Coburg Tigers
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Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football
club based in Coburg
, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League
. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's
Richmond Football Club
which saw the Coburg club change its nickname from the Lions to the Tigers from the commencement of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership.
has the home ground of the Coburg Tigers throughout its history. It was also home of the North Melbourne Football Club
for the 1965 VFL
season. The ground has a grandstand on southern end near the goals. Terraces surround the rest of the ground.
The capacity of the ground is 15,000 while the highest attendance recorded was 21,695. There are seats for approximately 3,000–5,000 people
From 2010, Coburg has split its home games between Coburg City Oval and Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn
.
Coburg City Oval is fenced off from residents.
From 2011, Coburg City Oval has been renamed as Mantello Holden Oval, with the Coburg Football Club securing Mantello Holden & Mantello Hyundai as the Naming Rights Sponsor of CCO for Season 2011, 2012 and 2013.
VFA Premierships – 2nd Division
The club were runners-up to the Northcote Football Club
in three successive seasons from 1932 to 1934. They were also runners-up in 1941, 1959 , 1980 and 1986.
Coburg had prolific goal kickers such as Bob Pratt
and Lance Collins
during the 1930s. Collins in his first official season (he was injured in 1935 and played one game), kicked 16, 12, 11 and 10 goals in separate games. He kicked 116 goals for the 1936 season and in 98 games for Coburg Football Club (VFA) his tally was 432 goals. Collins played in the 1945 Carlton (VFL) Premiership side. Bob Pratt kicked 183 goals in the 1941 VFA season for Coburg, which was the highest number of goals kicked in a VFA season until Ron Todd
of Williamstown (VFA) beat that record and kicked 188 goals in 1945. Pratt and Collins have kicked the most goals by two players in a season :they kicked a total of 256 goals in 1941. Pratt kicked 22 goals in a match against Sandringham Football Club: a club record. Apart from Bob Pratt (183) and Lance Collins (73), Coburg also had N. Glenister who kicked 37 goals, giving the three players a total of 293 goals which is the highest total goals score in the VFA or senior competition of Australian rules football by three players in a season.
The only J.J.Liston trophy winner for Coburg was Jim Sullivan in 1967. Prior to 1943 the Best and Fairest Award in the VFA was the 'Recorder Cup'. Coburg VFA winners were Peter Reville
(ex-South Melbourne VFL) who was the equal winner in 1936 and E. "Snowy" Martin in 1927.
Jim Sullivan was credited by club statistics to have amassed 54 kicks in a match in 1969, which is the second highest recorded in senior football competition and the highest in the VFA competition. Coburg has the second highest number of reported players in a VFA match, which occurred in the 1933 Grand final against Northcote Football Club.
After many years in the doldrums, the club enjoyed somewhat of a rebirth in the late 1970s, with a continued period of success until the 1990. During that time, the club won three flags, and finished runner-up another two times.
Superstar and VFA legend Phil Cleary
was a member of all these games, as either a player or a coach.
Dave Starbuck holds the club record for games, with 219, played mostly in the 1950s. He is closely followed by cult figure, Vin "The Tank" Taranto, who played during the 1980s and the dark days of the 1990s, when the club was at its lowest and almost folded. Third on the games list, on 205 games, is Cleary.
stats doyen Anthony Brady.
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 based in Coburg
Coburg, Victoria
Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...
, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
which saw the Coburg club change its nickname from the Lions to the Tigers from the commencement of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership.
Coburg City Oval
Coburg City OvalCoburg City Oval
Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football/cricket stadium located in Coburg, Australia. It is home to the Coburg Tigers Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club and served as the home ground for the North Melbourne Football Club in the 1965 VFL season only.The oval is fenced off to the...
has the home ground of the Coburg Tigers throughout its history. It was also home of the North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
for the 1965 VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
season. The ground has a grandstand on southern end near the goals. Terraces surround the rest of the ground.
The capacity of the ground is 15,000 while the highest attendance recorded was 21,695. There are seats for approximately 3,000–5,000 people
From 2010, Coburg has split its home games between Coburg City Oval and Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn
Craigieburn, Victoria
Craigieburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Craigieburn had a population of 20,784....
.
Coburg City Oval is fenced off from residents.
From 2011, Coburg City Oval has been renamed as Mantello Holden Oval, with the Coburg Football Club securing Mantello Holden & Mantello Hyundai as the Naming Rights Sponsor of CCO for Season 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Club records
VFA/VFL Premierships – 1st Division- 6 (1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989)
VFA Premierships – 2nd Division
- 2 (1970, 1974)
The club were runners-up to the Northcote Football Club
Northcote Football Club
Northcote Football Club, nicknamed The Dragons, was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1908 until 1987. The club's colours were green and yellow and it was based in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote...
in three successive seasons from 1932 to 1934. They were also runners-up in 1941, 1959 , 1980 and 1986.
