Coburg Amateurs Football Club

Coburg Amateurs
Names
Full nameCoburg Amateurs Football Club
Nickname(s)Swans
1987 F Section season
Home-and-away season10th
Club details
Founded1920s[1]
Dissolved1988
Colours  Blue   Red
CompetitionMJFL (1928−34)
VAFA (1935−40; 1942−87)
EDFL (1941)
PremiershipsVAFA A Section (1) VAFA B Section (2) VAFA C Section (2) VAFA D Section (2)
Ground(s)De Chene Reserve, Coburg[2][3]
Uniforms
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The Coburg Amateurs Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.[4][5]

The club's most successful period was the 1930s, where they won two premierships and were runners-up in another four grand finals. They won premierships in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in every decade that followed (excluding the 1940s), but struggled after 1982 and eventually folded in 1988.

  1. ^ "COBURG AMATEURS". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Coburg Grounds Allotted". Trove. The Sun News-Pictorial. 23 April 1935. Retrieved 20 July 2024. De Chene Reserve, Bell Street: Coburg Amateur Football Club, Presbyterian Football Club
  3. ^ "The Amateur Footballer Week 3 1980" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Coburg Amateurs To Train". Trove. The Herald. 26 March 1938. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ "BRUNSWICK VS. COBURG AMATEURS". Brunswick Football Club. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.