Arizona Hawks
Names
Full nameArizona Hawks Australian Rules Football Club
Nickname(s)Hawks
Club details
Founded1999
Colours  White   Brown   Yellow
CompetitionUSAFL
President2023: Darren Batemen
Coach2023: Darren Henderson
Captain(s)Darren Batemen
Ground(s)Fiesta Sports Park
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 club also fields 9 a side teams in the Arizona Footy League including both men's and women's team. The women's side is known as the Lady Hawks.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Footy, anyone? Australian Rules Football finds home in Arizona By Corey Kirk/Cronkite News
  2. ^ TCA grad Dani Marshall makes 'footy' history in Australia By Danny Summers Jul 23, 2019
  3. ^ "'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground". The Age. Nine Entertainment Co. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.