What are interesting facts about the West Coast Eagles?
West Coast Eagles is a professional Australian Rules football club. It is based in Perth Australia and plays Australian Football League (AFL). Here are some interesting facts about West Coast Eagles:
- West Coast Eagle is one of the two Australian Football League clubs of Western Australia. Other one is Fremantle Football Club.
- It was established in 1986 and it won its first premiership in 1992.
- West Coast Eagle was the first non-Victorian team to play in and win a Grand Final.
- West Coast is one of the most financially successful clubs in AFL, both in terms of revenue and profit. Its total revenue in 2010-11 for the previous season was s $45.6 million
- The club’s 2011 membership of 54,745 people was a club record, and the fourth-highest overall in the AFL. Today it is club with the highest number of members in Western Australia, as well as being the 6th highest in the league.
- West Coast’s official colours are navy blue and gold and its current logo features a stylised wedge-tailed eagle with the words “West Coast Eagles” written underneath.
- The mascot for this club is a bald eagle – Rick “The Rock”.
The club’s official team song is “We’re the Eagles”, composed by Kevin Peek, a former member of the progressive rock band Sky.