The 1969 Adelaide Carnival was the 17th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an
Australian rules football
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interstate
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competition.
Four teams competed in the carnival, South Australia, the Victorian Football League, Tasmania and Western Australia. Victoria finished on top of the table after winning all of their games. Peter Hudson kicked 17 goals in the carnival, the next best was Austin Robertson with 15.
The
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 ...
was scheduled to have competed in the Carnival, but was disqualified after it allowed players to cross from the VFL to the VFA without formal clearances during the 1969 season, in defiance of an ANFC directive from the previous year.
Squads
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Results
All-Australian team
In 1969 the
All-Australian
The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, 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-perf ...
team was picked based on the Adelaide Carnival.
Tassie Medal
Peter Eakins
Peter Eakins (16 February 1947 – 4 July 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victoria Football League (VFL) during the early 1970s.
Eakins started his career in Western Australia at the Subiaco Foo ...
of Western Australia and
Graham Molloy
Graham Molloy (born 26 June 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1970s.
Molloy played most of his football on the ball but was also used at half forward. A left footer, he started his ...
of South Australia won the
Tassie Medal
The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian rules football Interstate matches in Australian rules football, Interstate Carnival or Interstate matches in Australian rules football, Australian interstate championship se ...
after both tallying four votes.
References
1969 Adelaide Carnival page on Full Points Footy2009-05-08)
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