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1926 VFL Grand Final
The 1926 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 9 October 1926. It was the 28th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1926 VFL season. The match, attended by 59,632 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 57 points, marking that club's second premiership victory and their first since 1900. Background came into the 1926 season as the runner-up from previous season after losing to in that year's grand final. Throughout the premiership season, Collingwood would finish on top of the ladder with an 15-3 record to win their 8th minor premiership with them defeating in the final round by 47 points to cement their spot on top by 4.1% over defending champions Geelong. In the semi-final, they took on third place on the 25 September. After opening up a 22 point lead at the half, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Vine
Francis "Pop" Vine (1 October 1904 – 6 October 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Vine is one of just four players in VFL/AFL history to play in a premiership on debut, along with William James (Australian rules footballer), Bill James, George Rawle and Marlion Pickett. He had been called up, to play the 1926 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement player for Bob Corbett (footballer), Bob Corbett. A centre half-back, Vine was club captain in 1932 and 1933. References External links * * 1904 births 1960 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) VFL/AFL Players who played their first game in a Grand Final Melbourne Football Club players Old Melburnians Football Club players Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1904-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Warne-Smith
Ivor Warne-Smith (29 October 1897 – 4 March 1960), was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania. During his time with Melbourne he won two Brownlow Medals, played in their 1926 premiership side, was captain-coach of the club and represented his state of Victoria on numerous occasions. Warne-Smith remained involved with the club for the rest of his life and was named in the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century. He was also named in the Tasmanian Team of the Century. Warne-Smith fought in both World War I and World War II. Early life Warne-Smith was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne with his family when he was a child. He was educated at Wesley College, where he was noted as a footballer and cricketer. In 1914 he received "triple honour colours" at Wesley, for showing "exceptional commitment to the team and an outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Taylor (Australian Rules Footballer)
Richard John Taylor (28 November 1901 – 25 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Richard Taylor (1865-1939), and Charlotte Taylor (1868-1923), née Walker, Richard John Taylor was born at Armadale, Victoria on 28 November 1901. Football Melbourne (VFL) Taylor played as a centreman. He made his VFL debut with Melbourne in the last home-and-away match of the 1922 season, against Fitzroy, at Princes Park, on 16 September 1922. He went on to play 164 games for Melbourne, including 127 consecutive games from his debut until an injury sustained from a kick on the leg in the violent and spiteful 17 August 1929 match against Footscray, in which Taylor had kicked 6 goals, meant that he was unable to pass a fitness test on the morning of the next match and, therefore, could not play in the 24 August 1929 match against St Kilda. He was a last-minute inclusion in that season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Thomas (footballer, Born 1898)
Edward Hazen Thomas (9 August 1898 – 8 May 1965) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1926, he became one of the club's premiership players, under the auspices of captain-coach Albert Chadwick. Thomas made his debut against in round 1 of the 1921 VFL season, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 385, based on the order of his debut for the club. Originally from Oakleigh Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), he returned there for the 1929, 1930 and 1931 seasons before returning to Melbourne for a final season in the VFL. His grandson, Leon Baker Leon Baker (born 17 August 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1980s. Baker started playing senior football quite l ..., played for in the 1980s. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Dunbar
Hugh Ormond Dunbar (27 June 1903 – 17 July 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda 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). Dunbar, recruited from Carlsruhe, was a ruckman, but played at centre-half back for Melbourne in their 1926 VFL Grand Final, 1926 premiership team. He represented Victoria Australian rules football team, Victoria in 1923 VFL season, 1923, 1924 VFL season, 1924 and 1926 VFL season, 1926. His brothers, Edgar Dunbar, Edgar and Harold Dunbar, Harold, also played for Melbourne. Dunbar went to Victorian Football League, Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Brighton Football Club, Brighton as playing coach in 1929 then played briefly for St Kilda in 1930 VFL season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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