Longwarry and District has a rich history of sport. This page is dedicated to those teams and individuals who have proudly represented us. If you have any photos from any era, please contact us through our contact page so that we can share your photos with teammates and with those who watched you play.
Football
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- 1927-Names
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- Longwarry Football Team 1930 – Courtesy Jeanette Oldham
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- Longwarry Football Club 1950 Premiers. Courtesy Jeanette Oldham.
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- Longwarry team date Unknown
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- Ivan McAlpine Longwarry Recruited to the Footscray Football Club in 1927. Played as a wingman and regularly represented Victoria in interstate football. Won Footscray Best and Fairest award in 1927, 1930 and 1932. In 1931 and 1932 he finished in the top 5 of the Brownlow Medal count. Captained Footscray in 1933, In 1934 he crossed over to Hawthorn where he had accepted the role of captain-coach.
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- Jack Bissett Longwarry/Nar Nar Goon 1922 Port Melbourne in the VFA. 1928 Richmond 1928 and 1931, both ending in Grand Final losses. In between his two seasons at Richmond he was captain-coach at Nhill. 1932 South Melbourne. 1933 Captain/Coach of South Melbourne Premiership team He remained coach until the end of the 1936 reaching the Grand Finals in 1934/35/36 but did not win. 2003 named the South Melbourne/Sydney Swans coach of their Team of the Century.
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- Peter Knights Longwarry 1968 drafted to Hawthorn Played 264 games. 3x Premiership player. 2x Hawthorn Best & Fairest. 1971 & 1978 Best on Ground Interstate matches. 1987 to 1989 coached the Brisbane Bears (now Brisbane Lions) 1994/95 coached Hawthorn. 1996 inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Hawthorn Team of the Century. Hawthorn Hall of Fame – Legend status. Longwarry Football Club Team Of The Century Runner up twice in The Brownlow Medal
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- Longwarry Sports Committee 1927 Photo Courtesy Lindsay Laurie
Netball
Surely there are plenty of Netball photos out there please send them to us!
Lawn Bowls
Tennis
Longwarry Tennis Club Premiers Year not known-L-to-R-John Eacott-Linda-Sadler-Phyllis-Ford-Unknown-Peter-Johnson-in-front-Unknown