Clarence Football Club

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**Clarence Roos**

Full name	Clarence Football Club
Nickname	Roos
Strip
Founded	1884
Sport	Australian Rules football
League	Southern Football League (Tasmania)
First season	{{{firstseason}}}
Ground	Bellerive Oval
Club song	Clarence Are The Team To Beat, We'll Sing To You!
President/Chair	Richard Mulligan
Coach	Nick Davey
Captain	To Be Announced
2006	Premiers

The Clarence Football Club (CFC), nicknamed The Roos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Southern Football League (Tasmania), based in Bellerive, Tasmania. They became Clarence Football Club in 1884, but existed before that as Bellerive Football Club.

The Clarence Roos play their home games at Bellerive Oval, which is Hobart's Test Cricket ground. They share it with Tasmania's cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers.

They joined the Tasmanian Football League(TFL) in 1947 and participated in the League until it split into Northern and Southern leagues at the end of 2000, they then joined the Southern Football League (SFL).

The Clarence Roos have strong affiliations with Clarence District Cricket Club.

TFL Premierships
1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000

TFL Runners Up
1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998

SFL Premiers
2001, 2002, 2004, 2006

SFL Runners Up
2005

William Leitch Medalists:
(Best & Fairest Player - TFL Senior Football)
1949 H.Yaxley
1960 Stuart Spencer
1967 John Richmond
1968 R.Lucas
1976 T.Sorrell
1989 Scott Wade
1991 Gary Williamson
1995 Danny Noonan
1996 Danny Noonan

George Watt Medalists
(Best & Fairest Player - TFL Reserves Football)
1957 B.Burn (Tied)
1974 P.Smith

V.A Geard Medalists
(Best & Fairest Player - TFL Thirds Football)
1957 R.Newell
1965 R.Mort
1973 P.Smith
1979 M.Kruene

D.R Plaister Medalists
(Best & Fairest Player - TFL Fourths Football)
1978 Tim Carter
1984 Brendan Mayne
1990 Steven Old

Delphin Medalists
(Best & Fairest Player - NFL Shield)
1989 Scott Wade

Lefroy Medalists
(Best & Fairest Player - Tasmanian Team)
1956 J.Golding
1957 Stuart Spencer (Tied)
1960 Stuart Spencer
1981 Rod Hughes (Tied)
1988 Billy Picken
1989 Scott Wade

All Australian's:
1958 Stuart Spencer

Club Record Score:
SFL: 41.23 (269) vs Brighton 5.4 (34) in Round 5, 2005 at Bellerive Oval
TFL: 33.23 (221) vs Hobart 8.13 (61) in Round 4, 1983 at Bellerive Oval

Club Record Games Holder:
310 by Gavin Cooney from 1989-2005

Record Home Attendance:
5,075 - Clarence 8.8 (56) v North Hobart 13.20 (98) on 13 June 1987 at Bellerive Oval

Record Finals Attendance:
24,968 - Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14.80 at the 1979 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval