Cobden Football Club
Encyclopedia
The Cobden Football Club are an Australian rules football
club which compete in the Hampden Football League
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They are based in the Victorian town of Cobden
and have played in the Hampden Football League since 1930.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club which compete in the Hampden Football League
Hampden Football Netball League
The Hampden Football Netball League is based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns located along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Port Fairy. The league is a major country league...
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They are based in the Victorian town of Cobden
Cobden, Victoria
Cobden is a town located 210 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia named in honour of Richard Cobden. At the 2006 census, Cobden had a population of 1813. At the 2001 census, Cobden had a population of 1419.- History :...
and have played in the Hampden Football League since 1930.
Maskell Medallists
- John Couttie 1952
- Hugh Worrall 1970, 1972 & 1979
- Peter Anson 1985
- Stephen Hammond 1996
- Wayne Robertson 1998
- Levi Dare 2010
Notable players
VFL/AFL players recruited from Cobden include -- Alistair LordAlistair LordAlistair Lord is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid 1960s.Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962 comfortably as well as the Carji Greeves Medal, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year...
(Geelong) - Thorold MerrettThorold MerrettThorold Merrett is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League, .From Victorian town Cobden, Merrett was a small sized footballer who was a keen Richmond fan who wanted to play league football for his beloved side...
(Collingwood) - John RantallJohn RantallJohn "Mopsy" Rantall was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Originally from Cobden, Rantall moved to the South Melbourne Football Club where he debuted in 1963. He moved to North Melbourne Football Club with the intention of playing in a premiership side in 1973 and...
(South Melbourne)