The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria. 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.
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.
Alan Toovey is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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.
Mark Bos is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Alan Dale was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jason Davenport is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Alan Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Allan William Thomas "Alan" Crawford was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1948 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948. It was the 52nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season. The match, attended by 86,198 spectators, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL Grand Final had ended in a draw. A week later in the Grand Final replay, attended by 52,226 spectators, Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
Alan Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Charlie Spargo is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, 1.73 metres tall and weighing 71 kilograms (157 lb), Spargo plays primarily as a forward, but also has the ability to play in the midfield. He has strong family connections in Australian football, whereby he is a fourth generation VFL/AFL player, with his great-grandfather, grandfather, great uncle and father all playing in the VFL/AFL.
Ben Paton is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL).