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.
The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals in the home-and-away season. It is named after John Coleman, a full forward and Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend who scored 537 goals in 98 games for Essendon. The award was first presented in 1981 to Richmond's Michael Roach, who scored 86 goals for the season. At the time, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL); it would become the AFL in 1990.
Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University, is an Australian rules football club based at the University of Melbourne. The club fields two teams, known as the "Blacks" and "Blues, who both compete in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in the William Buck Premier Division.
John Schultz is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kevin Joseph Murray MBE, commonly nicknamed "Bulldog", is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons.
Brett Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for Hawthorn and Carlton. He also captained Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Raised in Western Australia where he captained the state Under 18 team, he moved to Victoria when he got drafted into the AFL.
William Henry Hutchison, often referred to as "Hutchy", was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with the Essendon Football Club, who played 290 VFL games, from 1942 to 1957, and kicked 496 goals.
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 1913 Victorian Football League season was the 17th 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 1954 Victorian Football League season was the 58th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1955 Victorian Football League season was the 59th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Keith Schaefer was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Roy Evans was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1930s. Evans was a member of Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Yarraville's inaugural premiership side in 1935 before he was recruited by Footscray the following season. He played as both a wingman and centreman during his 49-game stint with Footscray, captaining them to their first ever finals campaign in 1938.
Walter Roy Fountain was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fountain played as a ruckman and was St Kilda's best and fairest winner in 1939.
Roy Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Roy Kemp was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hugh Roy Crichton was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).