East Torrens Football Association

The East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) was an Australian rules football competition based in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia until it merged with the North Adelaide District Football Association to form the Norwood-North Football Association at the end of the 1968 season. It was formed in 1916 for the purpose of “fostering junior football in the Norwood district." ^[1]

Member Clubs

Club	Years Participating	Notes
Ashton	1938-48, 1962-68 [2]
Athelstone	1936-68 [3]
Brompton	1967-68
Burnside	1947-60,[4] 1968
Campbelltown	1919-68 [5]	Glenroy (1919–65)
Commonwealth Bank	1951 [6]
Dulwich	1920-21 [7]
East Torrens Imperial	1928-35	East Torrens (1928-29)
Eastwood	1938-41, 1954–55, 1968	Eastwood Rechabite (1938–41)
Forest Range	1929-33, 1960-66 [8]
Glenroy	1947 [4]
Hectorville	1961-68 [9]
Hope Valley United	1937-1948	Hope Valley and Highbury United (1937)
Hyde Park	1954-59 [10]
Kensington	1925-32 [11]
Kensington and Norwood Youth Club	1947 [4]
Kensington Gardens	1947-68
Kent Town	1916, 1920 [1]
Kersbrook	1966-68 [12]
Magill	1916 [1]
Magill Juniors	1935-38
Magill Royal	1920-68 [13]
Marryatville	1916, 1919, 1923-25 [1][14]
Maylands	1928-1938
Modbury	1936-37
Newstead	1924-25
Norwood Central	1919
Norwood Juniors	1938
Norwood Union	1916, 1920, 1922-68 [1][15]
Para-Houghton	1960-68 [16][17]
Payneham	1916, 1919–24, 1926-38 [1]
Payneham B	1946 [18]
Rechabite	1938
South Australian Fruitgrowers	1920 [19]
Salisbury	1947 [4]
St Ignatius	1929	withdrew part-way through season
Tea Tree Gully	1946-54, 1957-68 [20]
Walkerville Juniors	1935
Wayville	1919
YMCA	1950-58

Premierships

A-Grade

• 1916 - Norwood Union ^[1]
• 1917 - in recess
• 1918 - in recess
• 1919 - Payneham
• 1920 - Norwood Union ^[21]
• 1921
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924 - Newstead ^[22]
• 1925 - Norwood Union ^[23]
• 1926 - Norwood Union
• 1927 - Kensington ^[24]
• 1928 - Kensington ^[24]
• 1929 - Kensington undefeated ^[24]
• 1930 - Kensington
• 1931 - Kensington ^[25]
• 1932 - Norwood Union ^[26]
• 1933 - Glenroy ^[27]
• 1934 - Magill Royal ^[28]
• 1935 - Payneham ^[29]
• 1936 - Payneham ^[30]
• 1937 - Payneham
• 1938 - Ashton ^[31]
• 1939 - Norwood Union ^[32]
• 1940 - Ashton undefeated ^[33]
• 1941 - Norwood Union
• 1942-1944 - in recess
• 1945 - Payneham
• 1946 - Norwood Union ^[34]
• 1947 - Norwood Union ^[35]
• 1948 - Magill Royal ^[36]
• 1949 - Kensington Gardens ^[37]
• 1950 - Glenroy ^[38]
• 1951 - Glenroy ^[39]
• 1952 - Norwood Union ^[40]
• 1953 - Glenroy ^[41]
• 1954 - Glenroy ^[42]
• 1955 - Eastwood
• 1956 - YMCA
• 1957
• 1958 - Glenroy
• 1959 - Athelstone ^[43]
• 1960 - Athelstone ^[43]
• 1961 - Norwood Union
• 1962 - Kensington Gardens
• 1963 - Athelstone ^[43]
• 1964 - Kensington Gardens
• 1965 - Athelstone ^[43]
• 1966 - Athelstone ^[43]
• 1967 - Hectorville
• 1968 - West Torrens Reserves

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