The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria and, starting from 2021, New South Wales and Queensland. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL.
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of both the Hawthorn and St Kilda football clubs. It ceased to be used for AFL games from the 2000 season, following the opening of Docklands Stadium. It is currently used as a training venue by Hawthorn. The main grandstand and oval are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The seating capacity is now 6,000, down from a peak of 72,000.
The 1902 Victorian Football League season was the sixth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1970 Victorian Football League season was the 74th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1905 Victorian Football League season was the ninth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) was the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 47 clubs from Victoria, Australia across seven divisions and a total of over 1,000 players.
James Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949.
John Phillip "Sean" Wight was an Irish-Australian Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.
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 1924 Victorian Football League season was the 28th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1980 Victorian Football League season was the 84th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Gordon Kitchener Rattray was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the first VFL player to use the torpedo punt.
Kerry Good is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Lawrence Robert "Laurie" Morgan was an Australian sportsman who is the only person to play VFL/AFL football and win an Olympic gold medal. He played his Australian rules football with Fitzroy during the late 1930s and won two gold medals in equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country. However, since the late 1980s, when the former Victorian Football League expanded interstate to become the modern Australian Football League, there has not been a league-wide reserves competition; and, since 2000, there has been no dedicated reserves competition of any kind. As a result, AFL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Kerry Ryan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kerry Foley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kerry Haywood was a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jim Rattray is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).