The first Ballarat Football game was played at the Copenhagen Grounds on April
27, 1860.
The Western Oval stands on part of the original sight. The first Redan
game was reported in
the "Ballarat Star" Saturday September 2, 1871, a team formed from the gold
diggings, the
average weight of the team was 14 Stone (90kg). There is a photo of the Redan
Rovers dated
1902.
Redan competed as an U/21 side and were very successful. In 1943 it joined
the BFL as a
senior team. In 1946 the BFL was reconstituted and re-formed which saw
Redan premiers
with Steve Bayley as coach. A young Keith Rowle from Essendon arrived in
1950 to coach
Redan for seven years. In 1952 the team were premiers and
champions.
Redan was a finals team in the 1950's and 1960's but the next success was with
John Northey
as playing coach in 1975, followed by 1976 and 1977. This was a time of
great excitement and
success.
A number of Redan players have gone on to VFL/AFL success. Ron Andrews,
Essendon captain
1982 and Graham Gellie a St.Kilda player and coach.
The club has a proud history of 52 premierships and 10 Henderson Medal
Winners.
Ian Pym (03 5343 4329)
B: Cal
Howlett
Barry
Cheatley
Don Discher
HB: Garry
English
Ron
Andrews
Ken Nunn
C: Terry
McAliece
Graeme
Gellie
Len Templar
HF: John Northey
(C) Les
Borrack
Eric Dalton
F: Graeme
Willey
Colin
Chester
Greg Packham
R: Bud
Annand
Michael
Smith
Keith Rawle (VC)
I: Bill
McKenzie
Stan
Webb
Ray
Murphy
Ken Delaland
E: John
Burt
Ian
Baker
Greg
Wood
Claude Howard
Captain/Coach: John Northey
Trainer: Val Stewart
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