The Eaglehawk Football Netball 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 ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

club based in the town of

Eaglehawk, Victoria Eaglehawk is a suburb within the City of Greater Bendigo and a former gold mining, gold-mining town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Eaglehawk is situated to the north-west of Bendigo on the Loddon Valley Highway. The highway is kno ...

and have competed in every BFL season since the league began in 1880, with the exception of 1904. Eaglehawk teams currently compete in the Bendigo Football Netball League (BFNL). Eaglehawk drew level with Sandhurst in 2007 when they won their 26th premiership. The following year they were premiers again, setting a new league record. Eaglehawk have won the most senior football premierships in the BFNL with 28.

Senior Football Premieships

Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bendigo regio ...

(28): **1882, 1883, 1886, 1887, 1889 **1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 **1901, 1903, 1906, 1908 **1922, 1924 **1935 **1941, 1946 **1953, 1957 **1968 **1971 **1980, 1982 **2007, 2008 **2018

VFL / AFL players

The following footballers played with Eaglehawk prior to making their senior VFL / AFL debut. *1907 - Charlie Clymo ( St Kilda player &

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

coach) *1936 - Almond Richards - Essendon *1951 - Peter Pianto (Geelong Team of the Century member) *1973 -

Rod Ashman Rodney Ashman (born 3 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Playing primarily in the forward pocket, Ashman was a member of Carlton's famous "Mosquito Fleet" which was p ...

( Carlton Team of the Century member) *1980 - Des English (Carlton premiership player 1981 & 1982) *2008 - Jarryn Geary (St Kilda Football Club) *2013 - Jake Stringer - Footscray & Essendon (Footscray premiership player - 2016)

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* {{Bendigo Football League Sports clubs and teams established in 1880 Australian rules football clubs established in 1880 Bendigo Football Netball League clubs 1880 establishments in Australia Netball teams in Victoria (state)