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Shannon Gibson
Shannon Gibson (born 7 November 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Gibson was recruited by Hawthorn with the 23rd pick of the 1993 AFL draft, after earning 'Best on Ground' honours for the Northern Knights in their TAC Cup final win over the Western Jets. He kicked two goals and two behinds on his AFL debut, a win over the previous year's Grand Finalists Geelong at Kardinia Park. In his three seasons at Hawthorn, Gibson was unable to cement a place in the team but did kick four goals against Geelong in 1997 and three goals in a win over Melbourne a week later. He was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 1997 season, for Paul Sharkey, who did not end up playing a game for Hawthorn. Gibson himself only made three appearances with Collingwood, suffering from a hamstring injury throughout the year. He returned to Preston once he was delisted and began playing with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Knights
The Northern Knights is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based in Preston, representing the northern suburban area of Melbourne. The Knights are one of the six original clubs set up as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs. Northern Knights have had many of their players drafted into the AFL, including the first two selections in the 2007 AFL Draft The 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007, the pre-s ..., Matthew Kreuzer and Trent Cotchin, and the fifth sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sharkey
Paul Sharkey (born 8 June 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Sharkey was only 16 when he came to Collingwood from Bendigo, after being secured with the 22nd pick of the 1990 AFL draft. He didn't make his league debut until 1994 and made ten appearances in total for the season, including a qualifying final against West Coast. A tall defender, he played just once in 1995 but added another ten games in 1996. He was traded to Hawthorn Football Club prior to the 1998 season, in exchange for Shannon Gibson. Sharkey however wouldn't play another AFL game and saw out the decade at the Bendigo Bombers. Appeared on an episode of ''Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. It features two families who compete to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Football Club (VFA) Players
Preston Football Club may refer to * Preston Football Club (VFA), also known as Northern Bullants or Northern Blues; former Victorian Football Association and Victorian Football League team, Australia * Preston Lions FC, Australia * West Preston Lakeside Football Club, Australia * Preston North End F.C., an English football club located in Preston, Lancashire, formed in 1863 * East Preston F.C. East Preston Football Club is a association football, football club based in East Preston, West Sussex, East Preston, near Littlehampton, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Lashmar. History The original Ea ..., English club * Preston Athletic F.C., Scottish club {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingwood Football Club Players
Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to: Educational institutions * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England * Collingwood College, Surrey, state secondary comprehensive technology college in Camberley, England * Collingwood School, university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Places Australia * Collingwood, Queensland, a ghost town west of Winton on the Western River * Collingwood, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne * City of Collingwood, a former local government area in Victoria, Australia * Collingwood, Liverpool, a museum in Sydney Canada * Collingwood, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta * Collingwood, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in southeast Vancouver, British Columbia * Collingwood, Nova Scotia * Collingwood, Ontario New Zealand * Collingwood, New Zealand ** Collingwood (New Zealand electorate) Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawthorn Football Club Players
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 Rosaceae * Hawthorn maple, '' Acer crataegifolium'', a tree variously classified in families Sapindaceae or Aceraceae * ''Crataegus monogyna'' the common hawthorn, the species after which the above are named Places *Hawthorn, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States * Hawthorn, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia **Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne in the above suburb **Electoral district of Hawthorn, a Victorian Legislative Assembly seat based on and named after the above suburb *Hawthorn, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia *Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Australia *The Hawthorns, the stadium for the West Bromwich Albion F.C. in England **The Hawthorns station, a train and metro station that serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Bullants
The Preston Football Club, which trades and plays as the Northern Bullants, is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston, Victoria, Preston that plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It plays its home games at the Preston City Oval. The club was established in 1882 as the Preston Football Club. The club participated in the Victorian Football League, Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1903 and 1911, and then since 1926. After World War II, the club was known as the Bullants, and wore a plain red guernsey with a white monogram. The club later became the Northern Bullants. It was Australian Football League reserves affiliations, affiliated with the Carlton Football Club, Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2003 to 2020; and, from 2012 until 2020, the club adopted the colours and nickname of its AFL affiliate to become the Northern Blues. The alignment was terminated in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and, from 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Melbourne is the world's oldest football clubs, oldest professional club of any football code. Its origins can be traced to an 1858 letter in which Tom Wills, captain of the Victoria cricket team, calls for the formation of a "foot-ball club" with its own "code of laws". An informal Melbourne team played that winter and officially formed in May 1859, when Wills and three other members codified "Laws of Australian rules football#Melbourne Rules of 1859, The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club"—the basis of Australian rules football. The club was a dominant force in the early years of the game and a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 reigning premiers. The club formed in 1859, making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.Official Website of the Geelong Football Club Retrieved on 10 June 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Jets
The Western Jets is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Victorian premier U19 competition, the NAB League, since its inception in 1992. The club have developmental squads in the U16, however much of the attention is towards its U18 team. The club is geographically set in Melbourne's West as part of a decision by AFL Victoria (formerly Football Victoria) to have clubs in all regions of the state. The club trains in Melbourne's inner west at Crofts Reserve in Altona North and plays NAB League matches at Burbank Oval in Williamstown. Their current coach is Robbie Chancellor, who replaced Ryan O’Keefe at the end of the 2020 season. Sponsors The club is sponsored by TAC, Victoria University, Australia, Meat2U, Werribee Mazda, Master Dry Cleaners, Divella, Burbank Homes and KFC. Statistics *Runners Up (2): 1992, 1993 *Wooden Spoons (3): 1997, 1998, 2002 Games Record Holder: Michael Turner (50 games) Goals Record Holder: Stephen Neilsen (59 goals) TA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
