The Full Points Footy story
Comment - A pretty amazing story - that's what I call dedication!
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AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game
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Tasmania and the AFL
Comment - What an amazing list of footballers to have come out of Tassie over the decades. Now that we're at 18 teams, with the newest teams copping frightful hidings, it's impossible to picture the league ever growing beyond that number. This means that the
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Football captains: Studies in styles
Comment - With 1912 being covered, this means we have a rare mention of University, before it was to start on its very sad demise in the league, the club (and many of its players) being a victim of World War I.
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Micro Noises - Issue 4
Comment - Terrific stuff Gigs, well done - that's some footy imagination you have there!
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Tassie's first foray 1882 challenge match: Tasmania vs. Essendon
Comment - Interesting to note that even in the 1880s, the North/South divide in Tasmanian footy was already evident, and it continues to hinder footy on the Apple Isle to the present day.
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Colliewobbles
Comment - It's also worth noting, and this is touched on in the article, that "to barrack" is one of those words that have undergone a complete reversal in meaning over the course of many decades. The Macquarie tells us that the obsolete meaning of the word i
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Colliewobbles
Comment - "To barrack" and "barrackers" is perhaps the most important contribution Australian Football has made to the English language, with a bit of doubt still existing around the origins of the word. Of course, Australian Football has made many contributi
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Bloods fight for first flag - 1909 VFL Grand Final
Comment - I love that footage of the 1909 grand final. We see very clearly many aspects of Australian Football still present in the modern game, including at least one dubious handball! The shots of the crowd are fantastic as well.
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The Football Jubilee: How the game started
Comment - How pertinent is that - in the earliest years of the game, the captain for South Yarra once claimed a free kick, on the ground that an opponent had contemptuously referred to him as "a lump of blubber." Perhaps our first recorded case of sledging??
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Some famous footballers from 1858 to 1900
Comment - This article was published in 1908, clearly to help celebrate 50 years of Australian Football. It refers to the Carnival held that same year, to celebrate 50 years, and it's also worth noting that the then Prime Minister mentions the 50th anniversar
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The propaganda round - June 14-16, 1952
Comment - It's an interesting part of VFL history this particular weekend. I can recall first coming across it in the Footy Record many years ago (a reference to the round). It's an unusual mix of venues, with Yallourn and Euroa getting the nod over Ballarat
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The pride of South Australia
Comment - Some reasonable grounds for complaint there, and well articulated by Bernard. As a Victorian, I'm old enough to recall that the top sides of the SANFL in the late 70s were the equal of many VFL sides, as evidenced by some of the wins by SANFL clubs
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A tribute to Polly - WA's finest
Comment - I really enjoyed this Nathan, well done. I came to footy almost a decade after Polly had returned to his home state, and my earlierst rec0llections of watching a great ruckman was Gary Dempsey playing for Footscray and Victoria, winning the Brownlo
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The case for australianfootball.com
Comment - I'm very excited to have come across this site. Our footy history is something to be treasured. I look forward to becoming a regular contributor. Well done to Adam and the team.
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Barkly St End
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Joined 22nd Jun 2012
Last seen 10th Jul 2012
Teams
AFL: Western Bulldogs (VIC)
Local: Parkside Magpies (VIC)
About Me
Just love Australian Football history.
Favourite Players
Gary Dempsey; Kelvin Templeton; Doug Hawkins; Chris Grant
Favourite Moment
Defeating Collingwood after the siren at the Western Oval in 1984.
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