Tea Tree Gully Football Club

The Tea Tree Gully District football club is an Australian rules football club, that split apart from Modbury Hawks Football Club in 1862, that is part of the North Eastern Metro Junior Football Association (NEMJFA) and South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL). The club was originally formed as Modbury Football club but split.

History

The club played its first game against the "Adelaidians" in a paddock near Modbury on 30 August 1862. It ended when the "Adelaidians" scored their second goal and won the game.[1]

Current Australian Football League players include Daniel Gorringe, Ryan Schoenmakers and Luke Brown.

Records

The club holds the record for the most players and teams in South Australia with 829 players and 23 teams in its junior division.

References

  1. ↑ "THE LAW'S DEFECTS.". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 1 September 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

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