Oakleigh District Football Club

Oakleigh District Football Club
Full name	Oakleigh District Football Club
Emblem	The Districts
Colours	black and white sash
Founded	1950
League	Southern Football League
Premiership	2015
Official website	Official website

The Oakleigh District Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in the Southern Football Netball League.

Late in 1949 a meeting was held in Oakleigh Mechanics Institute Hall in Drummond Street Oakleigh to solve the problem of having no open age side to for all mature players to continue on their careers. The only open age side in Oakleigh area besides the Oakleigh (VFA) club was Oakleigh United but they had just disbanded. The club had left 50 pounds to any club starting up an open age side.

Oakleigh District Football Club was formed and accepted into the Caulfield-Oakleigh District Football League. Oakleigh (VFA) was asked for assistance but they gave none.

It wasn't long before the Districts had success as they won the 1953, 1957 and 1958 premierships.

After founding the South East Suburban Football League in 1963, the club transferred to the Federal Football League in 1964. The club had to change it's jumper as it clashed with Clayton, not wanting to change its colours, the club adopted a black jumper with a white sash.

The club stayed in the league until it disbanded in 1981. They with the rest of the Federal clubs transferred into the South East Suburban FL.

By the time their breakthrough premier in 2015 the club had lost 12 grand finals.

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