Colac Football Club
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The Colac Football Club is an Australian football club based in the regional city of Colac, Victoria
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The clubs plays at Central Reserve Colac.
The current Colac Football Club was founded in 1948 in order to play in the Hampden Football League from 1949. Adopting the jumper worn by the Richmond Football Club
, black with a yellow sash, the Colac Tigers won the premiership in their second season. In 1980 Colac merged with their neighbour club Coragulac Football Club and for six years had the title of Colac-Coragulac Football Club.
In fifty two years of competing in the Hampden Football League, Colac won ten premierships.
Since 2001, Colac joined the Geelong Football League
, club officials claiming that their younger players were working and studying in Geelong and it was difficult to recruit players to play in western Victoria. The closest the club have had success is runners up in 2008.
Colac, Victoria
Colac is a small city located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, situated approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac and the surrounding volcanic plains, approximately 40 km inland from Bass Strait. Colac is the largest city in and...
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The clubs plays at Central Reserve Colac.
The current Colac Football Club was founded in 1948 in order to play in the Hampden Football League from 1949. Adopting the jumper worn by the Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
, black with a yellow sash, the Colac Tigers won the premiership in their second season. In 1980 Colac merged with their neighbour club Coragulac Football Club and for six years had the title of Colac-Coragulac Football Club.
In fifty two years of competing in the Hampden Football League, Colac won ten premierships.
Since 2001, Colac joined the Geelong Football League
Geelong Football League
The Geelong Football League is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs.-History:...
, club officials claiming that their younger players were working and studying in Geelong and it was difficult to recruit players to play in western Victoria. The closest the club have had success is runners up in 2008.