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2016 CONTENTS

CEO'S MESSAGE 3

SELECTION CRITERIA 3

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2017 3

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ICONS 4

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LEGENDS 6

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 10

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME GREAT CLUB 16

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LEGENDARY TEAM 20

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMORABLE GAME 22

2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME LISTS 24 CEO'S MESSAGE

It is with great pleasure that for the first time I welcome you to the 2016 Hall of Fame function and football round, which celebrates those who have made a significant and lasting contribution to our great game. As I look at the honour board from my office it is a reminder of the incredibly rich history of the game here for over 150 years. This year’s inductees, legends and icon are no exception. Beyond the individuals recognised, we also look to celebrate legendary games, teams and club. This extension to our Hall of Fame is a great way to recognise moments and groups from history. It seems fitting that this event coincides with a new chapter for Tasmanian football, a chance to look back before we take our game forward. My team and I look forward to working with the broader Tasmanian community, acknowledging those who have afforded us all a great football history we can be proud of and draw on. Enjoy this round of football and, for those attending the dinner, I hope it is a time to reconnect with old friends, rekindle memories and relish stories of the past. I also wish to recognise the efforts of the Hall of Fame selection panel CONTENTS and my team for their extraordinary efforts in coordinating this event. Thank you. Rob Auld Chief Executive Officer AFL

SELECTION CRITERIA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2017 1. The Committee shall consider a candidate’s outstanding services and overall AFL Tasmania is seeking the support of the Tasmanian football family for contribution to the game of Australian Football in determining a candidate’s Tasmanian football’s major recognition project. Members of the public may assist eligibility for induction in the Hall of Fame. by providing nominations in writing. The nomination should be provided as soon 2. Without limiting item (1) the Committee may consider a candidate’s individual as possible so that the selection committee may fully consider the submission. record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. Where nominations are not accepted for induction in 2016 they may be 3. The number of football games played, coached or umpired or the years of considered for subsequent inductions into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame service provided shall only be a consideration and shall not be conclusive in that will occur annually. The selection criteria for players/coaches/umpires/ assessing a candidate’s eligibility. administrators or volunteers is: 4. A player, coach, umpire, administrator, volunteer or media representative Players, coaches, umpires, administrators/volunteers and media representatives involved at any level of Australian Football may be eligible for induction into will be considered eligible for induction into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame the Hall of Fame. based on a candidate’s outstanding services and overall contribution to the game 5. Candidates shall be adjudged on the basis of their overall contribution to of Australian Football. The selection committee may consider a candidate’s Australian Football as opposed to one specific aspect. individual record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship and character. Candidates currently participating in any aspect of the game of Australian Football may be 6. The Committee shall consider candidates from all parts of Tasmania and from inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. Nominations should include all Australian Football competitions affiliated with AFL Tasmania. the contact details of the person that is being nominated or their next of kin, 7. Players, coaches, umpires, administrators, volunteers and media including: name, address, phone contact. A picture of the person being representatives may be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame even if they nominated is also required. Please return all nominations to: have not retired from active participation in Australian Football. • Confidential: Hall of Fame, AFL Tasmania, PO Box 405, Rosny Park TAS 7018. 8. A member of the Committee may be a candidate but shall not vote for his or her induction into the Hall of Fame. The closing date to receive nominations for consideration in 2017 is 9. There shall be no special order of precedence given to Hall of Fame inductees. 31 October 2017.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 60 games, 60 goals, Essendon, 1967-71 86 games, 93 goals, Richmond, 1972-75 99 games, , 1962-66 31 games, Sandy Bay, 1976-78 Three representative matches for Tasmania, 1976-77 Richmond coach, 1985 (22 games: 9 wins, 13 losses) Hobart coach, 1980-81 (38 games: 20 wins, 18 losses) Sandy Bay captain-coach, 1976-78; coach, 1983-84 (102 games: 72 wins, 29 losses, one draw) Richmond VFL premierships, 1973 and 1974 Hobart TANFL premierships, 1963 and 1966 (player) and 1980 (coach) Sandy Bay TANFL premierships, 1976, 1977 and 1978 Life member, , 2013 Named captain-coach in Hobart’s ‘Greatest Team, 1947-2002’ (half forward flank)

4 PAUL SPROULE HOBART/ESSENDON/RICHMOND/SANDY BAY MIDFIELDER, 1962-85 There have been a number of VFL/AFL greats who began their football journey with the ; names such as Ian Stewart and come to mind. However few ‘Old Hobartians’ are as consistently overlooked as Paul Sproule, a ruggedly tough but supremely skilled player who carved out a successful playing career in before returning home as a coach and garnering a reputation as one of Tasmania’s finest ever football minds. Born in 1944, Sproule’s first appearance in senior football with Hobart came at the age of 17 in 1962 under the great Mal Pascoe. It did not take long for the talented teenager to cement himself in the senior team, and by 1966 he had been a member of two Tigers premiership sides. By this time word of Sproule’s obvious talent had reached the mainland, and the now 22-year-old headed across Bass Strait to join Essendon ahead of the 1967 season. After his first season at Windy Hill was ruined by a badly broken leg, Sproule made his first senior appearance for the Bombers in their opening match of 1968 against Hawthorn, booting five goals in a 73-point win. He would play only nine matches for the season after suffering a serious knee injury mid-year, however he recovered in time to be a member of the Bombers’ losing grand final team against Carlton. Sproule continued to give excellent service to Essendon for the next four years, playing 60 games and booting 60 goals. His last match for the club came in Round 14 1971, a match in which he suffered a severe groin injury that caused him to miss the rest of the season. He returned fully fit for Essendon’s 1972 pre-season training, however a falling out with the club’s new coaching staff led to Sproule’s departure from Windy Hill. This news soon reached Richmond general manager Alan Schwab, who invited Sproule to train with the club. Schwab had first seen Sproule playing for Hobart when on a recruiting mission for St. Kilda in 1965, and had subsequently (unsuccessfully) attempted to convince the Saints to recruit him. Schwab could not believe that Essendon were prepared to release a player of Sproule’s quality and wasted no time in approaching Sproule – along with coach and secretary Graeme Richmond – about making a permanent move to Punt Road. Sproule eventually agreed, and was traded from the Bombers for a sign-on fee of just $2,000 – in hindsight, some of the best money Richmond ever spent. Debuting for the Tigers in Round 4 1972, Sproule soon became an indispensable member of the strong Richmond side of the period, with his second-to-none footy brain, incredible ability to find the football, and uncanny goal sense making him a huge asset to the talented Tigers midfield. He was a member of the Tigers’ back-to- back premiership teams in 1973-74, and the fact that he was named amongst his team’s best players in both matches is a testament to his ability to perform on the big stage. This was especially true in 1974; with North 11 points up early in the second quarter Sproule was shifted into the middle of the ground. His impact at the centre bounces was immediate, and in the next 15 minutes Richmond piled on six goals and were never challenged again. Had the Medal been awarded at the time it is widely acknowledged that Sproule would have been heavily favoured to win it. After 86 games in four seasons with Richmond, Sproule returned home to Tasmania in 1976 to take on the captain-coach position with Sandy Bay. The Seagulls were in the middle of the greatest era in the club’s history, having contested every grand final since 1971, but had lost the last three. Under Sproule, however, the club rediscovered its spark, and the Bay waltzed to a hat trick of premierships from 1976-78, the first TANFL team to achieve the feat in 37 years. Sproule retired as a player during 1978 and resigned as coach after the 1978 triumph, and after spending a year away he returned to his roots in 1980, taking charge of his original side Hobart. The Tigers had collected consecutive wooden spoons in 1978-79, however the Sproule factor and the professional attitude that came with it resulted in the club surging back into finals football in 1980, ultimately taking out their first premiership since 1973. A leaner 1981 saw Sproule depart the Tigers at year’s end, and after another year away from the coach’s box and a second stint with Sandy Bay in 1983-84, Sproule was approached by former Richmond teammate – and now club president – Barry Richardson about taking on the role as the Tigers’ senior coach. The position had become a poisoned chalice since Tom Hafey’s departure in 1976, with four individuals having held the job over the next eight seasons, all being sacked. Nevertheless, Sproule accepted, signing with the Tigers for the 1985 season. The year started well, with Sproule guiding the Tigers to four straight wins from Rounds 3-6, however their form fell away late in the season to miss the finals with a 9-13 record. Despite being guaranteed a minimum two-year tenure and impressing many with his performance as coach during the year, Sproule’s name was added to the revolving door when he was sacked by the board at season’s end. He was not the only casualty of the decision, with Barry Richardson stepping down as president in protest. Sproule returned home to Tasmania after his time at Richmond ended. He remained closely involved with the game, most notably in helping bring AFL football to Tasmania as a part of the AFL Task Force set up by then-premier of Tasmania Jim Bacon in 1998. He also served as the state government’s representative for the and Inveresk Precinct through his role as Director of Events Tasmania, and in this capacity was a major figure in the redevelopment of York Park (later Aurora Stadium) into an AFL-standard venue, and also in brokering the deal that saw Hawthorn play four matches a year at the ground from 2001. It is Sproule’s contributions to the game on the field that will be most indelibly remembered, however, and these have been celebrated with appropriate vigour in recent years. In 2001 Sproule was named as one of Sandy Bay’s greatest three coaches, and in 2002 as captain-coach of Hobart’s ‘Greatest Team: 1942-2002’. He was recognised as a legend in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2007 and in 2013 was awarded life membership of the Richmond Football Club.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Over 100 games, Risdon Vale Junior Football Club, 1975-81 132 games, 71 goals, Fitzroy, 1987-94 43 games, 18 goals, North Melbourne, 1995-97 52 games, Hobart, 1983-86 15 games, North Launceston, 1998 North Launceston captain-coach, 1998 North Launceston TFL premiership, 1998 (undefeated) Tasmanian representative, State of Origin Carnival, 1988 () Eight representative matches for Tasmania Victorian State of Origin representative, 1989 Tasmanian Teal Cup representative, 1983 assistant coach, 1999 Played in the 1995 winning night grand final for North Melbourne Tasmanian Devils coach (VFL), 2001-06 Tasmanian Football Academy Skills Development coach, 2008-09 Tasmanian Senior State Team coach, 2009-10 and 2013 Tasmanian Under 18 Football Academy coach, 2010-11 AFL Tasmania High Performance Manager, 2012-16

