The Ulverstone Football Club, nicknamed the Robins, is an Australian rules football club based in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia. The club fields three teams in the North West Football League and also fields two junior teams in the AFL Tasmania North West Competition.

History

Home ground – Ulverstone Recreation Ground

Established – 1888 as Leven Football Club

Playing colours – Red and black

Emblem – Robins

Club theme song – "We are the Red and Blacks" (Tune: "Lily of Laguna") Affiliations – NWFA (1894–1909), NWFL (1909), NWFU (1910–1986), NTFL/NWFL (1987–present)

Ulverstone Football Club

Premiership titles

NWFA Premierships

1900, 1903, 1906.

Ulverstone Football Club

NWFU Premierships

1910, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1976, 1986.

Ulverstone Football Club

NTFL/NWFL Premierships

1987, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2017.

Tasmanian State Premierships

1955, 1976.

Individual medal winners

Cheel Medal winners

1923 – Stan Trebilco

1929 – Tas Langmaid

Wright Medal winners

1930 – Jim Brown

Wander Medal winners

1951 – Jack Rough

1955 – Arthur Hodgson

1962 – Jock O'Brien

1981 – John Murphy

Ovaltine Medal winners

1993 – Reg Horton

1996 – Nathan Howard

Pivot Medal winners

1997 – Nathan Howard

1999 – Simon Walmsley

Darrel Baldock Medal winners

2001 – Scott Blair

2010 - Justin Hays

Competition leading goalkickers

NWFU leading goalkickers

1912 – J. Palliser (24) 1925 – H. McDonald (47) 1935 – M. Johnson (60) 1946 – R. Stott (80) 1951 – S. Walker (73) 1964 – W. Pearce (65) 1969 – K. Mahoney (79)

NTFL/NWFL leading goalkickers

1997 – J. Auton (95)

Club records

Club record score

44.28 (292) v Penguin 3.3 (21) in 1991

'''Club record games holder

Wayne Wing (369)

Club record match attendance

11,866 – Ulverstone v East Devonport at West Park Oval for the 1968 NWFU Grand Final.

References

External links

Official website

Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania

1888 establishments in Australia

Australian rules football clubs established in 1888

North West Football League clubs

Ulverstone, Tasmania