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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) 1901–2025

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
RR Tuohy

President
PT Morton OAM / DJ Wark

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"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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1980 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 1980 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Sturt 2.57.1113.1416.21 117 WON North Adelaide 4.26.38.814.10 94 23 FBP Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sturt 7.415.522.830.12 192 WON Woodville 2.54.118.1710.19 79 113 WOO Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sturt 1.32.66.912.12 84 LOST West Torrens 5.28.610.1014.16 100 -16 UNL Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Sturt 0.34.104.127.19 61 LOST West Adelaide 10.513.620.1324.13 157 -96 RIC Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Sturt 4.67.1112.1418.16 124 LOST South Adelaide 4.311.715.1118.19 127 -3 ADO May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Sturt 4.106.1310.1713.22 100 WON Port Adelaide 2.28.411.814.12 96 4 UNL May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sturt 2.110.514.518.8 116 LOST Central District 4.87.914.1317.17 119 -3 ELZ May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Sturt 2.46.87.1011.13 79 LOST Glenelg 8.49.1014.1917.20 122 -43 GLE May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 7.310.814.1116.14 110 WON Norwood 2.24.69.1013.16 94 16 UNL May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 4.59.712.1115.15 105 LOST North Adelaide 7.412.617.1423.17 155 -50 PRO Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 4.25.88.1113.20 98 WON Woodville 2.45.411.613.6 84 14 UNL Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sturt 6.49.715.1119.17 131 WON West Torrens 1.45.98.1312.19 91 40 THB Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Sturt 5.610.1214.1625.22 172 WON West Adelaide 6.314.616.816.11 107 65 UNL Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Sturt 8.610.1014.1819.22 136 WON South Adelaide 3.34.99.1215.14 104 32 UNL Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sturt 0.37.412.513.8 86 LOST Port Adelaide 3.96.1213.1322.17 149 -63 FBP Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Sturt 1.55.119.1916.24 120 WON Central District 8.511.613.1214.16 100 20 FBP Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sturt 4.27.812.1115.19 109 WON Glenelg 5.36.312.1413.20 98 11 UNL Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Sturt 1.37.810.915.12 102 LOST Norwood 5.48.515.1222.14 146 -44 NOR Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Sturt 4.36.713.1218.21 129 WON North Adelaide 4.310.816.919.14 128 1 FBP Aug 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 6.19.916.1324.16 160 WON Woodville 5.89.1113.1116.16 112 48 FBP Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Sturt 4.57.119.1413.20 98 LOST West Torrens 5.213.517.1019.12 126 -28 FBP Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Sturt 5.414.717.1531.20 206 WON West Adelaide 3.38.59.712.11 83 123 UNL Sep 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF A Sturt 6.128.1312.1616.23 119 WON Glenelg 0.27.710.813.12 90 29 FBP Sep 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Sturt 3.36.510.815.11 101 LOST Port Adelaide 3.411.917.1524.20 164 -63 FBP Sep 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF H Sturt 5.56.1012.1214.16 100 LOST Norwood 2.27.612.917.14 116 -16 FBP Sep 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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