20 October

2008

18 years ago

Former Geelong player Ben Graham signed with the New Orleans Saints specifically to play a single game in London.

Overseas

From the archive

1923
The 1923 VFL Grand Final, played on 20 October, stood as the latest in the year until the 2020 decider was pushed back to 24 October by the pandemic.
Records
1963
Melbourne beat Geelong 17.21 to 15.21 at Honolulu Stadium before about 1,500, one of the first VFL exhibition matches ever played in the United States.
The two clubs met again six days later in San Francisco.
Overseas
1986
40 years ago
The West Coast Eagles Football Club was formed, leaving it only 160 days to assemble a team and an infrastructure before its first VFL season in 1987.
It revealed a 32-man squad ten days later.
Clubs