Bell Park Sport & Recreation Club, nicknamed the ''Dragons'', is a

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based in

Bell Park Bell Park is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located 3 km north-west of the Geelong city centre and is bordered to the north by Cowies Creek, to the east by Thompson Road, to the south by the Midland Highway an ...

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. The club's

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and

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teams currently play in the Geelong League. Bell Park home venue is the Bell Park Recreation Reserve. Apart from football and netball, Bell Park has a

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History

In 1958 they were founded as an under 15 team, then in 1959 they also entered an under 18 side. The first senior side was fielded in 1960 in the Geelong & DFL, Jarman Cup division. When the

Geelong Football League The Geelong Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria, Australia. It is widely regarded as the highest standard Australian rules football league in regional Victoria, with several former AFL players n ...

was formed in 1979, Bell Park was one of the 10 clubs that broke away from the

Geelong & District Football League The Geelong & District Football League (GDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, being the oldest surviving competition in the region. It is one of three leagues in the Geelong area, the other ...

. The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL. In 2002,

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took up the role of senior coach and oversaw a premiership in 2003.

Premierships

* 1969, 1970, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2011

List of VFL / AFL listed players

* Nathan Saunders – *

Jimmy Bartel James Ross Bartel (born 4 December 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, tall and weighing , Bartel contributed as a midfielder, forward, an ...

– * Fraser Murphy – *

Ray Sarcevic Ray Sarcevic (born 14 February 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Sarcevic, recruited from North Geelong, made just four VFL appearances, three of them ...

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* Jackson Sheringham-

Bibliography

* ''Cat Country: History of Football In The Geelong Region'' – John Stoward –

References

External links

Official website
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