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Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong, Australia and playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with three in the AFL era (since 1990). They have also won nine McClelland Trophies, a record shared with Essendon.〔〔(AFL Tables ) (Finishing Summary 1897–2006 ).〕 The club was formed in 1859, making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.〔(Official Website of the Geelong Football Club ) (GFC History ) Retrieved on 10 June 2007.〕 Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.〔Rodgers, Stephen (1983) ''Every Game Ever Played'' p. i. Melbourne: Lloyd O'Neil〕 The club established itself in the VFL by winning six premierships up to 1963. However, despite playing in a further five Grand Finals—including four between 1989 and 1995—the club had to wait 44 years until it won another premiership—an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final.〔(AFL Tables )〕〔(Finishing Summary 1897–2006 )〕〔(The Bulletin publishes for the last time )〕 The club won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011. With three premierships since the commencement of the AFL in 1990, Geelong are the joint second most successful side with West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions behind , who have won four premierships. ==Origins== The Geelong Football Club was formally established at a meeting held in the Victoria Hotel on 18 July 1859.〔 The club is one of the oldest football clubs in the world; however, many of its official records before 1920 have disappeared. Geelong travelled to Melbourne to become the second winner of the Caledonian Challenge Cup in 1863, played under compromise rules. Geelong's George Reynolds Rippon kicked the winning goal to defeat Melbourne to take the cup. The club contested the final in 1867 and 1869. Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian football, played exclusively for Geelong from 1865 until his retirement from football in 1874. As Geelong's captain, he pioneered the Australian football tactic of flooding. Geelong played most of its early home games at the Argyle Square, situated between Aberdeen Street and Pakington Street. However, in 1881 the club was evicted from the ground by the private owner who ploughed up the paddock because the club had neglected to pay its rent.〔''THE CLUBS. The Complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL''; Garrie Hutchinson, John Ross, et al.; 1988, Viking, Melbourne. Page 190〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Geelong Football Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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