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 Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after John Coleman, a full forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon. The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach, who scored 86 goals for the season. At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL); it would become the AFL in 1990.
Gary William Buckenara is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
Verdun John Howell is a former Australian rules footballer who played senior football in Tasmania and in the VFL.
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 Hunter is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL.
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.
Ken Smale is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rod Lester-Smith is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played with East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, as well as Hawthorn and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL. He was also a member of the 1985 All-Australian team.
Edwin Ernest 'Eddy' James was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the years before and following the formation of the VFL.
Stephen Nichols is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville in the South Australian Football League (SANFL) during the 1980s.
Kenneth Douglas Ross was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.