The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Melbourne Airport that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1872 in the nearby suburb of Essendon, the club participated in the Victorian Football Association from 1878 until 1896, when it joined seven other clubs in forming the breakaway Victorian Football League. Headquartered at Windy Hill for much of the 20th century, the club moved to The Hangar in Melbourne Airport in 2013, and currently plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Dyson Heppell is the current club captain.
Dustin Fletcher is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 23 season career for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is widely acknowledged as one of the finest defenders in VFL/AFL history.
Barry Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Essendon and North Melbourne, before coaching his original team between 1978 and 1980.
Matthew Knights is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Geelong Football Club. Knights played in the midfield for the Richmond Football Club from 1988 to 2002, before going on to forge a coaching career, most notably as head coach of the Essendon Football Club from 2008 to 2010 where he became the head coach of the Geelong VFL Football Club from 2012–14, guiding the Cats to the 2012 VFL Premiership and the 2013 VFL Grand Final.
Albert John Thurgood was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA).
The 1953 Victorian Football League season was the 57th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1912 Victorian Football League season was the 16th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1918 Victorian Football League season was the 22nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Ken Fraser is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1950 Victorian Football League season was the 54th 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.
The 1943 Victorian Football League season was the 47th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1949 Victorian Football League season was the 53rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Allan Thomas Hird Sr. was an Australian rules football player, coach and executive in the Victorian Football League.
Simon Eastaugh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also played for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and both South Fremantle and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He mainly played as a ruckman and has coached the Perth Football Club in the WAFL. Eastaugh has also been an assistant coach at the West Coast Eagles and is now with the Fremantle Football Club.
Allan Belcher was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the brother of South Melbourne player Vic Belcher.
Walter Henry Chalmers was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George McLeod was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Essendon during the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mitchell Brown is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Geelong between 2009 and 2014 and Essendon between 2016 and 2019.
Allan Douglas Matheson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played for Narraport and was captain-coach of Nullawil. Matheson worked as a caretaker and chaplain until his retirement in 1986.