Darrell Panizza

Darrell Panizza (born 11 March 1959^[1]) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Panizza played for the Claremont Football Club and Woodville Football Club. He is a member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame

Playing career

Claremont

Panizza joined Claremont in 1979 from the Albany Royals and played in WAFL premiership teams in 1981, 1991 and 1993. He retired having played 274 matches in two stints, the first between 1979 and 1986; and the second between 1990 and 1995. He holds the record for the most number of games played at Claremont.^[2][3]

Woodville

In 1987 he moved to SANFL club Woodville where he played 74 matches in three seasons.^[3]

Western Australia

Played 7 games for his state including the 1983 side that won the round robin competition.

Coaching career

Claremont

In 1996, after retiring as a player he coached Claremont to a WAFL premiership.^[3]

Albany Royals

Rejoining his boyhood club, Panizza took the Royals to unprecedented success, winning six Great Southern Football League premierships between 1999 and 2004.^[4]

Hall of Fame

Panizza was inducted into the WA Football Hall of Fame in March 2009.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ "Darrel Panizza". WAFLonline. West Australian Football Commission. http://www.waflonline.com.au/players/player.php?playerID=10863. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Legend Heal joins WA footy's Hall of Fame". The West Australian. 11 March 2009. http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=4&ContentID=129376. Retrieved 2009-03-12. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "2009 WA Football Hall of Fame". West Australian Football Commission. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafc/news/990-2009-wa-football-hall-of-fame. Retrieved 2009-03-12. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Great Southern Football League". Full Points Footy. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/great_southern_football_league1.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 

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