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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
GJ Dunstan

President
SJ Chapman

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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2001 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 2001 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sturt 3.35.69.1110.13 73 LOST Glenelg 4.35.69.1013.11 89 -16 GLE Mar 30 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sturt 5.28.411.613.8 86 LOST West Adelaide 4.58.913.1320.15 135 -49 RIC Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sturt 2.24.55.77.9 51 LOST Woodville West Torrens 1.32.115.148.17 65 -14 UNL Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sturt 3.411.1218.1725.26 176 WON North Adelaide 3.24.36.57.7 49 127 UNL Apr 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 Sturt       Bye        
6 A Sturt 3.35.47.99.13 67 LOST Norwood 3.34.78.912.10 82 -15 NOR May 4 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sturt 4.47.47.910.13 73 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 3.17.47.818.15 123 -50 ALB May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Sturt 4.38.613.815.9 99 LOST South Adelaide 2.45.1011.1517.22 124 -25 HAN May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 3.45.99.1414.16 100 WON Glenelg 1.43.94.95.14 44 56 UNL May 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 5.58.610.1213.12 90 LOST Woodville West Torrens 4.19.413.819.9 123 -33 WOO Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 6.411.918.1624.17 161 WON West Adelaide 2.45.76.910.11 71 90 UNL Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Sturt 4.17.810.913.13 91 LOST Central District 3.16.211.416.8 104 -13 UNL Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sturt 1.37.49.611.6 72 LOST North Adelaide 3.36.79.1013.17 95 -23 PRO Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Sturt 1.35.87.128.16 64 WON Norwood 2.13.34.54.6 30 34 UNL Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 Sturt       Bye        
16 A Sturt 6.29.514.819.9 123 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 4.28.310.510.8 68 55 ALB Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sturt 2.27.210.418.6 114 WON West Adelaide 2.43.99.1010.10 70 44 ADO Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sturt 3.47.614.719.9 123 WON South Adelaide 1.25.710.912.13 85 38 UNL Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Sturt 4.39.514.617.10 112 WON Glenelg 2.24.49.413.7 85 27 UNL Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 3.05.15.28.4 52 LOST Central District 4.28.510.713.9 87 -35 ELZ Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 Sturt       Bye        
22 A Sturt 3.28.713.918.10 118 WON North Adelaide 2.35.68.1211.16 82 36 ADO Aug 31 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
23 H Sturt 1.33.63.73.9 27 LOST Port Adelaide Magpies 4.39.412.816.12 108 -81 UNL Sep 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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