Norwood Football Club

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**Norwood**

Full name	Norwood Football Club
Nickname	The Redlegs
Strip	Navy blue and red
Founded	1878
Sport	Australian rules football
League	South Australian National Football League
Ground	Norwood Oval "The Parade"
Club song	It’s a grand old flag
President/Chair
Coach	Trevor Hill
Captain	Brett James
2006	7th of 9

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.

1 Tradition
2 Premierships
3 Other Achievements
4 Personal Achievements
5 Last premiership side (1997)
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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