The Kangaroo Flat Football Club are an Australian rules football

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 Bendigo Football League

Bendigo Football League

The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...

 (BFL).

They are based in the Bendigo suburb Kangaroo Flat

Kangaroo Flat, Victoria

Kangaroo Flat is an outer suburb of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. The suburb is neighbours with Golden Square.-History:Prior to the gold rush the Bendigo district was part of a large station "the Ravenswood Run". The discovery of very significant gold deposits in the 1850's resulted in a huge...

.

History

Kangaroos Flat spent much of the 20th century in the Bendigo Football Association and were premiers in 1923, 1926, 1948 and 1955.

They joined the Golden City Football League (GCFL) in 1960 and won a premiership in their first season, with a one point grand final win over White Hills

The GCFL merged with the BFL before the 1981 season to form the Bendigo-Golden City Football League and Kangaroo Flat were admitted into the second division. They were promoted to the first division in 1982 and the following year the name of the competition was reverted back to the Bendigo Football League.

Kangaroos Flat were BFL premiers for the first and only time in 1996 when they defeated Kyneton

Kyneton Football Club

The Kyneton Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria and have played in the Bendigo Football League since 1932.-Notable players:...

 18.18.126 to 15.20.110. The club also made the grand final in 2000 but lost to Castlemaine

Castlemaine Football Club

Castlemaine Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia and is currently a member of the Bendigo Football League.The club is notable for several reasons...

 by 12 points, despite having three more scoring shots.

Notable players

• Phil Carman
  Phil Carman
  Phil Carman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Carman had a difficult time in the VFL, with clearances and submissions being delayed causing controversy. Collingwood had shown plenty of interest in him, but Carman didn't like the football lifestyle...
  
   (Collingwood
  Collingwood Football Club
  The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
  
   Best and Fairest winner who was playing coach of Kangaroo Flat in 1985)
• Nathan Chapman
  Nathan Chapman (footballer)
  Nathan Chapman was a former Australian rules footballer who had a short career in the Australian Football League before a brief stint as an American Football punter...
  
   (Brisbane Bears
  Brisbane Bears
  The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
  
  , Brisbane Lions
  Brisbane Lions
  The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
  
   & Hawthorn
  Hawthorn Football Club
  The 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...
  
   player who was recruited from Kangaroo Flat)
• Graeme Robertson
  Graeme Robertson (Australian footballer)
  Graeme Robertson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Richmond in the Victorian Football League .- Notes :...
  
   (Carlton
  Carlton Football Club
  The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
  
   & Richmond
  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,...
  
   player who was recruited from Kangaroo Flat)
• Ty Zantuck
  Ty Zantuck
  Ty Zantuck is an Australian rules footballer.The 188 cm Zantuck is a strong unit, weighing in at 93 kg. He began his career at the Richmond Football Club as a tough, solid defender after being drafted in 2000...
  
   (Essendon
  Essendon Football Club
  The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
  
  & Richmond defender who played with Kangaroo Flat in 2007)