The 1898 Victorian Football League season was the second season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1903 Victorian Football League season was the seventh 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.
Anthony "Tony" Liberatore is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Bruce Abernethy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is a media personality.
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.
Albert John Thurgood was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA).
The 1947 Victorian Football League season was the 51st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Leslie John "Les" Rusich was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne 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).
Jonathan Simpkin is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "Joffa", his younger brother, Tom Simpkin was also a professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda.
Leslie George Gregory was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a member of the Air Force, and played for many different clubs as he was posted to different areas before playing with Carlton in the VFL. Reaching the rank of Warrant Officer, he was discharged in October 1945.
Leslie Phillip "Les" Vernon was a former Australian sportsman who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and played Australian rules football with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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.
John Leslie "Les" Pabst was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Between his two stints in the VFL, he served in the Australian Army during World War II.
Marlion Pickett is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At age 27 and after a six and a half season career with South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League which included a club best and fairest award, Pickett was drafted by Richmond with the 13th selection in the 2019 mid-season rookie draft. He won the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as best on ground during Richmond's reserves side's premiership in 2019 before making his debut in a victorious AFL grand final the following week. Pickett was the first player to debut in a VFL/AFL grand final in 67 years and the first to win a premiership in his debut game since 1926.
The 2020 Victorian Football League season, will be the 139th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition.