WARRAGUL INDUSTRIALS
Current Affiliation: Ellinbank and District Football League (EDFL) since 1948
Formed: 1948
Colours: Maroon and navy blue
Emblem: Dusties
Senior EDFL Premierships: 1948, 1960, 1976, 1986, 1996 (5 total)
EDFL Club Championships: 1985 (1 total)
Senior EDFL Best and Fairest Player Awards: Don Duncan 1950; George Hoskins 1953; Jack Wall 1958; Ron Thomas 1971 (4 total)
Warragul Industrials commenced in the Ellinbank and District Football League in 1948, which was the year of the club's formation. It proved to be a memorable debut season as the side went top. Between 1949 and 1954 the Dusties contested the finals every year, but losing grand finals to Ellinbank in 1953 and 1954 was the closest they came to securing another flag.
After missing the finals for three straight seasons the side returned to the September fray in 1960 to telling effect as it ended up overcoming Neerim-Neerim South in the grand final to claim that elusive second premiership. A third might easily have followed in any of the next four seasons but the Dusties ended up falling short on grand final day each time. There was another grand final appearance, and another loss, in 1967.
The 1970s proved to be predominantly barren as the side missed the finals every season except one. The exception was 1976, which the Dusties made a season to remember by achieving an improbable, against the odds premiership at the expense of Poowong.
Since 1976 the seniors have contested another five grand finals, winning in 1986 against Bunyip, and ten years later at the expense of Buln Buln. Recent seasons have been a struggle, with the side finishing ninth in 2004, then seventh, twelfth and last. Meanwhile the reserves, thirds and fifths have scarcely fared any better, but the fourths claimed the club's first flag at that level in 2007.
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