Langhorne Creek Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in

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that currently competes in the Great Southern Football League. The club plays its home games at Langhorne Creek Memorial Park which is located at Murray Road, Langhorne Creek.

History

The Langhorne Creek Football Club's first recorded match was against Milang in 1906 and during those early years would play one-off matches against teams from neighbouring towns. The club began playing more official matches when it joined the Alexandra Football Association in 1922 however this competition disbanded in 1924. Langhorne Creek joined the B Grade competition of the Hills Central Football Association in 1932 and lost the grand final to Milang in this first season before winning the club's first premiership the following season, once again against Milang. Langhorne Creek joined the

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when it was established in 1967. For the majority of the club's time competing in the HFL, they were known as the Tigers and wore black and gold. After winning three consecutive A Grade premierships in the

between 1975 and 1977, the club joined the Great Southern Football League and became the Hawks. The switch to the GSFL saw the club enjoy immediate success, winning the 1978 GSFL grand final to make it four premierships in a row. The club endured a 23-year premiership drought until they achieved success once again in 2001. Since that time, Langhorne Creek have won seven premierships. They were back-to-back premiers in 2001/2002, 2011/2012 and most recently a three-peat in 2018/2019/2020.

Premierships

A Grade - 1933, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1960, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020 Reserve Grade - 1976, 1998, 2006, 2020 Senior Colts - 1962, 1972, 1975, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2005 Junior Colts - 1973, 1974, 1975, 2016 Mini Colts - 1978, 1994, 2006

Mail Medallists

A Grade 1950 - Ian Dodd 1951 - Leo Hayes 1962 - Ken Follett 1964 - Ken Follett 1983 - Dennis Elliott 1988 - Kym Warren 2000 - Luen Credlin 2001 - Brett Heinrich 2006 - Randall Follett 2008 - Randall Follett 2009 - Ben Moore Reserve Grade 1976 - Trevor Hull 1993 - Geoff Warren 1994 - Mark Chandler 1995 - Mike Perrey 1996 - Darren Hull 2000 - Rob Clark 2005 - Tim Footner 2007 - Jake Miller 2008 - Ant Tonkin 2009 - Rory Nixon 2015 - Rob Lyon Senior Colts 1962 - Bill Tonkin 1969 - Ian Tonkin 1970 - Geoff Warren 1980 - Robbie Potts 1986 - Phil Chandler 1988 - John O'Driscoll 1992 - Craig Scutchings 1994 - Russell Scutchings 2015 - Jedd Rothe 2020 - Mitchell Felton Junior Colts 1980 - Grantley Hull 2002 - Felipe Hill 2017 - Matthew Roberts

Honour Roll

Most Senior Games

Leading A Grade Goal Kickers

Life Members

Notable former players

Matt Roberts became the first Langhorne Creek player to be drafted to the

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when he was selected by the Sydney Swans with pick 34 in the 2021 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut for the Swans on 27 May 2022 in their Round 11 match against Richmond at the SCG. Matt was a talented junior player for Langhorne Creek and played in the club's 2018 GSFL A Grade Grand Final win at just 15 years of age. Paralympian and world record holder Michael Roeger played junior football for Langhorne Creek from the late 1990s through to 2005. His final match for the club before leaving the game to focus on athletics was the 2005 Senior Colts grand final win. Despite living in Canberra where he has a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport, Roeger remains a passionate supporter of the Hawks. Grant Bartholamaeus started his junior football for Langhorne Creek before his family moved to Forbes, NSW when he was 12 years old. He later went on to play VFL football for the Sydney Swans. He played 4 league matches for the Swans from 1986 to 1987. Ben Warren played junior football for Langhorne Creek from the late 1980s through to 1999 before a season of A Grade football for the Hawks in 2000. He joined

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and played two seasons for the Redlegs and won back-to-back

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premierships before announcing his retirement. He was appointed coach of Norwood ahead of the 2014 season and guided the Redlegs to their third straight premiership in his debut season as coach. Warren remained coach until the end of the 2016 season. Following his time at Norwood, Warren returned to Langhorne Creek as a player and was a member of the 2018 premiership team.

References

{{Great Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs Australian rules football clubs in South Australia 1906 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1906