Darrell Panizza is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er and coach. Panizza played for the Claremont Football Club

Claremont Football Club

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

 and Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....

. He is a member of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame

West Australian Football Hall of Fame

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Claremont

Panizza joined Claremont in 1979 from the Albany Royals

Royals Football Club

Royals Football Club or Royals Football and Sporting Club, is an Australian rules football club located in Albany, Western Australia playing in the Great Southern Football League....

 and played in WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 premiership teams in 1981, 1991 and 1993. He retired having played 274 matches in two stints, the first between 1979 and 1986; and the second between 1990 and 1995. He holds the record for the most number of games played at Claremont.

Woodville

In 1987 he moved to SANFL club Woodville where he played 74 matches in three seasons.

Western Australia

Played 7 games for his state including the 1983 side that won the round robin competition.

Albany Royals

Rejoining his boyhood club, Panizza took the Royals

Royals Football Club

Royals Football Club or Royals Football and Sporting Club, is an Australian rules football club located in Albany, Western Australia playing in the Great Southern Football League....

to unprecedented success, winning six Great Southern Football League premierships between 1999 and 2004.