History
The original Gippsland Football League was formed when the Northern Gippsland Football Association (NGFA) officially changed their name to “The Gippsland Football League” in 1921, which then operated under this title until 1953.
A new Gippsland football competition was formed in 1954, as the La Trobe Valley Football League, when seven club's from the Central Gippsland Football League joined the Latrobe Valley Football League, with the three remaining Central Gippsland Football League club's joining the South Gippsland Football League.
Football Premierships
The following is a list of all the Gippsland FL premiership winning teams from 1921 to 1953 and of the La Trobe FL from 1954 to present day.
The Reserves competition commenced in 1954, the Thirds competition in 1957 and the Fourths in 2000.
Year Seniors Reserves Under 18's Under 16's Gippsland FL - 1921Maffra* - 1922 Rosedale - 1923 Traralgon - 1924 Sale - 1925 Traralgon - 1926Maffra - 1927Sale - 1928Bairnsdale - 1929Bairnsdale - 1930Bairnsdale - 1931 Sale - 1932 Yallourn - 1933 Yallourn - 1934Sale - 1935Maffra - 1936 Yarram - 1937 Sale - 1938Maffra - 1939Yarram - 1940 GFL in recess. WWII 1941 GFL in recess. WWII - 1942 GFL in recess. WWII - 1943 GFL in recess. WWII - 1944 GFL in recess. WWII - 1945 GFL in recess. WWII - 1946Maffra Blacks - 1947Bairnsdale - 1948 Maffra - 1949 Sale - 1950Sale - 1951Bairnsdale - 1952Bairnsdale - 1953Sale - La Trobe Valley FL - 1954 Sale Traralgon - 1955 Sale Warragul - 1956 Moe Sale - 1957 Sale Sale Traralgon & Sale (Co-Premiers) 1958 Trafalgar Sale Morwell 1959 Sale Moe Moe 1960 Traralgon Morwell St Pat's 1961 Morwell Morwell St Pat's A 1962 Trafalgar Traralgon St Pat's A 1963 Traralgon Traralgon St Pat's A 1964 Traralgon Traralgon St Pat's A 1965 Traralgon Traralgon St Pat's A 1966 Morwell Bairnsdale Sale 1967 Moe Moe St Pat's A 1968 Traralgon Moe Sale 1969 Traralgon Sale St Pat's A 1970 Leongatha Sale St Pat's A 1971 Sale Sale St Pat's A 1972 Traralgon Sale St Pat's A 1973 Sale Morwell Traralgon 1974 Warragul Warragul St Pat's A 1975 Sale Traralgon St Pat's A 1976 Warragul Traralgon Sale 1977 Leongatha Traralgon Sale 1978 Traralgon Traralgon Leongatha 1979 Leongatha Leongatha Warragul 1980 Traralgon Traralgon Traralgon 1981 Bairnsdale Traralgon Warragul 1982 Leongatha Traralgon Warragul 1983 Morwell Bairnsdale Maffra 1984 Warragul Warragul Sale 1985 Morwell Traralgon Warragul 1986 Sale Traralgon Bairnsdale 1987 Traralgon Traralgon Bairnsdale 1988 Morwell Traralgon Traralgon 1989 Leongatha Traralgon Traralgon 1990 Traralgon Maffra Sale 1991 Traralgon Maffra Moe 1992 Traralgon Traralgon Traralgon 1993 Morwell Traralgon Sale 1994 Traralgon Morwell Sale 1995 Leongatha Traralgon Bairnsdale 1996 Morwell Warragul Traralgon 1997 Leongatha Leongatha Sale 1998 Traralgon Sale Sale 1999 Traralgon Traralgon Sale 2000 Traralgon Leongatha Traralgon Leongatha2001 Leongatha Maffra Sale Traralgon2002 Maffra Maffra Leongatha Traralgon2003 Maffra Maffra Traralgon Sale2004 Maffra Maffra Maffra Sale2005 Traralgon Traralgon Sale Sale2006 Maffra Sale Traralgon Warragul2007 Maffra Traralgon Trarlagon Maffra2008 Sale Traralgon Traralgon Traralgon2009 Maffra Traralgon Maffra Traralgon2010 Maffra Traralgon Leongatha Traralgon2011 Traralgon Maffra Traralgon Sale2012 Sale Leongatha Bairnsdale Traralgon2013 Morwell Wonthaggi Bairnsdale Sale2014 Morwell Traralgon Traralgon Moe2015 Traralgon Maffra Traralgon Traralgon2016 Maffra Traralgon Bairnsdale Moe2017 Leongatha Morwell Traralgon Moe2018 Leongatha Leongatha Traralgon Bairnsdale2019MaffraMaffraLeongathaTraralgon2022LeongathaLeongathaWarragulMaffraYear Seniors Reserves Under 18's Under 16's
Notes 1921 - Maffra were undefeated premiers
Links 1931 - Gippsland FL: Maffra & Traralgon team photos 1931 - Gippsland FL Premiers: Sale FC team photo 1934 - Gippsland FL Premiers: Sale FC team photo 1936 - Gippsland FL Premiers: Yarram FC team photo 1937 - Gippsland FL Grand Final team photos 1949 - Gippsland FL Grand Final team photos 1952 - Gippsland FL Premiers: Bairnsdale FC team photo
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