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1961 VFL Grand Final
The 1961 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Footscray Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1961. It was the 64th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1961 VFL season. The match, attended by 107,935 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 43 points, marking that club's first premiership victory. Hawthorn, who were competing in their inaugural VFL Grand Final despite being in the competition since 1925, came into the game as minor premiers and favourites. Footscray, the 1954 premiership winners, had finished the home and away season in fourth place but upset the Ron Barassi-led Melbourne by 27 points in the Preliminary Final to end the Demons' sequence of seven consecutive Grand Final appearances. It was a young Footscray side, with only two players coming into the game with more than 80 VFL games behind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football League (NFL) that competed in 1926 ** American Football League (1934), regional borderline-major league that competed in 1934 ** American Football League (1936) (a.k.a. "AFL II"), second rival of the NFL that competed in 1936 and 1937 ** American Football League (1938), minor professional American football league that changed its name to the American Professional Football Association in 1939 ** American Football League (1940) (a.k.a. "AFL III"), third rival of the NFL that competed in 1940 and 1941 ** American Football League (1944), offshoot of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, played one year before merging back with the PCPFL ** American Football League (1946), name adopted by the American Association minor American football lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 VFL Grand Final
The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963. It was the 66th annual AFL Grand Final, Grand Final of the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League, staged to determine the List of AFL premiers, premiers for the 1963 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,209 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory. Background Hawthorn were minor premiers as a result of their superior percentage, as both clubs had finished the home and away season with 13 wins and a draw. Geelong was contesting its eighth VFL Grand final and chasing its sixth premiership, having previously contested in 1953 VFL Grand Final, 1953 and last won in 1952 VFL Grand Final, 1952. The Hawks were contesting their second VFL Grand final, having beaten to win their maiden premiership in 1961 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Hill (footballer)
Malcolm Hill (born 7 October 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... in the VFL during the 1960s. Hill was a ruckman and started his career with Hawthorn in 1960. He played three seasons of VFL football and was a premiership player in 1961. After leaving Hawthorn he moved to South Australia and went on to play for Sturt during the rest of the 1960s. He played only intermittently, appearing in a total of 40 games for Sturt over the seven years. Hill was a premiership player in 1966, 1968 and 1969. External links * 1938 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Sturt Football Club players Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton Browne
Morton Browne (born 11 September 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... in the VFL during the 1960s. Browne usually played on the half back or half forward flanks and debuted for Hawthorn in 1960. He was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961, kicking 3 goals in the Grand Final. He didn't play at all in the 1963 season as he was studying law. Browne returned the following season however and in 1966 he represented Victoria at the Hobart Carnival. Browne played with Melbourne University Blacks before joining Hawthorn. During undergraduate studies he penned a controversial Blacks report recommending the Blacks & Blues amalgamate, as it was originally. The report was not well rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Young (footballer)
Garry Young (born 10 July 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A key position forward, Young topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in 1959 and 1960 and was a premiership player in 1961. Family Garry's brother Maurie Young played 71 games for Hawthorn between 1956 and 1960. Honours and achievements Hawthorn * VFL premiership player: 1961 * 2× Minor premiership: 1961, 1963 Individual * 2× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1959, 1960 * Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... life member External links * References *http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Garry%2BYoung/8675 *http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/history/premierships - 1961 Hawthorn premiership team 1939 births Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Mort
Ian Carnegie Mort (4 April 1937 – 19 January 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the early 1960s. The son of former Hawthorn player Harry Mort Alton Harry Mort (24 March 1906 – 23 December 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later served in the RAAF in World War II. His son, Ian Mort Ian Carnegie Mo ... and Verna Frances Hinde, Mort played as a half forward flanker and was a member of Hawthorn's 1961 premiership team. Notes External links * 1937 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Kew Football Club players 1996 deaths One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from Kew, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fisher (footballer, Born 1937)
John Fisher (10 October 1937 – 24 January 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL. A wingman, Fisher debuted for Hawthorn in 1957 but it took a couple of seasons before he became a regular in the side. He won the Gardiner Medal {{Use Australian English, date=January 2018 The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition. Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves fr ... in 1958 for the best player in the VFL reserves competition. References External links * 1937 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players 1998 deaths VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Youren
Colin George Youren (3 June 1939 – 20 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father George Youren played for Collingwood in 1919. A wingman, Youren was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961 and represented Victoria at interstate football. He died in 2015 from cancer. Honours and achievements Hawthorn * VFL premiership player: 1961 * 2× Minor premiership: 1961, 1963 Individual * Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... life member References External links * 1939 births 2015 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players People educated at Scotch College, Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cam McPherson
Alexander Campbell "Cam" McPherson (born 24 May 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn 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). A half back flanker from Shepparton, McPherson played over 100 games for Hawthorn and was a member of the club's first-ever premiership side. External links * 1940 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Shepparton Football Club players Living people Sportspeople from Shepparton VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McArthur (footballer)
John McArthur (born 10 September 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... in the VFL. He played as a half back flanker. External links * 1938 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Preston Football Club (VFA) coaches Living people One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sted Hay
Steadman 'Sted' Hay (born 1 June 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL. He played as a half back flanker. Sted is one of three brothers that played at Hawthorn older brother Bill and middle brother Phil Phil may refer to: * Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names * Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil" * Phil, Kentucky, United States * ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film * -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root ter .... External links * 1939 births Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Living people VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Cooper (Australian Rules Footballer)
Graham Cooper (24 April 1938 – 11 December 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s. Usually seen in the back pocket, Cooper was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961 VFL Grand Final. He also played in the losing side in the 1963 VFL Grand Final. His last game for Hawthorn was against the Ron Barrassi led in the open round of 1965. He left Hawthorn to take up a coaching position with Jerilderie Jerilderie is a small, rural town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murrumbidgee Local Government Area. At th Jerilderie had a population of 922 people. It can be found along the Newell Highway ... in New South Wales. By 1969 he was back in Melbourne as he was coach of Oakleigh in the VFA from 1969 to 1970. He was an older brother of St Kilda player, Ian Cooper. References External links * 1938 births 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
