The Sunshine Heights 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
WRFL
WRFL, Lexington (Radio Free Lexington) is a 7900-watt college radio station that broadcasts live, 24 hours a day, from the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Kentucky. The station has broadcast continuously at 88.1 MHz on the FM ra ...
since 1988.
They are based in the Melbourne suburb of
Sunshine West
Sunshine West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Sunshine West recorded a population of 18,552 at the .
Sunshine West is a ...
.
History
In 1971, the club first fielded a senior team in the Western Suburbs FL. In 1979, they defeated
Werribee Centrals for the premiership of the Western Suburbs FL.
The club transferred to the Footscray District FL in 1988. It won the A2 premiership defeating
East Brunswick
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in its first year.
Guernsey
Premierships
* Div 1 = 1979 (WSFL)
* Div 2 = 2008
* Div 3 = 1988, 1998
VFL/AFL players
*
James Gowans –
St Kilda
*
Chris Burton –
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the o ...
* Shane Madigan - Fitzroy Football club
Bibliography
* ''History of the WRFL/FDFL'' by Kevin Hillier –
* ''History of football in Melbourne's north west'' by John Stoward –
References
External links
Official website
{{WRFL
Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Australian rules football clubs established in 1971
1971 establishments in Australia
Western Region Football League clubs
Sport in the City of Brimbank
Sunshine, Victoria