Kenneth Walter Bagley (born 7 October 1939) is a former

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player who played for the

Swan Districts Football Club The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, Western Australia, ...

in the

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(WANFL) between 1958 and 1970.

Playing career

Bagley was recruited from Midland, making his league debut for Swan Districts in 1958. A life member of Swan Districts, Bagley played 232 games for the ''Swans'' and was a premiership player three times in 1961, 1962 and 1963. He was awarded a

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for his best on ground performance in the 1963

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. Bagley was picked in the WA State team in 1961 and 1966 and appears in the Swan Districts team of the century on a half back flank.

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* * 1939 births Living people Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub