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The AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match was a one-off all-star game between two representative sides organised by the Australian Football League to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Australian rules football. The match was intended to celebrate the contribution of State of Origin and interstate matches to the history of the code.
Sports historian Gillian Hibbins—who researched the origins of Australian rules football for the Australian Football League's official account of the game's history as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations—sternly rejects the theory, stating that while Marn Grook was "definitely" played around Port Fairy and throughout the Melbourne ...
This is a list of players who have played at least 200 games for one club in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). ). This list includes only senior home-and-away matches and finals; representative games (i.e. State of Origin or international rules), pre-season and night series games are excluded from the tot
Australian rules football Ballarat, Victoria: 1896 Goldfields Football League: club league Australian rules football Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: 1896 Victorian Football League/Australian Football League: club league Flag 1895-; AFL Premiership Cup, 1959– Australian rules football Victoria, Australia (national since 1990) Now the game's ...
Some regard these early matches as the first matches of Australian rules football, however to many it is clear that the game was still in the process of evolving. The Herald wrote in August 1858: [25] The game of football promises, as it deserves to be, one of the popular amusements of the ingenuous youth of Victoria.
The 1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team matches saw a Māori team visit Victoria, as part of a year long tour of the UK and Australia, to play a programme of Victorian Rules games. The team played eight games, winning three and losing five.
A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-07089-3. Hess, Rob; Lenkic, Brunette (2016). Play On! The Hidden History of Women's Australian Rules Football. Bonnier Zaffre. ISBN 9781760063160. de Moore, Greg; Hess, Rob; Nicholson, Matthew; Stewart, Bob (2021). Australia's Game: The History of Australian ...
"OzFootball - The Australian Football Site" Howe, Andrew. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14; Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. 25 May 2018. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8. Inline citations