Doncaster Football Club

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Doncaster
Full nameDoncaster Football Club
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1902
League Eastern Football League
Premierships1972, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2011, 2013
Strip
Blue and White hoops

The Doncaster District Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in the Eastern Football League.

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History

Formed in 1902 the club joined the Reporter District Football Association in 1909. Success didn't come until the late 1920s when they won four premiers in five years.

Doncaster was one of the founding clubs of the Eastern Districts Football League in 1962, this league came about be the transfer of clubs from the Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League and the Eastern Suburbs.

Senior Premierships

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References

  1. "History – Doncaster Football Club".