Denis Marshall (Claremont, Geelong)
Denis “Dinny” Marshall: the silky West Aussie who taught two states how to use both sides of the body Walk into Claremont Oval on any Thursday night and the youngsters…
John Daly (Norwood, West Adelaide)
“Bunny” Daly: the dazzling rover who made Norwood untouchable and carried Westies on his shoulders Picture Adelaide Oval in the spring of 1887. A 17-year-old slips between the boots of…
Graham Cornes (Glenelg, South Adelaide, North Melbourne)
Graham Cornes: Vietnam vet, sky-walking Tiger and the voice that still stirs South Australia If you grew up anywhere near Adelaide Oval, you can probably close your eyes and replay…
Horrie Clover (Carlton)
Horrie Clover: Carlton’s high-marking, long-bombing talisman of the 1920s Few VFL crowds had seen anything like Horace “Horrie” Clover when he sauntered onto Punt Road Oval in Round 2, 1920.…
Albert Chadwick (Melbourne, Hawthorne)
Albert “Bert” Chadwick: war-pilot, premiership Demon and the man who kept the MCG beating He was still wearing flying leathers when Melbourne first asked about the tall, broad-shouldered bloke who…
Percy Bentley (Richmond)
Percy “Perce” Bentley: ruck genius, premiership mastermind and the link between Richmond’s roaring ’30s and Carlton’s post-war revival Born in Richmond on 13 December 1906, Percy Bentley was always destined…
Jack Oatey (Norwood, South Melbourne)
Ask any South Australian who turned footy from a slog of long bombs into the slick, possession-happy game you watch today and they’ll point to one bespectacled rover with a…
Merv McIntrosh (Perth)
Merv “Big Mac” McIntosh: the ruckman who owned Western Australia Mervyn Frederick McIntosh was impossible to miss in the football world of the 1940s and ’50s. At 197 cm he…
2016 AFL Grand Final – Sydney Swans Vs Western Bulldogs
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Fulltime Sydney 1.2 7.3 8.5 10.7 67 Western Bulldogs 2.0 7.1 9.7 13.11 89 Match Summary The Western Bulldogs won the 2016 AFL grand final against…
Bob Pratt
Harold Robert Pratt Snr played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Coburg in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1930s and 1940s. Best remembered for his spectacular diving and shoulder scraping , high…
Dermott Brereton
Dermott Brereton is an former Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League (AFL), regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. He played for 3 different…