The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an

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competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in

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, with the

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and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state.

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, Latrobe and Ulverstone were the most successful clubs with 12 premierships each. The league disbanded after the 1986 season after major clubs such as

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and Devonport defected to the TFL Statewide League. In 1987 the NWFU effectively merged with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) to form the

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, which exists today as the

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NWFU premierships

Winners by year

Reforming after the war there were two divisions, East and West, Both Divisional premiers would play off.

Most premierships

Tasmanian State Premiership

This was contested regularly between the premiers of the

and the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and then the NWFU from 1954 until 1978. The six winners from the NWFU were - * 1955 - Ulverstone * 1963 -

* 1964 -

* 1970 - Latrobe * 1976 - Ulverstone * 1978 -

Best and Fairests

The Wander Medal was awarded annually to the best and fairest player in the NWFU, every year from 1948 to 1986. Prior to 1948, the league's best and fairest award was known under various names and given out semi regularly. From 1945 to 1947, an award was given to best and fairest player from the western region but the name of it is unknown. Len Hayes won it in the first two years and Alan Crawford the last. Wander Medal * 1948 - Dave Jeffrey * 1949 - Len Hayes * 1950 - Lou Redman * 1951 - Jack Rough * 1952 - Max Berryman, Peter Gillam * 1953 - Darrel Eaton * 1954 -

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* 1955 -

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* 1956 - Joe Murphy * 1957 -

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* 1958 - Colin Moore * 1959 -

* 1960 - Terry Pierce * 1961 - Lloyd Robson * 1962 - Jock O'Brien * 1963 -

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* 1964 - Wally Clark * 1965 - Len Lawson * 1966 - Bob Hickman * 1967 - Bob Hickman * 1968 -

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* 1969 -

* 1970 -

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* 1971 -

* 1972 - Ricky Smith * 1973 -

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* 1974 -

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* 1975 - Ricky Watt * 1976 - Kerry Coates * 1977 - Ricky Smith * 1978 -

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* 1979 - Tom Lee * 1980 - Lindsay Bell * 1981 - John Murphy * 1982 - Richard Lynch * 1983 - Stephen Parsons * 1984 - John Korporshoek * 1985 - Neville Muir * 1986 - Peter Borlini Cheel Medal * 1923 - Stan Trebilco * 1924 - Fred Odgers * 1925 -

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* 1926 - Rupert Stott * 1927 - H. O. "Nip" Smith (Penguin) * 1928 - Charlie Hallam * 1929 - Tas Langmaid Royal Medal
Awarded only to players from the eastern region of the NWFU * 1930 -

Wright Medal
Awarded only to players from the western region of the NWFU * 1930 - Jimmy Brown (Ulverstone) * 1931 - Gerry Plapp Alford Medal * 1937 - Clem Riggs

References

Full Points Footy: NWFU Summary Chart 1910 to 1986
{{Aussie Rules in Tasmania Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania