Mayne Australian Football Club
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Mayne Australia Football Club (nicknamed The Tigers) are an Australian rules football
club based in the Brisbane
suburb of Enoggera
. Their club colours are black and yellow and they are nicknamed the Tigers.
They joined the Queensland Football League in 1925 and played in the top tier of Queensland football until 1999. With the QAFL going into liquidation the club had to wait until 2002 to rejoin the league, renamed the Queensland State League. They are now playing in Division Two.
Footballers to have played for the club include Jason Akermanis
, Richard Champion
and Mick Nolan
.
Grogan Medalists (3)
Duncanson Todd Medal (1)
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 the Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
suburb of Enoggera
Enoggera, Queensland
Enoggera is a suburb of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is located 6 km north-west of the Brisbane CBD.-History:In 1845 John Brennan purchased six hectares of land in Enoggera. Six years later, Thomas Hayes moved to the area and bought thirty-three acres of land...
. Their club colours are black and yellow and they are nicknamed the Tigers.
They joined the Queensland Football League in 1925 and played in the top tier of Queensland football until 1999. With the QAFL going into liquidation the club had to wait until 2002 to rejoin the league, renamed the Queensland State League. They are now playing in Division Two.
Footballers to have played for the club include Jason Akermanis
Jason Akermanis
Jason Dean Akermanis is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs...
, Richard Champion
Richard Champion
Richard Champion was a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League....
and Mick Nolan
Mick Nolan (footballer)
Mick Nolan was an Australian rules football player for North Melbourne. Because of his weight of 135 kg and height of 194 cm, Nolan was dubbed the "The Galloping Gasometer" by commentator Lou Richards. Until the emergence of Aaron Sandilands in the early 2000s, Nolan was the heaviest...
.
Honours
Premierships (15)- 1927
- 1928
- 1930
- 1931
- 1934
- 1935
- 1942
- 1952
- 1958
- 1961
- 1962
- 1966
- 1967
- 1973
- 1982
Grogan Medalists (3)
- Peter Ives 1978
- Greg HollickGreg HollickGregory Russell "Greg" Hollick is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s....
1981 - Terry Simmonds 1987
Duncanson Todd Medal (1)
- Andrew Housego 2005