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Greg Healy
Greg Healy (born 16 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, VFL/AFL. His brother Gerard Healy, Gerard was a Brownlow Medallist. "Sugar" Healy's rise to the senior ranks at Melbourne were helped when he won the 1983 Morrish Medal for the season's best player in the VFL's Under-19 competition. A rover, he made his debut for the Demons the following season and in 1986 won their best and fairest award and topped their goalkicking. In 1988 he was appointed Melbourne's youngest ever captain at just 22 years of age. In his first year in charge he led the club to their first 1988 VFL Grand Final, Grand Final since 1964, but they were defeated by Hawthorn. Healy gave up the captaincy to Garry Lyon at the end of 1990. He suffered a season ending knee injury in round 3 against St Kilda Saints, St Kilda in 1991 which resulted in a knee reconstruction. Healy returned and played on for the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal
The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season. The Melbourne Football Club was established in 1858 and was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association, playing in the league from 1877 to 1896. After the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1896, Melbourne joined the league as a foundation club the next year and has competed in the league ever since. The inaugural Melbourne best and fairest winner was Allan La Fontaine in 1935, and he retained it the following season. The award was known as the Melbourne best and fairest until it was renamed in 1943 in honour of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in service in 1943. Allan La Fontaine and Jim Stynes have both won the award on four occasions in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 VFL Season
The 1985 VFL season was the 89th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The season was the first to feature premiership matches on Friday nights. The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 14th time and second time consecutively, after it defeated by 78 points in the 1985 VFL Grand Final. Night series defeated 11.11 (77) to 10.8 (68) in the final. Premiership season Round 1 , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 21.15 (141) , MCG , 65,628 , 29 March 1985 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.18 (66) , , 26.20 (176) , Moorabbin Oval , 20,910 , 30 March 1985 , - bgcolor="#FFFF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Football Club Players
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal Victorians fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Footballers From Victoria (state)
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1965 Births
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1993 AFL Season
The 1993 AFL season was the 97th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 25 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 15th time, after it defeated by 44 points in the 1993 AFL Grand Final. Foster's Cup The 1993 Foster's Cup saw Essendon 14.18 (102) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79) in the Grand Final. Premiership season Round 1 , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Ground , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 13.17 (95) , , , , 17.13 (115) , , MCG , , 58,997 , , Friday 26, March , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 24.22 (166) , , , , 22.11 (143) , , MCG , , 8,653 , , Saturday 27, March , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 AFL Season
The 1992 AFL season was the 96th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 21 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. Prior to the season, the AFL ceased its role as the administrative body for football in Victoria after 95 years: this role was transferred, along with control of the reserves competition, to the newly established Victorian State Football League (VSFL). Subsequently, the Victorian AFL clubs' under-19s competition was dissolved, and zone-based recruiting was abolished. The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles, after it defeated by 28 points in the 1992 AFL Grand Final. It was West Coast's first premiership, and also the first premiership won by a non-Victorian club following the lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 AFL Season
The 1991 AFL season was the 95th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known previously as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season ran from 22 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs, an increase from the top five clubs which had contested the finals from 1972-1990. The season saw expansion of the league to fifteen clubs, with the admission of the newly established Adelaide Crows, based in Adelaide, South Australia. With at least one team representing each of the three major Australian rules football states, the league was now the highest level senior Australian rules football competition across Australia, as well as the top administrative body for football in Victoria. The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated by 53 points in the 1991 AFL Grand Final. Foster's Cup defeated 14.19 (103) to 7.12 (54) in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 AFL Season
The 1990 AFL season was the 94th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) and the first under this name, having been known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. It was the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria; and, as it featured clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, it was the ''de facto'' highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 31 March until 6 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the 14th time, after it defeated by 48 points in the 1990 AFL Grand Final. Foster's Cup defeated 17.10 (112) to 10.16 (76) in the final. Club leadership Premiership Season Round 1 , - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Ground , Crowd , Date , - style= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 VFL Season
The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria and, by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, the ''de facto'' highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 31 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the eighth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated by six points in the 1989 VFL Grand Final. Night Series Premiership season Round 1 , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home score , Away team , Away score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 17.10 (112) , WACA Ground , 25,664 , 31 March 1989 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 19.18 (132) , P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 VFL Season
The 1988 VFL season was the 92nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria, and by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, the ''de facto'' highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 2 April until 24 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the seventh time, after it defeated by 96 points in the 1988 VFL Grand Final. Night series Hawthorn 10.10 (70) defeated Geelong 9.13 (67) in the Night Series, which for the first time was played entirely as a pre-season competition, rather than a concurrent competition to the Premiership season. Premiership season Round 1 , - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
