The North Adelaide Roosters are a South Australian National Football League club. SANFL Logo The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) is the premier league for Australian Rules football in the state of South Australia. ...
Home Ground: Prospect Oval
Formed: 1888 as Medindie; became North Adelaide in 1893 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... North Adelaide is the predominately residential suburb north of the River Torrens but within the Adelaide Parklands. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Colours: Red and White
Nickname: Roosters This article concerns biological roosters. ...
South Australian National Football League Premierships: 1900, 1902, 1905, 1920, 1930-1931, 1949, 1952, 1960, 1971-1972, 1987, 1991 SANFL Logo The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) is the premier league for Australian Rules football in the state of South Australia. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Magarey Medallists: Phil Sandland 1901; Tom Mackenzie 1905 & 1906; Tom Leahy 1913; Harold 'Dribbler' Hawke 1937; Jeff Pash 1939; H.Ron Phillips 1948 & 1949; Ian McKay 1950; Barrie Barbary 1960; Don Lindner 1967; Barrie Robran 1968, 1970 & 1973; Tony Antrobus 1983; Andrew Jarman 1987; Brenton Phillips 1993; Josh Francou 1996 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
As the 1940s dawned North supporters could have been excused for licking their lips in anticipation given the red and whites' by now renowned habit of bursting out of the blocks at the start of decades, but on this occasion there was to be disappointment.
North finished 6th in 1940 (despite 125 goals from Farmer [see footnote 5]), and then slumped to 7th in 1941 in what was proved to be the goal kicking legend's last season.
North's post-match protests were in vain as the laws of football clearly state that play shall cease, not when the bell (or siren) sounds, but when "the field umpire signifies that he has heard it by sounding his whistle".
North champion Barrie Robran gave an irrepressible display which in some ways was the pinnacle of his career, and gave rise to an unprecedented tribute from quintessentially one-eyed Victorian TV commentator, Louie 'the Lip' Richards, who dubbed Robran "the new king of football." [see footnote 1]
North of 1921 were as ordinary as their predecessors of the year before had been outstanding, and they failed even to make the finals.
North did manage to reach the grand final in 1932, losing to Sturt, but in the remaining years of the decade the best they could manage was 3rd place in 1936.
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