Home Ground: McDonald Park

Club Address: P.O. Box 1065, Mount Gambier 5290, South Australia

Colours: Black and red

Emblem: Bulldogs

Senior WBFL Premierships: 1965, 1972-3, 1975-6, 1982-3, 1988 (8 total)

Senior WBFL Best and Fairest Player Awards: G.Lazarus 1972; D.Clarke 1973; D.Lane 1990; M.Jones 1993 (4 total)

Prior to becoming a foundation member of the Western Border Football League in 1964 East Gambier had competed at various times in the Mid South Eastern Football League, the Mount Gambier and District Football League and the South East and Border Football League. The club’s record in the WBFL is a good one, with its tally of eight senior premierships only surpassed by South Gambier’s ten. The first of those flags arrived in the competition’s second season courtesy of a 10.21 (81) to 11.9 (75) grand final defeat of Heywood.

The 1970s were a halcyon decade for the Bulldogs who qualified for no fewer than seven grand finals, including six in succession between 1971 and 1976. In 1972 against North Gambier, 1973 and 1975 against North Gambier, and 1976 against Imperials they emerged triumphant.

The club continued as a force during the 1980s, contesting half a dozen grand finals for three wins. However, since claiming the 1988 premiership with a 14.7 (91) to 5.7 (37) grand final victory over Millicent the Bulldogs have not added to their senior grade flag haul, with losing grand finals against South Gambier in 2005 and Portland a year later the closest they have come.

East Gambier’s reserves can boast a quite exceptional record, having won no fewer than thirteen WBFL premierships. The thirds meanwhile went top in the competition’s inaugural year of 1974 and again in 2000.

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