It was founded in 1931, making it the second-oldest suburban present-day club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

Smith had himself been nurtured as a young player of Australian Rules Football in the Albert Park State School team, which included himself, Roy Cazaly and Frank Beaurepaire.

[2] At the beginning of the 1930s, Smith approached a friend, Councillor Ernie Gunn, to prevail on the local council for a grant of land.

Les Smith's daughter, Betty Macgregor, recalls the club's foundation: Dad was a champion footballer in the bush in his youth.

Our family moved back to the city from Maffra at the start of the Depression, and we opened a newsagency on the corner of North Road and Newham Grove in Ormond.

The original nucleus of founders included Cec Hattam, Mick Hassett, Peter Dawson and "Doc" Porter.

Dad came out dressed as a policeman, then they were on their way amid great hilarity - marching down Newham Grove to the ground, where they had a function to celebrate the birth of the club.

On Sunday morning everyone gathered at the ground for a post-mortem of the previous day's game, to assess injuries, and plan for the next week.

My Uncle Roy Smith - Dad's younger brother - was the club's rep on the Amateur Football Association.

[3]At Les Smith's funeral in 1968, so many of the "Ormond family" arrived to pay respects that there was standing room only.

In an article in the club's newsletter, "The Brown & Blue Review" (reprinted in "The Amateur Footballer"), Ormond's long-standing club doctor, JR "Doc" Porter, wrote: On behalf of the Ormond Amateur Football Club - members, executives and supporters - I present to you a memoir of the grand old man of Ormond, Les Smith... Les Smith was one of nature's ten-footers in the moral and spiritual measure of earthly existence.... His action in starting the ball rolling for the formation of the OAFC was partly coloured by his concern for the youngsters of the district...