Notables:Australian Rules Football Project
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THE AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL NOTABLES PROJECT
This sub-project is part of the larger Sports Notables Project. Please visit the main project page for details on the goals and objectives of this project.
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Objectives
The main objectives of this project are to...
- 1) Create profiles for the world's most notable Australian Rules Football (AFL) players and other important Australian Rules Football personalities, adding {{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables in Sport}} to the appropriate profiles.
- 2) Write a fun and accurate biography for each profile.
- 3) Source each profile as thoroughly as possible.
- 4) Connect each profile to the Big Tree.
Please see the COMPLETED PROFILE CHECKLIST for guidelines on what The Notables Project considers to be an essentially completed profile.
Membership
If you'd like to join us on this project, please post a comment here on this page or in G2G using the project tag Notables, send a private message to the Notables Project, or simply hop in and start contributing as you see fit!
Australian Rules Football Commissioner: Melanie Paul
About Australian Rules Football
Australian Rules Football (AFL) is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field. It is also known Aussie Rules, football, and footy. In some regions, the Australian Football League, the sport's governing body, markets the game as AFL.
The sport's origins can be traced to football matches played in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1858, going back to even earlier games in the 1820s, inspired by English public school football games. Seeking to develop a game more suited to adults and Australian conditions, the Melbourne Football Club (MFC) published the first laws of Australian Rules Football in May 1859. Today, "Aussie Rules" has the highest spectator attendance and television viewership of all sports in Australia. The AFL Grand Final, held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), is the highest attended club championship event in the world.
Some Top Australian Rules Football Notables
| First Name | Last Name | Born | Died | Best known For | Nation | Photo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | Wills | 1835 | 1880 | Founder of Australian Rules Football Founding Member Melbourne Football Club (Demons) Member Geelong Football Club (Cats) Was named "Champion of the Colony" five times by football historian C. C. Mullen | Australia |  | Connected |
| Charles "Chas" | Brownlow | 1861 | 1924 | Member Geelong Football Club (Cats) The Charles Brownlow Trophy (aka Brownlow Medal) named for him. | Australia |  | Connected |
| Edward Goderich "Carji" | Greeves | 1903 | 1963 | Member Geelong Football Club (Cats) First ever recipient of the Charles Brownlow Trophy (aka Brownlow Medal) Carji Greeves Medal named for him | Australia |  | Connected |
| Roy | Cazaly | 1893 | 1963 | Member St Kilda Football Club (Saints) Member South Melbourne Football Club (Swans) Represented Victoria and Tasmania in interstate football Inspired the common catchphrase "Up there, Cazaly!" Immortalised by the song "Up there, Cazaly!" written by Mike Brady (1979), now an unofficial "anthem" for the AFL One of 12 inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame | Australia |  | Connected |
| Haydn | Bunton | 1911 | 1955 | Australian Footballer | Australia |  | Connected |
| Jack | Dyer | 1913 | 2003 | Australian Footballer | Australia |  | Connected |
| John | Coleman | 1928 | 1973 | Australian Footballer | Australia |  | Connected |
| Polly | Farmer | 1935 | 2019 | Australian Footballer | Australia |  | Not Connected |
Active Australian Rules Football Mini-Projects
- Melbourne Football Club
- Geelong Football Club
- Carlton Football Club
- North Melbourne Football Club
- Port Adelaide Football Club
- Essendon Football Club
- St Kilda Football Club
- South Melbourne aka Sydney Swans
- Footscray Football Club aka Western Bulldogs
- Fitzroy Football Club
- Richmond Football Club
- Collingwood Football Club
- Hawthorn Football Club
- Brisbane Bears Football Club
- West Coast Eagles
- Adelaide Football Club
- Fremantle Football Club
- Brisbane Lions
- Gold Coast Football Club
- Greater Western Sydney Giants
If you'd like to initiate a mini-project, please drop us a note and we can get you started.
- Login to edit this profile and add images.
- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: David Randall and Melanie Paul. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)