Australian Football League
Australian rules football organization
Also known as: AFL, VFL, Victorian Football League
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- In Australian rules football: Rise of the Victorian Football League
The depression of 1893–95 caused attendance at games to decline, and the VFA proposed a revenue-sharing scheme to assist struggling clubs. Leading clubs, which wanted more control over the game, opposed the scheme. In 1896 those eight leading clubs—Melbourne, Essendon, Geelong, Collingwood,…
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Australian rules football
- In Australia: Australian rules football and rugby
…with the formation of the Australian Football League. The sport has produced some of Australia’s most legendary athletes, including Roy Cazaly, Jack Dyer, and Leigh Matthews. Rugby, both union and league varieties, also enjoys wide popularity in Australia. The national team, known as the Wallabies, won the Rugby Union World…
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