Melbourne Football Club
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The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football
club playing in the Australian Football League
(AFL), based in Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1859, a few days after it was founded, some of its members created the code of football
that it still plays. In 1862 it competed in what may be the earliest challenge trophy competition, was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association
(VFA) (1877), one of two associations and governing bodies formed in the same year and in 1897 it became a foundation member of the Victorian Football League (VFL) competition which later became the national Australian Football League
(AFL).
In 2008 the club celebrated what was claimed to be the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of its founding members, published "Melbourne FC – Since 1858 – An Illustrated History" and commemorated its formation by naming "150 Heroes" as well as a birthday logo which appears on its official jersey.
, Scotch College
headmaster Thomas H. Smith
and Melbourne Cricket Club member and publican Jerry Bryant, a personal friend of Wills. A letter Wills wrote that year may have been a catalyst in the push to establish football teams with a "code of laws". Melbourne's team founded the next year had a link to the Melbourne Cricket Club
through some of its players playing for the cricket club.
, William Hammersley
, J.B. Thompson and Thomas H. Smith
. Some claims over published on later years have also mentioned H.C.A. Harrison).
The first mention of a football game played by the club is between Melbourne and South Yarra in July 1859, with Hammersley as inaugural captain.
In 1861, Melbourne participated in the Caledonian Society's Games, but lost the trophy to the Melbourne University Football Club
. The club pushed for its rules to be the accepted rules, however many of the early suburban matches were played under compromised rules decided between the captains of the competing clubs.
Although some Melbourne players and officials were associated with the cricket club, the football club was not initially allowed to use the Melbourne Cricket Ground
, so it used a nearby field at Yarra Park as its home ground instead.
By 1866 several other clubs had also adopted an updated version of Melbourne's rules (which were drafted by H.C.A. Harrison).
During the 1870s, Melbourne fielded teams in the Seven Twenties and South Yarra Cup
competitions.
After a visit to England by one of the club's officials, the colours of red and green were officially adopted by the club. Shortly following, the club began wearing a predominately red strip and became informally known by supporters as the "Redlegs".
The name "Redlegs" was coined after a Melbourne official returned from a trip to England with one set of red and another of blue woollen socks. Melbourne wore the red set while the blue set were, allegedly, given to the Carlton Football Club
. This may be the source of Carlton's nickname, 'The Blueboys'.
In 1877, the club became a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA). During this time, the club was known as the "Fuchsia
s". Melbourne never won a VFA premiership, although they were consistently one of the stronger teams in the competition, finishing runner-up four times, to Carlton
in 1877 (the inaugural year of the VFA), to Geelong
in 1878 and twice to Essendon
in 1893 and 1894.
In 1889 the MFC was reincorporated into the MCC, and for many years the two organisations remained unhappily linked. The MFC's close association with the MCC allowed it to claim the MCG as its home ground and gave it access to a wealthy membership base, but Melbourne's reputation as an "establishment" club was not always an advantage. MCC members have the automatic right to attend all events at the ground, including MFC football games. This meant many potential members had a reduced incentive to join the football club, and Melbourne's membership remained one of the lowest in the competition.
, and has been a part of the competition ever since. The team became known as the "Redlegs". This nickname is still used by some members and supporter groups within the club.
In 1900 Melbourne won its first VFL premiership, by defeating Fitzroy
. Melbourne's greatest player of these early years of the VFL was Ivor Warne-Smith
, who in 1926 won the club's first Brownlow Medal
, the League's annual award for the fairest and best player. In that year Melbourne won its second flag. Warne-Smith went on to win a second Brownlow in 1928.
In 1933, the club changed its moniker to the "Demons".
F.V. "Checker" Hughes
became Melbourne's coach in 1933, and under his leadership the club entered a golden age. In 1939, 1940 and 1941 Melbourne won its third, fourth and fifth flags. In 1946 Don Cordner became the second Demon to win the Brownlow. In 1947 Fred Fanning kicked a record 18 goals in the last game of the season. The following season Melbourne played the first ever drawn Grand Final, against Essendon
, and went on to win the premiership the following week.
Norm Smith
became Melbourne's coach in 1952, and the following season Ron Barassi
played his first game. These two were to take Melbourne to new heights in the coming years. The Demons made the Grand Final in 1954, losing to Footscray
, won the flag in 1955, 1956 and 1957, lost to Collingwood in 1958, and then won again in 1959 and 1960 with Smith as Coach and Barassi as Captain.
1964 Melbourne won its 12th flag
, defeating Collingwood, at the end of the season, Barassi left the club to become captain-coach of Carlton
. The following season Norm Smith was sacked after a dispute with the club. Although he was soon reinstated, things were never the same again for the Demons. The club appeared in Grand Finals from 1954–1960 and every Finals' Series from 1954–1964.
After the 1954 Grand Final loss to Footscray, no team was able to score 100 points against the club until Collingwood in round 5 1963. The next team was Geelong with 110 in round 1 1964. The 1965 season started with eight wins but only two wins from the next 10 games saw the end of the era. They would have to wait until 1987 for Melbourne to make the finals again.
Poor recruiting zones and management meant that Melbourne, under coaches John Beckwith
(1968–70), Ian Ridley
(1971–73), Bob Skilton
(1974–77), Dennis Jones
(1978) and Carl Ditterich
(1979–80), languished at the bottom of the League ladder throughout the 1970s. However, in 1971 the club started the season at the top and maintained that position until it lost to Collingwood
in round 6. Melbourne was still in second place at the start of the second half of the season but within five weeks was out of the top four and finished with only two more wins and a draw.
In 1976 Melbourne missed what looked to be an almost certain finals appearance. In the final round they only needed to beat bottom side Collingwood and Footscray one place ahead needed to beat top side Carlton. They beat Collingwood at Victoria Park but an unexpected drawn game between Footscray and Carlton saw them miss fifth position. Had Footscray lost the game, Melbourne's superior percentage would have led them to a fifth spot finish.
Melbourne collected Wooden spoons
in 1974 and 1978.
In 1980 the MFC finally legally separated from the MCC, becoming a public company, in an effort to attract more members and improve the club's finances. The season produced one less win than 1979 (five) but the club finished higher – 9th. It became evident that drastic action was needed for a club that had missed 16 finals series in a row the return of former star Ron Barassi was seen as the cure. When Barassi had left in 1965 it was felt that he would eventually return and his arrival caused much excitement and an expectation of immediate success.
In 1981, under the chairmanship of Sir Billy Snedden
, Barassi returned to Melbourne as coach and immediately appointed Robert Flower
as captain. In Barassi's first year the team finished last, but this was attributed to working out who the willing players were and the club won some powerful victories in the next three seasons. But although Brian Wilson
won the Brownlow in 1982, and Peter Moore won it in 1984, Barassi was unable to get the club back into premiership contention.
In 1986 Barassi was replaced by John Northey
. Under Northey, Melbourne made the finals in 1987, for the first time since 1964, losing the Preliminary Final to Hawthorn
on the last kick of the game after the final siren. It was also the last game played by the team captain Robert Flower
. In 1988 the Demons did even better, reaching the Grand Final
, only to be defeated, again, by Hawthorn.
From 1987 to 1991 Melbourne had five positive win-loss differentials in successive seasons which the club had not been able to achieve since the 1954–65 era. Thereafter things went downhill for Northey, although Jim Stynes
won the Brownlow in 1991. In 1992 the club finished 11th, and Northey was replaced by Neil Balme
as coach. Balme coached Melbourne into the finals in 1994, but a last game loss to Brisbane saw them drop out of the top eight in 1995, and the club lingered at or near the bottom of the ladder for most of the 1996 season.
decided on the desperate step of a merger with Hawthorn. In the ensuing weeks, a passionate debate was fought between pro and anti-merger supporters. In the first few days of this debate, life-long supporters Mark and Anthony Jenkins met with coterie member George Zagon to form the Demon Alternative – an anti-merger group that was to significantly impact on the plans of the incumbent board.
The Demon Alternative recruited members from a wide range of areas but the two most recognised were former player and politician Brian Dixon and Rabbi Joseph Gutnick
. The group quickly organised itself into a credible option for Melbourne supporters; however given the support of the AFL and other factors, when the merger issue was put to a vote, a majority of Melbourne members supported the board. In a meeting on the opposite side of town, Hawthorn members rejected their board's proposal and eventually the merger was defeated.
In the aftermath of the merger meetings, Ridley focused on a compromise with the Demons Alternative to ensure that Melbourne could continue as a viable business. His board co-opted Gutnick and Mark Jenkins onto the board and a truce of sorts was struck between all parties.
In the months following the 1996 merger vote, the businessman and Joseph Gutnick became president. He put $3 million of his own money into the club, and sacked Balme as coach midway through the 1997 season. In 1998, under new coach Neale Daniher
, the club spent most of the season in the top eight and beat the eventual premiers Adelaide in the Qualifying Final. Melbourne also eliminated St Kilda
, but lost to North Melbourne in the Preliminary Final. In 1999 Melbourne finished in the bottom three.
In 2000 Daniher took Melbourne to the Grand Final, but the Demons were convincingly beaten by a rampaging Essendon. The members had expected a new era of success, but in 2001 it was same old story: Melbourne finished 11th. In 2002, although Melbourne again made the finals, Gutnick was voted out by the members.
In 2003 Melbourne plunged into a new crisis, winning only five games for the year and posting a $1 million loss. President Gabriel Szondy
resigned and it seemed that Daniher's tenure as coach was under threat. But, continuing the recent trend, in 2004, Melbourne climbed the ladder again, winning 14 games and leading the competition, albeit for one round only, in Round 18. And although the team lost its remaining four games, the club still made the finals, only to lose narrowly to Essendon.
During the 2004 post-season the Demons tragically lost defender Troy Broadbridge
in the Asian tsunami
, when he was swept off Phi Phi island in Thailand
. He was walking along the beach with his wife Trisha when the tsunami struck. His body was found on 3 January 2005, and brought home. A funeral was held on 20 January 2005 in recognition to the No. 20 guernsey he wore during his playing days. During the 2005 off-season, the whole team travelled to the island in which Broadbridge was killed to build a new school for those struck by the tsunami. The No.20 jumper was then rested for two years.
Melbourne started 2005 strongly, being second after Round 12, however losing momentum by Round 19 appeared unlikely to play finals, then wins against Western Bulldogs, Geelong at Geelong (where Melbourne had not won since the late 1980s), and Essendon in Round 22, placed the club seventh and a finals berth,only to lose the Elimination Final to Geelong by 55 points.
In 2006, after a slow start, Melbourne again finished the season in seventh position. After defeating St Kilda in the first Elimination Final by 18 points the season ended the following week when Fremantle
beat the Demons by 28 points. Melbourne's coach Neale Daniher had become the second longest-serving coach of Melbourne, and the longest-surviving in the entire history of the VFL/AFL not to have coached a premiership side.
. But, following a loss to Richmond
the next week, Daniher was sacked by the club, and Mark Riley
was appointed as caretaker coach. The sacking of Daniher caused significant tension at the club. It was an unpopular move with the leadership group, and captain David Neitz expressed his dissatisfaction over the decision. Winning three of their remaining nine games, Melbourne avoided the wooden spoon and finished 14th.
Dean Bailey
was appointed as coach for the 2008 season
, but success did not follow, as Melbourne lost their first six matches, before breaking through with a record comeback win in round 7 against Fremantle. They showed signs of improvement, putting up a good fight in round 9 against top-of-the-ladder team Hawthorn, who were undefeated at the time. Melbourne had to wait until Round 14 for the second win. After good performances against Collingwood, Richmond, and Sydney in the preceding weeks, the Demons defeated Brisbane by a solitary point in the two team's first encounter at the MCG
in nine years.
addressed the media in response to comments from the club's auditors spelling disaster for the club. Gardner reiterated that the club had posted a $97,000 profit at the end of 2007. Harris was replaced by the high profile former Wimbledon tennis champion Paul McNamee
. Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino
, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes
who inherited a $4.5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club. Hawthorn
's president Jeff Kennett
caused controversy with remarks about relocating the Demons to the Gold Coast
, something which Stynes spoke against. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou
dispelled the notion that the club's future was in doubt, but admitted that Stynes' board faced a huge challenge. Demons legend, games and goalkicking record holder, David Neitz, announced his immediate retirement due to injury on 9 May.
Stynes wasted no time attempting to change the club's direction and eliminate debt, introducing a drive called "Debt Demolition", beginning with a call for members to sign-up. Under Stynes' direction, the new board sacked Paul McNamee after just four months. During McNamee's tenure, he had drawn criticisms for holidaying in Wimbledon to compete in a legends match and after his sacking an attempt to lure Brisbane Lions
star Jonathan Brown was also revealed. A 5 August fundraiser raised $1.3 million. The club raised well over $3 million. Despite the reduced debt, in November new club CEO Cameron Schwab declared that it required urgent AFL assistance to continue, requesting additional funding to its special annual distribution. In December, a fallout in negotiations between the Melbourne Cricket Club resulted in the MCC not committing an expected $2 million to the club and Schwab declared that the club's immediate future was in doubt.
This doubt was quickly put to bed when the AFL and MCC finalised negotioations. The AFL committed $1million to the club in 2009, with the MCC matching the AFL contribution.
had begun to emerge as top young talents and were catching the eye of the footballing public. However, on the eve of the Round 14 clash against West Coast, influential president Jim Stynes announced that he had cancer, this evoked a very emotional response from the footballing public and the club lifted from three embarrassing defeats the weeks before to convincingly beat West Coast in front of a passionate MCG crowd. At the end of the season, Melbourne finished 16th on the ladder and for a second year in a row won no more than four games which granted them a Priority Pick in the National Draft
. Melbourne therefore had picks 1 and 2 in the draft to build on their young talent. At the end of the season fan favourites Russell Robertson
, Matthew Whelan
and Paul Wheatley
announced that they would no longer be playing for Melbourne in 2010 and beyond. During September 2009, midfielder Brock McLean
asked to be a traded and a deal involving Carlton's
pick 11 in the National Draft was agreed to.
, was the upset of the round, along with Port Adelaide's shock win against St Kilda. It was the Demons' victory over Brisbane that started their freefall, winning only three more games for the season. However, losses to North Melbourne, Western Bulldogs and the poorly performing West Coast seemed to end the Dees finals dream. However, the Demons made a comeback when they narrowly defeated Port Adelaide by one point, at a home game in Darwin
. Though subsequent losses to Geelong and Carlton lowered the Demons spirits, they fought a hard battle against arch-enemy Collingwood and came out with a draw.
