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YALLOURN FOOTBALL CLUB 1945-65

1957~ YALLOURN PLAYERS DOMINATE LVFL AWARDS - BRUCE KNIGHT, VIN SABBATUCCI & MORRIS ‘MOSSIE’ WILLIAMS.

Following the formation of the LVFL in 1954, football flourished in the ‘Valley and rapidly gained patronage, publicity and prominence. The consequent wider newspaper coverage from Warragul to Sale and the involvement of country radio stations (3UL, 3TR & 3GI) generated greater interest in local football and this, in turn, boosted attendances and gave an ‘edge’ to the competition.

The Blues' champion ruckman - Bruce Knight.

Vin Sabbatucci - Yallourn Football Club (YFC) Coach in 1957.

Vin Sabbatucci, out of the team because of injury, discusses the game with Yallourn's centre half back, John Henderson.

Vin Sabbatucci training at Fitzroy in 1953

Brilliant mid fielder Morris "Mossie" Williams

Arthur Nicholas played his first senior game for YFC in 1957. He gained a reputation for his consistent long kicking from defence.

Ever reliable defender, Brian Edmondson, played his first senior game for The Blues in 1957.

Keith Angove played his first senior game for Yallourn in 1957. He went on to play more than 100 senior games for The Blues.

Now who would even have remembered the Yallourn Public Cemetery or its trustees?

Our family comprising Dad - Leo, Mum - Ursula and the kids - Terry (Ter), Michael (Mick), Marie (Re) and Kerin (Ker) lived in Progress Rd Hernes Oak near the top of the hill from about 1952 till about 1975, about 23 years. I was eight when we moved from Moe where I was born in the bush hospital on March 26th 1944. Dad got a job as a house painter with the SEC which is why we moved to the area. He worked around Yallourn till he retired, his last work was painting road lines. Mum never worked outside the home but she worked hard to give us a happy and healthy life.