Tongala Football Club
The Tongala Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Murray [Football League].
The club is based in the town of Tongala located in the north of Victoria.
History
The Tongala Football Club was formed in 1894 in a meeting at Mangan's Victoria Hotel, Tongala, with games played at Tongala Recreation Reserve. Tongala initially wore a red jumper with black horizontal bars in 1894.In 1919, Tongala's application for admission into the Goulburn Valley Football League was rejected on the grounds that Tongala was not a strong enough team.
In 1937, the club's colours were yellow and black.
The club has participated in a number of local football leagues over the years with great success.
Football competitions timeline
Tongala FC have competed in the following football competitions –- 1910 to 1914: Kyabram District Junior Football Association
- 1915: Kyabram District Football Association
- 1916 to 1918: Club in recess, due to World War I
- 1919 to 1923: Kyabram District Junior Football Association
- 1924 to 1932: Goulburn Valley Football League
- 1933 to 1935: Echuca and District Football League
- 1936 to 1940: Kyabram District Football Association
- 1941 to 1944: Club in recess, due to World War II
- 1945 to 1946: Kyabram District Football Association
- 1946 to 2005: Goulburn Valley Football League
- 2006 to present day: Murray Football League
Football Premierships
;Seniors- Murray Football League
- * Nil
- Goulburn Valley Football League
- *1949 - Tongala: 10.17 - 77 d Kyabram: 6.13 - 49
- *1961 - Tongala: 11.12 - 78 d Shepparton: 9.11 - 65
- *1983 - Tongala: d
- *1984 - Tongala: d
- Kyabram District Football League
- *1937 - Tongala: 13.14 - 92 d Lancaster: 9.12 - 66
- *1939 - Tongala: 15.8 - 98 d Stanhope: 13.12 - 90
- *1940 - Tongala: 9.11 - 65 d Stanhope: 4.8 - 32
- *1945 - Tongala: 18.17 - 125 d Stanhope: 11.9 - 75
- Kyabram District Junior Football Association
- *1920 - Tongala: 3.3 - 21 d Undera: 2.2 - 14
- *1923 - Tongala: 5.5 - 35 d Imperials: 3.7 - 25
VFL / AFL Players
The following footballers played with Tongala, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL or coached Tongala and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.- 1932 - Sir Douglas Nicholls: Fitzroy
- 1937 - Arch Shields: Carlton
- 1941 - Bob Dawson: St. Kilda
- 1948 - Vic Lawrence: North Melbourne
- 1949 - Ron Simpson: Fitzroy
- 1960 - Paul Rowe - North Melbourne
- 1963 - Ian Graham: Collingwood
- 1978 - Phil Seaton: Melbourne
- 1991 - Sam Pang: Collingwood Under 19's
- 1992 - Brendan Parker: Carlton
- 1993 - Brad L. Campbell: Melbourne
- 2001 - Blake Campbell: Carlton
- 2024 - Harley Reid: West Coast Eagles