6 MATHEW ARMSTRONG HOBART/FITZROY/NORTH MELBOURNE/NORTH LAUNCESTON/TASMANIAN DEVILS/ MIDFIELDER/HALF BACK, 1983-2016 A tough but skilful inside midfielder who later became a highly successful coach, Mathew Armstrong has left an indelible mark on the Tasmanian football landscape both on and off the field over a 30-year involvement with the game. Born in 1967, Armstrong was a prodigiously talented junior sportsman, representing Tasmania in national championships for both football and at Under 16 and Under 19 level. It was around this time that his senior football career began with Hobart in the TANFL, where he made his debut aged 16 in 1983. He spent four seasons at the Tigers, playing more than 50 games and representing his state again – this time at the Teal Cup – before being taken at Pick 24 by Fitzroy in the 1986 National . It was soon obvious that the Lions had picked up a very handy young player. Having made his senior debut in the opening round of 1987, Armstrong missed only four games in his first three seasons and cemented himself in the Lions’ midfield. He also impressed to the extent that he was selected for State of Origin football, representing Tasmania at the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival and both Tasmania and Victoria the following year. Unfortunately, after another promising start in 1990, Armstrong suffered a serious knee injury against Collingwood at in Round 8 when Magpies’ skipper ran across him. The injury kept Armstrong out of AFL football until Round 17 of 1991. He nevertheless continued to ply his trade diligently for the Lions, racking up high disposal numbers every season. At the end of 1994 Armstrong left Fitzroy, joining 1990s superpower North Melbourne under . Armstrong started brilliantly at Arden Street, playing all 25 games in 1995 and finishing second at the club for disposals behind winner . 1996 looked to be continuing on the same pathway, but with the Kangaroos steaming towards a premiership, Armstrong was dropped late in the season. He returned for the preliminary final victory over Brisbane but was omitted again for the grand final, missing North’s premiership triumph over Sydney. His omission did not sit well amongst his teammates and North Melbourne skipper made special mention of Armstrong during his speech on the dais while accepting the premiership cup. Coach Pagan later admitted that dropping Armstrong from the grand final team was one of the hardest decisions he ever made in his 20+ year coaching career in the VFL/AFL. The 1996 preliminary final was to be Armstrong’s last game at AFL level. The following year he returned to Tasmania, signing as captain-coach of North Launceston in the TFL. In his first and only year at the helm, Armstrong guided the Bombers through an undefeated season, defeating Clarence in the grand final to give the club its twenty-fourth senior flag and Armstrong his only premiership success as a player. Despite having signed as coach for two years, Armstrong decided to hang up his boots and resign from the role before the 1999 season to take up a position as an assistant coach under at the Brisbane Lions. He returned to Tasmania permanently after that season and in 2000 was appointed coach of the state’s Under 18 team, the Tassie Mariners. However he never commenced the job, as soon afterwards he was appointed foundation coach of the Tasmanian side that was to play in the VFL from 2001, the Tasmanian Devils. After a tough opening two seasons that produced only 13 wins, Armstrong gradually moulded the Devils into a highly competitive force on the VFL landscape, his task no doubt aided by some of the immense Tasmanian talent at his disposal, including Brett Geappen, Ben Atkin, Ben Beams and Ian Callinan. It was only a matter of time before the Devils announced themselves as a threat, and so it proved, with the side making their maiden finals appearance in 2003, recording a stirring elimination final victory over Geelong at before bowing out with a gallant loss to minor premiers Port Melbourne in the semi final. The following year Armstrong lifted the club to their best ever finish, a preliminary final loss, again to Port Melbourne. Unfortunately the success was not to last. After another semi final exit in 2005, a string of poor results saw Armstrong resign mid-way through the 2006 season, departing the club with a record of 49 wins from 112 games, a figure that hardly does justice to the superb job he did in making the Devils the great side they were. After his tenure at the Devils ended Armstrong remained heavily involved in coaching at state level, guiding the Tassie Mariners to multiple Division Two titles at the National Under 18 Championships, as well as coaching senior TSL representative teams to victories over Queensland and NSW/ACT. He also served as coach of the Tasmanian Under 18 and Under 16 academies for a time, shaping the development of a great number of future Tasmanian AFL draftees. He also established the Mathew Armstrong AFL Development School, a program for teaching the basic skills of the game to primary school-aged children, giving him the opportunity to influence the growth of yet more potential champions of Tasmanian football.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 201 games, 107 goals, Collingwood, 1988-98 Around 25 games, East Devonport, 1987 25 games, Burnie Dockers, 1999-2000 Collingwood AFL premiership, 1990 Runner-Up, 1990 Named wing in the All-Australian team, 1990 East Devonport Best and Fairest, 1987 State of Origin match for Tasmania vs. Victoria, 1990 State of Origin match for Victoria, 1990 State of Origin match for ‘The Allies’, 1996 Springvale senior coach (VFL), 2004 Brisbane Lions recruiter, 2004-06 Hawthorn east coast Recruiting Manager, 2007-10 Hawthorn Recruiting and List Manager, 2011-16

8 GRAHAM WRIGHT DEVONPORT/EAST DEVONPORT/COLLINGWOOD/BURNIE DOCKERS/BRISBANE/HAWTHORN WINGMAN/DEFENDER/RECRUITING MANAGER, 1986-2016 A dashing and damaging wingman, Graham Wright enjoyed a distinguished career with Collingwood during the 1990s and was one of the club’s premier players during the drought-breaking premiership year of 1990. He has subsequently gone on to become one of the most successful and respected recruiting and list managers in the national competition. Born in 1968, Wright first played the game with Devonport, where he was a star at the Under 19 level and also played senior football. In 1987 he moved to East Devonport, winning the Swans’ senior Best and Fairest award in his one and only season at the club. At year’s end he was recruited to the VFL by Collingwood, taken at Pick 3 in the 1987 National Draft. Making his debut for the Magpies in Round One of 1988, Wright enjoyed a sensational debut season at Victoria Park, playing 23 of a possible 24 games, winning the Trophy as the club’s best first-year player and kicking 38 goals to finish runner-up in the club’s goalkicking behind Brian Taylor. After an interrupted year in 1989 that produced only 14 games, 1990 was without question Wright’s finest season. He finished equal third in the for Collingwood’s Best and Fairest, was selected in the All-Australian side and finished only one vote behind Footscray’s in the Brownlow Medal count. His greatest achievement, however, was as a member of the Collingwood side that finally put to rest the dreaded ‘Colliwobbles’ with their 48-point grand final win over Essendon. Wright gathered 15 disposals in the victory. That same year Wright also featured in State of Origin football for the first time, representing Tasmania in their famous victory over Victoria at , and then Victoria in their shock loss to NSW. Incredibly the two matches were only three days apart. In the aftermath of the 1990 premiership Wright continued to establish himself as one of the finest wingmen in the game, and as a result there was enormous shock when he announced at the end of 1992 that he wanted to return to Tasmania. He was ultimately convinced to stay by Collingwood coach Leigh Matthews, but it was soon clear that the highpoint of his career had come and gone. Other than being awarded Collingwood’s Best Finals Player in 1992, the personal accolades dried up. Wright’s efforts were not helped by a serious illness over the 1993 off-season and a knee injury in 1996 that required a reconstruction, robbing him of much of the trademark pace that had made him so damaging early in his career. Nevertheless Wright continued to persevere, transforming himself into a highly effective defender during the latter stages of his career, and making enough of an impact to be selected for ‘The Allies’ during the 1996 State of Origin series. He brought up his 200-game milestone in the Round 21, 1998 match against Carlton, and he retired from AFL football the following week after the Pies’ 12-point loss to Sydney. His efforts in his final season were rewarded with Collingwood’s ‘Best Clubman’ award. After retirement Wright returned to Tasmania to play with Burnie in the TFL Statewide League, however a spate of soft tissue injuries restricted him to just 25 games in his two seasons with the club. After returning to Victoria in 2001 and serving time as coach of North Ringwood in the Eastern Districts FL (2002-03) and Springvale in the VFL (2004), Wright took up a position with the Brisbane Lions as a recruiter/scout, in the process reuniting with Leigh Matthews and Graeme ‘Gubby’ Allen, two of the key off-field engineers of Collingwood’s 1990 premiership. Wright completed his MBA at and after two seasons with the Lions, he moved into a recruiting job with Hawthorn in late 2006, and it was here that he would make a huge impact on the AFL landscape, particularly after taking on the role as the Hawks’ Recruiting and List Manager in 2011. With an unmatched ability for identifying talent and a keen sense for the trends of the game, Wright proved one of the key architects of Hawthorn’s period of dominance through the first half of the 2010s, playing a crucial role building the phenomenally strong Hawks list of the time. Garnering particular praise were the players taken late in national drafts – including Brad Hill, , and – and the recruitment of established stars from other clubs of the calibre of (Port Adelaide), (), and (North Melbourne) and (Adelaide), all of whom were integral players in Hawthorn’s premiership hat trick of 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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10 TREVOR BEST (298) KEN LETTE (299) Player Inductee Player Inductee NORTH HOBART/CARLTON/HUON FA, ROVER/FORWARD, 1960-75 SCOTTSDALE, RUCKMAN/FORWARD, 1962-78 21 games, 10 goals, Carlton, 1963-64 315 games, Scottsdale, 1962-77 179 games, North Hobart, 1960-63 and 1966-71 Scottsdale NTFA premierships, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1977 47 games, Huonville (Huon FA), 1972-74 Scottsdale state premiership, 1973 North Hobart TANFL premierships, 1961, 1962, 1967 and 1969 Scottsdale Under 19 premierships, 1962 and 1963 North Hobart state premierships, 1961, 1962 and 1969 Scottsdale reserves premiership, 1978 Huonville Huon FA premiership, 1973 Represented NTFA five times TANFL representative vs. Huon FA, 1967 Life member, Scottsdale Football Franklin captain-coach (Huon FA), 1965 Named full forward in Scottsdale’s ‘Best Team, 1960-2000’ Kingston captain-coach (Huon FA), 1975 In the long history of the Scottsdale Football Club very few individuals have given North Hobart Under 19 coach, 1966-71 their all for the cause quite like Ken ‘Bluey’ Lette. Making his senior debut for Tasmanian Australian ‘Superules’ Executive Committee Member, 1982-1990 Scottsdale as a 19-year-old in 1962, Lette was a member of the Magpies’ maiden Australian Masters Hall of Fame, 2002 NTFA premiership side in 1964 in what would be the first of 11 senior grand final Debuting for North Hobart as an 18-year-old in late 1960, Trevor Best had before appearances over 14 seasons. A ruckman who could play forward and who long become one of the brightest young stars in the TANFL competition, featuring regularly got the better of larger opponents despite standing only 6’0, Lette was in the Demons’ back-to-back TANFL and state premiership triumphs in 1961-62. renowned as an exceptional shot for goal, rarely missing from within 40 yards. A tough but skilful rover/centreman who possessed a fantastic drop kick, Indeed it was arguably in front of goal where Lette was his most influential, with exquisite disposal by both hand and foot and excellent hands for his size noteworthy efforts including 11 goals in a 116-point win over North Launceston (175cm), Best’s talents quickly drew interest from across Bass Strait, with Carlton in the final round of 1971, and four goals in the 1970 NTFA premiership win over making overtures as early as Best’s first season. After three years the deal was Launceston. However, his most crucial performance in front of goal came in the finally done, and Best ran out for the Blues in Round 10, 1963 against Melbourne legendary 1973 state final against Cooee. With Scottsdale 32 points down at the at Princes Park. Over the next year and a half, Best turned out 21 times for final change, Lette kicked two of his team’s six final quarter majors, the second of Carlton, starting mostly on the interchange or in a forward pocket. Unfortunately which – his third for the match – put the Magpies in front in the dying stages. the Blues were in the middle of one of the club’s rare lean periods in terms of Though an infrequent NTFA representative player, Lette’s performances when he success, and as a result Best featured in only eight wins and no finals in his time was chosen for the Association were as brilliant as those for his club. The with the club. highlight came in 1973 in a match against the NWFU at Latrobe where Lette At the end of 1964 Best made the decision to return to Tasmania for the benefit of dominated the ruck against Latrobe and former St. Kilda big man Geoff Cayzer, his young family, and after spending a season as captain-coach of Franklin in the who had a four-inch height advantage. At the time of his final senior match, the Huon Football Association, he re-joined North Hobart for the 1966 season. Over 1977 NTFA grand final against North Launceston, Lette was the games record the following six years Best would cement himself as an important cog in the holder for both Scottsdale and the NTFA – mantles he would hold until champion Demons combinations under John Devine. He added two more TANFL premiership teammate Greg Lethborg went past him some years later – and in the flags and a third state premiership to his resume, and was a member of the 1967 year 2000 he was named at full forward in Scottsdale’s ‘Best Team, 1960-2000’. state final side against Wynyard (the infamous ‘Goalpost Match’). In 1967 he also His final career resume reads 315 senior games, 11 grand finals and seven featured in the only TANFL representative match of his career, the famed premierships; a fantastic effort, but an achievement made all the more remarkable five-point defeat by the Huon Football Association. given the fact that Lette had lost all of the toes on one of his feet after an accident After nine seasons and 179 games, Best departed North Hobart at the end of the with a bulldozer. As highly skilled a player as he was, Ken Lette’s talent on the 1971 season, spending time coaching back in the Huon Association and various field was matched by his popularity off it. An incredibly hard worker for his team amateur leagues around Hobart before hanging up his boots at the end of 1979. and an immensely popular clubman, Lette was praised by 1973 premiership In 1982 he was instrumental in the foundation of Superules football in Tasmania coach Bob Wilson as, “the best team man I ever coached”. Given the calibre of (now known as AFL Masters), a modified rules form of football specifically the individuals to have graced the field for Scottsdale during that period, there designed for people over the age of 35 who still have a passion for playing. Best can surely be no higher accolade; not that he’d ever say so himself, as one of the served as an Executive Committee member for eight years, as well as Tasmanian most humble champions Tasmanian football has produced. president and delegate for the committee.

