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1924 Brownlow Medal
The 1924 Brownlow Medal was the inaugural year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Edward 'Carji' Greeves of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling seven votes during the 1924 VFL season. Voting system The voting system used in the 1924 Brownlow Medal was as follows: * The field umpire awarded one vote to whom he adjudged the best player on the field. * The player who finished with the most votes would be awarded the 1924 Brownlow Medal. * In the event of a tie, the umpiring panel would meet and agree upon a winner among the tied players. Votes Leading vote-getters The following list shows the leading vote-getters for the 1924 Brownlow Medal. Edward 'Carji' Greeves was the winner, with George Shorten George William "Tich" Shorten (19 March 1901 – 26 June 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1920s. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990. The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all states, plus the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, as well as in New Zealand and China to expand the league's audience. The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurie Beasy
Maurie Beasy (14 March 1896 – 28 April 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * *Maurie Beasy's profileat Blueseum 1896 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Carlton Football Club players 1979 deaths {{AFL-bio-1896-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Coventry
Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Coventry was the first player to play 300 VFL games, the first to kick 100 goals in a VFL season, the only player ever to head the league's goal-kicking list in five consecutive seasons, and the first player to kick 1000 VFL goals, with his career total of 1299 VFL goals serving as a VFL/AFL competition record for over 60 seasons. ::"He is often considered by fans and journalists to be amongst the greatest forward-line players of all time." — ''AFL Legends.com''. Education Gordon and his brothers and sisters attended the Nillumbik State School (No.1003), at Diamond Creek. While still at school, he began working on his father's fruit orchard.Trembath (2005). Footballer Although a very reliable right-foot kick, he was eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Tyson
Charles Edward Tyson (14 November 1897 – 23 September 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s. VFL career Recruited to Collingwood from Western Australian based Goldfields Football League side Kalgoorlie Railways, Tyson was a half back flanker and made his VFL debut in 1920. He was named club captain in 1924 and despite not making the finals in his first season in charge he led them to Grand Finals in the next two. It was in the 1926 VFL Grand Final that he found himself in significant controversy. Collingwood lost the match to Melbourne by 57 points and Tyson was accused of 'playing dead'. To this day it is unclear whether the allegations hold water but what was known is that the Collingwood committee considered his relaxed and laid back demeanor as inappropriate for a club captain and were possibly looking for an excuse to get rid of him. Disgruntled with the allegations, Tys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Poulter
Joseph Leroy Poulter (27 March 1902 – 28 March 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A regular in the Collingwood side of the 1920s, Poulter was a member of their 1927 premiership team and also played in a losing Grand Final in 1926. He finished his career at South Melbourne, whom he crossed to during the 1928 season. In 1930, before returning to South Melbourne for one final season, Poulter had a stint as captain-coach of Brighton. His son Ray Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (g ... was a successful forward for Richmond. Notes References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Baker
Arthur Reginald Baker (18 September 1899 – 1 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). VFL career One of three brothers to play in the VFL (along with Selwyn and Ted), Baker played his football as a rover and in the forward line. Baker was a losing grand finalist for Collingwood in both 1925 and 1926. He finished equal fifth in the 1926 Brownlow Medal. In 1927, Baker returned to Wonthaggi FC and was captain-coach of their Central Gippsland Football League. Baker returned to Collingwood in 1928 and during the 1928 VFL season, Baker crossed to Richmond, where he made 10 appearances. Coaching Baker coached his original club Wonthaggi for five years and steered them to three premierships in 1927, 1929 and ? He won a further three premierships as coach of Leongatha Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Coventry
