Nathan Ablett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Gary William Buckenara is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
Bernie Quinlan is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s.
Gary Pert is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tall, well-built and strong in the air, Pert played over 200 league games, despite suffering two serious knee injuries in the prime years of his career. Early in one season, Pert suffered a bizarre injury when he went to his girlfriend's house for dinner and got a biscuit stuck in his oesophagus. The blockage remained overnight and so the following day he underwent an oesophagoscopy under general anaesthetic. He recovered in time for the Round 5 game against Richmond. He returned in 1989, winning Fitzroy's best and fairest.
The 1986 Victorian Football League season was the 90th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Gary Colling is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda from 1968 until 1981 in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Gary Hardeman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between the late 1960s and early 1980s.
Steven Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club based in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The 1986 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. The game was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on 27 September 1986. It was the 90th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1986 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,861 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 42 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory.
The 1975 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1975. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1975 VFL season. The match, attended 110,551 spectators, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 55 points, marking that club's first premiership victory. In doing so, it became the last of the 12 VFL teams to win a flag. The last time North had won a flag prior to that was back in 1918 when they were part of the Victorian Football Association.
Milne Norman McCooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bill Cooke was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Samuel Edward Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
Walter Mark Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mick Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ed Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Gary Johnston is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).