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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sturt Football Club

Known as
Sturt

Nickname
Double Blues

Formed
1901

Colours
Oxford and Cambridge blue

Associated clubs
Sturt Reserves; Sturt U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; Sturt U16s; Sturt WFC; Sturt U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1901–2024

Home Ground
Peter Motley Oval

SANFL Premierships
1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966-67-68-69-70, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016-17 (15 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1968, 1978, 1983, 2008 (4 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1954, 1975 (2 total)

Most Games
360 - Paul Bagshaw (1964-1980)

Most Goals
672 - Brant Chambers (2002-10)

League Top Goalkickers
Frank Golding (30) 1920; Paul Caust (57) 1955; Ross Sawley (70) 1964; Ken Whelan (107) 1973 & (108) 1974; Rick Davies (151) 1983; Brant Chambers (112) 2007, (97) 2008 and (80) 2009; Mark Evans (40) 2018 (10 total)

Magarey Medalists
Hendrick Waye 1903; Harry Cumberland 1911; Vic Richardson 1920; Horrie Riley 1923; Keith Dunn 1933; Len Fitzgerald 1952, 1954 & 1959; John Halbert 1961; Greg Whittlesea 1988; Brodie Atkinson 1997; Damian Squire 1999 & 2000; Jade Sheedy 2002; Tim Weatherald 2002; Luke Crane 2008; Zane Kirkwood 2014 & 2016 (15 medallists/18 medals)

Headquarters
39 Oxford Terrace, Unley, SA 5061

Phone: (08) 8271 4611 

Email
general@sturtfc.com.au

Website
sturtfc.com.au

CEO
VG O’Donnell

President
AJ Hammill / RWH Kutcher OAM

Sturt



"Try a word association test involving the name ‘Sturt’ with South Australian football followers of more than fifty years of age - and long memories - and the chances are that the most popular responses would be terms like “skilful”, “brilliant”, “classy” and “dazzling”. The Sturt side that dominated South Australian football during the second half of the 1960s had an impact which no other team in the history of the SANFL, with the possible exception of the great Port Adelaide side which won six successive premierships during the 1950s, ever managed ... "

  • John Devaney looks at the history of the Double Blues and their extraordinary run of success in the late 1960s

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1967 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 1967 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sturt 2.33.67.1112.17 89 LOST North Adelaide 5.610.811.1315.16 106 -17 UNL Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sturt 2.38.412.614.12 96 WON Port Adelaide 1.42.77.1210.13 73 23 ADO Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sturt 3.110.1116.1321.21 147 WON Central District 2.32.53.74.7 31 116 ADO Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sturt 4.411.416.1420.17 137 WON South Adelaide 4.38.514.715.8 98 39 UNL May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Sturt 3.85.1310.1616.30 126 WON Norwood 1.36.97.1110.12 72 54 NOR May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Sturt 3.47.78.1314.19 103 WON West Adelaide 3.26.99.1114.15 99 4 UNL May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sturt 3.29.1016.1319.17 131 WON Woodville 3.44.48.411.6 72 59 UNL May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sturt 2.28.612.1121.19 145 WON West Torrens 2.33.45.86.13 49 96 UNL Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Sturt 3.28.613.720.8 128 WON Port Adelaide 3.105.1011.1315.16 106 22 ALB Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 1.39.712.1117.17 119 WON Glenelg 5.47.68.1210.16 76 43 GLE Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Sturt 4.18.29.413.7 85 WON North Adelaide 0.43.68.109.13 67 18 ADO Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Sturt 5.413.1018.1324.19 163 WON Norwood 2.34.56.88.12 60 103 UNL Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sturt 3.15.47.89.8 62 LOST South Adelaide 2.34.96.158.25 73 -11 ADO Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Sturt 5.38.311.513.7 85 WON Port Adelaide 0.23.36.48.9 57 28 UNL Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sturt 0.24.58.613.11 89 WON West Adelaide 2.36.59.912.11 83 6 RIC Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Sturt 3.58.1311.1417.19 121 WON Central District 2.33.65.116.13 49 72 UNL Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Sturt 2.54.89.1510.16 76 WON West Torrens 1.11.51.64.6 30 46 THB Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Sturt 3.26.611.1115.13 103 DRAW Woodville 6.49.812.1314.19 103 0 WOO Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Sturt 1.24.55.67.7 49 LOST Glenelg 7.49.79.1214.18 102 -53 UNL Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 3.16.47.410.8 68 LOST North Adelaide 4.45.69.1210.14 74 -6 PRO Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Sturt 7.18.713.1118.13 121 WON North Adelaide 1.43.107.1310.17 77 44 ADO Sep 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
GF H Sturt 5.07.69.613.10 88 WON Port Adelaide 2.58.99.1410.17 77 11 ADO Sep 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.