- Aug 9, 2001
- 6,812
- 8,915
- AFL Club
- Hawthorn
- Other Teams
- Box Hill, Northcote Junior Football Club
It's interesting to note also that the very formation of most clubs was rooted in politics, that of religion anyway.
There were working class Catholic clubs like Collingwood, Richmond and North Melbourne on one hand, and Protestant clubs like Melbourne, Essendon and Carlton on the other.
It didn't get much more political than Catholic v Protestant back then. But it that political aspect was probably integral to the club's identity.
In recent times we've had the idea of the "family club" as an appeal to a certain identity/ demographic. But all in all, the club's are all the same now really, they are positioning themselves to appeal to as broad an audience as they can.
The whole Protestant/Catholic thing is interesting. It is one of the reasons why there was no green or orange in VFL jumpers. The colours had too much political/religious connotations.
Hawthorn was split apart by sectarianism in the 1950s - it was one of the drivers of seeing Col Austin (Hawthorn's best player at the time) leave the club alongside Alec Albiston who felt he'd been overlooked for the captaincy due to being Catholic. John Kennedy (a staunch Catholic at a predominantly Protestant club whose longest serving president was Jewish) looked to end the sectarianism that had plagued the club and the competition.
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