Hawthorn Football Club's VFL team
Updated February 2024
Box Hill’s history stretches back as far as 1921, when the Box Hill Junior Football Club participated in local competition. Back then, there were two teams representing Box Hill in the Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Football Association; Box Hill United and Box Hill City. In 1936, Box Hill amalgamated with Box Hill East to become the Box Hill Football Club. In 1951, the ‘White Horses’, as they were known back then, made their debut in the VFA competition, reaching finals for the first time five years later. The team then adopted the ‘Mustangs’ emblem in 1965. Three years later, Box Hill’s U19 team claimed the club’s first VFA premiership in any grade. The senior team then reached a Grand Final for the first time in 1970, but unfortunately lost the Division Two Grand Final to Coburg. In 1984, after enduring a tough financial period as a club, Box Hill dominated the VFA Division Two competition, claiming the premiership by 135 points against Oakleigh. After being a foundation member of the newly formed VFL in 1995, Box Hill then established an alliance with Hawthorn Football Club to form the Box Hill Hawks. A year later, they would win their first ever VFL premiership, with another two to follow in 2013 and 2018. The Box Hill/ Hawthorn alliance is the longest running VFL - AFL alignment and has yielded a range of successful outcomes, including premierships as well as an array of players and coaches from the program reaching AFL level. For a full timeline of Box Hill’s history, click here.
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Club Formed
1936
Box Hill Football Club joined Victorian Football Association: 1951
Box Hill Football Club joined Victorian Football League: 1996
Box Hill Hawks Football Club established: 2000
Official Colours
Guernsey - brown and gold vertical stripes on front, gold back
Socks - brown and gold hooped
Shorts - brown (home), white (away)
Home Ground
Box Hill City Oval
Premierships
VFA Division One: -
VFA Division Two: 2 (1984, 1986)
VFL: 3 (2001, 2013, 2018)
Overall Record
Games Played: 1371
Won: 625
Lost: 726
Drawn: 20
2023 CLUB CHAMPION TROPHY LIST
Best and Fairest (Col Austen Perpetual Trophy)
Callum Brown
Runner Up Club Champion
Callum Porter
Third Place Club Champion
Ed Phillips
Leading Goalkicker (Paul Bolton Perpetual Trophy)
Jaylon Thorpe
Best First Year Player
Josh Bennetts
Best Player in Finals
Callum Porter
Development Award (David Banfield Perpetual Trophy)
Kye Agosta
BHHFC Leading Votes in JJ Liston Medal (President’s Perpetual Trophy)
Callum Brown
Best Clubman (A.P. Dickinson Memorial Trophy)
James Parsons
Outstanding Player Award (sponsored by 3WBC FM)
Ed Phillips
2023 VFL AWARDS
Box Hill Hawks Best and Fairest (JJ Liston Trophy) Votes
14 - Callum Brown
9 - Ned Long
8 - Cam McKenzie
7 - Callum Porter
5 - Jack Scrimshaw
4 - Denver Grainger-Barras, Max Ramsden
3 - Lachlan Bramble, Max Hall, Max Lynch, Damian Mascitti, Lloyd Meek, Harry Morrison
2 - Jaylon Thorpe, Josh Ward
1 - Ryan Maric
VFL Team of the Year
Callum Brown (half back flank) and Brandon Ryan (centre half forward)
