Philadelphia Hawks

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**Philadelphia Hawks**

Full name	Philadelphia Hawks Football Club
Nickname	Hawks
Strip	Vertical brown and gold striped guernsey (based on Hawthorn Hawks)
Founded	1998 (as the Philadelphia Crows)
Sport	Australian rules football
League	EAFL; USAFL
First season	{{{firstseason}}}
Ground	FDR Park, Philadelphia, PA
Club song	n/a
President/Chair	Ryan Kavanagh
Coach	Peter Lucas
Captain	Mick Campbell
2006	5th (EAFL); 3rd in Division Two (USAFL)

The Philadelphia Hawks Australian Rules Football Club are a USAFL team representing the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

1 History
2 Metro League
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

Founded by Chris Hasson in late 1998, the Philadelphia Crows began at the USAFL's division three level. Relying heavily on games against neighboring clubs like the Baltimore Washington Eagles, the Lehigh Valley Crocs and the New York Magpies, the club began a stint of recruiting new American and Irish talent from the area. In 2002, the Crows overpowered the Milwaukee Bombers in the division three grand final of the US Footy Nationals. They were approached by the Australian Football League's Hawthorn Football Club to be a sister club, and then changed names, colors and jumpers. The Hawks have continued to be a strong team in both the EAFL as well as in the USAFL. They have made back-to-back appearances (2004, 2005) in the division two grand finals. [1]

[edit] Metro League

The Hawks support a Metro Footy league with two sides; a City team and a Suburb team. The sides play throughout the season beginning in mid-March until late July.