The Glenorchy District Football Club is an

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club currently playing in the

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and the

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, Australia.

History

The club is nicknamed the Magpies after its black and white playing strip, and was originally known as New Town Football Club (wearing a green and white strip) when it started out as a member of the Tasmanian Football League in 1919. New Town changed its name to Glenorchy in 1957 after absorbing the already established club Glenorchy Rovers and relocated its headquarters to

KGV Oval KGV Oval is the home headquarters of the Glenorchy football and cricket clubs, as well as the Southern Football League. The ground is a former TFL and now Tasmanian State League and also a Southern Football League finals venue. It is locate ...

at Glenorchy in

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's northern suburbs in the same year, playing its first match at the venue on 4 May 1957 against Hobart. It remains there to this day. After the death of the

Tasmanian Football League The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian ru ...

in December 2000, the club was temporarily without a league to play in. After some political maneuvering within football circles, Glenorchy were admitted to the Southern Football League, but at a high price, with the club being forced, as a condition of entry to the League, to give up its black and white playing strip, and its Magpies emblem as it clashed with former Southern Amateur club Claremont Magpies, who were already a member of the SFL. Glenorchy announced in early 2001 that they would adopt a new green, black & white playing uniform, and be known as the "Glenorchy Storm". This was not popular with fans who drifted away from the club, and its membership and support base decreased rapidly. There was to be considerable rejoicing amongst its fans in 2004, after persistent pressure from the club, and the fact that Claremont were now playing in the SFL Regional League, which resulted in Glenorchy being granted the return of its black and white strip, and the Magpie emblem.

Statistics

Club record attendance

24,968: 1979 TFL Grand Final vs Clarence Roos at

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Club record attendance (Home & Away)

8,480 + approx. 2000 non-paying juniors: 2011 TSL Round 1 vs Clarence Roos at

Club record score

TFL 34.21 (225) vs

18.14 (122) at

Round 22, 1983.

Senior coaches

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Glenorchy District Football Club Team of the Century: 1919–2000

* Backline: Roland Curley, Roy Witzerman, Alan Leitch. *

Half-back line In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-back line refers to the positions of the 3 players on the field that occupy the centre half-back and left and right half-back flank positions. Centre half-back The role of the centre half-back ...

: Trevor Sprigg, Barry Strange, Robbie Dykes. *

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: Michael Styles (Capt),

Neil Conlan Neil Conlan (7 August 1936 – 22 July 1978) was an Australian football player from Tasmania. Conlan played as a forward. Conlan played in the Tasmania Australian rules football team that defeated the Victoria Australian rules football team on ...

, Ben Atkin. *

Half-forward line In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-forward line refers to a position on the field of play. 3 players are positioned in the half-forward line, a left and right half-forward flank player, as well as a centre half-forward. A hal ...

John Klug John Klug (born 28 September 1965) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Klug, from Glenorchy Football Club in Tasmania, was initially recruited ...

, Max Griffiths, David Pearce. *

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: Danny Ling,

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the ...

, Gary Linton. *

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: Jack Rough, Rex Garwood, Ron Marney. * Interchange:

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, Matthew Mansfield, Kevin Morgan, Denis Lester, Kevin Baker,

Adrian Fletcher Adrian Fletcher (born 10 October 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach. He is regarded as one of football's nomads, having played for five Australian Football League clubs in his 13-year career. Fletcher's ...

, Max McMahon.

VFL/AFLPlayers

Notable players that went on the play in the

VFL/AFL The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

who started at Glenorchy: * Ben Brown *

Jimmy Webster Jimmy Webster (born 28 June 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the club in the 2011 National Draft, with pick #42. Webster ma ...

* Ryan Harwood * Brodie Moles *

Aaron Cornelius Aaron Cornelius (born 29 May 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' fourth selection (pick 57 overall) in the 2008 National ...

* Aaron Joseph *

Simon Wiggins Simon Wiggins (born 11 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Glenorchy. He made his debut for the C ...

Peter Street Peter Street (born 6 June 1980 in Tasmania) is a former professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. At 211 cm (6' 11") he is the equal tallest player in the history of the VFL/AFL (along with Aaron Sand ...

Brodie Holland Brodie Holland (born 3 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and model best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. Brodie Holland is also known for his med ...