Despite showing great resilience against Collingwood, the Dees were handed two further blows with losses to Adelaide and St Kilda. The following round saw a match-up with Essendon that would decide either team's fate. Though both teams fought hard, the Demons came out on top by 19 points, keeping their finals dreams alive and moving above Essendon on the ladder. The Demons then travelled to Perth, where after a poor start, they fought back, but fell away to lose by 11 points to finals aspirant Fremantle. The next week they faced Sydney at the MCG, for the first time since 2006. Melbourne defeated Sydney by 73 points, thereby inflicting the worst loss Sydney has ever had, under premiership winning coach, Paul Roos
. This was followed up with a 10-point win over the Brisbane Lions
at the Gabba where the Demons had not won since 2006. The Demons finished the 2010 season in 12th position with eight and a half wins (more than double their win tallies from 2008 and 2009 combined); that could have easily been eleven if not for close results against 2010 Premiers during the course of the year (a one point loss in round 2 and a draw in round 12) and the Western Bulldogs
(a four-point loss in round seven).
On 5 August the club announced that Jim Stynes
' goal of wiping out the club's debt that had plagued them for so long had finally been achieved. The event also saw Melbourne unveil its proposed new logo, which incorporates a trident, the Southern Cross
, as well as the inaugural rules of Australian rules football
.
had soccered through a goal with four minutes remaining, only to see their short lead disappear by the final siren. Melbourne, heading into the match, had not won its season opening match since 2005, nor did Sydney. Round 2 saw Melbourne lose dramatically to Hawthorn by 45 points after leading by 19 at halftime. Their next two matches leading into the round 5 bye saw them defeat Brisbane by 11 points and the Gold Coast by 90 points.
However, in an eventful twist to their season, the Demons have only recorded four wins since the bye in Round 5, that being a 96-point thrashing of Adelaide at the MCG
in Round 7 and a convincing 33-point win over top eight side Essendon in Round 11, an 89-point thrashing of Fremantle
in Round 13, and a 27-point victory over Richmond
.
In Round 19 the Demons suffered the second-worst marginal defeat in AFL/VFL history – a 186-point humiliation at the hands of . Twenty-four hours after this humiliating loss, the Melbourne Football Club called an urgent board meeting after which coach Dean Bailey
was sacked with five games remaining in the 2011 season. He leaves the club with only 22 wins from 83 games – a winning percentage of just over 25%.
On 17 September 2011, Mark Neeld
was appointed as senior coach for a three-year term.
The former club mascot was Ronald Deeman, or also known as Ruckle. He carried a trident
, had devil horns and a pointed devil tail.
The current club mascots are Chuckie and Checkers, named after legendary coach "Checker" Hughes. They are manned by the brothers Newmarch.
The Melbourne clash strip, new in 2009, consists of a red backing with a traditional blue Demon on the chest. This replaced the much derided grey and red jumper of 2008.
Melbourne also have a third jumper which acts as both a pre-season and a clash jumper. This jumper is white with a blue vee below the chest and the same demon that appears on the red clash jumper but in red instead of blue. On 19 September 2009, CEO Cameron Schwab announced that the club would return to the colours the Demons wore during their era of success in the 1960s. Schwab advised that the current tomato red V would be replaced by one closer to the colour of blood and that the Blue/Purple body would be replaced by Dark Navy. It was not stated whether they would wear the changed jumper for the 2010 season.
"). The club resurrected the original second verse in February 2011 for the 2011 season.
. The selectors were Percy Beames
(former player and journalist), Lynda Carroll (club historian), Bill Guest (MFC Director), Greg Hobbs (journalist), John Mitchell
(former MFC and MCC President), Linda Pearce (journalist), Dudley Phillips (supporter), Stephen Phillips (media consultant) and Mike Sheahan
(journalist), with CEO John Anderson as non-voting chairman.
Stan Alves
, Ian Ridley
, Bob B. Johnson
and Greg Wells
were all named as emergencies.
on 7 June 2008. Each player, or their closest relative, were presented with an official 150 heroes medallion.
The criteria for inclusion was games played (minimum of 100), best-and-fairest awards
, premierships, Brownlow Medal
s, contribution to the club and State representation. Those who died in the war were judged based on their achievements before their passing.
The heroes named were:
Jim Abernethy
,
Frank Adams
,
Bill Allen
,
Stan Alves
,
Syd Anderson
,
Tony Anderson
,
Lance Arnold
,
Ron Baggott
,
Garry Baker
,
Harold Ball
,
Ron Barassi
,
Percy Beames
,
John Beckwith
,
George Rickford,
Ray Biffin
,
Barry Bourke
,
Harry Brereton
,
Cameron Bruce
,
Keith Carroll
,
Geoff Case
,
Albert Chadwick
,
Noel Clarke
,
Geoff Collins
,
Jack Collins
,
Chris Connolly
,
Bob Corbett
,
Denis Cordner
,
Don Cordner
,
Ted Cordner
,
Vin Coutie
,
Harry Coy
,
Jim Davidson,
Frank Davis
,
Ross Dillon
,
Carl Ditterich
,
Brian Dixon
,
Len Dockett
,
Adrian Dullard
,
Hugh Dunbar,
Richie Emselle
,
Fred Fanning
,
Jeff Farmer
,
Matthew Febey
,
Steven Febey
,
Dick Fenton-Smith
,
Rolie Fischer,
Robert Flower
,
Laurie Fowler
,
Maurice Gibb
,
Peter Giles,
Terry Gleeson
,
Brad Green
,
Rod Grinter
,
George Haines
,
Gary Hardeman
,
Henry Harrison,
Gerard Healy
,
Greg Healy
,
Dick Hingston
,
Paul Hopgood,
Danny Hughes
,
Anthony Ingerson
,
Eddie Jackson
,
Alan Johnson
,
Bob B. Johnson
,
Tassie Johnson
,
Trevor Johnson
,
Travis Johnstone
,
Gordon Jones
,
Les Jones
,
Bryan Kenneally
,
Allan La Fontaine
,
Clyde Laidlaw
,
Frank Langley
,
Jack Leith
,
Andrew Leoncelli
,
Chalie Liley,
Wally Lock
,
Harry Long
,
John Lord
,
Andy Lovell
,
Brett Lovett
,
Glenn Lovett
,
Garry Lyon
,
Hassa Mann
,
George Margitich
,
Peter Marquis
,
Bernie Massey
,
Anthony McDonald
,
James McDonald
,
Fred McGinis
,
Shane McGrath
,
Bob McKenzie
,
Col McLean
,
Ian McLean
,
Noel McMahen
,
Ken Melville
,
Laurie Mithen
,
Peter Moore,
Jack Mueller
,
David Neitz
,
Stephen Newport
,
Jack O'Keefe
,
Andrew Obst
,
Gordon Ogden
,
Greg Parke
,
Joe Pearce
,
Jack Purse,
Ian Ridley
,
Guy Rigoni
,
Frank Roberts
,
Russell Robertson
,
Alby Rodda
,
Brian Roet
,
Peter Rohde
,
Alan Rowarth
,
David Schwarz
,
Norm Smith
,
Steven Smith
,
Earl Spalding
,
Stuart Spencer
,
Charlie Streeter,
Steven Stretch
,
Jim Stynes
,
Tony Sullivan
,
Dick Taylor
,
Ted Thomas,
Ian Thorogood
,
Stephen Tingay
,
John Townsend
,
Keith Truscott
,
Geoff Tunbridge
,
Bill Tymms,
Barrie Vagg
,
Frank Vine,
Todd Viney
,
Ivor Warne-Smith
,
Ray Wartman
,
Athol Webb
,
Greg Wells
,
Jeff White
,
Sean Wight
,
Don Williams
,
Brian Wilson
,
Stan Wittman
,
Shane Woewodin
,
Graeme Yeats
,
Charlie Young
,
Adem Yze
Some controversy surrounded the inclusion of current football manager and assistant coach Chris Connolly
(who had played less than 100 games) and several current players and the non-inclusion of players such as Tom Wills
(founder), Allen Jakovich
and Troy Broadbridge
(who died but not during wartime).
Brownlow Medal
Mark of the Year
Goal of the Year
National team representatives
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club playing in the Australian Football League
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(AFL), based in Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1859, a few days after it was founded, some of its members created the code of football
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that it still plays. In 1862 it competed in what may be the earliest challenge trophy competition, was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association
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(VFA) (1877), one of two associations and governing bodies formed in the same year and in 1897 it became a foundation member of the Victorian Football League (VFL) competition which later became the national Australian Football League
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(AFL).
In 2008 the club celebrated what was claimed to be the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of its founding members, published "Melbourne FC – Since 1858 – An Illustrated History" and commemorated its formation by naming "150 Heroes" as well as a birthday logo which appears on its official jersey.
History
Origins
The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club may have been sown in 1858 with meetings involving influential cricketer Tom WillsTom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football....
, Scotch College
Scotch College, Melbourne
Scotch College, Melbourne is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
headmaster Thomas H. Smith
Thomas H. Smith
Thomas Henry Smith was an Irish Australian who had a clear role in the origins of Australian football by being one of the first people to introduce school football games to Australian public schools in 1858 and as one of the founders of the Melbourne Football Club.Smith was a founding member and...
and Melbourne Cricket Club member and publican Jerry Bryant, a personal friend of Wills. A letter Wills wrote that year may have been a catalyst in the push to establish football teams with a "code of laws". Melbourne's team founded the next year had a link to the Melbourne Cricket Club
Melbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....
through some of its players playing for the cricket club.
Foundation
On 14 May in 1859, the Melbourne Football Club was founded. During a couple of meetings held on 17 and 21 May, the first set of rules for the game of Australian rules football were written. Those in attendance included Tom WillsTom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football....
, William Hammersley
William Hammersley
William Josiah Sumner Hammersley was a prominent sports journalist for Bell's Life in Victoria and later The Australasian , one of the four men credited with setting down the original rules of the Australian rules football.-Life:He was educated at Aldenham School...
, J.B. Thompson and Thomas H. Smith
Thomas H. Smith
Thomas Henry Smith was an Irish Australian who had a clear role in the origins of Australian football by being one of the first people to introduce school football games to Australian public schools in 1858 and as one of the founders of the Melbourne Football Club.Smith was a founding member and...
. Some claims over published on later years have also mentioned H.C.A. Harrison).
The first mention of a football game played by the club is between Melbourne and South Yarra in July 1859, with Hammersley as inaugural captain.
In 1861, Melbourne participated in the Caledonian Society's Games, but lost the trophy to the Melbourne University Football Club
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. The club pushed for its rules to be the accepted rules, however many of the early suburban matches were played under compromised rules decided between the captains of the competing clubs.
Although some Melbourne players and officials were associated with the cricket club, the football club was not initially allowed to use the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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, so it used a nearby field at Yarra Park as its home ground instead.
By 1866 several other clubs had also adopted an updated version of Melbourne's rules (which were drafted by H.C.A. Harrison).
During the 1870s, Melbourne fielded teams in the Seven Twenties and South Yarra Cup
Challenge Cup (Australia)
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competitions.
After a visit to England by one of the club's officials, the colours of red and green were officially adopted by the club. Shortly following, the club began wearing a predominately red strip and became informally known by supporters as the "Redlegs".
The name "Redlegs" was coined after a Melbourne official returned from a trip to England with one set of red and another of blue woollen socks. Melbourne wore the red set while the blue set were, allegedly, given to the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
. This may be the source of Carlton's nickname, 'The Blueboys'.
Founders of the VFA
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s". Melbourne never won a VFA premiership, although they were consistently one of the stronger teams in the competition, finishing runner-up four times, to Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in 1877 (the inaugural year of the VFA), to Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
in 1878 and twice to Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in 1893 and 1894.
In 1889 the MFC was reincorporated into the MCC, and for many years the two organisations remained unhappily linked. The MFC's close association with the MCC allowed it to claim the MCG as its home ground and gave it access to a wealthy membership base, but Melbourne's reputation as an "establishment" club was not always an advantage. MCC members have the automatic right to attend all events at the ground, including MFC football games. This meant many potential members had a reduced incentive to join the football club, and Melbourne's membership remained one of the lowest in the competition.
Entry to the VFL
In 1897 the MFC was part of the breakaway Victorian Football LeagueAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, and has been a part of the competition ever since. The team became known as the "Redlegs". This nickname is still used by some members and supporter groups within the club.
In 1900 Melbourne won its first VFL premiership, by defeating Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
. Melbourne's greatest player of these early years of the VFL was Ivor Warne-Smith
Ivor Warne-Smith
Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania...
, who in 1926 won the club's first 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...
, the League's annual award for the fairest and best player. In that year Melbourne won its second flag. Warne-Smith went on to win a second Brownlow in 1928.
Age of greatness
F.V. "Checker" Hughes
Frank 'Checker' Hughes
Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948....
became Melbourne's coach in 1933, and under his leadership the club entered a golden age. In 1939, 1940 and 1941 Melbourne won its third, fourth and fifth flags. In 1946 Don Cordner became the second Demon to win the Brownlow. In 1947 Fred Fanning kicked a record 18 goals in the last game of the season. The following season Melbourne played the first ever drawn Grand Final, against Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, and went on to win the premiership the following week.
Norm Smith
Norm Smith
Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne...
became Melbourne's coach in 1952, and the following season Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...
played his first game. These two were to take Melbourne to new heights in the coming years. The Demons made the Grand Final in 1954, losing to Footscray
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
, won the flag in 1955, 1956 and 1957, lost to Collingwood in 1958, and then won again in 1959 and 1960 with Smith as Coach and Barassi as Captain.
1964 Melbourne won its 12th flag
1964 VFL Grand Final
The 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964. It was the 68th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, defeating Collingwood, at the end of the season, Barassi left the club to become captain-coach of Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
. The following season Norm Smith was sacked after a dispute with the club. Although he was soon reinstated, things were never the same again for the Demons. The club appeared in Grand Finals from 1954–1960 and every Finals' Series from 1954–1964.
