Tasmanian Football League

The Tasmanian Football League (TFL) is a defunct Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.

District Football

In 1944 TANFL directors met to discuss restructuring of the league which was scheduled to return in 1945 after three seasons in recession due to World War Two.
The clubs would represent their various districts rather than being individual clubs.
Two new clubs (Hobart & Sandy Bay) would join North Hobart and New Town at the expense of Cananore and Lefroy who went out of existence during the World War Two cessation.
In 1947 the TANFL voted to include a further two clubs (Clarence - formed in 1903 & New Norfolk - formed in 1878) from the South Eastern District Football Association.
In 1957 New Town Football Club would amalgamate with already existing local club Glenorchy Rovers and relocate itself to King George V Park at Glenorchy.
This era would be the strongest era for the league with a succession of star players in its ranks, record crowds and huge public support.
From 1980-1985 the TANFL would be known as the Winfield League under a naming-rights sponsorship arrangement with a tobacco company.

Going Statewide And Its Eventual Demise

At the end of the 1985 TANFL season, after many years of discussions, and after numerous pushes by administrators stretching back to the mid-70's it was decided upon to restructure the competition into a statewide format. The six former TANFL clubs would welcome famous northern club, the North Launceston Robins and its longtime NTFA rival East Launceston Demons into the now eight-team Cascade-Boags TFL Statewide League for season 1986.

Its early steps into a statewide competition were rocky, the concept was treated with disdain by many southern fans and with great suspicion by northern football supporters.

North Launceston continued to field a side in the NTFA whilst playing in the TFL and East Launceston lasted only twelve rounds into the new season before announcing it would merge with NTFA club City-South to become the South Launceston Bulldogs for the remainder of 1986 and beyond.
In 1987 the Devonport Football Club joined the league and adopted the emblem Blues and a navy blue playing strip owing to a clash with Glenorchy.

In the same year the Cooee Football Club from the NWFU gazumped the Burnie Tigers from the same Association and joined the TFL and rebranded itself as the Burnie Hawks - starting a serious war between the two clubs that would damage both and later lead to them merging in 1995.

After a period of sustained growth, a healthy standard of football, strong crowd attendances and great public interest from 1987-1990, the bubble burst for the league when the Recession of late-1990 hit Australia - and Tasmania in particular - very hard.

After many years of overspending on players, new recruits and coaches from interstate, attendances and club memberships began to fall noticeably by 1991 - many clubs found themselves in financial difficulties and had to start cost-cutting to survive.

Players were starting to trickle away to rival country leagues for more money and as a result, the playing standard had started to drop.

The lopsided nature of the competition began to cause embarrassment for the TFL, South Launceston had been uncompetitive since it was founded and the admission of the Launceston Football Club (founded 1875) from the NTFL in 1994 was a PR disaster for the League as it was consistently thrashed in every match in its first two season and garnered poor attendances for its entire tenure at TFL level.Hobart - after a very successful 1986-1992 period - were beginning to unravel, and in 1997 would go through the season winless, North Hobart winning only one game in 1996 and New Norfolk winning one game in 1998 - both after periods of finals football - would show that the writing was on the wall for the league.

Between 1989 and 1994 Hobart, Sandy Bay, Glenorchy, Burnie Hawks and New Norfolk had all faced financial ruin at some point and in the ensuing years would be joined by North Hobart, Devonport and the Burnie Dockers - a merged entity of the old Burnie Hawks and NTFL club Burnie Tigers that joined forces in 1995 - in a battle to stay afloat under burgeoning debts, increasing costs and dwindling attendances. In 1997 the TFL had rapidly started to implode as a jaded football public voted with its feet and stayed away from TFL football as the saturation coverage of AFL football on television increased, the playing standard continued to fall and fans grew tired of the constant talk of mergers.

At the end of the 1997 season it was announced that the Hobart Football Club would merge with North Hobart and Sandy Bay Football Clubs' to field a merged entity from 1998. However, the mood of the fans from all three clubs was of widespread anger towards the TFL and the proposal was dropped a short time later.

