The Penguin Football Club is an
Australian rules football club based in
Penguin, Tasmania
Penguin is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is in the Central Coast Council local government area and on the Bass Highway, between Burnie and Ulverstone. At the , Penguin had a population of 4,132.
History
Penguin was ...
. It was founded in 1890.
Penguin currently competes in the
North West Football League (NWFL), previously known as the "Northern Tasmanian Football League". It previously competed in the
North West Football Union
The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football As ...
(NWFU).
The current coach of Penguin is former
Australian Football League (AFL) player
Maverick Weller
Maverick Weller (born 13 February 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns, St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He currently plays and c ...
.
Notable former players
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Andrew Lee
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Stephen Milne
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Brad Sewell
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Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes (born 14 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1999 to 2014. He is currently an assistant coach at the St Kilda Fo ...
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Anthony Koutoufides
Anthony Koutoufides (born 18 January 1973), also known by his nickname of Kouta, is a retired Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. Considered by many as one of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played ...
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Michael O'Loughlin
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Fred Wooller
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Tim Evans
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Justin Plapp
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Tom Fitzmaurice
Thomas Joseph Cullinan Fitzmaurice (7 July 1898 – 25 December 1977) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
A brilliant centre-half-back, he commenced his career with Essendon Football C ...
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Michael Gale
*Amir Aboubakr Sultan
References
External links
Official website
{{North West Football League
Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania
1890 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1890
North West Football League clubs