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Brunswick Football Club
Brunswick Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football League, Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1897 until 1991. Based in Brunswick, Victoria, for most of their time in the Association they were known as the Magpies, and wore black and white guernseys. In its final two seasons in the VFA, it was known as Brunswick-Broadmeadows. History Brunswick Football Club was formed in 1865 and joined the VFA in the 1897 season. The club was colloquially known in its early days as the ''Pottery Workers'' or the ''Brickfielders'', and its fans were known for sounding clayhole bells at matches; after changing their colours from light blue and red colors to black and white, they became informally, and then later formally, known as the Magpies. They struggled to be competitive in the league early on, finishing last in 1898, 1899 and 1902. They won the first of their three 1st division premierships in 1909 VFA season, 1909 which started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Football Association
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 includes teams from clubs based in the eastern states of Australia: Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and includes reserves teams for the east coast AFL clubs. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and it has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present-day VFL is referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present-day Australian Football League, which in turn was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is thus referred to as the VFL/AFL. The VFA was formed in 1877 and is the second-oldest Australian rules football league, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the early years of the game. Initially s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (Australian Footballer Born 1947)
John Williams (born 17 July 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Collingwood in the VFL. A defender, Williams played his best football in the early 1970s with Essendon. He finished second in the club's 1971 best and fairest awards and was equal third in the 1972 Brownlow Medal count. In 1972 he also represented Victoria at the Perth Carnival and earned All Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ... selection. After leaving Collingwood in 1976, Williams was appointed captain of VFA club Brunswick where he led the club to the VFA's first semi-final against Coburg in 1977; its last appearance in the VFA's First Division finals. External links * * 1947 births Living people Essendon Football Club players Collingw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Herbert
Bernard Vincent Herbert (20 February 1889 – 14 December 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1921 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 President from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1939. He later became an inspector in the Victorian Police Force, and was awarded the 'Valour' award for bravery while on duty. References * Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame External links * * 1889 births 1949 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Richmond Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players Richmond Football Club Premiership p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Pannam (footballer, Born 1897)
Charles Elliott Pannam (21 April 1897 – 25 November 1961) was an Australian rules footballer and VFL umpire who played for Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the son of a Greek-Australian Aussie rules footballing legend Charlie Pannam and the brother of Alby Pannam, and he was a grandfather to Australian Football Hall of Fame player and media personality Lou Richards. Their surname Pannamopoulos was Greek but their Greek immigrant grandfather, John, shortened it to Pannam when he migrated to Australia from Greece. Football career Pannam spent six seasons with Collingwood and played in Grand Finals in all but one of them, winning premierships in 1917 and 1919. He played mostly in the middle of the ground, as either a wingman or centreman. In 1923, he joined South Melbourne as coach, and for his first three years in charge he did so in a non-playing capacity, but from 1926 to 1928 took the field as captain. His tally of 108 games a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedley Blackmore
Hedley Blackmore (30 January 1901 – 22 August 1992) was a former 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 *Hedley Blackmore's profileat Blueseum 1901 births 1992 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Carlton Football Club players Maryborough Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1901-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Jenkins (footballer)
James Walter Thomas Jenkins (15 February 1897 – 25 April 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Jenkins also coached Coburg and Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He is a ruckman in the Coburg Football Club ''Team of the Century''. Early life in Tasmania Born in Campbell Town, Tasmania on 15 February 1897, Jenkins was one of 12 children. He played his early football with North Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. St Kilda In 1921, at the age of 24, Jenkins moved to the mainland and joined St Kilda. Jenkins, who was a follower, played 16 games in each of his first three seasons. Jenkins appeared in the opening round of the season in 1924, then left to coach Orbost. He returned to St Kilda for the 1925 VFL season and again played the opening round of the season, which would be his 50th and final appearance for St Kilda. Soon after, Jenkins was granted a permit t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy McKay (footballer)
Claude Roy McKay (25 March 1909 – 12 July 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1930s. McKay, who came to Footscray from Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Williamstown, was a durable utility who rarely missed a game. He was used mostly as a defender and twice represented the VFL at interstate football. After bringing up his 100th league game in 1935, McKay joined Brunswick as captain-coach, a position he remained in until retiring in 1940. He was the centre half back and captain-coach of Brunswick's 1938 premiership team, with a 33-point victory over Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A .... The previous season, and again in 1939, McKay steered Brunswick to Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton Plummer
Elton Wilfrid 'Duffy' Plummer (31 July 1914 – 30 May 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ... in the VFL during the 1930s and 1940s. Plummer was the younger brother of Essendon player Harry Plummer. Essendon recruited Plummer, a back pocket specialist, from Preston. At one stage he played 98 consecutive games and was a member of Essendon's 1942 premiership team. He also played in their losing Grand Finals of 1941 and 1943. Plummer kicked just one goal in his career, against Collingwood at Victoria Park. In 1944, his final season, he coached Essendon for seven games with regular coach Dick Reynolds suffering from appendicitis and they won three of them. He continued his coaching career at Brunswic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Baggott
Ronald Idris Baggott (16 January 1917—26 April 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later captain-coached Brunswick. He was the younger brother of Jack Baggott who played for Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, .... References External links *DemonWiki profile 1917 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Melbourne Football Club players Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners Brunswick Football Club players Brunswick Football Club coaches 2013 deaths Melbourne Football Club Premiership players Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from South Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1917-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor McIvor
Ivor Thomas McIvor (16 September 1917 – 3 April 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Сareer McIvor, a key position player, came to Essendon from local side Don Rovers. (archived) He played two games late in the 1940 VFL season, then did not reappear in league football until 1944 due to the war. During the conflict, McIvor served in the Middle East and New Guinea. He returned to the VFL in round 17 of the 1944 season and kept his spot in the side for round 18 and both of Essendon's finals, including a preliminary final. McIvor's six other appearances for Essendon all came in 1946, a year he would finish in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), after moving to Camberwell mid-season, without a clearance. Despite limited appearances, McIvor was second in Camberwell's 1946 best and fairest award and was also runner-up in the VFL seconds best and fairest, from just four games with Essendon earlier in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Clegg
Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 192723 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Clegg was recruited from the South Melbourne Under 19's after winning the 1944 Melbourne Boys Football League's best and fairest award and was best on ground in the 1944 grand final for South Melbourne. Richmond were very keen to secure Clegg's signature in 1944, before he settled on South Melbourne. Clegg debuted in 1945 and from early on South Melbourne knew they had a star in the making and he played in South Melbourne's losing 1945 VFL grand final. By the time Clegg was 18 years old he had established himself as a gifted senior player in the VFL in 1946. A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club and was runner up in the Brownlow in 1951. He won the club's Best and Fairest award three times, in 1948, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Edwards (Australian Footballer, Born 1931)
John Douglas Edwards (26 February 1931 – 23 August 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. Edwards was a fullback and won a Syd Barker Medal in 1956 for North Melbourne's best and fairest player. He also represented Victoria at interstate football towards the end of his career. After retiring as a player, he became a coach in the VFA for both Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ... and Brunswick. He remained involved in the game as well as a football commentator on TV. References External links *Jack Edwardsat Australian Football.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Jack 1931 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) North Melbourne Football Club p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