North Hobart opted to field a stand alone club in the 1998 roster, Hobart decided to leave the TFL and joined the SFL (the club would not be granted a licence to participate in the TFL in any case) and Sandy Bay Football Club, by then insolvent, was wound up by its directors and went out of existence in late 1997.At the same time, South Launceston and Launceston Football Clubs could see the future of the TFL as extremely shaky and both promptly pulled out of the competition and rejoined the NTFL in 1998.

In 1998 the league then decided to re-brand the TFL as the TSFL Chickenfeed Super League and rebrand some of the clubs under commercial names in order to win back fans - the concept was not a winner and was widely scoffed at by club supporters.

North Launceston would now be known as the Northern Bombers, North Hobart would end 118-years of tradition and rename themselves as the 'Hobart' Demons, New Norfolk would change their name to the Derwent Eagles to go with the Devonport Blues who changed their identity to Devonport Power in 1996 to cash in on Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL that year.

To the surprise (and dismay) of many in the football world, a newly formed club - known as the Southern Districts Football Club (Southern Cats) was given a license to join the TFL in 1998.
Many believed the Southern Cats were a re-branded Sandy Bay as it had the same playing list, mostly the same supporters and same colours (albeit in a different style) - the Cats, with no notable home base and no particular culture had some brief moments of success, winning the Coca Cola Challenge pre-season cup in 1999 but midway through that season the club would be wound up by administrators and close down.

In 2000 the league was once again re-branded (this time as the SWL) and despite reasonably strong crowd attendances amongst the top three teams, the clubs below them were struggling to garner more than a few hundred people to matches.

Players were flooding away to other competitions (both country and interstate) for better pay and better competition and the credibility and prestige the league had in years past had become tarnished in the eyes of the football public.
Northern Bombers and Clarence met at York Park under lights in front of 5,625-people during the season - a statewide league roster match attendance record - but only a few months later the same two clubs would do battle in the Grand Final on a wet Saturday afternoon again at York Park in front of just 6,124-people.

This was the first TFL Grand Final to be held away from North Hobart Oval since 1921 and the crowd was the lowest since the Hobart v North Hobart Grand Final of 1960 which was played in appalling conditions, and was the second lowest Grand Final attendance in almost 70-years.
In December 2000 the Burnie Dockers announced that they would be pulling out of the Statewide League, the TFL and its directors were about to be sued by the clubs for restraint of trade and the decision was made to wind up the Tasmanian Football League after 122-years.

Disbandment

The opportunistic Australian Football League stepped in and the TFL was rationalised and disbanded and fell under the umbrella of "Football Tasmania" (which was soon renamed AFL Tasmania). Four regional leagues replaced the Statewide League, consisting of 2 main North/South leagues and subsidiary regional leagues:
*SFL (AFL Southern Tasmania)
**SFL Regional League
*NTFL (Northern Tasmanian Football League)
**NTFA (Northern Tasmanian Football Association)

Tasmanian State Football League Set To Return

After a hiatus of 8 years AFL Tasmania has announced plans for a return of the Tasmanian State Football League in 2009.
The concept has attracted widespread public and media debate on the return of a statewide competition, with many in the football world hesitant over such a move due to the perilous financial position most of the participating clubs were left in after the previous competition was disbanded in 2000.
Many believe the current push for a return of the league is a direct result of the media and the Tasmanian State Government's strong campaign in getting a Tasmanian team admitted into the AFL.
Under the AFL Tasmania plan, there will be ten (10) participating clubs.Clarence, Glenorchy, North Hobart along with former Southern Amateur club Lauderdale and Hobart-Sandy Bay (a proposed merger of the Hobart & Sandy Bay Football Clubs) from the South.
North Launceston, South Launceston and Launceston from the North and Devonport and Burnie Dockers from the North West Coast.
The response from many clubs has been luke-warm at best with many concerned at the lack of detail in the AFL Tasmania plan and the rushed decision-making process of the move.
AFL Tasmania chief Dominic Baker stated in a media interview that the clubs had to agree to the plan by August 15 2008 or AFL Tasmania would turn its back on funding club football in Tasmania, instead funding the Tasmania Devils VFL side and the Tassie Mariners Under-18 team.
However, Southern clubs are still not easily convinced over the proposal with Glenorchy recently voting against joining, Clarence have expressed strong reservations in joining due to the lack of concrete information and also not wanting to be in a competition without their greatest rival (Glenorchy).
On July 28 Hobart held a meeting and rejected the current proposal, with the club deferring making a decision on joining until more information was furnished by AFL Tasmania and a log of claims by the club were thoroughly answered.
Former TFL club New Norfolk (1947-1999) were not invited to join the league because of their current financial plight.
Also, as a result of the new competition getting off the ground, the Tasmanian Devils were removed from the VFL.

