The Leopold Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Lions'', is an

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and

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club based in

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. The club teams currently compete in the regional Geelong Football Netball League. They play their home games at Leopold Memorial Park.

History

Originally a team from

played in local competitions from 1897 to 1922. In 1923 they disbanded. In 1955 they reformed and entered into the Geelong & District Football League, Jarman Cup division. In 1963 they lost the Grand Final, both Grand Finalists were promoted to the Woolworths Cup. In 1964 they made the Woolworth Cup Grand Final but lost by a point. In 1965 the transferred into the Polwarth Football League. While in this league moves were made for a

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based football competition. In 1971 they were one of the founding clubs of 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 ...

. Finally in 1992 Leopold was admitted into 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 ...

, where has remained up to present days.

VFL/AFL players

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– * Ben Graham – * Tony Brown – * Tim Boyle – *

Clint Bartram Clinton "Clint" Bartram (born 18 February 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited from the Geelong Falcons, after growing up ...

– *

Mario Bortolotto Mario Bortolotto (26 June 1957 – 9 September 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, loc ...

– , *

Luke Dahlhaus Luke Dahlhaus (born 21 August 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He received a nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in r ...

– * Tom Ruggles - *Jed Bews - Geelong Craig Dowsett. - Geelong

Bibliography

* ''Cat Country – History of Football in the Geelong Region'', John Stoward,

References

External links

Official website
{{Geelong Football League Geelong Football League clubs 1955 establishments in Australia Geelong & District Football League clubs Sports clubs established in 1955 Australian rules football clubs established in 1955 Netball teams in Victoria (Australia)