Joe Finlay

Joe Finlay
Joe Finlay
Personal information
Full name	Joe Finlay
Date of birth	13 April 1879
Date of death	15 September 1961 (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Collegians
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72.5 kg (160 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 11, 2019

Joe Finlay (13 April 1879 – 15 September 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club, playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional 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. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Joe Finlay's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Joe Finlay at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.