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.
Graham Francis Arthur was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Arthur Olliver was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and coached successfully in the then Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).
The 1922 Victorian Football League season was the 26th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
John Charles Arthur Hyde was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Geelong Football Club.
Harvey Stevens was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George Arthur Martin was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1900 VFL season. The match, attended by 20,181 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 4 points.
John Francis "Dick" McCabe was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL); he used the pseudonym Dick McKay during his playing days and thus that is how his name appears in many football records.
Arthur 'Shooter' Ford was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Sowden was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Mooney was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Cleghorn was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of competition, 1897, he became one of the club's and league's first premiership players. Cleghorn made his debut against Geelong in round 1 of the season at Corio Oval. He topped the club's goalkicking tally in 1899. He was also a member of Richmond's 1905 Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership team.
Arthur Best was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father was Sir Robert Best, a prominent politician who served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Parliament of Australia.
Arthur Pincott was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from Geelong & District Football League (GDFL) club Newtown, Pincott made his VFL debut in 1897, the league's first season, and played 72 matches, for no goals by the end of the 1903 VFL season.
Arthur Fox Sr. was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Budd was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Hando was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).