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The Blacks | ||||
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Names | ||||
Full name | Adelaide University Football Club | |||
Nickname(s) | The Blacks AUFC Uni | |||
Motto | The World's Greatest Football Club | |||
Club song | Green Ginger Wine | |||
A Grade 2022 season | ||||
After finals | Men - 8th; Women - 7th | |||
Home-and-away season | Men - 8th; Women - 7th | |||
Club details | ||||
Founded | 1906 | |||
Colours | Black, White, Grey | |||
Competition | Adelaide Footy League Intervarsity SAWFL | |||
President | Michael Dadds | |||
Chairman | Peter Sharley | |||
Coach | Graeme Kellett | |||
Captain(s) | Charlie Parsons | |||
Premierships | A Grade (Men) (Division 1): 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999 A Grade (Women) (Division 1): 2017 | |||
Ground(s) | University Oval (capacity: 100,000) | |||
Park 10 | ||||
Uniforms | ||||
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Other information | ||||
Official website | uniblacksfc.com.au |
The Adelaide University Football Club Inc. (AUFC) is a South Australian based amateur Australian rules football club. It is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Sports Assoc. and plays in the Adelaide Footy League (former "South Australian Amateur Football League").[1] The club promotes itself as the largest amateur football club in Australia. The club trains on University Oval located across the river from the University which forms part of Park 12, and Park 10 in the portion of the Adelaide Parklands between the University and North Adelaide. It is one of the most decorated clubs in the university's history.[2] The club has played in every season of the SAAFL competition, won 23 Division 1 premierships, had 8 Division 1 medallists, 48 state players, 4 All-Australian captains (McLeod, Muir, Rofe, J.F. Sangster), and the first AAFC Carnival medallist to play for S.A. (Paul Rofe).[3]