Arizona Hawks

Arizona Hawks
Names
Full nameArizona Hawks Australian Rules Football Club
Nickname(s)AZHawks
Club details
Founded1999
Colours  White   Brown   Yellow
CompetitionUSAFL
President2024: Darren Batemen
Coach2024: Darren Henderson
Captain(s)Darren Batemen
Ground(s)Fiesta Sports Park / Mesa High School
Other information
Official websiteazhawksfooty.com

The Arizona Hawks is a United States Australian Football League team, based in Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1998 by Jess Keller and then fully functional by Andrew Ashworth in 1999, becoming the first Australian rules football club in Arizona.[1]

The Hawks have won the USAFL National Championships Men's Div 2 Grand Final in 2004, the Men's Div 3 Grand Final in 2011, 2021 and were runner up in 2022. The Women's Team were runners up in the Women's Div 1 Grand Final in 2007.

Arizona Hawk Dani Marshall was drafted to the AFLW in 2020 to play the sport professionally in Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Footy, anyone? Australian Rules Football finds home in Arizona By Corey Kirk/Cronkite News
  2. ^ "'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground". The Age. Nine Entertainment Co. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.


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