Tungamah Football Club


The Tungamah Football Netball Club Inc, nicknamed the Bears, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Murray Football League.
The club is based in the small Victorian town of Tungamah, a town of just 300 people located approximately 250 km north of Melbourne.
The earliest recorded match involving Tungamah was a game against Lake Rowan on Saturday, 29th July, 1882.
In 1883 there was also a Murray District Football Club based in Tungamah.
Tungamah FC joined the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1938.
The club changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the Picola & District Football League.

Premierships

LeagueTotal flagsPremiership
Yarrawonga Football Association
2
1886,1895
Wilby & District Football Association
3
1914, 1940, 1941
Benalla Mulwala Football League
2
1934, 1936
Benalla Tungamah Football League
1
1938
Murray Valley Football League
3
1944,1946,1947
Tungamah Football League
2
1976, 1986
Picola & District Football League
6
1999, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers were either born in Tungamah or played with the Tungamah FC prior to playing VFL / AFL senior grade football. The year indicates their VFL debut.