Redan Football Club

Redan Football Club

The Redan Football Netball Club competes in the Ballarat Football League. The club, nicknamed the Lions has a history of 58 Premierships including 9 Senior Football Premierships and was named the Victorian Country Football League Most Disciplined Club in 2004 & 2005.

Redan players have also won the Henderson Medal (Ballarat Football League's best player award) on 13 occasions with two players, Michael Smith (1994, 1994) and Jarrod Edwards (2006, 2007 and 2008) winning the award in consecutive years. Edwards is the first player in BFL history to win three consecutive Henderson Medals. The club also has four winners of the Tony Lockett Medal for the leading goalscorer in the Ballarat Football League.Redan currently play their home matches at City Oval in Ballarat and play in a predominately maroon strip with a yellow top band and a lion logo on the chestThe first Ballarat Football game was played at the Copenhagen Grounds on April 27 1860 - the current Western Oval stands on part of the original site. The first Redan game was reported in The Ballarat Star Saturday September 2 1871 against the Ballarat Football Club. The Redan team was made up from miners from the Band of Hope mine and their average weight was 14 Stone (90kg). The Star reported that the Redan team were everywhere, kicking and tripping regardless of the consequences.

Ballarat Football League Premierships

1946, 1952, 1975, 1976, 1977, 2002 v Sunbury, 2003 v Subury, 2006 v East Point, 2007 v Sunbury

Henderson Medal Winners

1946 - Stan Webb, 1949 - W.Ebery, 1951 - Keith Rawle, 1955 - Graeme Willey, 1957 - Bill McKenzie, 1976 - David Jenkins, 1981 - Greg Packham, 1992 - Michael Phyland, 1993 - Michael Smith, 1994 - Michael Smith, 2006 - Jarrod Edwards, 2007 - Jarrod Edwards, 2008 - Jarrod Edwards

Tony Lockett Medal Winners

1952 - W.Wells (73 goals), 1953 - W.Wells (116), 1975 - D.Atkinson (67), 1982 - G.Cahir (84)

References

Official Ballarat Football League records

External links

* [http://www.redanfc.com.au Official site]


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