The Seaford Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an

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and

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club based in the south eastern region of

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, first organised in late 1921. Formation meetings were held at Armstrong's Grocery Store, Martins Garage and Weatherley's Milk Bar. The football team currently competes in the

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. The netball department began at the club in 2011. The club also introduced women's football in 2013. At end of the 2016 season, Seaford FNC fielded three men's, four netball and three women's football sides. The highest profile player to come out of Seaford is retired St Kilda player and

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list Robert Harvey. At the end of the 2018, Seaford FNC came last in the newly created First Division of MPNFL, finishing with 2 wins, 14 losses and 2 draws, and therefore were relegated to Second Division

Men's football premierships

Netball premierships

Women's football premierships

VFL/AFL players

* Fred Davies,

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, 125 games * Robert Elphinstone, St Kilda, 157 games * Anthony Harvey, St Kilda, 4 games * Robert Harvey, St Kilda, 1988–2008, 383 games (215 goals) * Eric White,

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, 21 games *

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, St Kilda, 41 games * Steve Arnott,

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, 1 game * Ron Battams, St Kilda, 3 games *

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, 2003–14 * Damian McCormack,

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, 4 games, 2005–07 * Marcus Marigliani,

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, 2 games, 2010 *

Jack Lonie Jack Lonie (born 13 August 1996) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2015 to 2021. AFL career Recruited from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC C ...

, St Kilda, 2015–present * Mitchell White, Melbourne, 2015–present

Bibliography

* ''History of the Seaford Football Club'' - Mark Pearson Mark Pearson celebrates Seaford Football Club with a new book
by Simon McEvoy, ''The Herald Sun'', 15 May 2013

References

External links

Official site
{{MPNFL Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (Australia) 1921 establishments in Australia Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Netball teams in Victoria (Australia) Sport in the City of Frankston