| Clubname: | Tanunda |
| President: | Kym Underwood |
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| Fullname: | Tanunda Football Club |
| Nicknames: | Magpies |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Afterfinals: | 7th |
| Home&Amp;Away: | 7th |
| Topgoalkicker: | Jarrod Traynor (34) |
| Bestandfairest: | Sam Colquhoun |
| Bestandfairestname: | Dale John Medal |
| League: | BLGFA |
| Ground: | Tanunda Oval |
| Premierships: | BLFA (10)– 1934, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1963, 1980, 1982BLGFA (8) – 1987, 1989, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019 |
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| Pattern Name1: | Home |
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| Coach: | Sam Colquhoun |
| Captain: | Bailey Smith |
| Motto: | Pride Passion Respect |
The Tanunda Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football club based in the Barossa Valley town of Tanunda, South Australia, and competes in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.
[1] Prior to the Tanunda Football Club's official establishment in 1908, teams representing the town had been competing in the form of scratch matches for almost 20 years. Tanunda became a founding member of the Barossa & Light Football Association. In its early years Tanunda struggled in terms of on-field success and didn't make a Grand Final until 1926 where the Magpies suffered at the hands of Angaston, with history repeating six years later in 1932 when the two sides met again in a Grand Final. However, the club's first premiership arrived in 1934 when they defeated Kapunda in the Grand Final.
Tanunda's history of competing in the Barossa and Light Football Association before the league merged with the Gawler & District Football League in 1987 to create the current league that the Magpies play in, has been successful despite their record of 10 premierships being eclipsed by four other clubs, two of those being Kapunda and Angaston. Tanunda have been one of the most successful clubs in the BL&GFA since 1987, winning the inaugural BL&GFA flag and winning four premierships in a row from 2008 to 2011. The 2008 and 2010 seasons not only saw Tanunda beat Barossa District in the Grand Finals but the Magpies also achieved the rare feat of going through the entire seasons undefeated.Tanunda made the 2018 and 2019 Grand Finals, losing to Nuriootpa and beating Angaston the following year respectively.
AFL LISTED PLAYERS:
Nathan Steinberner (Port Adelaide Football Club 20 Games)
Justin Westhoff (Port Adelaide Football Club 280 Games)
Matthew Westhoff (Port Adelaide Football Club 6 Games)
Jez McLennan (Gold Coast Football Club 0 Games)
The club has won the Barossa and Light Football Association premiership ten times (1934, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1963, 1980 and 1982) and the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association premiership eight times (1987, 1989, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2019).[2]
Tanunda Football Club bestows the category Life Member on worthy and deserving individuals who have rendered outstanding service to the club.
Prior 1947G Kroemer (Deceased)
1947R Heuzenroeder (Deceased)AA Richer (Deceased)C Meyer (Deceased)
1963R Hage (Deceased)CW Lindner (Deceased)
1970R Stocker (Deceased)Dr AC Behrndt (Deceased)
1971M Hueppauff (Deceased)A Pfeiffer (Deceased)
1973R Mibus (Deceased)
1974BH Keil (Deceased)
1975T Hebbard (Deceased)F Murphy (Deceased)
1976A Pellegrini (Deceased)
1977B Hentschke
1980C Goern (Deceased)E Lindner
1982G Miller (Deceased)RE Giersch
1984C Lindner (Deceased)
1985D Kuhlmann (Deceased)
1986P Lindner (Deceased)
1987R Graetz (Deceased)
1988DA John
1990J Keil
1992Mrs N Thompson (Deceased)
1993M Thom (Deceased)
1997I Curren
1999Mrs L Lindner
2003I Grieger
2006 A LeskeG Tarca
2010D PechJ Rowe (Deceased)
2011 S LindnerJ Ferrett
2013 A Hamann
2014 A Schmidt
2015 M Schwarz
2017C Neldner
2018C MurphyT Greening
2019J GoernK Schulz
2021K MayR SchmidtG Noack
2022T BrooksD Westhoff (Deceased)D Eggleton