Kyabram Football Club

The Kyabram Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Kyabram, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL).

Kyabram
Names
Full nameKyabram Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Bombers
Club details
Founded1886 [1]
Colours  Black   Red
CompetitionGoulburn Valley Football League
PresidentPeter Croxford [2]
CoachPaul Newman, Daniel Kent (assistant)[3]
Premierships15 (1919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Ground(s)Kyabram Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
Home

Kyabram was a foundation club in the Goulburn Valley Football League (GVFL) and has been one of the most dominant. Only the Shepparton Football Club have won more premierships.

The club had a successful era the 1920s, when they won five GVFL premierships, including the Kyabram Reserves winning the senior football premiership in the Northern Goulburn Football Association in 1929.

The club has produced many VFL/AFL footballers, including Ross Dillon, Garry Lyon and Brett Deledio. Kyabram's Chris Stuhldreier won the GVFL goal-kicking every season from 1991 to 1994, including a record setting 164 goals in 1993.

Between 2016 and 2018 the club won an astounding 62 wins in a row. The sequence stopped at the 2018 Grand Final. The club was undefeated in 2019.

Football Premierships
Seniors
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership years
Goulburn Valley FL151919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1975, 1996, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
Northern Goulburn Football Association11929 [4]

Reference:[5]

GVFL - Morrison Medal winners
  • J Cooper (1958, 1961)
  • C Stewart (1963)
  • Dick Clay (1964)?
  • P Gittos (1987)
  • B Gugliotti (1993)

Reference:[6]

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with Kyabram prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut season.

References
  1. John, Devaney. "Australian Football - Kyabram Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. "Contact us - Kyabram Football & Netball Club - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. "2016 Coaches - Kyabram Football & Netball Club - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. "1929 - Northern Goulburn FA - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. Devaney, John. "Australian Football - Kyabram Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. "Morrison Medal - Goulburn Valley Football League - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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