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| Full name | North Adelaide Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Roosters |
| Season 2008 | |
| Position | 2nd |
| Top Goalkicker | Heath Younie |
| Best & Fairest | James Allen |
| Club Details | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Competition | South Australian National Football League |
| Chairman | Bohdan Jaworskyj |
| Coach | Andrew Jarman |
| Captain(s) | Darryl Wintle |
| Ground(s) | Prospect Oval (20,000) |
| Other information | |
| Official website | www.nafc.com.au |
North Adelaide is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League.
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History
Formed in 1888 as Medindie, in 1893 the club renamed itself to North Adelaide. It is the fourth oldest club still in operation in the SANFL. Although several other early clubs used the name of "North Adelaide", none of them bore ties to the current club[1]. North Adelaide started playing at Prospect Oval in 1922 and it has remained their home ground ever since. Ken Farmer - "The Bradman of Goalkickers" kicked 105 goals in 1930 to become the first SA League player to kick 100 goals in a league state. He was a prolific goalkicker, kicking 100 goals in a season in 11 consecutive seasons (1930 – 1940). Farmer also holds the record for the most goals in an SANFL match - 23 against West Torrens at Prospect on July 6, 1940. Farmer scored ten or more goals in thirty-seven matches, and 1,419 goals in total over his career, at an astounding average of 6.3 per match. North Adelaide’s other iconic player[2], Barrie Robran, played 201 League games for the Roosters and 10 State games. He won 3 Magarey Medals (1968, 1970 and 1973) and is the only SANFL "Legend" in the Australian Football Hall of Fame. North Adelaide competed in the first match played at Football Park (now known as AAMI Stadium) in round 5, 1974. Their opponent was Central District. The longest serving coach for the club is Michael Nunan - 12 seasons from 1981 to 1992. The Captain’s record is held by Ian McKay, captaining the team for 8 years from 1948 – 1955.
Premierships
The club has won 13 Senior premierships in total: 1900, 1902, 1905, 1920, 1930-31, 1949, 1952, 1960, 1971-72, 1987, 1991
Other premierships
The club has also won premierships in:
- Seconds/Reserves (from 1919) - 1925, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1964-65, 2005-6 (8 total)
- Thirds/Under 19s (from 1936) - 1937, 1942, 1948-49, 1954, 1961, 1966, 2005 (8 total)
- Colts/Under 17s (from 1939) - 1939-40, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1969-70, 1987, 1997, 2005, 2007 (12 total)
- Championship of Australia 1972
- Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy 1966-67, 1971-72, 2005-6
- SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series 1968
North Adelaide Playing List
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AFL players affiliated with this club
(2007 season) Adelaide Crows
- Andrew McIntyre
- Nick Gill
- Greg Gallman
- Ben Hudson
(note: McIntyre, Gill and Gallman are on North's playing list) Port Adelaide
- Daniel Motlop
- Nathan Lonie
- Damon White
- Gavin Grose (currently on North's playing list)
Magarey Medallists
- Phil Sandland 1901
- Tom Mackenzie 1905 & 1906
- Tom Leahy 1913
- Harold 'Dribbler' Hawke 1937
- Jeff Pash 1939
- H.Ron Phillips 1948 & 1949
- Ian McKay 1950
- Barrie Barbary 1960
- Don Lindner 1967^
- Barrie Robran 1968, 1970 & 1973
- Tony Antrobus 1983
- Andrew Jarman 1987
- Brenton Phillips 1993
- Josh Francou 1996
- James Allan 2007
^ - awarded retrospectively
All-Australians
- Haydn Bunton 1956
- Don Lindner 1961
- Andrew Jarman 1986 & 1987
League top goalkickers
- A.Daly (54) 1903 & (30) 1905
- P.Lewis (58) 1923
- K.Farmer (105) 1930, (126) 1931, (102) 1932, (112) 1933, (106) 1934, (128) 1935, (134) 1936, (108) 1937, (112) 1938, (113) 1939 & (123) 1940
- W.McKenzie (67) 1954
- D.Sachse (90) 1967
- J.Roberts (111) 1987
- D.Hargreaves (68) 2002
Club song
North Adelaide have had many versions of their clubsong in the past. All contain the same lyrics, but have been changed rhythm wise to keep up with the times. The most recent version was brought in during the early 2000s, but all versions can still be found on the clubsong CD.
It's a great, great club, And the club we love, We're the good old red and whites! The mighty Roosters we're called, All for one, one for all, If we're down we fight, fight, fight! We always play as a team, And we play it clean, We're never out of sight, Be it wet, be it dry, We try, try, try, We're the good old red and whites!
External links
| Clubs in the South Australian National Football League |
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 Central District |  Glenelg |  North Adelaide |  Norwood |  Port Adelaide South Adelaide |  Sturt |  West Adelaide |  Woodville-West TorrensDefunct clubs:  West Torrens |  Woodville |
