Cobram Football Club
The Cobram Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the regional city of Cobram located in north east Victoria. Cobram teams currently compete in the Murray FNL. History. Formed in 1887, Cobram began in the Goulburn Valley Football Association(GVFA) in 1888. The club also had short stints in the Murray Border Football Association and Federal District Football Association. Cobram FC also won two additional premierships in 1892 and 1893 as per a letter to the "Cobram Courier" by former player, Jack McNamara in 1903, who wrote that he had  possession of the actual "Gedye's Victoria Hotel Cup" premiership cups. In 1911, the GVFA's southernmost clubs voted against the entry of Cobram due to what was deemed as excessive travel. Cobram then went into recess in 1911, before returning to the GVFA in 1912. Cobram was a founding member of the Murray Football League in 1931 and has remained in this league ever since. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937. The two clubs then reformed  as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina Football League in 1937. Cobram Tigers remains as one of the stronger teams in MFL with multiple premierships in Senior and Junior years over the years. The most recent premiership team was the third eighteen in 2019 (Rumbalara 5.5-35 def by Cobram 9.10-64). Cadeyn Williams was rookie drafted to Richmond Football Club in the 2013 AFL Rookie Draft. Cadeyn played all his juniors at Cobram, Esava Ratugolea got drafted to the Geelong Football Club in the 2017 draft at pick 43, after  playing thirds and seniors at Cobram. Football Leagues Timeline. Goulburn Valley Football Association Gedye's Victoria Hotel Trophy Murray Border Football Association Federal District Football Association Cobram Football Club Goulburn Valley Football Association Cobram Football Club Goulburn Valley Football Association Cobram Football Club Goulburn Valley Football Association Murray Football League VFL / AFL Players. The following Cobram footballers have played senior VFL / AFL football or have been drafted to an AFL club. The year below indicates their debut season in VFL / AFL. Victorian Football League Australian Football League