About
The Altona Football Club was established in 1918 in a Pier Street café by James Duke, Dick Blomberg and a number of other business people from Altona. Duke’s son George was the first soldier from Altona to return home after World War I and his battalion’s colours of purple & gold were adopted by the club.
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Home Ground
Grant Reserve, Sugar Gum Drive, Altona
Location
Altona is a western suburb of Melbourne, located 13 km southwest of Melbourne’s CBD. A key feature is Altona Beach on Port Phillip, which is one of only two swimming beaches in the western suburbs. Altona takes its name from the then independent German city of Altona which is today a borough of Hamburg.
Premierships
1930, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1956, 1964, 1970-71-72-73, 1975-76, 1980, 1987, 1991, 2004-05, 2012