After the 1954 Grand Final loss to Footscray, no team was able to score 100 points against the club until Collingwood in round 5 1963. The next team was Geelong with 110 in round 1 1964. The 1965 season started with eight wins but only two wins from the next 10 games saw the end of the era. They would have to wait until 1987 for Melbourne to make the finals again.
Decades of disappointment
John Beckwith (footballer)
John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire....
(1968–70), Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s...
(1971–73), Bob Skilton
Bob Skilton
Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971....
(1974–77), Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
(1978) and Carl Ditterich
Carl Ditterich
Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,...
(1979–80), languished at the bottom of the League ladder throughout the 1970s. However, in 1971 the club started the season at the top and maintained that position until it lost to Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in round 6. Melbourne was still in second place at the start of the second half of the season but within five weeks was out of the top four and finished with only two more wins and a draw.
In 1976 Melbourne missed what looked to be an almost certain finals appearance. In the final round they only needed to beat bottom side Collingwood and Footscray one place ahead needed to beat top side Carlton. They beat Collingwood at Victoria Park but an unexpected drawn game between Footscray and Carlton saw them miss fifth position. Had Footscray lost the game, Melbourne's superior percentage would have led them to a fifth spot finish.
Melbourne collected Wooden spoons
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
in 1974 and 1978.
In 1980 the MFC finally legally separated from the MCC, becoming a public company, in an effort to attract more members and improve the club's finances. The season produced one less win than 1979 (five) but the club finished higher – 9th. It became evident that drastic action was needed for a club that had missed 16 finals series in a row the return of former star Ron Barassi was seen as the cure. When Barassi had left in 1965 it was felt that he would eventually return and his arrival caused much excitement and an expectation of immediate success.
Billy Snedden
Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:...
, Barassi returned to Melbourne as coach and immediately appointed Robert Flower
Robert Flower
Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987...
as captain. In Barassi's first year the team finished last, but this was attributed to working out who the willing players were and the club won some powerful victories in the next three seasons. But although Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer)
Brian Wilson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Early in his career, he played in the centre and later became a forward pocket...
won the Brownlow in 1982, and Peter Moore won it in 1984, Barassi was unable to get the club back into premiership contention.
In 1986 Barassi was replaced by John Northey
John Northey
John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club....
. Under Northey, Melbourne made the finals in 1987, for the first time since 1964, losing the Preliminary Final to Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
on the last kick of the game after the final siren. It was also the last game played by the team captain Robert Flower
Robert Flower
Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987...
. In 1988 the Demons did even better, reaching the Grand Final
1988 VFL Grand Final
The 1988 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1988. It was the 92nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
, only to be defeated, again, by Hawthorn.
From 1987 to 1991 Melbourne had five positive win-loss differentials in successive seasons which the club had not been able to achieve since the 1954–65 era. Thereafter things went downhill for Northey, although Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes
James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
won the Brownlow in 1991. In 1992 the club finished 11th, and Northey was replaced by Neil Balme
Neil Balme
Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:...
as coach. Balme coached Melbourne into the finals in 1994, but a last game loss to Brisbane saw them drop out of the top eight in 1995, and the club lingered at or near the bottom of the ladder for most of the 1996 season.
Facing oblivion
By 1996 the club was also in dire financial straits. The board, headed by past player Ian RidleyIan Ridley
Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s...
decided on the desperate step of a merger with Hawthorn. In the ensuing weeks, a passionate debate was fought between pro and anti-merger supporters. In the first few days of this debate, life-long supporters Mark and Anthony Jenkins met with coterie member George Zagon to form the Demon Alternative – an anti-merger group that was to significantly impact on the plans of the incumbent board.
The Demon Alternative recruited members from a wide range of areas but the two most recognised were former player and politician Brian Dixon and Rabbi Joseph Gutnick
Joseph Gutnick
Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:...
. The group quickly organised itself into a credible option for Melbourne supporters; however given the support of the AFL and other factors, when the merger issue was put to a vote, a majority of Melbourne members supported the board. In a meeting on the opposite side of town, Hawthorn members rejected their board's proposal and eventually the merger was defeated.
In the aftermath of the merger meetings, Ridley focused on a compromise with the Demons Alternative to ensure that Melbourne could continue as a viable business. His board co-opted Gutnick and Mark Jenkins onto the board and a truce of sorts was struck between all parties.
In the months following the 1996 merger vote, the businessman and Joseph Gutnick became president. He put $3 million of his own money into the club, and sacked Balme as coach midway through the 1997 season. In 1998, under new coach Neale Daniher
Neale Daniher
Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club...
, the club spent most of the season in the top eight and beat the eventual premiers Adelaide in the Qualifying Final. Melbourne also eliminated St Kilda
St. Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league....
, but lost to North Melbourne in the Preliminary Final. In 1999 Melbourne finished in the bottom three.
Partial revival
In 2003 Melbourne plunged into a new crisis, winning only five games for the year and posting a $1 million loss. President Gabriel Szondy
Gabriel Szondy
Gabriel Szondy is an Australian accountant in the taxation and superannuation industries. Szondy is, however, best known for being a former president of the Melbourne Football Club...
resigned and it seemed that Daniher's tenure as coach was under threat. But, continuing the recent trend, in 2004, Melbourne climbed the ladder again, winning 14 games and leading the competition, albeit for one round only, in Round 18. And although the team lost its remaining four games, the club still made the finals, only to lose narrowly to Essendon.
During the 2004 post-season the Demons tragically lost defender Troy Broadbridge
Troy Broadbridge
Troy Broadbridge was an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career :...
in the Asian tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
, when he was swept off Phi Phi island in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. He was walking along the beach with his wife Trisha when the tsunami struck. His body was found on 3 January 2005, and brought home. A funeral was held on 20 January 2005 in recognition to the No. 20 guernsey he wore during his playing days. During the 2005 off-season, the whole team travelled to the island in which Broadbridge was killed to build a new school for those struck by the tsunami. The No.20 jumper was then rested for two years.
Melbourne started 2005 strongly, being second after Round 12, however losing momentum by Round 19 appeared unlikely to play finals, then wins against Western Bulldogs, Geelong at Geelong (where Melbourne had not won since the late 1980s), and Essendon in Round 22, placed the club seventh and a finals berth,only to lose the Elimination Final to Geelong by 55 points.
In 2006, after a slow start, Melbourne again finished the season in seventh position. After defeating St Kilda in the first Elimination Final by 18 points the season ended the following week when Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
beat the Demons by 28 points. Melbourne's coach Neale Daniher had become the second longest-serving coach of Melbourne, and the longest-surviving in the entire history of the VFL/AFL not to have coached a premiership side.
Daniher's departure and rebuilding
Season 2007 was a poor one for Melbourne. After losing their first nine games through a combination of injury and poor form, they finally broke through with wins against Adelaide and CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
. But, following a loss to Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
the next week, Daniher was sacked by the club, and Mark Riley
Mark Riley (Australian rules coach)
Mark Riley is an Australian rules football coach, who acted briefly as the caretaker coach of the Melbourne Football Club in 2007. He is currently an assistant coach with the Carlton Football Club....
was appointed as caretaker coach. The sacking of Daniher caused significant tension at the club. It was an unpopular move with the leadership group, and captain David Neitz expressed his dissatisfaction over the decision. Winning three of their remaining nine games, Melbourne avoided the wooden spoon and finished 14th.
Dean Bailey
Dean Bailey
Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:...
was appointed as coach for the 2008 season
2008 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:...
, but success did not follow, as Melbourne lost their first six matches, before breaking through with a record comeback win in round 7 against Fremantle. They showed signs of improvement, putting up a good fight in round 9 against top-of-the-ladder team Hawthorn, who were undefeated at the time. Melbourne had to wait until Round 14 for the second win. After good performances against Collingwood, Richmond, and Sydney in the preceding weeks, the Demons defeated Brisbane by a solitary point in the two team's first encounter at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
in nine years.
2008: Birthday celebrations and financial crisis
Off field, the club remained in serious turmoil. In the first sign of troubles in February 2008, CEO Steve Harris resigned. Paul GardnerPaul Gardner (AFL)
Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes....
addressed the media in response to comments from the club's auditors spelling disaster for the club. Gardner reiterated that the club had posted a $97,000 profit at the end of 2007. Harris was replaced by the high profile former Wimbledon tennis champion Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:...
. Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino
Crown Casino
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited....
, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes
James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
who inherited a $4.5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club. Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
's president Jeff Kennett
Jeff Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March...
caused controversy with remarks about relocating the Demons to the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, something which Stynes spoke against. AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou
Andrew Demetriou is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer. He is the youngest son of Greek-Cypriot immigrants and, before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry...
dispelled the notion that the club's future was in doubt, but admitted that Stynes' board faced a huge challenge. Demons legend, games and goalkicking record holder, David Neitz, announced his immediate retirement due to injury on 9 May.
Stynes wasted no time attempting to change the club's direction and eliminate debt, introducing a drive called "Debt Demolition", beginning with a call for members to sign-up. Under Stynes' direction, the new board sacked Paul McNamee after just four months. During McNamee's tenure, he had drawn criticisms for holidaying in Wimbledon to compete in a legends match and after his sacking an attempt to lure Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
star Jonathan Brown was also revealed. A 5 August fundraiser raised $1.3 million. The club raised well over $3 million. Despite the reduced debt, in November new club CEO Cameron Schwab declared that it required urgent AFL assistance to continue, requesting additional funding to its special annual distribution. In December, a fallout in negotiations between the Melbourne Cricket Club resulted in the MCC not committing an expected $2 million to the club and Schwab declared that the club's immediate future was in doubt.
This doubt was quickly put to bed when the AFL and MCC finalised negotioations. The AFL committed $1million to the club in 2009, with the MCC matching the AFL contribution.
2009: Improvement
By the mid-point of the 2009 season, things had improved both on and off field for Melbourne. They had secured a record number of members, remerged with the MCC, knocked-off more debt and were starting to show some fight on field. Players such as Liam JurrahLiam Jurrah
Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club....
had begun to emerge as top young talents and were catching the eye of the footballing public. However, on the eve of the Round 14 clash against West Coast, influential president Jim Stynes announced that he had cancer, this evoked a very emotional response from the footballing public and the club lifted from three embarrassing defeats the weeks before to convincingly beat West Coast in front of a passionate MCG crowd. At the end of the season, Melbourne finished 16th on the ladder and for a second year in a row won no more than four games which granted them a Priority Pick in the National Draft
2009 AFL Draft
The 2009 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .- Trades :In the lead up to the trade week many high profile players such as...
. Melbourne therefore had picks 1 and 2 in the draft to build on their young talent. At the end of the season fan favourites Russell Robertson
Russell Robertson
Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club....
, Matthew Whelan
Matthew Whelan
Matthew Whelan is a former professional Australian rules football player.Wearing the number 45 jersey, Whelan was reliable defender/back pocket known by Demons fans simply as the "Wheels". He also earned the nickname "Wrecker" for his big hits and tough and uncompromisingly defensive style of...
and Paul Wheatley
Paul Wheatley
Paul Wheatley is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .A Preston Knights recruit, Wheatley made his debut for the Melbourne Football Club in 2000, after being selected at number 20 in the 1999 AFL Draft.Wheatley is known for his prodigious kicking, with his...
announced that they would no longer be playing for Melbourne in 2010 and beyond. During September 2009, midfielder Brock McLean
Brock McLean
Brock "Chooka" McLean is a professional Australian rules footballer currently with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League...
asked to be a traded and a deal involving Carlton's
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
pick 11 in the National Draft was agreed to.
2010: Debt-free
After losing their first game against Hawthorn by 50 points and a narrow defeat to Collingwood, Melbourne strung together three consecutive wins against Adelaide, Richmond and Brisbane, making it the first time they have won three games in a row since 2006. Their 50-point win over the previously undefeated and top-of-the-table Brisbane LionsBrisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
, was the upset of the round, along with Port Adelaide's shock win against St Kilda. It was the Demons' victory over Brisbane that started their freefall, winning only three more games for the season. However, losses to North Melbourne, Western Bulldogs and the poorly performing West Coast seemed to end the Dees finals dream. However, the Demons made a comeback when they narrowly defeated Port Adelaide by one point, at a home game in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
. Though subsequent losses to Geelong and Carlton lowered the Demons spirits, they fought a hard battle against arch-enemy Collingwood and came out with a draw.
Despite showing great resilience against Collingwood, the Dees were handed two further blows with losses to Adelaide and St Kilda. The following round saw a match-up with Essendon that would decide either team's fate. Though both teams fought hard, the Demons came out on top by 19 points, keeping their finals dreams alive and moving above Essendon on the ladder. The Demons then travelled to Perth, where after a poor start, they fought back, but fell away to lose by 11 points to finals aspirant Fremantle. The next week they faced Sydney at the MCG, for the first time since 2006. Melbourne defeated Sydney by 73 points, thereby inflicting the worst loss Sydney has ever had, under premiership winning coach, Paul Roos
Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Roos is a former Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL and Australian Football League.Playing the majority of his career with Fitzroy, Roos was one of the teams greats, captaining the side for a long time and was acknowledged as its best player for several seasons, being named...
. This was followed up with a 10-point win over the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
at the Gabba where the Demons had not won since 2006. The Demons finished the 2010 season in 12th position with eight and a half wins (more than double their win tallies from 2008 and 2009 combined); that could have easily been eleven if not for close results against 2010 Premiers during the course of the year (a one point loss in round 2 and a draw in round 12) and the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
(a four-point loss in round seven).
On 5 August the club announced that Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes
James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
' goal of wiping out the club's debt that had plagued them for so long had finally been achieved. The event also saw Melbourne unveil its proposed new logo, which incorporates a trident, the Southern Cross
Crux
Crux is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.-Visibility:...
, as well as the inaugural rules of Australian rules football
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...
.
2011–present
Melbourne's 2011 season started with a dramatic draw against , tying 11.18.(84) apiece after Melbourne captain Brad GreenBrad Green (footballer)
Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
had soccered through a goal with four minutes remaining, only to see their short lead disappear by the final siren. Melbourne, heading into the match, had not won its season opening match since 2005, nor did Sydney. Round 2 saw Melbourne lose dramatically to Hawthorn by 45 points after leading by 19 at halftime. Their next two matches leading into the round 5 bye saw them defeat Brisbane by 11 points and the Gold Coast by 90 points.
However, in an eventful twist to their season, the Demons have only recorded four wins since the bye in Round 5, that being a 96-point thrashing of Adelaide at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
in Round 7 and a convincing 33-point win over top eight side Essendon in Round 11, an 89-point thrashing of Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
in Round 13, and a 27-point victory over Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
.
