The South Gawler Football Club is a country Australian rules football club, founded by James Fitzgerald in the Gawler South area of the Barossa Valley town of Gawler, South Australia, in 1889.
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Names such as Winky Price, Eddie Mahoney, Howard Abbott, Laurie Rusby, John Nottle, Robin Mulholland, Steven Officer and Eddie Schwerdt lead up to Sam Butler who became South Gawler's first fully professional footballer with the AFL's West Coast Eagles in 2004 and a member of the Eagles' 2006 Premiership team.
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Defender Yves Sibenaler has played in seven SANFL Premierships for the Central District Football Club, while Alan Obst (a 2007 Premiership player also with Centrals) has now returned from a stint with AFL club North Melbourne.
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The Lions, who wear royal blue and white hoops, currently compete in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.
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Their club and oval today situated at Eldred Riggs Reserve, Evanston, in Gawler.
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