G The Glenrowan Football Club was formed in 1905, when they played a match against Greta. The club spent most of its time in the

Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...

(1946 - 1991) and the

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...

(1992 - 2019), when it folded after the 2019 season, due to a lack of players, off field officials, active past players and volunteers.

History

Glenrowan's first documented match was against Winton in 1894, at Winton. In 1910, Glenrowan wore red, blue and white vertical stripe football jumpers. Glenrowan won the first grand final against Greta South FC, but as Greta South has won the minor premiership, they had the right to challenge Glenrowan in another match for the premiership, in which Greta South won. Glenrowan joined the

in 1992 and played there until 2019. Three past players of Glenrowan have been awarded an

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

award. They are Linton Briggs, Stuart Devlin and Bill O'Callaghan. St_Bernard's_football_club_colors

Competition Timeline

*1894 - 1905: No official competitions entered, but did play many friendly matches against other local towns. *1906 - Greta & Glenrowan Football Association *1907 - Winton, Glenrowan Thoona Football Association *1908 - Winton Glenrowan Football Association *1909 - ? *1910 - 15 Mile Creek Football Association *1911 - Club in recess *1912 - North Eastern Wednesday Football Association *1913 - 14: Greta Glenrowan Football Association *1915 - 18: Club in recess.

WW1 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

*1919 - Greta / Thoona Football Association *1920 - 21: North East Lines Football Association *1922 - 23: Wangaratta Football Association *1924 - 26: Greta / Thoona Football Association *1927 -

*1928 - 29: Glenrowan / Thoona Football Association *1930 - 31: ? *1932 - Euroa Line Football Association *1933 - ? *1934 - 38: Tatong Thoona Football Association *1939 - 45: Club in recess, due to

WW2 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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

*1946 - 91:

*1992 - 2019:

Football Grand Finals

;Seniors ;Reserves

Football League Best & Fairest winners

;Seniors *

Tatong Thoona Football League Tatong is a town in north eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is on the northern foothills of the Blue Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range, beside Holland Creek, north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tatong had a populatio ...

**1934 - Harry Billman - 7 votes **1937 - Larry O'Brien - 14 votes *

**1957 - John "Mac" Hill - ? votes **1963 - Alan O'Brien - **1969 - Neville Smedley - 31 **1976 - David McCullough - **1978 - Fred Malloy - 23 ;Reserves *

- (Ross Schutt Medal) **2003 - Brad Laywood **2004 - Brad Laywood **2005 - Rick Lawford **2009 - Brad Laywood **2013 - Clayton Fraser **2014 - Brad Laywood **2017 - Trent Petersen

Football Statistics

;Consecutive finals series * Between 196 and 1981 Glenrowan played in six consecutive

finals series. ;Consecutive grand finals * Glenrowan have played in four consecutive

grand finals on three separate occasions. 1954 to 1957, 1968 to 1971 and 1978 to 1981. Glenrowan also played in five consecutive grand finals on the

from 2013 to 2017. ;Consecutive match wins in a row * In 1983, Glenrowan won all their 18 home and away matches before losing the second semi and preliminary finals in the

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballer played with Glenrowan, prior to playing AFL football. * 2003: Karl Norman -

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The following footballers played VFL / AFL football prior to playing / coaching Glenrowan FC. The year indicates their first season at Glenrowan. * 1954 -

Mac Hill John McMahon "Mac" Hill (22 March 1925 – 24 September 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from Beechworth where he won their 1947 best and fairest aw ...

- Collingwood * 2009 - Steve Hickey -

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

* 2013 - Nathan Carroll -

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

* 2016 -

Brendan Fevola Brendan Fevola (born 20 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Fevola is regarded as one of the most effective ...

References

{{reflist Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia) 1905 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1905