The Stawell Football Club is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Wimmera Football League (WFL). It is based in the town of Stawell, Victoria.
History Stawell FC have been playing in the Wimmera Football League since 1937.
In 1998 they merged with the Stawell Warriors Football Club, Before the merger, Stawell were nicknamed the Redlegs.History of the Stawell Football Club
Stawell Warriors FC The Warriors and Stawell Swifts both came into being in 1926 when the Stawell Junior Football Club was split into two. The two clubs were part of the Stawell DFA that was a forerunner to the South Wimmera Football League that commenced in 1929.
Both teams commenced in the Ararat & District Football Association (ADFA) in 1970 after their previous competition disbanded at the end of 1969.
The Warriors were blocked by the ADFA from merging with Stawell so they took the drastic step of disbanding. Stawell absorbed the remnants of the Warriors club.
Football Premierships South Wimmera Football League - Seniors 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1968
Ararat & District Football Association - Seniors 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995, 1996
Stawell FC (Redlegs) Football Premierships Seniors Sprague Cup 1888, 1889 Marchant Cup 1902
Wimmera Football League 1939, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1978, 1987, 1995, 2000
Reserves Wimmera Football League 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Thirds Wimmera Football League 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002
League best & fairest Wimmera Football League Senior Football Stan P Freeland Medal 1932 - Horrie Hunt 1933 - Bill Earle Toohey Medal 1951 - Geoff Stewart 1969 - Mike Pickering 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987 - Tony Beck 1994 - Simon Sutterby 2000 - Matt Ilsley 2007 - Brent Tuckey
Reserves 1975 - Steven Potter 1978 - Ian Potter 1994 - Des Beaton 1995 - Bill Norton 2016 - Nathan Sabbo 2017 - Shane Field
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VFL / AFL Players VFL/AFL footballers recruited from Stawell include -
1905 - Joe Wearmouth: 1908 - Bob Northey - 1909 - Percy Sparks - 1927 - Arthur Hart - 1928 - Len Clearson - 1928 - Charlie Fowler - 1930 - Lloyd Jones - 1932 - Bill Earle - 1932 - Denis McKey - 1932 - Johnny Walker - 1944 - George Grainger - 1945 - Ray Potter - 1961 - Michael Pickering – 1961 - Roy West: 1962 - Ken Beck - 1963 - Noel Raitt - 1966 - Allan Hird Jr. – 1970 - Gary Grainger: 1970 - Greg Perry - 1976 - Chris Perry - 1989 - Liam Pickering – , 1994 - Craig Ellis – , Western Bulldogs, 1998 - Brent Tuckey – Collingwood, West Coast 2009 - Matt Austin - Brisbane
The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Stawell with the year indicating their first season at SFNC.
1913 - Jim Toohey Snr: 1922 - Bill Twomey Sr. - 1925 - Bill Walton: 1926 - Jack Bisset: South Melbourne 1927 - Bert McComb: 1932 - Gladstone "Ted" Power: South Melbourne 1938 - Les Hughson: 1948 - Percy Bushby: 1948 - Neil Jeffrey: 1949 - Ted Ryan: 1953 - Bill Snell: 1954 - Alan Bulman: 1957 - Bill Smeaton: 1965 - John Kennedy: 1967 - Des Dickson: 1970 - Colin Eales:
References
Links 1923 - Wimmera FA Runners Up: Stawell FC team photo 1924 - Stawell FC Ladies Committee photo 1925 - Stawell FC Ladies Committee photo 1925 - Horsham FC & Stawell FC team photos 1926 - Stawell FC & Horsham FC team photos 1926 - Wimmera FL 2nd Semi Final teams: Nhill FC & Stawell FC team photos 1926 - Wimmera FL Premiers (Stawell FC) & Runners Up (Warracknabeal FC) team photos 1927 - Rupanyup FC & Stawell FC team photos 1929 - Stawell FC & Nhill FC action photos 1929 - Stawell FC team photo 1930 - Wimmera FL Premiers (Stawell FC) & Runners Up (Dimboola FC) team photos 1931 - Wimmera FL: Stawell FC & Murtoa FC team photos 1932 - Stawell FC & Warracknabeal FC team photos 1934 - Ararat FC & Stawell FC team photos 1937 - Stawell FC & Ararat FC team photos 1937 - Wimmera FL Premiers (Dimboola FC) & Runners Up (Stawell FC) team photos 1938 - Wimmera FL Preliminary Final team photos (Stawell FC & Jeparit FC) 1946 - Ararat FC & Stawell FC team photos 1954 - Stawell FC Bathing Girls photo