Coburg Tigers
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Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club based in Coburg
Coburg, Victoria
Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...

, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 which saw the Coburg club change its nickname from the Lions to the Tigers from the commencement of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership.

Coburg City Oval

Coburg City Oval
Coburg City Oval
Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football/cricket stadium located in Coburg, Australia. It is home to the Coburg Tigers Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club and served as the home ground for the North Melbourne Football Club in the 1965 VFL season only.The oval is fenced off to the...

 has the home ground of the Coburg Tigers throughout its history. It was also home of the North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 for the 1965 VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 season. The ground has a grandstand on southern end near the goals. Terraces surround the rest of the ground.

The capacity of the ground is 15,000 while the highest attendance recorded was 21,695. There are seats for approximately 3,000–5,000 people

From 2010, Coburg has split its home games between Coburg City Oval and Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn
Craigieburn, Victoria
Craigieburn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume. At the 2006 Census, Craigieburn had a population of 20,784....

.

Coburg City Oval is fenced off from residents.

From 2011, Coburg City Oval has been renamed as Mantello Holden Oval, with the Coburg Football Club securing Mantello Holden & Mantello Hyundai as the Naming Rights Sponsor of CCO for Season 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Club records

VFA/VFL Premierships – 1st Division
  • 6 (1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989)

VFA Premierships – 2nd Division
  • 2 (1970, 1974)


The club were runners-up to the Northcote Football Club
Northcote Football Club
Northcote Football Club, nicknamed The Dragons, was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1908 until 1987. The club's colours were green and yellow and it was based in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote...

 in three successive seasons from 1932 to 1934. They were also runners-up in 1941, 1959 , 1980 and 1986.

Coburg had prolific goal kickers such as Bob Pratt
Bob Pratt
Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt was a former Australian rules footballer from Mitcham, Victoria.Pratt played with South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1930–1939 and again in 1946, and with the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1940 to 1941...

 and Lance Collins
Lance Collins
Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

 during the 1930s. Collins in his first official season (he was injured in 1935 and played one game), kicked 16, 12, 11 and 10 goals in separate games. He kicked 116 goals for the 1936 season and in 98 games for Coburg Football Club (VFA) his tally was 432 goals. Collins played in the 1945 Carlton (VFL) Premiership side. Bob Pratt kicked 183 goals in the 1941 VFA season for Coburg, which was the highest number of goals kicked in a VFA season until Ron Todd
Ron Todd (footballer)
Ronald Walford Todd was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League in the 1930s, and with Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association in the 1940s. Todd was an acrobatic and pacy forward, possessing a strong overhead mark...

 of Williamstown (VFA) beat that record and kicked 188 goals in 1945. Pratt and Collins have kicked the most goals by two players in a season :they kicked a total of 256 goals in 1941. Pratt kicked 22 goals in a match against Sandringham Football Club: a club record. Apart from Bob Pratt (183) and Lance Collins (73), Coburg also had N. Glenister who kicked 37 goals, giving the three players a total of 293 goals which is the highest total goals score in the VFA or senior competition of Australian rules football by three players in a season.

The only J.J.Liston trophy winner for Coburg was Jim Sullivan in 1967. Prior to 1943 the Best and Fairest Award in the VFA was the 'Recorder Cup'. Coburg VFA winners were Peter Reville
Peter Reville
Peter Reville , Christened "Henry James", but adopted his fathers Christian name, was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL....

 (ex-South Melbourne VFL) who was the equal winner in 1936 and E. "Snowy" Martin in 1927.

Jim Sullivan was credited by club statistics to have amassed 54 kicks in a match in 1969, which is the second highest recorded in senior football competition and the highest in the VFA competition. Coburg has the second highest number of reported players in a VFA match, which occurred in the 1933 Grand final against Northcote Football Club.

After many years in the doldrums, the club enjoyed somewhat of a rebirth in the late 1970s, with a continued period of success until the 1990. During that time, the club won three flags, and finished runner-up another two times.

