The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club, playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). It is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Melbourne are the reigning premiers of the AFL.
Gordon Richard James Coventry is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Robert Nicholls is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season. From its inception until 1989, it was known as the VFL Grand Final, as the league at that time was the Victorian Football League. Played at the end of the finals series, the game has been held annually since 1898—except in 1924. It is traditionally staged on the afternoon of the last Saturday in September, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The 1945 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at Princes Park in Melbourne on 29 September 1945. It was the 49th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1945 VFL season. The match, attended by 62,986 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 28 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.
The 1910 Victorian Football League season was the 14th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1920 Victorian Football League season was the 24th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1921 Victorian Football League season was the 25th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1927 Victorian Football League season was the 31st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1934 Victorian Football League season was the 38th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1969 Victorian Football League season was the 73rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1947 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1947 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,793 spectators, was won by Carlton by one point, marking that club's eighth VFL premiership. The winning goal was kicked by Fred Stafford in the dying seconds of the match to give Carlton the win.
Thomas Matthew Baxter was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Albert Victor 'Red' Daykin was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The sporting rivalry between Australian rules football clubs Carlton and Collingwood is the biggest and longest-lasting rivalry in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Richard Francis Daykin was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season in the Victorian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club.
The 1945 VFL season was the 49th season in the Victorian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. Under coach Percy Bentley, Carlton recovered from a middling 3–6 start to win thirteen of its last fourteen games, winning the premiership by defeating South Melbourne in the Grand Final. It was the 7th senior VFL premiership in the club's history.
