Castlemaine Football Club
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The Castlemaine Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
It is a member of the Bendigo Football League.
[edit] History
Formed in 1859, it is the second-oldest football club in Australia one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
The club was founded at the Supreme Court Hotel (now Heron's Gallery) on June 15, 1859 - a month before the Geelong Football Club.
Formed in the era before codified rules, but Australian rules was popular in the goldfields region.
Without a league, the club was on and off during its first decade.
The club was a foundation club of the Victorian Football Association after it was reformed in 1871.
The original uniform was a white cap with royal-blue Maltese cross. Now wears vertical black and white stripes.
In 1925, Castlemaine joined the Bendigo Football League.
[edit] Famous past players
- Percy Bentley (Carlton Football Club) 1925-40
- Jack Titus (Richmond Football Club) 1926-43
- Ron Barassi snr (Melbourne Football Club) 1936-1940
- Graeme Miniham (St Kilda Football Club) 1953-59
- Bud Annand (St Kilda) 1956-62
- Brian McMillan (Richmond Football Club) 1962-64
- Kevin Delmenico (Footscray Football Club) 1966-70
- Robert Thompson (Essendon Football Club) 1968-71
- Peter Hall (Carlton) 1971
- Peter Fyffe (Carlton) 1970-73
- Mark Cross (Footscray) 1974
- Warren Jones (Carlton/St Kilda) 1978-85
- Lazar Vidovic (St Kilda) 1989-97
- Steven Oliver (Carlton) 1989
- Paul Starbuck (Sydney Swans/Carlton) 1990
- Rod Keogh (Melbourne/St Kilda) 1990-98
- Tom Kavanagh (Melbourne/Fitzroy Football Club) 1993-94.
