Albury Football Club
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The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football
club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League
.
The club is based in Albury, New South Wales
.
Two Brownlow Medal
lists, Haydn Bunton senior
and Denis Ryan
, both started their career at Albury.
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...
club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
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The club is based in Albury, New South Wales
Albury, New South Wales
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
.
Two Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
lists, Haydn Bunton senior
Haydn Bunton, Sr.
Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules football player and coach. He is regarded by some historians and observers of Australian rules as its greatest-ever player.-Playing career:...
and Denis Ryan
Denis Ryan
Denis 'Dinny' Ryan was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in Victorian Football League during the 1930s....
, both started their career at Albury.
Morris Medal winners
- 1935. Noel BarnettNoel BarnettNoel Barnett was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
- 1956. Lance MannLance MannLance Mann is a professional footrunner and a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-Footballer :A talented wingman, Mann was recruited from the Albury Football Club....
- 1963. K Bennett
- 1965. J Ambrose
- 1981. Rod CoelliRod CoelliRod Coelli is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Coelli was recruited from the Narrandera Imperials, in New South Wales...
- 1982. Peter Gorski
- 1993. Tim ScottTim Scott (footballer)Tim Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....
- 1994. Tim Scott
- 1995. Ken Howe
- 1996. Leigh NewtonLeigh NewtonLeigh Newton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . Newton, a ruckman, played 13 matches for Melbourne in his first season at the club, 1997. After being struck down by injuries the next two seasons and not playing a...