Collegians Football Club

Collegians Football Club (nicknamed the Lions) is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Formed in 1891, it is the second-oldest club in the VAFA, after Melbourne University Football Club. The Lions have the longest continuous membership of the VAFA and its antecedents. Their home ground is the Harry Trott Oval.[1]

Collegians
Names
Full nameCollegians Football Club
Nickname(s)Lions
Club details
Founded1891 (1891)
Colours         
CompetitionVAFA
Ground(s)Harry Trott Oval (Albert Park)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitecollegiansfc.com.au
Old Collegians vs Melbourne University Blacks at Collegians' home ground (Albert Park), 2008

History

In 1891, L.A.Adamson established a Wesley College Old Boys’ XVIII, which formally became Collegians Football Club in 1892.[2] Adamson, who was for thirty years the Headmaster of Wesley College, was the President of the club for its first forty years. In 1892, Adamson established the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (of which he was president for 37 years), which in 1932 became the Victorian Amateur Football Association.[2] Their 17 "A" grade premierships is more than any other club.

Premierships

A Section
  • 1892, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1936, 1937, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1986, 1992, 1993, 2011, 2012.

B Section
  • 1926, 1956, 2006

Club Song

The club's theme song is based on the first verse and chorus of "The Old Collegians Song", which appears in the Wesley College Songbook in all editions from 1893.[3] The lyrics were written by Lawrence Arthur Adamson set to the tune of a traditional Irish Folk Tune, "Irish Jaunting Car", and the later tune "The Bonnie Blue Flag", a song from the US War of Independence.[3] The original lyrics refer to the interim school colours "Blue and White", which returned to "Gold and Purple" at the end of 1902.[3]

References
  1. About Us Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Collegians Football Club. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. "Collegians". History of Australian Footy. Full Points Footy. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  3. Wesley College (2009). Wesley College Song Book 2009. Wesley College, Melbourne.
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