The Sydney Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded on 7 August 1880 and based in Sydney. Earlier, short lived, clubs by the same name had been formed in 1865 and 1868.
In 1886 the club went undefeated winning 12 games and drawing 2. In that season, they scored 52 goals, the record for goals scored up to that point.
The club had sustained success until the 1930s, winning NSWAFL premierships in 1905, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1925 and 1931.
Individual honours Phelan Medal winners The Phelan Medal was awarded to the best player in the New South Wales Australian National Football League, now known as the AFL Sydney Men's Premier Division, during the home-and-away season as voted by the umpires: Bobby Power (1926) Billy McCoy (1928, 1929) Cliff Barnsley (1940, 1941)
Sanders Medal winners The Sanders Medal was awarded to the best player in the New South Wales Australian National Football League Reserves Grade, now known as the AFL Sydney Men's Division One, during the home-and-away season as voted by the umpires: R. White (1949)
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