Brighton Football Club

The Brighton Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). The club was based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, and was nicknamed the Penguins. After suffering financial hardship throughout the 1950s, Brighton moved to Caulfield and became the Caulfield Bears in the mid-1960s.

Brighton
Names
Full nameBrighton Football Club
Nickname(s)Penguins
Club details
Founded1885
Dissolvedc. 1964 (1964)
Colours  Maroon   Gold
(1946–1964)
CompetitionMJFA (1892–1907)
VFA (1908–1964)
Ground(s)Brighton Beach Oval, Elsternwick Park
Uniforms
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