Dennis played 103 games for the Zebras from 1957-1961 and 1965-1966, kicking 432 goals in that time. AFC as its known was one of 86 clubs that gathered in Leipzig on 28 January 1900 to form the German Football Assocation (DFB), which four years later was led by one of their players and founding members, Franz Behr, the DFB's second president. 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee. The following year the boys won 14 games and played in the finals for the first time. 1988 J Bennett 57 [2], During the 1986 season, Bennett went back to Sandringham and played there for the rest of the decade, kicking over 200 goals. Professional Sports Team sandringhamfc.com.au Joined May 2011. The Association played one interleague match during the season, against the Victorian Amateur Football Association. [6] As late as February, the club still intended to contest the 1985 season and had been included in the fixture, and it tried hard to attract strong local players from the Eastern District Football League to compile a competitive playing list;[7] but it did not succeed, and withdrew from the competition before the season began. In 2020/21, a bakery in Dortmund were hoping Schalke would "beat" Tasmania Berlin's ignominious Bundesliga record but it wasn't to be. [2], Over the following two months, five past players keen to keep the club in the Association Arthur Dearing, Ken Harvey, Chris Kozaris, Tom Martin and Dennis Viney were voted to the Northcote executive committee. The club took a while to recover from that ignominy, but since the mid-1980s it has enjoyed consistent success. 1991 F Rugolo 78 They're only Germany's oldest existing football club founded in 1888, why would you have heard of them? 2007 N Sautner 69 1975 I Cooper 75 Its first side competed in the Under 18 B section of the Caulfield-Oakleigh District League in a dark green jumper withh yellow collar and cuffs. We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of past player, Dennis Oakley. 1938 N Fisher 39 1955 B Harper 50 Inexplicably, Kennedy's goal seemed to provide the spark Moorabbin needed to at last produce some coordinated football. We could hardly believe it," said defender Holger Stanislawski, who would go on to coach the club some years later. 1946 G Brockenshire 55 That opening day triumph was their only victory until they defeated Borussia Neunkirchen on the penultimate day of the season, 32 games, and 27 defeats later. In the same year, it fielded its first netball team, winning an Under 17 premiership. 1952 B Harper 57 That perfectly encapsulates the rebellious spirit that still reigns at St Pauli where vocal pro-environment and LGBTQ stances as well as initiatives combatting racism among others have long been weaved into the fabric of the club. Bennett is a regular contributor to the local radio show on 88.3FM on Sunday mornings. Sandringhams Head to Head Record Against Every Other VFL Team. OK, they have never played in the Bundesliga, but they were the (albeit unofficial) first champions of Germany in 1891, while one of their players, Fritz Baumgarten, played goalkeeper in Germany's first official international game: a 5-3 defeat to Switzerland in Basel on 5 April, 1908. VFL 2021: Sandringham Zebras Player List - AFL News - Zero Hanger 1968 P Hogan 46 MIDDLE ROW (L-R): C.Strachan, A.Pobjoy, R.Murray, L.O'Toole, D.Kennedy, J.Kelton, R.Clifford The name the Zebras is shared with one of the VFLs most established clubs, the Sandringham Football Club. With 25 teams, four of them junior girls sides, and a number of netball teams, it is almost unrecognisable from the early days. What happened next was unexpected, spectacular and almost unprecedented. 2014 T Dennis-Lane 35 Sandy Old Boys (Sandringham Football Club Past Players & Officials 2012 D Archer 30 All Time Player List for Sandringham. 1985 VFA season - Wikipedia The side reached the finals in 1953 and 1954, but it wasnt until 1955 that the first Under 18 premiership was won. Minutes later centre half forward Bob Murray (pictured left), who had been unusually quiet, added another goal, reducing the margin to 28 points. A listing of players to have played with Sandringham in the Victorian Football League, previously known as the VFA. The new committee worked to cover the club's $18,000 debt by seeking new sponsors and attempting to form a coterie group. 2005 N Sautner 38 Still the season started well with the Zebras winning the first five games. Pages in category "Sandringham Football Club players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. He currently represents North Melbourne in the AFL. The foresight of the late Jim Bisset in collecting and preserving a lot of the Club's history in press cuttings, photographs, minutes books etc is greatly appreciated. Sandringham Football Club Player Encyclopedia The match attracted a crowd of approximately 11,000 to the Junction Oval, with many thousands more watching 'live' on television. 1984 R Brewer 94 William Ashcroft (born 6 May 2004) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). 1967 P Hogan 30 1987 J Bennett 64 [17] The Association no longer fielded a separate Division 2 representative team. The foresight of the late Jim Bisset in collecting and preserving a lot of the Club's history in press cuttings, photographs, minutes books etc is greatly appreciated. She was ever-present at . In 2020 Jake was appointed Head Coach of Sandringham Football Club. The pirate flag that has become the club's semi-official badge was first flown at games at the time after being brought to the stadium by a man known as 'Doc Mabuse', who was living in a punk commune with 40 other squatters. The South East Suburban Football League was formed in 1960 -61, and the club competed in Under 13, 15 and 17 competitions, enjoying considerable success. FRONT ROW (L-R): G.Dawson, J.Granger, M.Sheeran (vice-captain), N.Bencraft (coach), C.Vance (assistant coach), F.Webster 1945 B Holmes 34 The Saints are one of 18 clubs who compete in the national competition, representing more than 40,000 members and a significant community in Melbourne's south stretching from Port Melbourne to Portsea. 1950 B Harper 71 The way they galloped away from Brighton to win showed they could emulate that animal. The VFA Project 1951 B Harper 104 Brunswick led by as much as 82 points in the third quarter before Oakleigh narrowed the final margin to 24 points. Every player to play for the Sandringham Football Club - Most recently updated after the 2010 VFL Season. In 1960 they had taken the easy route to the grand final after a 2 goal 2nd semi final win over Oakleigh, but when the teams met again to decide the premiership the wheels unexpectedly came off the Zebra machine and they lost meekly by 60 points. The Sandringham Football Club has a long, proud and successful history in the VFA/VFL competition. 1958 D Oakley 61 2013 T Dennis-Lane 24 A listing of players to have played with Sandringham in the Victorian Football League, previously known as the VFA. The following years were successful and in its last season in the SESFL in 1975, the Club won the Under 13 premiership. Twenty years later, you can still buy a T-shirt from the club shop with the ironic slogan 'Weltpokalsiegerbesieger' emblazoned on it, a Scrabble treble-word score of a German compound noun that means something like 'Defeaters of the Club World Cup winners'. The clubs extended their agreement at the end of 2016. 2011 M Lourey 36 JJ Liston Trophy Winners (8) The signings consolidate a promising, albeit shortened season from an up and coming Sandringham side, with all three players establishing themselves as regular members of the Zebras . In 2015 was inducted into the Southern Football Netball League Hall of Fame and was described as classy, strong, skillful and a great leader. VFL/AFL Players from East Sandringham Zebras. Flower 5, Gibson 5, Smythe 4, Judge 3, Thornton 2, Aldridge, for striking Gibson in the third quarter, The leading goalkicker for the season was. Dennis was the VFL Leading Goalkicker three times (1959, 1960 and 1965) and Club Leading Goalkicker five times (1958-61 and 1965), kicking 119 goals in the 1959 season alone, and was inducted into the Sandringham Football Club Hall of Fame in 2004. [7] Sandringham and Melbourne were the first two clubs to form an alignment. Cricketers often opine that something significant or dramatic is likely to happen when a team or batsman reaches a score thirteen adrift of a hundred (or a multiple of a hundred); perhaps, on the evidence of the last quarter of the 1962 VFA grand final - which Moorabbin commenced on a score of 87 points - the same is true of football. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. SANDRINGHAM FOOTBALL CLUB Download our Membership Application Form here VFL Membership Packages VFLW Membership Packages Player Sponsorship Packages Sandy Zebs Membership Adult $110 | Concession $90 | Past Players & Officials $90 Early Bird (available until 31 December 2022) Adult $70 | Concession $50 | Past Players & Officials $50 The club was formed in that time as a three-way merge of the existing amateur clubs in the area, Sandringham Amateurs, Black Rock FC and Hampton Amateurs. "FC St. Pauli is a way of life," according to fans of German football's most famous cult club. I would also like to acknowledge those people who have read earlier drafts and gave useful suggestions; also those who have contacted me with additions and corrections.Information concerning reserves players pre-World War 2 comes mainly from the Sandringham News. Sandringham Football Club | Homepage [4] Though the club struggled throughout the 1950s, it has since gone on to record 10 premierships in total, being one of the most consistent teams in the VFL, their most successful period coming in the 2000s, with 4 premierships in 10 years cementing the club as one of the premier teams in the league. 1983 I Morrison 55 Please contact Wal Williams at joywalwi@bigpond.com or (03) 5974 4218.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the resources of the Sandringham Football and Social Club Inc, the city of Bayside Library, and the Sandringham & District Historical Society. His work researching the various records, particularly in the early years has been painstaking and invaluable.The figures contained in the following document have been compiled from various documents in my possession and also through the local press. 2005 Paul Johnson. Drafted Player DOB Height Weight Also From Games Goals Votes Clubs Awards #14 National 1996: Brett O'Farrell: 1978-01-03: 197 cm: 100 kg: Sandringham U18: 21: 15: 2: Sydney (8) Hawthorn (13) #27 National 2000: Ted Richards: 1983-01-11: The Kangaroos backline was battling heroically, but the pressure was overwhelming, and when O'Toole kicked truly to put Sandringham in front by a point it suddenly seemed as though a Zebras win had been inevitable all along. 1933 H Johnson 61 Bennett was coach of East Brighton throughout the 1990s, with premierships in 1991 (South East Suburban Football League) and 1993 (Southern Football League Division 1). Australian Football - Sandringham Football Club - Notable Players 198 talking about this. Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com. The official Twitter page of the Sandringham Football Club #strongerasone. There is a seperate page for each player. Had the move been implemented five minutes earlier it might have had the desired effect, but the momentum in Sandringham's favour was now irresistible. In a virtual carbon copy of the third term in the 2nd semi final Moorabbin, playing with great aggression, cohesion and purpose, dominated all over the ground to add 5.5 to 0.0 and seemingly acquire a mortgage on the premiership. 1964 K Burns 53 Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Tasmania Berlin are the stunning exception to the rule. Ron O'Dwyer - Wikipedia In 2011, the club was responsible for the creation of the first AFL-sanctioned junior girls football competition in Victoria, fielding four of the 12 teams that competed in the Lightning Premiership, and winning the ultimate prize. Content responsibility of website administrator. 1980 R Hunt 93 The VFA Project Players 19004 Players Number of Unique Players Currently assigned to VFA games in the Database Players by VFA Competition or Division One where two divisions existed Players in VFA Division Two From 1961 - 1988 Players by Club VFA Teams VFA Teams