Burnie Dockers Football Club

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Burnie
Full name Burnie Football Club
Nickname Dockers
Strip Purple, green, red and white
Founded 1885
Sport Australian Rules Football
League NTFL
First season 1995 (TFL)
Ground West Park, Burnie
Club song "We're a happy team at Burnie"
President/Chair Shane Walker
Coach Justin Plapp
Captain Craig Stretton
2007 6th

The Burnie Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Burnie, Tasmania. Australia.

[edit] Club History

The Burnie Dockers were formed as a result of a merger between former TFL Statewide League club Burnie Hawks (formerly known as Cooee) and NTFL club the Burnie Tigers.
After several years of bitter hatred in the city between the two rival clubs, both clubs were fledgling by the early 1990's and were struggling financially.
In 1994 it was announced that the two clubs would merge to form a united club in the city of Burnie - the Burnie Dockers.

Affiliations - Burnie Tigers:

Affiliations - Cooee Bulldogs/Burnie Hawks:

Affiliations - Burnie Dockers:

  • TFL Statewide League: 1995-2000
  • Northern Tasmanian Football League: 2001-present.

Home Ground:

  • West Park Oval.

Formed:

  • Burnie Tigers {as Emu Bay} 1885
  • Cooee Bulldogs: 1894 {became Burnie Hawks in 1987}
  • Burnie Dockers: 1995

Colours:

  • Purple, Green, Red & White

Emblem:

  • Dockers

Premierships - Burnie Tigers:
1899, 1911, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1974, 1992
Tasmanian State Premierships:
1963

Premierships - Cooee Bulldogs:
1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1982
Tasmanian State Premierships:
1964, 1978

Premierships - Burnie Dockers:
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Cheel Medallists:

  • Charlie Hallam - 1928 {Burnie Tigers}

S.L Alford Medallists:

  • Clem Riggs - 1937 {Burnie Tigers}

Wander Medallists:

  • 1949 - Len Hayes - {Cooee Bulldogs}
  • 1950 - Lou Redman - {Cooee Bulldogs}
  • 1954 - Ray Stokes - {Burnie Tigers}
  • 1973 - Graeme Shepherd - {Cooee Bulldogs}
  • 1979 - Tom Lee - {Cooee Bulldogs}

Baldock Medallists:

  • 2003 - Nick Probert - {Burnie Dockers}

All Australians:

  • Nil

NWFU Leading Goalkickers:

  • 1947 - G.Goninon {Burnie Tigers} - 67
  • 1948 - B.Quirk {Burnie Tigers} - 52
  • 1961 - M.Morse {Burnie Tigers} - 60
  • 1971 - D.Hodgetts {Burnie Tigers} - 79
  • 1972 - D.Hodgetts {Burnie Tigers} - 73
  • 1979 - L.Barnes {Burnie Tigers} - 82
  • 1952 - D.Anderson {Cooee Bulldogs} - 89
  • 1957 - L.Hayes {Cooee Bulldogs} - 51
  • 1972 - S.Beaumont {Cooee Bulldogs} - 73
  • 1973 - A.Hodgetts {Cooee Bulldogs} - 73
  • 1975 - D.Shepherd {Cooee Bulldogs} - 60
  • 1976 - D.Shepherd {Cooee Bulldogs} - 102
  • 1978 - S.Beaumont {Cooee Bulldogs} - 94
  • 1984 - S.Beaumont {Cooee Bulldogs} - 143

NTFL Leading Goalkickers:

  • 1991 - C.Reynolds {Burnie Tigers} - 76
  • 1992 - C.Reynolds {Burnie Tigers} - 96
  • 2001 - A.Hering {Burnie Dockers} - 102

TFL Statewide League Leading Goalkickers:

  • 1996 - J.Plapp {Burnie Dockers} - 98.

Highest Scores:
Burnie Tigers 30.21 (201) v Penguin in 1963
Cooee 31.22 (208) v North Launceston 6.13 (49) in 1982
Burnie Dockers 49.35 (329) v Smithton 0.1 (1) in 2001

Most Games:

  • 265 - David Langmaid - {Burnie Tigers}
  • 263 - Harold 'Tiger' Dowling - {Cooee Bulldogs}

Record Finals Attendance:
Burnie Tigers: 13,223 v Hobart - 1959 State Grand Final at North Hobart Oval
Burnie Dockers: 12,352 v Clarence - 1996 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval

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