John Worsfold

John Worsfold
Personal information
Full name	John Richard Worsfold
Nickname(s)	Woosha
Date of birth	(1968-09-25) 25 September 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth	Subiaco, Western Australia
Original team(s)	South Fremantle juniors
Height / weight	180 cm / 86 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1986–1987 1987–1998	South Fremantle (WAFL) West Coast	024 0(4) 209 (37)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1988–1993	Western Australia	5 (1)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2002–2013 2016–	West Coast Essendon Total	281 (149–130–2) 22 (3–19-0) 303 (152–149–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2016.
Career highlights
Club West Coast Club Champion: 1988 2x AFL Premiership: 1992, 1994 West Coast Captain: 1991–98 South Fremantle Best First Year Player: 1986 WAFL Rookie of the Year: 1986 West Coast Best Clubman: 1993, 1998 Representative 2x Western Australia Captain: 1992-1993 Overall West Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2004) Coaching AFL Premiership: 2006 All-Australian: 2006 2x AFLCA Coach of the Year: 2006, 2011

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John Richard Worsfold (born 25 September 1968) is a former Australian rules football player and current coach best known for his career for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his senior debut for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and was named an inaugural squad member of West Coast on their formation in 1986. After winning the club's best and fairest award in 1988, Worsfold was appointed captain of the club in 1991, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1998. During his period at the club, Worsfold played in 209 games, which including the 1992 and 1994 premiership sides. During this time, he also appeared in five State of Origin matches for Western Australia, captaining his state twice.

In 2000, two years after his retirement from playing, Worsfold joined Carlton as an assistant coach, remaining in this position until the end of the 2001 season, when he was appointed senior coach of West Coast, replacing Ken Judge. Worsfold coached the club in eight finals series, including the 2006 premiership. In 2010, he coached West Coast to its first wooden spoon, but the following season the team finished fourth, with Worsfold receiving the AFLCA Coach of the Year Award for a second time. Overall, he coached West Coast in 274 games, a club record. He resigned at the end of the 2013 season following a poor season in which the Eagles failed to make the finals after having done so in 2011 and 2012. Worsfold was named an inaugural inductee into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004. The John Worsfold Medal is named in his honour.