Charlie Pearson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon during the 1880s. He is credited as being one of the first people to attempt high flying marks where a player jumps on the back of another in order to take a mark. [1] Nicknamed the Commotion, he was considered one of the finest players of his era. [2]
Due to his work at a rural sheep station in Queensland he only played sporadically for Essendon. In the 1920s, he was reported to be managing a cattle station in Argentina. [3]
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the four officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football.
A spectacular mark is a mark in Australian rules football that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player.
The Austral Wheel Race is the oldest track bicycle race in the world still existing, stretching back to 1887. It is owned and run by AusCycling Victoria. The Austral race is Australia’s greatest track cycling event. It is held in Melbourne, riders assigned handicaps according to ability over a series of heats. The finals are run over 2000m.
In New South Wales, Australian rules football dates back to the 1860s colonial era, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1880s. It is traditionally popular in the outback areas of the state near the Victorian and South Australian borders— in the Murray Region, in the Riverina and in Broken Hill. These areas form part of an Australian cultural divide described as the Barassi Line. To the west of the line it is commonly known as "football" or "Australian Football" and to east of the line, it is promoted under the acronym "AFL" by the main development body AFL NSW/ACT. There are more than 15 regional leagues though some are run from other states, the highest profile are AFL Sydney and the Riverina Football Netball League. With 80,572 registered players, it has the third most of any jurisdiction.
The AFL Commission is the governing body of the Australian Football League Limited (AFL), its subsidiaries and controlled entities. Richard Goyder has been chairman since 4 April 2017, replacing Mike Fitzpatrick.
The 1993 AFL season was the 97th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 25 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs.
The 1994 AFL season was the 98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs – an increase from the six clubs which had contested the finals in previous years.
The Anzac Day match is an annual Australian rules football match between Collingwood and Essendon, two clubs in the Australian Football League, held on Anzac Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
William Ethelbert Busbridge was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the early days of the Victorian Football League (VFL). A centre half back and part-time ruckman, he was also known by his nickname "Buzzy".
The Brunswick Football Club, nicknamed the Magies, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
Patrick Augustus Shea was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and also a first-class cricketer with Victoria.
The Allies is a composite team competing in interstate representative Australian rules football matches that comprises players from Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.
The Essendon Football Club supplements saga was a sports drug doping controversy that occurred during the early- and mid-2010s. It centred around the Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was investigated starting in February 2013 by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the legality of its supplements program during the 2012 AFL season and the preceding preseason. After four years of investigations and legal proceedings, thirty-four players at the club were found guilty of having used the banned peptide Thymosin beta-4 and incurred suspensions.
Jack Hacker was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Lieutenant Charles Henry Morley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Richard Henry Clough was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), who died as a result of the wounds he sustained on active service in World War I.
Alexander Gordon Desmond Baird was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played a prominent part in the 1913 VFL Grand Final; his decision to handball in the final minutes, instead of shoot at goal, is often blamed as having cost St Kilda the premiership.
Francis Leo Scully was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Edward Ludlow was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Henry Prout was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A former Wesley College captain, Prout played for Essendon from 1908 to 1910. He was involved in a murder trial in 1911 as one of five accused, but was acquitted of the charge against him.
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