Hawthorn Football Club's VFL team

 

Box Hill’s history stretches back as far as 1921, when the Box Hill Junior Football Club participated in local competition. Back then, there were two teams representing Box Hill in the Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Football Association; Box Hill United and Box Hill City. In 1936, Box Hill amalgamated with Box Hill East to become the Box Hill Football Club. In 1951, the ‘White Horses’, as they were known back then, made their debut in the VFA competition, reaching finals for the first time five years later. The team then adopted the ‘Mustangs’ emblem in 1965. Three years later, Box Hill’s U19 team claimed the club’s first VFA premiership in any grade. The senior team then reached a Grand Final for the first time in 1970, but unfortunately lost the Division Two Grand Final to Coburg. In 1984, after enduring a tough financial period as a club, Box Hill dominated the VFA Division Two competition, claiming the premiership by 135 points against Oakleigh. After being a foundation member of the newly formed VFL in 1995, Box Hill then established an alliance with Hawthorn Football Club to form the Box Hill Hawks. A year later, they would win their first ever VFL premiership, with another two to follow in 2013 and 2018. The Box Hill/ Hawthorn alliance is the longest running VFL - AFL alignment and has yielded a range of successful outcomes, including premierships as well as an array of players and coaches from the program reaching AFL level. For a full timeline of Box Hill’s history, click here. 

Club Formed 
1936
Box Hill Football Club joined Victorian Football Association: 1951 
Box Hill Football Club joined Victorian Football League: 1996 
Box Hill Hawks Football Club established: 2000 

Official Colours 
Guernsey - brown and gold vertical stripes on front, gold back 
Socks - brown and gold hooped 
Shorts - brown (home), white (away) 

Home Ground
Box Hill City Oval 

Premierships 
VFA Division One: - 
VFA Division Two: 2 (1984, 1986) 
VFL: 3 (2001, 2013, 2018)

Overall VFA/ VFL record
Games Played: 1390
Won: 637
Lost: 733
Drawn: 20

2025 VFL AWARDS

  • Col Austen Trophy VFL Club Champion – Jai Serong (87 votes)
  • Runner Up VFL Club Champion – Henry Hustwaite (78 votes)
  • Third Place VFL Club Champion – Trent Bianco (76 votes)
  • David Banfield Trophy VFL Development Award – Lane Ward
  • Paul Bolton Trophy VFL Leading Goal Kicker – Jasper Scaife (33 goals)
  • 3WBC Outstanding Player – Kye Declase
  • President’s Award for Leading Votes in J.J. Liston Trophy – Henry Hustwaite (18 votes)
  • VFL Best in Finals – Henry Hustwaite
  • The Mirra Award Players’ Player Award – Max Ramsden
  • VFL Best First Year Player – Noah Mraz

Male Indigenous players who played HFC Reserves / Box Hill 

Click here for female Indigenous players who played for Box Hill 

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this webpage contains the name of a person who has died.

Saunders brothers
- Played with the U17s/ U19s in 1973/ 1975

John Lambley

Willie Rioli Snr
- 1991
- 17 Reserves Games

Djaran Whyman
- Rookie-listed 2002
- Returned to country football later that season
- Later played 3 AFL Games, North Melbourne Kangaroos 2007

Amos Frank
- Rookie listed 2011
- Returned to South Australia after two seasons
- Box Hill Games 21
- Box Hill Reserves 4

Jermaine Miller-Lewis
- Rookie Draft 2014
- A forward originally from South Fremantle

Dayle Garlett
- National Draft 2013
- Returned to Western Australia early 2014

Mathew Walker
- National Draft 2018
- Box Hill Games 4

Harry Pepper
- Category B Rookie, 2019 Rookie Draft
- Former basketballer from Morwell

Jaylon Thorpe
- Currently Hawthorn's Cultural Advisor

Brady Grey
- Former Hawthorn Indigenous Player Development Manager and AFLW Assistant Coach

Cody Anderson
- National Draft 2024

Matt Hill
- Category B Rookie 2024 

Oliver Greeves
- National Draft 2025