Balmain Australian Football Club
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Balmain Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football
club competing in the Sydney AFL
league and based out of the Sydney suburb of Balmain
.
The club recently did a deal with the Fremantle Dockers
, and are now known as the Balmain Dockers. In the 2007 season, they will wear a Fremantle-style guernsey, replacing the black with a yellow sash strip that went with their previous nickname, the Tigers.
player Troy Luff
played for Balmain after retiring from AFL
football in 2002. Rugby league
player Wally Messenger
(the brother of Dally Messenger
) played for the club in its early days.
Players to make VFL/AFL level from the Balmain Tigers over the years included John Stephenson (1907, Essendon Bombers), Charles Brown (1916–1923, Collingwood Magpies) Jack Armstrong (1925, St Kilda Saints), Neil Davies (1955, Richmond Tigers), Paul Feltham
(1970–78, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Richmond Tigers) and Ray Hall
(1999, Richmond Tigers).
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 competing in the Sydney AFL
Sydney AFL
The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:...
league and based out of the Sydney suburb of Balmain
Balmain, New South Wales
Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located slightly west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
.
The club recently did a deal with the Fremantle Dockers
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
, and are now known as the Balmain Dockers. In the 2007 season, they will wear a Fremantle-style guernsey, replacing the black with a yellow sash strip that went with their previous nickname, the Tigers.
History
The club formed in 1903 as the Balmain Football Club, a founding member of the Sydney Football League.Famous players
Sydney SwansSydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
player Troy Luff
Troy Luff
Troy Luff is a former Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League.-Football career:Troy Luff grew up in the town of Traralgon, Victoria where he lived until high school age...
played for Balmain after retiring from AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
football in 2002. Rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player Wally Messenger
Wally Messenger
Wally Messenger was an Australian international rugby league footballer of the 1910s. He was a state and national representative whose club career was with played with Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership...
(the brother of Dally Messenger
Dally Messenger
Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer, recognised as one of the greatest ever players in either code. Messenger, or 'The Master' as he was dubbed, represented his country in both rugby football codes, playing two rugby union tests and seven...
) played for the club in its early days.
Players to make VFL/AFL level from the Balmain Tigers over the years included John Stephenson (1907, Essendon Bombers), Charles Brown (1916–1923, Collingwood Magpies) Jack Armstrong (1925, St Kilda Saints), Neil Davies (1955, Richmond Tigers), Paul Feltham
Paul Feltham
Paul Feltham is a sport psychologist and former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is best known for a short stint as caretaker coach of the Brisbane Bears in 1989.- Playing career :...
(1970–78, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Richmond Tigers) and Ray Hall
Ray Hall (footballer)
Ray Hall is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club.Hall grew up in New South Wales, playing for the Balmain Australian Football Club before moving to Woy Woy where he was recruited by the Tigers having played in the Under 18s state squad.Hall announced...
(1999, Richmond Tigers).