Kyabram Football Club
| Kyabram | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Kyabram Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Bombers | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1886 [1] | |
| Colours | Black Red | |
| Competition | Goulburn Valley Football League | |
| President | Peter Croxford [2] | |
| Coach | Paul Newman, Daniel Kent (assistant)[3] | |
| Premierships | 15 (1919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019) | |
| Ground(s) | Kyabram Recreation Reserve | |
| Uniforms | ||
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The Kyabram Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Kyabram, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL).
Kyabram was a foundation club in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL) and has been one of the most dominant. Only the Shepparton Football Club have won more premierships.
The club had a successful era the 1920s, when they won five GVFL premierships, including the Kyabram Reserves winning the senior football premiership in the Northern Goulburn Football Association in 1929.
The club has produced many VFL/AFL footballers, including Ross Dillon, Garry Lyon and Brett Deledio. Kyabram's Chris Stuhldreier won the GVFL goal-kicking every season from 1991 to 1994, including a record setting 164 goals in 1993.
Between 2016 and 2018 the club won an astounding 62 wins in a row. The sequence stopped at the 2018 Grand Final. The club was undefeated in 2019.
Football Premierships[]
- Seniors
| League | Total flags | Premiership years |
|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Valley FL | 15 | 1919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| Northern Goulburn Football Association | 1 | 1929 [4] |
Reference:[5]
GVFL – Morrison Medal winners[]
- J Cooper (1958, 1961)
- C Stewart (1963)
- Dick Clay (1964)?
- P Gittos (1987)
- B Gugliotti (1993)
Reference:[6]
VFL / AFL Players[]
The following footballers played with Kyabram prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut season.
- 1904 – Tom Hawkins: South Melbourne
- 1914 – Charlie Fisher: Carlton
- 1919 – George Parkinson: Richmond
- 1920 – Billy James: Richmond
- 1920 – Roy Outram: Collingwood & Richmond
- 1925 – Percy Outram: Carlton
- 1955 – Peter Aitken: Carlton
- 1959 – Cliff Deacon: South Melbourne
- 1960 – Ian Howard: Footscray
- 1961 – Barry Bryant: Carlton
- 1961 – Graeme Haslem: Hawthorn
- 1965 – Bryan Pleitner: Footscray
- 1966 – Dick Clay: Richmond
- 1966 – Ross Dillon: Melbourne
- 1966 – Frank Fanning: Footscray
- 1966 – Maurie Fowler: Carlton
- 1969 – Paul Rowlands: Melbourne
- 1973 – Shane Fitzsimmons: Melbourne
- 1975 – Colin Graham: Melbourne
- 1975 – John Sparks: Melbourne
- 1976 – Maurice Wingate: Melbourne
- 1979 – Kelly O'Donnell: Melbourne
- 1982 – Trevor Castles: Melbourne
- 1982 – Stuart McKenzie: Melbourne
- 1985 – Daryl Bourke: Melbourne
- 1986 – Gary Lyon: Melbourne
- 1987 – Bradley Sparks: Melbourne
- 1995 – Glen Coghlan: St. Kilda
- 2001 – Kayne Pettifer: Richmond
- 2005 – Brett Deledio: Richmond
- 2014 – Nick Holman: Carlton & Gold Coast Suns
References[]
- ^ John, Devaney. "Australian Football – Kyabram Football Club – Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Contact us – Kyabram Football & Netball Club – SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "2016 Coaches - Kyabram Football & Netball Club - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "1929 - Northern Goulburn FA - Grand Final match review". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 27 August 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Kyabram Football Club – Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Morrison Medal – Goulburn Valley Football League – SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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