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.
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Bernard Vincent Herbert was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1921 for the Richmond Football Club. He served as Richmond's President from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1939.
Ken Hands was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). On the death of teammate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team. On 22 December 2017, Hands died at the age of 91.
William Wyatt Hudd was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong, Essendon and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Howard Raymond Stafford was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country. However, since the late 1980s, when the former Victorian Football League expanded interstate to become the modern Australian Football League, there has not been a league-wide reserves competition; and, since 2000, there has been no dedicated reserves competition of any kind. As a result, AFL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Cecil Barry "Barney" McKellar was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Barney Lazarus was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Percy Howard was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Stanley Joseph Hilliard Howard was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ian Howard is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Donald Stewart Howard was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Barnett Hugh Jenkins was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Howard Hawking is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Howard Tarpey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rex Arthur "Barney" Jorgensen was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Howard Day was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bernard John McGarry was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).