In Round 19 the Demons suffered the second-worst marginal defeat in AFL/VFL history – a 186-point humiliation at the hands of . Twenty-four hours after this humiliating loss, the Melbourne Football Club called an urgent board meeting after which coach Dean Bailey
Dean Bailey
Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:...
was sacked with five games remaining in the 2011 season. He leaves the club with only 22 wins from 83 games – a winning percentage of just over 25%.
On 17 September 2011, Mark Neeld
Mark Neeld
Mark "Neeldy" Neeld is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Richmond in the Australian Football League during the 1990s. He is currently the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club.-Playing Career:...
was appointed as senior coach for a three-year term.
Club mascot
Trident
A trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...
, had devil horns and a pointed devil tail.
The current club mascots are Chuckie and Checkers, named after legendary coach "Checker" Hughes. They are manned by the brothers Newmarch.
Club jumper
The current Melbourne club jumper consists of a red V-neck on a navy blue background, with the AFL logo on the front as well as the Hankook Tyres logo, their main sponsor. Kaspersky Lab, Melbourne's other sponsor, has a logo on the back beneath the player's number.The Melbourne clash strip, new in 2009, consists of a red backing with a traditional blue Demon on the chest. This replaced the much derided grey and red jumper of 2008.
Melbourne also have a third jumper which acts as both a pre-season and a clash jumper. This jumper is white with a blue vee below the chest and the same demon that appears on the red clash jumper but in red instead of blue. On 19 September 2009, CEO Cameron Schwab announced that the club would return to the colours the Demons wore during their era of success in the 1960s. Schwab advised that the current tomato red V would be replaced by one closer to the colour of blood and that the Blue/Purple body would be replaced by Dark Navy. It was not stated whether they would wear the changed jumper for the 2010 season.
Club song
The official Melbourne Football Club song is called "It's A Grand Old Flag" (sung to the tune of "You're a Grand Old FlagYou're a Grand Old Flag
"You're a Grand Old Flag" is a patriotic song of the United States. The song, a spirited march written by George M. Cohan, is a tribute to the U.S. flag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own...
"). The club resurrected the original second verse in February 2011 for the 2011 season.
Membership base
| Year | Members | Finishing position |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17,870 | 4th |
| 1999 | 19,713 | 14th |
| 2000 | 18,227 | 2nd |
| 2001 | 22,940 | 11th |
| 2002 | 20,152 | 6th |
| 2003 | 20,844 | 14th |
| 2004 | 25,252 | 7th |
| 2005 | 24,220 | 8th |
| 2006 | 24,698 | 5th |
| 2007 | 28,077 | 14th |
| 2008 | 29,619 | 16th |
| 2009 | 31,506 | 16th |
| 2010 | 33,358 | 12th |
| 2011 | 36,937 | 13th |
Prominent fans
- John SoJohn SoJohn Chun Sai So JP is a Chinese-Australian businessman who served as the 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. He was the first Lord Mayor in the city's history to be directly elected by the people; previously, Lord Mayors were elected by the Councillors.First elected...
, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne (former number one male ticket holder) - Terry Bracks, wife of Steve BracksSteve BracksStephen Philip Bracks AC is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party, and was party leader and Premier from 1999 to 2007....
(number one female ticket holder) - Hamish BlakeHamish BlakeHamish Donald Blake is an Australian comedian, actor, author and bodybuilder from Melbourne, Australia. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program...
, radio presenter on FOX FMFOX FM (Melbourne)Fox FM is a radio station that serves the Melbourne, Australia, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 101.9 MHz. Licensed to Mount Dandenong, Victoria, the station is currently owned by the Austereo Radio Network. The station's transmitter is located on the ATV-10 transmission tower on top... - Max WalkerMax WalkerMaxwell Henry Norman Walker AM is a former Australian cricketer and VFL/AFL footballer. Formerly an architect, he currently works as a media commentator and motivational speaker and has diverse business interests.- Football career :...
, former Australian cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and TV presenter (who played for MFC from 1967–1972) - Derryn HinchDerryn HinchDerryn Nigel Hinch is an Australian media personality best known for his work on Melbourne radio. He is currently the host of 3AW's drive time radio show...
, radio journalist - Mal WaldenMal WaldenMal Walden is an Australian journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne.Walden is currently presenter of Melbourne's Ten News at Five with Helen Kapalos....
, journalist - Matt DamonMatt DamonMatthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
, Hollywood actor - Wilbur WildeWilbur WildeWilbur Wilde is an Australian saxophonist. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol' 55, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons...
, saxophonist - Beverley O'ConnorBeverley O'ConnorBeverley O'Connor is a Melbourne journalist and broadcaster. She is currently a presenter of ABC's Asia Pacific News service, in which role she replaced Anne Krug, and she is also a fill-in presenter for Virginia Trioli on ABC News Breakfast....
, journalist and former club vice-chairman - Alan StockdaleAlan StockdaleAlan Robert Stockdale is the current president of the Liberal Party and a former Victorian state Deputy Liberal leader. He was Treasurer of Victoria in the government of Jeff Kennett from 1992 to 1999....
, President of the Liberal Party and former Treasurer of VictoriaTreasurer of VictoriaThe Treasurer of Victoria is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of Victoria’s budget sector. This primarily includes:* preparation and delivery of the annual State Budget;... - Ian Henderson, Victorian news reporter
Club honours
| Premiership Record | Premiership Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | Level | Wins | Year Won |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Premiers | 12 | 1900 1900 VFL Grand Final The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to... , 1926 1926 VFL Grand Final The 1926 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 9 October 1926. It was the 30th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine... , 1939 1939 VFL Grand Final The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 43rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to... , 1940 1940 VFL Grand Final The 1940 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1940. It was the 44th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine... , 1941 1941 VFL Grand Final The 1941 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1941. It was the 45th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine... , 1948 1948 VFL Grand Final The 1948 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2 October 1948. It was the 52nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for... , 1955 1955 VFL Grand Final The 1955 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 September 1955. It was the 59th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the... , 1956 1956 VFL Grand Final The 1956 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 September 1956. It was the 60th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the... , 1957 1957 VFL Grand Final The 1957 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 September 1957. It was the 61st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers... , 1959 1959 VFL Grand Final The 1959 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 20 September 1959. It was the 63rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers... , 1960 1960 VFL Grand Final The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September of 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week... , 1964 1964 VFL Grand Final The 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964. It was the 68th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to... |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Runners Up | 5 | |1946 1946 VFL Grand Final The 1946 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 October 1946. It was the 50th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for... , 1954 1954 VFL Grand Final The 1954 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Footscray Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1954. It was the 58th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers... , 1958 1958 VFL Grand Final The 1958 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 20 September 1958. It was the 62nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the... , 1988 1988 VFL Grand Final The 1988 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1988. It was the 92nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to... , 2000 2000 AFL Grand Final The 2000 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 September 2000. It was the 104th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian... |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Night/Pre-Season Premierships | 3 | 1971, 1987, 1989 |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Reserves | 12 | 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1984, 1993 |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Under 19s | 6 | 1947, 1953, 1964, 1971, 1981, 1983 |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
McClelland Trophy McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year... |
4 | 1955, 1956, 1958, 1990 (tied) |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Minor Premiers | 9 | 1939, 1940, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964 |
| VFL/AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football... |
Wooden Spoons Wooden spoon (award) A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events... |
12 | 1905, 1906, 1919, 1923, 1951, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1997, 2008, 2009 |
| VFA/VFL Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association... |
Runners Up | 4 | 1877 1877 VFA season The 17th May 1877 saw the formation of the Victorian Football Association . The foundation Senior clubs of the association were Albert Park, Carlton, East Melbourne, Essendon, Hotham, Melbourne, St. Kilda & West Melbourne... , 1878 1878 VFA season -1878 VFA Top 4:-External links:*Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History *List of VFA/VFL Premiers *History of Australian rules football in Victoria... , 1893 1893 VFA season -1893 VFA Top 4:*Premiers: Essendon FCRunners-Up: Melbourne FC 3rd: Geelong 4th: South Melbourne FC 5th - Fitzroy 6th - Port Melbourne 7th - St Kilda 8th - Footscray 9th - Collingwood... , 1894 1894 VFA season -1894 VFA Top 4:*Premiers: Essendon FCRunners-Up: Melbourne FC 3rd: South Melbourne FC 4th Fitzroy FC 5th - Footscray 6th - North Melbourne 7th - Geelong 8th - Collingwood 9th - Port Melbourne... |
| Challenge Cup Challenge Cup (Australia) The Challenge Cup was a football competition played in Melbourne, Australia between 1862 and the 1870s under a number of different club rules including the Melbourne Rules .... |
Premiers | 5 | 1864, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1876 |
| Challenge Cup Challenge Cup (Australia) The Challenge Cup was a football competition played in Melbourne, Australia between 1862 and the 1870s under a number of different club rules including the Melbourne Rules .... |
Runners Up | 8 | 1862, 1863, 1865, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1875 |
Melbourne Team of the Century
The Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century was announced on 24 June 2000 at Crown CasinoCrown Casino
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited....
. The selectors were Percy Beames
Percy Beames
Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976....
(former player and journalist), Lynda Carroll (club historian), Bill Guest (MFC Director), Greg Hobbs (journalist), John Mitchell
John Mitchell (administrator)
John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.- Melbourne Football Club :Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy. He served for four years, during which time...
(former MFC and MCC President), Linda Pearce (journalist), Dudley Phillips (supporter), Stephen Phillips (media consultant) and Mike Sheahan
Mike Sheahan
Michael "Mike" Sheahan is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He is Chief Football Writer and Associate Sports Editor for the Herald Sun, a panelist on the Fox Sports program "On the Couch" and former Media Director for the VFL .Sheahan attended Werribee High...
(journalist), with CEO John Anderson as non-voting chairman.
Stan Alves
Stan Alves
Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play...
, Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s...
, Bob B. Johnson
Bob B. Johnson
Robert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club....
and Greg Wells
Greg Wells (footballer)
Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s....
were all named as emergencies.
150 Heroes
Melbourne FC announced its "150 Heroes" to celebrate its 150th birthday at Crown CasinoCrown Casino
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited....
on 7 June 2008. Each player, or their closest relative, were presented with an official 150 heroes medallion.
The criteria for inclusion was games played (minimum of 100), best-and-fairest awards
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal
The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Melbourne Football Club player judged Best and Fairest for the season.It is named in honor of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in 1943....
, premierships, 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...
s, contribution to the club and State representation. Those who died in the war were judged based on their achievements before their passing.
The heroes named were:
Jim Abernethy
Jim Abernethy
Jim Abernethy was a half back flanker who played for the Melbourne Football Club after being schooled at Wesley College. He played 130 games for Melbourne between 1923–24 and 1926–32. He kicked 61 goals....
,
Frank Adams
Frank 'Bluey' Adams
Frank 'Bluey' Adams is a former Australian rules football player, who played in the Victorian Football League for the Melbourne Football Club....
,
Bill Allen
Bill Allen (footballer)
William "Bill" Miller Allen was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Stan Alves
Stan Alves
Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play...
,
Syd Anderson
Syd Anderson
Sydney Louis Anderson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.A wingman, Anderson was a premiership player in every one of his three VFL seasons....
,
Tony Anderson
Tony Anderson
Anthony 'Tony' Anderson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s.Anderson made his VFL debut with Melbourne in 1963 and would form an important part of their defence throughout the rest of the decade...
,
Lance Arnold
Lance Arnold
Lance Arnold is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL in the 1940s and 1950s.- External links :* * -References:*...
,
Ron Baggott
Ron Baggott
Ron Baggott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He later captain-coached Brunswick.He is the younger brother of Jack Baggott who played for Richmond....
,
Garry Baker
Garry Baker
Garry Baker is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Sydney in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Harold Ball
Harold Ball
Harold C. Ball was an Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi
Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...
,
Percy Beames
Percy Beames
Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976....
,
John Beckwith
John Beckwith (footballer)
John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire....
,
George Rickford,
Ray Biffin
Ray Biffin
Raymond Leo Biffin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Barry Bourke
Barry Bourke
Barry Bourke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Harry Brereton
Harry Brereton
Harry Brereton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. Originally recruited from Port Melbourne, Brereton made a startling entry into VFL football in 1909. After a slow start, he kicked nine goals against Geelong in only his seventh match...
,
Cameron Bruce
Cameron Bruce
Cameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and...
,
Keith Carroll
Keith Carroll
Keith Carroll is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s....
,
Geoff Case
Geoff Case
Geoff Case is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Geoff Case was a tough midfielder and played his 122 VFL games for Melbourne, which included the 1955,1957, 1959 and 1960 winning grand finals...
,
Albert Chadwick
Albert Chadwick
Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School....
,
Noel Clarke
Noel Clarke
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,
Geoff Collins
Geoff Collins
Geoffrey Anthony Collins is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .Geoff Collins played in the Melbourne premiership team of 1948, and again in the losing 1954 Grand Final side.-War Service:...
,
Jack Collins
Jack Collins
Jack Collins may refer to:In Australia:* Jack A. Collins , Australian rules footballer for Melbourne* Jack L. Collins , Australian rules footballer for Geelong* Jack C...
,
Chris Connolly
Chris Connolly
Chris Connolly is the current Melbourne Football Club football manager as well as assistant coach.-Playing career:...
,
Bob Corbett
Bob Corbett (footballer)
Robert "Bob" Corbett was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Denis Cordner
Denis Cordner
George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956....
,
Don Cordner
Don Cordner
Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s...
,
Ted Cordner
Ted Cordner
Ted Cordner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s. The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career...
,
Vin Coutie
Vin Coutie
Vince "Vin" Coutie was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the early 1900s....
,
Harry Coy
Harry Coy
Harold "Harry" Coy was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s....
,
Jim Davidson,
Frank Davis
Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer)
Frank Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Davis was educated at Salesian College, Chadstone. He made his debut in Melbourne's premiership winning season of 1964 and despite managing just six games he was a member of the grand final winning team...
,
Ross Dillon
Ross Dillon
Ross Dillon is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.A forward, Dillon topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1969 with 48 goals and again the following season with 41. He joined Norwood in the SANFL in 1973 and won their best and fairest award in his third season at...
