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Michael Roberts (footballer)
Michael Roberts (born 27 July 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer and now television sports journalist and reporter with the Nine Network and Triple M. Football career Roberts was recruited from Beaumaris and Melbourne High, and is the son of former St Kilda Football Club great Neil Roberts. He made his debut with St Kilda in 1978, and went on to play 77 games and kick 45 goals until 1985. He then moved to the Richmond Football Club for one season in 1986, playing 12 games and 4 goals. He made his final move to the Fitzroy Football Club for 1987, where he played 2 games and 1 goal. Roberts also represented Victoria in 1981. After a long run of injuries, including stress fractures to his ankles and a knee reconstruction following a ruptured ACL, Roberts was forced to retire from football in 1988. Media career Following his retirement from football, Roberts became a respected commentator for the Nine Network. He was a regular sports reporter for ''National Nine N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaumaris Football Club
The Beaumaris Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris. As of 2024, the club competes in the Premier B division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and the VAFA Women's (VAFAW). History At a meeting held in the Beaumaris RSL in August 1962, the Beaumaris Football Club was established to represent the local area, which at the time was largely undeveloped. The club entered the South East Suburban Football League (SESFL) in 1963. By the 1980s, Beaumaris was established as a strong club in Division 1, but the club was also affected by financial issues. In 1995, Beaumaris joined the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in E Section South, winning a premiership in its first VAFA season. Another premiership came in D Section in 1997 and in C Section in 2003. Beaumaris won a fourth senior premiership in Premier C (C Section) in 2010, and after finishing as runners-up in the 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sale Of The Century (Australian Game Show)
''Sale of the Century'' (stylized as ''$ale of the Century'') is an Australian prime time game show that aired on the Nine Network from 14 July 1980 to 29 November 2001. It is based on both '' Great Temptation'' that aired from 1970 to 1974 and on the original ''Sale'' that first aired in the United States from 1969 to 1973. The Australian format of ''Sale'' has since been used internationally, including in a revived US version that aired from 1983 to 1989. Tony Barber, the host of ''Great Temptation'', was also the initial host of ''Sale'' for over a decade before being replaced by Glenn Ridge in 1991. Hostesses over the years have included Barbie Rogers, Victoria Nicolls, Delvene Delaney, Alyce Platt, Jo Bailey, Nicky Buckley and Karina Brown. Pete Smith was ''Sale''s announcer for the majority of its run. Ron Neate was announcer for only the first ten episodes in 1980 before Smith took over. From 30 May 2005 to 23 January 2009, the series was revived under its orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Footballers From Victoria (state)
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Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football Commentators
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzroy Football Club Players
Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People Given name * Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: ** FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset; 1824–1899) ** Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset; 1847–1924) ** Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset; 1900–1984) ** Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (Henry FitzRoy Somerset; born 1952), called Bunter Worcester * Lord Melody (Fitzroy Alexander; 1926–1988), a calypsonian from Trinidad * Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet (1911–1996), Scottish soldier, writer and politician Surname * Fitzroy (surname) Descendants of Charles II and Barbara Palmer * Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex or Lady Anne Fitzroy (1661–1722), daughter of King Charles II of England and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland * Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Football Club Players
Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia * Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of Virginia, United States Richmond may also refer to: People * Richmond (surname) * Earl of Richmond * Duke of Richmond * Richmond C. Beatty (1905–1961), American academic, biographer and critic * Richmond Avenal, character in British sitcom The IT Crowd Places Australia * Richmond, New South Wales ** RAAF Base Richmond ** Richmond Woodlands Important Bird Area * Richmond River, New South Wales ** Division of Richmond (Federal Electoral district) ** Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales) * Richmond, Queensland * Shire of Richmond, Queensland * Richmond, South Australia * Richmond, Tasmania * Richmond, Victoria ** E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Football League
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 from the Victorian Football League#Victorian Football Association, Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its 1897 VFL season, inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its ''Laws of Australian football'', which are used, with variations, by other Australian rules football organisations. The AFL competition currently consists of 18 teams spread over Australia's five mainland states, with to join the league as its 19th team in 2028. AFL premiership season matches have been played in all states and mainland territories, as well as in New Zealand and China to expand its audience. The AFL premiership season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, Victoria, St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873. The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin, Victoria, Moorabbin due to it being the long-standing location of their training ground. St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), now known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later became one of eight foundation teams of the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), original Victorian Football League in 1897, now known as the AFL. St Kilda have won a single List of VFL/AFL premiers, premiership to date, a one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood. They have also q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