Post-1945 TFL Clubs

1945-1997 - Hobart Football Club.
1881-1998 - North Hobart Football Club.
1999-2000 - Hobart Demons Football Club.
1957-2000 - Glenorchy District Football Club.
1947-2000 - Clarence District Football Club.
1947-1997 - New Norfolk District Football Club.
1998-1999 - Derwent Eagles Football Club.
1945-1997 - Sandy Bay Football Club.
1998-1999 - Southern Districts Football Club.
1986-1986 - East Launceston Football Club.
1986-1997 - South Launceston Football Club.
1986-1997 - North Launceston Football Club.
1998-2000 - Northern Bombers Football Club.
1993-1997 - Launceston Football Club.
1987-1994 - Burnie Hawks Football Club.
1995-2000 - Burnie Dockers Football Club.
1987-1996 color box|DarkBlue - Devonport Blues Football Club.
1997-2000 - Devonport Power Football Club.

Pre-1945 TANFL Clubs & Their Colours

1908-1941 - Cananore Football Club.
1898-1941 - Lefroy Football Club.
1879-1885 - Cricketers Football Club.
1906-1907 - Derwent Football Club.
1921-1941 - New Town Football Club.
1945-1956 - New Town Football Club.
1876-1896 color box|DarkBlue - Railway Football Club.
1897-1897 - South Hobart Football Club.
1898-1905 - Wellington Football Club.
1880-1894 - Holebrook Football Club.
1887-1887 - Union Football Club.
1898-1898 - Summerton Football Club.
1879-1896 - City Football Club.

Wilson Bailey Trophy Winners

Presented to the best & fairest player in the TFL/TANFL.
1927 - K.Roberts (New Town)
1928 - G.Cole (New Town)
1929 - A.Leitch (New Town)

George Watt Medallists

Presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL.
1935 - L.Powell (North Hobart)
1936 (Lefroy)
1937 (Lefroy)
1938 (North Hobart)
1939 (Lefroy)

William Leitch Medallists

Presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League
1930 - J.Billet (Cananore)
1931 (Cananore)
1932 - P.Burnell (Cananore)
1933 - B.Edwards (North Hobart)
1934 - E.Hanlon (New Town)
1940 - G.Kilmartin (Cananore)
1941 - M.Abbott (North Hobart)
1945 - E.Reid (North Hobart)
1946 - E.Pilkington (Sandy Bay)
1947 - J.Sullivan (Hobart)
1948 - J.Brown (New Norfolk)
1949 - H.Yaxley (Clarence)
1950 - W.Smart (Sandy Bay)
1951 (New Norfolk)
1952 - C.Busch (New Norfolk)
1953 (Sandy Bay)
1954 - B.Roe (New Norfolk)
1955 (New Norfolk)
1956 - R.Lewis (Sandy Bay)
1957 - T.Leo (Hobart)
1958 (New Norfolk)
1959 - M.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1960 (Clarence)
1961 - R.Browning (New Norfolk)
1962 - R.Browning (New Norfolk)
1963 - G.Whitton (Sandy Bay)
1964 - D.Sullivan (Hobart)
1965 - B.Payne (Hobart)
1966 - B.Payne (Hobart)
1967 - N.Johnston (Glenorchy)
1968 - R.Lucas (Clarence)
1969 - R.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1970 - R.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1971 (Sandy Bay)
1972 (New Norfolk)
1973 (Sandy Bay)
1974 - T.Browning (New Norfolk)
1975 (Glenorchy)
1976 - T.Sorrell (Clarence)
1977 - M.Hawkins (North Hobart)
1978 (Glenorchy)
1979 (Glenorchy)
1980 - G.Linton (Glenorchy)
1981 - R.Dykes (New Norfolk)
1982 (Sandy Bay)
1983 (Sandy Bay)
1984 - S.Wade (Hobart)
1985 - G.Hunnibell (New Norfolk)
1986 - A.Bennett (Sandy Bay)
1987 color box|DarkBlue - D.Code (Devonport Blues)
1988 - M.Seddon (Sandy Bay)
1989 - S.Wade (Clarence)
1990 - R.Hanlon (New Norfolk)
1991 - G.Williamson (Clarence)
1992 - J.Gibson (North Launceston)
1993 - R.Peters (New Norfolk)
1994 - M.Maple (North Hobart)
1995 - G.Wiggins (Sandy Bay)
1996 (Clarence)
1997 - F.Carelli (Devonport Power)
1998 (Devonport Power)
1999 - B.Atkin (Glenorchy)
2000 - N.Howard (Nth Bombers)

A History Of Grand Finals: 1879-2000

TFA Grand Finals: 1879-1886

1879 - City declared premier.
1880 - Cricketers declared premier.
1881 color box|DarkBlue - Railway declared premier.
1882 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 6 goals v Cricketers 0.
1883 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 2.10 (22) v Cricketers 2.9 (21)
1884 - Cricketers declared premier.
1885 - Holebrook 3.12 (30) v Railway 2.16 (28)
1886 - City 6.16 (52) v Railway 0.9 (9)

TFA Grand Finals: 1887-1905

1887 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 5.3 (33) v City 1.9 (15)
1888 - City 4.15 (39) v Railway 3.6 (24)
1889 color box|DarkBlue - Railway declared premier.
1890 - Holebrook 3.11 (29) v Railway 2.7 (19)
1891 - Holebrook declared premier.
1892 - City 3.9 (27) v Holebrook 2.9 (21)
1893 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 8.17 (65) v Holebrook 7.6 (48)
1894 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 2.5 (17) v City 0.4 (4)
1895 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 4.3 (27) v City 2.4 (16)
1896 color box|DarkBlue - Railway 10.5 (65) v North Hobart 2.5 (17)
1897 - Hobart (City) 1.3 (9) v North Hobart 0.6 (6)
1898 - Lefroy 8.17 (65) v Wellington 3.5 (23)
1899 - Lefroy 4.7 (31) v Wellington 2.8 (20)
1900 - Wellington 7.8 (50) v Lefroy 5.6 (36)
1901 - Lefroy 11.12 (78) v Wellington 3.8 (26)
1902 - North Hobart 4.11 (35) v Lefroy 2.6 (18)
1903 - Wellington declared premier.
1904 - Wellington declared premier.
1905 - North Hobart declared premier.

TFL Grand Finals: 1906-1927

1906 - Derwent declared premier.
1907 - Lefroy declared premier.
1908
1909
1910 - Cananore declared premier.
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916 flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1917 flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1918 flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1919 flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to influenza epidemic.
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TANFL Grand Finals: 1928-1941

1928 - North Hobart declared premier.
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1931
1931 (Replay)
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1935
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1937
1938
1939
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1941
1942 flagicon|AUS - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1943 flagicon|AUS - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1944 flagicon|AUS - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.

TANFL Grand Finals: 1945-1985

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TFL Statewide Grand Finals: 1986-2000

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1988 color box|DarkBlue - Devonport Blues 15.7 (97) v Glenorchy 8.6 (54) - Att: 17,878 at North Hobart Oval
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Tasmanian State Grand Finals: 1904-1978

The Tasmanian State Premiership took place between the reigning TFL/TANFL premier, the premier from the NTFA and from the early 1950s the premier of the NWFU.