,
Carl Ditterich
Carl Ditterich
Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,...
,
Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing...
,
Len Dockett
Len Dockett
Leonard Dockett was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for Richmond. In December 2007, he was awarded a Life Membership to the Melbourne football club....
,
Adrian Dullard
Adrian Dullard
Adrian Dullard is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .He was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1941 and 1948.-External links:***...
,
Hugh Dunbar,
Richie Emselle
Richie Emselle
Richie Emselle was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Emselle was a regular in the back pocket for Melbourne during their golden run from 1939 to 1941.-External links:...
,
Fred Fanning
Fred Fanning
Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945...
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Jeff Farmer
Jeff Farmer (footballer)
Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:...
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Matthew Febey
Matthew Febey
Matthew Febey is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
,
Steven Febey
Steven Febey
Steven Febey in Devonport is a former Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club. He is the twin brother of Matthew Febey who he played beside for most of his career....
,
Dick Fenton-Smith
Dick Fenton-Smith
Richard "Dick" Fenton-Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1950s....
,
Rolie Fischer,
Robert Flower
Robert Flower
Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987...
,
Laurie Fowler
Laurie Fowler
Laurie Fowler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League....
,
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb
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Peter Giles,
Terry Gleeson
Terry Gleeson
Gerald 'Terry' Gleeson was a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .He was a reserve player in all his three Grand Finals in 1955, 1956 and 1958.-External links:*...
,
Brad Green
Brad Green (footballer)
Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
,
Rod Grinter
Rod Grinter
Rodney 'Balls' Grinter is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL and AFL.Grinter is most remembered for an incident in Round 2 of the 1988 VFL season when he punched Footscray defender Terry Wallace in the face, rendering Wallace unconscious...
,
George Haines
George Heinz
George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League...
,
Gary Hardeman
Gary Hardeman
Gary Hardeman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League between the late 1960s and early 1980s....
,
Henry Harrison,
Gerard Healy
Gerard Healy
Gerard Healy is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.-Melbourne Demons:...
,
Greg Healy
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....
,
Dick Hingston
Dick Hingston
Dick Hingston was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Hingston was a half back flanker in Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams...
,
Paul Hopgood,
Danny Hughes
Danny Hughes
Danny Hughes is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Adelaide in the VFL/AFL and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
,
Anthony Ingerson
Anthony Ingerson
Anthony Ingerson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Adelaide and Melbourne in the Australian Football League ....
,
Eddie Jackson
Edward Jackson (footballer)
Edward Jackson is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .He played in the 1948 Melbourne team in the 1948 Grand Final.-External links:*-References:*...
,
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson (footballer)
Alan Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
,
Bob B. Johnson
Bob B. Johnson
Robert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club....
,
Tassie Johnson
Tassie Johnson
Robert "Tassie" Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.Johnson was...
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Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson (footballer)
Trevor Johnson is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .Johnson played for Melbourne in the five Grand Finals, winning four.-External links:*...
,
Travis Johnstone
Travis Johnstone
Travis Johnstone is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne in the Australian Football League...
,
Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones (Australian footballer)
Gordon A. Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
,
Les Jones
Les Jones
Les Jones was an English rugby league player for the St. Helens club in the English Rugby Football League Championship competition. His position of choice was at . Only one player, Tom van Vollenhoven, has scored more than his 282 tries for the St...
,
Bryan Kenneally
Bryan Kenneally
Bryan Kenneally is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s.Kenneally was a versatile footballer and played in Melbourne's 1960 and 1964 premiership sides, as a wingman and half forward flanker respectively...
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Allan La Fontaine
Allan La Fontaine
Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a...
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Clyde Laidlaw
Clyde Laidlaw
Clyde Laidlaw is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .Clyde Laidlaw was a midfielder in his four winning Grand Finals in 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960.-External links:*...
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Frank Langley
Frank Langley
Frank E. Langley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.Langley was educated at Caufield Grammar School....
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Jack Leith
Jack Leith
John G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League ....
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Andrew Leoncelli
Andrew Leoncelli
Andrew Leoncelli is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
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Chalie Liley,
Wally Lock
Wally Lock
Walter Albert "Wally" Lock is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .-VFL career:...
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Harry Long
Harry Long (footballer)
Harry Long was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
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John Lord
John Lord (footballer)
John Lord is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .A strong mark, Lord was used by coach Norm Smith in both defence and attack. He played most of his early football down back and was a Melbourne premiership player in 1957, 1959 and 1960...
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Andy Lovell
Andy Lovell
Anthony 'Andy' Lovell is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and West Coast in the VFL/AFL.As a teenager Lovell had been a wood chopper which earned him the nickname 'Chopper' and his father Greg was a world champion at the sport...
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Brett Lovett
Brett Lovett
Brett Lovett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . He also represented Victoria on six occasions....
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Glenn Lovett
Glenn Lovett
Glenn Lovett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.Lovett made his debut for Melbourne in 1987 but only managed seven games in his first three seasons. He didn't cement his spot in the side until the 1990s...
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Garry Lyon
Garry Lyon
Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in...
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Hassa Mann
Hassa Mann
Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria...
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George Margitich
George Margitich
George Margitich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s....
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Peter Marquis
Peter Marquis
Peter Marquis is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .in 1953, Peter Marquis began his six-year auspicious career with Melbourne, and played as a full back when the Demons overcame Collingwood in the close 1955 and 1956 Grand Final matches...
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Bernie Massey
Bernie Massey
Bernie Massey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s....
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Anthony McDonald
Anthony McDonald
Anthony McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League ....
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James McDonald
James McDonald (footballer)
James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :...
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Fred McGinis
Fred McGinis
Fred McGinis was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
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Shane McGrath
Shane McGrath (footballer)
John 'Shane' McGrath was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1940s.A fullback, McGrath was a member of Melbourne's 1941 premiership side before missing the following two seasons due to war service. He was a premiership player again in 1948 and captained...
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Bob McKenzie
Robert McKenzie (footballer)
Robert McKenzie Senior is a former Australian rules football player, for the Melbourne Football Club, in the Victorian Football League .-References:*-External links:*...
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Col McLean
Col McLean
Colin "Col" McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL during the 1940s.McLean was a half back flanker for Melbourne and played in three premiership sides, going back to back in 1940 and 1941, followed by another premiership in 1948. He missed the 1942 and 1943...
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Ian McLean
Ian McLean
Ian McLean was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Ian McLean played in Melbourne premiership teams in 1955, 1957 and 1959, and well as the runner-up side of 1954...
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Noel McMahen
Noel McMahen
Noel McMahen is a former Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Melbourne premiership teams in 1948, 1955 and 1956...
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Ken Melville
Ken Melville
Ken Melville is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Ken Melville had his short career at Melbourne during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of 1955 and 1956 premiership teams beforing retiring at the end of the 1956...
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Laurie Mithen
Laurie Mithen
Laurie Mithen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith...
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Peter Moore,
Jack Mueller
Jack Mueller (footballer)
Jack Mueller was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League...
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David Neitz
David Neitz
David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in...
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Stephen Newport
Stephen Newport
Stephen Newport is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Australian Football League ....
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Jack O'Keefe
Jack O'Keefe
Jack O'Keefe is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and South Melbourne in the VFL....
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Andrew Obst
Andrew Obst
Andrew Obst is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
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Gordon Ogden
Gordon Ogden
Gordon Ogden was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
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Greg Parke
Greg Parke (footballer)
Greg Parke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League ....
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Joe Pearce
Joe Pearce (footballer)
Arthur Mueller "Joe" Pearce was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League...
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Jack Purse,
Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s...
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Guy Rigoni
Guy Rigoni
Guy Rigoni is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League . He began his career in 1998, and played every game that season. In later years he started developing back problems that limited his appearances, but he finally reached his 100th game in...
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Frank Roberts
Frank Roberts (Australian footballer)
Frank George Roberts was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
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Russell Robertson
Russell Robertson
Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club....
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Alby Rodda
Alby Rodda
Alby Rodda Alby Rodda Alby Rodda (Born 8 September 1920 is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).He was a member of the Melbourne premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948.-References:*-External links:*...
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Brian Roet
Brian Roet
Brian Roet is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s....
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Peter Rohde
Peter Rohde
Peter Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985, transferring to Melbourne Football Club in 1988 and retiring in 1995...
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Alan Rowarth
Alan Rowarth
Alan Rowarth is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Rowarth first played with Melbourne in 1958 and despite playing 10 games that year he missed the Grand Final. He made the decider however the following season and helped his team win by...
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David Schwarz
David Schwarz (footballer)
David Schwarz is a former Australian rules footballer, who retired in 2002, after playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League , for 12 seasons.- Football career :...
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Norm Smith
Norm Smith
Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne...
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Steven Smith
Steven Smith (Australian rules footballer)
Steven Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He appeared 203 times for the club and kicked 144 goals in a career played in the 1970s and '80s. In 1981 Smith won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal, which is awarded to Melbourne's...
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Earl Spalding
Earl Spalding
Earl Spalding is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League ....
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Stuart Spencer
Stuart Spencer (footballer)
Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :...
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Charlie Streeter,
Steven Stretch
Steven Stretch
Steven Stretch is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL/AFL and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League ....
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Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes
James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
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Tony Sullivan
Tony Sullivan
Anthony 'Tony' Sullivan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1970s.Sullivan played as a defender and was an important member of the Melbourne team in what was an unsuccessful era for the club. He made his debut in 1967 but never really established...
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Dick Taylor
Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer)
Richard 'Dick' Taylor was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
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Ted Thomas,
Ian Thorogood
Ian Thorogood
Ian Thorogood is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Thorogood played for Melbourne, including three premiership teams. Following his retirement from playing, he coached Waverley to a premiership in the VFA in 1965...
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Stephen Tingay
Stephen Tingay
Stephen Tingay is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
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John Townsend
John Townsend (footballer)
John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of...
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Keith Truscott
Keith Truscott
Keith William "Bluey" Truscott DFC & Bar was a World War II ace fighter pilot and Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club...
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Geoff Tunbridge
Geoff Tunbridge
Geoff Tunbridge , was an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club . At the age of 25, Tunbridge was recruited to Melbourne from Ballarat, where he was an Old Boy, or ex-pupil, and popular teacher at Ballarat Church of England Boys Grammar School...
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Bill Tymms,
Barrie Vagg
Barrie Vagg
Barrie Vagg is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s....
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Frank Vine,
Todd Viney
Todd Viney
Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,...
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Ivor Warne-Smith
Ivor Warne-Smith
Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania...
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Ray Wartman
Ray Wartman
Ray Wartman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL.A wingman, Wartman was a member of Melbourne's successful side in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was a premiership player with Melbourne three times.-External links:...
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Athol Webb
Athol Webb
Athol Webb is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1950s....
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Greg Wells
Greg Wells (footballer)
Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s....
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Jeff White
Jeff White
Jeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997...
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Sean Wight
Sean Wight
John Phillip "Sean" Wight was a Scottish-Australian Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.He is a member of the Melbourne Football Club Hall of Fame and was named as one of the 150 Heroes of the club during the club's 150th celebrations.The 185 cm tall, 85 kg Wight played for the...
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Don Williams
Don Williams (footballer)
Don Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne during the 1950s and 60s....
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Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer)
Brian Wilson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Early in his career, he played in the centre and later became a forward pocket...
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Stan Wittman
Stan Wittman
Stan "Bunny" Wittman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the late 1920s and early 1930s....
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Shane Woewodin
Shane Woewodin
Shane Woewodin was an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne and Collingwood Football Clubs. He was the recipient of the Brownlow Medal in 2000.-Early career:...
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Graeme Yeats
Graeme Yeats
Graeme Yeats is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.A skilful and consistent defender/wingman, Yeats played 182 games with Melbourne before becoming a premiership winning coach in the Victorian Football Association with Sandringham...
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Charlie Young
Charlie Young
Charles 'Charlie' Young is a fictional character played by Dulé Hill on the television serial drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he is the Personal Aide to President Josiah Bartlet.-Creation and development:...
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Adem Yze
Adem Yze
Adem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria...
Some controversy surrounded the inclusion of current football manager and assistant coach Chris Connolly
Chris Connolly
Chris Connolly is the current Melbourne Football Club football manager as well as assistant coach.-Playing career:...
(who had played less than 100 games) and several current players and the non-inclusion of players such as Tom Wills
Tom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football....
(founder), Allen Jakovich
Allen Jakovich
Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray...
and Troy Broadbridge
Troy Broadbridge
Troy Broadbridge was an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career :...
(who died but not during wartime).
Match records
- Highest score: Round 21, 1986 (MCG) – Melbourne 28.14 (182) v North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Football ClubThe 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...
14.13 (97)
Round 5, 1991 (MCG) – Melbourne 28.14 (182) v North Melbourne 17.10 (112)
- Lowest score: Round 1, 1899 (Brunswick Street OvalBrunswick Street OvalThe Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...
) – Melbourne 0.2 (2) v FitzroyFitzroy Football ClubThe Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
5.10 (40)
- Lowest score since 1919: Round 16, 1919 (Brunswick Street Oval) – Melbourne 2.5 (17) v Fitzroy 21.16 (142))
- Since 1920: Round 4, 1960 (Victoria ParkVictoria Park, MelbourneVictoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....
) – Melbourne 2.7 (19) v CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
7.13 (55)
- Since 1920: Round 4, 1960 (Victoria Park
- Highest losing score: Round 10, 1940 (MCG) – Melbourne 22.19 (151) v GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
24.10 (154)
- Lowest winning score: Round 9, 1908 (MCG) 1897 – Melbourne 4.4 (28) v Fitzroy 3.7 (25)
Round 15, 1909 – Melbourne 4.4 (28) v University 2.15 (27)
- Lowest winning score since 1919: Round 9, 1935 (Western Oval) – Melbourne 4.15 (39)) v Footscray 5.4 (34)
- Biggest winning margin: 141 points – Round 9, 1926 (MCG) – Melbourne 21.28 (154) v Hawthorn 1.7 (13)
- Biggest losing margin: 190 points Round 17, 1979 (Waverley ParkWaverley ParkWaverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
) – Melbourne 6.12 (48) v Fitzroy 36.22 (238)
- Record attendance (home and away game): 99,346, Round 10, 16 June 1958 at MCGMcGJoseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
v Collingwood
- Record attendance (finals match): 115,802, Grand Final, 15 September 1956 v Collingwood
Honour board
The honour board is listed from the first VFL/AFL season and includes the following individual awards:- Keith 'Bluey' Truscott MedalKeith 'Bluey' Truscott MedalThe Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Melbourne Football Club player judged Best and Fairest for the season.It is named in honor of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in 1943....
