West Coast Eagles Legends John Worsfold and Glen Jakovich have been inducted into the WA Hall of Champions, recognising their outstanding contributions to football in Western Australia and across the nation.
The pair were honoured on Wednesday night at the annual WA Hall of Champions event, which celebrates the state’s greatest athletes, teams and sporting contributors.
Premiership teammates in West Coast’s historic 1992 and 1994 triumphs, Worsfold and Jakovich were inducted alongside champion jockey Damien Oliver.
The honour caps a memorable year for the two Eagles greats, who were both elevated to Legend status in the West Coast Eagles Hall of Fame earlier this year.
Worsfold’s induction into the Hall of Champions recognises an extraordinary contribution to the game spanning four decades as a player, captain, coach and football leader.
An inaugural Eagle in 1987, Worsfold helped shape the culture and identity of the fledgling club before captaining West Coast to its first two premierships. After a decorated 209-game playing career, he returned as senior coach and led the Eagles to another premiership in 2006.
He remains the only person to have won West Coast premierships as both a player and coach and returned to the club in 2024 as Head of Football.
Jakovich was recognised for a career that established him as one of the finest key defenders of his generation.
After beginning his senior career with South Fremantle, he joined West Coast in 1991 and quickly established himself as a cornerstone of the Eagles’ powerful teams of the 1990s.
Across 276 games, Jakovich built a reputation for his strength, competitiveness, consistency and ability to match up against the competition’s leading key forwards, most famously in battles with North Melbourne great Wayne Carey.
He stands alongside Ben Cousins as the only Eagles to win four Club Champion awards.
Their induction into the WA Hall of Champions adds another significant honour to the legacies of two of the most influential figures in West Coast Eagles history.
John Worsfold's career achievements
- Games: 238 (West Coast 209, South Fremantle 24, WA 5)
- Premiership captain: 1992, 1994
- Premiership coach: 2006
- Club Champion: 1988
- Best Clubman: 1993, 1998
- All-Australian: 1988, 1990
- Club captain: 1991–1998
- Most games as captain (138) and coach (281) at West Coast
- Essendon coach: 2016–2020 (105 games)
- WA Football Hall of Fame: 2004
- West Coast Hall of Fame: inaugural inductee, 2011
- Elevated to Legend status at West Coast: 2026
- Australian Football Hall of Fame: 2026
- WA Hall of Champions: 2026
Glen Jakovich's career achievements
- Games: West Coast 276 (60 goals), South Fremantle 51 (109 goals)
- Premiership player: 1992, 1994
- Club Champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
- All-Australian: 1994, 1995
- Glendinning Medal: 1996, 2001
- AFL Rookie of the Year: 1991
- International Rules Series (Australia): 2003
- Australian Football Hall of Fame: 2008
- WA Football Hall of Fame: 2008
- West Coast Hall of Fame: inaugural inductee, 2011
- Elevated to Legend status at West Coast: 2026
- WAFL Eagles Ball Legend: 2026
- WA Hall of Champions: 2026
