Australian Rules Football - North Melbourne Football Club

Date: 1869
Location: Victoria, Australia
Surnames/tags: Australia Aussie Rules Football

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Formerly known as Hotham Football Club (1877–1887), and Kangaroos Football Club (1999–2007),
The North Melbourne Football Club—nicknamed the Kangaroos—is a professional Australian Rules Football club founded in the suburb of North Melbourne in 1869, and is the 4th oldest of the major league clubs.

• North Melbourne Football Club was founded in North Melbourne in 1869 by local cricketers desiring to keep fit over the winter months.
• The original North Melbourne was disbanded in 1876, but admitted to the Victorian Football Association (VFA) the following year on its inception as Hotham Football Club.
• Reverted to the North Melbourne name in 1887.
• The larger more successful clubs of the VFA formed their own breakaway league, the Victorian Football League (VFL), in 1896. Despite finishing 6th in 1896, North Melbourne was not invited to the breakaway competition.
• North Melbourne was only admitted to the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1925, along with Footscray and Hawthorn.

Today the senior men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the senior women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW), while also fielding a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and a reserves women's team in the VFL Women's (VFLW).
The team's motto is "Victoria Amat Curam" (Victory Demands Dedication), its mascot is a grey kangaroo wearing the club uniform, and its colours are Royal Blue and White.

North Melbourne Football Club also known as "Kangaroos", "Roos", "North", "Shinboners"

Photo	Name	Captain (years)	Years Played	Games (Goals)	VFA/VFL/AFL Premiership Other Career Highlight(s)	Connected
[50px]	James Henry Gardiner (1848 - 1921)	—	1869-?	- (-)	Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee.	Y
	Sidney Quinton Barker (1887 - 1930)	1915, 1918, 1927	1909–1921 (VFA), 1927 VFL	- (-)	2 VFA premierships as player (1910, 1914) 2 more as Captain (1915, 1918). 1 season as Club Captain Coach in 1927 in VFL.	Y
	Frederick Tyson Jinks (1881 - 1940)	1912	1910 - 1912 (VFA)	- (-)	1 Premiership a player (1910). (VFA) Club Captain Coach in 1912 (VFA).	Y
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50px	Sydney Quinton Barker (1911 - 1965)	-	1930–1933	41 (4)	-	Y
	Thomas Joseph Cullinan Fitzmaurice (1898 - 1977)	1934 & 1935	1932–1935	54 (196)	Club Captain Coach 1934 & 1935. Club's leading goalkicker in 1932 & 1934 Victorian State representative 12 times. In 1996 inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.	N
[50px]	Leslie Roy Foote (1924 - 2006)	1949 – 1951	1941 – 1951	134 (105)	Syd Barker Medallist (Club Best & Fairest) in 1945, 1949 & 1950. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee and Legend. Victorian representative at Interstate level from 1946–1951. 1996 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee.	Y needs profile improvement.
[50px]	Allan Aylett	1961 - 1964.	1952–1964	220 (311)	Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee and Legend. North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. 1996 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee.	needs profile created
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[50px]	John Dugdale	1968 - 1970	1955 – 1970	248 (358)	7 times Club's Leading Goalkicker 1957, 1958, 1960-1964. Syd Barker Medallist (Best & Fairest) in 1968. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee and Legend. North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. 1 game as Club Coach in 1977	Still alive - needs a profile created.
[50px]	Noel Teasdale	-	1956 – 1967	178 (71)	Syd Barker Medallist (Best & Fairest) in 1963, 1964, 1965 & 1966. Brownlow Medal in 1965. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee . North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century.	Still alive - needs a profile created.
[50px]	Keith Greig	1976 – 1979	1971 – 1985	294 (48)	1 Premiership as a player (1975). 2 Brownlow Medals 1973, 1974. A member of North Melbourne's Team of the 20th Century. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee and Legend. Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 1996. 1975 appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to football. Victorian State representative on 13 occasions.	Still alive - needs a profile created.
[50px]	Malcolm Blight	—	1974 – 1982	178 (444)	2 Premiership as a player: (1975, 1977). Club Coach 1981. Brownlow Medallist in 1978. Club leading goalkicker in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982. North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee. Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 1996. Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend in 2017. South Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 2002.	Still alive - needs a profile created.
[50px]	Ross Glendinning	—	1978 – 1986	190 (214)	Syd Barker Medallist (Best & Fairest) in 1982 & 1983. Brownlow Medallist in 1983. Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 2000. Kangaroos Hall of Fame Inductee. North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the 20th Century. West Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee of 2004.	Still alive - needs a profile created.

Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia : Australian Rules Football
• Wikipedia : North Melbourne Football Club
• North Melbourne Football Club : Home of the Kangaroos: HISTORY