Kyneton Football Club
Encyclopedia
The Kyneton Football Club are an Australian rules football
club which compete in the Bendigo Football League
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They are based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria
and have played in the Bendigo Football League since 1932.
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 which compete in the Bendigo Football League
Bendigo Football League
The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...
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They are based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria
Kyneton, Victoria
Kyneton is a town on the Calder Highway in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. The town was named after the English village of Kineton, Warwickshire. The town has three main streets: Mollison Street, Piper Street and High Street...
and have played in the Bendigo Football League since 1932.
Notable players
- Jim Buckley (CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
premiership player 1979, 1981 & 1982) - Horrie MasonHorrie MasonAngus 'Horrie' Mason was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....
(St Kilda Best and Fairest winner in 1926) - Nathan ThompsonNathan ThompsonNathan Thompson is a former Australian rules footballer, who previously played with the Hawthorn and North Melbourne Football Clubs in the Australian Football League. He is currently a part of the Panel on the Sunday Footy Show....
(HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
and North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Football ClubThe North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
full-forward) - Leo WescottLeo WescottHenry 'Leo' Wescott was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.Wescott was a back pocket specialist and started his career at Collingwood in 1922...
(CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
premiership player 1927 & 1929)