The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria and, starting from 2021, New South Wales and Queensland. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL.
Alan Ezard is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. He played 184 games for 200 goals, retiring in 1993.
Alan Atkinson is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men's competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. Originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing the following year. The VFL, aiming to become a national competition, began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s, and changed its name to the AFL in 1990.
Brian Francis Peake OAM is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for East Fremantle and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played State of Origin football for Western Australia from 1978 to 1987, captaining the side in 1979, 1980, 1986 and 1987. Peake was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990, was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
Graham Francis Arthur was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mark Bairstow is a former Australian rules footballer who played in both the Australian Football League (AFL) and the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1985 Victorian Football League season was the 89th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced in March 1985 and concluded on 28 September 1985 with Essendon winning their second consecutive premiership in a third consecutive Grand Final against Hawthorn.
The 1932 Victorian Football League season was the 36th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1941 Victorian Football League season was the 45th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Alan Martello is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1970 and 1980 for Hawthorn, and between 1981 and 1983 for Richmond. Martello was a tough Centre Half Forward and a prodigious kicker of the football. He was the youngest man ever to reach 200 games. Martello left Hawthorn in 1980 after a bitter dispute and played in a losing Grand Final for Richmond in 1982.
Alan Noonan was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Essendon Football Club from 1966 to 1976 and the Richmond Football Club in 1977.
Alan Anthony Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played five state of origin games for Western Australia.
Allan William Thomas "Alan" Crawford was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Alan Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Alan Jewell was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Alan Thomson was an Australian sportsman. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1926. He also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).