The Modbury Hawks currently field 30 teams. Senior teams compete in the South Australian Amateur Football League and junior teams in the North Eastern Metropolitan Junior Football League. It also now fields a women's team and an under-18 girls' team in the SAWFL. The club has over 550 registered players.
History
1862: First interclub game of football in South Australia[1]
Goals
Adelaide
2
Modbury
0
Venue: Old Modbury Oval
The first game recorded as taking place was between Modbury and the Adelaide Football Club in 1862.[2] Each side had 20 players but there were no umpires. The game ended after Adelaide kicked its second goal and the game was declared in their favour, 2 goals to nil.
The two teams met again the following year, on a strip of land near the Modbury Hotel (Civic Park), when "the game was kept up with the greatest spirit and good feeling, and so equally were the sides matched that not a goal was obtained"
To celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 1962, and during the state's 150th-year celebrations, in 1986, a special game was played between the Modbury Football Club and the South Adelaide Football Club at Modbury Oval to commemorate two of the oldest clubs in the state.
Up to 1937 – Maroon guernsey with one white band, later replaced with a white vee
1947–1978 – Dark blue guernsey with a light blue vee
1979–onwards – Brown and gold vertical stripes
Grounds
up to 1963 – Old Modbury Oval (Civic Park, adjacent to the Modbury Hotel).
1964 – Memorial Oval, Tea Tree Gully.
1965 – Temporary Oval, now Waterworld Swimming Centre.
1966 – onwards – Modbury Oval
Illyarrie Oval was also used for junior training and games.
