The Eltham Football Club will be hosting five Premiership Reunions and our annual Past Players and Officials Day on Sat 13 Jul 19 at the home game v Diamond Creek. The day will run from 1pm onwards with complimentary finger food and drinks at bar prices.
The Premierships we will be celebrating are 70 years – 1949. 50 Years – 1969. 45 Years – 1974 Seniors and Reserves and 30 years 1989. See below the teams that played in those premierships.
Please help us make the day huge by assisting me with information required. Contact me via email for any questions you need answering.
50 Year Reunion 1969 Division 1 Premiership v Diamond Creek
Alan Anderson, John Birthisel, Rodney Bray, Greg Burgess, Barry Capuano, Ken Davis, Ron Fitzpatrick, Ian Graham, Terry Haines, Greg Irvine, William Irvine, Alan Moyes, Brian Pardon, David Robinson, Robert Scott, Nassa Serritelli, Cliff Stewart, William White, Adrian Withers, Bruce Wright.
Coach: Hugh Mitchell
45 Year Reunion 1974 Division 1 Premiership v Heidelberg
Team: Glen Bond, Rodney Bray, David Brown, Pat Buckley, Trevor Dawson, Peter Headen, Greg Irvine, Peter Lempriere, Trevor Leslie, Ron Ling, Peter Lowe, Bernie Massey, Brian Pardon, Alan Quaife, Ken Rowbotham, Reg Sanders, Graham Shearer, Don Stanley, Frank Traczewski, Adrian Withers.
Coach: Bernie Massie
Eltham def Templestowe (Division 1 Reserves )
Final score: 10-13-73 to 5-5-35
Venue: Warringal Park, Heidelberg
Team: Robert Barton, John Birthisel, Steven Bode, L Cresp, Michael Davenport, Brian Driscoll, Jim Haines, Andrew Hillier, Frank Mapperson, Michael Marinov, Anthony McFarlane, Ken McMahon, Nick Napolitano, Jeff Skinner, Peter Slacik, Larry Sprong, Wayne Tesch, Phillip Walker, William West.
Coach: Brian Driscoll
30 Year Reunion 1989 Division 2 Premiership v Epping
Darren Bishop, Rohan Burch, Andrew Dale (vc), Shane Gardam, David Harvey, Paul Hingston, Ian Kyte, Sam Oldfield, Garry Ramsay, Andrew Russell (c), Matthew Schembri, Brett Shea, Paul Smith (dvc), Robert Solar, Dean Sonnberg, Jamie Stickland, Anthony Taylor, Cameron Walker, Travis Walker, Grant Wilmot.
Coach: Peter Moore
70 Year Reunion 1949 Division 1 v Greensborough
Robert Anderson, Harry Barrett, Harry Bradford, Ron Corbet, Anthony Devine, Raymond Devine, Hec Edwards, Doug Fisher, Albert Fry, Jack Harding, Gordon Hunter (c), Max Jarrold, Ed Mapperson, Ern Mapperson, Jack Mathews, Lindsay McColl, Jack Morrison, Colin Sinclair, John Trevina, Dennis Yole.
Coach: Henry Downing
