The Arizona Hawks is a

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team, based in

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. It was founded in 1998 by Jess Keller and then fully functional by Andrew Ashworth in 1999, becoming the first

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club in

.Footy, anyone? Australian Rules Football finds home in Arizona
By Corey Kirk/Cronkite News The Hawks have won the

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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

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in 2020 to play the sport professionally in Australia.

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* Australian rules football clubs in the United States Sports in Phoenix, Arizona Australian rules football clubs established in 1999 1999 establishments in Arizona Sports in Mesa, Arizona {{AFL-team-stub