Hawthorn Football Club's VFL team

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. 

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 VFA/ VFL record
Games Played: 1390
Won: 637
Lost: 733
Drawn: 20

2024 CLUB CHAMPION TROPHY LIST
Best and Fairest (Col Austen Perpetual Trophy) 
Jai Serong 

Runner Up Club Champion
Callum Porter 

Third Place Club Champion
Henry Hustwaite  

Leading Goalkicker (Paul Bolton Perpetual Trophy) 
Jack O'Sullivan

Best First Year Player 
Bodie Ryan 

Best Player in Finals 
Stuart Horner

Development Award (David Banfield Perpetual Trophy) 
Josh Tovey

BHHFC Leading Votes in JJ Liston Medal (President’s Perpetual Trophy)
Seamus Mitchell

Best Clubman (A.P. Dickinson Memorial Trophy)
James Parsons 

Outstanding Player Award (sponsored by 3WBC FM) 
Bodie Ryan

2024 VFL AWARDS 
Box Hill Hawks Best and Fairest (JJ Liston Trophy) Votes
9 - Seamus Mitchell
8 - Finn Maginness
7 - Callum Brown, Harry Morrison
6 - Max Ramsden, Josh Ward
5 - Sam Butler, Callum Porter
4 - Henry Hustwaite
3 - Max Hall, Nick Watson
2 - Cam Mackenzie
1 - Lloyd Meek, Ned Reeves