The East Ballarat Football Club was an Australian rules football club which competed in the

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. First formed in 1885 the club remained a junior club in their district, their senior club being Ballarat Imperial Football Club. The upheaval of the 1930s in which the Ballarat competition merged with the Wimmera league for three years resulted with the dissolving of the Imperial. Reformed during the

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the club in 1944 was promoted to the top level BFL competition. They won six premierships in 1949, 1950, 1964, 1989, 1990 & 1993. They merged with

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in 2001 to form the East Point Football Club.''

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"Woofer see the Point of it all"
7 August 2006, Martin Blake

Premierships

(6): 1949, 1950, 1964, 1989, 1990, 1993

Notable players

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* Danny Frawley * Sean Simpson * Tony Evans

References

{{Ballarat Football League Ballarat Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1885 Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 2001 1885 establishments in Australia 2001 disestablishments in Australia

Premierships

Notable players

See also

References