Yallourn Football Club was 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 based in Yallourn, Victoria, which ran from 1921 to 1976.

History

;Yallourn Football Club The first documented football match that Yallourn FC was involved in was a practice match against Morwell in 1921. In 1922, Yallourn were admitted into the Central Gippsland Football Association. Reg Anthony was elected as captain. Between 1937 and 1940 Yallourn entered two teams into the Central Gippsland Football Association, under the names of Yallourn Blue and Yallourn Gold, with Yallourn Blue winning the 1939 Central Gippsland Football Association premiership. In 1947, Yallourn had two sides in the Central Gippsland Football League Seconds competition, Yallourn and Yallourn Youths. Yallourn FC and Yallourn North FC merged in 1977 to form the Yallourn Yallourn North FC. ;Yallourn North Football Club The Yallourn North FC commenced playing in 1948 in the Mid Gippsland Football League after the Brown Coal Mine Imperials and Brown Coal Mine Rovers teams merged and changed their name to the Yallourn North FC. Yallourn FC and Yallourn North FC's merged in 1977 to form Yallourn Yallourn North FC, who played in the Mid Gippsland Football League up until 2019. In 2021 YYNFC joined the Gippsland Football League. ;Premierships * Mid Gippsland Football League **1950 1963, 1972. ;Yallourn Imperials Football Club The Yallourn Imperials Football Club first competed in the Morwell & Yallourn Football Association in 1932. The “Imps” eventually folded just prior to the 1940 season, due to many players enlisting in the Army. ;Football Timeline *Morwell & Yallourn Football Association **1932 to 1934 * Mid Gippsland Football League **1935 to 1939

Football Timeline

* 1922 to 1931: Central Gippsland Football Association * 1932 to 1935: Gippsland Football League * 1936 to 1940: Central Gippsland Football Association * 1941 to 1943: Club to recess due to World War Two * 1944 to 1945: Central Gippsland Wartime Football League * 1946 to 1953: Central Gippsland Football League

Yallourn FC Premierships

* Central Gippsland Football League **1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1948 * Gippsland Football League **1932, 1933 *Central Gippsland Wartime Football League **1944 *Victory Day Lightening Premiership **1946

VFL Players

The following footballers played with Yallourn FC prior to playing VFL football *1928 - Bill Churchill - South Melbourne *1933 -

Jack Sambell Jack Reginald Sambell (20 May 1908 – 22 August 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The second son of Edgar Shadforth Tremayne Sambell (1880-1950), and Barbara Kath ...

- Melbourne *1938 -

Fred Godfrey Fred Godfrey (17 September 1880 – 22 February 1953) was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War I songwriter. He is best known for the songs "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" (1916) and "Bless 'Em All" (1917), a 1940s hit record ...

- Footscray *1939 - Bill Green - Essendon *1940 - Ken Williams - Collingwood *1943 - Stan Attenborough - North Melbourne *1944 - Doug Williams - Carlton *1945 - Don Benson - Richmond *1946 -

George Card George Card (14 September 1924 – 15 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Card returned to Yallourn as captain-coach in 1949. Father of former Geelong player, Ray ...

- Geelong *1947 -

Syd Tate Sydney "Spudda" Tate (13 February 1925 – 15 May 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL. Tate was a wingman in Geelong's 1951 premiership side, his last year in the league. He could also play as a rover a ...

- Geelong *1948 -

Geoff Collins Geoff Collins may refer to: * Geoff Collins (American football), American college football coach * Geoff Collins (Australian rules footballer) Geoffrey Anthony Collins (10 August 1926 – 14 August 2005) was an Australian rules football play ...

- Melbourne *1949 - Jim Shaw - Melbourne *1953 - Lloyd Brewer - Richmond *1955 - John Paice - Carlton *1956 - Peter Cook - Melbourne *1957 - John Hutchinson - Fitzroy *1963 - Tom Garland - Richmond *1964 -

Garry Crane Garry Crane (born 25 August 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. Crane was recruited to Carlton Football Club from Yallourn North Football Club after winning the club's best and fairest award in 1962 ...

- Carlton *1967 - Gavin Smith - Fitzroy *1971 - Colin Dell - Footscray *1978 - Steve Emery - Hawthorn *1991 - Scott Lee - Adelaide The following footballers played/coached with Yallourn FC after playing senior VFL football, with the year indicating their first season at Yallourn. *1926 - Jim Lawn - Collingwood *1930 -

Vince Irwin Vincent Michael Irwin (4 February 1899 – 29 May 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. Family The son of John Irwin and Margaret Irwin, née Humphries, Vince ...

- Essendon *1946 - Frank Kelly - Collingwood *1949 - Ted Hill - Collingwood *1950 - Les Jones - Richmond *1951 -

Reg Baker Arthur Reginald Baker (18 September 1899 – 1 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). VFL career One of three brothers to play in the VFL (along wit ...

- Collingwood *1959? - Vic Lawrence - North Melbourne *1964 - Mike Collins - Melbourne

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yallourn Football Club Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) North West Tasmania Australian rules football clubs established in 1921