style="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em;"|JACANA FOOTBALL CLUB

Full name	Jacana Football Club
Nickname	The Jaguars
Strip	Purple & Gold
Founded	1961
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	Jacana Reserve, Jacana Jacana, Victoria Jacana is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume...
Senior Premierships:	3
Website	http://www.jacanafc.com.au

Jacana Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 16 km north of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 in the suburb of Jacana

Jacana

The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....

 and is 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...

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The Jacana Football Club was founded in 1961, as a junior club fielding an Under 15s team.

In 1965 the senior club was established and fielded teams in every age group.

The Jacana Pavilion was then opened on the 9th July, 1966, by the Mayor J.A. Culpin.

The original Jacana jumper was purple with a yellow JFC monogram. The club then changed to a gold V which was used up to 2006. In 2007 the club reverted back to the original jumper.

From 1986 to 2000 Jacana participated in the Riddell District Football League

Riddell District Football League

The Riddell District Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with Football Victoria.The league covers towns in the Macedon Ranges Victoria and an area from Rockbank in the south to Broadford in the north....

 and won its
3rd senior premiership in 2000 defeating Wallan 14.12.96 to 11.11.77.

Jacana has competed in various competitions including the Y.C.W competition, the Northern Metropolitan Football League and the Preston and District Junior Football Association.

In the early 1990s, Jacana’s senior club became the Broadmeadows United Football Club, and their jumper changed to purple with a yellow vee. Then in 1997 the club went back to the name of Jacana Football Club, whilst keeping the purple and yellow vee jumper up until the end of 2006.

In 2001 the club became affiliated for the first time 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...

.The junior teams are now called the Jaguars and their jumpers are purple and yellow with a jaguar monogram, and are known as the Jacana Jaguars.

AFL players

Jacana has produced a number of VFL / AFL players who have gone on to achieve great honours at the highest level. They include:

• Bruce Doull
  Bruce Doull
  Bruce Doull is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club....
  
  
• Scott Wynd
  Scott Wynd
  Scott Wynd is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, playing with Footscray.-Footscary/Western Bulldogs :...
  
  
• Chris Johnson
• Paul Wynd
  Paul Wynd
  Paul Wynd is a former Australian rules football player. Wynd played three games for North Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1997 AFL season.He is the brother of Scott Wynd and son of Garrey Wynd, both league footballers....
  
  
• Ross Smith
  Ross Smith
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• Peter Smith
  Peter J. Smith
  Peter J. Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
  
  
• Jose Romero
• Rod Dell
  Rod Dell
  Rod Dell is a former Australian rules football player. Dell played 18 games for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League between 1965 and 1969.-References:...
  
  
• Shane Zantuck
  Shane Zantuck
  Shane Zantuck is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
  
  
• Ken Hill
• Glen Joseph
• Brian Hall