Manuka Football Club
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| founded = 1928 [http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/Manuka/150/ Manuka] on AustralianFootball website
| dissolved = {{Start date and age|1991}} (merged with Eastlake)
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| league = AFL Canberra (1928–1991)
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Manuka Football Club is a defunct Australian rules football club that played in the AFL Canberra from 1928–1991. The club played at Manuka Oval in the inner-south suburbs of Canberra. It merged with Eastlake Football Club in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Manuka/150|title=Manuka|publisher=AustralianFootball.com}}
Notable players
- Adrian Barich (Played for Manuka from 1981-1983 including 1981 premiership, later played for Perth and the West Coast Eagles from 1987–1992)
- Ed Blackaby (Played for Manuka for 10 seasons, amassing 185 games, 4 years as captain coach including premierships in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977. Later played and coached Swan Districts, AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/trophyroom.cgi?c=7-1051-0-0-0&a=tr_hb|title=AFL Canberra Hall of Fame Inductees}}
- Keith Bromage (Captain-Coach 1962-1965, previously played for Collingwood and Fitzroy)
- Michael Conlan (Played for Fitzroy 1977-1989)
- Ray Donnellan (Captain-Coach 1953-1956, ex-Fitzroy)
- Robert Franklin (AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-1051-0-0-0&sID=82976&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9904217|title=AFL Canberra Hall of Fame Inductees 2009}}
- Peter Kenny (Played for Carlton in 1986)
- Ian Low (Played for Footscray and Collingwood from 1975 to 1980)
- Jack Dorman (AFL Canberra Hall of Fame inductee, 2006)
- Brian Quade (Captain-Coach 1980-1982, premiership 1981)
- Robert Whatman (Played for Geelong 1972-1974)
Honours
Although Manuka merged with Eastlake in 1991, the team enjoyed premiership success 16 times before becoming Southern Districts in 1991.
- AFL Canberra (16):
- 1931, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981