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1967 VFL Grand Final
The 1967 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Geelong Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September 1967. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1967 VFL season. The match, attended by 109,396 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of nine points, marking the club's sixth VFL premiership and their first since 1943. Background After having last qualified for a VFL finals series in 1947, the Tigers made wholesale changes to the club in the 1960s in a bid to return to the top of the competition. In 1962, Graeme Richmond became club secretary and began instilling his trademark ruthless approach to the administration. In 1964, lawyer Ray Dunn became club president and was instrumental in moving the club's home games from Punt Road Oval to the MCG. That same year, Len Smith, brother of premiership coach Norm, was appointed ... [...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] |
Len Smith (footballer, Born 1912)
Leonard Victor Smith (9 February 1912 – 23 July 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The older brother of champion full-forward and coach Norm Smith, Len Smith was considered one of the pioneers of modern Australian rules football. Although his actual coaching career was short-lived due to struggles with ill health, his emphasis on speed, constructive handpassing and play-on had particular influence on Ron Barassi and Tom Hafey. Smith was also a noted cricketer who played for the Dennis Cricket Club. Early Years Leonard Victor Smith was the eldest son of Victor Smith and Ethel May and grew up in Northcote, Victoria. Playing career In 1930 he was playing with Croxton in the Band of Hope competition, and in the following year trained with the Northcote but spent the year playing in the seconds in the VJFA. He was awarded trophy for the best and fairest player t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Born in Western Australia and of indigenous heritage through his Noongar mother, Farmer is considered one of the greatest footballers in the game's history; when the Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, Farmer was among the 12 inaugural players given 'legend' status. He is primarily recognised for the way he revolutionised ruckwork and handballing. After retiring as a player, Farmer returned to Geelong to become the VFL's first coach of indigenous background, and he was also named coach of Western Australia's first State of Origin team. The Graham Farmer Freeway in his hometown of Perth is named in his honour. Early life Farmer was born at the Hillcrest Materni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Wooller
Fred Wooller (born 21 October 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL. Football Recruited from Bacchus Marsh, Wooller started his career as a full forward and topped Geelong's goalkicking with 56 goals in 1957, his tally being the equal second highest in the league for that season. He was rewarded with selection in the interstate carnival where he represented Victoria. He was the Geelong's leading goalkicker again in 1959 as well as in 1960, where he played at centre half forward and won the Carji Greeves Medal for the club's best and fairest. On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. In 1963 he became club captain and led his side into the grand final. He kicked 3 goals and helped Geelong win their 6th premiership. See also * 1963 Miracle Match The 1963 Miracle Match was an Australian rules football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Davis (Australian Rules Footballer)
Robert "Bob" Davis (12 June 1928 – 16 May 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life Bob Davis was born in Clunes and as a teenager he boarded and attended at Ballarat College. A keen South Melbourne supporter he attended a preseason training with the club but was told his services would not be necessary. He returned to Ballarat and played locally with Golden Point. He was spotted by Geelong recruiters and he was invited to try out with Geelong. VFL career Nicknamed "Woofa", Davis was recruited from Golden Point in the Ballarat Football League and played with the Geelong Football Club in the VFL from 1948 to 1958, generally as a half-forward flanker. He made his debut in the opening round of 1948, on a two match permit issued by his club Golden Point. He missed the next two games because Golden Point refused to clear him. The Geelong president met with the Golden Point committee, and after a long discussion Davis' ... [...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] |
1944 VFL Season
The 1944 VFL season was the 48th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. All twelve of the league's clubs competed, with returning after two years in recess due to wartime travel restrictions. The season ran from 6 May until 30 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the Fitzroy Football Club for the eighth and final time in its history, after it defeated by 15 points in the VFL Grand Final. Influence of World War II The wartime travel restrictions that had forced Geelong into recess the previous two years were relaxed, and Geelong rejoined the competition. Premiership season In 1944, with Geelong competing again, the VFL competition once again consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Sheedy (Australian Footballer)
