1924
102 years ago
The Nauru Football League began, and islanders played Australian rules with a pandanus-fibre ball in bare feet, with 250 of the 1,700 residents taking part.
Overseas
4 February
From the archive
- 1929
Sandringham was accepted into the Victorian Football Association after forming from a string of amateur-club amalgamations.
State leagues
Matches
- 2017
Adelaide Crows's first AFLW match
AFLW · Round 1 · Thebarton Oval · crowd 9,289
- 2017
Western Bulldogs's first AFLW match
AFLW · Round 1 · VU Whitten Oval · crowd 10,100
Debuts
- 2017Ebony Marinoff
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, first of 116 AFLW games so far
- 2017Libby Birch
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle, first of 114 AFLW games so far
- 2017Anne Hatchard
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, first of 111 AFLW games so far
- 2017Sarah Allan
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, first of 104 AFLW games so far
- 2017Justine Mules-Robinson
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, first of 103 AFLW games so far
- 2017Jaimee Lambert
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle, first of 102 AFLW games so far
- 2017Hayley Miller
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, first of 101 AFLW games so far
- 2017Emma Kearney
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle, first of 100 AFLW games so far
- 2018Jenna Bruton
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle, first of 97 AFLW games so far
- 2017Stevie-Lee Thompson
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, first of 97 AFLW games
Born on this day
- 2003Amy Franklin, still playing
West Coast Eagles, 47 games (2022-2026)
- 2002Braeden Campbell, still playing
Sydney, 102 games (2021-2026)
- 1993Brody Mihocek, still playing
Melbourne, 169 games (2018-2026)
- 1983Jarrad Waite
Carlton, 244 games (2003-2018)
- 1973James Hird
Essendon, 253 games (1992-2007)
- 1970Matthew Kennedy
Brisbane Bears, 188 games (1990-2001)
