The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria and, starting from 2021, New South Wales and Queensland. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL.
The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after John Coleman, a full forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon. The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach, who scored 86 goals for the season. At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL); it would become the AFL in 1990.
Douglas James Hawkins is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media and ran for the Senate, as a member of Palmer United Party, in the 2013 Australian federal election.
The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed The Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne which was formed in 1929 and plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL) which was formerly called the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
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.
Ian Thorogood was an Australian rules footballer who played and coached in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1969 Victorian Football League season was the 73rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Doug Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.
Bryan Waters is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.
Don Palmer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Keith Palmer was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Albert James Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
James Ernest Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jack Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frederick Palmer Warry was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ian Palmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 2021 Victorian Football League season is the 139th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. The season commenced on 16 April and is scheduled to conclude on 18 September.