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TERRY MORRIS (300) MICHAEL SEDDON (301) Media Inductee Player Inductee JOURNALIST, THE EXAMINER, 1971-2016 SANDY BAY/MELBOURNE, MIDFIELDER, 1975-96 Over 30 years as senior north-west sports writer for The Examiner 57 games, 24 goals, Melbourne, 1980-85 Inaugural NTFL Hall of Fame inductee, 2002 161 games, Sandy Bay, 1975-79, 1986-91 and 1996 Sandy Bay TANFL premierships, 1976, 1977 and 1978 One of the longest serving journalists on not just the north-west coast but the entire state, Terry Morris has had a remarkable 40+ year career observing and William Leitch Medal, 1988 (equal) writing for the game of football in northern Tasmania. Raised in Spreyton before 13 representative matches for Tasmania/TANFL moving to Devonport in his later youth, Morris was a promising junior sportsman Named in Sandy Bay’s ‘Best 25, 1946-1997’ before a badly broken leg suffered on his paper route ended his sporting E.C. Billet Shield for TANFL best first year player, 1975 ambitions. Morris subsequently discovered his lifelong passion for journalism V. A. Geard Medal for TANFL Under 19 Best and Fairest, 1975 while working on the Devonport High School magazine, and upon graduation he Tasmania State Schoolboys representative, 1973 entered into a cadetship at The Examiner in Launceston, in part thanks to a A star junior who had made big waves in underage footy with Sandy Bay, Taroona reference from north-west sporting identity and Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame High School and The Hutchins School, Michael Seddon made his senior debut Icon, Geoffrey ‘Paddy’ Martin. The two would share a close friendship for the for the Seagulls in 1976, having won the V. A. Geard Medal as the TANFL Under remainder of Morris’ life. 18 Best and Fairest the previous year. Over the next few seasons the youngster After a series of small roles with The Examiner and a short stint in Western would make himself a permanent fixture in the strong Sandy Bay midfield of the Australia, Morris returned to Tasmania in the early 1980s to take up the position day, featuring in the Seagulls’ hat trick of TANFL premierships under Paul Sproule of The Examiner’s chief sports writer on the north-west coast, based in Devonport. from 1976-78. It was then that Morris’ passion for sport, in particular football, truly began to By the end of 1979 the young ruck-rover’s polish and class had attracted shine in print. He greatly enjoyed making the trek to the various regional venues significant interest from the VFL, with up to ten of the 12 clubs interested in across the coast from Smithton to East Devonport – a club for which Morris had acquiring the 21-year-old’s services. However, it was Melbourne who earned a special affinity – and over the years he became great friends with a number of Seddon’s signature for a reported sign-on fee of $40-45,000. Seddon spent six the region’s best-known footballing identities, including Graeme ‘Gypsy‘ Lee and seasons with the Demons, becoming a regular then permanent member of an Graham Shepherd, as well as the aforementioned ‘Paddy’ Martin. His column ‘At often-struggling side from 1982, ultimately enjoying only 15 wins from his 57 Work, Sport and Play’ was eagerly read by many a north-west citizen, and could senior games. His best season in the red and blue was his first in 1980, a year in always be counted on to contain a piece of juicy gossip from the sporting scene. which he played 16 games, gathered 20 disposals in a match four times, and Of course Morris was shrewd enough to never make it immediately obvious to booted ten goals. whom he may have been referring, leaving it to his readers to read between the lines, so to speak. He was extraordinarily well liked throughout the sporting Following a knee reconstruction in 1983 and rehabilitation in 1984, Seddon community, a man who was a natural ‘people person’, a trait that aided in his missed out on a senior appearance in 1985. He returned to Tasmania and Sandy journalistic work as it endeared him to many whom he would meet. Bay, re-joining the club for the inaugural season of the TFL Statewide League in 1986. He immediately re-entrenched himself as a first-choice member of the Although Morris will be remembered for his contribution to football journalism in Sandy Bay engine room and was a member of the Seagulls team that went down the north of the state, his lifelong passion was horse racing. He covered countless to Glenorchy in that season’s grand final. 1988 was arguably the best year of race meetings across Tasmania, Australia and internationally during his career, Seddon’s career, tying with Glenorchy youngster to win the and formed close friendships with many racing identities, including iconic William Leitch Medal and in the process becoming Sandy Bay’s fourth Leitch Tasmanian trainer Len Dixon and – also through football – the great Darrel Medallist in seven years. Baldock, whose love of horses rivalled even Morris’. Seddon retired at the end of the 1991 season and served as a runner for Sandy Morris sadly passed away on 4 April 2016 at the age of 62. Bay, and coach and President of the Sandy Bay Juniors for several years afterwards. Whilst serving as Under 18 coach in 1995 and 1996 he was lured back for a few games in 1996 at the age of 38 when the club was struggling for numbers. Seddon hung up the boots for good at year’s end after 161 senior appearances and with a reputation as one of the finest players the club had produced in its 50-year history; a fact that was confirmed five years later when Seddon was selected as one of the ‘Bay’s Best 25’. Away from football Seddon was an active member of the Sandy Bay community, serving on the committee of 12 the Sandy Bay Regatta Association, Sandy Bay Rowing Club, Sandy Bay Bowls Club and Hutchins Old Boys Association. DAVID NOBLE (302) ROBERT GROENEWEGEN (303) Overall Contribution Inductee Overall Contribution Inductee NORTH HOBART/FITZROY/PRAHRAN/WESTERN BULLDOGS/GLENELG/ FOOTSCRAY/GLENORCHY/NORTH LAUNCESTON/AURORA STADIUM, ADELAIDE, COACH/ADMINISTRATOR, 1985-2016 FORWARD/DEFENDER/MEDIA/ADMINISTRATOR, 1988-2016 Two games, Fitzroy, 1991 79 games, 29 goals, Footscray, 1978-87 Around 85 games, North Hobart, 1985-89 15 games, Glenorchy, 1988 North Hobart TFL premierships, 1987 and 1989 62 games, North Launceston, 1990-96 Tasmanian State of Origin representative, 1991 Glenorchy captain-coach, 1988 NSW/ACT Rams coach (TAC Cup), 1996-97 North Launceston captain, 1991-92 Western Bulldogs assistant coach, 1998-2002 North Launceston TFL premiership, 1995 Western Bulldogs AFL reserves premiership coach, 1998 York Park/Aurora Stadium Venue Manager, 2001-16 Glenelg senior coach (SANFL), 2003-04 Launceston assistant coach, 2013-16 Adelaide Crows assistant coach, 2005-10 Football writer, The Examiner, 1997-2003 Adelaide Crows List Manager, 2011-14 ABC Radio commentator, 1998-2006 Adelaide Crows GM of Football Operations, 2015-16 Football Tasmania/AFL Tasmania Board Member, 2001-06 A lively and skilful rover, David Noble was a vice-captain of two North Hobart Robert Groenewegen first came to Tasmania after a serviceable VFL career with premiership sides within five years of his senior debut in 1985. By the time of Footscray, during which time he played 79 games in 10 years and was a member their 1989 triumph over Hobart, Noble’s talent had sufficiently captured the of the Bulldogs’ 1985 preliminary final team against Hawthorn. Appointed attention of the mainland for him to be drafted, and he was taken by Fitzroy with captain-coach of Glenorchy in 1988, Groenewegen took the Magpies to the grand the 111th selection of the 1989 National Draft, joining fellow Tasmanians such as final, where they were defeated by Devonport in one of Tasmanian football’s most Mathew Armstrong, and Alastair Lynch at the club. Noble’s senior spiteful encounters. A one-season return to Victoria to play for Williamstown was AFL debut came on what would become one of Fitzroy’s darkest days – a followed by a permanent move to Tasmania in 1990 – this time to North 157-point drubbing at the hands of Hawthorn at North Hobart Oval in Round 6, Launceston – and it was here that Groenewegen would end his career, playing 62 1991 – and he would play only one further senior game before being delisted by games in six seasons with the Bombers, including as a member of the 1995 Fitzroy. Statewide League premiership side. Noble spent 1992 with VFA club Prahran, and the following year took his first ‘Wagon’ played mostly as a ruckman or key forward, and though he was able to steps into the coaching world as captain-coach of Upwey-Tecoma in the Yarra use his 193cm height to great effect around the ground his athleticism was Valley Football League. Noble spent two seasons at the helm of the Tigers with marred by a series of major injuries over his career, most notably a knee great success, taking out consecutive club best and fairest awards and guiding reconstruction in 1981 that robbed him of much of his youthful spring. After his the club to back-to-back Division One premierships before retiring aged just 27 on-field career ended at the end of 1996 Groenewegen remained in Launceston, to devote more time and energy to his ambition of becoming a senior AFL coach. with his career as a town planner leading to a role as the manager of the York His strengths as an innovator, offensive strategist and opposition analyst helped Park and Inveresk Precinct, including Aurora Stadium. Under Groenewegen’s his coaching credentials to grow, and after TAC Cup stints with the Oakleigh watch the ground underwent a series of redevelopments to bring it up to AFL Chargers (assistant coach) and the NSW/ACT Rams (senior coach), Noble was standard, resulting in Hawthorn and St. Kilda playing over 50 matches at the appointed as reserves coach and senior assistant at the Western Bulldogs under venue since the turn of the millennium, an arrangement he also helped engineer in late 1997. In this capacity Noble led the club’s reserves to a as a member of the Football Tasmania (later AFL Tasmania) board. premiership in 1998, and upon the dissolution of the reserves at the end of 1999 Groenewegen has likewise contributed to football in the state through a number he stayed on as an assistant to Wallace until the end of 2002. of media roles, including writing for The Examiner for a number of years and After two seasons as senior coach of SANFL side Glenelg, Noble returned to the serving as a correspondent/commentator for NTFL football with ABC Local Radio. AFL fold at the start of 2005 as an assistant under at Adelaide. He Always a jovial character, Groenewegen had a well-known penchant for remained at the Crows after his assistant’s role ended after 2010, subsequently larrikinism in his playing days, the most infamous example occurring on a flight filling the posts of firstly list manager and then General Manager of Football between Fiji and Hawaii in 1985, when – allegedly – ‘Captain Groenewegen’ Operations, gaining widespread respect within the AFL community for his informed economy class that “we’re about to go down” after commandeering the performances in both roles. During his time with the Crows Noble has often been plane’s intercom system. As his Footscray teammate and close friend Doug outspoken in his desire for change in some aspects of recruiting, including a Hawkins puts it, “if you did it now, you’d be shot by an Air Marshall and do 25 restructure of the father-son rule from the current ‘games played’ to a ‘years years in the slammer!” served’ system. 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 13 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

