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 AFL Players Association is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) players.
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.
Ivan Maric is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was Richmond's vice-captain in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 he began working as a ruck coach at Richmond.
Ian Marsh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Frederick Watson Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Peter Neil Melesso is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, St Kilda and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Ivan Astruc was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan Edwin Brian Corry was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan Rasmussen is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan Sharp was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan More was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ivan Robert Forbes was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Edwin Charles Marsh was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mabior Chol is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Richmond in the 2016 rookie draft and made his debut in round 23, 2016. Chol was delisted by the club in 2018 before being immediately re-rookied in the 2019 rookie draft. In 2019 Chol won a VFL premiership while playing with the Richmond reserves side.
Ivan Soldo is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the cousin of former Richmond ruck Ivan Maric. Soldo set the AFL record for most hit-outs in a debut game during his first match in 2017. In 2019 he became an AFL premiership player with Richmond.
Callum Coleman-Jones is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Richmond with the 20th pick in the 2017 AFL national draft and made his debut for the club in round 10 of the 2019 season. Coleman-Jones was a VFL premiership player while playing with Richmond's reserves side in 2019.
Jake Aarts is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played state-league football with Richmond's VFL side before being drafted to the club's AFL list at the 2019 rookie draft in November 2018. Aarts made his AFL debut in round 5 of the 2020 season.