Brunswick Football Club (1963)

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Brunswick
Names
Full nameBrunswick Football Club Incorporated
Former name(s)North Melbourne CBC (1963−1970s)
North Old Boys (1970s−2005)
NOBs/St Pat's (2005−2015)
Brunswick NOBSPC (2015−2017)
Nickname(s)Men's: Dragons, NOBS
Women's: Renegades
Club details
Founded1963;61 years ago (1963)
Colours  Purple
  Green
  White
Competition VAFA : Men's
VAFAW : Women's
YJFL : Juniors (mixed)
Other information
Official website brunswickfootball.org.au

The Brunswick Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. It was formed in 1963 as North Melbourne CBC, later renamed as North Old Boys, NOBs/St Pat's and Brunswick NOBSPC before its current name was adopted in 2017.

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The club's men's team currently competes in Division 2 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), while the women's team is currently in Division 1 of the VAFA Women's competition. Brunswick also fields junior teams in the Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL).

History

Origins

In 1932, North Melbourne CBC Football Club was formed for students of North Melbourne Christian Brothers College. It entered the VAFA's D Section the same year, but was expelled in 1939 after fielding an unregistered player, and the club disbanded. [1]

Also in 1939, St Patrick's Ballarat Old Collegians joined the VAFA. The club competed until 1940, then again from 1951 and 1955 and 1964 until 1977. [1]

New club

In 1963, North Melbourne CBC reformed as a new club by past students of St Joseph's College and quickly ascended through the VAFA. [2] The club won the 1964 E Section premiership, the 1965 D Section premiership, were runners-up in C Section in 1966 and again in B Section in 1967, entering A Section in 1968. Around this time, the club came to be known simply as North Old Boys, or simply NOBs. [1] [3]

In 2005, North Old Boys aligned themselves with St Patrick's College Old Collegians, giving St Patrick's a presence in the VAFA again. The club was renamed to North Old Boys/St Patrick's OC (or simply NOBs/St Pat's).

NOBs/St Pat's formed the Brunswick Junior Football Club (BJFC) in 2008. After experiencing some issues in finding a competition and players, the club eventually joined the Yarra Junior Football League in 2010 with an under-10s team. [2]

In 2014, the club formed a women's team, nicknamed the Renegades, which competed in the Victorian Women's Football League until that competition was disbanded at the end of 2016. The Renegades joined the new VAFA Women's competition for its inaugural season in 2017, fielding two teams. [4]

At the end of the 2015 season, the club was again renamed to Brunswick NOBSPC to reflect the incorporate the local Brunswick community further. [5]

In October 2017, the club formally changed its name to Brunswick, with the change reflected for the 2018 season. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brunswick Football Club". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 "NOBs, Renegades and Dragons A Short History of Brunswick Football Club Incorporated". Brunswick Football Club. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024.
  3. Gilchrist, James (12 June 2010). "Brunswick Revisited – A Day with North Old Boys". The Footy Almanac. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024.
  4. Mitchell, Tim (12 July 2016). "VAFA to launch women's competition in 2017 to coincide with launch of national competition". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024.
  5. "Brunswick NOBSPC celebrates positive period of change". Victorian Amateur Football Association. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024.
  6. Mitchell, Tim (11 December 2017). "Summer of change for VAFA club Brunswick including appointment of first female club president and name change". Herald Sun.