Port Adelaide Football Club Photo

Framed photograph showing the 1919 Port Adelaide Football Club, dressed in their black and white uniform. There are also several men in suits in the group, presumably officials or players not in uniform.
The Port Adelaide Football Club was founded on 12 May 1870, and in 1902 the club first took the field in the black and white jerseys that came to identify 'The Magpies'. The club joined with several other teams to form the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in 1877. Since the club's first game on 24 May 1870, it has won 36 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premierships, including six in a row. The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions. In 1997, the PAFC joined the Australian Football League—the only pre-existing non-Victorian club to have done so—and subsequently added the 2004 AFL Premiership to its achievements.
The Australian Rules football code has always been particularly popular in South Australia. The Magpies evolved into Port Power and the club boasts a passionate and strongly parochial fan base, binding the Port Adelaide community during tough times. During the First World War, the state wide Australian Rules football competition was cancelled, supplanted by a ‘patriotic league’ that raised funds for returned services movements. 1919 was the first year that League football resumed. The Magpies finished fourth.