Euroa Football Club

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Full nameEuroa Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Magpies
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Founded1880;144 years ago (1880)
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Competition Goulburn Valley Football League
Premierships(17) 1894, 1905, 1911, 1913, 1922, 1936, 1937, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1990
Ground(s)Memorial Oval
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The Euroa Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club sited in the town of Euroa, in the north-east of Victoria.

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History

The Euroa Football Club was first established in 1880 and initially competed in the Euroa Challenge Cup in 1886 and 1887.

In the interest of football in Euroa in 1909, the Euroa Magpies FC and Euroa FC merged to form one club and entered the North East Football Association. The Euroa Wednesdays FC entered a team in the Euroa (Wednesday) Football Association. [1]

In May 1934, Euroa FC and the Euroa Imperials FC merged to form Euroa United FC and entered one team in the Waranga North Eastern Football Association [2] [3]

In June 1952, 17 year old Euroa footballer, James Arthur Clarke was fatally injured in his first senior match against Seymour at Euroa when his head collided with the knees of a Seymour player. [4]

Euroa hosted an official VFL match in June 1952 when Carlton defeated Hawthorn in front of a crowd of 7500 spectators. [5]

The club teams has competed in the Goulburn Valley Football League since 1971. [6]

There were a number of other Euroa football clubs that existed in the early 1900's that played in the Euroa District Football Association -

Football Leagues

Euroa Football Club has played in the following football competitions -

Football Premierships (All Leagues)

Seniors
Euroa FC
Euroa Imperials FC
Euroa Wednesdays FC
Euroa Magpies FC
Euroa Reserves
Euroa Thirds

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers originally played with Euroa FC prior to making their VFL / AFL debut.

The following footballers came to Euroa after playing in the VFA, VFL, AFL, with the year indicating their debut with Euroa FC.

Football Team of the Century

This team was presented to the Euroa FNC in August, 2001.

GVFNL - Hall of Fame Inductees

Notable local Euroa football players

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  4. ↑ "1952 - PLAYER FATALLY HURT IN FOOTBALL MATCH". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 2 June 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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  8. ↑ "1886 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 18 June 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "1887 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 24 June 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "1887 - Euroa District Football Challenge Cup". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 8 July 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "1887 - The Advertiser". Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920). 30 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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