* Justin Wood *

Ben Beams Ben Beams (born 17 August 1978) is an Australian rules football player who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1999 and 2001 and the Tasmanian Devils Football club in the Victorian Football L ...

Daryn Cresswell Daryn Cresswell (born 22 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, and the former senior coach of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club that played in the Victorian Foo ...

Andy Lovell Anthony Lovell (born 28 July 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and West Coast in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues (VFL/AFL). Lovell currently serves as an assistant coach with the Gold Coast ...

* Matthew Mansfield * Shane Fell *

Rodney Eade Rodney Eade (born 4 April 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Australian Football League. He is a former coach of the Sydney Swans, the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Football Club. He has, to date, coached 37 ...

Wayne Fox Wayne "Baldy" Fox (born 4 January 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for various clubs in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) and later, the TFL Statewide League. He also played with Footscray in ...

* Darryl Sutton * Graham Fox Players who came to Glenorchy post-career: *

Jason Akermanis Jason Dean Akermanis (born 24 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bea ...

* Shayne Stevenson *

Darren Kappler Darren Kappler (born 23 January 1965) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Recruited from South Australian National Football League club South Adelaide, Kappler played 187 games for Fitzroy, the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn in ...

* Robert Groenewegen *

Shane Loveless Shane Loveless (born 15 November 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Loveless is best known as a prolific full-forward in country football, mostly for Victoria clubs ...

Bill Picken William Andrew Picken (born 5 May 1950) is an Australian horse racing executive. He served as chairman of the Sydney Turf Club (STC) from 2008 until its merger in 2010 with the Australian Jockey Club (AJC). Education Picken attended Newington ...

Max McMahon Max McMahon (born 20 March 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s. After being chased initially by Carlton, McMahon joined Hawthorn in 1961. A centre ...

* Ian Bremner

Honours

Club

**Premiers (15): 1935, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2016, 2018 (TSLW) ** ''Runners up (19)'': 1923, 1926, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 2009, 2015, 2017(TSLW) *

** Premiers (2): 2007, 2008 ** ''Runners up (2)'': 2001, 2006 *

Tasmanian State Premiership The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was contested at the conclusion of the season, initially between the reigning Tasmanian Football League (TFL/TANFL) and Northern Tasmanian Football Association (18 ...

(5): 1948, 1953, 1956, 1965, 1975

Individual

William Leitch Medallists

(Best and fairest player – TFL and SFL premier senior football) * 1951 –

Rex Garwood Rex Elvyn Garwood (15 May 1930 – 16 May 2007) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Tasmanian Football League and first-class cricket for Tasmania during the 1950s. Football TFL career Best known for his exp ...

* 1967 - Neville Johnston * 1975 – Trevor Sprigg * 1978 –

* 1979 –

* 1980 – Gary Linton * 1988 –

* 1999 – Ben Atkin * 2005 – David Newitt * 2006 – Jesse Crouch * 2008 – Shane Piuselli

George Watt Medallists

(Best and fairest player – TFL reserves football) * 1963 – Dal Johnson * 1968 – W. Hayes * 1973 – P. Lynsky (tied) * 1981 – Wayne Olding * 1987 – Mark Horner (three way tie) * 1988 – Steven Hay * 2006 – Clinton French

V. A. Geard Medallists

(Best and fairest player – TFL thirds football) * 1950 – J.Chick * 1956 – D. Cranfield * 1974 – L. Berwick * 1981 – N. Jeffrey

D. R. Plaister Medallists

(Best and fairest – TFL fourths football) * 1978 – Jamie Woolley * 1991 – Craig Grace

Lefroy Medallists

(Best and fairest – Tasmanian state team) * 1965 – M. McMahon (tied) * 1979 – Darryl Sutton * 1986 – David Pearce * 2009 – Shane Piuselli (tied) *2019 - Aiden Grace

Horrie Gorringe Medallists

(Best on field in the Premier League Grand Final) * 2007 – Brad Curran * 2008 – Damian McIver

Tassie Medalists

* 2012 – Jaye Bowden * 2015 – Jaye Bowden * 2016 – Jaye Bowden

References

External links

AFL Tasmania

Southern Football League Official Website

Glenorchy Magpies Official Website
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