NICK PROBERT (304) (305) Player Inductee Coach Inductee BURNIE HAWKS/COLLINGWOOD/PRAHRAN/SANDY BAY/SOUTHERN CATS/ TASSIE MARINERS/NORTH LAUNCESTON/TASMANIAN DEVILS/CLARENCE/ BURNIE DOCKERS, ON-BALLER, 1988-2004 NORTH HOBART/BOX HILL/HAWTHORN/CARLTON, 1995-2016 22 games, Burnie Hawks, 1989 COACHING CAREER 82 games, Sandy Bay, 1994-97 60 games, North Hobart captain-coach, 2003-05 19 games, Southern Districts, 1998 Six games, Tasmanian Devils senior coach, 2006 77 games, Burnie Dockers, 2001-04 21 games, Clarence senior coach, 2008 Burnie Dockers captain-coach, 2002-04 41 games, Box Hill senior coach, 2009-10 Burnie Dockers NTFL premierships, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Five games, Hawthorn senior coach, 2014 Medal for NTFL Best and Fairest, 2003 13 games, Carlton senior coach, 2016 Sandy Bay Best and Fairest, 1995 Hawthorn assistant coach, 2011-15 Wilf Barker Medal for Best on Ground in NTFL Grand Final, 2002 PLAYING CAREER Six representative matches for Tasmania, 1994-98 North Launceston TFL premiership, 1998 Four representative matches for NTFA, 2001-04 (captain) Clarence SFL Premier League premiership, 2002 Named in Sandy Bay’s ‘Best 50 Players’ North Hobart SFL Premier League premiership, 2003 Horrie Gorringe Medal for SFL Premier League Best and Fairest, 2003 Hard as nails and a fierce competitor, Nick Probert was drafted by Collingwood as a 16-year-old in late 1988, however elected to remain in Tasmania to complete Darrel Baldock Medal for Best on Ground in TFL Grand Final, 1998 his Year 12 education. After a superb 1989 in which he played a full season of Hailing from George Town, Brendon Bolton first came to the football world’s senior footy with the Burnie Hawks in the TFL, captained Tasmania at the Teal Cup attention in 1998 when, aged only 19, he won the Darrel Baldock Medal as best (winning Best and Fairest) and was named an Under 17 All-Australian, Probert on ground in North Launceston’s TFL premiership win over Clarence. After headed to Melbourne to take his place on the Magpies’ list for the 1990 season. shifting to Clarence in 2002 and adding a second premiership, Bolton made his Over the following two years Probert played Under 19 and reserves football with first foray into coaching in 2003, appointed captain-coach of North Hobart at the the Magpies but failed to break though for a senior game in a strong team, and age of just 24. A physical education teacher by profession, Bolton took to after being cut by the Magpies at the end of 1991 he joined a number of his coaching with aplomb, and in his first season the Demons romped to the ex-teammates in heading to VFA club Prahran. Probert’s impact in two seasons premiership, with Bolton’s own form outstanding enough to secure him the Horrie with Prahran helped the Two Blues to consecutive finals series, and at the end of Gorringe Medal as competition Best and Fairest. 1993 he returned to Tasmania, signing with Sandy Bay. Over the next four years Probert became one of the Seagulls’ brightest stars during their final days in the After three years at the helm of the Demons, Bolton joined the Tasmanian Devils TFL, winning a Best and Fairest in 1995 and finishing runner-up for the 1994 as an assistant under Mathew Armstrong in 2006. Bolton had been a formation William Leitch Medal. He was also a regular Tasmanian representative during this player with the Devils in 2001 and when Armstrong resigned late in the season time, featuring in wins over highly fancied WAFL, SANFL and VFL sides. Bolton was appointed as caretaker, guiding the side to three wins from their last Following the demise of Sandy Bay, Probert spent one season with Southern six games. After losing out on the senior job in 2007 Bolton returned to North Districts in 1998 before heading overseas during 1999-2000, during which time Hobart, however a chronic hamstring injury forced him to hang up his boots at he played a few games with the Wandsworth Demons in the British Australian the end of 2008, a year in which he had coached his old side Clarence. Rules Football League. After being headhunted by Hawthorn to coach the club’s VFL affiliate Box Hill, Probert returned to Tasmania in 2001, joining the Burnie Dockers under former Bolton steered the Hawks to back-to-back finals appearances, and these Collingwood teammate Mick McGuane. The Dockers would win five consecutive successes led to his appointment as a Hawthorn assistant under Alastair premierships from 2001-05, with Probert playing in the first four, as well as Clarkson. Over the following five years Bolton’s reputation as one of the finest coaching the middle three after taking over the reins from McGuane. Despite analysts and teachers in the game grew, and when Clarkson was forced to stand being in the twilight of his career Probert was still clearly one of the NTFL’s finest aside through illness in mid-2014 it was Bolton who was chosen as his interim players, with his ferocious attack on the ball and supreme skills earning him the replacement, coaching the Hawks to five straight wins from his five games in Baldock Medal as league Best and Fairest in 2003 and captaincy of the NTFL charge. This success put his name front and centre for any future senior coaching representative side for four straight years. After hanging up his boots at the end of positions, and in late 2015 Bolton was named senior coach of Carlton. He could 2004 Probert remained heavily involved in Tasmanian football for a number of not have had a more promising start, guiding a team that was widely touted as years, particularly in the areas of youth coaching and talent development. wooden spoon contenders to a 6-6 record at the half way mark of the season and confirming in the process his place on the list of fine VFL/AFL coaches to have 14 come out of Tasmania. IAN CALLINAN (306) (307) Player Inductee Player Inductee TASSIE MARINERS/CLARENCE/TASMANIAN DEVILS/CENTRAL DISTRICT/ TASSIE MARINERS/DEVONPORT/HAWTHORN, DEFENDER, 2002-16 ADELAIDE, SMALL FORWARD/MIDFIELDER, 1999-2016 216 games, 31 goals, Hawthorn, 2006-15 32 games, 49 goals, Adelaide (AFL), 2011-13 Around 20 games, Devonport, 2004-05 34 games, 42 goals, Adelaide (SANFL), 2014-15 Hawthorn AFL premierships, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 95 games, 175 goals for Central District (SANFL), 2007-13 Second in Hawthorn Best and Fairest, 2014 109 games, 153 goals, Tasmanian Devils (VFL), 2001-06 Third in Hawthorn Best and Fairest, 2011 and 2012 13 games, 30 goals, Clarence (SWL/SFL/TSL), 2000-02 and 2016 All-Australian Team, 2012 (half back) Clarence SWL premiership, 2000 AFL Rising Star Nominee, 2006 (Round 14 vs. West Coast: 18 disposals, 6 Central District SANFL premierships, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 marks) J. J. Liston Trophy for VFL Best and Fairest, 2005 Hawthorn Best First Year Player, 2006 Tasmanian Devils Best and Fairest, 2005 Hunter Harrison Medal for National Under 18 Championships Division Two Best and Fairest, 2005 Central District Best and Fairest, 2007 and 2010 Australian International Rules representative, 2014 and 2015 Adelaide Best and Fairest (SANFL), 2014 and 2015 Medal for Best on Ground in SANFL Grand Final, 2010 Born in Queenstown on Tasmania’s west coast, Birchall began his football career Hunter Harrison Medal for National Under 18 Championships Div. Two Best and playing underage and eventually senior football with Devonport. After playing Fairest, 2000 Under 16 football with the Tassie Mariners from the age of 14, Birchall was Named in AFL Tasmania’s ‘Team of the Decade, 2004-2014’ (forward pocket) chosen in 2004 to represent the Mariners in the TAC Cup Under 18 competition under coach Hamish Ogilvie, and the following year he represented Tasmania at An outstanding junior footballer, Ian Callinan had played in a senior premiership the National Under 18 Championships, winning the Harrison Hunter Medal as the with Clarence and won a slew of underage awards before he turned 20, however Best and Fairest player in Division Two of the tournament. AFL clubs were reticent to draft him due to his diminutive 172cm frame. A foundation player with the Tasmanian Devils in the VFL in 2001, Callinan played His performances attracted the attention of the AFL, and at year’s end he was a major role in the club’s finals campaigns from 2003-05 as a highly damaging selected by Hawthorn with Pick 14 in the 2005 National Draft. Debuting in Round One, 2006 against Fremantle in Launceston, Birchall played 16 games in his first small forward, becoming the first Tasmanian since 1939 to take out the J. J. year at Glenferrie and impressed from the word go in a side that only won nine Liston Trophy as VFL Best and Fairest in 2005. After becoming the first Devil to games. He earnt an AFL Rising Star nomination in Round 14, won the Hawks’ play 100 games in 2006, Callinan set his sights on greener pastures, joining Best First Year player award, and ended the season with a sensational SANFL powerhouse Central District in 2007, a club that had won five of the 36-disposal performance against Geelong. In the following years, Birchall previous seven SANFL premierships. Callinan would slot straight into the cemented himself as one of Hawthorn’s first choice back six, using his 193cm powerful Bulldogs line-up and played a key role in the Bulldogs further four height and deceptive pace to repel attack after attack by opposition teams as well consecutive flags from 2007-10, taking home two club best and fairests during as initiating countless scoring runs for his own side. the period. Always at his best on the big occasion, Birchall was a consistently brilliant Despite being invited to train with as many as four AFL clubs since his junior performer in finals, and his 23-disposal, 12-mark performance in the 2008 grand days Callinan had never been drafted by any of them, however his form at final against Geelong was a major factor in the Hawks’ upset win. While Centrals finally saw him given an opportunity, with the Adelaide Crows picking superstars Sam Mitchell, and garnered a large up the 28-year-old with the 64th Pick in the 2010 Rookie Draft. An injury ravaged portion of the praise and accolades during the Hawks period of dominance, 2011 prevented him from playing more than a handful of games, however his Birchall was one of the side’s quiet achievers. This did not go unnoticed by the 2012 was sensational, playing 23 games and booting 39 goals to help his side to football community, and Birchall was recognised with an All-Australian jumper in a preliminary final. Despite his great form, Callinan managed only six games in 2012 and with selection in the International Rules squads in 2014-15. 2013 as the Crows decided to inject more youth into the side, and he was delisted His consistency was also recognised by his own club, with Birchall placing in the at season’s end. After two more seasons with Adelaide as captain of the Crows’ top ten in Hawthorn’s Best and Fairest award in seven of his first ten seasons, newly-formed SANFL team, Callinan returned to Tasmania and to his original side including three ‘top three’ finishes. By now a member of the great Hawthorn half Clarence for the 2016 season. Even at age 33 he was still one of the competition’s back line of Birchall, Gibson and Hodge, Birchall was a crucial cog in the Hawks’ most outstanding players, and was selected to represent his home state against premiership hat trick of 2013-15, in the process joining an elite club of four-time the WAFL that year. VFL/AFL premiership players and becoming – along with , and – the most decorated Tasmanian footballer of all time in terms of VFL/AFL flags won. 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 15 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME GREAT CLUB SCOTTSDALE FOOTBALL CLUB

