Mitcham Hawks History
The Mitcham Football Club's first ground was at Hill Street Mitcham, then 'The Long Paddocks' in the Netherby area. Hawthorn Oval was originally called Price Oval and was developed by Club Members (The Hawthorn Oval Trust) during 1909 and 1910 and later transferred to the Mitcham Council. It was the site of the first SAAFL match ever played. In the early 1920's Mitcham was regarded as one of the strongest teams outside the SANFL, defeating Sturt in a trial match in a year when 7 Mitcham players went on to play for Sturt.
The Club's colours of blue and gold date from the reformation of the Club after the war when Myer department store had a set of guernseys going cheap because they were not as ordered by another club.
In the post-war period is was a dominant member of the Sturt District and Adelaide Metropolitan associations with 4 premierships and 5 seconds until it joined the SAAFL in 1968. It won a flag in its first year and rose quickly to A2, but thereafter struggled and won its next SAAFL "A" premiership in 1987 in Grade A5, with Glenelg South premierships in 1977 and 1984 along the way. The club rooms at Hawthorn Oval were extended in co-operation with the Sturt Cricket Club in 1984.
Mitcham Hawks was one of the founding members of the Metro South Junior Football League in 1998, and have won 9 Premierships, in 2011 Mitcham's Under 11's, Under 12's and Under 13's all won the flag and in 2012 the Under 11's won again.
Mitcham have had 4 of their past Juniors drafted to the AFL.