The Leopold Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an

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and

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club based in

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. The club teams currently compete in the regional

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. They play their home games at Leopold Memorial Park.

History

Originally a team from

played in local competitions from 1897 to 1922, until it was disbanded in 1923. In 1955 they reformed and entered into the Geelong & District Football League, Jarman Cup division. In 1963 they lost the Grand Final, both Grand Finalists were promoted to the Woolworths Cup. In 1964 they made the Woolworth Cup Grand Final but lost by a point. In 1965 the transferred into the Polwarth Football League. While in this league moves were made for a

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based football competition. In 1971 they were one of the founding clubs of the

Bellarine Football League The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competition ...

. Finally in 1992 Leopold was admitted into the

Geelong Football League The Geelong Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is widely regarded as the highest-standard Australian rules football league in regional Victoria, with sever ...

, where has remained up to present days.

VFL/AFL players

* David Loats – * Ben Graham – * Tony Brown – * Tim Boyle – *

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– * Mario Bortolotto – , * Luke Dahlhaus – * Tom Ruggles - *Jed Bews - Geelong Craig Dowsett. - Geelong

Bibliography

* ''Cat Country – History of Football in the Geelong Region'', John Stoward,

References

External links

Official website
{{Geelong Football League Geelong Football Netball League clubs 1955 establishments in Australia Geelong & District Football Netball League clubs Sports clubs and teams established in 1955 Australian rules football clubs established in 1955 Netball teams in Victoria (state) Multi-sport clubs in Australia