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Essendon Football Club

Australian rules football club

EntityAustralian rules football clubQ251090

Also known as Essendon Bombers · Bombers · The Dons

Instance of: Australian rules football club
Country: Australia
Founded: 1871
Website: essendonfc.com.au

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The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. Formed by the McCracken family in their Ascot Vale home in 1872, the club played its first recorded game in 1873. From 1878 until 1896, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), where it won four consecutive premierships between 1891 and 1894. In 1896, Essendon joined seven other clubs to form the breakaway Victorian Football League, winning the inaugural VFL premiership in 1897. Headquartered at Windy Hill from 1922 to 2013, the club moved to The Hangar in late 2013. The club currently shares its home games between Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Andrew McGrath serves as the club captain as of 2026.

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Home venue: Docklands Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
League: Australian Football League
Victorian Football League
Sport: Australian rules football
Named after: Essendon
Nickname: Bombers
Motto text: Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re
Owner of: Windy Hill Fitness Centre
Category for members of a team: Category:Essendon Football Club players
Headquarters: Melbourne
Participant in: 1911 VFL Grand Final
1912 VFL Grand Final
1923 VFL Grand Final
1941 VFL Grand Final
1942 VFL Grand Final
1943 VFL Grand Final
1946 VFL Grand Final
1947 VFL Grand Final
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1951 VFL Grand Final
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1962 VFL Grand Final
1965 VFL Grand Final
1968 VFL Grand Final
1983 VFL Grand Final
1984 VFL Grand Final
Social media followers: 141,039(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 25903941
136,376(March 2, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 25903941
132,181(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 25903941
131,406(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 25903941

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