SOUTH WHYALLA
Current Affiliation: Whyalla Football League (WFL) since 1939
Club Address: P.O. Box 401, Whyalla 5600, South Australia
Colours: Navy blue and red
Emblem: Demons
Senior WFL Premierships: 1944, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1961-2, 1964-5, 1968, 1981, 1984, 1993-4 (13 total)
Mail Medallists: Pat Donovan 1934; Colin Herbert 1939; Ivan Scott 1940 (3 total)
Whyalla News Medallists: Colin Herbert 1942; Ray McEwan 1945; Ken Balnaves 1948 & 1954; Laurie Bade 1950; Don Hewett 1953; Mick Kelleher 1956; Bevan Parker 1957; Geoff Downey 1958; Glen Davis 1963; Kevin Haylock 1964; Paul Gloede 1967*; Harry Kernahan 1967*; Graham Sando 1975; Mark Hewett 1977; Graham Ford 1979; Brenton Lamshed 1986; Mike Weadon 1988; Ray McIntosh 2008 (18 Medallists/19 Medals)
* indicates joint winners.
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South Whyalla has been consistently successful over the years, with the 1940s and 1960s proving especially so. The club has produced many fine players, including Colin Herbert, Laurie Bade, Don Hewett and Mick Kelleher, all of whom won Whyalla News Medals as well as earning selection in the official WFL Team of the Century. Hewett later went on to greater fame with Glenelg.
Between 1966 and 1968 the Demons were captain-coached by another man with a Glenelg connection in Harry Kernahan, who steered the side to the 1968 flag, having been a joint winner, along with team mate Paul Gloede, of the previous season's Whyalla News Medal.
It has now been a long time between drinks for South supporters, with no senior flags to celebrate since 1994. Moreover, the 2006 season was one that everybody associated with the club will want to forget as quickly as possible with the five grades all succumbing to the wooden spoon, and winning a mere 3 games out of 85, which translates to a success rate of 3.5%, between them.
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