Bulldogs Hall of Fame

Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition.

At the time it made them the quickest club (barring the founding clubs) to win a premiership after admission to the competition, a record which was only recently beaten in 1999 by the Melbourne Storm.

They won a second premiership in 1942 but then had to wait another 38 years before breaking through for a third title in 1980.

During the 80s, the Bulldogs were a dominant force in the competition appearing in five Grand Finals, winning four of them.

The tryscorers were Hazem El Masri and Matt Utai, and the Clive Churchill Medal winner was Willie Mason.