| Wangaratta Rovers | |
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| Color3: | solid #FBBF15 |
| Clubname: | Wangaratta Rovers Football Club |
| Fullname: | Wangaratta Rovers Football / Netball Club Incorporated. |
| Nicknames: | Hawks |
| Motto: | The Family Club |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Home&Amp;Away: | 5th |
| Afterfinals: | 5th |
| Bestandfairestname: | Bob Rose Medal |
| Founded: | (entered O&MFL in 1950) |
| Colours: | Brown Gold |
| President: | Walter Pasquali |
| Secretary: | Graeme Taylor |
| Captain: | Michael Clarke |
| Premierships: | 15 O&MFL |
| Capacity: | 10,000 |
| Span3: | 1945–2023 |
| Pattern B1: | _hawthornfc2019h |
| Pattern So1: | _hoops_gold |
| Body1: | FDB813 |
| Shorts1: | 3B2314 |
| Socks1: | 3B2314 |
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| Pattern Sh2: | _sides_on_white |
| Pattern So2: | _hoops_gold |
| Body2: | FDB813 |
| Shorts2: | 3B2314 |
| Socks2: | 3B2314 |
| Pattern Name2: | Away 1 |
| Url: | wangrovers.com.au |
| Current: | 2024 Wangaratta Football Club season |
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria and play in the Ovens & Murray Football League. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is W.J. Findlay Oval in Wangaratta. Their playing guernsey consists of gold and brown stripes on the front and gold on the back.
Wangaratta Rovers were initially formed in 1922 and competed in the Wangaratta District Football Association (WDFA) from 1922 to 1924,[1] then moved across to the Ovens and King Football League (O&KFL) from 1925 to 1929. Wangaratta Rovers lost both the 1922[2] and the 1923[3] WDFA grand finals to Milawa.
Wangaratta Rovers actually merged with the Wangaratta Football Club in 1930, who then entered one team in the Ovens and Murray Football League and one team in the O&KFL.
The Wangaratta Rovers re-formed in 1945 and competed in the O&KFL from 1945 to 1949, winning the 1948 premiership[4] and losing to Myrtleford in the 1949 O&KFL grand final,[5] before joining the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1950.[6]
The following footballers played with Wangaratta Rovers, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.
The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Wangaratta Rovers with the year indicating their first season at WRFNC.