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The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos Football Club, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. It is based at the Arden Street oval in the inner Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne, but plays its home matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and, occasionally, Telstra Dome or Manuka Oval. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (915x371, 9 KB) Summary Kangaroos Football Club logo Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (915x371, 9 KB) Summary Kangaroos Football Club logo Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search Australian rules football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... Cricket at the MCG. The old Members Stand, in the centre background, has now been demolished. ... This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ... Manuka Oval hosts AFL matches in winter and is located a short distance from Parliament House. ...


The club was formed in 1869.


A club starved of success until Ron Barassi was appointed coach in 1974. His ruthless and inspiring coaching methods brought success in his second (1975) and fourth (1977) years as coach. Ronald Dale Barassi (born 27 February 1936) is one of the greatest Australian rules football players and coaches of all time. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...


The club had its greatest on-field success of any decade in the 1990s, with a simple game plan known as "Pagans Paddock" devised by ruthless coach Dennis Pagan implemented around star forward Wayne Carey. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Wayne Carey, known as The King or more humbly Duck due to his walking style caused by one leg being longer than the other, is regarded as one of the greatest Australian Football League players of all time. ...


Premierships: 4, 1975, 1977, 1996, 1999. Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


Brownlow Medallists: 5, Noel Teasdale Retrospectively 1965; Keith Grieg 1973,1974; Malcolm Blight 1978; Ross Glendinning 1983 Malcolm Blight AM, is a former Australian rules football player, who had a Hall of Fame career with the North Melbourne Football Club. ...


Norm Smith Medallists: 2, Glen Archer 1996; Shannon Grant 1999.


Leading Goalkicker: Wayne Carey 671 Wayne Carey, known as The King or more humbly Duck due to his walking style caused by one leg being longer than the other, is regarded as one of the greatest Australian Football League players of all time. ...


Games Record: 306 Wayne Schimmelbusch (1973-87)


External link

  • Official Website of the Kangaroos Football Club
  • Full Points Footy History of the Kangaroos Football Club
Clubs in the Australian Football League
Adelaide Crows | Brisbane Lions | Carlton | Collingwood | Essendon | Fremantle | Geelong | Hawthorn
Kangaroos | Melbourne | Port Adelaide | Richmond | St Kilda | Sydney Swans | West Coast Eagles | Western Bulldogs
Defunct clubs: Brisbane Bears | Fitzroy | University

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