Sandgate Football Club
Encyclopedia
Sandgate Football Club are an Australian rules club which played its home games in the Brisbane
suburb of Taigum
. They were nicknamed both the Hawks and Sea Hawks and their club colours were bottle green and red.
to form The Northern Eagles. Due to fall outs between the administrators of Sandgate and Windsor Zillmere, Sandgate split from the arrangement and returned to play as a member of the now defunct Brisbane Football League winning back to back premierships in 1993 and 1994. Sandgate's most successful era was the 1970s when they won four premierships and participated in the finals of every season.
A revamped club, Sandgate AFC, currently competes in the Pineapple Hotel Cup division of the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)
Brisbane Lions
ruckman Jamie Charman
is the club's number one ticket holder. Jamie played juniors for the Sandgate Hawks for more than ten seasons.
QAFL (6)
BAFL (2)
Grogan Medalists (2)
AFLQ Team Of The Century (3)
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
suburb of Taigum
Taigum, Queensland
Taigum is a northern suburb of Brisbane in Queensland in Australia. It is about 13 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district|CBD. It is predominantly a residential area...
. They were nicknamed both the Hawks and Sea Hawks and their club colours were bottle green and red.
History
Sandgate joined the QA(N)FL in 1933 but didn't play Senior football again until 1944. They competed in every season until 1992 before merging with Windsor-ZillmereZillmere Eagles Australian Football Club
Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football clubs which once competed in the AFL Queensland State League competition. The club is based in the suburb of Zillmere in the northern suburbs of Brisbane...
to form The Northern Eagles. Due to fall outs between the administrators of Sandgate and Windsor Zillmere, Sandgate split from the arrangement and returned to play as a member of the now defunct Brisbane Football League winning back to back premierships in 1993 and 1994. Sandgate's most successful era was the 1970s when they won four premierships and participated in the finals of every season.
A revamped club, Sandgate AFC, currently competes in the Pineapple Hotel Cup division of the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)
Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
ruckman Jamie Charman
Jamie Charman
Jamie Charman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.-Overview:He was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Northern Eagles in Queensland...
is the club's number one ticket holder. Jamie played juniors for the Sandgate Hawks for more than ten seasons.
Honours
Premierships:QAFL (6)
- 1956
- 1957
- 1970
- 1971
- 1974
- 1979
BAFL (2)
- 1993
- 1994
Grogan Medalists (2)
- Edgar Stevens 1950
- Don Smith 1973,1979
AFLQ Team Of The Century (3)
- Dick Verdon - Full Back
- Don Smith - Centre Half Back
- John Stackpoole - Half Forward Flank