The Huonville Lions Football Club is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club currently playing in the Southern Football League (Tasmania)

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

, also known as the SFL Regional League, in Tasmania, Australia.

Origins

The Huonville Lions were formed as a result of a merger between former Huon Football Association clubs Huonville Bulldogs (formed 1887) and the Franklin Lions (formed 1887) at the end of the 1997 season after the Huon Football Association's demise.

The Lions then joined the SFL

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

in 1998


Entry to Southern Football League

1998


SFL Regional League Premierships

2008


SFL Regional League Runners Up

2007


Huonville FC - Huon FA Premierships

1904, 1933, 1953, 1973, 1989, 1992


Franklin FC - Huon FA Premierships

1903, 1907, 1932, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1997


Franklin FC - Tasmanian Country Football Champions

1958


Peter Hodgeman Medallists

Unknown


William Leitch Medallists

Unknown


Most Games

450+ by Steven Reeve


Club Record Attendance

Unknown


Club Record Score

47.29 (311) v Triabunna 4.4 (24)on 30 June 2007 at Huonville Recreation Ground

External links

• Southern Football League Official Website