Superstar and VFA legend Phil Cleary
Phil Cleary
Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

 was a member of all these games, as either a player or a coach.

Dave Starbuck holds the club record for games, with 219, played mostly in the 1950s. He is closely followed by cult figure, Vin "The Tank" Taranto, who played during the 1980s and the dark days of the 1990s, when the club was at its lowest and almost folded. Third on the games list, on 205 games, is Cleary.

Famous Fans

Famous supporters of Coburg, harking back to the days when they were known as the "Lions" in the VFA include Cleary, former Trades Union boss Dean Mighell, and 3SER
3SER
CASEY RADIO on 97.7 FM is a non-commercial community radio station which caters to the south-east of Melbourne, Australia, an area which includes the City of Casey and the City of Greater Dandenong.-Overview:...

 stats doyen Anthony Brady.

Team of the Century

Back Bob Atkinson
Bob Atkinson
Bob Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1942 season, coming across from Coburg. He returned to Coburg after the 1944 season.-External links:* at...

Ron Promnitz Trevor Price
Half Back Dave Starbuck Brad Nimmo
Brad Nimmo
Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

Tony Tancredi
Centre Alan Mannix Jim Sullivan Gary Sheldon
Half Forward Lance Collins
Lance Collins
Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

Bill Byron Laurie Birt
Forward Ken Ingram Bob Pratt
Bob Pratt
Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt was a former Australian rules footballer from Mitcham, Victoria.Pratt played with South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1930–1939 and again in 1946, and with the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1940 to 1941...

Brian Allison
Ruck Jim Jenkins Colin Hobbs Clarrie Mears
Interchange Ray Jordon
Ray Jordon
Raymond Clarence Jordon is a former Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team...

Harry Kerley
Harry Kerley
Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

Mick Erwin
Mick Erwin
Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

Jack Condon Tim Reinerts Mark Weidemann
Emergencies John Harris
John Harris (Australian footballer)
John 'Jiggy' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the VFL.Recruited from Brighton, Harris started his career at Collingwood where he played as both a wingman and half forward flanker. He was a member of Collingwood premiership sides in 1927 and 1928...

Jack Rogan Allen Eade
Allen Eade
Allen Eade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s.Eade spent most of his career at Coburg but played with Collingwood in a two season stint...

Captain Brad Nimmo
Brad Nimmo
Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

Coach Phil Cleary
Phil Cleary
Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...


Coaches and Captains


Year
  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
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  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
 

Captains
  • R Weatherill
    Robert Weatherill
    Robert 'Bob' Weatherill was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1917 and 1923 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...

  • H Kerley
    Harry Kerley
    Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

  • H Kerley
    Harry Kerley
    Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

  • H Kerley
    Harry Kerley
    Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

  • J Jenkins
  • T Trevaskis
    Tim Trevaskis
    A. W. 'Tim' Trevaskis was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

     / J Jenkins
  • J Jenkins
  • G Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • G Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • G Rudolph
    George Rudolph
    George Rudolph was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • A Duncan
  • P Reville
    Peter Reville
    Peter Reville , Christened "Henry James", but adopted his fathers Christian name, was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL....

  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • E Lines / J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • L Collins
    Lance Collins
    Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

  • L Collins
    Lance Collins
    Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

  • R Atkinson
    Bob Atkinson
    Bob Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1942 season, coming across from Coburg. He returned to Coburg after the 1944 season.-External links:* at...

  • R Atkinson
    Bob Atkinson
    Bob Atkinson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1942 season, coming across from Coburg. He returned to Coburg after the 1944 season.-External links:* at...

  • R Wilson
  • R Wilson
  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • C Lambert
    Chris Lambert (footballer)
    Chris Lambert was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of Essendon premiership teams in 1946 and 1950.-External links:* -References:* *...

  • C Lambert
    Chris Lambert (footballer)
    Chris Lambert was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of Essendon premiership teams in 1946 and 1950.-External links:* -References:* *...

