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Training ground(s)
  
Kingston Oval

Coach
  
Tony Bourke

Founded
  
1926

Ground
  
Manuka Oval

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Full name
  
Canberra Demons Football Club

Competition
  
North East Australian Football League

The Canberra Demons (Formally known as the Eastlake Football Club) is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-south of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. The senior team competes in the North North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). It merged with Manuka Football Club in 1991.

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In January 2016, the league announced that Eastlake would rebrand and now be known as Canberra-

Eastlake Junior Demons

Canberra Demons Junior side still trade by the name of Eastlake. They have extensive junior teams playing in the AFL Canberra junior leagues. The Eastlake Junior Demons range from Auskick to Under 16's. Eastlake also set up a team in the southern Tuggeranong suburb of Calwell called the Calwell Swans. The Calwell Swans range from Auskick to Under 12's, then players can either continue to play for Calwell's mother club, Eastlake or play for one of the two Tuggeranong AFL teams (Bulldogs or Lions).

Notable players

  • Craig Bolton
  • Tony Bourke
  • Nathan Clarke
  • Brad Fuller
  • Allan Hird, Jr.
  • Alex Jesaulenko
  • Aaron Rogers
  • Honours

    Canberra (as Eastlake FC) have won AFL Canberra the second highest amounts of times (after Ainslie with 22 premierships). They have won AFL Canberra 19 times since joining the league in 1926.

  • AFL Canberra (19):
  • 1928, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1978, 2001
  • References

    Eastlake Football Club Wikipedia