1954
72 years ago
Australian football was chosen as the national demonstration sport for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, with baseball picked as the foreign sport later that week.
Rules
16 July
From the archive
- 1898
Fitzroy won round 10 and began a run of 14 straight wins, still the club's longest winning streak.
Clubs
- 1955
Oakleigh's Vic Hill struck Camberwell's Holyoak from behind in a VFA match at Camberwell, starting an all-in brawl that needed police intervention.
Oddities
Matches
- 1993
Adelaide won by 139 points
AFL · Round 16 · Football Park · crowd 45,109
- 1991
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 3 · Gabba · crowd 8,519
- 1991
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 4 · WACA · crowd 24,397
- 1985
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 2 · Subiaco Oval · crowd 38,000
- 1983
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 1 · Football Park · crowd 42,521
Milestones
- 2022Scott Pendlebury
350th AFL game, Collingwood v Adelaide
- 2021Jack Riewoldt
300th AFL game, Richmond v Brisbane
- 2016Scott Thompson
300th AFL game, Adelaide v Collingwood
Debuts
- 1949Neil Trezise
Geelong v Footscray, first of 185 VFL/AFL games
- 1904Alan Belcher
Collingwood v Fitzroy, first of 180 VFL/AFL games
- 1966Laurie Sandilands
Footscray v North Melbourne, first of 164 VFL/AFL games
- 1949Jim Taylor
South Melbourne v St Kilda, first of 153 VFL/AFL games
Born on this day
- 2007Harry Kyle, still playing
Sydney, 12 games (2026)
- 2006Taya Chambers, still playing
Essendon, 11 games (2025-2026)
- 2005Georgia Stubs, still playing
Richmond, 6 games (2026)
- 1999Tom De Koning, still playing
St Kilda, 120 games (2018-2026)
- 1991Dylan Grimes
Richmond, 234 games (2010-2024)
- 1987Hayden Ballantyne
Fremantle, 171 games (2009-2019)
- 1980Tyson Stenglein
Adelaide, 208 games (1999-2009)
- 1953Ray Byrne
Collingwood, 219 games (1973-1984)
- 1908Jack Davis
St Kilda, 150 games (1930-1938)
- 1889Billy Dick
Carlton, 153 games (1908-1918)
