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.
Brian Francis Peake OAM is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for East Fremantle and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played State of Origin football for Western Australia from 1978 to 1987, captaining the side in 1979, 1980, 1986 and 1987. Peake was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990, was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
The 1986 Victorian Football League season was the 90th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Jamie Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Don W. Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s.
John Peck was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
Dean Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
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, West Australian Football League, or North East Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Peter Baldwin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Brian Turner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bill Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bill Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jock Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Yallourn.
Harold Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Allen Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Eustace Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leslie Charles Turner was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).