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Ballarat Imperial Football Club
The Ballarat Imperial Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Ballarat Football League (BFL). The club was one of the most successful teams in the league, winning 17 premierships before it was dissolved in 1955. History The club was formed in the mid-1870s as the "Galatea Football Club" before becoming known as "Ballarat Imperial" in 1878 with the first practice match taking place on Saturday 4th May 1878. In 1882, Ballarat Imperial FC and City FC agreed to merge clubs and become known as the Ballarat City Imperial FC and retain the colours of Ballarat Imperial FC. During an 1883 Victorian football season, 1883 match against , Ballarat Imperial captain John Williams Mills was struck in the abdomen, but played out the remainder of the match. However, he died the following morning. In 1885, a second twenty (reserves) team was formed. The club was a provincial playing member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1885 until 1888, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria (state), Victoria. The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera Football League between 1934 and 1936. History In 1880, a Ballarat and Western Districts Football Association was formed, but it appears no teams were entered or a draw was made up. Between 1883 and 1892, there was an unofficial Ballarat / Western Districts football competition, with local Ballarat papers recording a list of premierships teams during this period. The Ballarat Football Association (BFA) was established in 1893 with three member clubs: Ballarat Football Club, Ballarat, South Ballarat Football Club, South Ballarat, and Ballarat Imperial Football Club, Ballarat Imperial. The latter was the dominant club in the BFA, winning the first premiership in 1893 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo S
Leo is the Latin word for lion. It most often refers to: * Leo (constellation), a constellation of stars in the night sky * Leo (astrology), an astrological sign of the zodiac * Leo (given name), a given name in several languages, usually masculine The terms Leo or Léo may also refer to: Acronyms * Lateral epitaxial overgrowth – a semiconductor substrate technology * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity * Legal Ombudsman, often informally abbreviated to LEO or LeO in the UK. Arts and entertainment Music * L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators * ''Leo'' (soundtrack), soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander for the 2023 Indian film Film * ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares * ''Leo'' (2012 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Finn (footballer)
Frank Albert Austin Finn (18 November 1911 – 9 May 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In two years with Footscray in 1927 and 1938, Finn played three senior matches and kicked two goals. But the highlight of his time at the Western Oval came in the 1936 Reserves Grand Final, when Frank played on a wing and the Bulldogs beat the heavily favoured Melbourne. In 1938 he was on the move again, and crossed to Camberwell in the VFA. He became a stalwart in the centre for the Tricolours, and went on to play more than 100 games – although his football career was interrupted in 1942 when he enlisted for active service with the Australian Army in World War II. Finn later umpired in the VFA and was appointed coach of Noble Park Football Club The Noble Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club that fields teams in both the seniors and juniors of the Eastern Football League (EFL) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Hogan (footballer, Born 1909)
Joseph Leo Hogan (8 November 1909 – 4 November 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later played for Coburg in the Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east .... Notes External links * 1909 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players 1993 deaths Coburg Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1909-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Waterhouse (footballer)
George Waterhouse (4 February 1899 – 8 December 1931) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Richmond and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as well as Geelong Association and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFA) Waterhouse initially played for Horsham in 1922 before moving to Ballarat Imperial in 1923. He was selected to represent the Ballarat League team that played Broken Hill in June and shortly afterwards secured a permit to move to Geelong Association in the VFA. Waterhouse played with Geelong Association until Round 1 of the 1925 season, after which he transferred to South Melbourne where he had been training. He only managed two games with South and wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Eastick
Bill Eastick (13 March 1888 – 22 October 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 .... Eastick became ill early in the 1914 season and his health deteriorated throughout the year before his death in October. Sources *Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. * External links * 1888 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players 1914 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1888-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gray (footballer, Born 1885)
John Francis William Gray (17 August 1885 – 23 May 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1885 births 1950 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1885-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bant
Christopher John Bant (21 February 1881 – 22 November 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1881 births 1949 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Geelong Football Club players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1881-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Stubbs
Ernest Edgar Stubbs (28 March 1883 – 13 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Albert Charles Stubbs (1856-1922), and Maria Stubbs (1862-1939), née Hazelgrove, Ernest Edgar Stubbs was born in Ballarat East, Victoria on 28 March 1883. He married Eva Ethel Maud McDonald on 29 June 1925. Football On 4 July 1906, Stubbs was granted a clearance from Ballarat Imperial Football Club to play with Geelong, and he played his first match against Essendon on 7 July 1906. He played five games in all, with his last appearance in a team that was thrashed by South Melbourne, 14.17 (101) to 5.8 (38), on 4 August 1906. In 1907 he was playing with the Golden Point Football Club in the Ballarat Football Association. Death He died at St George, Queensland St George is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. It is the admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Stanley (footballer)
Harold Stanley (4 August 1883 – 25 September 1945) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1883 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players 1945 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1883-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrie Bant
William Horace Bray "Horrie" Bant (22 September 1882 – 6 May 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Bant, who played mostly used as a centre half-back and fullback, started and ended his senior career in Western Australia. After originally playing for Ballarat Imperials, in early 1904 Bant moved to Western Australia and after playing in the Goldfields League for a few months was cleared to West Perth. He was a member of West Perth's 1905 premiership winning side. He joined St Kilda for the 1906 VFL season and from his debut played 39 consecutive games. This included St Kilda's first ever final in 1907, with Bant the vice-captain. After a season with Essendon in 1910, Bant returned to the West Australian Football League, this time playing for Subiaco. He played in another premiership in 1912 but missed their 1913 premiership win as he spent the season in Victoria with Prahran. Bant then return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Thomas
Glyn Thomas (9 December 1882 – 1 February 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1882 births 1967 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Ballarat Imperial Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1882-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
