Grand River Gargoyles

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Grand River Gargoyles
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Full nameGrand River Gargoyles
NicknameThe Gargoyles
Sport Australian rules football
Founded2001 by Bruce Parker
League AFL Ontario
Home ground Margaret Greene Park
Anthem"Gargoyleland" (To the tune of the Richmond Tigers club song.)
PresidentKyle Mundell
Head coachStephen McLeod
CaptainChanges annually
Strip
Maroon and Gold (Modification on the Brisbane Lions Kit)

The Grand River Gargoyles (previously Guelph Gargoyles) is an amateur Australian rules football club playing out of Margaret Greene Park in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The club draws from individuals from Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Milton and other Southwestern Ontario cities. They are the only Aussie Rules club to represent the region. The club began in 2001 and plays in the AFL Ontario along with 9 other clubs from Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa.

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