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Dederang-Mt Beauty Football Club
The Dederang Mount Beauty Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bombers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Dederang, Victoria. Dederang teams currently play in the Tallangatta & District Football League. Individual Club Histories Below are brief histories of each club's football competition timelines, grand finals results, league best and fairest winners and some links to team photos from the following clubs - Dederang, Tawonga, Bogong, Bogong / Tawonga and Dederang / Mount Beauty. There was a Dederang & District Football Association that ran from 1932 to 1939, with the grand final results listed below. When Dederang FC left the Dederang & DFA in 1940, the Association changed its name at their AGM to the Kiewa & Mitta Football League. Dederang Football Club (1891 - 1975) ;Football Timeline *1891-1911: Club formed in 1891. No official competition football until 1912. *1912: Yackandandah Football Association *1913-1915: Kiewa Valley Football Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallangatta & District Football League
The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria and the southern border area of the Riverina region of New South Wales. The clubs compete across four competitions, two of which are age restricted (under-17s and under-14s). Since 1980, the Tallangatta & District Netball Association (TDNA) has run in conjunction with TDFL. The clubs compete across six competitions, three of which are age restricted (18 & Under, 15 & Under, and 13 & Under). Today all of the 12 clubs across both the TDFL & TDNA are joint football–netball clubs, with the overall best club across all football and netball competitions for the season awarded the Club Championship. History Origins The very first Tallangatta Football Association was formed in 1907, with Granya taking out the premiership then in 1908, Sandy Creek defeated Granya in the grand final by two points. There was a Tallangatta & District Football As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Doubleday
Geoff Doubleday (born 28 January 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Doubleday was later captain-coach of Dederang & won the 1967 Tallangatta & District Football League The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria and the southern border area of the Riverina region of New South Wales. The clubs compete across four c ... best and fairest medal and was runner up in 1966 and in 1969 tied with the winner on votes, but was deemed second on the old count back system. Notes External links * * Living people 1940 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Fitzroy Football Club players North Albury Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Establishments In Australia
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Sports Clubs And Teams Established In 1976
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Australian Rules Football Clubs In Victoria (state)
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George Barton (footballer)
George Alexander Barton (23 August 1934 - 5 May 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Barton was born in Tawonga and was the brother of Colin Barton, who played with Geelong Football Club and Bill Barton who played with North Melbourne Football Club. George Barton started playing senior football for Tawonga in the Yackandandah & District Football League at 14 in 1949. Barton was then recruited by Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1954. After two season with Myrtleford, Hawthorn recruited Barton and he made his senior VFL debut in round seven, 1956 against Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Barton was named as Hawthorn's best player in Hawthorn's 1956 round eight clash against Carlton and Barton's second VFL match. Barton returned from Hawthorn to initially play with Myrtleford, then played with Tawonga in the Tallangatta & District Football League. Barton later played with Bogong FC in the Tallan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovens & King Football League
The Ovens & King Football Netball League (OKFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria around the regional cities of Benalla, Victoria, Benalla and Wangaratta, Victoria, Wangaratta. History The Ovens & King Football League (OKFL) was formed on 13 June 1903 after a handful of men met at The Bulls Head Hotel in Wangaratta to consider forming a football competition. One week later, the first matches of the Ovens & King Football Association were played. The competition changed its name to the Ovens and King Football League after the 1928 season. Today, more than 100 years later, teams from Benalla, Bright, Greta, King Valley, Milawa, Moyhu, North Wangaratta, Tarrawingee and Whorouly participate in seniors, reserves and five netball grades. Located in the rich Ovens River, Ovens Valley and King River, Victoria, King Valley of northeast Victoria, the league has produced a number of elite football who have gone on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Central Football Club Colours
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Eltham Football Club
Eltham Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Eltham, Victoria, currently competing in the Northern Football League (Australia), Northern Football League. History The Eltham Football Club began playing social matches at nearby Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Kangaroo Ground, Diamond Creek Football Club, Diamond Creek and Greensborough Football Club, Greensborough from around 1904. Phil McGavin was listed as Secretary in 1904. In 1907, Police Constable "Ike" Stephens convened a meeting with the idea of providing entertainment for the lads and an outlet for their surplus energy. . Eltham continued to play social games however World War One saw these stop. After the return of the men in 1918-19, Eltham returned to the football field. In 1920, the Eltham Football Club joined the Heidelberg District Football League. The team travelled by train to Ivanhoe, Victoria, Ivanhoe to play their first game. Home games were played at Eltham Park, now called Eltham Lower Park. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War Two
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes. The causes of World War II included unresolved tensions in the aftermath of World War I and the rise of fascism in Europe and militarism in Japan. Key events preceding the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yackandandah & District Football League
The Yackandandah & District Football Association was a minor rural Australian Rules Football competition in North Eastern Victoria. The competition ran from 1928 to 1932, 1940, then from 1946 to 1953, when it folded in early 1954. History There was a Yackandandah Football Association established in 1912 amongst the following clubs - Dederang, Yackandandah and Tawonga - with Dederang taking out the premiership. in 1928, the Yackandandah & District Football Association was formed and Mr. Fred Malcomson, from the Star Hotel, Yackandandah, decided to donate a trophy to the premiers. In 1933, the Yackandandah & DFA disbanded and the Tallangatta & District Football Association was formed from the following clubs - Bethanga, Granya, Kiewa Valley, Mitta Valley and Tallangatta. The competition re-formed in 1940 for one year, before going into recess due to World War Two. It then re-formed in 1946 and was active up until April, 1954 when it went into recess. In 1947, the Y&DFA had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