CLUB DETAILS NTFA DIV. ONE BEST AND FAIREST: Established: 1889 Michael Rainbow (2010) Home Ground: Scottsdale Recreation Ground Playing Colours: red and white (1889-1947), black and white (1948-Present) TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Nickname: Magpies INDUCTEES Club Theme Song: ‘It’s a Grand Old Flag’ Trevor Ranson (2005) Lerrel Sharp (2005) Affiliations: Various country associations (1889-1937), NEFU (1938-1947), NTFA (1948-1986), NTFL (1987-2000), NTFA Division One (2001-present) Greg Lethborg (2005) (2006) Ron Hall (2008) PREMIERSHIP TITLES Kevin Symons (2009) PRE-NEFU PREMIERSHIPS: Six (1912, 1919, 1924, 1927, 1928,1937) Ricky Hanlon (2010) NEFU PREMIERSHIPS: Three (1939, 1946 and 1947) Peter Roozendaal (2011) Jamie Dennis (2013) NTFA PREMIERSHIPS: Ten (1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, Stephen Nichols (2014) 1982, 1984, 1986) Jim Leitch (2015) NTFL PREMIERSHIPS: One (1989) Ken Lette (2016) NTFA DIVISION ONE PREMIERSHIPS: One (2001) TASMANIAN STATE PREMIERSHIPS: One (1973) SCOTTSDALE ‘BEST TEAM: 1960-2000’ Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNERS Max Davidson Chris Wood Danny Hall Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back TASMAN SHIELD TROPHY/HEC SMITH MEMORIAL MEDAL Greg Lethborg Don Millwood Tim Gillespie (NTFA BEST AND FAIREST): Wing Centre Wing Charlie Dennis (1952) Jim Leitch Mannie Goninon Bob Taylor Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Max Hadley (1972) Stephen Nichols Ron Hall Max Hadley Stephen Nichols (1977) Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Ricky Rattray (1978) Rod Hughes Ken Lette Rex Lethborg David Noonan (1979) Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Jamie Dennis (1982, 1984) Peter Roozendaal Jamie Dennis Bob Wilson Interchange Interchange Interchange DARREL BALDOCK MEDAL (NTFL BEST AND FAIREST): Karl Beattie Troy Milne Graeme Millwood Peter Roozendaal (1990) Interchange Interchange Interchange Ricky Hanlon (1992) Stan Wilson Brian Donohoe Kevin Symons Coach Bob Wilson

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The 2016 induction into the ‘Great Club’ category of the Tasmanian Football Hall defeat Launceston, North Launceston and then City-South in consecutive weeks of Fame is the Scottsdale Football Club. to snatch the flag. Just to make the victory even more special, three of Scottsdale’s previous coaches – Chitty, Stokes and Max Lethborg – were at York The Scottsdale Football Club was first formed in 1889 and spent the first few Park to watch the club they had guided through its NTFA infancy finally come of decades of its existence competing in various country associations in the age. north-east of Tasmania, including the Lilydale District Football Association and the old North-East Association. They met with moderate success, winning six The 1964 premiership was to be the catalyst for one of the greatest golden eras in senior premierships before the club became a foundation member of the Tasmanian football history. After claiming back-to-back flags in 1964-65, North-East Football Union in 1938. Scottsdale’s first six seasons in the NEFU Scottsdale would go on to win another five NTFA premierships over the next 12 (either side of the WWII recess) brought three premierships, including years, thanks in large part to the multitude of players and coaches during that back-to-back flags in 1946-47, and so when the NTFA decided to expand the time who would go on to achieve legendary status within the Tasmanian competition from four teams to six, Scottsdale were one of the clear frontrunners. footballing fraternity, names like Greg Lethborg, Bob Wilson, Stephen Nichols, Ultimately, the club’s petition to join was successful, and in 1948 Scottsdale Ricky Rattray, Jim Leitch and Danny Hall. Despite all the domestic success entered the premier competition in Northern Tasmania, a huge step in the club’s however, there was still something missing from Scottsdale’s trophy cabinet: a development. At this time, the club adopted new colours of black and white – as state premiership. The club had had three cracks at winning one, losing the 1964, their previous colours of red and white would have clashed with City – and to 1965 and 1968 finals to Cooee (eight points), Glenorchy (20 points) and New match their new look the club adopted the nickname of the Magpies. Norfolk (13 points) respectively, and despite all the NTFA pennants there had been no further state final appearances since. Scottsdale entered their inaugural season in the NTFA under captain-coach Trevor Ranson. Ranson, who started his career with Scottsdale in their pre-NEFU days, That was all to change in the season when football in Scottsdale undoubtedly had tasted success as a six-time NTFA premiership player with the great reached its zenith: the phenomenal campaign of 1973. After going through the Launceston sides of the 1930s, and therefore knew all about what it took to entire Home and Away season undefeated – save for a draw against North achieve success at NTFA level. His solitary season in charge resulted in just two Launceston – and easily accounting for the Robins again to take out the NTFA wins and a wooden spoon, however it laid the foundation for what would become flag, the Magpies dispatched Hobart by 65 points in the state preliminary final at a very good side, something that was built upon by his successors Bob Chitty North Hobart Oval, setting up a state premiership at West Park against (who had captained Carlton to a VFL premiership in 1945) and Jervis Stokes. their 1964 conquerors, Cooee, a team that featured seven past or future VFL This continuing development culminated in the Magpies becoming the first of the players. In what would become one of the most memorable matches in Tasmanian ‘expansion’ clubs to make an NTFA grand final in 1952, a match in which they football history, the Magpies rallied from 32 points down at three quarter time to were defeated by City by 20 points. Unfortunately, this was to be Scottsdale’s only boot 6.9 to two behinds in the final term, storming to a 16.20 (116) to 15.15 grand final appearance in their first 16 years of NTFA football. (105) victory. Captain-coach Bob Wilson praised his side’s resilience in the aftermath, quipping, “We were down, but we came back because we had twenty The early 1960s would see a turning of the tide, and the gradual transformation of goers.” Scottsdale into not just a regional, but a state superpower. 1961 saw the appointment of former Essendon ruckman Brian Donohoe as captain-coach, a One remarkable fact surrounding Scottsdale’s 1973 state triumph, aside from the man who would have a significant impact on the club. The following year a fire fact that they had to travel twice to achieve it, was the innovative transport destroyed Scottsdale’s original clubrooms, an event that galvanised everyone solution the club employed in getting the team to their matches. Club president involved with club, as well as the community at large. The real catalyst for Gordon Dilworth was instrumental in rallying the entire north-east community to change, however, was taking place on the field with the Under 19s. In 1962-63 donate funds in order for the club to charter an aeroplane to take the team to their the side had won back-to-back NTFA Under 19 premierships without losing a matches in Hobart and Burnie; this was in an attempt to cut down on travel times, single match, and by 1964 the core of this champion team was ready to make the something that was thought to have seriously hindered Scottsdale in their transition into senior football. Among this group were names that would go on to previous state premiership campaigns. become synonymous with the Scottsdale Football Club and in some cases With the elusive state premiership in their grasp, Scottsdale now had had the become household names across the state, including Ron Hall, Ken Lette and unprecedented honour of representing Tasmania at the short-lived ‘Champions of Max Hadley. Australia’ tournament in Adelaide, where the Magpies would face the premiers of The infusion of this terrific group of kids into a team already boasting established the three major mainland competitions: Richmond (VFL), Glenelg (SANFL) and players such as Rex Lethborg, Stan Wilson, Don Millwood and Brian Donohoe Subiaco (WANFL). Scottsdale failed to win either of their two fixtures against himself was bound to have an impact. That impact was sudden and dramatic, and Glenelg or Subiaco, but for a team from a small Tasmanian country town, they in 1964 Scottsdale celebrated their maiden NTFA premiership, defeating acquitted themselves admirably. So magnificent were the deeds of the Scottsdale City-South by 20 points, 8.15 (63) to 6.7 (43). What made the win truly amazing 1973 wonder team, they were the inaugural ‘Legendary Team’ induction into the was that the Magpies had finished the H&A season in third place, and went on to Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

