The Golden Point Football Club was 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 ...

club which competed in the

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from 1905 to 2000. Golden Point was based in the

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suburb of the same name. They merged with East Ballarat in 2001 to form the

East Point Football Club The East Point Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club. The football squad competes in the Ballarat Football League. The club, originally named "East Point Kangaroos" was formed in 2001 when historical clubs Eas ...

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"Woofer see the Point of it all"
7 August 2006, Martin Blake

Notable players

Mark Rasmussen Mark Alan Rasmussen (born 28 November 1983) is a midfielder who plays for Brisbane Premier League side Albany Creek Excelsior FC. He started his career at Football League Championship outfit Burnley, who he joined after being spotted by scout J ...

Charlie Clymo William Charles Clymo (30 October 1884 – 8 October 1955) was the captain of the Ballarat Fire Brigade for almost forty years, and was also an excellent sportsman, being an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda. He later coached ...

* Jack Collins *

Geoff Cunningham Geoff Cunningham (born 7 January 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Early days Cunningham was originally recruited from Golden Point in Ballarat on match per ...

* Bob Davis *

Bill Hearn Roger Musgrove "Bill" Hearn (born 4 March 1913) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond Football Club, Richmond in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Richard William Hearn (18 ...

References

{{Ballarat Football League Sport in Ballarat Ballarat Football League clubs 1880s establishments in Australia 2001 disestablishments in Australia