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.
Dustin Fletcher is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 23 season career for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is widely acknowledged as one of the finest defenders in VFL/AFL history.
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.
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.
Samuel Luke Dunell is an Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and currently plays for Williamstown in the Victorian Football League (VFL) where he played over 100 games for them kicking 240 goals. He played for Victoria against SA and was twice named in the VFL Team of the Year. He finished 2nd in the VFL Liston trophy in 2015 capping off the season with an all conquering premiership win against Hawthorn. At one stage he was considered the best player in the VFL.
Frank Walshe was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank James Hanna was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). During the 1914 season he transferred to Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Association where he played until the end of the 1915 season.
Andrew Chanel Pattison was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club, Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Hutcheson was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Before moving to Victoria he played for several seasons with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Frank Hughes was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Barton was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Slater was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank O'Brien was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
George Alphonsus Pattison was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Driscoll is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later returned to one of his old teams, Navarre, and was captain-coach of Moonambel.
Frank Pomeroy is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Stephens was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frank Hogan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).