The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos, the Kangas or North, is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in the suburb of North Melbourne in 1869, it is based at its traditional home ground, Arden Street Oval, and currently plays its home matches at both the nearby Docklands Stadium and Blundstone Arena in Hobart, Tasmania.
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 1908 Victorian Football League season was the 12th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
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 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.
John Raymond Martin was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in 1930 and then from 1932 to 1940 for the Richmond Football Club.
The 1932 Victorian Football League season was the 36th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1940 Victorian Football League season was the 44th 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.
The 1949 Victorian Football League season was the 53rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1948 Victorian Football League season was the 52nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1981 Victorian Football League season was the 85th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Stan Dawson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1941 he transferred from Collingwood to Victorian Football Association club, Preston. He usually played on the half forward line.
The 1946 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 October 1946. It was the 48th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1946 VFL season. The match, attended by 73,743 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 63 points, marking that club's 8th premiership flag and 6th involving a grand final.
Mark Dawson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.
Ray Harvey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Alan Dawson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).