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Old Xaverians
Full nameOld Xaverians Football Club
NicknameOld Xavs
SportAustralian Rules Football
Founded1923
LeagueVAFA
Home groundToorak Park
Anthem"We are the boys from the Old Xavs"
PresidentBill Denton
Head coachPat Hawkins & Ted Woodruff
CaptainJohn Shaw
2016Premiers
Strip
Black, with red shoulder trim and two thin red horizontal bands.

The Old Xaverians Football Club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. The club is one of the most successful in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

The Old Xavs have won a total of fourteen VAFA Section A/Premier Section flags. The club has been dominant in recent times, winning thirteen Section A premierships between 1995 and 2016 and winning six premierships in a row from 1995 through 2000.

  • Section A Premiers – 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
  • Section B Premiers – 1948, 1962, 1980
  • Section C Premiers – 1938, 1978
  • Section D Premiers – 1976
  • Reserves Premiers – 1964, 1966, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2013