The Brunswick Football Club is an

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 ...

club based in the

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suburb of Brunswick. It was formed in 1963 as North Melbourne CBC, later renamed as North Old Boys, NOBs/St Pat's and Brunswick NOBSPC before its current name was adopted in 2017. The club's men's team currently competes in Division 2 of the

Victorian Amateur Football Association The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded in 1892, it consists of six senior divisions, ranging from Premier to Division 3 i ...

(VAFA), while the women's team is in Division 1 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition. Brunswick also fields junior teams in the

Yarra Junior Football League The Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) is the largest junior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The league has a total of 30 clubs, who are based around northern, eastern and north-eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne. There is ...

(YJFL).

History

Origins

In 1932, North Melbourne CBC Football Club was formed for students of North Melbourne Christian Brothers College. It entered the VAFA's D Section the same year, but was expelled in

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after fielding an unregistered player, and the club disbanded. Also in 1939, St Patrick's Ballarat Old Collegians joined the VAFA. The club competed until 1940, then again from 1951 and 1955 and 1964 until 1977.

New club

In 1963, North Melbourne CBC (or North Melbourne CBCOB) reformed as a new club by past students of St Joseph's College and quickly ascended through the VAFA. The club won the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

E Section premiership, the

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

D Section premiership, were runners-up in C Section in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

and again in B Section in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

, entering A Section in

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

. Around this time, the club came to be known simply as North Old Boys, or simply NOBs. In 2005, North Old Boys aligned themselves with St Patrick's College Old Collegians, giving St Patrick's a presence in the VAFA again. The club was renamed to North Old Boys/St Patrick's OC (or simply NOBs/St Pat's). NOBs/St Pat's formed the Brunswick Junior Football Club (BJFC) in 2008. After experiencing some issues in finding a competition and players, the club eventually joined the

in 2010 with an under-10s team. In 2014, the club formed a women's team, nicknamed the Renegades, which competed in the

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until that competition was disbanded at the end of 2016. The Renegades joined the new VAFA Women's competition for its inaugural season in 2017, fielding two teams. At the end of the 2015 season, the club was again renamed to Brunswick NOBSPC to reflect the incorporate the local Brunswick community further. In October 2017, the club formally changed its name to Brunswick, with the change reflected for the 2018 season.

References

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