Australian rules football, also called Australian football, or simply called "Aussie rules", "football" or "footy", is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval ball between the middle goal posts or between a goal and behind post.
Garry Andrew Hocking is a former Australian rules footballer and the current assistant coach at Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was formerly the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) senior coach of the Port Adelaide Magpies squad, and he served as caretaker coach of Port Adelaide in the AFL for 4 games in 2012, replacing the sacked Matthew Primus. For a brief period in 1999, he was known as Whiskas in a deal with the cat-food manufacturer.
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.
Mark Bairstow is a former Australian rules footballer who played in both the Australian Football League (AFL) and the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
The 1969 Victorian Football League season was the 73rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Brent Prismall is a former Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Steven Hocking is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL/AFL. He is the elder brother of former Geelong captain Garry.
Ian Bryant is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL during the 1960s.
The 1994 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1994. It was the 98th annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1994 AFL season. The match, attended by 93,860 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of 80 points.
Heath Hocking is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Gordon Charles Hocking was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kevin Ronald Bryant is a former Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin football.
Geoff Hocking is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He coached Traralgon in the 1997 VFL season.
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.
Leslie Allan Bryant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Barry Bryant is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ernest Herbert Victor Hocking was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hedley Venning Bryant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ken Bryant was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).