List of VFL debuts in 1979 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

ers who made their senior debut for an Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

(VFL) club in 1979

1979 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1979.-Grand final:Carlton defeated Collingwood 11.16 to 11.11 , in front of a crowd of 112845 people...

Debuts

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North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	122	39	Won 1975 Brownlow Medal Brownlow Medal The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game... . Previously played for Footscray
North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	58	38
North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	25	15	Four time Magarey Medal Magarey Medal For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football... list. Father of Brett Ebert Brett Ebert Brett Ebert is an Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert.-Early career :...
North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	9	8	Previously played for Collingwood
North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	9	8	Previously played for Fitzroy and South Melbourne. Father of Marc Murphy Marc Murphy Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...
North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...	5	10	Won Tassie Medal Tassie Medal The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian rules football Interstate Carnival or Australian interstate championship series held between 1937 and 1988 with the exception of the 1975 knock-out series.... in 1980. Father of Chad Chad Cornes Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League... and Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
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	30	41	Previously played for Collingwood. Brother of Wayne Richardson Wayne Richardson Wayne Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Collingwood Football Club snared Wayne Richardson from South Fremantle Football Club in 1965 before he had made his senior debut and, not surprisingly, the West Australian side was extremely reluctant to...
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Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

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Dennis Carroll

Dennis Carroll is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Football Club in the Victoria Football League ....

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Greg Healy

Greg Healy is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. His brother Gerard was a Brownlow Medallist....

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Glenn Elliott (Australian rules footballer)

Glenn J. Elliott is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for the St Kilda and Melbourne as a centreman.He was a gifted player whose career peak was in the mid-1970s where he was rated the state's best in the centre. He took over from Ian Stewart after he left the club.After suffering a...

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Brian Cordy

Brian Cordy s a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League between 1981 and 1988 for the Footscray Football Club....

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Josh P. Kennedy

Joshua P. "Josh" Kennedy is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.In mid 2006, it was announced that Kennedy was to be recruited by the Hawthorn Football Club for the 2007 season, under the father-son rule...

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Nick Davis (footballer)

Nick Davis is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the AFL.- Collingwood:...

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Ian Brewer

Ian Brewer was an Australian rules footballer with a distinguished career between 1956 and 1970, in the three major leagues of his era: the Victorian Football League , West Australian National Football League and South Australian National Football League...

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Jake Edwards

Jake Edwards is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....

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Marc Woolnough

Marc Woolnough is a former Australian rules footballer who played six games for Geelong in 1998 and 2002. He is the son of former Geelong and Collingwood player Michael Woolnough....

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Terry Daniher

Terrence "Terry" John Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Terry was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda and Carlton Football Clubs. Terry's brothers, Neale,...

, Anthony

Anthony Daniher

Anthony Joseph Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League . Anthony's brothers, Terry, Neale and Chris, also played for Essendon in the AFL...

and Chris Daniher

Chris Daniher

Christopher "Chris" James Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . His brothers Terry, Neale and Anthony also played for Essendon in the AFL...

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