Check out the Information below or View a slide show with even more information and slides  Click Here

PDF File containing all the facts regarding that 1961 Grand Final season, it is a scanned copy of the 1961 Premiership booklet supplied to the club by Mrs Gardner who has kindly allowed us to place it on the website Click HERE to view, it is 4.5 mb in size so downloading may take some time.

Established: Formed on the 5th April 1894 and affiliated with East Wellington Football Association. Guernseys were White with a Blue Sash.
1896-1919  Club in recess
1920-1921  Burnie Junior Football Association
1922          Burnie Football League
1923-1929  Club in recess
1930-1937  Burnie Football Association
                 Guernseys Green and Gold
1938-1941  Darwin Football Association
1942          Emu Football AssociationU18's
1943          Club in recess
1944          Darwin Football Association
1945-1986  North West Football Union
                 Initially Guernseys were Red with Royal Blue Sash
                 Changed to Green and Gold in 1948
1987-1993  Changed name to Burnie Hawks in State Wide League
                 Guernseys Brown and Gold
1994          Merged with Burnie Football Club (Tigers)
                 to form a new club Burnie Dockers

Home Ground:
West Park Oval

Premierships Seniors:
Burnie Football Association
1931, 33, 34, 35, 36
Darwin Football Association
1941
Northwest Football Union
1961, 64, 65, 73, 78, 83, 84
State Premiers
1964, 1978
Greater Northern Football League
1982
Most Club Games:
288 - Tom Lee

Most Goals In A Season:
125 - Stephen Beaumont 1984

Most Goals In A Match:
22 - Dale Anderson versus East Devonport 1952

Highest Club Score:
31-22 (208) versus North Launceston 1982

Wander Medal Seniors:
1950  Lou Redman
1973  Graeme Shephard
1979  Tom Lee

North West Football Union Reserves Best and Fairest:
1952 Trevor Leo
1967 Colin Broomhall
1973 Wayne Hayes
1974 Noel McCarthy
1975 Bob Deayton
1986 Harold Simpson

North West Football Union U19 Best and Fairest:
1965 Graeme Shephard
1971 Barry Jarvis
1972 Greg Towns
1973 Michael Beswick
1976 Gary Oliver

This year marks 50 years since the 1961 premiership,
The following images are some from that era.
There is to be a Heritage round during this season Saturday July 16th
A reunion of Cooee players and the Burnie Dockers will be  playing in a Cooee strip.  Be there for the history