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Geelong Falcons
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| Full name | Geelong Falcons Football Club |
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| Nickname | Falcons |
| Strip | Navy Blue guernsey with white vertical stripe, navy blue shorts, navy blue and white socks |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | TAC Cup |
| First season | 1992 |
| Ground | Highton Reserve - Highton |
| Club song | |
| President/Chair | Alan Thompson |
| Coach | Garry Hocking |
| Captain | |
| 2006 | 2nd of 12 |
Junior Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup competition, Victoria, Australia.
Enters elite teams, made up of players from a selected local region, in the Under-16 and more significantly, the Under-18 Competition.
The Falcons have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft, including Jonathan Brown, Cameron Ling, Scott Lucas, Luke Hodge, Jordan Lewis, Matthew Scarlett, Gary Ablett Jnr and James Bartel
The U18 squad is currently coached by former AFL player and Geelong player, Garry Hocking. Geelong players Chris Kangars and Jaxson Barhan were selected in the 2007 TAC Team of the Year.
Several players from Geelong Falcons have moved on to the premier Australian Football League. These include:
- Travis Boak Under 18's player in 2006, drafted to Port Adelaide Football Club in the 2006 AFL Draft
- Daniel O'Keefe drafted to Sydney Swans in the 2006 AFL Draft
- Will Schofield drafted to West Coast Eagles in the 2006 AFL Draft
- Simon Hogan drafted to Geelong Football Club in the 2006 AFL Draft
- Ryan Wiliams drafted to Port Adelaide Football Club in the 2006 AFL Draft
- Shaun Higgins drafted to Western Bulldogs in the 2005 AFL Draft
- Guy O'Keefe drafted to Western Bulldogs in the 2007 AFL Draft
- Patrick Dangerfield drafted to Adelaide Football Club in the 2007 AFL Draft
- Lachlan Henderson drafted to Brisbane Lions in the 2007 AFL Draft
- Adam Donohue drafted to Geelong Football Club in the 2007 AFL Draft
- Jaxson Barham drafted to Collingwood Football Club in the 2007 AFL Draft
| Clubs in the TAC Cup |
| Bendigo Pioneers | Calder Cannons | Dandenong Stingrays | Eastern Ranges | Geelong Falcons | Gippsland Power Murray Bushrangers | North Ballarat Rebels | Northern Knights | Oakleigh Chargers | Sandringham Dragons | Western Jets |
| Former Clubs : NSW/ACT Rams | Tassie Mariners |
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