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The Sunbury Football Netball Club, nicknamed Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian town of Sunbury. The football team currently competes in the Ballarat Football League.
History
Sunbury Football Club was formed in 1879 when it was known as the Lions, with the Northcote Football Club playing Sunbury in 1880.
They were a founding club in 1912 and continued playing in the Riddell District Football League until 1996.
With the depth of football standard in the RDFL on the decline, together with considerable opposition from former second division clubs on the formation of one division, the club voted to make the move to the highly rated Ballarat Football League (BFL) with Melton, Darley and Melton South clubs for the commencement of the 1997 playing season.
The club has won five BFL premierships.
Football Premierships
Seniors
? Football Associations
1892, 1901
Gisborne Football Association (3)
1906, 1908, 1911
Riddell District Football League (15)
1913, 1915, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996
Ballarat Football League (5)
1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2012
Football Runners Up
Seniors
Gisborne Football Association
1907
Riddell District Football League
1920, 1921, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1971,
Ballarat Football League
2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016
Football League Best and Fairest Awards
Seniors
Riddell District Football League - Bowen Medal
1931 - Glen Scholes
1955 - Barry Palmer
1975 - Ken Conduit
1988 - Tas Turley
1990 - Steve Nash
1992 - Andrew Willmott
1995 - Mark Power
1996 - Mark Power
Ballarat Football League - Henderson Medal
1999 - Haami Williams
2003 - Justin Lewis
2019 - Alik Magin
Bibliography
History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0
References
External links
Official website