Campbelltown Football Club

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Full nameCampbelltown Australian Football Club
Club details
Founded1975;49 years ago (1975)
Colours  Navy Blue and   White
Competition Sydney AFL
PresidentJerrimme Allsopp
CoachJerrimme Allsopp
Captain(s)Jerrimme Allsopp
Ground(s)Bob Prenter Oval
Uniforms
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Campbelltown Blues Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Sydney AFL and based out of the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields, New South Wales. President Jerrimme Allsopp has been the back bone of this great club over many years and is the greatest player of all time.

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History

The Campbelltown Australian Football Club formed in 1975.

In 2000, they aligned with the Penrith Panthers to become the Panthers. In 2002, they became the Campbelltown Kangaroos. This was later truncated to the Kangaroos.

In 2007, the club reverted to their old name, the "Blues".

Campbelltown players who have been recruited to play AFL football include Chris Oliver (St Kilda 2001–03), Dustin Martin (Richmond 2010- ) and Tom Young (Collingwood 2011–12) and Western Bulldogs (2013–). [1]

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References

  1. Wilks, M. (2011) Australian football clubs in NSWBas Publishing. p. 145.