Geelong Amateur Football Club

The Geelong Amateur Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Ammos', is an Australian rules football and netball club situated in the regional city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Geelong Amateur
Names
Full nameGeelong Amateur Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Ammos
Club details
Founded1926 (1926)
Colours         
CompetitionBellarine Football League
Premierships1931, 1953, 1966, 1972, 1985, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016
Ground(s)Queens Park, Highton
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitegeelongamateur.com.au

GAFNC teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League.

History

The Geelong Amateur Football Club was formed in 1926 as a result of teachers and students from The Geelong College and The Geelong Grammar forming a football team to play in Victorian Amateur Football Association. Hence the green (College)and light blue (Grammar) colors and the Pegasus Logo of the club.[1]

They moved to their current home at Queens Park, Highton in 1957.

They started in the VAFA [2] participating as high as A Grade before in 1983 the club decided to base itself in Geelong and joined the Geelong and District Football League. Playing in the V.A.F.A. meant travelling to Melbourne every fortnight, whereas joining the Geelong & District Football League meant that all games were played locally.

In 1985 they won the GDFL premiership. The club then briefly went up to the Geelong Football League but was unable to sustain itself there and moved back to the GDFL in 1989.

The club experienced a period of troubled times over the next few years and, after much soul searching and survival meetings, the club joined the Bellarine Football League and has remained since.

Premierships (9)

League Awards

League Best & Fairest
  • 2001 Mark Trevaskis
  • 2009 Lindsay Smith

League Leading Goalkickers
  • 2010 Jason Tom 89
  • 2011 Jason Tom 120
  • 2015 Mitchell Day 114
  • 2016 Mitchell Day 87

Notable players

VFL/AFL players

Other

Bibliography
  • Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong Region by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 – ISBN 9780957751583
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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