The Loxton Football Club 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 ...

club which compete in the

Riverland Football League The Riverland Football League is an Australian rules football league located in South Australia's Riverland region. The league has two divisions - the first division is for the main towns of the Riverland and the second division, called the Riv ...

History

The club was formed in 1908 and played their first game against Lyrup. Throughout the 1920s the club maintained a presence in the local Loxton District Football Association. In 1930 it was decided to field two teams in the local district competition, the ''Imperials'' and the ''Olympicians''. It remained that way until the advent of

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Reforming after the war the club joined the Upper Murray Football Association and was an immediate success winning the first four premiers it competed in. The club was so strong it won 15 premierships in its first twenty years.The encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs.

Premierships

*1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1988, 1996, 2006

Notable players

Russell Ebert Russell Frank Ebert (22 June 1949 – 5 November 2021) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of Australian rules football in South Australia. Ebert is the only player to have ...

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Grantley Fielke Grantley Craig Fielke (born 18 March 1962 in Loxton, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and the Collingwood Football Club ...

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Books

* Lines, P. ''The encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs''. .

References

External links

Official AFL Website

RFL League Website
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