1981
45 years ago
Former Melbourne footballer Max Walker played his last match for Australia in the infamous underarm one-day game against New Zealand.
Walker played 85 games for Melbourne between 1967 and 1972.
People
1 February
From the archive
- 1950
A re-hearing overturned Mowbray's guilty finding for paying coach Terry Cowley in 1949, because the December tribunal had been unconstitutional with no delegate from Waverley present.
The Tasmanian Amateur Football League strictly forbade payments to players or coaches.
Administration
Debuts
- 2022Amy Franklin
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, first of 47 AFLW games so far
Born on this day
- 2007Ben Murphy, still playing
Brisbane
- 2006Jonty Faull, still playing
Richmond, 26 games (2025-2026)
- 2006Charlie West, still playing
Collingwood, 10 games (2025-2026)
- 2003Jorja Livingstone, still playing
Melbourne, 4 games (2026)
- 2002Tarni Evans, still playing
GWS Giants, 60 games (2021-2026)
- 1996Ed Langdon, still playing
Melbourne, 226 games (2015-2026)
- 1956David Polkinghorne
Hawthorn, 164 games (1975-1984)
- 1918P. Jack Murphy
Collingwood, 160 games (1937-1947)
