The 1969 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 5 April and 13 September 1969.

1969 TANFL season
Teams
PremiersNth Hobart
Minor premiersNth Hobart
Attendance
Matches played61
Total attendance242,765 (3,980 per match)
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Participating Clubs

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Note: North Hobart officially changed their emblem from the Robins to Demons on 1 May 1969, previously they had also been referred to colloquially as the Redlegs.

1969 TANFL Club Coaches

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TANFL Reserves Grand Final

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TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

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  • Glenorchy. (Scores unavailable)

TANFL Under-17's Grand Final

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State Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 20 September 1969)

Note: North Hobart (TANFL guernsey) and Latrobe (NWFU guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash.

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 27 September 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 10.11 (71) | 16.15 (111) | 26.20 (176)
  • Launceston: 2.3 (15) | 3.6 (24) | 3.12 (30) | 6.13 (49)
  • Attendance: 10,371 at York Park

Intrastate Matches

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Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 April 1969)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 May 1969)

Interstate Matches

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See: 1969 Australian Football Carnival


Match One (Saturday, 7 June 1969)

Match Three (Wednesday, 11 June 1969)

Match Five (Saturday, 14 June 1969)

  • Western Australia 28.24 (192) v Tasmania 12.7 (79) – Att: 51,000 at Adelaide Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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  • John Marshall (Nth Hobart) – 50
  • Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) – 48
  • Kevin King (Clarence) – 47
  • Bob Smith (Nth Hobart) – 42

Medal Winners

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  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • L.Pilkington (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Robbie Dykes (Claremont) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Burnie Payne (Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1969 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 North Hobart 19 15 4 0 1869 1684 111.0 60
2 Clarence 19 13 6 0 1796 1435 125.2 52
3 Sandy Bay 19 10 9 0 1674 1649 101.5 40
4 New Norfolk 19 9 10 0 1691 1526 110.8 36
5 Glenorchy 19 6 13 0 1640 1869 87.7 24
6 Hobart 19 4 15 0 1478 2085 70.9 20[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 4 bonus points?

Round 1

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(Saturday, 5 April & Monday, 7 April 1969)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 12 April 1969)

Round 3

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(Saturday, 19 April 1969)

Round 4

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(Friday, 25 April & Saturday, 26 April 1969)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 3 May 1969)

Note: North Hobart's first official match as the Demons, formerly the Robins.

Round 6

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(Saturday, 10 May 1969)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 17 May 1969)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 31 May 1969)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 7 June 1969)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 14 June & Monday, 16 June 1969)

Round 11

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(Saturday, 21 June 1969)

Round 12

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(Saturday, 28 June 1969)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 5 July 1969)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 12 July 1969)

Round 15

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(Saturday, 19 July 1969)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 26 July 1969)

Round 17

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(Saturday, 2 August 1969)

Round 18

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(Saturday, 9 August 1969)

Round 19

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(Saturday, 16 August 1969)

First Semi Final

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(Saturday, 23 August 1969)

  • New Norfolk: 3.6 (24) | 7.10 (52) | 8.14 (62) | 13.15 (93)
  • Sandy Bay: 2.2 (14) | 3.9 (27) | 11.14 (80) | 13.14 (92)
  • Attendance: 9,695 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 30 August 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 8.2 (50) | 9.3 (57) | 17.6 (108) | 24.10 (154)
  • Clarence: 2.3 (15) | 4.8 (32) | 8.11 (59) | 10.13 (73)
  • Attendance: 12,461 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 6 September 1969)

  • Clarence: 4.12 (36) | 11.17 (83) | 15.21 (111) | 17.23 (125)
  • New Norfolk: 3.3 (21) | 4.5 (29) | 8.5 (53) | 11.7 (73)
  • Attendance: 11,618 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 13 September 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 2.4 (16) | 8.10 (58) | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129)
  • Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 6.4 (40) | 12.7 (79) | 17.15 (117)
  • Attendance: 19,425 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.