Prahran Football Club
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Prahran Football Club, nicknamed The Two Blues, is an Australian rules football
club based at Toorak Park in Orrong Road between High Street and Malvern Road, Armadale
, in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
. Since 2007, the club has competed in D1 Section of the Victorian Amateur Football Association
(VAFA). The nickname Two Blues comes from the club uniform which has been royal blue and sky blue since the club formed in 1886. One of the current coaches of the junior football club is James Hird.
In 2007 the new coach is Paul Greenham, who has played for Richmond, Port Melbourne & St Kevins.
Its sister team is the Deakin Devils – a Division 1 Victorian Women's Football League
(VWFL) team.
) in 1886-7 and from 1899 until 1994, when it withdrew from the competition and temporarily went into recess. The club merged with Southbank Amateur Football Club in 1999 and joined the VAFA under the stewardship of Herald Sun
racing writer Tim Habel, with profits derived from the Prahran Tabaret – a gambling bar it owns and operates in Chapel Street, Prahran. Also in 1999 the club re-established its junior arm. Commencing with just two junior teams, the club now has eight junior teams and has formed a joint Under 19 team with Caulfield Football Club
.
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 at Toorak Park in Orrong Road between High Street and Malvern Road, Armadale
Armadale
-Places in Australia:*Armadale, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne*Armadale, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth*City of Armadale*Electoral district of Armadale*Armidale, New South Wales -Rail in Australia:...
, in 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...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Since 2007, the club has competed in D1 Section of the Victorian Amateur Football Association
Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria...
(VAFA). The nickname Two Blues comes from the club uniform which has been royal blue and sky blue since the club formed in 1886. One of the current coaches of the junior football club is James Hird.
Teams
Prahran fields Senior, Reserves, Club XVIII and junior teams. The senior team was coached in 2006 by Leigh Stafford, who resigned from the coaching role at the end of the season.In 2007 the new coach is Paul Greenham, who has played for Richmond, Port Melbourne & St Kevins.
Its sister team is the Deakin Devils – a Division 1 Victorian Women's Football League
Victorian Women's Football League
The Victorian Women's Football League is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 22 clubs and 30 teams from Victoria, Australia across four divisions and a total of over 1,000 players....
(VWFL) team.
Famous players
- Jim StynesJim StynesJames "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
– won a Brownlow MedalBrownlow MedalThe Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
and went on to set an Australian Football LeagueAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
record for most consecutive games (244) for Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria.... - Graeme YeatsGraeme YeatsGraeme Yeats is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.A skilful and consistent defender/wingman, Yeats played 182 games with Melbourne before becoming a premiership winning coach in the Victorian Football Association with Sandringham...
– went on to play 182 games for Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria.... - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (footballer)Wayne "The Dominator" Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer. Johnston played 209 games and kicked 283 goals for the Carlton Football Club , in a career spanning 1979–1990...
– went on to play in four Premierships for Carlton Football ClubCarlton Football ClubThe 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... - Ross ThorntonRoss ThorntonRoss Thornton is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1980s.Thornton originally arrived at Fitzroy in 1975 but was unable to make the seniors so joined VFA club Prahran...
– played for Fitzroy Football ClubFitzroy Football ClubThe Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897... - Harold BrayHarold BrayHarold Bray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Bray was recruited to the Saints from Prahran in 1941 and for the next ten years served the club with distinction as a pacy centreman...
– finished in the top three in the Brownlow Medal three times - Andre Pitts played his 350th game for the club in 2007
- Tony FreeTony FreeTony Free is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1987 and 1996 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
– player-coach in 2001 and 2002 after retiring from an illustrious career with the Richmond Football ClubRichmond Football ClubThe 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,...
including being Captain of the Tigers. - Kevin Sheedy – former coach of Essendon Football ClubEssendon Football ClubThe Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
and former Richmond player, began his football career with Prahran. - Sam KekovichSam KekovichSam Kekovich is an Australian media personality, sports commentator and former Australian rules football player.He is well known for his controversial behaviour, both on and off the field, and most recently for his series of satirical advertisements as the spokesman for Meat and Livestock...
– 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...
Premiership player and well known football identity. - Don ChippDon ChippDonald Leslie Chipp, AO was an Australian politician, and the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats.-Early life:...
– Australian Federal politician. A former LiberalLiberal Party of AustraliaThe Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
Minister in the Australian government and inaugural leader of the Australian DemocratsAustralian DemocratsThe Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...
political party. Played in the club's 1951 VFA Premiership team.
History
The club played in the Victorian Football Association (now known as the Victorian Football LeagueVictorian 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...
) in 1886-7 and from 1899 until 1994, when it withdrew from the competition and temporarily went into recess. The club merged with Southbank Amateur Football Club in 1999 and joined the VAFA under the stewardship of Herald Sun
Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
racing writer Tim Habel, with profits derived from the Prahran Tabaret – a gambling bar it owns and operates in Chapel Street, Prahran. Also in 1999 the club re-established its junior arm. Commencing with just two junior teams, the club now has eight junior teams and has formed a joint Under 19 team with Caulfield Football Club
Caulfield Football Club
Caulfield Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1965 until 1987. Nicknamed The Bears, they were based in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield and wore a blue and white guernsey.-History:...
.
Club Champions/Best & Fairest
- 1904 – George Brown (best all-round)
- 1940 – W Faul
- 1945 – A Gardiner
- 1952 – Ian Armstrong