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Another article here form 1914, talks about Joker Hall taking over at Williamstown, having been in charge of Melbourne for 6 seasons...(1907,08,09 and 1911, 12, 13) Add it to the evidence! https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87746812?searchTerm=Football%20Joker%20Hall

hi all, I posted this as a new thread, but I think it belongs here! I have been doing some research into the career of Alex (Alec) Joker Hall, and I believe I have found evidence he was the Melbourne coach in 1911. Supermercado if I am going over old ground, I apologise! Now I have had a...

Hi there I have been doing some research into the career of Alex (Alec) Joker Hall, and I believe I have found evidence he was the Melbourne coach in 1911. Supermercado if I am going over old ground, I apologize! Now I have had a good look on Demonwiki (http://demonwiki.org/Alex+Hall) and it...

I am trying to find the name of all the club awards, surprisingly this information is hard to find. Here is a list of hte players these awards are named after I think, although it seems some have changed. So far I have...... Carlton 1st - John Nicholls 2nd - Arthur Rayment 3rd - Perc...

Yrah Carlton are the cockatoo https://www.blueseum.org/Carlton+Mascots On Pixel 2 XL using BigFooty.com mobile app

Came across this from trove for the 1938 season recently, and we have no idea who the character in the bottom left is supposed to represent. Essendon, North and Hawthorn aren't represented.... Anyone have any good theories? https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11159255 This is mark...

So I am currently looking into the 30's football and Jack Dyer, specifically his nickname of "Captain Blood" The following Age article states that ...... https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/farewell-to-the-legendary-captain-blood-20030824-gdw8hi.html "The moment Dyer took the field the Tigers...

There is always a story behind those mid season coaching replacements, if you read those articles above that 35Daicos posted, it says he may resign then after they loose to Melbourne he conveniently has business that clashes with his football, so resigns the coaching and captaincy, plays one...

Thank you. Your trove skills are far superior to mine. I will look into Stan Thomas some more. On Pixel 2 XL using BigFooty.com mobile app

Not sporting globe, but could these be helpful? From the afl season record. On Pixel 2 XL using BigFooty.com mobile app

Great read, How about Roy Park!!! Never playing in a winning game, yet he led the 1913 home and away season in goal kicking!!!!!

I am after some information about the 1926 season. It appears North Melbourne had 3 coaches, Wells Eicke (R1-3), Stan thomas (r3) and Gerry Donnelly (R5-18) Does anyone know where i can find out why Eicke left? and then the process in hiring Donnelly also it seems there is an assumption that...

I believe i found the Melbourne goal from the demonwiki page ( http://demonwiki.org/Round+1+1897 ) I hear it is often unreliable so glad there is a proper record of it somewhere. The other inaccuracies come from the clubs history books, and just show how tricky the history from back then can...

for the win, thank you!

Hi All I have been searching through trove trying to find the first goal kickers in the VFL for each team. I will continue looking through the rabbit hole, however if anyone already has this information that might save me some time. I have these clubs already Carlton - Bill Weir (Against...

Hi All Hoping someone might know if there is a list somewhere of retirements each year? dating back to at least 1925 AFL tables is great with debuts, but looking for retirements. Thanks

This was my reply from a club contract. The club’s official history has Tony Tyson as coach for 1920, but, like you, I had seen references on Trove to Ivo having been coach. You can certainly say that I believe he was coach and that the records are being reviewed to confirm this. But no...

I am in contact with a club historian, I will let you know what i find!

and this as well https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245595529?searchTerm=Ivo%20Crapp%20AND%20%22Ivo%20Crapp%22%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=exactPhrase=Ivo+Crapp|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom=1920-01-01|||dateTo=1920-12-01|||sortby

So as part of our podcast we have segment called Crapp Watch, which follows the exploits of umpire Ivo Crapp we are researching for the 1920 season and I came across a few articles suggesting he was the coach of west Perth Is anyone here able to give me further information on this? The WAFL...

Many thanks for this link. We regularly use your blueseum website for all the Carlton information. It is very comprehensive, well done! On [device_name] using BigFooty.com mobile app

Awesome. If you wanted we could play your version on our podcast when we get up to the late 20s (currently at 1910). On [device_name] using BigFooty.com mobile app

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Things like this COllingwood song that was written around the same time as their actual song “The Collingwood, the Collingwood, The Magpies famous crew. Their style of game has won them fame, They’ve shown what they can do. On every ground they are renowned, For system, style and pace...

Hi All I have mentioned before that I am part of a football history podcast, called Kick to Kick (https://player.fm/series/kick-to-kick) anyway, for the last episode we discovered a Richmond war song from 1909 and decided to record it here is a link - anyways, we enjoyed the process so...

Further research has led me to discover that the name same Old's was first found in the newspaper around 1889 and the song was written by one Albert Fox of flemington and was based on an old poem they set some time Music to. Looks like it's time for me to scoure through a heap of old poems On...

Essendon's first VFL captain George Stuckey not only led his team to the 1897 premiership but he also won that year's Stawelll Gift in 12.2 seconds, off a handicap of 12 yards. On top of this he also played first class cricket for Victoria!

Yes just realised I was a year early. And in a era when allegations of corruption were rampant and knowing a few weeks later Carlton would have players suspended for several years over bribery. On [device_name] using BigFooty.com mobile app

In 1909, the only game stkilda won was the very last game of the season, after 17 straight loses. On [device_name] using BigFooty.com mobile app

Hi all Does anyone know if there is audio or video of the original Essendon Same Old's song? Or the tune that was used? “The Same Old Essendon we used to be, The same old Essendon we are you see At the end of the season, that premiership flag, The same Old Essendon will have it in the...