Joined VAFA: 1957
Section: Premier
Current years in section: 5
Nickname: Tonners
Ground: Brighton Beach Oval, South Road, Brighton. 0411 633 638
Women’s/Under 19/Thirds: As above.
Colours: Navy with red V yoke/ – white number; shorts – navy; socks – red.
Secretary: Douglas Dick M: 0439 633 090 E: [email protected]
President: Tom Clarke M: 0421 656 128 E: [email protected]
Old Brighton Football Club have had a couple of incarnations. They first entered a team as Old Brightonians in the VAFA in 1921-22, before missing the 1923 season. The club was back for 1924-26, before another hiatus until the period of 1932-39. Old Brighton Grammarians as we know them today had their house in order again in 1957 and the club commenced in what was then F Section (Division 2). Whilst the club managed to climb out of F Section by virtue of a runners-up finish, a first senior flag took 20 years, the club eventually saluting for the 1977 D Section premiership. A majority of this team were around to be a part of the 1980 C Section flag. The following two senior triumphs have also been a long time in coming; a 17-year wait for their first B Section premiership before a 16-year gap before they won the Premier B title in 2013. Following a three-year stint back in Premier B, the Tonners claimed the seniors and reserves flag under Premier Coach of the Year Greg Hutchison in 2017, the same year they entered a team in Development Division 1 of the VAFA Women’s competition. They impressed in 2018 with a fourth-placed finish under Hutchison and young star, Anthony Zimmerman, was named their second Grill’d in three years after Harry Hill in 2016. Old Brighton’s highest-ever finish in the VAFA was their runner-up performance in 2007 in A Section.
Premierships
Seniors | Women’s | Reserves | Thirds | U19s | Club XVIII |
5 | – | 10 | – | 6 | 4 |
Premier B / B Section: 1997, 2013, 2017 | Premier B: 2017 | U19 (2): 2012 | |||
Premier C / C Section: 1980 | U19 (3): 2018 | ||||
Division 1 / D Section: 1977 |
Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Senior Men’s
B Section / Premier B – GT Moore Medal – 3
D Section / Division 1 – LS Pepper Medal – 2
E Section / Division 2 – J Fullerton Medal – 2
Year | Name | Medal | Votes |
2017 | Harry Hill | Premier B | 25 |
1995 | Andrew A. Pryor | B Section | 27 |
1972 | Richard H. Thomas | D Section | |
1958 | R. McLellan | E Section | 43.5 |
1932 | D.W. Paroissien | D Section |
Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Senior Women’s
Division 1 – 1
Premier B (White) – 1
Year | Name | Medal | Votes |
2019 | Sienna Visentini* | Division 1 | 17 |
2018 | Ava Hales | Premier B White | 16 |
Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Junior
Division 1 – 1
Year | Name | Medal | Votes |
2019 | Mitchell Hughes | Division 1 | 19 |
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