Cincinnati Dockers

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**Cincinnati**

Full name	Cincinnati Dockers
Nickname	Dockers (anchor)
Strip	Green, Red and Purple with white anchor (based on Fremantle Dockers)
Founded	1996
Sport	Australian rules football
League	MAAFL
First season	1996
Ground	Point Pleasant Park
Club song	'
President/Chair	Grant Jones
Coach
Captain	Aaron Leitzy
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The Cincinnati Dockers are an Australian rules football club based in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States.

The club is the oldest Aussie Rules club in the USA competes in men's divisions in the MAAFL and USAFL National Championships.

[edit] History

Originally known as 'The Tremors', in September, of 1996, it became the first Australian Rules Football Club in the USA.

The club played their first game on Sept 28th, Vs Louisville, winning the match. In October, of 1996, the Fremantle Dockers Football Club of the AFL became the first professional club to sponsor a US Club and the club changed its name to reflect Fremantle's nickname, becoming the Cincinnati 'Dockers' (The Fremantle Dockers Football Club continues to this day to support the Cincinnati Dockers with equipment, uniforms and goodwill). On November, 16th 1996, Cincinnati played their 2nd game Vs Indianapolis also coming out victorious.

The Cincinnati Dockers are 2-time US National Champions (1997 and 2004 combining with Pittsburgh to win the USAFL's Division 3) and Grand Final Festival champions (1998 and 1999). The Dockers also became the first All-American Squad to ever win an Aussie Rules match (1999).

The Cincinnati Dockers hosted the first 3 US National Tournaments and have placed at least 1 player on the US National team every year. The Dockers have played more than 154 games (non-metro).

The club is actively involved in the community in junior development since 2000, Fairfield Holiday Festivals since 1998 and charitable donations keep it strong.