East Fremantle Football Club

100 years of tradition from "angels" to "old easts" to "sharks" by jack lee. though club histories usually concentrate on champion players and premierships won, the east fremantle football club is almost unique - and uniquely fortunate - in having a huge band of supporters and officials whose contribution has been as great as that of the players and we pay tribute to all of them in 1997, our centenary year. during the centenary, we have set a number of records in team and player performances and years of service given by officials - and no other club in the leading football states, wa and victoria, can match us in any way. the foundation of the club owes much to tom wilson and david (dolly) christy, wilson from north melbourne, christy from ballarat and melbourne and both from imperials, along with businessman sam thomson. the club, known variously as the blue-and-whites (with "angels sometimes added), old easts (to distinguish us from young easts - east perth) and now the sharks, has