OUR STORY
1921 Box Hill Junior Football Club participated in local competition
1923 Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Football Association formed with two teams representing Box Hill; Box Hill United and Box Hill City
1932 Eastern Suburban Football League formed with Box Hill City as a foundation member
1936 Box Hill City amalgamated with Box Hill East to become the Box Hill Football Club
1937 Box Hill moved to newly constructed Box Hill City Oval
1940 Victorian Football Association comprised twelve Clubs and was a most powerful football body, rivalling the V.F.L. for popularity and drawcard players
1950 Box Hill invited to field teams in the V.F.A. for the 1951 season
1951 Box Hill Football Club made its debut in the V.F.A.
1960 Between 1960 and 1968, Box Hill suffered financially being the only club unable to play Sunday Football at home due to council restrictions
1965 Emblem the "Mustangs" was adopted by the Box Hill Football Club. When the Club joined the V.F.A. it was known as the "White Horses" and for a brief period during the mid-1960s was known as the "Stranglers"
1968 Box Hill Football Club were financially stricken and unable to pay its players. Discussions were held with the Eastern Districts Football League with a view to returning to Junior Football
1969 Box Hill gained permission to play Sunday home matches
1975 Box Hill changed its uniform to the current design; a brown jumper with two large gold panels on the front and the larger "wild Mustang" emblem centrally located
1976 Social Rooms were opened
1980 Committee decided to disband Box Hill Football Club due to the poor on-field situation, huge accumulated debts and lack of support. This decision was not supported. A new Committee, led by prominent local solicitor John Zigouras, took over administration of the Club.
1984 Mustangs dominated the Second Division Competition, claiming the premiership by 135 points against Oakleigh, 32.23 (215) to 11.14 (80). This remains a record in any Australian Football Senior Grand Final
1994 Box Hill Football Club finally contests a First Division Grand Final. Despite a gallant performance, they were defeated by Sandringham 11.12 (78) to 10.9 (69)
1995 Box Hill becomes one of eight V.F.A. Clubs invited by the Victorian State Football League to become a foundation Member of the newly formed V.F.L.
1998 A.F.L. and V.F.L. restructure Victorian Football by abolishing the AFL Reserves Competition for the 2000 season. A.F.L. teams would be invited to either field their own reserves teams in the V.F.L. or to form alignments with existing V.F.L. teams.
2000 Box Hill Mustangs establish an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club to form the Box Hill Hawks.
2001 Box Hill Hawks win first ever VFL Premiership after defeating Werribee 13.13 (91) to 7.12 (54). This followed a season where the club won 15 out of its 20 Home and Away matches and finished second on the ladder at seasons end.
2002 Brand new administration and players facilities building officially opened. This was a combined venture between the City of Whitehorse, Football Victoria and the Hawthorn Football Club.
2003 Box Hill goes on a 13-game winning streak, to break the club's all-time record of successive wins. The Club goes on to lose the Grand Final to Williamstown by 29 points.
2006 Box Hill Reserves claim their first-ever premiership, beating the undefeated and more fancied Williamstown, 10.11 (71) to 8.11 (59).