  • J Condon
  • J Condon
  • H Wilkinson
  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • R Jordan
  • R Jordan / G Short
  • J Sullivan
  • B Barclay
  • A Tancredi
  • J Welsh
  • J Welsh
  • J Welsh
  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • C Hobbs
  • C Hobbs
  • D O'Callaghan
    Denis O'Callaghan
    Denis O'Callaghan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League ....

  • A Mannix
  • L Robertson
  • R Beattie
  • R Beattie
  • L Burt
  • L Burt
  • L Burt
  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • B Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

  • B Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

  • B Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

  • B Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

  • B Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo
    Brad Nimmo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

  • K Ingram
  • K Ingram
  • S Salvador
  • S Salvador
  • S Salvador
  • A Alessio
  • A Alessio
  • A Alessio
  • M McLeod
  • J Lappin / M McLeod
  • P Steinfort
  • D Talbot
  • L Carlson
  • E Kuret
  • T Ronaldson
  • T Ronaldson
  • P Shelton
  • N Carnell
 

Coaches
  • R Weatherill
    Robert Weatherill
    Robert 'Bob' Weatherill was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1917 and 1923 for the Richmond Football Club.-References:*Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...

  • C Hardy
    Charlie Hardy
    Charlie Hardy was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the VFA during the 1910s and Essendon in the VFL during the early 1920s.-VFA:...

  • C Hardy
    Charlie Hardy
    Charlie Hardy was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the VFA during the 1910s and Essendon in the VFL during the early 1920s.-VFA:...

  • H Kerley
    Harry Kerley
    Henry Charles "Harry" Kerley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League ....

  • J Jenkins
  • T Trevaskis
    Tim Trevaskis
    A. W. 'Tim' Trevaskis was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

     / J Jenkins
  • J Jenkins
  • G Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • G Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale
    Greg Stockdale was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • G Rudolph
    George Rudolph
    George Rudolph was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....

  • A Duncan
  • P Reville
    Peter Reville
    Peter Reville , Christened "Henry James", but adopted his fathers Christian name, was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL....

  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • L Collins
    Lance Collins
    Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

  • L Collins
    Lance Collins
    Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....

  • P Rowe
  • P Rowe
  • R Wilson
  • J Scanlon
    Jack Scanlon (footballer)
    Jack F. Scanlon was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....

  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • H Equid
    Harry Equid
    Harry Equid was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s....

  • C Lambert
    Chris Lambert (footballer)
    Chris Lambert was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of Essendon premiership teams in 1946 and 1950.-External links:* -References:* *...

  • C Lambert
    Chris Lambert (footballer)
    Chris Lambert was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of Essendon premiership teams in 1946 and 1950.-External links:* -References:* *...

  • W Findlay
    Bill Findlay
    Bill Findlay was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game.Findlay was started his league career with his...

  • W Findlay
    Bill Findlay
    Bill Findlay was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game.Findlay was started his league career with his...

  • W Findlay
    Bill Findlay
    Bill Findlay was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game.Findlay was started his league career with his...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • D Bigelow
    Doug Bigelow
    Douglas "Doug" Bigelow was an Australian rules footballer who played 148 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1947 to 1956.-Career:...

  • J Edwards
    Jack Edwards (Australian rules footballer)
    Jack Edwards is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s.Edwards was a fullback and won a Syd Barker Medal in 1956 for North Melbourne's best and fairest player...

  • J Edwards
    Jack Edwards (Australian rules footballer)
    Jack Edwards is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s.Edwards was a fullback and won a Syd Barker Medal in 1956 for North Melbourne's best and fairest player...

  • L Smith
    Len Smith (footballer)
    Like his younger brother, the legendary Norm Smith, it is as a coach that Len is best remembered. During his first stint as a coach, of the Fitzroy Under 19s , he guided the side to the 1955 Premiership. His first senior coaching role was with Fitzroy, taking them to the finals in 1958 and 1960...

  • P Bushby
    Perc Bushby
    Percy "Perc" Bushby was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1942 and 1946...

  • P Bushby
    Perc Bushby
    Percy "Perc" Bushby was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1942 and 1946...

  • P Bushby
    Perc Bushby
    Percy "Perc" Bushby was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1942 and 1946...

