Heatherton Football Club

Heatherton Football Club
Full nameHeatherton Football Club
EmblemThe ‘’’Tunners’’’
ColoursBlack with white stripes
Founded1913
LeagueSouthern Football League
Premierships1938, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2009
Official websitehttp://www.heathertonfc.com.au

The Heatherton Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The club was established in 1913.[1] The club intermittently in the Federal Association before moving to the Berwick FA and then onto the Oakleigh-Caulfield FL. It won its first flag when it defeated an Oakleigh Distinct club by 40 points in 1938. It stayed in that competition until 1941 when it disbanded for the duration of World War II.

Reforming in 1946 the club was again in the Federal League. Heatherton had embraced commercialism and changed its name to Freighters Football Club for seasons 1951 and 1952. After going into recess the club reappeared in the CYMS competition and stayed until the association disbanded in 1974. From 1975 until 1989 the club played in the Victorian Amateur Football Association[2] Leaving the Amateurs the club moved to ESCFA in 1990 and played in its C grade competition. In 1993 the association was absorbed in the Southern Football League.

Senior Premierships

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