Melbourne Hakoah

Melbourne Hakoah

Full name	Melbourne Hakoah
Nickname(s)	Hakoah
Founded	1927
Dissolved	1983
Ground	Middle Park
Ground Capacity	18,000
League	Victorian State League

Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australian sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base, akin to Hakoah Vienna. The club's best known arm was its soccer club.

History

The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the Victorian First Division. The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after World War II. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the Dockerty Cup, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with South Melbourne's Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s.

Notable people

Notable former players

• Henry Mowbray
• Jack Reilly
• Joe Picioane
• Anton Dosen
• Mike O'Hara [Victorian State Representative]

Managers

• Billy Walsh

Honours

• Victorian Premier League titles: 4
  • 1934, 1935, 1938, 1943
• Dockerty Cup titles: 8
  • 1935, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1973

External links

Official

• Melbourne Hakoah Official Site