– awarded to Melbourne Football Club's Best & Fairest. Named after Keith TruscottKeith TruscottKeith William "Bluey" Truscott DFC & Bar was a World War II ace fighter pilot and Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club...
who died in World War II. - Leading goalkicker award
- Harold Ball Memorial Trophy – awarded to the Best First Year Player. Named in honour of Harold BallHarold BallHarold C. Ball was an Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
who died in World War II and won the award in 1939.
| Season | Position | President | Secretary/General Manager/CEO | Coach | Captain | Best and Fairest | Leading Goalkicker (Total) | Best First Year Player |
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| 1897 | 4th | H. C. A. Harrison | R. C. McLeod | Ned Sutton Ned Sutton Edmund Hamilton "Ned" Sutton , also called Ted Sutton, was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League , predominately as a backman... |
Jack Leith Jack Leith John G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League .... (22) |
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| 1898 | 6th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | Ned Sutton Ned Sutton Edmund Hamilton "Ned" Sutton , also called Ted Sutton, was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League , predominately as a backman... |
Charlie Young (21) | |||
| 1899 | 6th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | Eddie Sholl Eddie Sholl Edward "Eddie" Sholl , also known as Ted Sholl, was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Jack Leith Jack Leith John G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League .... (21) |
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| 1900 | 1st | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | Dick Wardill Dick Wardill Richard C. "Dick" Wardill was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Tommy Ryan Tommy Ryan (Australian footballer) Jeremiah "Tommy" Ryan was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .Ryan, a rover and forward, came to Melbourne from Richmond City... (24) |
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| 1901 | 5th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Frank Langley Frank Langley Frank E. Langley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.Langley was educated at Caufield Grammar School.... (17) |
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| 1902 | 4th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Jack Leith Jack Leith John G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League .... (26) |
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| 1903 | 7th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Vince Coutie (19) | |||
| 1904 | 6th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Vince Coutie (39) | |||
| 1905 | 8th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | Frank Langley Frank Langley Frank E. Langley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.Langley was educated at Caufield Grammar School.... |
Harry Cordner Harry Cordner Harry Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League .-References:... (16) |
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| 1906 | 8th | H. C. A. Harrison | Amos Norcott | Arthur Sowden Arthur Sowden Arthur Sowden was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Sowden played as a wingman and represented the VFL in an interstate fixture against South Australia in 1902. He was captain of Melbourne in the 1906 VFL season, his last.... |
Basil Onyons Basil Onyons Basil Austin Onyons was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria.Onyons was originally an Australian rules footballer and played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1905 and 1908... (16) |
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| 1907 | 7th | T. F. Morkham | George Beachcroft George Beachcroft George Peckham Beachcroft was an influential early administrator of the Richmond Football Club.He served as club secretary from on or before 1900 until 1905, when Richmond was in the Victorian Football Association . During his tenure the club won the VFA premierships of 1902 and 1905... |
Alex Hall | Vince Coutie | Jack Leith Jack Leith John G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League .... (21) |
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| 1908 | 8th | T. F. Morkham | Amos Norcott | Alex Hall | Hugh Purse Hugh Purse Hugh L. Purse was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Purse, originally from Brighton, was the younger brother of Melbourne's 1900 premiership player Jack Purse. Noted for his strong marking, Purse played many of his early games as a half... |
Vince Coutie (37) | ||
| 1909 | 5th | T. F. Morkham | J. A. Harper | Alex Hall | Bernie Nolan Bernie Nolan (footballer) Bernard 'Bernie' Nolan was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1904 and 1911. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1918.... |
Harry Brereton Harry Brereton Harry Brereton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. Originally recruited from Port Melbourne, Brereton made a startling entry into VFL football in 1909. After a slow start, he kicked nine goals against Geelong in only his seventh match... (34) |
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| 1910 | 9th | T. F. Morkham | G. W. Lamb | Eddie Drohan Eddie Drohan Edward 'Eddie' Drohan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League before becoming a coach.... |
Vince Coutie | Stan Fairbarn (24) | ||
| 1911 | 7th | A. A. Aitken | G. W. Lamb | Vince Coutie | Harry Brereton Harry Brereton Harry Brereton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. Originally recruited from Port Melbourne, Brereton made a startling entry into VFL football in 1909. After a slow start, he kicked nine goals against Geelong in only his seventh match... (46) |
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| 1912 | 6th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Alex Hall | Alf George Alf George Alfred Thomas "Alf" George was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League . George was the captain of Melbourne for the 1912 and 1913 seasons... |
Harry Brereton Harry Brereton Harry Brereton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. Originally recruited from Port Melbourne, Brereton made a startling entry into VFL football in 1909. After a slow start, he kicked nine goals against Geelong in only his seventh match... (56) |
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| 1913 | 9th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Alex Hall | Alf George Alf George Alfred Thomas "Alf" George was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League . George was the captain of Melbourne for the 1912 and 1913 seasons... |
Mick Maguire (13) | ||
| 1914 | 9th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Len Incigneri Len Incigneri Leonard "Len" Incigneri was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played for South Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association.-Football career:He played one game for the South... |
Len Incigneri Len Incigneri Leonard "Len" Incigneri was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played for South Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football Association.-Football career:He played one game for the South... |
Arthur Best (30) | ||
| 1915 | 4th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Jack McKenzie Jack McKenzie (footballer) Jack Joseph "Dookie" McKenzie was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Jack McKenzie Jack McKenzie (footballer) Jack Joseph "Dookie" McKenzie was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Roy Park Roy Park (sportsman) Dr Roy Lindsay Park was an all-round athlete and doctor. He played cricket for Australia and also Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League . He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne... (35) |
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| 1916–1918 | – | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... |
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| 1919 | 9th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... (15) |
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| 1920 | 8th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Gerald Brosnan Gerald Brosnan Gerald Brosnan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL. He played as a key position forward and had an accurate left foot kick.... |
George Heinz George Heinz George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League... |
Harry Harker Harry Harker Harry S. Harker was an Australian rules footballer who originally played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association and then played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .- Career :Originally from Gippsland, Harker played with Brunswick in the... (23) |
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| 1921 | 6th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Harry Harker Harry Harker Harry S. Harker was an Australian rules footballer who originally played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association and then played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .- Career :Originally from Gippsland, Harker played with Brunswick in the... (47) |
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| 1922 | 6th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Harry Harker Harry Harker Harry S. Harker was an Australian rules footballer who originally played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association and then played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .- Career :Originally from Gippsland, Harker played with Brunswick in the... (47) |
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| 1923 | 9th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Percy Wilson Percy Wilson Percy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.... |
Percy Tulloh Percy Tulloh Percy Tulloh was an Australian rules football player who spent most of his career with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League and also played one season with St Kilda.-Melbourne:... (31) |
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| 1924 | 8th | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray Gordon Kitchener Rattray was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Fitzroy in the VFL.The son of Bruce Rattray , Gordon Kitchener Rattray was born on born 19 October 1898 at Shepparton... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Percy Tulloh Percy Tulloh Percy Tulloh was an Australian rules football player who spent most of his career with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League and also played one season with St Kilda.-Melbourne:... (24) |
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| 1925 | 3rd | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Harry Davie Harry Davie Harry Davie was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s.... (56) |
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| 1926 | 1st | William C. McClelland William C. McClelland William Caldwell McClelland CBE was a medical doctor and an Australian rules football player and administrator. Born at Buninyong, on Victoria's goldfields, to an Irish-born father and his Victorian-born wife , McClelland went to Brighton Grammar School and then to the University of Melbourne,... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Harry Moyes Harry Moyes Harry Moyes was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... (55) |
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| 1927 | 5th | Vernon Ransford Vernon Ransford Vernon Seymour Ransford was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests between 1907 and 1912. His best series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career best score of 143 not out. The following year he was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Harry Davie Harry Davie Harry Davie was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s.... (40) |
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| 1928 | 3rd | Vernon Ransford Vernon Ransford Vernon Seymour Ransford was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests between 1907 and 1912. His best series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career best score of 143 not out. The following year he was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Bob C. Johnson Bob C. Johnson Robert Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . His son Bob B. Johnson followed in his footsteps and played for the club in the 1950s.... (55) |
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| 1929 | 5th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Dick Taylor Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer) Richard 'Dick' Taylor was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... (30) |
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| 1930 | 5th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
George Margitich George Margitich George Margitich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s.... (73) |
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| 1931 | 8th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Andrew Manzie Andrew Manzie Andrew Arthur Albert Manzie was the secretary of the Melbourne Football Club for 20 years, from 1912 to 1931... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
George Margitich George Margitich George Margitich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s.... (66) |
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| 1932 | 9th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Charlie Streeter | Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
George Margitich George Margitich George Margitich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s.... (60) |
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| 1933 | 10th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania... |
Bob C. Johnson Bob C. Johnson Robert Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . His son Bob B. Johnson followed in his footsteps and played for the club in the 1950s.... (62) |
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| 1934 | 6th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Colin Niven Colin Niven Colin Niven was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Jack Mueller Jack Mueller (footballer) Jack Mueller was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League... (52) |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
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| 1935 | 6th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Colin Niven Colin Niven Colin Niven was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Maurie Gibb Maurie Gibb Maurie Gibb was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1930s and early 1940s.... (59) |
Ray Wartman Ray Wartman Ray Wartman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL.A wingman, Wartman was a member of Melbourne's successful side in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was a premiership player with Melbourne three times.-External links:... |
| 1936 | 3rd | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Eric Glass Eric Glass Eric G. "Tarzan" Glass was an Australian rules footballer who played for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League , with the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and with Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association... (56) |
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| 1937 | 3rd | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Jack Mueller Jack Mueller (footballer) Jack Mueller was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League... |
Ron Baggott Ron Baggott Ron Baggott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He later captain-coached Brunswick.He is the younger brother of Jack Baggott who played for Richmond.... (51) |
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| 1938 | 5th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... (80) |
Dick Hingston Dick Hingston Dick Hingston was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Hingston was a half back flanker in Melbourne's 1939 and 1940 premiership teams... |
| 1939 | 1st | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Jack Mueller Jack Mueller (footballer) Jack Mueller was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... (54) |
Harold Ball Harold Ball Harold C. Ball was an Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1940 | 1st | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Ron Baggott Ron Baggott Ron Baggott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He later captain-coached Brunswick.He is the younger brother of Jack Baggott who played for Richmond.... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... (86) |
Col McLean Col McLean Colin "Col" McLean was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL during the 1940s.McLean was a half back flanker for Melbourne and played in three premiership sides, going back to back in 1940 and 1941, followed by another premiership in 1948. He missed the 1942 and 1943... |
| 1941 | 1st | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Percy Page | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... (89) |
Ted Cordner Ted Cordner Ted Cordner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s. The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career... |
| 1942 | 8th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Jack Chessell | Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... (37) |
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| 1943 | 7th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Jack Chessell | Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Don Cordner Don Cordner Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... (62) |
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| 1944 | 8th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Jack Chessell | Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Percy Beames Percy Beames Percy James Beames was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and first-class cricketer at state level for Victoria. He later became a distinguished journalist, covering both sports for Melbourne's The Age until 1976.... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... (87) |
Esmond Downey |
| 1945 | 9th | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Jack Chessell | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... (67) |
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| 1946 | 2nd | Joe Blair Joe Blair Joe C. Blair , known as J. C. Blair and JCB, was president of the Melbourne Football Club, treasurer of the Melbourne Cricket Club, vice-president of the Victorian Football League and deputy chairman of the Vacuum Oil Company.- Early life :Blair had an outstanding school sporting career and was... |
Jack Chessell | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Jack Mueller | Jack Mueller Jack Mueller (footballer) Jack Mueller was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League... (58) |
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| 1947 | 6th | William Flintoft William Flintoft William Morris Flintoft , commonly called Bill Flintoft, was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League . He played Victorian Premier Cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club. Flintoft also served in the First... |
Jack Chessell | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Wally Lock Wally Lock Walter Albert "Wally" Lock is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .-VFL career:... |
Fred Fanning Fred Fanning Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945... (97) |
Eddie Jackson |
| 1948 | 1st | William Flintoft William Flintoft William Morris Flintoft , commonly called Bill Flintoft, was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League . He played Victorian Premier Cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club. Flintoft also served in the First... |
Alex Gray | Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes Frank 'Checker' Hughes was a famous player and coach of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League in the period 1914 to 1948.... |
Don Cordner Don Cordner Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s... |
Alby Rodda Alby Rodda Alby Rodda Alby Rodda Alby Rodda (Born 8 September 1920 is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).He was a member of the Melbourne premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948.-References:*-External links:*... |
Lance Arnold Lance Arnold Lance Arnold is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL in the 1940s and 1950s.- External links :* * -References:*... (41) |
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| 1949 | 5th | William Flintoft William Flintoft William Morris Flintoft , commonly called Bill Flintoft, was an Australian rules football player with the Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League . He played Victorian Premier Cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club. Flintoft also served in the First... |
Alex Gray | Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Don Cordner Don Cordner Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s... |
Len Dockett Len Dockett Leonard Dockett was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, and he also played cricket for Richmond. In December 2007, he was awarded a Life Membership to the Melbourne football club.... |
Robert McKenzie Robert McKenzie (footballer) Robert McKenzie Senior is a former Australian rules football player, for the Melbourne Football Club, in the Victorian Football League .-References:*-External links:*... (40) |
Mike Woods |
| 1950 | 4th | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
A. S. Thompson | Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Shane McGrath Shane McGrath (footballer) John 'Shane' McGrath was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1940s.A fullback, McGrath was a member of Melbourne's 1941 premiership side before missing the following two seasons due to war service. He was a premiership player again in 1948 and captained... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... (36) |
