Old Xaverians Football Club
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Full name | Old Xaverians Football Club |
Nickname | Old Xavs |
Strip | Black, with staggered thin red horizontal bands. |
Founded | 1923 |
Sport | Australian rules football |
League | VAFA |
Ground | Toorak Park |
Club song | Old Xavs |
President/Chair | Simon Hunt |
Coach | Barry Richardson |
Captain | Tim Ockleshaw |
2005 | Premiers |
The Old Xaverians Football Club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. The Club is one of Australia's most successful sporting clubs competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
The Old Xavs have won a total of nine VAFA Section A flags, and are currently the reigning premiers after defeating Melbourne University by nine points in the 2005 Grand Final. The Club dominated the competition during the late nineties taking out the Section A premiership in 1995 through to 2000.
Section A Premiers - 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005