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Norwood
Full nameNorwood Football Club
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1878
LeagueSouth Australian National Football League
Home groundCoopers Stadium
AnthemIt’s a grand old flag
Head coachTrevor Hill
CaptainJames Gallagher
20067th of 9
Strip
Navy blue and red

The Norwood Football Club, known as the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium, often referred to as "The Parade".

Tradition

The Redlegs are one of the two traditional power-houses in the South Australian National Football League, the other team being the Port Adelaide Magpies, although in recent years both teams fortunes have been less than stellar.

The rivalry between the two clubs has always been intense, with those claiming allegiance to Norwood typically coming from the eastern side of Adelaide, which is the higher socio-economic side of town; whereas the Port Adelaide Magpies come from the north-west side, leading to a traditional rich-poor split in the following of the two clubs.


Past and present AFL players

Ed Lower


Premierships

Premierships: 27 - 1878-83; 1887-89; 1891; 1894; 1901; 1904; 1907; 1922-23; 1925; 1929; 1941; 1946; 1948; 1950; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1984; 1997.

Other Achievements

  • Runners up: 20
  • Wooden Spoons: 6 - 1913; 1914; 1915; 1919; 1968; 2004
  • Other Premierships: 1977 NFL Championship (Ardath Cup)
  • Champions of Australia: 1888; 1907
  • Stanley H. Lewis Trophy: 10 - 1965; 1974; 1982; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1995; 1996; 1997

Personal Achievements

  • Most Years As Coach: 12 - Jack Oatey 1945-1956
  • Most Years As Captain: 9 - Alfred Waldron, 1881-84; 1887-90; 1892
  • Most Games: 371 by G. McIntosh 1982-1997
  • Most State Games: 39 by Walter Scott, 1920-32
  • Magarey Medallists: Albert Green,1898; Walter Scott, 1924 & 1930; Alick Lill, 1925; William McCallum, 1936; John Marriott, 1951; Ron Kneebone, 1966; Michael Aish, 1981; Garry McIntosh, 1994 & 1995; Andrew Jarman, 1997
  • Fos Williams Medallists: Michael Aish, 1983; Garry McIntosh, 1984, 1992, 1995; Andrew Jarman, 1990; Scott Burns, 1994; James Thiessen, 1997; Paul McCormack 1998
  • Jack Oatey Medallists: Danny Jenkins, 1982; Keith Thomas, 1984; John Cunningham, 1997
  • All Australians: John Marriott, 1953; K. Wedding, 1961; Graham Molloy, 1969; Michael Aish, 1983 and 1986 (Vice Captain)
  • Gallagher/Williams Cup: 1993,1997
  • Most Goals in a Season: 111 - Neville Roberts, 1983; Others: 100 - Bruce Schultz, 1941
  • Highest Goal Aggregrate: 669 by Bruce Schultz, 1933-41; 602 by Roger Woodcock, 1969-81

Last premiership side (1997)

Norwood 19.12 (126) defeated Port Adelaide 7. 11. (53)[1]

F: J. West, G. Molloy, S. Cook
HF: B. James, A. Pascoe, R. James
C: J. Thiessen, A. Jarman, D. Obst
HB: T. Davey, L. Bowman, T. Clements
B: J. D'Antiochia, D. Fleming, S. Pitt
R: S. Eastaugh, A. Harvey(C), J. Cunningham
Int: A. Keating, S. Bassett, S. Rowe
Coach: P. Rohde

Club jumper

The Norwood Football Club's current major sponsor is Fairmont Homes.

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