East Gambier Football Club

The East Gambier Football & Netball Club is an

Limestone Coast Football League

.

History

The East Gambier Football Club first formally formed in 1938 (though the club had held meetings and elected a chairman for a few years prior).

Western Border Football League in 1964.^[4]

While the club competed in the 1964 season, it wasn't until 1965 that they recorded their first premiership victory. East Gambier beat Heywood by 8 points to secure the 1965 flag.^[5] In the 1970s, East appeared in a total of seven senior premierships, winning four (1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976). The Bulldogs won their most recent premierships in the 1980s, defeating South Gambier in 1982, Millicent in 1983, and Millicent again in 1988. In 2017, the club broke a 29-year premiership drought, beating North Gambier.^[6]

League	Total flags	Premiership years
Limestone Coast Football League	9	1965, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1988, 2017

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