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.
Xavier Ellis is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Over 120 senior matches, and two AFL Clubs, Xavier played in three grand finals, winning in 2008
Reginald Newnham Ellis was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Shane Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Jack F. T. Ryan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Max Ellis was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jack Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Francis Lachlan Ellis was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Percy Ellis was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played three first-class cricket matches for Victoria in 1931.
Lindsay Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Corey Ellis is a professional Australian rules football player for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 27 matches over four years at Richmond after being drafted there with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 AFL National Draft.
Graeme Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kingsley Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kevin Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Cecil Harold Vaughan Garton was an Australian rules footballer who played one game with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Raymond Cyril Ellis was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
David Ellis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After completing his University studies at La Trobe University he left Victoria to become the Chief Medical Scientist in charge of the National Mycology Reference Unit based at the Adelaide Children's Hospital.
Ron Ellis was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ellis Hicks was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The AFL Grand Final location debate has been a long standing reoccurring point of contention regarding the locations of the premiership deciding match of the Australian Football League (AFL). As the AFL evolved from the Victorian Football League (VFL) this has resulted largely by default the AFL Grand Final remaining in Victoria and almost always the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). There are multiple arguments put forward for why the game should and should not move from Victoria and be shared around Australia in lieu of other professional domestic sporting competitions around the world such as the National Football League's Superbowl in the United States.