Emblem: Eel Parramatta is an Aboriginal name and means "The place where eels lie down."
Established: 1947 Founded in 1946 the Eels first premiership game was on April 12, 1947. Parramatta 12 lost to Newtown 34 at Cumberland Oval. Parramatta 13 beat Western Suburbs 8 at Cumberland Oval on June 21, 1947 to record their first win.
PREMIERSHIP PREMIERS 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 and Runners Up 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001
SECOND GRADE PREMIERS 1975, 1977, 1979 (First Division) 1999 and Runners Up 1989, 2001
THIRD GRADE PREMIERS 1964 (Under-23's) 1979, 1980 (Third Grade) 1982, 1984 (President's Cup) 1988 1997 and Runners Up 1991, 1996
Club Championship 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Home Ground: Parramatta Stadium since 1986. Previously Parramatta have played at Cumberland Oval (1947-1981)
Belmore Sports Ground (1982-1985 while parramatta stadium was being built)
Attendance Record: August 17, 1986 (Winfield Cup Round 24) 27,243. Parramatta Eels 12 drew with South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 at Parramatta Stadium.
Biggest Win: 62 Points PARRAMATTA EELS 62 (S DONALD 3, M BUETTNER 2, L BURT 2, N HINDMARSH 2, J LYON 2 tries J TAYLOR* 4/5 B HODGSON 5/7 goals) beat North Queensland Cowboys 0 on 29 July 2001 at Parramatta Stadium;*J TAYLOR also set the premiership all-time point scoring record.
POINTS:
Most Points in First Grade 1,971 points by Mick CRONIN (74 tries, 865 goals and 2 field goals)
Most Points in Grade Mick CRONIN 2001 points between 1977 and 1986.
Most points in a season 282 by Mick CRONIN (16 tries and 117 goals in 1978).
Most points in a match 28 points by Luke BURT (2 tries and 10 goals vs Panthers at Parra Stadium on 17 March 2002)
TRIES:
Most Tries in First Grade 110 by Brett KENNY (between 1980 and 1992)
Most Tries in a season 23 by Steve ELLA (1982)
Most Tries in a Match 4 tries by Mitchell WALLACE (versus Balmain on 23 April 1949 at Parramatta), Dick THORNETT (versus Canterbury on 21 July 1968 at Cumberland), Owen STEPHENS (versus South Sydney on 24 May 1975 at Redfern), Ray PRICE (versus South Sydney on 13 August 1978 at Redfern), Eric GROTHE SNR (versus Canberra on 11 April 1982 at Belmore and Wests on 1 July 1984 at Belmore) and Paul TAYLOR (versus Canberra on 24 April 1988 at Parramatta).
GOALS:
Most Goals in a season 123 by Mick CRONIN (1982)
Most Goals in a Match 11 by Mick CRONIN (11/12 attempts against Illawarra on 30 May 1982 at Belmore)
Jason TAYLOR (11/11 against Wests Tigers on 29 April 2001 at Leichhardt Oval)
CLUB AWARDS:
Clubman Of The Year Paul MARES 1986; Peter WYNN 1987; Steve SHARP 1988; Craig IZZARD 1989; Matt GOODWIN 1990; Brett KENNY 1991; Greg DRAKE 1992; Michael ERIKSON 1993; Chris KING 1994; Justin MORGAN 1995; Troy CAMPBELL 1996; John SIMON 1997; Stuart KELLY 1998; David PENNA 1999, Michael VELLA 2000, Brett HODGSON 2001
Rookie of the Year Award Geoff Gerard 1974; Neville Glover 1975; Graeme Atkins 1976; Michael Pattison 1977; Eric GROTHE Snr 1978; Neil Hunt 1979; Brett KENNY 1980; Jeff Emery 1981; Glenn Mansfield 1982; Ron Quinn 1983; Brian Jackson 1984; Andrew Mack 1985; Tony Cosatto 1986; Michael Erikson 1987; Scott Mahon 1988; Peter Johnson 1989; David PENNA 1990; Martin SEAL 1991; Michael BUETTNER 1992; Chris CRANNEY 1993; Duncan De CELIS 1994; Matthew SPENCE 1995; Stuart KELLY 1996; Karl LOVELL 1997; Nathan HINDMARSH 1998; Luke BURT 1999, Andrew RYAN 2000, Danny SULLIVAN 2001
Try Scoring Award Garen Casey 1994; Ray Mercy 1995; Chris Lawler 1996 Jointly; Scott Mahon 1996 Jointly; Nathan Koina 1997; Shane Whearet 1998; Clinton SCHIFCOFSKE 1999, Jason SMITH 1999, Jason MOODIE 2000
Jack Boyle
Tackling School Award 1985 Mark Laurie 1985 & 1989; Ray PRICE 1986; Michael Moseley 1987; Paul Taylor 1988; Mark Barnes 1990; Peter Johnston 1991 &1996; Chris King 1992 & 1995; Cameron Blair 1993; Peter McPhail 1994; Jason BELL 1997; Dean PAY 1998; Nathan HINDMARSH 1999, Ian HINDMARSH 2000
Players' Player of the Year Jason SMITH 1998, Michael VELLA 1999, Nathan HINDMARSH 2000- 2001
Players' Player of the Year (First Division) Ian HINDMARSH 1998-99, PJ MARSH 2000, Mitchell SARGENT 2001
Players' Player of the Year (Jersey Flegg) Daniel IRVINE 2000, Roy FRIEND 2001
Coaches Award Nathan CAYLESS 1998, David KIDWELL 1999, Brett HODGSON 2000, Jamie LYON 2001
Coaches Award (First Division) Paul Dal SANTO 2001
Coaches Award (Jersey Flegg) Jeff ROBSON 2001
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