The Sandgate Hawks Sporting Club is an

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and

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club located in the

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suburb of Taigum. They were nicknamed both the ''Hawks'' and ''Sea Hawks'' and their club colours were bottle green and red. The football squad plays in the

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History

Sandgate was established in 1943,About Hawks
on Sandgate AFC website and entered to play Senior football in 1944. They competed in every season until 1991 before merging with Windsor-Zillmere to form "The Northern Eagles". Due to fall outs between the administrators of Sandgate and Windsor Zillmere, Sandgate split from the arrangement and returned to play as a member of the now defunct Brisbane Football League winning back to back premierships in 1993 and 1994. Sandgate's most successful era was the 1970s when they won four premierships and participated in the finals of every season. A revamped club, Sandgate AFC, currently competes in the Pineapple Hotel Cup division of the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)

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ruckman

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is the club's number one ticket holder. Jamie played juniors for the Sandgate Hawks for more than ten seasons.

Honours

Club

(6): 1956, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1979 * BAFL (2): 1993, 1994

Individual

Grogan Medalists (2) * Edgar Stevens 1950 * Don Smith 1973,1979 AFLQ Team Of The Century (3) *Dick Verdon - Full back *Don Smith - Centre half back *John Stackpoole - Half forward flank **All time greats*

References

External links

Official website
{{AFL Queensland State League Clubs Sandgate Australian rules football clubs in Brisbane 1943 establishments in Australia Sports clubs and teams established in 1943 Australian rules football clubs established in 1943 Netball teams in Queensland