Marcellin OC Football Club

Marcellin Old Collegians commenced their time in the VAFA with a bang. Winning a premiership in F Section in their first year in the Association, the club then followed that up with back-to-back runners-up finishes before saluting in the 1974 C Section Grand Final. Four grand finals in four years was a terrific start and the club had progress to B Section. It was to get better, after narrowly missing the B Section finals in 1975, Marcellin duly won the 1976 B Section premiership. Thus within the space of six seasons, the Eagles had climbed five sections to reach A grade in time for the 1977 season. Simply phenomenal. They hung on for five years before an up and down between B and A in the second half of the 80’s, including the 1985 B Section flag rounded out an impressive first two decades in the competition. The lull of the early 1990s preceded the next meteoric rise of Marcellin that was book-ended by back to back premierships in C (1997) and B (1998) Sections and the ultimate prize of an A Section title in 2001. This was a super era for Marcellin as they produced multiple competition best and fairest winners and state players. This included five seasons (1998-2002) in a row where a Marcellin player won the section best and fairest medal. Another B Section flag came in 2008 before a tough three years that included a back-to-back relegation to Premier C. In 2017, Marcellin entered a team in the inaugural season of VAFA Women’s and, after taking out one of the two available pre-season Lightning Premierships, the Sheagles went on to claim the first-ever William Buck Premier flag under the guidance of Women’s Coach of the Year, Tom Stafford.

Premierships 

Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Senior Men’s

A Section / Premier – JN Woodrow Medal – 6

B Section / Premier B – GT Moore Medal – 1

C Section / Premier C – LS Zachariah Medal – 2

D Section / Division 1 – LS Pepper Medal – 1

F Section / Division 3 – P Hutchinson Medal – 1

*Tied with Tim Bourbon (Mazenod OC)

Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Senior Women’s

Premier – 1