The Eaglehawk Football Club are an Australian rules football

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 Bendigo Football League

Bendigo Football League

The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...

 (BFL).

They are based in the town of Eaglehawk, Victoria

Eaglehawk, Victoria

Eaglehawk is a former gold-mining town in Victoria, Australia and a suburb within the City of Greater Bendigo.The town is situated to the north-west of Bendigo on the Loddon Valley Highway. The highway is known locally as High Street until the intersection with Sailors Gully Road and as Peg Leg...

 and have competed in every BFL season since the league began in 1880, with the exception of 1904.

Eaglehawk drew level with Sandhurst

Sandhurst Football Club

The Sandhurst Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League . Sandhurst is the former name of the city of Bendigo.-History:...

 in 2007 when they won their 26th premiership. The following year they were premiers again, setting a new league record.

Notable players

• Rod Ashman
  Rod Ashman
  Rodney Ashman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Blues.A forward, Ashman played in back to back premierships in 1981 and 1982.He was named in the forward pocket in Carlton's Team of the Century....
  
   (Carlton
  Carlton Football Club
  The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
  
   Team of the Century member)
• Des English
  Des English
  Des English is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1980s.A defender, English played in the Carlton premiership sides of 1981 and 1982. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 1986 and never played again, although he eventually recovered.-External links:*...
  
   (Carlton premiership player 1981 & 1982)
• Charlie Clymo
  Charlie Clymo
  Charlie Clymo was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and coached Geelong in the VFL.Originally from Bendigo, Clymo made his St Kilda debut in 1907 and that season was a member of the first ever Saints side to compete in the finals...
  
   (St Kilda player & Geelong
  Geelong Football Club
  The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
  
   coach)
• Peter Pianto
  Peter Pianto
  Peter Pianto was an Australian rules footballer and coach with Geelong in the VFL.Pianto played as a rover and was a premiership player with Geelong in 1951 and 1952...
  
  (Geelong Team of the Century member)