Sydney Andrew Coventry (13 June 1899 – 10 November 1976) was an Australian rules footballer. Family He married Gladys Eileen Trevaskis (1901–1977) on 8 October 1921. West Coast of Tasmania Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Diamond Creek, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Coventry journeyed across the Bass Strait after the First World War to work in the mines at Queenstown, Tasmania, Queenstown, Tasmania, taking with him a reputation as a fine footballer. Coventry first played for a Queenstown, Tasmania, Queenstown based team in 1919, but was appointed Captain of the Miners team from Gormanston for the 1920 season. The team played in the Queenstown based ‘Lyell Miners Football Association’ which included 9 teams. Gormanston was a small miners town at the top of Mount Lyell. The footballers in the region are noted as some of the hardiest in Australia given the weather and playing conditions, which include the famous Gravel Oval at Queenstown Oval, Queenstown. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of The Match
In team sport, a player of the match or man of the match or woman of the match award is often given to the most outstanding player in a particular match. This can be a player from either team, although the player is generally chosen from the winning team. Some sports have unique traditions regarding these awards, and they are especially sought after in championship or all-star games. In Australia, the term "best and fairest" is normally used, both for individual games and season-long awards. In some competitions, particularly in North America, the terms "most valuable player" (MVP) or "most outstanding player" (MOP) are used. In ice hockey in North America, three players of the game, called the " three stars", are recognised. In sports where playoffs are decided by series rather than individual games, such as professional basketball and baseball, MVP awards are commonly given for the series, and in ice hockey's NHL, for performance in the entire playoffs. Association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Cazaly
Roy Cazaly (13 January 1893 – 10 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also represented Victoria and Tasmania in interstate football, and after his retirement as a player, turned to coaching. Known for his ruck work and high-flying marks, he inspired the common catchphrase "Up there, Cazaly!", which in 1979 became a popular song of the same name, securing his place in Australian folklore. Cazaly was one of 12 inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Family Cazaly was born in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne, on 13 January 1893. He was the tenth child of English-born James Cazaly and his wife Elizabeth Jemima (née McNee). James Cazaly was a renowned sculler and rower in Melbourne. Just before 6 July 1878 he was eliminated in a "semi-final" for the sculling championship of Victoria by the eventual victor, Charles A. Messenger. Elizabeth was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Connell (Australian Footballer)
Jack O'Connell (16 July 1902 – 24 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). O'Connell was a successful sprinter, winning the Geelong Gift in 1923, and played on the wing for Williamstown before moving to South Melbourne. O’Connell coached Ararat in 1925. Notes External links * *Jack O'Connell's playing statisticsfrom The VFA Project 1902 births 1975 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Williamstown Football Club players Sydney Swans players Australian rules football coaches {{AFL-bio-1902-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wels Eicke
Wellesley Hastings "Wels" Eicke (27 September 1893 – 10 February 1980) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life and career Eicke was the younger son of George Augustus Eicke (died 28 March 1927) of St. Kilda, Victoria, and Jessie Forrester, eldest daughter of Thomas Thompson of Acheron, Victoria, grazier.''The Argus'' (Melbourne) 15 April 1916, p. 13 He was a talented young sportsman who was a champion swimmer at school level. In 1909, Eicke debuted with St Kilda at 15 years and 315 days old – becoming one of only six VFL/AFL footballers to have played at 15. He married 11 March 1916 at Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, to Alberta Maude, only daughter of A. E. Woodland of Caulfield, Victoria. As of December 2022, Eicke holds the record for playing with the most teammates (at 299). Football career Eicke began his career playing as a rover, but became known as one of the VFL's greatest defenders. He was a fine kick, an exper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Watson (footballer)
Colin Campbell Watson (12 October 1900 – 20 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. Watson was best on ground for South Warrnambool in the 1918 Warrnambool District Football Association grand final and was enticed down to Melbourne in 1919 where he played seven consecutive games from rounds three to nine with VFA side Port Melbourne, when a bout of influenza at the height of the 1919 Influenza pandemic forced him home to Warrnambool, where he finished off the season with South Warrnambool. Roy Cazaly went down to coach South Warrnambool during the 1919, 1920 and 1921 finals series and coached Colin Watson and immediately saw an immensely talented footballer, who was then invited to play with St. Kilda in 1920. He played four games for St Kilda in 1920 (rounds 1, 3, 5 & 7) before deciding to stay at home in Warrnambool and in 1921 he played in South Warrnambool's Western District Football Association premiership, coached by Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
