Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club

Old Brighton Grammarians
Names
Full nameOld Brighton Grammarians Football Club
Nickname(s)Tonners
Former nickname(s)Club XVIII: Bloods, Warriors
2024 season
After finalsVAFA: 2nd
VAFAW: 1st
Home-and-away seasonVAFA: 1st
VAFAW: 1st
Leading goalkickerVAFA: Nicholas Pavlou (30)[1]
VAFAW: Lily Tait (43)[2]
Best and fairestVAFA: TBC
VAFAW: TBC
Club details
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)[3]
Colours  Red   Navy blue
CompetitionVAFA: Premier
VAFAW: Division 1
CoachVAFA: Marcel Bruin
VAFAW: Andrew Grant
Captain(s)VAFA: Harry Hill[4]
VAFAW: Cat O'Brien & India Tait[5]
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteobgfc.com.au

The Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club, nicknamed the Tonners, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton.[6] The club maintains a close relationship with Brighton Grammar School.[7]

Old Brighton has won five senior premierships since it was formed in 1957, although the club has never won a top division grand final in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), finishing runners-up in 2007 and 2024.[8]

As of 2024, Old Brighton's men's team competes in the Premier Division of the VAFA, while the women's team is in Division 1 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW).

  1. ^ "William Buck Premier Men's 2024 Statistics". PlayHQ. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Division 1 Womens 2024 Statistics". PlayHQ. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Vale: Doug Ridley". Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  4. ^ May, Brayden; Amy, Paul (20 September 2024). "VAFA: Harry Hill's bid to play in grand final scuppered by concussion protocols". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. ^ Ireland, Annie (5 September 2024). "Old Brighton reigns supreme in heavyweight battle". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ Beitzel, Brad (16 September 2013). "Old Brighton ends 15-year blight". The Age. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. ^ "OLD BRIGHTON GRAMMARIANS FOOTBALL CLUB". Issuu. Brighton Grammar School. 18 April 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Brighton tops B-grade". The Age. 12 May 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.