The Braybrook Sporting Club is an

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club which compete in the

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since 1931.BLSC History – Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club – GameDay
/ref> They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook. Their home ground is Pennell Reserve, at the corner of Burke and Cranwell Streets. The club is not affiliated to the

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, but also adopts the black jumper with red sash as its primary jumper, with the reverse being utilised for jumper-clashes with similarly uniformed clubs. Braybrook was relegated to Division 3 in 2014, when the competition split into 3 divisions from the previous 2. They remained in Division 3, despite winning the WRFL Division 3 Senior premiership in the 2014 season. The club persevered through a remarkable finals series in 2022, winning the premiership against the Wyndham Suns to see them elevated to Division 2 ahead of the 2023 season. The Braybrook Sporting Club is now home to Men's and Women's senior football teams, Auskick programs and several netball teams across both junior and senior levels. The club has been home to several players who have gone on to be successful at higher levels, including George Bisset, Doug Hawkins, EJ Whitten and Brian Wilson.

History

Braybrook is a foundation member of the

(WRFL). One of the few original clubs still in the competition the club. The club's most recent senior premierships were won in 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2014 and 2022. The club currently holds the record in Australia for the club that has produced the most AFL players.

VFL/AFL players

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- Footscray,

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and St Kilda * Lyle Anderson - Footscray *

Ted Whitten Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM (27 July 1933 – 17 August 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Born and raised into a working-class family in Footscray, Whit ...

- Footscray, *

Doug Hawkins Douglas James Hawkins (born 5 May 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media and ran for the Senate, as a member of Palmer United Party, in ...

- Footscray,

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* George Bisset - Footscray, * Ray Walker - Footscray, * Robert Groenewegen - Footscray, *

Albert Proud Albert Proud (born 6 September 1988) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Mt Gravatt Vultures in NEAFL. Originally from Braybrook in Melbourne's Western suburbs he previously played for the Brisbane Lions in the Austra ...

- * Dennis Collins - Footscray,

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Honours

** Div 1 (12): 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979 ** Div 2 (3): 1936, 1993, 1999 ** Div 3 (4): 1990, 1997, 2014, 2022

Bibliography

* ''History of the WRFL/FDFL'' by Kevin Hillier – * ''History of football in Melbourne's north west'' by John Stoward –

References

External links

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Braybrook SC
at Gameday
Official website
(archived) {{Aussie Rules in Victoria Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne Australian rules football clubs established in 1874 1874 establishments in Australia Western Region Football League clubs Sport in the City of Maribyrnong