Wunghnu Football Club
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| Full name | Wunghnu Football Netball Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Magpie Magpie Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia... s |
| Strip | Black and white vertical strips |
| Founded | 1874 |
| League | Picola & District Football League Picola & District Football League The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams... |
The Wunghnu Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, was 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. It was playing in the Picola & District Football League
Picola & District Football League
The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams...
until it was forced in 2011 into recess by the VCFL
VCFL
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because they were deemed to be uncompetitive. The club was based in the small Victorian town of Wunghnu
Wunghnu, Victoria
Wunghnu is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne and has a population of 270...
, which is approximately 200 km north of Melbourne.
Wunghnu played from 1888 to 1930 in the Goulburn Valley Association. This association was a forerunner to the Murray Football League
Murray Football League
The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the...
. From 1924 to 1928, the Wunghnu and Drumanure Football Clubs merged to form the Drumanure-Wunghnu side. Wunghnu played in some of the minor competitions around Shepparton until it joined the Picola & District Football League
Picola & District Football League
The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams...
in 1951.
Wunghnu celebrated its first premiership in the PDFL in 1958; a hat-trick of premierships came a few years later, in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Their last Premiership was in 1973.
Players from the club recruited to play in the VFL/AFL include Geelong Football Club
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...
1937 premiership player Joe Sellwood
Joe Sellwood
Joe Sellwood was a New Zealand born Australian rules football player, playing 181 games from 1930–1945. Sellwood, recruited from Wunghnu Football Club was part of the Geelong Football Club 1937 premiership team....
.
Premierships
- Goulburn Valley 2nd XVIII
- 1931
- Picola & District Football League
- 1958, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973