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Gardiner Medal
The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition. Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves from 1959 onwards, the competition ran from 1919 until 1999 and the medal was first awarded in 1926. The Medal was named in honour of Frank Gardiner, a former president of the VFL Seconds. The award was voted for by the field umpires at the conclusion of each match in the same format as used in the senior grade's Brownlow Medal. As for the Brownlow Medal, ties were originally decided on a countback of who received the most "best-on-ground" votes. In 1992 three players who had previously been eliminated on a countback were awarded medals retrospectively for seasons 1950, 1970 and 1971. Winners * 1999 – Daniel Healy (St Kilda) * 1998 – Simon Arnott (Sydney) * 1997 – Brad Lloyd (Hawthorn) * 1996 – Trent Nichols (North Melbourne) * 1995 – Simon Crawshay (Hawthorn) * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Dear
Greg Dear (born 17 April 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Richmond in the VFL/AFL The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition .... A ruckman, Dear was a member of the strong Hawthorn sides of the late 1980s and a premiership player in 1986, 1988 and 1989. He could have had a fourth in 1991 but missed the entire season due to a serious knee injury. In 1994 he was traded to Richmond where he finished his career. Dear had joined the senior Hawthorn side in 1985 after impressing in the reserve grade, winning the Gardiner Medal for the league's best reserve player. The following season he was selected in the VFL Team of the Year as first ruckman and he later went on to represent Victoria at the State of Origin. Greg Dear is the broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Pokrovsky
Mike Pokrovsky (born 2 February 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Pokrovsky was a defender from St Albans, who played mostly as a back pocket. He won a Gardiner Medal in 1972 but only appeared in three senior games for Footscray. After leaving the club he played with Sunshine.''The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...'"Footscray" 27 June 1973, p. 15 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pokrovsky, Mike 1953 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Sunshine Football Club (VFA) players Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vin Catoggio
Vincenzo "Vin" Catoggio (born 13 May 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was noted for his outrageous afro haircut and because of this was considered one of the real characters of the game. He is of Italian descent and played for three VFL clubs. Family He is the second son of the five children of Leonardo and Rocchina Catoggio. Leonardo arrived in Australia in 1938, and Rocchina in 1936. Both Vin's grandfathers Carmine, and Vincenzo arrived together in Australia, from Montemurro, Italy, in 1927, and their families arrived later. Vin married Victoria Watson in 1982. They have two sons and one daughter. Football In 1972 he won the Morrish Medal which was awarded to the player voted best and fairest in the VFL 19s. In 1973 he won the Gardiner Medal which was awarded to the best and fairest player as adjudged by field umpires in the reserves competition. His first full game of VFL league football came in the 1973 VFL Grand Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Clifford
Stephen "Bomber" Clifford (born 18 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club and in the Victorian Football League (VFL), playing for the Collingwood Football Club. Clifford made his senior VFL debut for Collingwood as a 16-year-old in 1973, won the Gardiner Medal for Best and Fairest player in the VFL reserves the next season but could only amass 38 senior games for Collingwood until 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd .... Recruited by SANFL club Port Adelaide early in the 1978 season, Clifford immediately starred, winning the first of his three club Best and Fairests that year. Clifford played in Port Adelaide's premiership teams of 1979, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Chamberlain
Neil Chamberlain (born 24 April 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Chamberlain, from East Malvern, had his most productive year in 1974, playing nine senior games. He spent most of his time in the reserves and won the 1975 Gardiner Medal, three votes clear of second placed Gerry Lynn.''The Age'"Gardiner Medal to Demon" 4 September 1975, p. 30 After leaving Melbourne he played for Camberwell 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 .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamberlain, Neil 1955 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mangels
Alan Mangels (born 29 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Mangels was only 10 when he signed with Carlton and progressed through the juniors and Under-19s before making his senior debut in 1974. Despite playing 14 senior games in 1976, he put in enough good performances in the reserves to win the Gardiner Medal. He played finals football for Carlton in 1975 and 1976 but wasn't picked in the 1979 finals series where Carlton won their 12th premiership. In the opening nine rounds of the 1980 VFL season he averaged just under 20 disposals a game, a career high. He was then put up by Carlton for trade, with the club hoping to secure Greg Wells from Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Schimmelbusch
Daryl Frederick Schimmelbusch (born 30 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL. He is the younger brother of Wayne Schimmelbusch. Schimmelbusch made his debut for North Melbourne in 1978 after playing in the reserves the previous season where he won the Gardiner Medal The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition. Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves from 1959 onwards, the competition ran from 1 .... He played 47 games over 4 seasons with the Kangaroos. In 1982 he joined West Torrens in the SANFL. He earned South Australian interstate selection in 1984 He finished his career at West Torrens in 1985. External links * * 1954 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players West Torrens Football Club players Woodville Football Club p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Goad
Alan Goad (born 22 September 1954) is a former Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...er who played with Hawthorn in the VFL. A rover, Goad was a premiership player in 1976, kicking 2 goals in Hawthorn's grand final win over North Melbourne. He was often battling to keep his spot in the side due to the strength of the Hawks during the 1970s and spent the 1978 season in the reserves, winning the Gardiner Medal. External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goad, Alan 1954 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Boyd (footballer)
Colin G. Boyd (born 27 July 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s. Boyd, who was from Sale, spent the 1973 VFL season at Footscray. A defender, he played for VFA club Williamstown in 1975 and 1976. In the second of those years he was a Field Medal winner, for the 'best and fairest' in the league's second division. and also played in Williamstown's premiership win over Mordialloc at Toorak Park. Boyd was also runner-up in the Club best and fairest award in both seasons. He was selected on a half-back flank in Williamstown's 1970's Team-of-the-Decade. Boyd played 37 games and kicked 3 goals for the VFA Seagulls. Essendon gave him a second chance at VFL football in 1977 and he missed just three games in his first season and was awarded 16 Brownlow Medal votes. Only Simon Madden took home more votes for Essendon in the count. By 1979 he was playing most of his football in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Valli
William Thomas John Valli (born 16 April 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Valli had a noted career with WANFL club West Perth prior to arriving in the VFL. He played 147 senior games for West Perth between 1969 and 1978, winning their 'Fairest and best' award on three occasions, 1974, 1977 and 1978. Although in 2000 he was named in West Perth's official 'Team of the Century' as a forward pocket, he spent most of his time as a rover. He also represented Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ... in six interstate matches during his career. His VFL stint began in 1979 with Collingwood and despite playing the majority of their games that season missed out on sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Vernon
Daryl Vernon (born 9 June 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. A rover from Essex Heights, Vernon made four senior appearances for Richmond in the 1981 VFL season. He performed well in the reserves that year and shared the Gardiner Medal with Geelong's Malcolm Reed. He spent 1982 in Western Australia, where he played for Western Australian Football League (WAFL) club South Fremantle. Vernon returned to the VFL in 1983 and signed with the Sydney Swans, who had relocated from South Melbourne the previous year. He played in the opening four rounds of the season and averaged 18 disposals, but didn't feature again until he played another four games early in the 1984 VFL season. He was back at Richmond in 1985 and in his third game of the season, against Melbourne at the MCG, Vernon starred with 30 disposals, an effort which earned him three Brownlow Medal votes. Picked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
