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Essendon Football Club Honours
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Thought to have formed in 1872, Essendon played their first Victorian Football Association (VFA) game in 1873, before participating in the inaugural season of the Victorian Football League (now AFL) in 1897. Headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, the club has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships, which, along with Carlton, is the most of any club. The club best and fairest award is claimed by some to have been first given in 1897; however, there is no contemporary evidence that it actually existed prior to the late 1920s. Since 1959 or 1960 it has been known as the W. S. Crichton Medal. Dick Reynolds was awarded medal on a record-equaling seven occasions between 1934 and 1943. Reynolds also won the Brownlow Medal a club-record three times, in 1934, 1937 and 1938. The medal is awarded annually to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Reynolds
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. Revered by Essendon supporters, he was often referred to simply as "King Richard". Family The son of William Meader Reynolds (1886—1940) and Mary James Reynolds, née Thompson (1885—1941), and one of seven children, Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was born on 20 June 1915. He died on 2 September 2002. He was the brother of Tom Reynolds, the cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy, and the grandfather of Joel Reynolds. Early life and career Reynolds grew up supporting and sold lollies outside Princes Park on match days. When Reynolds won his first Brownlow Medal in 1934, champion Haydn Bunton Sr., whom Reynolds had narrowly beaten to win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full-forward
Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League season. In modern Australian rules football and Gaelic football, in which players do not strictly stick to a single position, the full-forward is often referred to as a "Key Forward" and can often switch positions with the centre half-forward for "team balance" reasons. The frequency of players kicking 100 goals in a season has decreased in recent years.in Gaelic Football, goals don’t come to often with an average of 1 goal per game in a single match. Notable full-forwards Present * Ben Brown * Jeremy Cameron * Lance Franklin * Tom Hawkins * Josh Kennedy * Jack Riewoldt * Jarryd Roughead * Taylor Walker Past great full-forwards These are the more notable full-forwards who played in the AFL, SANFL, WAFL and TFL: * Gary Ablet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Carman
Sydney Maxwell Carman (15 December 1901 – 16 February 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A centreman, Carman was the Essendon Best and Fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ... winner in 1932 and also achieved Victorian interstate selection. After retiring as a player, he became club treasurer. References External links * 1901 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Crichton Medal winners 1966 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Essendon Football Club administrators {{AFL-bio-1901-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Freyer
Ted Freyer (20 May 1910 – 22 April 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the 1930s. Family The sixth of the seven children of Peter Henry Freyer (1869-1945), and Mary Freyer (1871-1928), née Suffolk, Edward Laurence Freyer was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 20 May 1910. He married Elsie Olivia Holmes (1911-2001) in 1930. His brother, Bill Freyer, played VFL football with South Melbourne and Footscray in the mid-1920s, and his son, Robert Alan Freyer (1937-2011), played for Port Melbourne in the VFA between 1958 and 1965. Football Essendon (VFL) Freyer usually played in the forward pocket and topped Essendon's goalkicking in consecutive seasons from 1931 until 1934 and again in 1936. He kicked 12 goals in one match in 1935 he kicked 12.1 (73) against Melbourne, at the MCG, on 27 April 1935 8 goals once (1934), 7 goals four times (1931, 1934, 1935, and 1937), and 6 goals seven times (1931 (twice), 1933, 1936 (3 times), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Clarke (Australian Footballer)
Thomas Clarke (21 November 1906 – 24 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played 103 games for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1927 to 1934, and 105 games for Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1935 to 1940. "A fine wingman whose only significant weakness was a slight lack of leg speed, a deficiency he helped overcome with excellent anticipation and smooth ball handling", Tom Clarke won Essendon's best and fairest in 1931. He finished his career in the VFA with Brunswick. He was the ground curator at the Essendon Cricket Ground (Windy Hill), an Essendon Football Club Committee member from 1944 to 1961, and its Vice-President from 1962 to 1973.Mapleston (1996), p.420. His older son, Jack Clarke, an architect, who played 263 games with Essendon, was also captain of Essendon from 1958 to 1964, and its coach from 1967 to 1970. His younger son, Ron Clarke Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet Campbell
