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Now, any sized person can kick,
But football, you must learn the trick;
With marking the ball
It's good to be tall,
And running, it ought to be quick
But football, you must learn the trick;
With marking the ball
It's good to be tall,
And running, it ought to be quick
AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALl
The Very First Games
Part 4 (final)
Part 4 (final)
1. Clubs in Victoria 1880, VFL Formed
2. Industry that profited from Football
3. Footballers and War
4. Photos & Photographers
5. Uniforms/Theme Songs
2. Industry that profited from Football
3. Footballers and War
4. Photos & Photographers
5. Uniforms/Theme Songs
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Apart from the very small articles, most are in 2 or more sections. If the article doesn't seem to be finished, click lower for last section
Apart from the very small articles, most are in 2 or more sections. If the article doesn't seem to be finished, click lower for last section
1880
List of Football Clubs in Victoria 1880
There seems in some cases, to be discrepancy between when some of these club were formed according to the lists below & what has appeared in the Newspapers. This may be due to clubs changing their names, or re-forming? etc. Senior Clubs
Junior Clubs
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Industry that profited from just simple games of Football
Printers & Publishers, with their Football Booklets, The Railways, Rubber, Leather & Clothing Manufacturers, Retailers, even the Music Industry, just to name a few
Age (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 29 July 1882
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The Victorian Football Guide
1892-1894 (includes some Cricket) http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/act Australian football : origin and history of the game : laws of the game : some special features of the game / issued by the Victorian Football League. http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/act The Victorian Football Follower 1908http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/a Football record 1912-current http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/R/ The Football record has been the official match day program of the VFL/AFL since 1912. Originally published to provide spectators with player guernsey numbers, it also contained news and gossip, results and fixtures. Today it is full colour and also includes feature articles and a wealth of statistical information. In 1999 the Football recordchanged its title to AFL record to reflect the national status of the Australian Football League.
See viewing instructions below The Football Polka, Sheet Music
Dedicated to the Victorian & South Australian Football Associations by W.Geddes Taylor ca1890 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-16915 |
5. A Notice will come up saying that it's a large 'Tiff' file, but the file isn't very large at all.
After you've downloaded the booklet to your computer, you can view it as a '.PDF' file
After you've downloaded the booklet to your computer, you can view it as a '.PDF' file
Age (Melbourne, Vic), Saturday 9 May 1908
Gippsland Times (Vic), Monday 10 January 1949
The Bladder of the Football, is made from very tough rubber & is almost impossible to tear
One Manufacturer alone, made between 2,000 & 3,000 footballs a year which gives steady employment for 500 workers in 1915
25,000 head of cattle was needed in Britain each year to make footballs (1908)
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Ads from some of the Football Booklets
Not only did a number of wars interrupt the Football seasons, but many players were killed on the battle ground, never to return to play again.
World War I- July 28 1914 – November 11 1918
Bendigo Independent (Vic), Thurs 9 December 1915
Age (Melbourne, Vic. 1854 - 1954), Mon 10 May 1915
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1916 Geelong- Most of the Junior Clubs withdrew, as members volunteered for active service
Age (Melbourne, Vic), Wednesday 31 January 1916
Players wore Black arm bands during a game to honour their fallen collegues
Winner (Melb, Vic), Wed 6 September 1916
'The Footballer' 1916
It was finally decided in 1916, that "no payment be made to players, except for out-of-pocket expenses"
Sporting Judge (Melb, Vic), Sat 26 February 1916
Remembering Gallipoli continued....
a further 87,000 Ottoman Turkish troops died fiercely defending their homeland, and at least 300,000 more on both sides were seriously wounded https://www.theguardia |
World War II- September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
Argus (Melbourne, Vic), Thursday 2 September 1943
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Charles Boyles became the "unofficial official" VFL photographer
Charles Boyles was born in 1888 in Merino, N.W. Victoria. He made it his business to be wherever sporting action was going on and as the VFL and Association had no permanent official photographer, became the "unofficial official" VFL photographer. As well as capturing every team and taking portraits and full length photos of the heroes of the day, he also photographed other sporting teams including soccer. Charles Boyles realised very early the appeal of a photograph to people having an outing, and set up a portable studio at St Kilda, with the help of his son he took portraits and printed them for 3d a photo. With the arrival of the American forces in World War II, Charles traveled far and wide photographing American servicemen anxious to have a photograph to send back home. One of his frequent visits was to Ballarat where the Marines were camped, photographing their impromptu baseball games. Charles Boyles died in 1971.
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Charles Boyles Football Photos
http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/HomePage
http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/HomePage
Burlington study of the little son & daughter of
Mr & Mrs Hudson, of Port Melbourne. |
Burlington Studios, produced beautiful Child portraits, as well as portraits of Celebrities, or anyone who could afford their services. They did extensive advertising in the newspapers, including the 'Chinese Times'.
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A Few Footy Team pics (SLV)-
All of these kids would be way over 100 years old now, but how cute is this photo?-
And where on Earth is Watchem? It's 122 kms past Stawell in Victoria's West. How did it get such an unusual name? Maybe when this little team was playing, everyone said "Let's go down and watchem?"
Football Uniforms, or 'Costumes' as they originally called them, changed over the years, some teams having a dramatic change.
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Club by Club Jumper History
http://www.footyjumpers.com/clubs.htm The caps went by the wayside
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AFL Team theme songs & their origins. Includes "Up there Cazaly"
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football. The medal was first awarded by the Victorian Football League (VFL). It was created and named in honour of Charles Brownlow, a former Geelong Football Club footballer (1880–1891) and club secretary (1885–1923), and VFL president (1918–19), who had died in January 1924 after an extended illness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownlow_Medal Brownlow Medal winners
http://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/brownlow/ |
View 1884 beautiful coloured photo of Victorian footballers
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