The Heathcote District Football League is based in Central Victoria. The league is a minor country league with teams drawn from smaller localities within part of the area of the major Bendigo Football League.
The Heathcote District Football League became a league in 1955. Previous names for the competitions in the area were the Heathcote District Football Association (1905), McIvor District Football Association (1906) and again the Heathcote District Football Association (1907-1954).
Axedale
Broadford
Costerfield
Goornong
Heathcote North
Heathcote Rovers
Knowsley
Redesdale
Rushworth
Stanhope
Tooborac
1951 Heathcote Rovers 9 9 63 Toobarac 9 8 62
1952 Heathcote North 12 10 82 Toobarac 10 9 69
1953 Toobarac 9 10 64 Heathcote North 4 18 42
1954 Elmore 15 9 99 Toobarac 7 18 60
1955 Heathcote North 12 11 83 Elmore 9 8 62
1956 Heathcote North 16 7 103 Mt Pleasant 7 7 49
1957 Heathcote North 6 16 52 Heathcote Rovers 3 4 22
1958 Heathcote North 15 9 99 Toobarac 10 5 65
1959 Heathcote North 13 5 83 Toobarac 9 13 67
1960 Elmore 12 17 89 Mt Pleasant 9 12 66
1961 Toobarac 14 12 96 Heathcote North 11 16 82
1962 Mt Pleasant 9 11 65 Heathcote Rovers 6 7 43
1963 Heathcote North 7 9 51 Toobarac 5 12 42
1964 Heathcote North 9 11 65 Elmore 6 12 48
1965 Rushworth 13 14 92 Mt Pleasant 8 4 52
1966 Mt Pleasant 10 14 74 Heathcote North 9 8 62
1967 Mt Pleasant 14 10 94 Heathcote 10 11 71
1968 Mt Pleasant 14 17 101 Rushworth 12 17 89
1969 Rushworth 12 9 81 Elmore 10 14 74
1970 Heathcote 8 13 61 Elmore 9 6 60
1971 Mt Pleasant 18 14 122 Heathcote 9 14 68
1972 Heathcote 17 15 117 Colbinabbin 12 14 86
1973 Toobarac 21 21 147 Rushworth 8 7 55
1974 Toobarac 19 26 140 Colbinabbin 14 15 99
1975 Colbinabbin 12 15 87 Rushworth 10 13 73
1976 Stanhope 14 13 97 Colbinabbin 12 13 85
1977 Rushworth 18 2 110 Colbinabbin 14 17 101
1978 Colbinabbin 20 12 132 Stanhope 17 15 117
1979 Mt Pleasant 17 10 112 Colbinabbin 15 17 107
1980 Mt Pleasant 17 13 115 Elmore 11 18 84
1981 Mt Pleasant 15 18 108 Colbinabbin 15 10 100
1982 Heathcote 20 15 135 Mt Pleasant 10 16 76
1983 Mt Pleasant 8 14 62 Stanhope 6 8 44
1984 Rushworth 21 23 149 Elmore 12 9 81
1985 Elmore 14 17 101 Heathcote 10 10 70
1986 Stanhope 22 8 140 Broadford 6 8 44
1987 Stanhope 23 20 158 White Hills 13 7 85
1988 White Hills 12 14 86 Stanhope 9 10 64
1989 Heathcote 24 15 159 Stanhope 9 7 61
1990 Mt Pleasant 15 18 108 Heathcote 12 12 84
1991 Colbinabbin 15 11 101 Heathcote 11 9 75
1992 Heathcote 16 8 104 Mt Pleasant 9 12 66
1993 Mt Pleasant 15 10 100 Heathcote 11 14 80
1994 Mt Pleasant 13 13 91 Heathcote 12 11 83
1995 Mt Pleasant 11 16 82 Heathcote 10 17 77
1996 Broadford 7 8 50 Mt Pleasant 6 9 45
1997 Mt Pleasant 13 8 86 Elmore 11 12 78
1998 Colbinabbin 11 19 85 North Bendigo 4 3 27
1999 Colbinabbin 7 8 50 Mt Pleasant 4 6 30
2000 Mt Pleasant 18 10 118 Colbinabbin 7 12 54
2001 Mt Pleasant 10 8 68 Broadford 6 8 44
2002 Colbinabbin 15 10 100 Lockington-Bamawm United 11 9 75
2003 Colbinabbin 20 13 133 Broadford 16 6 102
2004 Colbinabbin 6 4 40 White Hills 2 9 21
2005 Mt Pleasant 16 14 110 White Hills 12 15 87
2006 Mt Pleasant 19 13 127 Elmore 13 12 90
2007 Elmore 26 29 185 Colbinabbin 12 14 86
2008 Colbinabbin 16 9 105 Heathcote 12 11 83
2009 Heathcote 15 17 107 Colbinabbin 15 13 103
2010 Heathcote 8 8 56 Lockington-Bamawn United 5 8 39
2011 Lockington-Bamawn United 15 9 99 Heathcote 14 9 93
2012 Lockington-Bamawn United 21 14 140 North Bendigo 7 4 46
2013 Lockington-Bamawn United 15 13 103 Huntly 6 9 45
2014 Lockington-Bamawn United 13 9 87 North Bendigo 11 10 76
2015 North Bendigo 10 13 73 Leitchville Gunbower 8 15 63
2016 North Bendigo14 18 102 Leitchville Gunbower 13 4 82
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History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7