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The first half of the 1980s continued to bring success, with Scottsdale winning 1964 NTFA GRAND FINAL: Scottsdale v City-South (12/09/1964) NTFA flags in 1982, 1984 and 1986 thanks to a new generation of great players SCOTTSDALE’S FIRST NTFA PREMIERSHIP such as ruckman Peter Roozendaal and dual NTFA Best and Fairest winner Jamie ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time Full Time Dennis. The NTFA competition was disbanded after the 1986 triumph, and Scottsdale 3.4 (22) 4.8 (32) 6.13 (49) 8.15 (63) Scottsdale, along with several of their ex-NTFA counterparts, joined the newly formed NTFL competition. It did not take long for premiership glory to find them City-South 0.3 (3) 3.5 (23) 4.5 (29) 6.7 (43) here either, with the Magpies defeating Smithton in the 1989 decider. It was soon SCOTTSDALE Goalkickers C. Casboult 2, K. Beattie 2, R. Lethborg 1, clear, however, that the NTFL was a much more even competition than those they B. Donohoe 1, R. Hall 1, R. Rattray 1 had previously been a part of, and a loss to Ulverstone in 1993 was to be Best B. Donohoe, K. Beattie, M. Millwood, Scottsdale’s only grand final appearance for the rest of the decade. D. Millwood, R. Hall, K. Symons CITY-SOUTH Goalkickers P. Luttrell 2, K. Breward 1, J. Connell 1, At the end of the 2000 season, Scottsdale decided for financial reasons to move R. Crosswell 1, R. Peters 1 into Division One of the new NTFA, which had been re-born five years earlier as an amateur country league. The Magpies settled into the more relaxed standard of Best R. Taylor, G. Wilkinson, P. Luttrell, R. Johnson, football almost immediately, and in their first season in the competition another B. Harper, J. Nankervis, M. O’Keefe flag was claimed with a win over George Town, 14.6 (90) to 5.25 (55). This is to Attendance 7,739 at York Park date the club’s last senior premiership, although there have been further SCOTTSDALE’S FIRST SENIOR PREMIERSHIP TEAM 1964 unsuccessful grand final appearances in 2003, 2004 and 2010. Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket For a town boasting a population of only around 3,000 people, Scottsdale and Graeme Shearer Robert Richman Stan Wilson their football club have left an indelible mark on the Tasmanian football Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back landscape, providing us with some of the most memorable matches and most Terry Allanby Murray Millwood Barry Whish-Wilson talented players ever seen in the state. They are therefore more than worthy of Wing Centre Wing induction as one of the ‘Great Clubs’ of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. Rodney Rattray Mannie Goninon Max Hadley Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Kevin Symons Ron Hall Don Millwood Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Gerald Rawnsley Charlie Casboult Rex Lethborg Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Brian Donohoe (c) David Fox Karl Beattie Interchange Interchange Coach Ken Lette Peter Millwood Brian Donohoe

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1973 STATE FINAL: Scottsdale v Cooee (29/09/1973) ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time Full Time Scottsdale 6.5 (41) 8.9 (57) 10.11 (71) 16.20 (116) Cooee 5.4 (34) 11.6 (72) 15.13 (103) 15.15 (105) SCOTTSDALE Goalkickers S. Nichols 5, K. Lette 3, W. Burns 2, M. Hadley 2, R. Hall 1, G. Lethborg 1, S. Gillies 1, R. Rattray 1 Best R. Hall, W. Burns, S. Nichols, G. Lethborg, G. Millwood, T. Taylor COOEE Goalkickers A. Hodgetts 3, D. French 3, G. Towns 3, S. Beaumont 3, V. Drake 2, R. Deayton 1 Best G. Shephard, G. White, K. Beswick, G. Towns, H. Dowling, T. Lee Attendance 8,269 at West Park, Burnie Gate $6,515.60 SCOTTSDALE STATE PREMIERSHIP TEAM 1973 Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket John Williams Danny Hall Ron Hall Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Greg Lethborg Graeme Millwood Malcolm Crichton Wing Centre Wing Jim Leitch Stephen Nichols Ken Hall Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Max Hadley Ricky Rattray Rod Hughes Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Terry Taylor Ken Lette W. ‘Bill’ Burns Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Tad Joniec Bob Wilson Interchange Interchange Coach Sonny Gillies Leon Ranson Bob Wilson COOEE TEAM Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket Richard Crawford Kerry Beswick Harold Dowling Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Darrel Shephard Hugh Strahan Kerry Button Wing Centre Wing Barry Jarvis Graeme Shephard Geoff White Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Steven Beaumont Warren McCarthy Greg Towns Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Dexter French Vern Drake (c) Don Corkery Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Tom Lee Athol Hodgetts Peter Pettigrew Interchange Interchange Coach Stuart Tyson Robert Deayton Vern Drake

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The 2016 induction into the ‘Legendary Team’ category of the Tasmanian Football ‘straights sets’ by New Norfolk a week later, the scene was set for one of the great Hall of Fame is the Clarence team of 1970. TANFL grand finals. The mood around Clarence in the week leading up to the grand final was extraordinarily optimistic, with the feeling that this was finally the Since joining the TANFL in 1947 success had been hard to come by for Clarence. year that the Roos would claim their first piece of silverware. Coming into the 1970 season the club had made ten finals appearances in their 23 seasons in the competition, yet had amazingly won only three of their 17 finals So it proved on the day, with Clarence leading from start to finish to claim their matches in that period, including a loss to North Hobart in the 1962 grand final. maiden TANFL premiership, dismantling New Norfolk 19.16 (130) to 10.15 (75) After a first semi final exit in 1966, former Melbourne champion Stuart Spencer in front of a then record TANFL grand final attendance of 24,413. The star of the resigned as coach, and the man chosen to replace him was 1966 St. Kilda day was 19-year-old sensation Terry Mayne, who, after being named on a half premiership player and Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductee, John Bingley, forward flank, booted ten goals from full forward to be far and away the best who would have a profound impact on the club’s fortunes. player on the ground. The victory sparked wild celebrations on Hobart’s eastern shore, with coach Bingley later stating that the triumph meant more to him than Under Bingley’s tutelage, Clarence quickly acquired their new coach’s own his flag with St. Kilda four years earlier. In a sign of just how much Bingley’s burning desire to never accept second best and before long became a force in efforts had meant to the community, a street in the eastern shore suburb of southern football for the first time in their history. After making three consecutive Howrah was named Bingley Street in his honour. finals appearances from 1967-69 – including a grand final in 1969 that ended in defeat at the hands of North Hobart – Clarence and Bingley entered the 1970 Clarence’s next task was to take out the state premiership. A tough but relatively season primed to end their premiership drought. During the off season the Roos comfortable 28-point victory over NTFA premiers Scottsdale saw the Roos play had managed to recruit several big names, most notably Bob Cheek (Penguin), off in the decider against NWFU powerhouse Latrobe, led by legendary coach defender Adrian Bowden (Melbourne/Sandy Bay) and centreman Bob Lynch Darrel Baldock. Alas the Demons proved too strong, defeating Clarence by 35 (Fitzroy/City-South/New Norfolk); these, along with ex-Collingwood reserves points after piling on five goals to one in the last quarter. The loss hardly put a player Mike Nash and former Richmond rover Barry Teague would form what dampener on the Roos spirits however, as the maiden TANFL flag that the club would come to be known, rather tongue in cheek, as the ‘Foreign Legion’, and has so long desired was firmly in their keeping. would all play crucial roles in the team’s coming success. The Clarence team of 1970 were the pioneers for the club’s subsequent success, After a slightly up and down campaign, Clarence finished the 1970 Home and with the Roos winning a further 14 senior TFL/SFL/TSL premierships since that Away season in second position on the ladder, setting up a second semi final initial triumph 46 years ago. It is for this reason amongst many others that this clash with minor premiers Sandy Bay, a team that the Roos had beaten in three of team is a worthy inductee of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame. their four meetings during the year. In a tight game the Roos eventually triumphed by 22 points, and when the Seagulls were bundled out of the flag race in Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame Inductees: John Bingley (2005), Kevin ‘Doola’ King (2014)

