Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The stadium is oval shaped and was built to host Australian rules football and cricket matches. In the past Victoria Park featured a cycling track, tennis courts and a baseball club that once played curtain raisers to football matches.
Jim Edmond is a former Australian rules footballer.
William Stephen was an Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy Football Club. He also coached Fitzroy and Essendon.
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 1953 Victorian Football League season was the 57th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Jamie Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The 1959 Victorian Football League season was the 63rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1935 Victorian Football League season was the 39th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1937 Victorian Football League season was the 41st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1966 Victorian Football League season was the 70th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1971 Victorian Football League season was the 75th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Ryan Williams is an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also previously played for the Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and joined the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2015.
Robert Mackay Keddie is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide, South Adelaide and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
The 1932 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1932. It was the 36th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1932 VFL season. The match, attended by 69,724 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 9 points. Richmond were competing in their fifth Grand Final in six years, and after losing the previous four, finally claimed their third VFL/AFL premiership victory.
The 1935 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1935. It was the 39th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1935 VFL season. The match, attended by 54,154 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory.
Bob Spargo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Francis "Pop" Vine was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Miles Alfred "Bob" Sellers was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Peter Baldwin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bob Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He transferred to Williamstown in 1961 and played with the Seagulls until the end of 1966, totaling 57 games and 96 goals, playing in the losing 1961 VFA grand final against Yarraville and being awarded equal best first-year player. He won 'Town's best-and-fairest in 1964 and was selected on a half-forward flank in the Williamstown 1960's Team of the Decade.