The Geelong Amateur Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Ammos, is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club situated in the regional city of

Geelong, Victoria Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, a ...

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. GAFNC teams currently play in the

Bellarine Football League The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competition ...

History

The Geelong Amateur Football Club was formed in 1926 as a result of teachers and students from The Geelong College and The Geelong Grammar forming a football team to play in

Victorian Amateur Football Association The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4. In addition there ...

. Hence the green (College)and light blue (Grammar) colors and the Pegasus Logo of the club. They moved to their current home at Queens Park, Highton in 1957. They started in the VAFA participating as high as A Grade before in 1983 the club decided to base itself in Geelong and joined the Geelong and District Football League. Playing in the V.A.F.A. meant travelling to Melbourne every fortnight, whereas joining 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 ...

meant that all games were played locally. In 1985 they won the GDFL premiership. The club then briefly went up to 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 ...

but was unable to sustain itself there and moved back to the GDFL in 1989. The club experienced a period of troubled times over the next few years and, after much soul searching and survival meetings, in 1995 the club joined the

and has remained since.

Premierships (9)

**1931, 1953, 1966, 1972 *

** 1985 *

** 2004, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016

League awards

League Best & Fairest

* 2001 Mark Trevaskis * 2009 Lindsay Smith

League Leading Goalkickers

* 2010 Jason Tom 89 * 2011 Jason Tom 120 * 2015 Mitchell Day 114 * 2016 Mitchell Day 87

Notable players

VFL/AFL players

Graeme Linke Graeme Linke (born 17 November 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Linke, ...

with Geelong and Footscray. * David Clarke with Geelong and Carlton. * Tim Clarke with Hawthorn. *

Spiro Malakellis Spiro Malakellis (born 23 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Football Club, Geelong in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1980s and early 1990s, then with Por ...

with Geelong *

Tony Malakellis Tony Malakellis (born 24 March 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of Spiro Malakellis. Recruited locally, Malakellis mad ...

with Geelong and Sydney Swans. * Ben Bucovaz with Fremantle *

Josh Saunders Josh Saunders (born March 2, 1981) is an American former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He last played for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. Career College Saunders, the younger brother of Shawn Saunders, spent the f ...

with St Kilda *

Mason Wood Mason Wood (born 13 September 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club. Career North Melbou ...

with North Melbourne * Hugh Goddard with St Kilda *

Peter Featherby Peter Featherby (born 12 December 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but he also played with two Victorian Football League (VFL) ...

with Footscray 1975–76 and Geelong 1979–83

Other

Lindsay Hassett Arthur Lindsay Hassett (28 August 1913 – 16 June 1993) was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by ''Wisden'' as, "... a mas ...

(Test cricketer) *

Ian Redpath Ian Ritchie Redpath (born 11 May 1941) is a former Australian international cricketer who played in 66 Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 1964 and 1976. Greg Chappell said he was one of only two players he knew who would kil ...

(Test cricketer)

Bibliography

* ''Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong Region'' by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 –

References

External links

Official website
{{AFL Barwon Women's Football Bellarine Football League Sports clubs established in 1926 Australian rules football clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in Australia Victorian Amateur Football Association clubs Geelong Football League clubs Geelong & District Football League clubs Netball teams in Geelong Geelong Grammar School Geelong College Australian rules football clubs in Geelong