1904 : - at NTCA Ground
1905 : 2,000 at NTCA Ground
1906 : - at NTCA Ground
1909 - Cananore 6.10 (46) v Launceston 2.6 (18)
1910 - Cananore 7.14 (56) v City 4.5 (29)
1911 - Cananore 16.18 (114) v North Launceston 1.4 (10)
1912 - Lefroy 8.9 (57) v North Launceston 4.10 (34)
1913 - Cananore defeated Launceston on forfeit.
1914 - North Hobart 8.18 (66) v City 4.9 (33)
1920 : 5,000 at NTCA Ground
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1929
1930
1931
1932
1933 color box|DarkBlue - Launceston 13.16 (94) v Cananore 12.13 (85) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1934 color box|DarkBlue - Launceston 8.11 (59) v North Hobart 5.12 (42) - Att: - at York Park
1935 color box|DarkBlue - Launceston 15.17 (107) v New Town 6.6 (42) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1936
1937 color box|DarkBlue - Launceston 16.9 (105) v Lefroy 12.12 (84) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1938 color box|DarkBlue - Launceston 16.9 (105) v North Hobart 5.9 (39) - Att: - at York Park
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TFA Leading Goalkicker: 1879-1886

1879 - color box|DarkBlue - W.Cundy (Railway) - 7
1880 - color box|DarkBlue - W.Cundy (Railway) - 7
1881 - - P.Butler (City) - 7
1882 - - A.Stuart (Holebrook) - 6
1883 - - E.Burgess (Cricketers) - 13
1884 - - E.Burgess (Cricketers) - 10
1885 - color box|DarkBlue - K.Burn (Railway) - 14
1886 - - J.Dunlop (City) - 7

TFA Leading Goalkicker: 1887-1905

1887 - color box|DarkBlue - K.Burn (Railway) - 11
1888 - - T.Barlow (Holebrook) - 6
1889 - color box|DarkBlue - C.Richards (Railway) - 9
1890 - color box|DarkBlue - T.Adkisson (Railway) - 9
1891 - - S.Howe (Holebrook) - 9
1892 - - S.Howe (Holebrook) - 9
1893 - color box|DarkBlue - J.Vimpany (Railway) - 12
1894 - color box|DarkBlue - G.Wright (Railway) - 12
1895 - - C.Guest (City) - 21
1896 - - G.Somers (North Hobart) - 13
1897 - No Records Available
1898 - - W.Abel (Lefroy) - 11
1899 - - W.Facy (Lefroy) - 16
1900 - - J.Ayres (Wellington) - 10
1901 - - R.Hawson (Lefroy) - 18
1902 - - W.Lee (Wellington) - 8
1903 - - A.Walton (North Hobart) - 18
1904 - - G.Somers (Wellington) - 11
1905 - - T.Mills (North Hobart) - 15

TFL Leading Goalkicker: 1906-1927

1906 - - T.Mills (North Hobart) - 13
1907 - - W.Lee (North Hobart) - 14
1908 - - G.Cook (North Hobart) - 24
1909 - - F.Burton (Cananore) - 11
1910 - - C.Ward (Cananore) - 16
1911 - - C.Ward (Cananore) - 24
1912 - - A.Jones (Lefroy) - 17
1913 - - G.Badernach (Cananore) - 13
1914 - - S.Russell (North Hobart) - 26
1915 - - A.Ringrose (Lefroy) - 18
1916 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1917 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1918 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1919 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to influenza epidemic.
1920 - - W.Jack (North Hobart) - 25
1921 - - R.Manson (Lefroy) - 42
1922 - - R.Manson (Lefroy) - 41
1923 - - L.Stevens (North Hobart) - 26
1924 - - J.Brain (Cananore) - 47
1925 - - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 50
1926 - - J.Brain (Cananore) - 64
1927 - - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 45

