Golden Point Football Club

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Full nameGolden Point Football Club
Nickname(s)Point
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Founded1880s
Dissolved2001;23 years ago (2001) (merged with East Ballarat to form the East Point Football Club)
Competition Ballarat Football League
Premierships14 (1910, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1966, 1967, 1980, 1981, 1987)
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The Golden Point Football Club was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ballarat Football League from 1905 to 2000. [1] Golden Point was based in the Ballarat suburb of the same name.

They merged with East Ballarat in 2001 to form the East Point Football Club. [2]

Notable players

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References

  1. "East Point". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. The Age ,"Woofer see the Point of it all", 7 August 2006, Martin Blake