Life Governors

Bob Hank

Player
  • 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 Medallist – 1946 – 47
  • Premiership 1945 & 1953 SA State Captain – 1947 – 49 & 1951-54
  • All Australian selection – 1953
  • West Torrens Life Member – 1953
  • West Torrens Life Governor – 1989
  • Australian Hall of Fame – 1999
  • Life Governor of the Eagles

Lindsay Head (MBE)

Player
  • 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

Player
  • 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
  • Originally from Port Pirie

Malcolm Blight (AM)

Player/Coach
  • 164 games and 359 goals for Woodville Football Club
  • 7 games for South Australia – State Captain 1985
  • 178 VFL games (North Melbourne)
  • 7 games for Victoria – State Captain 1979, 1981
  • Captain of Woodville 1983-85
  • Coach Woodville 1983-87
  • Woodville Club Champion 1972, 1983
  • Magarey Medallist 1972
  • All Australian 1972, 1985
  • Ken Farmer Medallist 1985 (126 goals SANFL)
  • Life Member Woodville Football Club
  • VFL: Brownlow Medallist 1978; Coleman Medallist 1982 (103 goals)
  • Life Member North Melbourne Football Club and 1978 Club Champion
  • AFL/VFL Coaching: North Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, St Kilda
  • Australian Football Hall of Fame (inaugural inductee 1996)
  • SA Hall of Fame (inaugural inductee 2002)
  • Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend 2017
  • 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 Payze

Player
  • 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 'Fred' Bills

Player
  • 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

Bob Simunsen

Player
  • 145 games and 75 goals for Woodville Football Club
  • Captain of Woodville 1964 and 1971
  • 7 games for South Australia
  • Woodville Club Champion 1964, 1966, 1967
  • Reserves Magarey Medallist 1961 and 1962
  • Woodville Football Club Life Member 1972
  • SA Hall of Fame (Inducted 2006)
  • Life Governor 2014

Justin Cicolella

Player
  • 266 Games and 181 Goals for Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Captain 2007
  • Acting Premiership Captain 2006
  • Club Champion 2002, 2003, 2010
  • 2 x Premiership Player (2006, 2011)
  • 5 AFL Games (Adelaide Crows)
  • Life Member Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Player Life Member of SANFL
  • Life Governor 2020

Ron Fuller

Player/Coach
  • 196 Games and 137 Goals for Woodville Football Club
  • 38 Games and 12 Goals for Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Woodville Captain 1988
  • Escort Cup Premiership Captain 1988
  • Woodville West Torrens League Coach 2001-2009
  • League Premiership Coach 2006
  • Under 17 Coach 1998, 1999, 2000 (All Premierships)
  • Life Member Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Player Life Member of SANFL
  • Life Governor 2020

Luke Powell

Player
  • 233 Games and 54 Goals for Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Captain 2012-2014
  • Club Champion 2008
  • 2 x Premiership Player (2006, 2011)
  • 2 x State Games for South Australia
  • Life Member Woodville West Torrens Football Club
  • Player Life Member of SANFL
  • Life Governor 2020

Rex Sellers (OAM)

Administration
  • President and Chairman of West Torrens 1989-1990
  • Leading role in the amalgamation of West Torrens and Woodville Football clubs
  • Inaugural President of WWTFC in 1991
  • Served on WWTFC Board from 1999 until 2013
  • Former Australian Test Cricketer, SACA Life Member
  • Life Member of WWTFC
  • Life Member SANFL (Inducted 2014)
  • Life Governor Woodville West Torrens Football Club 2024

William Bill Sanders (AM)

Administration
  • Assistant to General Manager Woodville 1968 League Team Manager 1969
  • Chairman of Recruitment
  • Chairman of Woodville 1984-1990
  • SANFL League Director for Woodville 1983-1990
  • Inaugural Adelaide Crows CEO 1990
  • Executive and Finance Committee of the SANFL
  • Future Directions Committee of the SANFL
  • 1995 SANFL Life Member
  • Leading role in the amalgamation of West Torrens and Woodville Football Clubs
  • Chairman of WWTFC in 1991 (part year)
  • Life Member of WWTFC
  • 2000 Adelaide Crows Life Member
  • 2002 Appointed by AFL commission to undertake a National Review of recruitment and retention of umpires
  • 2003 Appointed to Board of Adelaide Crows
  • Appointed Chairman of Crows 2004 to 2008
  • 2008 AFL Life Member
  • 2010 SA Football Hall Of Fame
  • 2015 Adelaide Crows Hall Of Fame
  • 2016 Recipient of Order of Australia (AM)
  • Life Governor Woodville West Torrens Football Club

Kevin Angel

Administration
  • President of Woodville from 1984–1990
  • President or Chairman of WWTFC from 1991–2002
  • Club Doctor
  • Life Member of WWTFC
  • Life Governor Woodville West Torrens Football Club 2024

Peter Wiles

Administration
  • Involved with both West Torrens and WWTFC in various roles across 60 years
  • Team Manager, Timekeeper, Fill in General Manager, Advocate to tribunal for Juniors and Reserves.
  • League Timekeeper
  • Life member of West Torrens and WWTFC
  • Life Governor Woodville West Torrens Football Club 2024