Moe Football Club
The Moe Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Ted Summerton Reserve in the town of Moe, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Gippsland Football League.
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| Full name | Moe Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Lions | |
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| Founded | 1909 | |
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| Competition | Gippsland FL | |
| Premierships | (5) 1927, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1967.
Most Recent All Grades: 2014 Under 16's | |
| Ground(s) | Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe | |
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Moe FC was re-established in 1909, entering the Central Gippsland FL which was the major league in Gippsland at the time. In 1927 the club decided to play in the Erica District Association. They were too strong for the other clubs and won the premiership. Back in the Central Gippsland from 1928, they remained in the league until it was replaced by the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954. Premiership success has been few in 1956 and 1967.
In 1944 & 1945 Moe won the Gippsland Wartime premiership defeating Yallourn on both occasions.
VFL/ AFL players
- Ken Feltscheer - Melbourne, Hawthorn
- Ted Hopkins - Carlton
- Alby Law - Essendon
- Troy Makepeace - North Melbourne
- Peter Reville - South Melbourne, Fitzroy
- Barry Rowlings - Hawthorn, Richmond
- John Somerville - Essendon
- Peter Somerville- Essendon
- Lachlan Sim - Brisbane Bears
- Sam Skinner - Brisbane
- Declan Keilty - Melbourne