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| 1951 | 12th | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine Allan La Fontaine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Born in Victoria, La Fontaine attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne. He was recruited from University Blacks as a brilliant full-forward, and was to earn his fame playing with the Melbourne Football Club as a... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... |
Noel McMahen Noel McMahen Noel McMahen is a former Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Melbourne premiership teams in 1948, 1955 and 1956... |
Robert McKenzie Robert McKenzie (footballer) Robert McKenzie Senior is a former Australian rules football player, for the Melbourne Football Club, in the Victorian Football League .-References:*-External links:*... (40) |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
| 1952 | 6th | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... |
Geoff McGivern Geoff McGivern (footballer) Geoff McGivern is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .In 1950, McGivern began his seven-year career with Melbourne, originally as a half-forward. McGivern won the club's best and fairest award in 1952, and played as a defender when the Demons overcame... |
Noel Clarke Noel Clarke (footballer) Noel Clarke is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Noel Clarke joined Melbourne in 1951 and played most games at full forward. He played a major role in the 1955 Melbourne premiership side by kicking three goals in the Grand Final.-External links:*... (49) |
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| 1953 | 11th | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... |
Ken Melville Ken Melville Ken Melville is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Ken Melville had his short career at Melbourne during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of 1955 and 1956 premiership teams beforing retiring at the end of the 1956... |
Robert McKenzie Robert McKenzie (footballer) Robert McKenzie Senior is a former Australian rules football player, for the Melbourne Football Club, in the Victorian Football League .-References:*-External links:*... (38) |
Ken Melville Ken Melville Ken Melville is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Ken Melville had his short career at Melbourne during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of 1955 and 1956 premiership teams beforing retiring at the end of the 1956... |
| 1954 | 2nd | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Geoff Collins Geoff Collins Geoffrey Anthony Collins is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .Geoff Collins played in the Melbourne premiership team of 1948, and again in the losing 1954 Grand Final side.-War Service:... |
Denis Cordner Denis Cordner George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.... |
Noel Clarke Noel Clarke (footballer) Noel Clarke is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League, .Noel Clarke joined Melbourne in 1951 and played most games at full forward. He played a major role in the 1955 Melbourne premiership side by kicking three goals in the Grand Final.-External links:*... (51) |
Bob Johnson Bob B. Johnson Robert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club.... |
| 1955 | 1st | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Noel McMahen Noel McMahen Noel McMahen is a former Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Melbourne premiership teams in 1948, 1955 and 1956... |
Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... (34) |
Trevor Johnson Trevor Johnson (footballer) Trevor Johnson is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League .Johnson played for Melbourne in the five Grand Finals, winning four.-External links:*... |
| 1956 | 1st | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Noel McMahen Noel McMahen Noel McMahen is a former Australian rules football player and a coach in the Victorian Football League .He played in the Melbourne premiership teams in 1948, 1955 and 1956... |
Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Bob B. Johnson Bob B. Johnson Robert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club.... (43) |
Jim Sandral Jim Sandral Jim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1957 | 1st | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Athol Webb Athol Webb Athol Webb is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1950s.... (56) |
Geoff Tunbridge Geoff Tunbridge Geoff Tunbridge , was an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club . At the age of 25, Tunbridge was recruited to Melbourne from Ballarat, where he was an Old Boy, or ex-pupil, and popular teacher at Ballarat Church of England Boys Grammar School... |
| 1958 | 2nd | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith... |
Ron Barassi, Jr. (44), Athol Webb Athol Webb Athol Webb is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the late 1950s.... (44) |
Alan Rowarth Alan Rowarth Alan Rowarth is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Rowarth first played with Melbourne in 1958 and despite playing 10 games that year he missed the Grand Final. He made the decider however the following season and helped his team win by... |
| 1959 | 1st | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith... |
Ron Barassi, Jr. (46) | Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
| 1960 | 1st | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Brian Dixon Brian Dixon Brian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing... |
Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... (38) |
Ray Nilsson Ray Nilsson Ray Nilsson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL during the early 1960s.... |
| 1961 | 3rd | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Bob B. Johnson Bob B. Johnson Robert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club.... (36) |
Brian Roet Brian Roet Brian Roet is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s.... |
| 1962 | 4th | Albert Chadwick Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen Laurie Mithen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith... (37) |
John Townsend John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of... |
| 1963 | 3rd | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Barry Bourke Barry Bourke Barry Bourke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... (48) |
Barry Bourke Barry Bourke Barry Bourke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1964 | 1st | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
John Townsend John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of... (35) |
Graeme Jacobs Graeme Jacobs Graeme Jacobs is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s.... |
| 1965 | 7th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
John Townsend John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of... |
John Townsend John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of... (34) |
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| 1966 | 11th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Terry Leahy Terry Leahy (footballer) Terry Leahy is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. His brothers John and Brian also played with Melbourne.-Australian rules football career:... |
Barrie Vagg Barrie Vagg Barrie Vagg is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s.... (20) |
Terry Leahy Terry Leahy (footballer) Terry Leahy is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. His brothers John and Brian also played with Melbourne.-Australian rules football career:... |
| 1967 | 7th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Norm Smith Norm Smith Norman Walter "Norm" Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League. After 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smith began a twenty year coaching career, including a fifteen year stint at Melbourne... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... (38) |
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| 1968 | 8th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Ray Groom Ray Groom Raymond John "Ray" Groom, AO is a lawyer and former Australian sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... (29) |
Greg Parke Greg Parke (footballer) Greg Parke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1969 | 12th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
John Townsend John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a rover and was handy near goals, topping the club's goalkicking in their premiership season of 1964 with 35 of... |
Ross Dillon Ross Dillon Ross Dillon is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.A forward, Dillon topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1969 with 48 goals and again the following season with 41. He joined Norwood in the SANFL in 1973 and won their best and fairest award in his third season at... (48) |
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| 1970 | 10th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
John Beckwith John Beckwith (footballer) John Beckwith is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League .Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire.... |
Tassie Johnson Tassie Johnson Robert "Tassie" Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.Johnson was... |
Frank Davis Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer) Frank Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Davis was educated at Salesian College, Chadstone. He made his debut in Melbourne's premiership winning season of 1964 and despite managing just six games he was a member of the grand final winning team... |
Ross Dillon Ross Dillon Ross Dillon is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.A forward, Dillon topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1969 with 48 goals and again the following season with 41. He joined Norwood in the SANFL in 1973 and won their best and fairest award in his third season at... (41) |
Graham Molloy Graham Molloy Graham Molloy was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the 1970s.Molloy played most of his football on the ball but was also used at half forward... |
| 1971 | 7th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Frank Davis Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer) Frank Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Davis was educated at Salesian College, Chadstone. He made his debut in Melbourne's premiership winning season of 1964 and despite managing just six games he was a member of the grand final winning team... |
Greg Wells Greg Wells (footballer) Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s.... |
Paul Callery Paul Callery Paul Callery is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s.... (38) |
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| 1972 | 8th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Frank Davis Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer) Frank Davis is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Davis was educated at Salesian College, Chadstone. He made his debut in Melbourne's premiership winning season of 1964 and despite managing just six games he was a member of the grand final winning team... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Greg Parke Greg Parke (footballer) Greg Parke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .... (63) |
Ross Brewer Ross Brewer Ross Brewer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League . He has a brother Ian who is seventeen years older and also played for Collingwood.... |
| 1973 | 10th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
Ross Brewer Ross Brewer Ross Brewer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League . He has a brother Ian who is seventeen years older and also played for Collingwood.... (32) |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
| 1974 | 12th | Donald Duffy Donald Duffy Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Bob Skilton Bob Skilton Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971.... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Ross Brewer Ross Brewer Ross Brewer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League . He has a brother Ian who is seventeen years older and also played for Collingwood.... (40) |
Garry Baker Garry Baker Garry Baker is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Sydney in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1975 | 10th | John Mitchell John Mitchell (administrator) John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.- Melbourne Football Club :Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy. He served for four years, during which time... |
Jim Cardwell Jim Cardwell James Hector "Jim" Cardwell was an Australian rules football player, who served in Australian Army in World War II, but became most well known for his administrative work for the Melbourne Football Club, where he served as secretary for 25 years and was made a life member and inducted into the... |
Bob Skilton Bob Skilton Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971.... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.... |
Greg Wells Greg Wells (footballer) Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s.... (32) |
Marty Lyons |
| 1976 | 6th | John Mitchell John Mitchell (administrator) John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.- Melbourne Football Club :Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy. He served for four years, during which time... |
Ivan Moore | Bob Skilton Bob Skilton Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971.... |
Stan Alves Stan Alves Stan Alves, OAM was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played 226 games for the Melbourne Football Club in the 1970s, captaining them from 1973–1976 and finishing runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 1975, before joining North Melbourne in 1977. Legend has it that he chose to play... |
Greg Wells Greg Wells (footballer) Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s.... |
Ray Biffin Ray Biffin Raymond Leo Biffin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... (47) |
Peter O'Keefe |
| 1977 | 11th | John Mitchell John Mitchell (administrator) John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.- Melbourne Football Club :Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy. He served for four years, during which time... |
Ray Manley | Bob Skilton Bob Skilton Robert John "Bob" Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a rover for South Melbourne and Victoria between 1956 and 1971.... |
Greg Wells Greg Wells (footballer) Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s.... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Ross Brewer Ross Brewer Ross Brewer is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League . He has a brother Ian who is seventeen years older and also played for Collingwood.... (26) |
Tom Flower |
| 1978 | 12th | John Mitchell John Mitchell (administrator) John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club.- Melbourne Football Club :Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy. He served for four years, during which time... |
Ray Manley | Dennis Jones Dennis Jones Dennis Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Greg Wells Greg Wells (footballer) Greg Wells is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s and early 1980s.... |
Garry Baker Garry Baker Garry Baker is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and Sydney in the Victorian Football League .... |
Henry Coles Henry Coles Henry Coles is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .- Collingwood :... (33) |
Peter Thorne Peter Thorne (Australian footballer) Peter Thorne is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Thorne didn't make much of an impact in his first two league seasons but did kick a six goal haul in a win over South Melbourne at the MCG. He spent the next four years at East Perth... |
| 1979 | 11th | Wayne Reid Wayne Reid Wayne Vivien Reid OBE is a former tennis player, and has been president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia , the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding... |
Ray Manley | Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... (33) |
Peter Giles |
| 1980 | 9th | Wayne Reid Wayne Reid Wayne Vivien Reid OBE is a former tennis player, and has been president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia , the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding... |
Richard Seddon | Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich Carl Ditterich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Ditterich, known as the "Blonde Bombshell", made a sensational best-on-ground debut against Melbourne in 1963 where he was said to have run around like a Gazelle. He became a tough ruckman and often appeared at the League Tribunal,... |
Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler Laurie Fowler is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.... |
Brent Crosswell Brent Crosswell Brent Tasman Crosswell is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, Melbourne and North Melbourne in a 222 game Victorian Football League career... (31) |
Stephen Bickford |
| 1981 | 12th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... |
Richard Seddon | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Steven Smith Steven Smith (Australian rules footballer) Steven Smith is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He appeared 203 times for the club and kicked 144 goals in a career played in the 1970s and '80s. In 1981 Smith won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal, which is awarded to Melbourne's... |
Mark Jackson (76) | Mark Jackson |
| 1982 | 8th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... |
Richard Seddon | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Steven Icke Steven Icke Steven Icke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .... |
Gerard Healy Gerard Healy Gerard Healy is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.-Melbourne Demons:... (77) |
Adrian Battiston Adrian Battiston Adrian Battiston is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League .... |
| 1983 | 8th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... |
Richard Seddon | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Alan Johnson Alan Johnson (footballer) Alan Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s.... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... (40) |
Russell Richards |
| 1984 | 9th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... |
Richard Seddon | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Gerard Healy Gerard Healy Gerard Healy is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.-Melbourne Demons:... |
Kelvin Templeton Kelvin Templeton Kelvin Templeton is a former Australian rules footballer. At sixteen years of age Templeton kicked 100 goals for Traralgon in the 1973 Latrobe Valley FL season... (51) |
Graeme Yeats Graeme Yeats Graeme Yeats is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.A skilful and consistent defender/wingman, Yeats played 182 games with Melbourne before becoming a premiership winning coach in the Victorian Football Association with Sandringham... |
| 1985 | 11th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... |
Ray Manley | Ron Barassi Ron Barassi Ronald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Danny Hughes Danny Hughes Danny Hughes is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Adelaide in the VFL/AFL and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League .... |
Brian Wilson Brian Wilson (Australian rules footballer) Brian Wilson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Early in his career, he played in the centre and later became a forward pocket... (40) |
Rod Grinter Rod Grinter Rodney 'Balls' Grinter is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL and AFL.Grinter is most remembered for an incident in Round 2 of the 1988 VFL season when he punched Footscray defender Terry Wallace in the face, rendering Wallace unconscious... |
| 1986 | 11th | Billy Snedden Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, KCMG, QC was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. He was Leader of the Opposition at the 1974 federal election, failing to defeat the Labor incumbent Gough Whitlam.-Early life:... , Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Ray Manley | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Greg Healy 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.... |
Greg Healy 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.... (35) |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
| 1987 | 3rd | Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Tony King | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... |
Steven Stretch Steven Stretch Steven Stretch is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL/AFL and West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League .... |
Robert Flower Robert Flower Robert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987... (47) |
Steven O'Dwyer Steven O'Dwyer Steven O'Dwyer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.A redheaded lanky ruckman, O'Dwyer won the 1988 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal for Melbourne's best and fairest player, helping the club reach their first Grand Final since 1964... |
| 1988 | 2nd | Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Tony King | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Greg Healy 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.... |
Steven O'Dwyer Steven O'Dwyer Steven O'Dwyer is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.A redheaded lanky ruckman, O'Dwyer won the 1988 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal for Melbourne's best and fairest player, helping the club reach their first Grand Final since 1964... |
Ricky Jackson Ricky Jackson Ricky Jackson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League .... (43) |
Andy Lovell Andy Lovell Anthony 'Andy' Lovell is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and West Coast in the VFL/AFL.As a teenager Lovell had been a wood chopper which earned him the nickname 'Chopper' and his father Greg was a world champion at the sport... |
| 1989 | 4th | Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Tony King | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Greg Healy 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.... |
Alan Johnson Alan Johnson (footballer) Alan Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s.... |
