Mount Compass Football Club
The Mount Compass Football Club (nicknamed Bulldogs) is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1924 and based in Mount Compass, South Australia.[1] The club currently competes in the Great Southern Football League.
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| Full name | Mount Compass Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Bulldogs | |
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| Founded | 1924 | |
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| Competition | GSFL | |
| President | Paul Zimmerman | |
| Premierships | (6): 1954, 1959, 1980, 2016, 2017 | |
| Ground(s) | Mount Compass Oval | |
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Mount Compass initially only played challenge matches until they joined the "Fleurieu Peninsula Football Association" in 1934 but that competition only lasted one season. They went back to playing challenge matches until they joined the Great Southern Football League in 1940.
After World War II, Mount Compass joined the Southern Football Association and played for 7 seasons until transferring to the Great Southern Football League in 1952 where they have remained since.[2][3]
Mount Compass continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the Great Southern Football League.
References
- Devaney, John. "Mount Compass". Full Points Publications. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- Lines, Peter (2008). Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs. Cowell: Peter Lines. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-9804472-9-3.
- "Sporting Topics". Victor Harbour Times. 18 April 1952. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- "Mount Compass Football Club (SA)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- "Country Football". The Mail (Adelaide). 18 September 1954. Retrieved 5 October 2013.