Former Collingwood player Clyde Smith, by then a police constable, was accidentally shot dead by a colleague's firearm while on duty in Frankston.
He had played seven VFL games in 1921 and 1922 before coaching Rochester in 1924.
People
VFL president Sir Kenneth Luke turned the first sod at Waverley Park, then a deep quarry-like excavation, to build the league's own stadium in the outer east.
The ground opened in April 1970 and later held Hawthorn's and St Kilda's home games.
Grounds
Western Bulldogs, 16 games (2025-2026)
Port Adelaide, 300 games (2001-2015)
St Kilda, 218 games (1905-1922)
Collingwood, 218 games (2000-2012)
North Melbourne, 189 games (1968-1981)
Melbourne, 189 games (1986-1995)
Carlton, 187 games (1933-1945)
St Kilda, 165 games (2009-2020)
