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.
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 1953 Victorian Football League season was the 57th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Ken Fraser is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1961 Victorian Football League season was the 65th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Ken Hands was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). On the death of teammate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team. On 22 December 2017, Hands died at the age of 91.
James Arthur Francis was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Michael Sexton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton between 1990 and 2000 in the Australian Football League.
Steven Icke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Edwin Ernest 'Eddy' James was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the years before and following the formation of the VFL.
Kenneth Douglas Ross was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Cameron Hunter is a former Australian rules footballer, who briefly played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also played for Sandringham and Box Hill in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is the son of former Carlton premiership player and All-Australian, Ken Hunter.
Ken Marks is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Garry Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. He was recruited from the Old Haileyburians Football Club in the (Victorian Amateur Football Association with the 48th selection in the 1989 VFL Pre-season Draft. He was delisted and redrafted again by Geelong with the 26th selection in the 1992 AFL Pre-season Draft. He is the son of Ken Phillips who played for South Melbourne in the 1960s.
Ken Shadbolt was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ken Mansfield is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He won Essendon's most improved player award in 1979. Mansfield later played for Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA) sides Sandringham and Coburg.
Kenneth Andrew Mace was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ken Dyer was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ken Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).