Launceston Football Club
The Launceston Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is an Australian rules football club, located in the West Tamar suburb of Riverside, seven kilometres north of the Launceston CBD and currently play in the Northern Tasmanian [Football Association (1996)|NTFA Premier League] in Tasmania, Australia.
Club origins
History
- Home ground – Windsor Park
- Established – 1875
- Playing colours – Navy blue and white
- Emblem – Blues
- Club motto – "Volumus vincere"
- Club theme song – "Onwards to Victory"
- Affiliations – Northern FA, NTFA, NTFL, TFL, NTFL, TSL
Premierships
- Northern Tasmanian Football Association : 1888, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1951, 1969, 1976, 1985
- Northern Tasmanian Football League : 2006, 2007, 2008
- Tasmanian Football League : 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Tasmanian State Premierships : 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938
Individual medal winners
- 1928 – N. Edwards
- 1929 – J. Milbourne
- 1933 – K. W. "Bill" Cahill
- 1936 – K. W. "Bill" Cahill
- 1939 – Tom Ryan
- 1946 – Lance Crosswell
- 1947 – Lance Crosswell
- 1951 – Darrell Crosswell
- 1959 – Bob Bye
- 1960 – Bob Bye
- 1968 – Alby Dunn
- 1976 – Paul Ellis
- 1980 – Grant Alford
- 1986 – D. Cook
- Nil
- 2011 – Tim Bristow
- 2003 – Adam Sanders
- 2004 – Anthony Taylor
- 2005 – Brian Finch
Competition leading goalkickers
- 1889 – H. Murray
- 1892 – P. Tabart
- 1893 – R. Lawrence
- 1894 – R. Lawrence
- 1896 – J. Gorman
- 1900 – P. Bird
- 1905 – S. Willett
- 1906 – Viv Valentine
- 1911 – A. Ramsay and R. Thomas
- 1925 – B. Freeland
- 1930 – J. Foley
- 1931 – J. Foley
- 1933 – H. Ranson
- 1935 – A. Waddle
- 1937 – L. Smith
- 1938 – L. Smith
- 1945 – M. Flood
- 1948 – Ross McCrimmon
- 1949 – Ross McCrimmon
- 1950 – Ross McCrimmon
- 1951 – Ross McCrimmon
- 1955 – C. Tabe
- 1967 – Dennis Seen
- 1969 – Tony West
- 1970 – Tony West
- 1976 – Bob Smith
- 1977 – Bob Smith
- 1978 – Ian Donnachy
- 1982 – Ian Donnachy
- 2005 – Adam Derbyshire
- 2006 – Adam Derbyshire
- 2008 – Adam Derbyshire
- 2010 – Brian Finch
- 2011 – Brian Finch
- 2013 - Sonny Whiting
- 2018 - Mitch Thorp
- 2020 - Dylan Riley
Senior coaches
Club records
Club record score- 46.18 v Deloraine 10.11 – 1984
- A. Derbyshire v Penguin – 2008
- A. Derbyshire – 2008
- A. Derbyshire from 2000 to 2009; 2012
- Beau Green from 1999 to 2014
There is a list of past and present Launceston players who have played at AFL/VFL:
- Grant Allford
- Roy Apted
- Bruce Armstrong (1943–2004)
- Tom Bellchambers
- Jack Beveridge (1907–1986)
- Paul Bryce
- Bill Cahill (1911–1966)
- George Challis (1891–1916)
- Alan Crawford (1916–1988)
- Darren Davies
- Craig Davis
- Harden Dean (1913–1982)
- John Delanty
- Alby Dunn (1941–2009)
- Robert Dutton
- Phil Garwood (1939–2011)
- Arthur Hinman (1890–1915)
- Lou Holmes (1892–1915)
- Colin Jackson (1906–1977)
- Maurie Johnson (1907–2000)
- Chayce Jones
- Jake Kolodjashnij
- Kade Kolodjashnij
- Harry Lakin (1897–1978)
- Graeme Lee
- Jesse Lonergan
- Sam Lonergan
- Harry Long (1910–2003)
- Roy Long (1914–1985)
- Harry Luck (1876–1923)
- Allan Lynch
- Stanley McKenzie (1890–1915)
- Tim Mohr
- Kevin Northcote (1938–2008)
- Alf Oldham (1899–1972)
- Trevor Ranson (1912–1996)
- Eric Richardson (1891–1969)
- Jackson Thurlow
- Len Toyne (1922–1998)
- Viv Valentine (1887–1967)
- Ken Walker (1919–2013)
- Graham Wise
- Colby McKercher
Club song