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    DESERTING THE DOG-HOUSE – DID YOU KNOW?

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    At the end of the 2014 season, Western Bulldog fans were incensed when their Captain Ryan Griffen left to join the GWS Giants – but it’s not the first time the club have lost their serving captain to another team!

    Can you name the other five former captains who also deserted the dog-house? Perhaps this visual clue will help you!

    Scroll below the photo for the answers…

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    Answers: Ivan McAlpine 1933 – Hawthorn, David Thorpe 1973 – Richmond, Gary Dempsey 1978 – North Melbourne, Kelvin Templeton 1982 – Melbourne, Jim Edmond 1985 – Sydney.
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