The Mooroopna Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Cats'', is an

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and

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club based in the rural town of

Mooroopna Mooroopna is a town located north of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River (Victoria), Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway (Victoria), Midland Highw ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

. Mooroopna currently competes in the

Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley League (GVL), also known as the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League (GVFNL), is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. History The leag ...

(GVFL), of which Mooroopna is a founding member.

History

The first apparent details of a game of

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football between Mooroopna and Shepparton was published in The Weekly Times in July 1879 After short periods prior to and following

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playing in the

Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah ...

(GVFA) and Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL), Mooroopna returned to the GVFL in 1949, where it has played to the present day.

Competition Timeline

*1893 - 1934:

*1935 - Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football League *1936 - 1938:

*1939 - 1941:

*1942 - 1944: Club in recess >

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*1945 -

*1946 - 1948: Central Goulburn Valley Football League *1949 - 2019:

*2020 - GVFNL & Mooroopna FNC in recess >

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*2021 to present day -

Football Premierships

;Seniors ;Reserves ;Under 18's / Thirds

League Best & Fairest

;Senior Football *

: Morrison Medal **1962 - Brian McCarty **1965, 1967, 1968 - Ray Willett **1972 & 1973 - Dowie Bux **1977 - Gavin Saunders **1983 & 1985 - Gary Cooper **2012 - Mark Blake

VFL/AFL players

The following footballers played with Mooroopna, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut. *1909 -

Ken McKenzie Ken McKenzie (August 19, 1923April 9, 2003) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and sports journalist. He served as publicity director of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1946 to 1963. In 1947, he published the first NHL press and radio gu ...

- *1922 -

Angus MacIsaac Angus "Tando" MacIsaac (born June 4, 1943) is a politician, educator and businessman in Nova Scotia, Canada. Political career Angus MacIsaac's father, Alexander MacIsaac, was MLA of Guysborough prior to October 1968. Upon Alexander MacIsaac' ...

- *1923 - Clyde Hill - *1925 - Fred Wood - *1932 - Fred Hawking - *1934 - Jim Steigenberger - *1936 - Ashley Foley - *1937 - Clyde Helmer - *1939 - Geoff Organ - *1940 -

Shadrach James Shadrach Garfield James (30 November 1917 – 20 November 1973) was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules footballer. Family Shadrach Garfield James was born in Echuca on 30 November 1917 as the son of Indigenous Australian activist Shadr ...

- *1946 - Trojan Darveniza - *1947 - Arthur Irvine - *1955 - Roger Bullen - *1956 - Merv Hicks - *1975 - Barry Ough - *2007 -

Jarrod Harbrow Jarrod Harbrow (born 18 July 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Harbrow was born in Cairns to an Indigenous Australian mot ...

- *2009 - Riley Milne - *2015 - Nathan Drummond - *2016 - Clayton Oliver - *2017 -

Jy Simpkin Jy Simpkin (born 5 March 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the North Melbourne Football Club with their first selection a ...

- *2019 - Laitham Vandermeer - *2022 - Tom Brown -

References

External links

Twitter page

Facebook page

Mooroopna FNC Website

1903 - Mooroopna FC team photo

1928 - Goulburn Valley FC Premiers: Mooroopna FC team photo

1931 - Mooroopna FC & Rushworth FC team photos
{{Goulburn Valley Football League Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) Sports clubs and teams established in 1877 Australian rules football clubs established in 1877 1877 establishments in Australia Goulburn Valley Football Netball League clubs Netball teams in Victoria (state)