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KEY FACTS

Official name
Norwood Football Club

Known as
Norwood

Nickname
Redlegs

Formed
1878

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Norwood Reserves; Norwood U18s; Norwood North; Norwood WFC; Norwood U16s; Norwood U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1878–2025

Home Ground
Norwood Oval

SANFL Premierships
1878-79-80-81-82-83, 1887-88-89, 1891, 1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1922-23, 1925, 1929, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2012-13-14, 2022 (31 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, 2011-12 (13 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
336 - 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 (25 total)

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); Matt Thomas (2013); Mitch Grigg 2017 & 2018 (12 Medallists/16 Medals)

Headquarters
4 Woods St, Norwood, SA 5067

Phone: (08) 8362 6278 

Website
norwoodfc.com.au

CEO
T.S. Hill & C.L. Martin

President
J.H. Gosse

Norwood



"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 - including their early dominance of South Australian football

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1935 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Norwood's 1935 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Norwood 2.74.88.1413.18 96 WON South Adelaide 2.23.46.57.7 49 47 ADO Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A Norwood 8.48.712.1116.16 112 WON West Adelaide 2.34.77.1111.11 77 35 ASG May 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Norwood 1.15.68.1015.20 110 WON North Adelaide 4.66.69.811.8 74 36 NOR May 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H Norwood 3.36.912.1218.14 122 WON Port Adelaide 7.310.415.717.9 111 11 NOR May 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A Norwood 3.36.68.810.13 73 LOST West Torrens 4.17.311.1414.16 100 -27 THB May 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H Norwood 3.27.49.612.10 82 WON Sturt 4.25.96.128.13 61 21 ADO Jun 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Norwood 2.46.129.1313.15 93 WON Glenelg 4.35.58.911.12 78 15 GLE Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Norwood 3.33.48.58.7 55 LOST South Adelaide 3.38.1312.1321.17 143 -88 NOR Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H Norwood 2.28.168.1815.22 112 WON West Adelaide 2.52.76.139.15 69 43 NOR Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A Norwood 4.210.615.922.14 146 WON North Adelaide 4.27.512.815.10 100 46 ADO Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Norwood 3.45.76.148.16 64 LOST Port Adelaide 4.29.416.820.12 132 -68 ALB Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Norwood 3.44.85.1011.13 79 WON West Torrens 1.77.78.109.10 64 15 NOR Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Norwood 4.64.78.811.11 77 LOST Sturt 2.210.1016.1222.17 149 -72 UNL Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H Norwood 6.212.716.1724.19 163 WON Glenelg 1.06.27.612.6 78 85 ADO Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Norwood 3.64.65.116.11 47 LOST North Adelaide 2.27.715.720.14 134 -87 PRO Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Norwood 3.28.810.1313.16 94 LOST Sturt 8.611.613.1116.12 108 -14 NOR Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H Norwood 2.66.816.1126.16 172 WON Glenelg 4.39.1015.1017.11 113 59 NOR Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF A Norwood 2.07.510.612.9 81 LOST Sturt 6.67.814.1318.16 124 -43 ADO Sep 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.