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Leopold Football Club
Names
Full name	Leopold Football Club
Nickname(s)	Leos
Club details
Founded	1898; 126 years ago (1898)
Dissolved	1924; 100 years ago (1924)
President	C.D.M. Thomson (1912)
Premierships	MJFA (5) 1900 1901 1910 1911 1913
Ground(s)	Warehousemen's Cricket Ground
Uniforms
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The Leopold Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the suburb of South Melbourne.

The club is best known for acting as the reserves team for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL, later AFL reserves) from 1919 until 1924.

History

MJFA

Leopold first appeared in historical records in 1898, competing in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). The club won its first MJFA premiership in 1900, going back-to-back with another victory in 1901. At the time, the club played its home games at Warehousemen's Cricket Ground.

At some point around 1904, Leopold had a relationship with the Melbourne Football Club.

The club won two premierships in a row again in 1910 and 1911. In 1912, like other MJFA clubs developing formal affiliations, Leopold developed an association with the South Melbourne Football Club, which competed in the Victorian Football League (VFL). As South Melbourne was a seniors side, Leopold operated as its juniors team.

A fifth premiership was won in 1915, before the impacts of World War I in Australia affected football competitions.

VJFL

The VFL introduced a reserves competition in 1919, known as the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), and Leopold contested as South Melbourne's affiliate until the end of the 1924 season.

In 1925, the competition was renamed as the VFL seconds, and the South Melbourne Second Eighteen (later known as the South Melbourne reserves) replaced Leopold in the competition.

Seasons

Notable players

• Bill Hennington (formerly South Melbourne)
• Angus McDonald (formerly St Kilda)

References

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2. "LEOPOLD v. ST. IGNATIUS". Record. 26 July 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
3. "LEOPOLD CLUB". The Age. 26 March 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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5. "FOOTBALL TEAMS". Leader. 6 October 1900. p. 36. Retrieved 13 August 2024. The Leopolds, whose district is South Melbourne
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26. "PORT ROVERS F.C. PREMIERS 1905". Port Melbourne Standard. 2 September 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
27. "SUCCESS OF UNIVERSITY CLUB". The Age. 3 September 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
28. "UNIVERSITY AGAIN PREMIERS". The Age. 9 September 1907. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
29. "SOUTH YARRA CHAMPIONS". The Age. 7 September 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
30. "SOUTH YARRA WINS MINOR PREMIERSHIP". The Age. 30 August 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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36. "METROPOLITAN AMATEUR". The Argus. 26 July 1915. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

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