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Essendon won the inaugural VFL premiership in 1897. Fitzroy won the inaugural grand final in 1898. Carlton has won the equal-most premierships with 16, with their first coming in the 1906 season. Collingwood's premiership win in 1930 was the club's fourth successive premiership, a record for the league. Geelong players doing a lap of honour ...
In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data. [2] In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom , Ireland and New Zealand .
Official website. afl.com.au. The Australian Football League ( AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897.
Vin Crowe. 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968. Vincent Robert Crowe (born 13 January 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]
During the nine VFA premiership seasons in which Melbourne took part, they never won the premiership. They have won the VFL premiership 13 times, most recently in 2021, which was the club's first premiership since 1964. After their 1964 premiership, Melbourne missed the finals for 22 consecutive seasons, the third-longest such drought in VFL ...
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established with 136 inductees.
Vin Coutie. 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. Arthur Vincent " Vin " Coutie (28 October 1881 – 17 June 1951) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. A forward, Coutie topped the VFL's goalkicking in 1904 with 39 goals and became the first ...
Brisbane Lions. "The Pride of Brisbane Town". "La Marseillaise". c. 1997. Club version. (Based on Fitzroy club version by Bill Stephen from 1952 which was based on 1792 composition by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle) [2] Carlton. "We are the Navy Blues". "Lily of Laguna".