The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Geelong Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Victoria. Founded in 1864, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight inaugural member clubs in 1896.
The 1970 Victorian Football League season was the 74th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
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.
Troy Selwood is a former Australian rules footballer who played 75 games for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was also captain of the Geelong Football Club's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 2011 to 2013.
Daniel Harris is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a midfielder and has been noted as one of the best centre clearance players in the league. He was also one of the league's best tacklers, making the top ten for most tackles in each season between 2006 and 2008. After being delisted by North Melbourne he was drafted with the first selection in the 2010 Rookie Draft as a mature age rookie to join the new Gold Coast Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2010.
Jeff Hogg is a former Australian rules football player who played for Richmond and Fitzroy Football Clubs in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1986 and 1996.
The 1937 Victorian Football League season was the 41st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Leon Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1980s.
John Dennis 'Jiggy' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the VFL.
Bernard Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears and St Kilda in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Benedict J. Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Darren Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Australian Football League (AFL) between 1986 and 1991. Originally from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide, his brother Brenton Harris also played two games for North Melbourne in 1988.
Jeff Bruce is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1995. He was recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL) with the 58th selection in the 1993 AFL Draft.
Brenton Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jay Kennedy Harris is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, 1.73 metres tall and weighing 75 kilograms (165 lb), Kennedy Harris has the ability to play in both the forward line and the midfield. He entered top-level football early when he played for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player, in addition to representing Vic Metro in the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships. His achievements as a junior include being the first indigenous player to captain a TAC Cup side and he was named in the TAC Cup team of the year. He was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with the fortieth overall selection in the 2013 AFL draft and made his debut in the 2014 season.
Jeff Chandler is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Duncan Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Lily Mithen is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the nineteen point win against Collingwood at Ikon Park in round two—in which she recorded fourteen disposals, three marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team.