Honour Boards

Joe Murphy Trophy

Joe Murphy came to Greensborough from Fitzroy in 1954 as Captain-Coach and won the first of 2

DVFL Best & Fairest awards in that year.

From 1955-1958, he was Captain-Coach of the LaTrobe Football Club in the NWFU in Tasmania. He represented Tasmania in the State Carnivals and won the All Australian selection. Returning to Greensborough in 1959 to set up his legal business, he was Captain-Coach of the 1960 and 1961 premiership sides, and won his second DVFL Best and Fairest award in 1961. Many observers regard Joe Murphy as the best player ever to play DVFL football. Following various positions on the Greensborough committee, Joe was Club President from 1966-1968 and was the instigator of Junior Football in the area.

Everybody connected with the DVFL was saddened by the passing of Joe at a comparatively young age on June 7, 1985 from a terminal illness. In 1986, as a tribute to the vision of Joe Murphy, the Greensborough Junior Football Club created a perpetual award known as the Joe Murphy Trophy. It is awarded annually to the junior footballer that the committee considers the most outstanding for that year. A shield is displayed in the clubrooms, and the awarded player is presented with a trophy on Presentation day.

The trophy reads “Awarded to the player who embraces & represents the Club’s values and the spirit of Club founder Joe Murphy”

 

1986 Jason Keogh
1987 Damien Johnson
1988  Adam McWatters
1989  Steven Ellis
1990  Scott Butterworth
1991  Scott Drummond
1992  Ryan Cameron
1993
Glen Hatfield
1994
Kade Smith
1995
Kris Watson
1996
Lucas Fleming / Ryan Cameron
1997
Aaron Wilson
1998
Trent Lawrence
1999
Conlan Gunn
2000
Jared Ritchie / Andrew Evens
2001
Simon Buchanan/Brett Millsom
2002
Luke Gration
2003 Nick Carnell
2004 Brett Millsom
2005 Chris Walker
2006 Ryan Scarce
2007 Brendan Dowse
2008 Travis Miller
2009 Scott Conte/Dane Robertson
2010 Jordan Cisek
2011 Jarrod Barnes/Stephen Schmidt
2012 Daniel Schmidt
2013 Joel Quinn
2014 Tom Phelan
2015 Luke Hogg
2016 Lachlan Hill
2017 Lachlan Agnew
2018 Ethan Lamb
2019 Toby Brown
2020 No Season COVID
2021 Emmison Zealley
2022 Josh Vangelista

Premierships

Greensborough Junior Football Club has a proud history in the Diamond Valley Football League & Northern Football League with the following list of premierships:

Under 17:

1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1988, 1989, 2008, 2009, 2022

Under 16:

1980, 1983

Under 15:

1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2017

Under 15 Girls:

2015  

Under 14:

1977, 1978, 1985, 2001, 2018

Under 14 Girls:

2018

Under 13:

1970, 1975, 1996, 2005, 2015, 2022

Under 12:

1976, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2021*

Under 11:

1974, 1975, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2022

Under 10:

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009

Ray Dickson Award

The Ray Dickson Award was started in season 2018 in respect to one of the founders of our great club. Ray was a very passionate coach who dedicated his time to helping develop all of his players to be better players and better people. Ray coached to give every player the opportunity to play at the highest level that they could and gave positive feedback to all. He taught his players about respecting the community and the people that helped our club grow.

This is awarded annually to the Junior Football Coach that the executive considers the most outstanding for that year. A shield is displayed in the Clubrooms and the awarded Coach is presented with a trophy on Presentation day.

 

Year Recipient
2018 Rob Lamb
2019 Marc Vangelista
2020 N/A - COVID-19
2021 Les Hill
2022 Paul Hattenfells
2023 Damien Toomey

Stephen Hatfield Award

Stephen Hatfield was a long standing club member and a dedicated club volunteer during the 1990's. In speaking with previous members of the club, they mentioned the variety of contributions and hands on roles he performed around the club as a parent volunteer, and described him in the highest terms of his grassroots involvement.

Stephen was the Team Trainer for the 1996 GJFC U15 Premiership team, for which the flag and team photo hang proudly in the clubrooms.

Tragically just a year later in August 1997, Stephen was killed in a light plane crash in the Northern Territory. The Cessna with 5 people onboard was on a chartered sightseeing flight from Darwin to Katherine. However due to pilot miscalculation, the plane ran out of fuel and crashed just 6km short of Katherine airport, killing all onboard.

Stephen left behind a wife and children, including son Steve who I have kept in touch with in recent years (Real estate agent). In his memory, the GJFC created the Stephen Hatfield Memorial Trophy, and since 1997 this has been awarded to the U17 Boys B&F player. The 2022 B&F winner will also be inscribed on this trophy and help to maintain Stephen's legacy.

 

YEAR

WINNER

YEAR WINNER
1997

Troy Pedder &

Daniel Baldwin

2008 Tyler Scarce
1998 Leigh Orton 2009 Scott Conte
1999 Brendan Morrison 2010 James Love
2000 Shane Gilbert 2011 Stephen Schmidt & Konrad Brauhn
2001 Joel Buckley 2013 Jacob Pickett
2002 Luke Gration 2015 Alex Hughan
2003 Travis Knight 2016 Lachlan Hill
2004 Brett Milsom 2017 Jordan Smith
2005 Jason Rogers 2018 Campbell Walsh
2006 Ashley Neville 2022 David Tomaino
2007 Brent Brigham