Harry Garnet Campbell (31 July 1903 – 21 January 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Campbell, noted for his strong disposal skills and pace, was best suited as either a centreman or winger. Essendon won Grand Finals in his first two seasons, but he was not a member of their premiership sides, finding it hard to break into the team initially. He was a regular from 1925 onwards and in the 1926 Brownlow Medal count finished as Essendon's highest vote getter and equal fifth overall. Campbell, who represented Victoria at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival, was appointed captain-coach of Essendon in 1931 but his stint and VFL career ended in 1933 when they finished with the wooden spoon. He finished his career as Sandringham's captain-coach. See also * 1927 Melbourne Carnival The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Beckton
Norman Aubrey Beckton (4 May 1898 – 8 September 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the 1920s. Football Beckton played as a ruckman and won Essendon's best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ... in 1928. A premiership player in 1923 and 1924, Beckton also represented Victoria during his career. He captained Essendon in 1929 and 1930. Notes References Australia's Biggest Footballer: Who can claim the distinction?: Beckton -- The Man and His Physique, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 2 June 1926), p.1.* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. External links * Norm Becktonat ''Boyles Football Photos''. Profil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Harrison (footballer, Born January 1903)
Joseph Ernest Harrison (6 January 1903 – 16 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family His brother, Henry Hopetoun "Harry" Harrison (1901–1972) also played VFL football. Football Harrison was a member of a premiership side in his debut season with Essendon, playing at half back in the club's 1923 Grand Final win. He went on to play 64 games for Essendon, winning their Best and Fairest award in 1926. See also * 1927 Melbourne Carnival The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition. New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ... Notes References * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. External links * 1903 births 1977 deaths Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stockdale
Francis Gregory Stockdale (30 July 1899 – 14 May 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. Family The son of William Hallett Stockdale (1859–1927), and Agnes Stockdale (-1925), née Heavy (or Heavey or Harvey), Francis Gregory Stockdale was born at Kilmore, Victoria on 30 July 1899. One of his older brothers, William Hallett Stockdale (1887–1915), was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 May 1915. He married Ivy Gladys Lobb (1894–1947) in 1936. Football Kilmore (RDFA) He played with the Kilmore Football Club in 1917 and 1918. Rushworth (KDFL) He played for Rushworth Football Club in the Kyabram and District Football League in 1919. Corowa (O&MFA) Stockdale moved to Corowa to work (at Stockdale & Skehan Motor Garage) and played football with his older brother, Chas Stockdale in the powerful Ovens and Murray Football League from 1920 to 1922. It was at Corowa Football Club that his footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Waugh
Norman James "Norm" Waugh (10 May 1874 – 6 August 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In the first year of competition, he became one of the club's and leagues first premiership players, during the 1897 VFL season, under the captaincy of George Stuckey. Waugh made his debut against in Round 1 of the season, at Corio Oval. Waugh was also Essendon's first ever leading goalkicker in a VFL season. His 23 goals was the third highest in the League, behind Jack Leith of North Melbourne (26), and Eddy James of Geelong (27). He was the youngest son of Dr James S. Waugh, the first president of Wesley College. After retiring from football he entered the insurance industry and became the chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stuckey
George Stuckey (6 July 1871 – 15 March 1932) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and captained the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Stuckey played as both a wingman and half back during his career in the VFA and VFL and was the first captain of Essendon in the VFL; and, when Essendon won the (inaugural) VFL premiership in 1897, he also became the first VFL premiership captain. He remained captain until the end of the 1900 season and was a premiership player again in 1901. During his career, he represented Victoria at interstate football. Cricket A talented sportsman, in addition to his football career, Stuckey also played first-class cricket for Victoria. Athlete In 1897 (the year he captained Essendon to its first VFL premiership), he won the 130-yard Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season. From its inception until 1989, it was known as the VFL Grand Final, as the league at that time was the Victorian Football League. Played at the end of the finals series, the game has been held annually since 1898, except in 1924. It is traditionally staged on the afternoon of the last Saturday in September, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game has spawned a number of traditions and activities, which have grown in popularity nationally since the interstate expansion of the Victorian Football League to become the Australian Football League in the 1980s and 1990s. The club which wins the grand final receives the AFL's premiership cup and flag; players on the winning team receive a gold premiership medallion, and the best player the Norm Smith Medal. As of the end of 2022, a total of 127 grand finals have been played, including three gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
