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Glenn Manton
Glenn Manton (born 1 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon. Since leaving the AFL, he has been an author, media personality, youth advocate and professional speaker. AFL career Manton played for both Strathmore and East Keilor before joining the Essendon Under-19s as a 16-year-old. He made his AFL debut in 1992 at age 18 for the Bombers and played 21 games over three seasons for them. He was delisted by Essendon after the 1994 season, then recruited by Carlton in the 1995 Pre-season draft. He played 12 games for the club during the 1995 season, mostly off the interchange bench, and was part of the club's 1995 Premiership Team, the only AFL premiership of his career. Over the following seasons, Manton cemented his position in the Carlton team, playing primarily as a strong-spoiling defender, occasionally playing in the forward line. He was a regular selection in the team from 1996 until 2001, and played in the 1999 Grand Final ...
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Strathmore Football Club
Strathmore Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 7 km north west of Melbourne in the suburb of Strathmore and was founded in 1954 as a junior club. The senior club was established in 1957. The club originally played its home games in Pascoe Vale before moving to its current home at Lebanon Reserve in Strathmore. The club won its seventh A Grade Premiership in 2011 with a win over rivals Oak Park. Strathmore came into the game underdogs after losing the semi final to Oak Park by 37 points. However, Strathmore prevailed; the final scores were Oak Park 11.13 (79) def. by Strathmore 11.15 (81). The club was awarded its ninth premiership in 2021 by the EDFL as the ladder leader when the season was curtailed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. VFL/AFL players recruited from Strathmore * Glenn Manton – Essendon and Carlton * Andrew Horne – South Adelaide Panthers * Steven Clark – Essendon, Melbourne and St Kilda * Ed Considine – ...
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2001 AFL Season
The 2001 AFL season was the 105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 30 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Brisbane Lions for the first time, after it defeated by 26 points in the AFL Grand Final. AFL Draft ''See 2001 AFL Draft.'' Ansett Australia Cup Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the grand final. Premiership season Round 1 , - style="background:#ccf;" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Attendance , Date , - style="background:#fff;" , , 9.7 (61) , , 23.8 (146) , MCG , 56,028 , Friday, 30 March , - style="background:#fff;" , , 13.7 (85) , , 11.15 (81) , MCG , 52,190 , Saturday, 3 ...
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Preston Football Club (VFA) Players
Preston Football Club may refer to * Preston Football Club (VFA), also known as Northern Bullants or Northern Blues; former Victorian Football Association and Victorian Football League team, Australia * Preston Lions FC, Australia * West Preston Lakeside Football Club, Australia * Preston North End F.C., an English football club located in Preston, Lancashire, formed in 1863 * East Preston F.C., English club * Preston Athletic F.C. Preston Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian. The club are nicknamed the Panners and play their home matches at Pennypit Park. The team play in dark blue. They were founding mem ...
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Essendon Football Club Players
Essendon may refer to: Australia * Electoral district of Essendon * Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria ** Essendon railway station ** Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Kingdom * Essendon, Hertfordshire *Baron Essendon Baron Essendon, of Essendon in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 June 1932 for the shipping magnate Sir Frederick Lewis, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Essendon ...
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Carlton Football Club Premiership Players
Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician and astronomer Places Australia * Carlton, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Carlton, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania * Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada * Carlton, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Carlton, Saskatchewan, a hamlet * Fort Carlton, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post built in 1810, near present-day Carlton, Saskatchewan * Carlton Trail, a historic trail near Fort Carlton * Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario England * Carlton, Bedfordshire, a village * Carlton, Cambridgeshire, a village * Carlton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Carlton, Leicestershire, a village * Carlton, Nottinghamshire, a suburb to the east of Nottingham ** The Carlton Ac ...
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1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ...
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Alec Epis
Alessandro Angelo Epis (born 27 August 1937) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life and career Epis was born and raised in the Western Australian goldfields town of Boulder. He had a sister, Ena. Both his father, Virgilio, and mother, Giusefina (née Borlini), hailed from the Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ... in northern Italy. Epis made his name as a promising player in the Goldfields National Football League (GNFL) with the Mines Rovers club, winning the Fletcher Medal in 1955. He sought a clearance to but was refused. Epis played on the half-back flank and on the wing. When he arrived at Essendon he worked as a butcher. He was a part of two pr ...
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The AFL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports and variety entertainment television program which aired on the Nine Network. The show was dedicated to the Australian Football League (AFL) and Australian rules football. The show featured a panel of hosts and a rotating regular panel of guests. Under the show's initial format, which ran from 1994 to 2018, ''The Footy Show'' was variously hosted by Eddie McGuire, Billy Brownless, Sam Newman, Trevor Marmalade, Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Rebecca Maddern and Craig Hutchison, with changes to the line-up throughout, and won eight Logie Awards for Most Popular Sports Program. In December 2018, McGuire announced that the show would continue as a newly formatted show from 2019 and that he and Newman, the show's original hosts, would host several specials throughout the year. However, on 9 May 2019, seven episodes into the new season and less than an hour after that evening's episode had aired, the Nine Network announced that the show w ...
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Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. From 2017 to 2021, the network's slogan has been "We Are the One". Since 2021, the network has changed its slogan back to the iconic Golden Era slogan "Still the One". As of 2022, the Nine Network is the second-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network, and ahead of the ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS. History Origins The Nine Network's first broadcasting station was launched in Sydney, New South Wales, as TCN-9 on 16 September 1956 by ''The Daily Telegraph'' owner Frank Packer. John Godson introduced the station and former advertising executive Bruce Gyngell presented the first programme, ''This Is Television'' (so becoming the first person to appear on Australian television). Later that yea ...
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Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, also known as FIBT from the French . National competitions are often governed by bodies such as the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton, and the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation. The first bobsleds were built in the late 19th century in St. Moritz, Switzerland, by wealthy tourists from Victorian Britain who were staying at the Palace Hotel owned by Caspar Badrutt. The early sleds were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans. These eventually evolved into bobsleighs, luges and skeletons. Initially the tourists would race their hand-built contraptions down the narrow streets of St. Moritz; however, as collisions increased, growing opposition from St. Moritz resident ...
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