261:. In 1989 and 1990 the Hawks narrowly missed out on finals appearances (their reserves team broke through for a premiership in 1990 however) but despite a finals appearance in 1991, the club was struggling for support and by the following season the club itself was in serious jeopardy with large debts and a rapidly sinking supporter base, so much so that the club had sought a merger with Burnie Tigers, as both clubs were struggling under the harsh economic recession hitting the state at the time.
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club Burnie Tigers, so much so that after a period of good onfield success for the new Hawks venture, Burnie Hawks junior development coach and ABC Radio commentator Geoff White stated in an interview on ABC Radio
Football on 18 April 1992 that "sponsorship was becoming difficult to obtain, with
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Cooee had been locked in a battle with its West Park co-tenant (Burnie Tigers) to desperately gain a licence to join the
Tasmanian competition from midway through 1986, and it was the rebranding of the club which was seen to have tipped the scales in favour of Cooee/Burnie Hawks.
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businesses in the Burnie area refusing to support one club over the other for fear of a backlash by supporters of each club, it's just so divided at the moment, it's a real crying shame because this town (Burnie) could field a great team in State League football."
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as captain-coach and one of his first tasks was to attempt to reunify the supporters of both clubs, as a result he adopted a full change of uniforms, colours and a new emblem as the
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At the end of 1994 the club signed former North
Melbourne player
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326:– "We're a happy team at Burnie" (Tune: "
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16:Defunct Australian rules football club
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461:1987 – Warren "Putt" McCarthy
666:Western Storm/Prospect Hawks
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487:Club record match attendance
381:Tasmanian State Premierships
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717:Sport in Burnie, Tasmania
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547:Devaney, John P. (2008).
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448:1993 – Paul Atkins
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439:1990 – Paul Atkins
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651:Hobart City
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387:1964, 1978
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306:Established
297:Home ground
116:Competition
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681:Categories
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391:Individual
656:Sandy Bay
530:Devonport
512:Devonport
494:Glenorchy
270:Devonport
255:Glenorchy
126:Ground(s)
85:Dissolved
64:Club song
46:Full name
631:Cananore
220:Tasmania
136:Uniforms
606:Former
416:1973 –
383:(Cooee)
351:Honours
320:– Hawks
291:Summary
226:History
210:was an
103:Colours
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77:Founded
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636:Hobart
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