Unley Jets History
The Club was formed by a group of staff and students from Unley High School who wished to progress from the mayhem of once-yearly staff/student football matches. An Unley High Old Scholars Association was formed and a team with the Unley High Old Scholars name and School guernsey (royal blue with a gold 'V') was entered in the Amateur League in 1970.
The Club played on the School oval and its first coach was Graham Dodd (later to be Deputy Chairman of the Amateur League). The Club in conjunction with the Southern Suburbs Rugby Club was granted approval for the construction of a two-storey clubroom overlooking Kingswood Oval, and the Kingswood Sports and Social Club complex was completed in 1976.
The first premiership team in 1977 was coached by Ellis Burchell, and the first 'A' team premiership came in 1993 under coach Greg Parker. The Club record holder for games played is David Stanes with 318 followed closely by Nigel Koschade with 303.
The Unley Jets joined Metro South Junior Football League in 2002, and since they joined they have won 8 premierships, in 2012 the Under 13's won the flag.
