Footy History Tours

Footy History Tours We travel to the old VFL suburban grounds as you hear about the history of footy. You get a morning tea and lunch and we operate on Saturdays and Sundays.

20/08/2017

PASO 20 August Strathmore Football Club under 17 div 1 team. Aberfeldie were by far the better team for the first 3 & 1/2 quarters in the grand final, but bad kicking for goal kept the Mores in the game. With 10 minutes to go Strathmore started showing why they were on top of the ladder after the home & away games, only to fall 6 points short. Some terrible umpiring decisions certainly influenced the result, but what was especially pleasing was the way the umpires were left alone. Oh well, congrats Abbers & go Mores!

09/06/2017

PASO Mark (Mick) Dwyer was from Lyndale who made his VFL debut with St Kilda in 1986. He played 80 games with the Saints, mainly as a centreman, before he moved to Fitzroy for the 1996 season. He played 8 AFL games for the Lions that year. In 1992 he won the Gardiner Medal which was awarded to the best player in the Reserves competition.

04/06/2017

PASO 4 June Rex Garwood played with New Town in the TFL from 1950 to 1953, before transferring to New Norfolk where he played until 1960. He is the only person to have won 3 William Leitch Medals for the best player in the league (1951 - when he topped New Town's goalkicking & won the premiership with his team, 1955, 1958) He won a second flag with New Town in 1953, when he was club captain & in 1954 was captain coach at New Norfolk. He regularly represented Tasmania in interstate football & he also played 5 first class cricket matches for Tasmania. He was a ruck rover who also played key position & is in the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame, as well as the Tasmanian Team of the Century. In later years he represented Australia in lawn bowls as well.

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28/05/2017

PASO 28 May Jack Cockburn from Blyth played 151 games for South Adelaide, 16 games for South Adelaide-Sturt & 10 games for Essendon, mainly on the half back line from 1934 to 1944. He won premierships in 1935 and 1938, & the Magarey Medal in 1935. He is in the South Adelaide team of the century.
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27/05/2017

PASO 27 May Xavier Ellis from Gippsland Power in the TAC was drafted by Hawthorn at pick 3 in the 2005 AFL draft. He was a neat left footed midfielder who played only 120 AFL games, the last 34 at west coast. He was probably leading the Norm Smith medal at 1/2 time of the 2008 GF, before he was injured & unfortunately injury curtailed his career. Post football he entered the media.

26/05/2017

PASO 26 May Dion Woods was from the Perth FC before being drafted by Fremantle. He was the 51st pick in the 2000 AFL draft and played 59 games for Fremantle from 2001 to 2005, mainly as a defender. He was a tall, but athletic player with a loping gait & a long, left foot kick. After playing for Fremantle he returned to play for Perth in the WAFL.

24/05/2017

PASO 24 May Michael "Mick" Conlan was recruited from the Manuka FC in the ACT by Fitzroy & he played 210 VFL games for the Lions from 1977 to 1989, kicking 395 goals, mainly from a half forward flank. He had a muscular physique & was an explosive player who played 4 games for Victoria. After retiring from playing he coached Sandringham in the VFA and later became CEO of AFL Queensland.

23/05/2017

PASO 23 May Charlie Payne was from Terang played 184 games for Essendon from 1962 - 1972, initially as a forward, & later as a defender & follower. He won Essendon's goalkicking in his first 2 seasons & was full-forward in the 1962 premiership side. He played in the back pocket in the victorious 1965 flag. In 1973 he transferred to North Adelaide, where he played a further 52 games.

21/05/2017

PASO 21 May Wels Eicke from Prahran played 218 games for St Kilda (197 games) and North Melbourne between 1909 and 1926. He debuted aged 15, & won the inaugural St Kilda B&F in 1914, as well in 1915 & 1919. In 1925 he was the playing coach of North Melbourne in their fist year in the VFL, & is in the AFL & St Kilda Halls of Fame. After finishing his playing career he served on the St Kilda committee.

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17/05/2017

PASO 17 May William (Bill) Dempsey was a ruckman (& sometimes backman) who played with Buffaloes FC in the NT, before he moved to WA & played for West Perth, where he played 343 games from 1960 to 1976. He won premierships in Darwin in the 1958/59, 59/60 and 1964/65 seasons, and for West Perth in 1969, 71, 75. He won a best & fairest at West Perth & his honours include a Simpson Medal, West Perth & Indigenous teams of the century, as well as the NT & WA Halls of Fame, not to mention an OBE for services to sport.

16/05/2017

PASO 16 May Desmond (Des) Headland played junior football for Karrinyup JFC & then for Subiaco in the WAFL, before becoming the number 1 draft pick in the 1998 AFL draft. He played 52 games for the Brisbane Lions, before moving to the Fremantle Dockers, where he played 114 games. He was a skillful half forward / midfielder who polled 16 votes in a 15 match stint at Brisbane in 2002, the year he was a premiership player. He played AFL from 1999 to 2010, and then returned to play for Subiaco in the WAFL.

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Melbourne, VIC
3008

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Saturday 8am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 4pm

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