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Giga Bite, January 7, 2024

In the 16,406 matches played over V/AFL 127 seasons, 7.1 has been a final score just once. It was recorded by Brisbane against Hawthorn in 2010. The reverse score – 1.7 – had been registered 12 times. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 6th Jan
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Giga Bite, January 5, 2024

5.1 has been a final score only three times in 16,406 matches over 127 V/AFL seasons. It was recorded by Collingwood in 1901, by St Kilda in 1909 and by Fitzroy in 1966. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 5th Jan
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Giga Bite, January 6, 2024

Happy 121st birthday to Essendon's Joe Harrison. From 1923 to 1927, Harrison played 64 games for the Dons, including the 1923 premiership win over Fitzroy. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 5th Jan
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Giga Bite, January 4, 2024

Happy 60th birthday to Fitzroy's Gary Keane. From 1985 to 1988, Keane played 55 games for the Lions, kicking 55 goals. He later played for VFA side Frankston. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 4th Jan
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Giga Bite, January 3, 2024

In 147 V/AFL seasons since 1897, 3.1 has been a final score only eight times, while its reverse – 1.3 – has come up only six times. Neither score has been recorded since 1905. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 2nd Jan
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Giga Bite, January 1, 2024

Happy 150th birthday to Tom Watson. In a career spanning 14 seasons from 1895, Watson played VFA football for Richmond, North Melbourne and Preston, and for VFL teams Carlton and Melbourne. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 1st Jan
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Giga Bite, December 31, 2023

Across 127 V/AFL seasons, 31.12 has been final score only twice. It was registered by Sydney in 1987 and by Essendon in a qualifying final in 2000 The reverse score – 12.31 – has never been recorded. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 31st Dec
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Giga Bite, December 30, 2023

Happy birthday to Norwood and Collingwood's Michael Taylor, who turns 70 today. Taylor played 289 SANFL games for the Redlegs and 92 VFL games for Collingwood between 1972 and 1987. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 30th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 29, 2023

Across 16,406 games over 147 V/AFL seasons, 29.12 has been a final score just once. It was recorded by West Coast against Brisbane in 1992. The reverse score – 12.29 – has never been recorded. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 29th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 28, 2023

First recorded by North Melbourne in 1982 and most recently by Sydney in 2006, 28.12 has been a final score only five times across 127 V/AFL seasons. Its reverse, 12.28, has been registered just once, in 2016. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 28th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 27, 2023

Happy 121st birthday to Fitzroy's Bill Curtis. In 1925, Curtis played two games for the Maroons, a loss to Essendon and a win over Hawthorn. He kicked a goal in each game. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 26th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 24, 2023

Happy 150th birthday to Geelong's Tom Maguire. Joining the club in 1896, Maguire played 13 games for the Pivotonians in the 1897 and 1898 VFL seasons. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 23rd Dec
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Giga Bite, December 18, 2023

Hawthorn's Cliff Colling was born on this day in 1912. Colling played 1 game, kicked 1 goal, and today would have been his 111th birthday. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 18th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 17, 2023

Today marks the 70th birthday of North Melbourne's Leo Groenewegen. Unrelated to the only other Groenewegen to play in the V/AFL, Footscray's Robert, Leo played five games for the Roos in 1971, kicking two goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 16th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 11, 2023

Former Swan and Shinboner Neville Stibbard was born 100 years ago today. Stibbard played six games each for South Melbourne and North Melbourne in 1946 (South) and 1947-48 (North). — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 11th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 10, 2023

Recorded seven times in the 2023 season, 10.12 has now been a final score 290 times over 127 years of V/AFL football. Its reverse – 12.10 – has been a final score 239 times in the same period. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 9th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 5, 2023

Happy 130th birthday to University's Heinrich Schrader. Schrader played 13 games for the Professors in 1914, University's final season in the VFL. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 5th Dec
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Giga Bite, December 4, 2023

Happy birthday to Danny Hughes who turns 60 today. Hughes played 130 games for Port Adelaide in the SANFL, 124 games for Melbourne, and 11 games for Adelaide in the Crows' inaugural AFL season 1991. — Andrew Gigacz
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Posted by Gigs Gigacz, 3rd Dec
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