North Hobart Demons
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The North Hobart Football Club 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 currently playing in the Tasmanian State League
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

.

Players to reach Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 level include Paul Williams
Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Williams is a former Australian rules footballer with both Collingwood and Sydney. Since retiring from playing, he has been an assistant coach, including a bried period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season...

, Peter 'Percy' Jones
Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)
Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL...

, Daryn Cresswell
Daryn Cresswell
Daryn Cresswell was an Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, and the former senior coach of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club that played in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:...

, Chris Bond
Chris Bond
Chris Bond is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a rover for the , and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Since retiring as a player he has coached Werribee in the Victorian Football League and has also been an assistant coach for the Western Bulldogs...

, James Manson
James Manson
James Manson is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.From North Hobart, Tasmania, Manson provided some great assets to a fighting Collingwood Magpies. Manson stood at 194 cm and was solidly built with a great overhead mark thanks to his great hands...

, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett
Tony Pickett
Anthony 'Tony' Pickett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League during the late 1970s....

 and several other big names. In total 54 North Hobart players have gone on to play at VFL/AFL level.

North Hobart is the second most successful Australian rules football team ever with 28 senior premierships.

Origins

To be updated.

Entry to the Southern Football League
  • 2001


TANFL/TFL Statewide League Premierships
  • 1902, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992


TANFL/TFL Statewide League Runners-Up
  • 1896, 1897, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1968


SFL Premier League Premierships
  • 2003


SFL Premier League Runners-Up
  • 2002, 2008


Tasmanian State Premiership
Tasmanian State Premiership
The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954....

s
  • 1914, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1962, 1969


William Leitch Medal
William Leitch Medal
The William Leitch Medal was an annual award which was presented to the Best and Fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League.At various times prior to 1930 and between 1935 and 1939 the TFL award was known by other names....

lists
  • 1932 – Len Pye
    Len Pye
    Len 'Apples' Pye was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1930s...

  • 1934 – S. Sproule
  • 1945 – E. Reid
  • 1977 – Mick Hawkins
  • 1993 – Darren Perry
  • 1994 – Michael Maple
  • 2003 – Brendan Bolton


George Watt Medallists
  • 1954 – M. Cleary
  • 1955 – A. Petersen
  • 1957 – A. Gould (tied)
  • 1958 – R. Large
  • 1959 – S. Graham
  • 1960 – K. Turner
  • 1962 – Bruce Felmingham
  • 1966 – W. Patmore
  • 1968 – A. Patmore (tied)
  • 1984 – Victor Di Venuto
  • 1985 – Tony Kline
  • 1993 – Ricky Darley
  • 1995 – Jeremy Busch
  • 2002 – Richard Robinson
  • 2007 – Michael Hall


V. A. Geard Medallists
  • 1968 – A. Caudwell (tied)
  • 1972 – Leigh McConnan (tied)


D. R. Plaister Medallists
  • 1979 – Gary Webster


NHFC club record games holder
  • 265 – Don McLeod from 1972–1986


Club record attendance
  • 19,425 – North Hobart 19.15 (129) v Clarence
    Clarence Football Club
    The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

     17.15 (117) – 1969 TFL
    Tasmanian Football League
    Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

     Grand Final at North Hobart Oval
    North Hobart Oval
    North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.-History:North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...



Club record score
  • TFL
    Tasmanian Football League
    Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

     37.24 (246) vs. South Launceston 2.5 (17) in 1991 at North Hobart Oval
    North Hobart Oval
    North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.-History:North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...


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