The following are the events of Australian rules football for the calendar year 2024, 166 years after the first game was played in 1858. [1] [2]
Original clubs | New club | League | State | Date | Ref |
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![]() | ![]() | North Central FL | VIC | 20 June 2024 | [3] |
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The following are the events of Australian rules football for the calendar year 2023, 165 years after the first game was played in 1858.
Date of Death: 21 January 2024
Key Facts... Died: 5 February 2024 (aged 97)
Police say that Luke Davies and Jesse Baird died between 12am and 5.30pm on Monday
...passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at age 99.
...passed away yesterday at the age of 69
passed away in a Melbourne hospital on Sunday after a battle with lung cancer.
The 67-year-old died on Thursday following a battle with cancer.
Died 2 May 2024 (aged 83)
...McCarthy died at the age of 29 on Thursday night.
died in Launceston General Hospital on Monday 13 May...
...passing of former player and club Hall of Fame member Reg Burgess on Monday night.
...died at the age of 80 on Wednesday evening.