The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria. Founded in 1864, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight inaugural member clubs in 1896.
Ian James Nankervis is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nankervis played for Geelong for 17 seasons and was captain from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1983. Nankervis held the record of most senior level games for Geelong with 325 VFL games. Nankervis also represented Victoria at state level on 12 occasions.
Bruce Abernethy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is a media personality.
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.
Ken Hunter is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL.
The 1948 Victorian Football League season was the 52nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Frederick Thomas "Pompey" Elliott was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bruce Duperouzel is a former Australian rules footballer and cricketer. Duperouzel started his football career with Claremont in the WANFL, and later played for St Kilda and Footscray in the VFL.
The 1986 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. The game was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on 27 September 1986. It was the 90th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1986 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,861 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 42 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
Jamie Elliott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, Richmond and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.
Adam Chatfield is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League.
Ernest George "Puffer" Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jamie Elliott is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Thomas Bernard Elliott was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Trevor Henry Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Alan Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Chris Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Russ Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rod Elliott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 2019 Collingwood Football Club season is the club's 123rd season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL and a women's team in the AFL Women's competition.