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Club Information

Nickname
Redlegs

Formed
1878

Address
63 Beulah Road, Norwood 5067, South Australia

Home Ground
Coopers Stadium (traditionally known as Norwood Oval - 'The Parade')

Current Affiliation
SANFL 1927-present

Historical Affiliations
SAFA 1878-1906; SAFL 1907-1926

Colours
Navy blue and red

Emblem
Redlegs

Website
www.norwoodfc.com.au

SANFL Premierships
1878-9-80-1-2-3, 1887-8-9, 1891, 1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1922-3, 1925, 1929, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1997 (27 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia 1888, 1907 (2 total); Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy 1965, 1974, 1982, 1984-5-6-7, 1995-6-7-8 (11 total); NFL Series 1977 (1 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series 1956, 1958 (2 total); Living Health Cup (minor premiers) 1997

Most Games
371 - Garry McIntosh (1982-1998)

Most Goals
669 - Bruce Schultz (1933–41)

League Top Goalkickers
Bill Dedman (12) 1878 & (12) 1879; Joe Traynor (7) 1880; W.Duffy & Joe 'Curly' Pollock (both 7) 1881; Charles Woods (29) 1888, (55) 1891 & (46) 1892; Anthony Daly (88) 1893, (47) 1894, (46) 1895 & (32) 1899; Bill 'Darky' Miller (44) 1901 & (35) 1904; Richard 'Bruce' Townsend (22) 1909; Roy Bent (42) 1921, (53) 1924, (59) 1925 & (65) 1926; Thomas Hart (50) 1922; Bruce Schultz (100) 1941; Peter Dalwood (70) 1946; Max Mayo (78) 1953; Ian Brewer (96) 1965; Michael Coligan (81) 1972; Jim West (80) 1997

Magarey Medalists
Alby Green (1898), Charlie Perry (1915), Walter Scott (1921, 1924, 1930), Alick Lill (1925), Bill McCallum (1936), John Marriott (1951), Ron Kneebone (1966), Michael Aish (1981), Garry McIntosh (1994, 1995), Andrew Jarman (1997)

Norwood

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Club Biography

"Jack Oatey, having fine-tuned his tactical knowledge during a wartime stint with South Melbourne in the VFL, was appointed Norwood’s captain-coach in 1945. Aged just 24, Oatey was not greeted with universal acclaim by his teammates, and indeed throughout his coaching tenure at the Parade there were some who persisted in viewing him with distrust. In part this was because Oatey was an immensely self-confident, forthright young man who was constitutionally antipathetic to the ‘politics of consensus’ by means of which most Australian football clubs of the time tended to operate. Paradoxically, this same forthrightness, when applied to the coaching sphere, was one of Oatey’s strengths, and a primary reason for his success ... "

John Devaney examines the Redlegs' rich history - and early dominance of South Australian football

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2013 Season

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Norwood's 2013 Fixture

Rnd Home Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S R Away Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S Mgn Grd Date  
1 Norwood 5.2 8.6 12.8 16.11 107 def Port Adelaide Magpies 0.4 0.7 1.9 4.10 34 73 NO Mar 28 (Thu, 7:40) Details
2 Glenelg 4.1 7.4 8.9 9.9 63 def by Norwood 2.5 10.8 15.13 21.21 147 84 GO Apr 6 (Sat, 6:30) Details
3 Central District 3.2 4.3 6.8 7.9 51 def by Norwood 2.1 6.2 7.4 9.6 60 9 EO Apr 13 (Sat, 6:30) Details
4 Norwood 2.2 3.2 3.8 7.12 54 def by Woodville-West Torrens 5.1 6.4 10.5 14.6 90 -36 NO Apr 19 (Fri, 7:40) Details
5 Norwood 0.3 2.5 7.9 9.13 67 def West Adelaide 2.3 4.3 5.4 6.5 41 26 NO Apr 25 (Thu, 3:10) Details
6 North Adelaide  2.2 7.2 11.3 14.5 89 def Norwood 2.3 4.9 5.11 9.14 68 -21 PO May 4 (Sat, 2:10) Details
7 South Adelaide           vs Norwood             HO May 18 (Sat, 6:30)  
8 Norwood  Bye
9 Norwood           vs Sturt             NO May 31 (Fri, 7:40)  
10 West Adelaide           vs Norwood             RO Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10)  
11 Port Adelaide Magpies           vs Norwood             AO Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
12 Norwood           vs South Adelaide             NO Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
13 Central District           vs Norwood             EO Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
14 Norwood           vs Glenelg             NO Jul 5 (Fri, 7:40)  
15 Norwood  Bye
16 Sturt           vs Norwood             UO Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 Norwood           vs West Adelaide             NO Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 Norwood           vs Port Adelaide Magpies             NO Aug 2 (Fri, 7:40)  
19 Glenelg  Bye
19 Norwood  Bye
20 Glenelg           vs Norwood             GO Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10)  
21 Norwood           vs Central District             NO Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 Woodville-West Torrens           vs Norwood             WO Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00)  
23 Norwood           vs North Adelaide              NO Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00)  
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2013 Player Stats

J Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
There are no players statistics for Norwood for the 2013 season.