Strathmore Football Club is an
Australian rules football club located 7 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of
Strathmore and was founded in 1954 as a junior club.
The senior club was established in 1957.
The club originally played its home games in
Pascoe Vale before moving to its current home at Lebanon Reserve in Strathmore.
The club won its seventh A Grade Premiership in 2011 with a win over rivals
Oak Park. Strathmore came into the game underdogs after losing the semi final to Oak Park by 37 points. However, Strathmore prevailed; the final scores were Oak Park 11.13 (79) def. by Strathmore 11.15 (81).
The club was awarded its ninth premiership in 2021 by the EDFL as the ladder leader when the season was curtailed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
VFL/AFL players recruited from Strathmore
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Glenn Manton –
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
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Carlton
* Andrew Horne – South Adelaide Panthers
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Steven Clark –
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Melbourne
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St Kilda
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Ed Considine
Edward "Ed" Considine (born 19 September 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Sydney in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Considine played his early football for St Joseph's and Strathmo ...
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Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Mark Eustice
Mark Eustice (born 14 February 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Richmond and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Eustice, who played his first VFL game at just 17 yea ...
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Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Darryl Gerlach –
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Geoff Gosper –
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Russell Muir
Russell Muir (born 12 July 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essend ...
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Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Michael Thomson –
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
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Ian Aitken –
Carlton
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Jeff Chandler
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North Melbourne
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Adam Contessa
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Contessa, who played reserves level football at North Melbourne Football Club, North Mel ...
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Western Bulldogs
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Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...
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Lance Picioane
Lance Picioane (born 7 June 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide, Hawthorn and the Kangaroos during his time in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Picioane attended Essendon Grammar and was captain of the V ...
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North Melbourne
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Hawthorn
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Scott West
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Western Bulldogs
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Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...
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Jackson Trengove
Jackson Trengove (born 2 November 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
Port Adelaide (2010&ndash ...
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Port Adelaide
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Ryan O'Keefe
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O'Keefe was a membe ...
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Sydney
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Brian Wilson
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Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to:
Educational institutions
* Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school
* Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England
* Collingw ...
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James Polkinghorne –
Brisbane Lions
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The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of t ...
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Andrew Johnston –
Fitzroy Football Club
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References
Full Points FootyEDFL website
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Essendon District Football League clubs
1954 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1954
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Sport in the City of Moonee Valley