The Eastern Football League (known prior to 1997 as the Eastern Districts Football League) is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne.
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With the entry of the Park Orchards Sharks into Division Four in 2012, the league has 44 member clubs, with 12 in Division One, 10 in Division Two, 12 in Division Three and 10 in Division Four. Canterbury transferred to the VAFA after finishing winless in Division 4 in 2013.
History
The Eastern Districts Football League was established on 15 February 1962, but its origins can be traced back to the Reporter District Football League established in 1903.
From 1927 until World War 2, the league was known as the Ringwood District Football League. It was known as the Croydon District Football League and the Croydon Mail Football League between World War 2 and 1949. In 1950 the league became known as the Croydon-Ferntree Gully League.
In 1997, the Eastern District Football League and the Knox Junior Football Association united to create the Eastern Football League.