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club located in the city of Ballarat,

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. The football team currently competes in the

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. Redan has a history of 59 Premierships including 11 Senior Football Premierships and was named the

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Most Disciplined Club in 2004 & 2005. Redan players have also won the Henderson Medal (Ballarat Football League's best player award) on 14 occasions with two players, Michael Smith (1994, 1994) and Jarrod Edwards (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) winning the award in consecutive years. Edwards is the first player in BFL history to win four consecutive Henderson Medals. The club also has four winners of the Tony Lockett Medal, for the leading goalscorer in the Ballarat Football League. Redan currently play their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat and play in a predominantly maroon strip with a maroon top band and a lion logo on the chest. The first Redan game was reported in The Ballarat Star Saturday September 2, 1871 against the Ballarat Football Club. The Redan team was made up from miners from the Band of Hope mine and their average weight was 14 Stone (90 kg). The Star reported that the Redan team were everywhere, kicking and tripping regardless of the consequences. Former Adelaide Crows coach, the late Phil Walsh, played for Redan prior to be being recruited by Collingwood.

Honours

BFL Premierships

1946, 1952, 1975, 1976, 1977, 2002 v Sunbury, 2003 v Sunbury, 2006 v

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, 2007 v Sunbury, 2009 v

, 2011 v Sunbury

Henderson Medal winners

1946 - Stan Webb, 1949 - W.Ebery, 1951 -

Keith Rawle Keith Trevillian Rawle (29 October 1924 – 6 March 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Family He was the son of former North Melbourne and Essendon footbal ...

, 1955 -

Graham Willey Graham John Willey (19 July 1933 – 10 February 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Willey, who was a student at Scotch College, made his debut for Essendon in 1955, while ...

, 1957 - Bill McKenzie, 1976 - David Jenkins, 1981 -

Greg Packham Greg Packham (born 1 March 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. From Ballarat, Packham started his career at St Kilda in 1982 and kicked 24 goals from ...

, 1992 -

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, 1993 - Michael Smith, 1994 - Michael Smith, 2006 - Jarrod Edwards, 2007 - Jarrod Edwards, 2008 - Jarrod Edwards, 2009 - Jarrod Edwards, 2017 - Nathan Horbury

Tony Lockett Medal winners

1952 - W.Wells (73 goals), 1953 - W.Wells (116), 1975 - D.Atkinson (67), 1982 - G.Cahir (84)

Bibliography

* ''History of Football in the Ballarat District'' by John Stoward -

References

External links

Official site
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