1979 TANFL season
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania |
| Previous Names | TFA (1879–1886) STFA (1887–1896) STFL (1897) STFA (1898–1905) TFL (1906–1927) |
| TANFL President | Mr Don Fenton |
| Participating Clubs |
Clarence Kangaroos Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons Sandy Bay Seagulls |
| Stadiums |
North Hobart Oval Bellerive Oval KGV Football Park TCA Ground Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval |
| 1979 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
| Premiers | Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14 (80) |
| Minor Premiers | Glenorchy |
| Wooden Spooners | Hobart (9th) |
| Grand Final attendance | 24,968 at North Hobart Oval |
| Total Roster Series attendance | 111,643 for 60 matches at 1,860 |
| Total Finals Series attendance | 49,307 for 4 matches at 12,326 |
| Total aggregate attendance | 160,950 for 64 matches at 2,514 |
The 1979 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 7 April and 22 September 1979.
This was the centenary season of the Tasmanian Football League, the finals series was sponsored by the Winfield tobacco company to the tune of A$10,000.
The Grand Final of this year set an all-time record football match attendance in Tasmania of 24,968 patrons, this was also a single-day sporting record attendance in the state of Tasmania for twenty five years until it was broken when a crowd of 30,150 attended Symmons Plains Raceway in Northern Tasmania for a V8 Supercar Championship event in 2004. (1)
TFL Centenary Interstate Match (Monday, 18 June 1979)
Jubilee Shield (Wednesday, 25 April 1979)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1979)
(Saturday, 7 April 1979)
(Saturday, 14 April & Monday, 16 April 1979)
(Saturday, 21 April 1979)
(Saturday, 28 April 1979)
(Saturday, 5 May 1979)
(Saturday, 12 May 1979)
(Saturday, 19 May 1979)
(Saturday, 26 May 1979)
(Saturday, 2 June 1979)
(Saturday, 9 June & Sunday, 10 June 1979)
(Saturday, 23 June 1979)
(Saturday, 30 June 1979)
Note: Peter Hudson kicks all-time TANFL record of 18 goals in this match and kicks his 100th goal for the season.
(Saturday, 7 July & Sunday, 8 July 1979)
(Saturday, 14 July 1979)
(Saturday, 21 July 1979)
(Saturday, 28 July 1979)
(Saturday, 4 August 1979)
(Saturday, 11 August 1979)
Note: Peter Hudson kicks second highest TANFL goal total of all-time (to that stage) with 16.4.
(Saturday, 18 August 1979)
(Saturday, 25 August 1979)
(Saturday, 1 September 1979)
(Saturday, 8 September 1979)
(Saturday, 15 September 1979)
(Saturday, 22 September 1979)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.
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