The Noble Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club that fields teams in both the seniors and juniors of the Eastern Football League (EFL) in Melbourne. The club is considered one of Victoria's most successful breeding grounds for VFL/AFL players.produced champions at all levels
Due to the club's rich history of Premierships and its contribution to the sport and the community, in 2005, Noble Park was recognised as the only sporting club named by the City of Greater Dandenong, among its 14 sporting heroes' commemorative display.Favourite sons of football inspire
History Noble Park was formed in 1918 and played in the Under 21 competition in the Berwick Association until the end of 1933. The club jumper was black with a yellow sash. From 1934 until 1958, Noble Park played in the Dandenong District Association, winning eight premierships.
In 1959 Noble Park merged with the Harrisfield Football Club and became known as Noble Park-Harrisfield Football Club. The club also changed its jumper to royal blue and white vertical stripes.
In 1961, the club adopted the yellow from the original Noble Park jumper and the blue from the Harrisfield jumper to create the blue and gold vertical striped jumper which was worn for most of their existence. Once again the club was known as the Noble Park Football Club. This was also the year that they joined the Caulfield Oakleigh District League where they won two premierships before joining the Federal Football League in 1964.
In the Federal league, Noble Park won two reserves premierships, five under 18 premierships and one senior premiership between 1964 and 1981.
In 1982, Noble Park joined the South East Suburban Football League winning seven under 18 premierships, seven reserves premierships and six senior premierships before the league merged with the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association, creating the Southern Football League in 1993.
In the newly formed SFL, Noble Park won two under 18 premierships, seven reserves premierships and three senior premierships.
At the turn of the millennium, Noble Park transferred to the much stronger Eastern Football League, where they became known as the Bulls and changed their jumper to its current design. The Bulls would have to wait until 2003 to win their first EFL premiership, but would not have to wait as long for their second, as the club went back to back, winning the 2004 premiership. The Bulls reserves team also won a premiership in 2004.
In 2010 and 2011, Noble Park went back to back, winning their third and fourth EFL premierships since joining the league in 2000. In 2013 Noble Park made a surprising entrance into the Grand Final where they lost by a significant margin.
Notable former players Name VFL/AFL Club VFL/AFL Games Major Football Achievement Glenn Archer North Melbourne 311 1996 Norm Smith Medal, 1996 & 1999 Premiership Player, North Melbourne Team of the Century, 1996, 1998 and 2002 All-Australian Team Stephen Milne St Kilda 275 Record for most goals kicked at Docklands Stadium, 2002, 2010, 2011 & 2012 St Kilda leading goalkicker Adam Treloar Greater Western Sydney, Collingwood, Western Bulldogs 258* 2024 All-Australian Team, 2016-2017 and 2019 All-Australian SquadMark Bayes Sydney 246 Named in Sydney Swans Team of the Century, 1989 Bob Skilton Medal Tony Morwood South Melbourne/Sydney 229 Named in South Melb/Sydney's Team of the Century, 1979 & 1982 South Melb/Sydney's leading goalkicker Tim McGrath North Melbourne, Geelong 226 1992, 1994 & 1995 Grand Final Team, 1998 State of Origin Team Shane Morwood South Melbourne/Sydney, Collingwood 212 1990 Collingwood Premiership Player, 1989 & 1990 State of Origin Team Brian Mynott St Kilda 210 1966 Premiership Player Sam Gilbert St Kilda 208 2009 All-Australian Squad Steven Icke North Melbourne, Melbourne 198 1977 Premiership Player, 1982 Melbourne best and fairest, 1983 & 1984 State of Origin Team Paul Morwood South Melbourne/Sydney, St Kilda, Collingwood 170 1985 St Kilda best and fairest Jim O'Dea St Kilda 167 Shane Savage Hawthorn, St Kilda 165 2011 AFL Rising Star nominee Brad Crouch Adelaide, St Kilda 161 2019 Adelaide Best and Fairest James Gwilt St Kilda, Essendon 152 2010 Grand Final team Bill "Polly" Perkins (Dec.) Richmond 148 1943 Richmond Premiership Player Darren Millane (Dec.) Collingwood 147 1990 Premiership Player, 1990 Leigh Matthews Trophy, Collingwood Team of the Century( wing) Adam Ramanauskas Essendon 134 2000 Premiership Player, 2001 International Rules Series Tory Dickson Western Bulldogs 114 2016 Premiership Player Kris Barlow Hawthorn 102 2012 EFL Premiership Coach Darren Bennett West Coast Eagles & Melbourne 78 1989 & 1990 Melbourne leading goalkicker Barry Beecroft South Melbourne 71 1977 VFL Premiership Player, 1981 WAFL Premiership Player Max Cole Fitzroy 52 Denis McGrath North Melbourne 36 John Blair South Melbourne, Fitzroy, St Kilda 33 1982 Grogan Medal David Gallagher Adelaide, Carlton 33 Glen Parker South Melbourne 32 1970 Michelsen Medal Kevin Shinners Richmond 23 Wayne Lamb Melbourne, Fitzroy 21 Frank Deayton (Dec.) Melbourne 17 Beau Dowler Hawthorn 16 U/18 All-Australian, TAC Cup Team of the Year John Georgiou St Kilda 16 Greek Team of the Century, 1999 J.J. Liston Trophy Craig Jacotine Collingwood 16 2010 & 2011 EFL Premiership Player Robert Bell (Dec.) South Melbourne 15 Shane Valenti Melbourne 15 2010 & 2011 J.J Liston Trophy Steven Cummings St Kilda 14 Rick Norman North Melbourne, Brisbane Bears 13 Robert Bell South Melbourne 13 Patrick Foy Sydney 7 Brent Williams Adelaide 7 1998 West Adelaide Leading goal kicker, U/17 All-Australian Kyle Martin Collingwood 6 2013 & 2014 Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy, 2012 Frankston (VFL) Best and Fairest Ray Jamieson South Melbourne 5 Bill Norman Hawthorn 5 Peter Weidemann Collingwood 5 Michael Plant South Melbourne 4 Ben Robertson Carlton 3 Will Sangster Sydney 2 Bill Smith Fitzroy 2 Alex Woodward Hawthorn 2 2014 J.J. Liston Trophy Daniel Donati Richmond 1 1999 Norm Goss Memorial Medal Peter Maloni Sydney 1 Duncan McGregor South Melbourne 1 Doug Ensor Nil N/A Guinness World Record for most goals in a game (60) Damien Fleming Nil N/A Played 20 test matches & 88 ODI matches for Australia
References
External links Noble Park Football Club Official Web Site SportingPulse – NPFC