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1928 VFL Grand Final
The 1928 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1928. It was the 30th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1928 VFL season. The match, attended by 50,026 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory and second in succession. Background Despite winning the 1927 flag, the 1928 season held significant hurdles for the Magpies to overcome – contentious pay cuts, a threatened player's strike, allegations of bribery against two team members and a long injury list contributed to a late-season slump. Still, they managed to top the ladder by the end of the season, winning 15 of 18 home-and-away games. In contrast, Richmond was in excellent shape at the end of the home-and-away season. The side finished seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to: Educational institutions * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England * Collingwood College, Surrey, state secondary comprehensive technology college in Camberley, England * Collingwood School, university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Places Australia * Collingwood, Queensland, a ghost town west of Winton on the Western River * Collingwood, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne * City of Collingwood, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia * Collingwood, Liverpool, a museum in Sydney Canada * Collingwood, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta * Collingwood, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in southeast Vancouver, British Columbia * Collingwood, Nova Scotia * Collingwood, Ontario New Zealand * Collingwood, New Zealand ** Collingwood (New Zealand electorate) Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Ablett, Sr
Gary Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961), is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest players, and was especially renowned for his high-flying spectacular marks and his prolific goalkicking. After playing for several country teams in and around his hometown of Drouin, Victoria, Ablett was recruited by Hawthorn and made his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut in 1982. However, he struggled to adjust to city life and retreated to Myrtleford the following year. The Geelong Football Club managed to lure him back to professional football in 1984, and by the late '80s, he had become one of the VFL's biggest stars. His 1989 VFL Grand Final appearance, during which he kicked a grand final record nine goals for a losing side (and tying the outright grand final record with Gordon Coventry), is regarded as one of football's greatest indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Murphy
Leonard Murphy (23 November 1909 – 20 December 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His older brother Frank played beside him for much of his career. Football Murphy played mainly in the ruck and was a member of a Collingwood side which was a force in the VFL during the 1930s. They had just won a premiership when he joined the club and his debut season of 1928 saw them go back to back, with Murphy kicking two goals in their grand final win over Richmond. Collingwood won the flag again in 1929 and 1930 with Murphy a member of both premiership sides. He missed out on the 1935 premiership after being injured and again the following year due to suspension. At the end of 1937 he left the club and joined Nhill as captain-coach. He returned to Melbourne and served as captain-coach of Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Fincher (footballer)
John Alexander Fincher (27 November 1904 – 4 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family One of the nine children (six boys and three girls) of George Francis Fincher (1865–1959), and Margaret Lawrence Fincher (c.1866–1956), née Nicoll, John Alexander Fincher was born in Lauriston, Victoria on 27 November 1904. His elder brother Charlie played at South Melbourne, and was killed in the very first landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Football Fincher was unlucky not to play in a premiership side while at Richmond, appearing in three successive losing Grand Finals from 1927, his debut season. A rover, he kicked 23 goals in 1928. He crossed to Footscray in 1931, a year before Richmond broke through for their premiership. Death He died at Mount Beauty, Victoria Mount Beauty is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town lies alongside the Kiewa River, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Lilburne
Cyril 'Dooley' Lilburne (9 August 1902 – 10 June 1985) was an Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1926 and 1929 for the Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo .... Notes References * Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 External links * * 1902 births 1985 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Collegians Football Club players Brighton Football Club players Richmond Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1902-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil McCormack
Basil Milton McCormack (3 August 1904 – 19 February 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1925 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club. Family The son of Michael McCormack and Mary McCormack (1865–1950), née Foley, he was born at Rochester, Victoria on 3 August 1904. Richmond A left-foot kick, recruited from Rochester, he played 200 senior games for the Richmond Football Club as a half-back flanker, and represented Victoria on 13 occasions. Double debut Granted his clearance from Rochester to Richmond on Friday, 1 May 1925, he played his first match for Richmond, selected on the half-back flank, against Hawthorn, on 2 May 1925 (round 1). He played well; with the match report noting that "McCormack … who marks and kicks well, aslooking a very likely man". It was also the Hawthorn team's first match in the VFL competition, the former VFA club having been admitted (along with Footscray and North Melbourne) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Murdoch
