Nick George, who later became Macleod's first captain, suggested the colours be blue and white as he had played at North Melbourne in the VFL for two years.
It was decided to play homes games at De Winton Park, Rosanna, because Macleod Cricket Club did not have a fence.
The club attracted young men from Rosanna and Greensborough and had no problems getting enough numbers to form a senior team (but no reserves) for the 1947 season.
It started a successful under-19s side that won a premiership in just its second season (1993, under Jamie Boland) and many of those players have gone on to represent the club with distinction.
Macleod enjoyed a period of strong play under Ramsey, being crowned Premiers of the Meadows Greyhounds Division 1 in 2015, and losing the following 3 premierships to Heidelberg, Bundoora and West Preston-Lakeside respectively.
When the final siren sounded, the scoreboard showed North Heidelberg defeating Macleod by a point.
MJFC puts almost 300 players on the field each week and has produced AFL players such as Matthew Collins, Jarrod Molloy, Mark Richardson, Robert Scott, Tony Woods, Ron McKeown and the latest great star Michael Hurley.
In recent years there has been a tremendous influx of some of the most talented players in the Diamond Valley area coming to Macleod seniors.
However, the club changed its home ground to Winsor Park and operated out of an old wooden shed, which eventually was bricked in.
In early to mid 1980s the club broke away from the PDJFL and solely entered teams in all age groups in the DDJFL.
The DDJFL changed its name and now operate under the banner of the Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) In the late 1980s under Jim Smith (MJFC) and Bob Crowley (MCC) a lot of work was done with assistance from local and federal government to extend the building at Macleod Park for it to become our permanent home ground with Winsor as our secondary ground.
Both clubs still operate as a separate identities, but are linked strongly together, with a fantastic relationship that continues to build every year.
The Macleod Juniors has always been lucky to have been surrounded by good people involved in some way shape or form, from President – Committee – Coaches and Just the Volunteers in all other aspects of getting a team on the ground and making the club to what it is today.