Corowa Football Club
Encyclopedia
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football
club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League
.
The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales
.
Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift
, Peter Chisnall
and John Hoiles
.
They merged with Rutherglen
in 1979, forming the Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club.
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 competed 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 was based in Corowa, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
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Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift
Fred Swift
Frederick Norman "Fred" Swift was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League for the Richmond Football Club between 1958 and 1967, and captained the club to a premiership in 1967...
, Peter Chisnall
Peter Chisnall
Peter Chisnall was an Australian rules football player for North Melbourne Football Club.Chisnall, from Corowa originally, played for the North Melbourne Football Club from 1968 to 1970, during the struggling years for the club...
and John Hoiles
John E. Hoiles
John "Johnny" Hoiles is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League .Hoiles, who was a blacksmith, played as a key defender for Footscray, after starting his career as a ruckman...
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They merged with Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...
in 1979, forming the Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club.
Morris Medal winners
- 1947. Keith WilliamsKeith Williams (Australian footballer)Keith Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, while he was completing a Morris Medal winning season with Corowa in the Ovens & Murray Football League...
- 1959. Jim SandralJim SandralJim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
- 1962. Jim Sandral
- 1964. Jim Sandral
- 1965. Alby DunnAlby DunnAlby Dunn is a former Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s....
- 1970. John Clancy
- 1971. John Clancy
- 1974. A Way
- 1978. M Mills