Arthur "Joe" Murdoch (30 October 1908 – 26 December 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in between 1927 and 1936 for the Richmond Football Club. Murdoch was an exceptionally tough defender who was at the forefront of an exceptional backline that held the formidable South Melbourne and Collingwood attacks numerous times in important matches during the 1930s. For his size, Murdoch had exceptionally good ground skills and would always use his strength to his advantage when the ball was loose. He was capable of playing in any position on the backline, for most of his career fitting in as required to accommodate other defenders such as Maurie Sheahan, Martin Bolger and Basil McCormack. He played in the losing 1928 Grand Final side and in the 1932 premiership side as a centre-half-back, whilst in the losing 1929 side Murdoch was on the half-back flank and in 1931 full-back. By the time of the 1934 premiership side Richmond were so well-equipped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas O'Halloran (Australian Footballer)
Thomas Hugh O'Halloran (24 December 1904 – 31 March 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1925 and 1934 for the Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo .... He served as Richmond's Reserves Coach in 1935 and as the club's vice president in 1936 and 1940. See also * 1927 Melbourne Carnival Footnotes References * Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame inductee: Tom O’Halloran External links * * Thomas O'Halloran's playing statisticsfrom The VFA Project 1904 births 1956 deaths VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Richmond Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership players Australian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Libbis
William Edward Libbis (2 July 1903 – 15 August 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family William Edward Libbis was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria on 2 July 1903. He married Stella Millicent Hannebery (1905-1961) in 1929. Collingwood Libbis was a rover and made his debut in 1925. He became a member of the successful Collingwood side which won four consecutive premierships from 1927 to 1930, Libbis the first rover for each grand final. Gordon Coventry called him "the best rover he ever saw". In 1931, he was suspended for eight weeks for striking Ted Pool Herbert Edwin "Ted" Pool (9 November 1905 – 11 February 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of William James Pool (1882-1934), and Harriet Jane Pool (1885- ... in the match against Hawthorn on 9 May 1931. Returning from his suspension, he only p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Rumney
Harold Waldmere Rumney (16 May 1907 – 16 November 1987) was an Australian rules footballer. Rumney was rejected by Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ... after 15 games in two seasons and transferred to Collingwood Football Club. His arrival at Collingwood was fortuitous. He played in the quartet of premierships, 1927–1930, as well as the 1935 premiership. He left Collingwood to coach Northcote in the VFA for season 1936 but returned to Collingwood in 1937. He regularly represented Victoria and won Collingwood's best and fairest award in 1931. He was 171 cm tall and weighed 76 kg. He played 15 games for Carlton, scoring 9 goals, and 171 games for Collingwood, scoring 28 goals. References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Murphy (Australian Rules Footballer)
Francis John Murphy (20 February 1905 – 25 May 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Murphy was a half-forward as a member of a successful Collingwood side played in four premierships, three of them with his brother Len. After leaving the club in 1935, he moved to Western Australia, where he became captain-coach of Subiaco in the Western Australian Football League and the Kalgoorlie City Football Club in the Goldfields Football League. Murphy later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References External links * *Frank Murphy's playing statisticsfrom WAFL Footy Facts 1905 births 1995 deaths Collingwood Football Club p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Collier
Albert Collier, also known as Leeter Collier (9 July 1909 – 22 February 1988), was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Personal life Albert Collier was born on 9 July 1909 in Collingwood, the seventh of the ten children of Albert Augustus Collier, signwriter, and his wife Hannah Josephine, née Binks, Albert grew up living opposite Victoria Park, the home ground of the Collingwood Football Club and was educated at the nearby Victoria Park State School. He later married Mavis Thelma Leibie (1917–2003) and they had two sons. Albert Collier died in 1988 at his home in Seaford and is buried at Frankston Cemetery. Playing career In 1924 both Albert and his brother Harry played for the Melbourne district club Ivanhoe and their strong performances led to the brothers being invited to try out for Collingwood. Albert Collier made his Collingwood debut in 1925 and soon established himself in the team. He initially played forward, but after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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