Wunghnu Football Club
| Full name | Wunghnu Football Netball Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Magpies |
| Strip | Black and white vertical strips |
| Founded | 1874 |
| League | Picola & District Football League |
| Wunghnu Football Club | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Nickname(s) | Magpies |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Competition | Picola & District Football League |
The Wunghnu Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, was an Australian rules football club. It was playing in the Picola & District Football League until it was forced in 2011 into recess by the VCFL because they were deemed to be uncompetitive.[1] The club was based in the small Victorian town of Wunghnu, which is approximately 200 km north of Melbourne.[2]
Wunghnu played from 1888 to 1930 in the Goulburn Valley Association, a forerunner to the Murray Football League. From 1924 to 1928, the Wunghnu and Drumanure Football Clubs merged to form the Drumanure-Wunghnu side. Wunghnu played in some of the minor competitions around Shepparton until it joined the Picola & District Football League in 1951.
Wunghnu celebrated its first premiership in the PDFL in 1958; a hat-trick of premierships came a few years later, in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Their last Premiership was in 1973.
Players from the club recruited to play in the VFL/AFL include Geelong Football Club 1937 premiership player Joe Sellwood..[3]
Premierships
- Goulburn Valley 2nd XVIII
- 1931
- Picola & District Football League
- 1958, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973
References
- ↑ Wunghnu Football Club in recess
- ↑ Full Points Footy. "Picola & District Football League". Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- ↑ Anderson, Jon (2007-10-20). "Sellwood mourned". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2007-10-20.