Grand Final History

The VFL celebrates its 50th Jubilee season with the return of the MCG & the Brownlow The game is a “Gigantic Industry’ according to VFL Secretary Like McBrien but clubs are still having trouble getting enough jumpers
Episode 50: 1946 A Gigantic Industry
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Group chats were more complicated and expensive in 1946. A 3 way telephone call for 30 minutes between Melb. Adel. & Perth to discuss a player clearance cost £10 Equivalent to about $860 today. Your phone bills looking better now?
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Not many moved this quickly from park footy to League. Max Piggott released from the army in 1946 One game with South Districts then one for South Melbourne 2nds then Full Forward for South Melbourne
Park to League 3 games
4 goals on debut against Keith Miller!
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I agree it's ridiculous. Keeping the broadcasting revenue onside at the expense of the game. But I do find the long history of "Americanisation" disccussion interesting. Even found a 1904 article bemoaning Americanisation of sport but didn't mention football

Lots of complaints about the #AFL introducing a #Wildcard round and Americanising the game. Long time
Richmond and Melbourne administrator Percy Page wanted to Americanise the game back in 1942. So this Americanisation push has a long history!
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The footy season is over but maybe you need to know who kicked the first goal in every V/AFL Grand Final. Thanks to Tim
@Kicktokickpod
now you can. Its one of the many items in the Grand Final Database, everything you need to know about Grand Final Day
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Want to know what happened on #AFLGrandFinal day since 1897 and get more than the scores. What medals were available and who presented them, entertainment that started long before Barry Crocker & much more
Check out the Grand Final Database
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#aflgrandfinal worth remembering that 2025 is the 100th anniversary of Broadcasting football behind a Paywall. 1925 was the first Grand Final broadcast on radio but you had to pay the license fee
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Episode 49 1945 The Bloodbath, please check it out
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While we wait for the AFL Finals we recognise @westernbulldogs achieving their 7th AlmostUs Award for just missing out on the finals by one spot. A Silver AlmostUs for 2025 because they went into the final round in the Top 8
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The premiership coach gets the Jock McHale medal & if you look into it most premiership coaches trace their coaching DNA back to the Collingwood legend (Chris Fagan a notable exception to the rule)

Pick a premiership and follow the track back to Jock

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As Saturday AFL games have disappeared behind the paywall in 2025 we can celebrate the 100th anniversary of football broadcasts - Behind a paywall!

You had to pay for radio in 1925

My first Almanac article
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Essendon playing Gold Coast due to storm delayed start of the season. Maybe follow South Melbourne Reserves 1939 team who forfeited last game of the season when R18 was rain delayed South 2nds had booked a trip away, paid a deposit & couldn't make finals. They chose the holiday!

‘It’s addictive’: Historian hunts for photos of every Fitzroy player Brenden Campbell is on a quest to immortalise every one of Fitzroy’s VFL players, and hopes Victoria’s footy loving public can help complete the mission.

Great football history story about Brendan Campbell getting photos of every Fitzroy Football Club player.
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Supporters were “Up the Junction” in 1944, making their way to the Junction Oval, baked by hot winds on a 30C day with trams and busses on strike. It had been another tough wartime season, so tough even Jack Dyer got suspended
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Jack Dyer was a legend. In 1944, at the tribunal in yet another case of a possibly unprovoked attack by an opponent. Footscray Secretary & player rep. Mr Ramsay was unhappy about the guilty verdict & penalty. He said "Any player who strikes Jack Dyer deserves a Victoria Cross"

@rhettrospective.bsky.social might be time to start building the Maurice Rioli Jr run down tackle highlight collection. It's going to be a big one

YouTube video by Rhettrospective Barrie Robran documentary "The Man and His Football" SANFL (64mins)

#RIP Barrie Robran, 77.
The South Australian legend, who many agree was the greatest player never to play over here in the VFL/AFL.
For those, like me, who never saw him play - I've uploaded his 1h doco 'The Man and His Football'.
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Eleven teams started the 1943 season but only ten made it to the final round. To ensure only one bye per team, the club on the bottom of the ladder after round eleven was eliminated! The earliest Wooden Spoon ever!

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Pleased to see a great player of an earlier generation recognised in the Australian Football Hall of Fame

And here is some observations from the 1930s
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#AFL should the player have more time or less time to get rid of the ball when tackled? Its always been a problem. Here is the advice from Round 1 1943 Footy Record. It was sure to fix the problem 😁
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Jack Titus was a champion full forward for the Tigers but in 1943 he was also busy jumping from his car and climbing on to a run away cart pulled by two horses in Punt Rd. Any nominations of which of today's players could do the same?

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