Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct
Australia
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n sports club which had a predominantly
Jewish Australian supporter base, akin to
Hakoah Vienna
SC Hakoah Vienna (german: Sport Club Hakoah Wien; ' means "the strength" in Hebrew) is a Jewish sports club in Vienna, Austria.
Prior to World War II, it produced several Olympic athletes and was notable for fielding an entirely Jewish associati ...
. The club's best known arm was its soccer club.
History
The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the
Victorian First Division. The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after
World War II
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. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the
Dockerty Cup
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, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with
South Melbourne's Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s.
Honours
*
Victorian Premier League
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titles: 4
**1934, 1935, 1938, 1943
*
Dockerty Cup
The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the former president of Football Federation Victoria Harry Dockerty. ...
titles: 8
**1935, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1973
External links
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Melbourne Hakoah Official Site
Association football clubs established in 1927
Association football clubs disestablished in 1983
Hakoah sport clubs
Jewish football clubs
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Defunct soccer clubs in Australia
Jews and Judaism in Melbourne
1927 establishments in Australia
1983 disestablishments in Australia
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