The Challenge Cup was presented by Norwood FC and the Kensington Cricket Football and Athletics Association to the Hotham Club.
Richard Kippist was Secretary/Manager of the Norwood Football Club from 1885 to 1893.
Albert Green started with Norwood in 1893, playing mainly as a rover. He was a fine all-round sportsman and, it was said, “a gentleman”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gordon Wait won the 1933 SANFL B Grade Fairest and Most Brilliant award, now known as the Reserves Magarey Medal
Jack Chinnery proved to be solid and reliable in the back pocket throughout his 115 game career with Norwood, and five for the State.
The Woodrow Cup was the trophy awarded to the B grade (reserves) champion in the South Australian League.
Bruce Schultz was a high marking full-forward. Between 1933 and 1941 he was the club’s leading goal scorer five times.
Stanley H. Lewis was Chairman of the South Australian National Football League from 1950 to 1961
Ted Heidenreich played country football and first saw Norwood play in 1891 at Gawler.
A voided gold 'SANFL Ltd' monogrammed fob, probably awarded during Wood’s term as either SANFL deputy vice chairman from 1923 -1952 or as a NFC delegate from 1902 - 1922.
Awarded to Warren Packer in 1974 for "Services to the Club"
The Ardath cup was awarded to the winner of the National Football League Championship Series.
The 1978 Premiership was won by Norwood over Sturt by one point. The match, attended by 50,867 spectators was the club's 24th SANFL premiership and its second since 1950.
Greg Turbill captained the team to the 1982 premiership and played 128 games.
In an annual ritual since 1954, the colours of the SANFL premiership team are painted onto the top of the West End brewery chimney, then located on Hindley Street.
John Marriott first played for Norwood in1947 aged 17; in 1951 he won the Magarey Medal.
Garry McIntosh polled the most number of votes in the 1987 Magarey Medal but was ineligible due to suspension
In 2020, West End closed its Port Road brewery. The brewery chimney had become iconic in the lore of SANFL football, displaying the colours of the SANFL premiership team each year.
Thomas Seymour Hill was secretary of Norwood from 1926 to 1935