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The High Park Demons (formerly known as the Mississauga Demons and Mississauga Mustangs) is an amateur
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
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, Ontario, Canada.


History

The team began in 1989 as the Mississauga Mustangs, an inaugural member of the Canadian Australian Football Association. On 12 October 1989, during half time of an exhibition match between the AFL teams
Melbourne Demons The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons or colloquially the Dees, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...
and
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in Toronto, footy jumpers were presented to the team captain of the Mustangs. Two days later the Mustangs were defeated by the Panthers 65 to 48, winning the inaugural Conacher Cup. In 1999, the Brampton Wolverines disbanded due to a shortage of players, with the remaining players joining the Mississauga Mustangs. In 2004, the team was renamed the Demons, and adopted the identity of the Melbourne Demons AFL club. In 2007, the club relocated to
High Park High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. One-third of the park remains ...
and changed their name.


OAFL Premierships

*1994


External links

* Australian rules football clubs in Toronto Australian rules football clubs in Canada Ontario Australian Football League clubs 1989 establishments in Ontario Australian rules football clubs established in 1989 {{Toronto-stub