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.
Timothy Michael Watson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, sports journalist and media personality.
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.
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.
Jordan Scott Bannister is a former Australian rules football player and umpire, who played for Carlton and Essendon and umpired in the Australian Football League.
Rick Ladson is a professional Australian Rules Footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
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.
Rick Kennedy is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian/Australian Football League during the 1980s.
Rick Norman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears 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 and West Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Anthony "Tony" Burgess is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Derek Feldmann is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rick Sutherland was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
William Cottier Crebbin was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL), and has since evolved into what is also the second primary competition for AFL Women's (AFLW) clubs in Victoria. The league often runs concurrently with the Victorian Football League (VFL).