20 1970 TANFL GRAND FINAL: Clarence v New Norfolk 1970 STATE FINAL: Latrobe v Clarence (03/10/1970) (12/09/1970) CLARENCE’S FIRST TANFL PREMIERSHIP ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time Full Time ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time Full Time Latrobe 4.2 (26) 7.3 (45) 10.7 (67) 15.10 (100) Clarence 5.8 (38) 9.11 (65) 13.14 (92) 19.16 (130) Clarence 1.3 (9) 6.7 (43) 8.9 (57) 9.11 (65) New Norfolk 1.2 (8) 3.5 (23) 8.10 (58) 10.15 (75) LATROBE Goalkickers D. Baldock 5, B. Dixon 3, B. Huxtable 3, CLARENCE Goalkickers T. Mayne 10, B. Yost 3, P. Ingles 1, K. King 1, G. Fox 2, M. Jaffray 1, B. Hickman 1 J. Richmond 1, B. Teague 1, B. Godfrey 1, Best D. Baldock, J. Jillard, I. Smith, T. Jackson, J. Bingley 1 B. Hickman, T. Taylor Best T. Mayne, J. Bingley, B. Yost, B. Godfrey, CLARENCE Goalkickers T. Mayne 2, B. Whitehouse 2, K. King 2, B. B. Whitehouse, R. Norris Teague 1, B. Cheek 1, P. Ingles 1 NEW Goalkickers T. Richards 3, K. Duggan 2, T. Browning 2, Best R. Norris, B. Whitehouse, K. King, J. Bingley, NORFOLK R. Graham 1, G. Winters 1, H. Wilton 1 R. Stirling, K. Palmer Best H Wilton, R. Graham, L. Browning, R. Wilton, Attendance 9,778 at Devonport Oval T. Lane, R. Green Gate $6,248 Attendance 24,413 at North Hobart Oval Gate $13,474.20 CLARENCE Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket CLARENCE Lance Hart Robin Norris Kevin Thornbury Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Michael Nash Robin Norris Kevin Thornbury Kevin Palmer Adrian Bowden John Anderson Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Wing Centre Wing Kevin Palmer Adrian Bowden John Anderson Rod Stirling Bob Lynch Barry Edwards Wing Centre Wing Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Rod Stirling Bob Lynch Barry Edwards Phil Ingles John Bingley (c) Bob Cheek Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Phil Ingles John Bingley (c) Terry Mayne Brian Godfrey Terry Mayne Barry Teague Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Brian Godfrey John Richmond Barry Teague Brian Yost Kevin King Bob Whitehouse Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Interchange Interchange Coach Brian Yost Kevin King Bob Whitehouse Ray Bentley Paul Sheehan John Bingley Interchange Interchange Coach Ray Bentley Bob Cheek John Bingley LATROBE Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket NEW NORFOLK Kevin Parker Bob Hickman Gerald Wyatt Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Terry Lane Dennis Banks Noel Woolford Ian Smith John Jillard Tony Jackson Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Wing Centre Wing Robert Wilton Michael Booth Len Browning Bob Huxtable Gary Cox Denis Smith Wing Centre Wing Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Paul Plunkett Hassa Wilton Bob Becker Kerry Aherne Darrel Baldock (c) Ken Luxmore Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Steven Salter Robert Hill Kerry Duggan Harvey Fox John Harris Mervyn Jaffray Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Tony Richards Tony Browning Greg Winters Terry Taylor Colin Jaffray Bill Dixon Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Interchange Interchange Coach Roger Green Ricky Graham (c) Tony Wilton Phillip Reeves Paul Sheehan Darrel Baldock Interchange Interchange Coach Peter Latham John Windsor Ricky Graham 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 21 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMORABLE GAME GLENORCHY V NORTH LAUNCESTON 1975

The 2016 induction into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in the Memorable third term to take a 13-point advantage into the final change. The game was still Game category is the 1975 state premiership match between Glenorchy and North well and truly up for grabs, but by now the physical toll was beginning to tell on Launceston. the northerners, and the result was Glenorchy dominating play in the final quarter, running out winners by an even four goals to claim their fourth state premiership. After a long and distinguished history, the future of the state premiership was The margin could have been much greater, however North Launceston fought the under a cloud by the mid 1970s. 1974 had been the first year since 1951 that the match out admirably and continued to put the Magpies under enormous pressure, state premiership had not been contested, despite a fantastic final the previous so much so that the home side’s 15 final quarter scoring shots produced an year between Scottsdale and Cooee. Attendances and interest from both the unflattering 3.12 public and clubs was well down on previous years, and so although it returned for the 1975 season there were genuine concerns that the concept may not see The game is remembered in the annals of Tasmanian football as one of the most out the decade. exciting and high-quality matches ever played in the state, with the talent on display being a large factor. No less than nine of the 40 participants had either The 1975 state final was contested between northern and southern powerhouses previously played VFL football or would go on to play VFL football at a later date: Glenorchy and North Launceston. The Magpies had earned their place thanks to a these included opposing coaches Peter Daniel and , Glenorchy’s 39-point win over Sandy Bay in the TANFL grand final, and had advanced straight Rodney Eade (Hawthorn) and (numerous clubs), and North to the final thanks to the state premiership’s rotation system. The Robins Launceston’s Graham Hunnibell (Melbourne), Ian Marsh (Essendon), Harry Frei meanwhile had to earn their spot the hard way, defeating Scottsdale in the NTFA (Footscray), Bruce Neish (Footscray/Essendon) and Tony Pickett (Carlton). Not to grand final before winning the state preliminary final with a dominant 89-point mention the other players who it’s widely acknowledged could have easily played win over NWFU premiers Wynyard at York Park. Unfortunately for the Robins, at VFL level, such as Trevor Sprigg, Geoff Graham, Gary Linton, Neil Maynard their win came at a cost, with up to eight players going into the state premiership and Richard Spencer. In fact, Eade, Sutton, Marsh and Pickett were all recruited to match needing pain-killing injections. the VFL on the back of their outstanding performances in the match, with Eade The two sides faced each other at North Hobart Oval on a Sunday afternoon in going on to cement himself as an icon of the game in Tasmania. The match also late September in conditions perfect for football. From the opening bounce the left a profound mark on the individuals involved, with Peter Hudson – no stranger match was a fast and highly skilful affair, with Glenorchy holding a narrow to playing on the big stage surrounded by champions – listing the match as one three-point lead at the first change. North Launceston wrestled the momentum in of the top three he ever played in. the match in the second quarter, and with Ian Marsh and Tony Pickett carving up Sadly, even the superb calibre of this match was not enough to save the the Magpies’ midfield at will the Robins kicked seven goals to two to hold a popularity of the state premiership. After Ulverstone took out the title the 26-point advantage at the main break. It was a superb effort given their injury following year, the match was again uncontested in 1977, and the final state woes, and coach Peter Daniel urged his charges to stick to their game plan and to premiership match was played between Cooee and Sandy Bay in 1978, the not let up on the relentless pressure that had proven so effective to that point. northerners triumphing by 26 points before just 3,860 spectators at West Park. This Glenorchy side was a class act, however, and in the third quarter they Nevertheless, the 1975 state premiership match has gone down in history as one demonstrated it. With coach Peter Hudson starting to get the upper hand in his of the great state finals thanks to the skill and talent on display that day and the duel with Neil Maynard and Darryl Sutton breaking free from the superb tag put quality of the football itself, and as such it rightfully takes its place amongst the on him by Rodney Loone, the Magpies slammed on nine goals to three in the ‘Memorable Games’ of Tasmanian football.

22 2016 TASMANIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMORABLE GAME GLENORCHY V NORTH LAUNCESTON 1975

1975 State Premiership Match: Glenorchy v North Launceston GLENORCHY – 28/09/1975 Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket ¼ Time ½ Time ¾ Time Full Time Craig Martin Mark Johnston Jim Dykes Glenorchy 4.2 (26) 6.6 (42) 15.12 (102) 18.24 (132) Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back North 3.5 (23) 10.8 (68) 13.11 (89) 16.12 (108) Michael House Trevor Sprigg Greg Thirgood Launceston Wing Centre Wing GLENORCHY Goalkickers P. Hudson 7, D. Sutton 2, G. Graham 2, M. Rodney Eade Gary Linton Don Holland Emery 2, R. Stringer 1, P. Johannson 1, R. Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Eade 1, G. Linton 1, R. Parish 1 Michael Emery Geoff Graham Brian Wilkinson Best P. Hudson, D. Sutton, T. Sprigg, G. Linton, Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket R. Eade, R. Parish, G. Graham, C. Martin Darryl Sutton (c) Peter Hudson Paul Johansson NTH. Goalkickers G. Simpson 4, H. Frei 4, D. Frost 2, LAUNCESTON R. Young 2, C. O’Byrne 1, T. Pickett 1, S. Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Sellers 1, I. Marsh 1 John Pilkington Robbie Dykes Rod Parish Best R. Sellers, T. Pickett, G. Hunnibell, Interchange Interchange Coach G. Simpson, P. Daniel, H. Frei, B. Neish, Robert Stringer Tim Woodham Peter Hudson N. Maynard Attendance 8,654 at North Hobart Oval NORTH LAUNCESTON Gate $9,685.60 Back Pocket Full Back Back Pocket Stephen Spencer Neil Maynard Ron Sellers Half Back Centre Half Back Half Back Rodney Loone Bruce Neish Peter Warren Wing Centre Wing Tony Pickett Richard Spencer Phillip Sellers Half Forward Centre Half Forward Half Forward Harry Frei Peter Daniel (c/c) Craig O’Byrne Forward Pocket Full Forward Forward Pocket Ricky Young Dale Frost Stephen Sellers Ruck Rover Ruck-Rover Graham Hunnibell Glen Simpson Ian Marsh Interchange Interchange Coach Robbie Richards Mick Sellers Peter Daniel

