AJAX Football Club
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| AJAX | |
| Full name | Ajax Amateur Football Club |
| Colours | Black, red & white |
| Founded | 30 January 1957 |
| League | VAFA |
| Ground | Princes Park, South Caulfield |
| Official website | http://www.ajfc.com.au/index.asp |
The AJAX Amateur Football Club is notable as Australia's first and only fully Jewish club in the sport of Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
.
The club is located in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
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and was established by the Melbourne Jewish community in 1957. The junior club was founded in 1974.
The fields open-age teams in the Victorian Amateur Football Association
Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria...
and junior under-age teams in the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League.