolm Blight

Played 163 games for Woodville 1968 - 1973, then 1983 - 1985

Captain Coach of Woodville 1983 - 1985

Recruited by North Melbourne VFL 1974

1972 Magarey Medallist

1978 Brownlow Medallist

Only player to have kicked 100 goals in both SANFL and VFL

Captained both South Australian and Victorian State teams

Coached Adelaide Crows to 1997, 1998 AFL Premierships

Andrew John Payze - "Bandit"

Runner Up Magarey Medal 1986

West Torrens Club Champion 1986

Played 308 games for Club 1984 - 1998 (4th highest total)

Played 159 games for West Torrens 1984 - 1990

Played 149 games for Woodville / West Torrens 1991 - 1998

Member of 1993 Premiership Team

Vice Captain 1988 - 1990 and 1995 - 1998

Kicked 233 Goals

South Australia’s State Captain 1994

Foundation Adelaide Crows player 1991 with 14 AFL games

State Representative 6 times 1988 to 1994

Life Member 1995

Life Governor 1999

John Frederick Bills - "Fiery Fred"

Club Champion 4 times 1961, 1964, 1970, 1972

Captain from 1965 to 1967

Vice Captain 1971 and numerous other occasions

Played 313 games for West Torrens

Kicked 58 Goals Torrens

Seconds Coach 1978

Woodville Seconds Coach 1981

State Representative 7 times 1961 to 1964

West Torrens Football Club Life Member 1969

West Torrens Football Club Life Governor 1989