The Deer Park Football Club is an
Australian rules football club competing in the
Essendon District Football League
The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a professional Australian rules football league competition based in Essendon, Victoria, consisting of teams based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne. Founded in 1930, the men's competition ...
as of December 2022.
It previously competed in the
Western Region Football League
The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.
History
The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football Le ...
(WRFL) since 1935. It is based in the Melbourne suburb of
Deer Park.
History
When Deer Park was formed in 1925 it spent several years playing in competitions centered on
Werribee
Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham Local government areas of Victoria, local government a ...
. In 1935 it entered the FDFL and changed its name. This club was known as
ICI after the large chemical firm that operated in the area. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
it reformed as Deer Park.
Premierships
*
Western Region Football League
The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors.
History
The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football Le ...
**Division One (11): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1990, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
** Division Two (2): 2009, 2011
Bibliography
* ''History of the WRFL/FDFL'' by Kevin Hillier –
* ''History of football in Melbourne's north west'' by John Stoward –
References
External links
Official website
{{WRFL
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Australian rules football clubs established in 1925
1925 establishments in Australia
Western Region Football League clubs
Sport in the City of Brimbank