Plympton Football Club

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Plympton
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Full namePlympton Football Club
Nickname(s)Bulldogs
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Founded1937;85 years ago (1937)
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Competition Adelaide Footy League
PresidentJamie Morgan
CoachMark Schutz
Captain(s)Brodie McLeod
Ground(s)Plympton Park Memorial Recreation Ground, Plympton Park
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Official website plymptonbulldogs.com.au

The Plympton Football Club is an Australian sports club based in Plympton Park. Established in 1937, the club is mostly known for its Australian rules football team, which currently plays in the South Australian Amateur Football League. Previously, it had played in the Glenelg District Football Association. [1]

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Apart from football, other sports practised at Plympton are cricket and soccer.

History

A Plympton Football Club played in the Mid-Southern Football Association as early as 1921, but the current club is recognised as forming in 1937. [2]

Plympton remained in the Glenelg District Football Association, and its later incarnations until it folded at the end of the 1986 season, at that point known as the Southern Metropolitan Football League. In 1987 Plympton joined the Southern Football League Division 1 competition and proceeded to win three premierships in succession before shifting to the South Australian Football Association for the 1990 season. When the South Australian Football Association folded at the end of the 1995 season, they transferred to the South Australian Amateur Football League where they have competed since.

Plympton also fields junior teams in the Metro South Junior Football League. [3]

Plympton FC has produced a number of Australian Football League (AFL) players including Bryce Gibbs (Carlton), Cameron Hitchcock (Port Adelaide), Christian Howard (Western Bulldogs) and Patrick McCarthy (Carlton). [1] [4]

A-Grade Premierships

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References

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  2. Bloch, Fred. "Plympton - Club History". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. "Plympton Football Club 2012". Metro South Junior Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. "Metro South Drafted Players". Metro South Junior Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  5. "SAAFL Senior Premierships 1911-2012 - Club Alphabetical". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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