The Yankalilla Football Club is an

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club first formed in 1889 in Yankalilla,

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. Yankalilla was originally a member of the Fleurieu Football Association until it joined the Great Southern Football Association in 1935. In 1955, Yankalilla entered a reserves team in the Southern Football Association B-Grade competition and the following season joined that competition entirely. Yankalilla remained in the

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until the end of the 1967 season when they transferred back to the Great Southern Football League where they have remained since. Yankalilla continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the Great Southern Football League. Yankalilla FC has produced two

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footballers Kym Koster and

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, formerly of

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, but more famous as a

Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willia ...

winner for Sturt in the

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A-Grade Premierships

* 1934 Fleurieu Peninsula Football Association A-Grade * 1937 Great Southern Football Association A-Grade * 1962 Southern Football Association A-Grade * 1963 Southern Football Association A-Grade * 1969 Great Southern Football League A-Grade * 1970 Great Southern Football League A-Grade * 1985 Great Southern Football League A-Grade

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{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs Australian rules football clubs in South Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1889 1889 establishments in Australia