Darren Bennett Darren Bennett (footballer) Darren Bennett is a former Australian rules football player and American football punter in the National Football League.As an Australian rules footballer, he played 12 seasons for two clubs... (34) |
Luke Beveridge Luke Beveridge Luke Beveridge is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the Australian Football League during the 1990s... |
| 1990 | 4th | Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... |
Tony King | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Greg Healy 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.... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Darren Bennett Darren Bennett (footballer) Darren Bennett is a former Australian rules football player and American football punter in the National Football League.As an Australian rules footballer, he played 12 seasons for two clubs... (87) |
Rod Keogh Rod Keogh Rod Keogh is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Australian Football League.... |
| 1991 | 4th | Stuart Spencer Stuart Spencer (footballer) Stuart Spencer was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Tasmanian Football League in the 1950s and 1960s.- VFL :... , Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Tony King | John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray... (71) |
Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray... |
| 1992 | 11th | Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Tony King, Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
John Northey John Northey John "Swooper" Northey is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played from 1963 to 1970 with the Richmond Football Club.... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Glenn Lovett Glenn Lovett Glenn Lovett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.Lovett made his debut for Melbourne in 1987 but only managed seven games in his first three seasons. He didn't cement his spot in the side until the 1990s... |
Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray... (40) |
Chris Sullivan |
| 1993 | 10th | Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Neil Balme Neil Balme Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Todd Viney Todd Viney Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,... |
Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray... (39) |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
| 1994 | 4th | Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Neil Balme Neil Balme Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... (79) |
Paul Prymke |
| 1995 | 9th | Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Neil Balme Neil Balme Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... (77) |
Adem Yze Adem Yze Adem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria... |
| 1996 | 14th | Ian Ridley Ian Ridley Ian Ridley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5 time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s... , Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... |
Neil Balme Neil Balme Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (56) |
Darren O'Brien Darren O'Brien Darren O'Brien is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League and for West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League .-Early career:... |
| 1997 | 16th | Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... |
Hassa Mann Hassa Mann Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria... , Cameron Schwab |
Neil Balme Neil Balme Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1979 for the Richmond Football Club.-Playing career:... , Greg Hutchison Greg Hutchison Greg Hutchison is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Melbourne in the VFL.Hutchison came to Melbourne from the Chelsea Football Club and appeared sporadically for the Demons during the late 1970s and early 1980s... |
Garry Lyon Garry Lyon Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in... |
Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (30), Jeff Farmer Jeff Farmer (footballer) Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:... (30) |
Anthony McDonald Anthony McDonald Anthony McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League .... |
| 1998 | 4th | Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... |
Cameron Schwab | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
Todd Viney Todd Viney Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,... |
Todd Viney Todd Viney Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,... |
Jeff Farmer Jeff Farmer (footballer) Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:... (47) |
Guy Rigoni Guy Rigoni Guy Rigoni is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League . He began his career in 1998, and played every game that season. In later years he started developing back problems that limited his appearances, but he finally reached his 100th game in... |
| 1999 | 14th | Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... |
Cameron Schwab, John Anderson |
Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
Todd Viney Todd Viney Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,... |
David Schwarz David Schwarz (footballer) David Schwarz is a former Australian rules footballer, who retired in 2002, after playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League , for 12 seasons.- Football career :... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (46) |
Peter Walsh Peter Walsh (footballer) Peter Walsh is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .... |
| 2000 | 2nd | Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... |
John Anderson | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Shane Woewodin Shane Woewodin Shane Woewodin was an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne and Collingwood Football Clubs. He was the recipient of the Brownlow Medal in 2000.-Early career:... |
Jeff Farmer Jeff Farmer (footballer) Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:... (76) |
Matthew Whelan Matthew Whelan Matthew Whelan is a former professional Australian rules football player.Wearing the number 45 jersey, Whelan was reliable defender/back pocket known by Demons fans simply as the "Wheels". He also earned the nickname "Wrecker" for his big hits and tough and uncompromisingly defensive style of... |
| 2001 | 11th | Joseph Gutnick Joseph Gutnick Joseph Isaac Gutnick is an Australian businessman and mining industry entrepreneur. He is also an ordained rabbi and is well known for his philanthropy in the Jewish world.-Business holdings:Among Gutnick's business holdings:... , Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy is an Australian accountant in the taxation and superannuation industries. Szondy is, however, best known for being a former president of the Melbourne Football Club... |
John Anderson | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Adem Yze Adem Yze Adem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria... |
Russell Robertson Russell Robertson Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club.... (42) |
Scott Thompson Scott Thompson (footballer) Scott Thompson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:He was drafted by Melbourne with the 16th selection in the 2000 AFL Draft from Port Adelaide in the SANFL. Debuting with the Melbourne in 2001 as a 19-year-old, he struggled to break through into... |
| 2002 | 6th | Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy is an Australian accountant in the taxation and superannuation industries. Szondy is, however, best known for being a former president of the Melbourne Football Club... |
John Anderson | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (82) |
Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who is currently without a club. He has played for the Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles.... |
| 2003 | 14th | Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy Gabriel Szondy is an Australian accountant in the taxation and superannuation industries. Szondy is, however, best known for being a former president of the Melbourne Football Club... , Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... |
Ray Ellis | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Russell Robertson Russell Robertson Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club.... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (65) |
Ryan Ferguson Ryan Ferguson (footballer) Ryan Ferguson is an Australian Rules Footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League and currently plays for West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League .... |
| 2004 | 7th | Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... |
Steve Harris | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Jeff White Jeff White Jeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (69) |
Aaron Davey Aaron Davey Aaron Davey is a professional Australian rules football player of Indigenous Australian heritage. He currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
| 2005 | 8th | Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... |
Steve Harris | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Travis Johnstone Travis Johnstone Travis Johnstone is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne in the Australian Football League... |
Russell Robertson Russell Robertson Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club.... (73) |
Chris Johnson Chris A. Johnson Chris Johnson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . The son of Melbourne Demons star Alan Johnson, Johnson was recruited by the Demons under the father-son rule. Johnson, a running defender, was recruited from East Fremantle, at with the 36th selection in the 2003... |
| 2006 | 5th | Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... |
Steve Harris | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
James McDonald James McDonald (footballer) James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... (68) |
Clint Bartram Clint Bartram Clinton "Clint" Bartram is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Currently playing for the Melbourne Football Club, Bartram was recruited from the Geelong Falcons after growing up in Leopold... |
| 2007 | 14th | Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... |
Steve Harris | Neale Daniher Neale Daniher Neale Francis Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . Neale was also an Assistant Coach to the Essendon and Fremantle Football Clubs and the Coach of the Victorian State Team and the Melbourne Football Club... , Mark Riley Mark Riley (Australian rules coach) Mark Riley is an Australian rules football coach, who acted briefly as the caretaker coach of the Melbourne Football Club in 2007. He is currently an assistant coach with the Carlton Football Club.... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
James McDonald James McDonald (footballer) James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :... |
Russell Robertson Russell Robertson Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club.... (42) |
Ricky Petterd Ricky Petterd Ricky Petterd is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Taken at pick #30 in the 2006 AFL Draft by the Melbourne Demons, the talented state representative footballer from Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland took very little time to debut at senior level... |
| 2008 | 16th | Paul Gardner Paul Gardner (AFL) Paul Albert Gardner AM is the former president of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He held that position between 2003 and 2008, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jim Stynes.... , Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Paul McNamee Paul McNamee Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:... |
Dean Bailey Dean Bailey Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:... |
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in... |
Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and... |
Brad Miller Brad Miller (footballer) Brad Miller is an Australian rules footballer, who currently plays with Richmond after previously playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League until he was delisted at the end of the 2010 season.-Early life:Brad is the son of Neville Miller, who played 30 games with... (26) |
Cale Morton Cale Morton Cale Morton is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 4 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Melbourne Football Club.... |
| 2009 | 16th | Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Cameron Schwab | Dean Bailey Dean Bailey Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:... |
James McDonald James McDonald (footballer) James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :... |
Aaron Davey Aaron Davey Aaron Davey is a professional Australian rules football player of Indigenous Australian heritage. He currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .... |
Russell Robertson Russell Robertson Russell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club.... (29) |
Liam Jurrah Liam Jurrah Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club.... |
| 2010 | 12th | Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Cameron Schwab | Dean Bailey Dean Bailey Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:... |
James McDonald James McDonald (footballer) James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :... |
Brad Green Brad Green (footballer) Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:... |
Brad Green Brad Green (footballer) Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:... (55) |
Tom Scully Tom Scully Thomas "Tom" Scully is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for .... |
| 2011 | 13th | Jim Stynes Jim Stynes James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008.... |
Cameron Schwab | Dean Bailey Dean Bailey Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:... , Todd Viney Todd Viney Todd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,... |
Brad Green Brad Green (footballer) Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:... |
Brent Moloney Brent Moloney Brent "Beamer" Moloney is an Australian rules footballer, with the Melbourne Football Club, and previously the Geelong Football Club, in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
Liam Jurrah Liam Jurrah Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club.... (40) |
Jeremy Howe Jeremy Howe Jeremy Howe is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League and their affiliate club, Casey Scorpions in the Victorian Football League.... |
Brownlow MedalBrownlow MedalThe 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...
winners
- Ivor Warne-SmithIvor Warne-SmithIvor Warne-Smith , was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania...
(1926, 1928) - Don CordnerDon CordnerDr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s...
(1946) - Brian WilsonBrian Wilson (Australian rules footballer)Brian Wilson was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .Early in his career, he played in the centre and later became a forward pocket...
(1982) - Peter Moore (1984)
- Jim StynesJim StynesJames "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
(1991) - Shane WoewodinShane WoewodinShane Woewodin was an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne and Collingwood Football Clubs. He was the recipient of the Brownlow Medal in 2000.-Early career:...
(2000)
VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners (1897–1955)
- Jack LeithJack LeithJohn G. 'Jack' Leith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the early years of the Victorian Football League ....
(1897) - Vince Coutie (1904)
- Harry BreretonHarry BreretonHarry Brereton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the VFL. Originally recruited from Port Melbourne, Brereton made a startling entry into VFL football in 1909. After a slow start, he kicked nine goals against Geelong in only his seventh match...
(1911, 1912) - Fred FanningFred FanningFred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945...
(1943, 1944, 1945, 1947)
Mark of the YearMark of the YearThe annual Mark of the Year competition is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark...
winners
- Shaun Smith (1995) (also informally dubbed Mark of the Century)
- Michael NewtonMichael Newton (Australian rules footballer)Michael Newton is an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League .-Career:Originally from Whorouly, Newton was taken at pick 43 in the 2004 AFL Draft...
(2007) - Liam JurrahLiam JurrahLiam Jungarrayi Jurrah is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club....
(2010)
Goal of the YearGoal of the Year (Australia)The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
winners
- Jeff FarmerJeff Farmer (footballer)Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:...
(1998)
All-Australian players – AFL (since 1991)
- Jim StynesJim StynesJames "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
(1991, 1993) - Garry LyonGarry LyonGarry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in...
(1993, 1994, 1995) - Stephen TingayStephen TingayStephen Tingay is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
(1994) - Todd VineyTodd VineyTodd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,...
(1998) - Jeff FarmerJeff Farmer (footballer)Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:...
(2000) - Adem YzeAdem YzeAdem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria...
(2002) - David NeitzDavid NeitzDavid Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in...
(1995, 2002) - Jeff WhiteJeff WhiteJeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997...
(2004) - James McDonaldJames McDonald (footballer)James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :...
(2006) - James FrawleyJames Frawley (Australian rules footballer)James Frawley is a professional Australian rules footballer, playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2010) - Mark JamarMark JamarMark "Russian" Jamar is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
(2010)
All-Australian players – Interstate Carnivals (1953–1988)
- Ron BarassiRon BarassiRonald Dale Barassi, Jr AM is a former Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was the first Australian footballer killed at Tobruk during...
(1956, 1958, 1961) - Brian DixonBrian DixonBrian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing...
(1961) - Hassa MannHassa MannHarold Peter "Hassa" Mann is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann.A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria...
(1966) - Gary HardemanGary HardemanGary Hardeman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League between the late 1960s and early 1980s....
(1972) - Robert FlowerRobert FlowerRobert Flower is a former Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987...
(1980, 1983) - Danny HughesDanny HughesDanny Hughes is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Adelaide in the VFL/AFL and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....
(1988)
National team representativesAustralia international rules football teamThis article concerns the men's team; for information on the Australian women's team, see Australia women's international rules football team....
(since 1998)
- David NeitzDavid NeitzDavid Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in...
(1998, 2002) - Jeff FarmerJeff Farmer (footballer)Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:...
(1998) - Jim StynesJim StynesJames "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....
(1998) - Todd VineyTodd VineyTodd Viney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL. After the sacking of Dean Bailey due to their embarrassing 186-point loss to , it was announced that Viney would be Melbourne's caretaker coach for the remainder of 2011.-Football career:As a youngster,...
(1998) - Shane WoewodinShane WoewodinShane Woewodin was an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne and Collingwood Football Clubs. He was the recipient of the Brownlow Medal in 2000.-Early career:...
(2000) - Adem YzeAdem YzeAdem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria...
(2000, 2002) - Cameron BruceCameron BruceCameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and...
(2002, 2004) - Clint BizzellClint BizzellClinton "Clint" Bizzell was a professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He is currently a television extra.-Early life:...
(2003) - Brad GreenBrad Green (footballer)Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
(2004, 2010, 2011) - Aaron DaveyAaron DaveyAaron Davey is a professional Australian rules football player of Indigenous Australian heritage. He currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2005, 2006) - Brent MoloneyBrent MoloneyBrent "Beamer" Moloney is an Australian rules footballer, with the Melbourne Football Club, and previously the Geelong Football Club, in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
(2005) - Russell RobertsonRussell RobertsonRussell "Robbo" Robertson is a professional Australian rules footballer, who last played for the Melbourne Football Club....
(2005) - James McDonald (2006)
- James FrawleyJames Frawley (Australian rules footballer)James Frawley is a professional Australian rules footballer, playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2010, 2011) - Colin SylviaColin SylviaColin Sylvia is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
(2011) - Jack TrengoveJack TrengoveJack Trengove is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2011)
See also
- List of Melbourne Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club/Hawthorn Football Club planned merger
- Sport in VictoriaSport in VictoriaThe state of Victoria, Australia, is known for its sporting culture. The Victorian capital, Melbourne is often referred to as the sporting capital of the world....
- Sport in AustraliaSport in AustraliaAustralia has a long sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s, a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey and various codes of football....
Footnotes
Notes- 1.In recess owing to war.
- 2.Sacked mid-season.
- 3.Caretaker coach.
- 4.Retired after Round 13.
- 5.Resigned after Round 11.
References
External links
- Official Website of the Melbourne Football Club
- Demon Wiki – Online Encyclopedia of the Melbourne Football Club
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