Alby Bahr was one of the State’s finest players in the early 1900's. In 1907 he captained Norwood in the grand final win.
Lionel L Hill won three best and fairest awards at Norwood between 1904 and 1913. In 1926 he became Premier of South Australia.
Charles Gwynne was tall, strongly-built and gained a reputation for high marking, long kicking and a tough playing style.
The 1907 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 28 September 1907 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia.
Leslie Roy Hill was a member of the Norwood 1907 Champions of Australia team and played mainly in defence in his 89 games, gaining a reputation for speed and toughness.
1877 was the inaugural season of the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), the top-level league of Australian rules football in SA.
Smoke socials were usually male only events held in the late 19th and early 20th century
Jack Chamberlain played most of his 17 games for Norwood in 1908. He was unusually tall at 6’ 3”, and was the leading goal-kicker for that year with 30.
Sir Edwin T Smith was founder of SA Brewing Company, Mayor of Kensington Norwood and was a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Louis Suhard was a member of the inaugural Norwood football team in 1878. He founded the manufacturing jeweller Suhard & Co, Jewellers of Gawler Place Adelaide.
Sid White joined Norwood in 1912 and impressed immediately. After WW I he was part of an impenetrable half back line.
In 1926 Lionel L Hill became a “controversial” Premier of South Australia.
A gold 'Australasian Football Council Honorary Life Member' medallion presented to Woods in 1914.
Smoke socials were usually male only events held in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Charles Perry played as a champion Norwood ruckman and defender. The medal was awarded retrospectively in 1998 to players who had won the same number of votes as the winner but were declared runners up in countbacks.
A patriotic carnival in aid of the Norwood Soldiers' Memorial held at the Norwood Oval in February 1919
George Dayman was a veteran of three years on the Western Front of WW I and in 1919 he played as a solid and reliable backman for Norwood.
Bert Schumacher won the SAFL B Grade Fairest & Must Brilliant award in 1920, now known as the Reserves Magarey Medal.
Roy Bent was the first of the star full forwards after WW1; he was slight in stature, quick and elusive.
John Joseph Woods was Norwood’s first coach, in 1909/10. He was also a state player, secretary, treasurer, SANFL delegate, benefactor and inspiration.
Bert Schumacher was a rover, and part of a powerful ruck combination in the 1922, 1923 and 1925 Norwood premiership teams.
Ern Wadham was an eminent part of Norwood and SA football for over 50 years from 1922, as a ruckman, captain- coach, club secretary and Chairman of State Selectors.
Walter Scott, known as "Wacka", was one of the State's most celebrated defenders, and possibly Norwood's finest footballer.