Kevin John Sheedy AO (born 24 December 1947) is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League. He played and coached in a combined total of 929 games over 47 years from 1967 until 2013, which is a VFL/AFL record. Sheedy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and on 29 May 2018 was elevated to legend status. On the field, Sheedy played for in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, captaining the side in 1978 and winning three premierships. He then coached in the VFL/AFL for nearly three decades from 1981 until 2007, winning four premierships and earning acclaim for his unusual and creative approaches to promoting the club and the game. Sheedy conceived the first Anzac Day game in 1995 involving Collingwood and the club he coached at the time, Essendon. In 2009, Sheedy joined the newly formed as its inaugural AFL coach, and he coached there from 2012 until 2013. Early life Sheedy was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Bond
Graeme Bond (born 27 November 1949) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL for both the Richmond Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Family The son of Ray Salmond Bond (1918-2010), and Lily Pauline Bond (1916-2003), née Bedford, Graeme Bond was born at the St Omer Private Hospital, in Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria on 27 November 1949. Footballer Richmond (VFL) Having begun playing with the Richmond Third XVIII in 1966, and the Richmond Second XVIII in 1967, he played with the Richmond First XVII in two separate stints: between 1967 and 1973, and between 1975 and 1977. Altogether he played in 201 games for the Richmond Football Club: Thirds, 17 games; Seconds, 69 games; and Firsts, 115 games. Dandenong (VFA) He played 8 games for Dandenong (kicking 22 goals) in 1973. St Kilda (VFL) He played for St Kilda from mid-1977 until 1980 for the St Kilda Football Club. Frankston (VFA) He played 7 games for Frankston (kicking 9 go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce Hart
Royce Desmond Hart (born 10 February 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Regarded as one of the greatest centre half-forwards to ever play Australian rules football, Hart was a supremely gifted and courageous player with superb pack marking skills, with a trademark of leaping in from the side, and a penetrating left-foot kick. Hart was an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and was elevated to Legend status in 2013. Early days Hart grew up in central Tasmania with an older brother, Lance, and two younger sisters, Gayle and Cheryl. He gravitated toward sports, in particular Australian football, which upset his mother, who thought the game too rough. Hart was educated at Clarence High SchoolCollins, 2006, p. 100 and participated in football and athletics. He played as a rover in the Tasmanian under-15 schoolboys team before his growth spurt, and held a junior high-ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Swift
Frederick Norman Swift (6 July 1938 – 28 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played first grade cricket with the Eaglehawk Cricket Club in the Bendigo and District Cricket Association. Swift has a special place in the history of the Richmond Football Club as the captain of the drought-breaking 1967 premiership team. He was murdered during a home invasion at his farm at Lockwood, near Bendigo, Victoria, at the age of 44. Career Sandhurst Swift was recruited as a utility player from the Sandhurst Football Club in the Bendigo Football League. He played with their senior team, coached by Kevin Curran (and playing alongside Brendan Edwards), from the time he was seventeen and, at 19, he was the youngest player ever to win the club's best and fairest award. Richmond Swift played in two practice matches with Richmond in 1957 but was not given a full, extended clearance; and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Crowe
Neville Crowe (1 June 1937 – 2 September 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s and 1960s. He also served as club president from 1987 to 1993, and was at the forefront of the ''Save Our Skins'' campaign in 1990, which saved the club from financial ruin. In the 1967 Second Semi-final, Crowe was reported for allegedly striking ruckman John Nicholls (footballer), John Nicholls, and suspended. He subsequently missed Richmond's drought-breaking premiership victory in the 1967 VFL Grand Final, and announced his retirement shortly afterward. Crowe's "phantom punch" is regarded as one of the most unlucky moments in VFL/AFL history. Crowe retired at the end of 2008 from working at the club, finally ending his involvement that had extended to over 50 years. In September 2012, it was reported that Crowe had been out riding his bicycle when he suddenly lost control and careered into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
