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100 YEARS FOR TIGERS

Balwyn Tigers kick off one hundred years of football at Balwyn Park in 2016 with the club looking to track down players and relatives from past eras to join in the centenary celebrations.

“This year marks the 100th season since Balwyn first competed in the Box Hill Reporter District Junior Football League in 1917,” Balwyn President, Richard Wilson said.

Sketchy reports suggest a Balwyn side played a team from Box Hill as far back as back to 1888.

The roots of the current Tigers playing at Balwyn Park can be traced back to Saturday 5 May 1917, with Balwyn’s first game against Canterbury. Bill Wadsworth was Balwyn’s first captain. His son Bob still lives close to the ground.


“It’s appropriate that we start our centenary year by unfurling Seniors and Reserves, EFL Division 1 flags at home against Montrose on Saturday April 9

“We are planning a number of big events to mark this milestone during the season including a Centenary Gala Dinner at Crown on Saturday 16 July.” Wilson said

“The Club’s history will also be told in a new book, ‘Tiger Time 100’ documenting the people, events, triumphs and stories of our 100 years on and off the field.

Preparations are underway for the clubs Centenary Gala Dinner which will include the announcement of Balwyn’s Team of the Century and Club Legends. The Club is keen to track down players of all eras to be involved throughout the season and to join them on the night

“It would be especially great to reconnect with relatives of past players in our first 50 years from 1917 through the 1960s as well as those from more recent years.”

“We are on the hunt for families of past players who played significant roles in the Club’s history including Bill Wadsworth (1917), Jim ‘Sandy’ Sinclair (1927), Arthur Whyte and Bill Hudd (1933/34), and Don Brown (1952)” Wilson said.

Contact information for past players can be sent to Club historian, Kevin Fox: 0408 304 363 or email: foxwords@hotmail.com

For Centenary Gala Bookings call Jo Tregear: 0412 172 183 or email: tregear1@bigpond.com


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