The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria. 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.
The 1898 Victorian Football League season was the second season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1902 Victorian Football League season was the sixth 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.
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.
James Podsiadly is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Geelong as a mature-aged rookie at pick #50 in the 2009 rookie draft and was traded to Adelaide after the 2013 season.
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1918 Victorian Football League season was the 22nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1924 Victorian Football League season was the 28th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1955 Victorian Football League season was the 59th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1947 Victorian Football League season was the 51st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Les Gardiner was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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, West Australian Football League, or North East Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Les Woodford was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leslie Richard Chapple was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Leslie Herbert 'Les' Rippon was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Rippon made his debut against Essendon in round 1 of the 1898 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Leslie Norman "Les" Roebuck was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a leading tennis player.
William Valentine Crawley was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).