Denver Bulldogs

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**Denver**

Full name	Denver Bulldogs
Nickname	Bulldog
Strip	Red, White and Blue (based on the Western Bulldogs)
Founded	1998
Sport	Australian rules football
League	USAFL, MAAFL (2003-)
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President/Chair	Sasha Sibree
Coach	Ben Harling
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The Denver Bulldogs is an Australian rules football club based in Denver, Colorado in the United States. The club is currently the most successful in the United States with five Division 1 titles in the USAFL National Championships out of six Grand Final appearances.

It also runs a 2 team Metro Footy competition known as the Denver Metro Footy League each annual between May and July.

–==History== The club was founded in 1998. Founding members are Jim Baldwin, Matt Dainauski, Paul Renouf, and Russell Waugh. These four were honored with lifetime membership in 2005.

Bulldogs began playing in 1999, finsihing 5th nationally in thier inaugural season. Since then, they have finished third, in 2001, and have won 5 national championships in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2006, the 'Dogs lost in the USAFL Grand Final to San Diego.

The Bulldogs have proudly sent many players to the USA National squad, the "US Revolution", to represent the USA in international competition. Tom and Charley Ellis, Matt Dainauski, Chris Candelaria, Jim Baldwin, and Kyle Weir all have worn the Stars and Stripes.

The Bulldogs are also proudly affiliated with the Western Bulldogs, their sister club, who are a club in the Australian Football League representing the western suburbs of Melbourne.

The Denver Bulldogs have played 105 games, with a record of 92 wins and 13 losses.