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ICONS LEGENDS GREAT CLUB 2005 Horrie Gorringe 2005 Bruce Carter 2005 North Hobart Football Club 2005 Darrel Baldock 2005 Horrie Gorringe 2006 North 2005 Peter Hudson 2005 2007 Burnie / Cooee Football Club 2006 Ian Stewart 2005 G.B. 'Paddy' Martin 2008 Launceston Football Club 2006 Royce Hart 2005 Jack Rough 2009 New Town / Glenorchy Football Club 2007 Roy Cazaly 2005 2010 Cananore / Hobart Football Club 2008 Arthur Hodgson 2005 2011 Clarence District Football Club 2009 2005 Ian Drake 2012 Lefroy / Sandy Bay Football Club 2010 Alastair Lynch 2005 Darrel Baldock 2013 2011 Rodney Eade 2005 Jack McMurray 2014 New Norfolk District Football Club 2012 Bruce Carter 2005 Peter Hudson 2015 Ulverstone Football Club 2012 Brent Crosswell 2005 Ian Stewart 2016 Scottsdale Football Club 2013 2005 Royce Hart 2013 Tim Lane 2005 Tim Lane MEMORABLE GAME 2014 Ivor Warne-Smith 2005 Rodney Eade 2005 Tasmania v Victoria 1960 2014 John Leedham 2006 Hec Smith 2006 Clarence v Glenorchy 1979 2015 G.B. 'Paddy' Martin 2006 Arthur Hodgson 2007 Wynyard v North Hobart 1967 2015 Matthew Richardson 2006 2006 Terry Cashion 2008 Devonport v Glenorchy 1988 2016 Paul Sproule 2006 Brent Crosswell 2009 Ulverstone v Longford 1955 2006 Alastair Lynch 2010 Tasmania v Victoria 1990 2007 Verdun Howell 2011 Tasmanian Devils v Geelong 2003 2007 Paul Williams 2012 Tasmania v Western Australia 1970 2007 Paul Sproule 2013 Burnie v North Launceston 1963 2008 Rex Garwood 2014 Tasmania v 1995 2008 2015 Greater Northern League v VFA 1981 2008 Jim Ross 2016 Glenorchy v North Launceston 1975 2009 Stuart Spencer 2009 LEGENDARY TEAM 2009 2005 Scottsdale Team of 1973 2010 Graeme Lee 2006 North Launceston Team of 1998 2010 Darrin Pritchard 2007 Sandy Bay Team of 1971 2010 Matthew Richardson 2008 Tasmanian Team of 1958 2011 Ivor Warne-Smith 2009 Clarence Team of 1993 2011 Colin Robertson 2010 City-South Team of 1960 2011 Robert Johnson 2011 Ulverstone Team of 1976 2012 2012 Latrobe Team of 1970 2012 Noel Atkins 2013 Tasmania Schoolboys Team of 1977 2013 Peter Jones 2014 North Launceston Team of 1947 2013 Michael Roach 2015 Launceston Team of 1933 2014 2016 Clarence Team of 1970 2014 John Devine 2015 2015 SPECIAL INDUCTION 2016 Mathew Armstrong 2007 Queenstown's Gravel Oval 2016 Graham Wright 2008 Best of Country Football - Longford Team of 1957 - New Norfolk Team of 1968 - Smithton Team of 1983 2009 Giant Killers of Tasmanian Football - East Launceston Team of 1967 - Penguin Team of 1977 - Hobart Team of 1973 2012 King Island Football Association 2014 Team of the Decade 2004-2014 2015 North Hobart Oval

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INDUCTEES 1 Fred McGinis 63 125 Adrian Fletcher 187 Dale Chugg 249 Max Griffiths 2 Roy Bailey 64 Brian Eade 126 Brendon Gale 188 Scott Jeffery 250 Steven Beaumont 3 Victor Barwick 65 Colin Moore 127 189 Colin Campbell 251 Graham Fox 4 Bruce Carter 66 128 190 Keith Roberts 252 Tony Pickett 5 Jack Gardiner 67 Neil Conlan 129 Paul Williams 191 Col Stokes 253 Wayne Wing 6 Algy Tynan 68 Ian Drake 130 Matthew Richardson 192 Lance Crosswell 254 Trent Nicholls 7 Viv Valentine 69 131 Harold 'Joe' Littler 193 Les Hepper 255 Simon Minton-Connell 8 George Challis 70 Verdun Howell 132 Ronald Tyson 194 Harold Dowling 256 Gavin Cooney 9 Jack Dunn 71 Trevor Leo 133 Ellis Maney 195 Charlie Thompson 257 Ben Harrison 10 George Millar 72 134 Ernie Matthews 196 Kevin Bailey 258 Paul Vinar 11 James Atkinson 73 Darrel Baldock 135 Jim Williams 197 Ron Hall 259 Roger Browning 12 Horrie Gorringe 74 Robert Johnson 136 Ted Turner 198 Kevin Williams 260 Derek Peardon 13 Alan Scott 75 Jack McMurray 137 Ray Stokes 199 261 Rod Butler 14 Colin Deane 76 Burnie Payne 138 Bob Parsons 200 Graeme Shephard 262 Ian Marsh 15 Don Scott 77 Jim Ross 139 Noel Reid 201 Graeme Mackey 263 Peter Johnston 16 Hec Smith 78 Graeme Lee 140 Ian Westell 202 Tim Evans 264 Mark Williams 17 Ivor Warne-Smith 79 Allan Leeson 141 Graham Saltmarsh 203 Ray James 265 Peter Roozendaal 18 Jack Charlesworth 80 Stuart Spencer 142 Keith Dickenson 204 Neil Maynard 266 Darryn Perry 19 A.T. 'Horrie' Mason 81 143 205 Robbie Dykes 267 20 Fred Pringle 82 Kevin McLean 144 Bill Atwell 206 Don McLeod 268 Geoff Hill 21 Alan Leitch 83 Graeme Hamley 145 Athol Webb 207 Steven Goulding 269 John Heathcote 22 Bill Berryman 84 Peter Floyd 146 John Fitzallen 208 Darren Trevena 270 Bill Sorell 23 Pat Hartnett 85 Les Manson 147 Tony Young 209 271 Wayne Youd 24 Alan Rait 86 148 Garth Smith 210 Mark Williams 272 Leigh McConnon 25 Paddy Walsh 87 Paul Sproule 149 Kerry O'Neill 211 Nathan Howard 273 Tony Maguire 26 Roy Cazaly 88 Peter Hudson 150 John 'Jack' Hinds 212 Ben Atkin 274 Jamie Dennis 27 Hugh Cameron 89 Peter Jones 151 David McQuestin 213 Harry Coventry 275 Trent Bartlett 28 Jock Connell 90 Ian Stewart 152 Neil Rawson 214 Hedley Rooke 276 29 Harry Long 91 John Bingley 153 215 Gordon Bowman 277 Chris Jones 30 Len Pye 92 Barry Lawrence 154 Warren McCarthy 216 Mike Delanty 278 Ron Marney 31 Roy Cooper 93 Royce Hart 155 Garry Davidson 217 Kevin Symons 279 Vern O'Byrne 32 Eric Huxtable 94 John Devine 156 Graham Hunnibell 218 Des Graham 280 Kevin King 33 Leo McAuley 95 Brent Crosswell 157 Tony Martyn 219 Roger Steele 281 Barry Walker 34 Laurie Nash 96 Noel Leary 158 Nigel Hyland 220 Robert Beakley 282 Tony Browning 35 Fred Smith 97 Geoff Poulter 159 221 Jim Manson 283 Stephen Nichols 36 Gavin Luttrell 98 Craig Davis 160 Doug Barwick 222 David & Wendell Langmaid 284 Peter King 37 Trevor Ranson 99 Greg Lethborg 161 Simon Atkins 223 Grant Allford 285 Cameron Clayton 38 Gordon Abbott 100 Ricky Smith 162 224 Tom Lee 286 John Klug 39 Jack Donnelly 101 Daryl Sutton 163 George Vautin 225 Michael Hunnibell 287 Daniel Hulm 40 Vern Rae 102 Robert Shaw 164 William Leitch 226 Chris Reynolds 288 Harold Ayers 41 Eric Zschech 103 Bill Fielding 165 Wally Ride 227 Steve Carey 289 Mal Pascoe 42 Jack Hill 104 Tim Lane 166 Leslie Fyle 228 Gary Dawson 290 Roy Apted 43 Albert Chilcott 105 Robert Neal 167 Len Hayes 229 Gary Williamson 291 Jim Leitch 44 Jack Metherall 106 Peter Daniel 168 Roy Ringrose 230 Grant Fagan 292 Kerry Doran 45 Terry Cashion 107 Rodney Eade 169 Ivan Hayes 231 John McCarthy 293 Andrew Vanderfeen 46 Don Clark 108 Des James 170 Graeme Wilkinson 232 Mathew Febey 294 Roland Curley 47 Noel Atkins 109 Terry Fellows 171 Ken Austin 233 Darren Winter 295 48 G.B. 'Paddy' Martin 110 Danny Ling 172 Athol Cooper 234 Albert Waddle 296 Scott McCallum 49 J.A. 'Gavin' O'Dea 111 173 Royce Viney 235 Fred Davies 297 Ben Beams 50 Jack Rough 112 Michael Roach 174 John Greening 236 298 Trevor Best 51 Raymond Summers 113 Scott Clayton 175 David Stockdale 237 Peter Sharp 299 Ken Lette 52 John Leedham 114 Colin Robertson 176 238 Kerry Good 300 Terry Morris 53 Keith Welsh 115 Greg Wilson 177 Max Brown 239 Hedley Thompson 301 Michael Seddon 54 Darrel Eaton 116 David Grant 178 Gary Linton 240 Chris Riewoldt 302 David Noble 55 Arthur Hodgson 117 Stephen Macpherson 179 Wayne Fox 241 Ricky Hanlon 303 Robert Groenewegen 56 George Viney 118 Mathew Armstrong 180 Martin Flanagan 242 Michael Styles 304 Nick Probert 57 John 'Jack' Hawksley 119 181 243 305 Brendon Bolton 58 Rex Garwood 120 Darrin Pritchard 182 Andy Bennett 244 306 Ian Callinan 59 Geoff Long 121 Peter Walsh 183 Steane Kremerskothen 245 307 Grant Birchall 60 Peter Marquis 122 Steven Febey 184 James Manson 246 Harry McDonald 61 Lerrel Sharp 123 Alastair Lynch 185 247 Len Lewis 62 Bob Miller 124 Graham Wright 186 Danny Noonan 248 Lindsay Webb

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