Ballarat Football Club
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The Ballarat Football Club competes in the Ballarat Football League
in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The club, nicknamed the Swans, has a history dating back to 1860. Ballarat once competed in the Victorian Football Association.
Ballarat played their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat for 88 years, then moved to Alfredton Recreation Reserve in 1994. Ballarat play in a predominately white strip with a red "vee".
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. The club, nicknamed the Swans, has a history dating back to 1860. Ballarat once competed in the Victorian Football Association.
Ballarat played their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat for 88 years, then moved to Alfredton Recreation Reserve in 1994. Ballarat play in a predominately white strip with a red "vee".
Ballarat Football League premierships
1897, 1898, 1908, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1971, 1988, 2008Henderson Medal winners
- 1950 Frank Pyke
- 1972 Peter Merriman
- 1974 Brendan Mahar
- 1977 Don DischerDon DischerDon Discher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Discher was a ruckman, who came down to St Kilda from Ballarat...
- 1985 Don Discher
Tony Lockett Medal winners
- 1927 Dave DuffDave DuffDavid E. "Dave" Duff was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Although he spent just one season at Melbourne, Duff was a member of a premiership team...
113 - 1928 Dave Duff 91
- 1929 Dave Duff 96
- 1930 Harry Cooper 95
- 1934 G Anderson 72
- 1936 Max Wheeler 108
- 1939 Max Wheeler 93
- 1957 Robert Brannigan 47
- 1972 Greg Brown 72
- 1986 Phil Taglaibue 84