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Tony Russell (writer)
Anthony "Tony" Russell (born 13 January 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is also the most prolific forward in the history of the Hampden Football League, with a record 1020 goals.''Warrnambool Standard''"South Warrnambool puts Russell up for top honour" 7 July 2011, Greg Best Career Originally from Coleraine, Russell was only a teenager when he kicked over 100 goals in a season for Hamilton in the Western Border Football League.''The Weekly Times'"Bush legend: Tony Russell" 27 September 2012, Ken Piesse At the time, Hamilton was tied in the VFL Country zone to . Russell played seven VFL games in three seasons at Collingwood. He kicked four goals when he made his debut, against Essendon, in the 1982 VFL season, but his best haul came the following year, with six goals, four of them in the final quarter, against the Sydney Swans at Victoria Park. He crossed to Victorian Football Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Kangaroos Football Club
The Hamilton Kangaroos Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club which based in the city of Hamilton in south-western Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football League. History The club was formed by merging the Hamilton Football Club and the Hamilton Imperials Football Club in October 2012. After almost 50 years as fierce rivals, the Magpies and Imperials opted to merge after the recommendation was made in the ''Southern Border Review''. The two clubs members decided on a vote for the new name. A popular idea was the Giants, but this was rejected through copyright issues. The options were Hamilton united Kangaroos, Hamilton United Power, Hamilton United Hawks, Hamilton Kangaroos, Hamilton Hawks and Hamilton Power. The Hamilton Kangaroos won with 35% of the votes and the Hamilton Power finished second with 31%. Hamilton's inaugural year in the Hampden resulted in four senior wins, two against Port Fairy and South, finishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club's origins trace back to 21 March 1873, when a meeting was held at the Clarendon Hotel in South Melbourne to establishing a junior football club, to be called the South Melbourne Football Club. The club commenced playing in 1874 at its home ground; Lakeside Oval in Albert Park. Playing as South Melbourne, it participated in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) competition from 1878 before joining the breakaway Victorian Football League (VFL) as a founding member in 1897. Originally known as the "Bloods" in reference to the red colour used on players' guernseys, the Swan emblem was adopted in 1933 after a journalist at the time referred to them using the moniker following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrnambool & District Football League
Warrnambool District Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the region of rural of Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (A .... It is an eleven team competition starting in April and finishing in September. The league was founded in 1946.http://aflnational.com/vic/country/warrnambool/ Clubs Current Former Founding *East Stars (now known as East Warrnambool) *West End (merged with Allansford in 1971) *South Warrnambool Juniors (now known as South Rovers) *Merrivale *Russell's Creek Premiers *1946 Russell Creek 9 6 60 def South Juniors 8 8 56 *1947 Russell Creek 7 12 54 def West End 6 8 44 *1948 West End 8 16 64 def South Rovers 6 12 48 *1949 West End 10 4 64 def East Stars 4 12 36 *1950 West End 10 12 72 def Merrivale 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
