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 

Seniors	Women’s	Reserves	Thirds	U19s	Club XVIII
7	2	2	–	4	2
Premier / A Section: 2001	Premier: 2017
B Section: 1976,1985, 1998, 2008	Premier Reserve: 2018
C Section: 1997
F Section: 1971

 

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

Year	Name	Section	Votes
2013	Jarrod Carlson*	Premier C	19
2012	Jarrod Carlson	Premier C	22
2005	Joel Rice	A Section
2002	Bernard P. Dineen	A Section	17
2001	Bernard P. Dineen	A Section	27
2000	Glenn T. Cox	A Section
1999	David Waters	A Section	19
1998	Bernard P. Dineen	B Section	23
1978	C.A. Price	A Section
1973	P.J. Toohey	D Section	21
1971	P.M. Gartner	F Section	24

*Tied with Tim Bourbon (Mazenod OC)

Competition Best and Fairest Winners – Senior Women’s

Premier – 1

Year	Name	Section	Votes
2018	Taylor Padfield	Premier	20