  • P Bushby
    Perc Bushby
    Percy "Perc" Bushby was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1942 and 1946...

  • P Bushby
    Perc Bushby
    Percy "Perc" Bushby was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1942 and 1946...

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • M Erwin
    Mick Erwin
    Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club....

  • J Dugdale
    John Dugdale (footballer)
    John Dugdale is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in a 15 year career which began in 1955. He shares with Jock Spencer the club record of 6 times topping their season ending goalkicking charts...

  • J Dugdale
    John Dugdale (footballer)
    John Dugdale is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in a 15 year career which began in 1955. He shares with Jock Spencer the club record of 6 times topping their season ending goalkicking charts...

  • J Dugdale
    John Dugdale (footballer)
    John Dugdale is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in a 15 year career which began in 1955. He shares with Jock Spencer the club record of 6 times topping their season ending goalkicking charts...

  • D O'Callaghan
    Denis O'Callaghan
    Denis O'Callaghan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League ....

  • C Kinnear
    Col Kinnear
    Colin 'Col' Kinnear is a former Australian rules football coach who coached the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. He is the son of former Melbourne player Joe Kinnear....

  • C Kinnear
    Col Kinnear
    Colin 'Col' Kinnear is a former Australian rules football coach who coached the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. He is the son of former Melbourne player Joe Kinnear....

  • C Kinnear
    Col Kinnear
    Colin 'Col' Kinnear is a former Australian rules football coach who coached the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. He is the son of former Melbourne player Joe Kinnear....

  • C Kinnear
    Col Kinnear
    Colin 'Col' Kinnear is a former Australian rules football coach who coached the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. He is the son of former Melbourne player Joe Kinnear....

  • J Nicholls
  • H Martin
    Harold Martin (footballer)
    Harold Martin is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League and coached in the Victorian Football Association....

  • H Martin
    Harold Martin (footballer)
    Harold Martin is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League and coached in the Victorian Football Association....

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • P Cleary
    Phil Cleary
    Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

  • A Jesaulenko
    Alex Jesaulenko
    Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...

  • K Breen
  • K Breen
  • B Dunn
  • A Ezard
    Alan Ezard
    Alan Ezard is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.Originally from Broadford, Victoria, Ezard made his debut with the Essendon Football Club in 1983 and made a name for himself as a very strong mark for a 173 cm man, playing mostly in the back pocket or as a rover...

  • A Ezard
    Alan Ezard
    Alan Ezard is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.Originally from Broadford, Victoria, Ezard made his debut with the Essendon Football Club in 1983 and made a name for himself as a very strong mark for a 173 cm man, playing mostly in the back pocket or as a rover...

  • S Macpherson
    Stephen MacPherson
    Stephen MacPherson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Footscray Bulldogs in the AFL.He became coach of the Greenvale Football Club, affiliated with the Essendon District Football League in 2004, steering them to multiple Finals appearance over his six years at the club...

  • S Macpherson
    Stephen MacPherson
    Stephen MacPherson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Footscray Bulldogs in the AFL.He became coach of the Greenvale Football Club, affiliated with the Essendon District Football League in 2004, steering them to multiple Finals appearance over his six years at the club...

  • A Richardson
    Alan R. Richardson
    Alan R. Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

  • A Richardson
    Alan R. Richardson
    Alan R. Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

  • P Spargo
    Paul Spargo
    Paul Spargo is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League . A half forward, he is the son of Footscray's Grand Final player Bob Spargo....

  • D Flood
    David Flood
    David Flood is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

  • D Flood
    David Flood
    David Flood is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League ....

  • A Collins
  • A Collins
  • J Rawlings
    Jade Rawlings
    Jade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....

  • C McRae
    Craig McRae
    Craig McRae is a former Australian rules footballer.Originally from South Australian National Football League club Glenelg, McRae was drafted by AFL club Brisbane as the 22nd pick in the 1994 draft and had an immediate impact, kicking two goals in his first game in 1995, and played every game of...

  • D Newett
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