The 1963 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 6 April and 14 September 1963. Participating Clubs Clarence District Football Club Glenorchy District Football Club Hobart Football Club New Norfolk District Football Club North Hobart Football Club Sandy Bay Football Club 1963 TANFL Club Coaches Stuart Spencer (Clarence) John Chick (Glenorchy) Mal Pascoe (Hobart) Trevor Leo (New Norfolk) Darrell Eaton (North Hobart) Rex Geard (Sandy Bay) TANFL Reserves Grand Final Glenorchy 15.14 (104) v New Norfolk 11.8 (74) – North Hobart Oval TANFL Under-19's Grand Final State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA) Clarence 10.11 (71) v Glenorchy 6.8 (44) – New Town Oval State Preliminary Final (Saturday, 28 September 1963) Burnie Tigers: 7.2 (44) | 9.3 (57) | 15.7 (97) | 16.10 (106) Hobart: 1.2 (8) | 6.9 (45) | 7.12 (54) | 11.17 (83) Attendance: 6,500 at West Park Oval Note: Burnie (NWFU guernsey) and Hobart (TANFL guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash. State Grand Final (Saturday, 5 October 1963) Burnie Tigers: 2.7 (19) | 6.14 (50) | 8.16 (64) | 8.25 (73) Nth Launceston: 1.3 (9) | 1.4 (10) | 2.10 (22) | 6.13 (49) Attendance: 6,490 at York Park Intrastate Matches Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 4 May 1963) TANFL 25.16 (166) v NTFA 13.14 (92) – Att: 10,590 at North Hobart Oval Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 June 1963) NWFU 19.9 (123) v TANFL 11.15 (81) – Att: 7,300 at Devonport Oval Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 4 May 1963) TANFL 17.24 (126) v Queenstown FA 7.7 (49) – Att: 10,590 at North Hobart Oval (Curtain-Raiser) Interstate Matches Interstate Match (Saturday, 1 June 1963) South Australia 18.29 (137) v Tasmania 5.1 (31) – Att: 14,898 at Adelaide Oval, South Australia Interstate Match (Saturday, 8 June 1963) Tasmania 9.10 (64) v Western Australia 6.13 (49) – Att: 20,000 at Subiaco Oval Leading Goalkickers: TANFL Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) – 79 Stuart Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) – 71 John Mills (Clarence) – 61 Burnie Payne (Hobart) – 52 Mal Pascoe (Hobart) – 41 Medal Winners Geoff Whitton (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal Dal Johnson (Glenorchy) – George Watt Medal (Reserves) Graham Glover (New Norfolk) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's) R.Reid (Clarence) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches) 1963 TANFL Ladder Round 1 (Saturday,