Oakleigh District Football Club
| Oakleigh District Football Club | |
| Full name | Oakleigh District Football Club |
| Emblem | The Districts |
| Colours | black and white sash |
| Founded | 1950 |
| League | Southern Football League |
| Premiership | 2015 |
| Official website | Official website |
The Oakleigh District Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in the Southern Football Netball League.
History
Late in 1949 a meeting was held in Oakleigh Mechanics Institute Hall in Drummond Street Oakleigh to solve the problem of having no open age side to for all mature players to continue on their careers. The only open age side in Oakleigh area besides the Oakleigh (VFA) club was Oakleigh United but they had just disbanded. The club had left 50 pounds to any club starting up an open age side.
Oakleigh District Football Club was formed and accepted into the Caulfield-Oakleigh District Football League. Oakleigh (VFA) was asked for assistance but they gave none.
It wasn't long before the Districts had success as they won the 1953, 1957 and 1958 premierships.
After founding the South East Suburban Football League in 1963, the club transferred to the Federal Football League in 1964. The club had to change it's jumper as it clashed with Clayton, not wanting to change its colours, the club adopted a black jumper with a white sash.
The club stayed in the league until it disbanded in 1981. They with the rest of the Federal clubs transferred into the South East Suburban FL.
By the time their breakthrough premier in 2015 the club had lost 12 grand finals.[1][2]
Senior Premierships
- Caulfield Oakleigh Football League
- 1953, 1957, 1958
- Southern Football League
- 2nd Division (1): 2015
VFL/AFL players
References
- ↑ September 19, 201510:28am (2015-09-19). "Oaks hoping to turn back time". News.com.au. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ↑ "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2017-12-25.