Michael Tuck is a seven-time premiership-winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) / Australian Football League (AFL), where he was the games record holder until 30 July 2016 when Brent Harvey played his 427th game for North Melbourne Football Club.
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.
Alexander James Hall was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1891 to 1896 then in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1898 to 1900. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the St Kilda Football Club. He went on to coach Melbourne (twice), Richmond and was Hawthorn's coach in their inaugural season in the VFL.
Michael Forster Patterson was an Australian rules footballer and coach. Affectionately known as the "Swamp Fox", Patterson was a premiership ruckman with the Richmond Football Club in 1967, and also captain/coach of the 1972 Australian Champions, the North Adelaide Football Club.
Kevin Morris is a former Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1971 and 1976 for the Richmond Football Club and then from 1977 until 1981 for the Collingwood Football Club.
John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Geoff Strang was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in between 1965 and 1971 for the Richmond Football Club.
William Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
William Arthur Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club both before and after the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George Patterson Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jeffrey Leo Patterson was a boxer, Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Richmond and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and event promoter.
The Ablett family is one of the most prominent in Australian rules football, with many members playing in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League.
Pat Patterson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
James Francis Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jack Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Fred Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Arthur Edward "Sandy" Patterson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mason Cox is an American-Australian professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Playing as a ruckman and key forward, he first played Australian rules football in April 2014 before making his AFL debut two years later in April 2016. Cox had previously played basketball for Oklahoma State University in the Big 12 Conference and, standing at 208 cm, is the tallest player to ever be measured at an AFL Draft Combine.
Dallas Willsmore is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.