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Nickname(s)
  
Bombers

Competition
  
WRFL (s. 1931)

Full name
  
Braybrook Sporting Club

Founded
  
1874; 143 years ago (1874)

Premierships
  
12 (1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979)

Ground(s)
  
Pennell Reserve, Braybrook

The Braybrook Sporting Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League since 1931. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook.

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The club is affiliated to the Essendon Football Club, from which it took the logo and colours.

History

Braybrook is a foundation member of the Western Region Football League (WRFL). One of the few original clubs still in the competition the club. The clubs most recent senior premierships were won in 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2014. The club currently holds the record in Australia for the club that has produced the most AFL players.

VFL/AFL players

  • Brian Wilson - Footscray, North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda
  • Lyle Anderson - Footscray
  • Ted Whitten - Footscray,
  • Doug Hawkins - Footscray, Fitzroy
  • George Bisset - Footscray, Collingwood
  • Ray Walker - Footscray,
  • Robert Groenewegen - Footscray,
  • Albert Proud - Brisbane LionsDennis Collins. FOotscray Carlton

    • Honours

  • Western Region Football League
  • Div 1 (12): 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
  • Div 2 (3): 1936, 1993, 1999
  • Div 3 (3): 1990, 1997, 2014

    • References

    Braybrook Sporting Club Wikipedia
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