Ian James Nankervis is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nankervis played for Geelong for 17 seasons and was captain from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1983. Nankervis held the record of most senior level games for Geelong with 325 VFL games. Nankervis also represented Victoria at state level on 12 occasions.
Rodney Eade is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Australian Football League. He is a former coach of the Sydney Swans, the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Football Club. He has, to date, coached 377 games of AFL football, placing him first on the all-time AFL/VFL list of most games coached without a premiership.
Paul Williams is a former Australian rules footballer with both Collingwood and Sydney in the Australian Football League. He is also a former assistant coach in the AFL, which most notably included a brief period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season.
Chris Bond is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a rover for the Carlton, Richmond and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since retiring as a player he has coached Werribee in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and has also been an assistant coach for the Western Bulldogs. He is currently the football operations manager at Fremantle.
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.
Matthew Knights is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Geelong Football Club. Knights played in the midfield for the Richmond Football Club from 1988 to 2002, before going on to forge a coaching career, most notably as head coach of the Essendon Football Club from 2008 to 2010 where he became the head coach of the Geelong VFL Football Club from 2012–14, guiding the Cats to the 2012 VFL Premiership and the 2013 VFL Grand Final.
The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara, in the state of Queensland.
Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player and administrator for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. He also had assistant coaching roles at the Western Bulldogs for two years.
Rodney Olsson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1960s.
Rod Lester-Smith is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played with East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, as well as Hawthorn and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL. He was also a member of the 1985 All-Australian team.
David Bolton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Sydney in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Arthur Robson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rodney Wright is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rodney "Rod" Gladman is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda 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.
Rodney Evans is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Robson was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rodney Charles Watt was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Rodney Slate was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).