North West Football Union
| Sport | Australian rules football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1910 |
| Ceased | 1986 |
| Replaced by | North West Football League |
| Country | Australia |
| Most titles |
Burnie Dockers Latrobe Ulverstone Robins (12 titles each) |
The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state. Burnie, Latrobe and Ulverstone were the most successful clubs with 12 premierships each.
The league disbanded after the 1986 season after major clubs such as Cooee and Devonport defected to the TFL Statewide League. In 1987 the NWFU merged with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League, which exists today as the North West Football League.
This was contested semi regularly between the premiers of the Tasmanian Football League, Northern Tasmanian Football Association and the NWFU.
The six winners from the NWFU were -
The Wander Medal was awarded annually to the best and fairest player in the NWFU, every year from 1948 to 1986. Prior to 1948, the league's best and fairest award was known under various names and given out semi regularly. From 1945 to 1947, an award was given to best and fairest player from the western region but the name of it is unknown. Len Hayes won it in the first two years and Alan Crawford the last.
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