TANFL Leading Goalkicker: 1928-1985

1928 - - H.Smith (New Town) - 46
1929 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 92
1930 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 112
1931 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 85
1932 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 102
1933 - - D.Kenna (New Town) - 55
1934 - - T.Heathorn (Lefroy) - 101
1935 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 84
1936 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 98
1937 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 62
1938 - - T.Richardson (North Hobart) - 75
1939 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 61
1940 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 69
1941 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 64
1942 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1943 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1944 - flagicon|AUS - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1945 - - E.Collis (North Hobart) - 54
1946 - - A.Cook (New Town) - 58
1947 - - L.Collins (Sandy Bay) - 50
1948 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 57
1949 - - A.Park (New Town) - 73
1950 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 83
1951 - - J.Cooper (Clarence) - 42
1952 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 66
1953 - - Bernie Waldron (Hobart) - 47
1954 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 68
1955 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 88
1956 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 51
1957 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 69
1958 - - P.Cooper (North Hobart) - 45
1959 - - Mal Pascoe (Hobart) - 75
1960 - - Mal Pascoe (Hobart) - 57
1961 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 74
1962 - - David Collins (North Hobart) - 77
1963 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 79
1964 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 86
1965 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 110
1966 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 103
1967 - - David Collins (North Hobart) - 58
1968 - - John Mills (Clarence) - 49
1969 - - Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) - 51
1970 - - Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) - 67
1971 - - Terry Mayne (Clarence) - 74
1972 - - Darryl Sutton (Glenorchy) - 73
1973 - - Rod Adams (Sandy Bay) - 96
1974 - - Frank Ogle (Glenorchy) - 55
1975 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 76
1976 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 133
1977 - - Col Smith (Hobart) - 49
1978 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 153
1979 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 179
1980 - - Paul Courto (Hobart) - 86
1981 - - Andrew Vanderfeen (Clarence) - 66
1982 - - Brett Stephens (North Hobart) - 92
1983 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 135
1984 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 93
1985 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 130

TFL Statewide League Leading Goalkicker: 1986-2000

1986 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 105
1987 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 80
1988 - - Wayne Fox (Hobart) - 110
1989 - - Shane Fell (Glenorchy) - 114
1990 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 103
1991 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 133
1992 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 90
1993 - - Keith Robinson (Hobart) - 76
1994 - - Paul Dac (Clarence) - 94
1995 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 104
1996 - - Justin Plapp (Burnie Dockers) - 98
1997 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 70
1998 - - Ken Rainsford (Devonport) - 94
1999 - - Adam Aherne (Northern Bombers) - 68
2000 - - Scott Allen (Clarence) - 80

TANFL & TFL Records

*All-Time Individual Games Record Holder: TANFL/TFL Statewide League312 - - Kevin Baker (Glenorchy) from 1957-1973

*All-Time Record No. Premierships As Coach: TANFL6 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945 & 1947.

*All-Time Record No. Premierships As Coach: TFL Statewide League3 - - Grant Fagan (Clarence) in 1996, 1997 & 2000.

*Club Record Score: TANFL39.17 (251) - at Boyer Oval.

*Club Record Score: TFL Statewide League47.14 (296) -

*Record Individual Goalkicker (History): TANFL/TFL1049 - - Wayne Fox
(Glenorchy, New Norfolk, Hobart, South Launceston & Sandy Bay) from 1975-1991.
994 - (New Norfolk & Glenorchy) from 1963-1966, 1975-1976 & 1978-1981.
847 - (North Hobart) from 1927-1932 & 1935-1937.

*Record Individual Goalkicker (Season): TANFL179 - (Glenorchy) - 1979.

*Record Individual Goalkicker (Season): TFL Statewide League133 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 1991.

*Record Individual Goalkicker (Match): TANFL18.2 - .

*Record Individual Goalkicker (Match): TFL Statewide League16.9 - - Simon Byrne (Glenorchy) v Launceston - 1995 at Windsor Park.
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*Record Individual Goalkicker (Grand Final): TANFL10 - .
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*Record Individual Goalkicker (Preliminary Final): TANFL10 - .

*Record Individual Goalkicker (2nd Semi Final): TANFL11 - .
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*Record Individual Goalkicker (1st Semi Final): TANFL14 - .
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*Record Greatest Winning Margin: TANFL173-points - at Boyer Oval.

*Record Greatest Winning Margin: TFL Statewide League237-points - .

*Record Roster Match Attendance: TANFL8,760 - .

*Record Roster Match Attendance: TFL Statewide League5,625 -
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*Top Five Finals Match Attendances: TANFL24,968 - .
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*Top Five Finals Match Attendances: TFL Statewide League17,878 - color box|DarkBlue .
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ee also

* Australian rules football in Tasmania

External links

* [http://www.footballlegends.org Tasmanian Football Legends]
* [http://www.southernfootball.com.au AFL Southern Tasmania]
* [http://www.ntfl.com.au/ Northern Tasmanian Football League]