Sandgate Football Club Explained

Clubname:Sandgate Hawks
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Fullname:Sandgate Hawks Sporting Club
Nickname:Hawks
League:Queensland Australian Football League
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Url:sandgatehawks.com.au

The Sandgate Hawks Sporting Club is an Australian rules football and netball club located in the Brisbane suburb of Taigum. They were nicknamed both the Hawks and Sea Hawks and their club colours were bottle green and red. The football squad plays in the Queensland Australian Football League.

History

Sandgate was established in 1943,[1] and entered to play Senior football in 1944. They competed in every season until 1991 before merging with Windsor-Zillmere to form "The Northern Eagles". Due to fall outs between the administrators of Sandgate and Windsor Zillmere, Sandgate split from the arrangement and returned to play as a member of the now defunct Brisbane Football League winning back to back premierships in 1993 and 1994. Sandgate's most successful era was the 1970s when they won four premierships and participated in the finals of every season.

A revamped club, Sandgate AFC, currently competes in the Pineapple Hotel Cup division of the Queensland State Football League (QSFL)

Brisbane Lions ruckman Jamie Charman is the club's number one ticket holder. Jamie played juniors for the Sandgate Hawks for more than ten seasons.

Honours

Club

Individual

Grogan Medalists (2)

AFLQ Team Of The Century (3)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sandgatehawks.com.au/about-hawks About Hawks