Hadfield Football Club
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HADFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB | |
Full name | Hadfield Football Club |
Emblem | Hawks |
Colours | Brown & Gold vertical stripes |
Founded | 1971 |
League | Essendon District Football League Essendon District Football League The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade... |
Ground | Martin Reserve, Hadfield Hadfield, Victoria Hadfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Hadfield had a population of 5151.... |
Official website | http://hadfieldfc.sports.officelive.com/default.aspx |
Hadfield Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 14 km north of Melbourne in the suburb of Hadfield
Hadfield, Victoria
Hadfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Hadfield had a population of 5151....
. The Hadfield Community Youth Club was founded in 1961 and played at Reddish Reserve and wore green and gold.
H.C.Y.C established the Senior club in 1971 changing the colours to brown and gold vertical stripes and to be known as the Hawks and affiliated with the Essendon District Football League
Essendon District Football League
The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade...
and remaining at Reddish Reserve in East Glenroy until the end of the 1987 season.
Hadfield won the Senior C Grade premiership in their first season.
VFL/AFL players
- Anthony RockAnthony RockAnthony Rock is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL/AFL.A midfielder from Hadfield, Rock debuted in the league during the 1988 season, playing with North Melbourne. He stayed with the club until 1999 when he moved to Hawthorn for his final...
- North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Football ClubThe 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...
& HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...