North Hobart Demons

The North Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League.

Players to reach Australian Football League level include Paul Williams, Peter 'Percy' Jones, Daryn Cresswell, Chris Bond, James Manson, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett and several other big names. In total 54 North Hobart players have gone on to play at VFL/AFL level.

North Hobart is the second most successful Australian rules football team ever with 28 senior premierships.

Origins

To be updated.

Entry to the Southern Football League

• 2001

TANFL/TFL Statewide League Premierships

• 1902, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992

TANFL/TFL Statewide League Runners-Up

• 1896, 1897, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1968

SFL Premier League Premierships

• 2003

SFL Premier League Runners-Up

• 2002, 2008

Tasmanian State Premierships

• 1914, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1962, 1969

William Leitch Medallists

• 1932 – Len Pye
• 1934 – S. Sproule
• 1945 – E. Reid
• 1977 – Mick Hawkins
• 1993 – Darren Perry
• 1994 – Michael Maple
• 2003 – Brendan Bolton

George Watt Medallists

• 1954 – M. Cleary
• 1955 – A. Petersen
• 1957 – A. Gould (tied)
• 1958 – R. Large
• 1959 – S. Graham
• 1960 – K. Turner
• 1962 – Bruce Felmingham
• 1966 – W. Patmore
• 1968 – A. Patmore (tied)
• 1984 – Victor Di Venuto
• 1985 – Tony Kline
• 1993 – Ricky Darley
• 1995 – Jeremy Busch
• 2002 – Richard Robinson
• 2007 – Michael Hall

V. A. Geard Medallists

• 1968 – A. Caudwell (tied)
• 1972 – Leigh McConnan (tied)

D. R. Plaister Medallists

• 1979 – Gary Webster

NHFC club record games holder

• 265 – Don McLeod from 1972–1986

Club record attendance

• 19,425 – North Hobart 19.15 (129) v Clarence 17.15 (117) – 1969 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval

Club record score

• TFL 37.24 (246) vs. South Launceston 2.5 (17) in 1991 at North Hobart Oval

External links

• North Hobart FC Official Site
• AFL Southern Tasmania