North West Football Union
The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state. Burnie, Latrobe and Ulverstone were the most successful clubs with 12 premierships each.
The league disbanded after the 1986 season after major clubs such as Cooee and Devonport defected to the TFL Statewide League. In 1987 the NWFU merged with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League, which exists today as the North West Football League.
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NWFU premierships
Winners by year
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The NWFU intrastate representative team in Hobart, 1930
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This is the TFL (southern) team photo. Charlesworth in front and Gorringe 3rd from the end. players in a North vs South fixture at Hobart, 1927
Joe Littler played as many as 500 league games, mostly in the NWFU
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NWFU representative coach Ivor Warne-Smith
Tasmanian State Premiership<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>This was contested semi regularly between the premiers of the Tasmanian Football League, Northern Tasmanian Football Association and the NWFU. The six winners from the NWFU were -
Best and FairestsThe Wander Medal was awarded annually to the best and fairest player in the NWFU, every year from 1948 to 1986. Prior to 1948, the league's best and fairest award was known under various names and given out semi regularly. From 1945 to 1947, an award was given to best and fairest player from the western region but the name of it is unknown. Len Hayes won it in the first two years and Alan Crawford the last. Wander Medal
Cheel Medal
Royal Medal
Wright Medal
Alford Medal
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