Coburg had prolific goal kickers such as Bob Pratt
Bob Pratt
Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt was a former Australian rules footballer from Mitcham, Victoria.Pratt played with South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1930–1939 and again in 1946, and with the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1940 to 1941...
and Lance Collins
Lance Collins
Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
during the 1930s. Collins in his first official season (he was injured in 1935 and played one game), kicked 16, 12, 11 and 10 goals in separate games. He kicked 116 goals for the 1936 season and in 98 games for Coburg Football Club (VFA) his tally was 432 goals. Collins played in the 1945 Carlton (VFL) Premiership side. Bob Pratt kicked 183 goals in the 1941 VFA season for Coburg, which was the highest number of goals kicked in a VFA season until Ron Todd
Ron Todd (footballer)
Ronald Walford Todd was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League in the 1930s, and with Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association in the 1940s. Todd was an acrobatic and pacy forward, possessing a strong overhead mark...
of Williamstown (VFA) beat that record and kicked 188 goals in 1945. Pratt and Collins have kicked the most goals by two players in a season :they kicked a total of 256 goals in 1941. Pratt kicked 22 goals in a match against Sandringham Football Club: a club record. Apart from Bob Pratt (183) and Lance Collins (73), Coburg also had N. Glenister who kicked 37 goals, giving the three players a total of 293 goals which is the highest total goals score in the VFA or senior competition of Australian rules football by three players in a season.
The only J.J.Liston trophy winner for Coburg was Jim Sullivan in 1967. Prior to 1943 the Best and Fairest Award in the VFA was the 'Recorder Cup'. Coburg VFA winners were Peter Reville
Peter Reville
Peter Reville , Christened "Henry James", but adopted his fathers Christian name, was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL....
(ex-South Melbourne VFL) who was the equal winner in 1936 and E. "Snowy" Martin in 1927.
Jim Sullivan was credited by club statistics to have amassed 54 kicks in a match in 1969, which is the second highest recorded in senior football competition and the highest in the VFA competition. Coburg has the second highest number of reported players in a VFA match, which occurred in the 1933 Grand final against Northcote Football Club.
After many years in the doldrums, the club enjoyed somewhat of a rebirth in the late 1970s, with a continued period of success until the 1990. During that time, the club won three flags, and finished runner-up another two times.
Superstar and VFA legend Phil Cleary
Phil Cleary
Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...
was a member of all these games, as either a player or a coach.
Dave Starbuck holds the club record for games, with 219, played mostly in the 1950s. He is closely followed by cult figure, Vin "The Tank" Taranto, who played during the 1980s and the dark days of the 1990s, when the club was at its lowest and almost folded. Third on the games list, on 205 games, is Cleary.
Famous Fans
Famous supporters of Coburg, harking back to the days when they were known as the "Lions" in the VFA include Cleary, former Trades Union boss Dean Mighell, and 3SER3SER
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stats doyen Anthony Brady.
Team of the Century
Back | Bob Atkinson Bob Atkinson Bob Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1942 season, coming across from Coburg. He returned to Coburg after the 1944 season.-External links:* at... |
Ron Promnitz | Trevor Price |
Half Back | Dave Starbuck | Brad Nimmo Brad Nimmo Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s.... |
Tony Tancredi |
Centre | Alan Mannix | Jim Sullivan | Gary Sheldon |
Half Forward | Lance Collins Lance Collins Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League .... |
Bill Byron | Laurie Birt |
Forward | Ken Ingram | Bob Pratt Bob Pratt Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt was a former Australian rules footballer from Mitcham, Victoria.Pratt played with South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1930–1939 and again in 1946, and with the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1940 to 1941... |
Brian Allison |
Ruck | Jim Jenkins | Colin Hobbs | Clarrie Mears |
Interchange | Ray Jordon Ray Jordon Raymond Clarence Jordon is a former Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team... |
Harry Kerley Harry Kerley Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .... |
Mick Erwin Mick Erwin Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club.... |
Jack Condon | Tim Reinerts | Mark Weidemann | |
Emergencies | John Harris John Harris (Australian footballer) John 'Jiggy' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the VFL.Recruited from Brighton, Harris started his career at Collingwood where he played as both a wingman and half forward flanker. He was a member of Collingwood premiership sides in 1927 and 1928... |
Jack Rogan | Allen Eade Allen Eade Allen Eade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s.Eade spent most of his career at Coburg but played with Collingwood in a two season stint... |
Captain | Brad Nimmo Brad Nimmo Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s.... |
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Coach | Phil Cleary Phil Cleary Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:... |
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