1970 VFL season - Factbites

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	Nickname - Australian Football League
		In 1926, their second season in the VFL, the club were known as the 'Blue Birds' but this nickname did not last¹.
		Retired from the VFL at the end of the 1914 season.
		To differentiate it from an Essendon football club that played in the old Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1900 and 1921, the VFL's Essendon were known as the 'Same Olds', a name apparently inspired by the club's founding family, the McCrackens¹.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~nickname/afl.html

	Nickname - Australian Football League
		In 1926, their second season in the VFL, the club were known as the 'Blue Birds' but this nickname did not last¹.
		Retired from the VFL at the end of the 1914 season.
		To differentiate it from an Essendon football club that played in the old Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1900 and 1921, the VFL's Essendon were known as the 'Same Olds', a name apparently inspired by the club's founding family, the McCrackens¹.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~nickname/afl.html

	Victorian Football League (Vic/Tas)
		Traralgon chose not to compete in the VFL this season, and ended their venture.
		The competition was renamed the VFL for this season.
		Both North Ballarat and Traralgon fielded teams in the VFL this season.
	www.footypedia.com /00001362.htm

	List of Australian Football League premiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, Melbourne's superior financial resources and population saw the VFL competition the strongest league in the country for most of that period.
		The Australian Football League (formerly Victorian Football League) is the elite competition in Australian rules football.
		Note that the current nicknames for the teams were devised subsequent to the beginning of the competition, and many have changed - for instance, the Kangaroos were at one stage known as "The Shinboners".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_premiers

	Encyclopedia: List of Australian Football League premiers
		However, Melbourne's superior financial resources and population saw the VFL competition the strongest league in the country for most of that period.
		The Australian Football League (formerly Victorian Football League) is the elite competition in Australian rules football.
		Note that the current nicknames for the teams were devised subsequent to the beginning of the competition, and many have changed - for instance, the Kangaroos were at one stage known as "The Shinboners".
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Australian-Football-League-premiers

	HickokSports.com - History - Australian Football
		The league is split into two divisions, with the top eight teams from the previous season in one division and the bottom eight in the other.
		In the league's very first seson, the VFL did away with the so-called "little mark rule," which allowed a player to touch the ball with his foot and then hand it to a teammate for a mark.
		The Cambridge Rules for football, drawn up in 1863, allowed a free kick if a player made a mark after a fair catch, and Princeton University students in 1869 were playing a version of football which also allowed a free kick after a fair catch.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/ausfootball.shtml

	BBC - h2g2 - Australian Rules Football
		The game emerged in the late 1800s as a sport for cricketers in Melbourne, Victoria to play during the long winters off season; it quickly grew into a sport played and watched by Australians in the country.
		The sport become structured with the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1896.
		The equivalent of a 'professional' foul in football.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A812639

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		After retiring at the end of the 2002 season he was appointed coach of Hawthorn's VFL feeder club, Box Hill, where he had an immediate impact, steering the side as far as the 2003 grand final which was lost narrowly to Williamstown.
		Lockett, who hailed from Ballarat, made his league debut with St Kilda in 1983, and by his second season, when he booted 77 goals, it was obvious that the Saints had a special talent on their hands.
		His achievement in steering Maryborough to the 1931 Ballarat Football League premiership caught the attention of the powers-that-were at South Melbourne, and the 1932 season saw him replacing Paddy Scanlan as coach of the forward-thinking, ambitious Bloodstained Angels.
	www.fullpointsfooty.net /l.htm

	Guinness World Records - Index
		The Australian Football League season's record is 150, by Bob Pratt (South Melbourne) in 1934, and Peter Hudson (Hawthorn) in...
		In 1877 the Victorian Football Association was founded, from which eight teams broke away in 1897 to form the Victorian Football League (VFL).
		At the end of the 1999 season, Karch Kiraly of the USA, had won a record 141 AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) tour titles, with...
	www.guinnessworldrecords.com /index/records.asp?id=77&pg=1

	Central Equity : Melbourne Articles : Docklands
		In 1970 the Victorian Football League constructed a new stadium at Waverley, VFL Park.
		Last week saw the commencement of the Year 2000 Australian Football League competition and Melbourne sports enthusiasts are clearly focused on the season ahead -- it seems Melburnians love of football will never change.
		There has been a dramatic shift in demographic and lifestyle choices since 1970, so much so that it seems Waverley Park will now be sold or abandoned and the focus of Melbourne's football will become the Colonial Stadium located in Melbourne's city centre.
	www.centralequity.com.au /about-melbourne/docklands.asp

	HickokSports.com - History - Australian Football
		The league is split into two divisions, with the top eight teams from the previous season in one division and the bottom eight in the other.
		In the league's very first seson, the VFL did away with the so-called "little mark rule," which allowed a player to touch the ball with his foot and then hand it to a teammate for a mark.
		The Cambridge Rules for football, drawn up in 1863, allowed a free kick if a player made a mark after a fair catch, and Princeton University students in 1869 were playing a version of football which also allowed a free kick after a fair catch.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/ausfootball.shtml

	VFL Park
		Finally, on April 18, 1970, Fitzroy and Geelong played the first game at VFL Park.
		VFL Park was first conceived in 1959 when delegates from the 12 VFL Clubs requested the VFL to find land that was suitable for the building of a new stadium.
		VFL Park was a stadium in Australia used primarily for Australian rules football.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/V/VFL-Park.htm (706 words)

	ballarat
		Premierships in Ballarat Football League: 1946 (B-grade), 1948 (B-grade), 1963, 1970, 1973, 1978-79, 1982-86, 1991-92, 1994-96.
		In 1952, when the North Ballarat footballers were trying to make an impression in its debut season in the Ballarat league, their plight wasn't helped by oval refurbishment that included top-dressing with soil that was basically rocks and gravel.
		The Roosters fielded teams in both the VFL and the Ballarat league in 1996 before placing all their eggs in the VFL basket from 1997.
	www.australianrules.com.au /2003stories/ballarat.html (1732 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Carlton Football Club
		This is a considerable exaggeration, as Barassi had been working on the new playing style throughout the 1970 season.
		One of the most famous clashes in VFL/AFL history took place at the 1970 Grand Final; the Blues, under the brilliant coaching of Ron Barassi (additional info and facts about Ron Barassi), turned a 44-point half-time deficit into a 10-point victory.
		The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colours, is one of the oldest, richest, and most successful Australian rules football (additional info and facts about Australian rules football) clubs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/carlton_football_club.htm (516 words)

	Mc
		John McIntosh was a success in the VFL, polling well in the Brownlow in both 1970 and 1971, but a knee injury sustained in the 1971 2nd semi final meant that he missed the grand final against Hawthorn, a match he may have been able to help St Kilda win.
		He won the club's best first year player award in 1949, and was named most consistent player in his second to last season.
		Football, to McHale, was basically a simple game, which hinged on the physical contests between individuals; the team whose players won the majority of these individual contest would emerge victorious from the match - it was as simple as that.
	www.fullpointsfooty.net /mc.htm (516 words)

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