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Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).[1]

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  1. 95 relations: A. O. Neville, Adelaide, All-Australian team, Alzheimer's disease, Australian Football Hall of Fame, Australian Football League, Australian Football World Tour, Australian Labor Party, Australian rules football, Australian Sports Brain Bank, Barry Cable, Bob Davis (Australian rules footballer), Bob Hawke, Bob Skilton, Brownlow Medal, Carji Greeves Medal, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Division of Corio, East Fremantle Football Club, East Perth Football Club, Eric Charlton, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Fred Chaney, Geelong Advertiser, Geelong Football Club, Gillon McLachlan, Graham Farmer Freeway, Great Depression in Australia, Handball (Australian rules football), Herald Sun, Indigenous Team of the Century, Innaloo, Western Australia, Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1931), John K. Watts, John Nicholls (footballer), Katanning, Western Australia, Katherine Mary Clutterbuck, Kevin Murray (Australian footballer), List of Geelong Football Club captains, List of VFL/AFL premiers, Manuka Football Club, Melbourne, Miracle Match (Australian rules football), Motel, Murdoch, Western Australia, Neil Trezise, Noongar, North Fremantle, Western Australia, Northern Territory News, Order of chivalry, ... Expand index (45 more) »

  2. Australian rules footballers from Fremantle
  3. East Perth Football Club coaches
  4. Geelong Football Club captains
  5. Geelong Football Club coaches
  6. Members of the Stolen Generations
  7. Players of Australian football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
  8. West Perth Football Club coaches

A. O. Neville

Auber Octavius Neville (20 November 1875 – 18 April 1954) was a British-Australian public servant who served as the Chief Protector of Aborigines and Commissioner of Native Affairs in Western Australia.

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Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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All-Australian team

The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. Polly Farmer and Australian Football Hall of Fame are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football.

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The Australian Football World Tour was a series of international rules football matches, organised by football sports broadcaster and former VFL umpire Harry Beitzel and Irish-born Melburnian James Harkin, in 1967 and 1968.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.

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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Australian Sports Brain Bank

The Australian Sports Brain Bank is a medical research laboratory, a part of the neuropathology department of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in Sydney.

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Barry Cable

Barry Thomas Cable MBE (born 22 September 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Polly Farmer and Barry Cable are all-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, east Perth Football Club coaches, east Perth Football Club players, Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football, Noongar people, Sandover Medal winners, sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees and west Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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Robert "Bob" Davis (12 June 1928 – 16 May 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Polly Farmer and Bob Davis (Australian rules footballer) are all-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Carji Greeves Medal winners, Geelong Football Club captains, Geelong Football Club coaches, Geelong Football Club players and Geelong Football Club premiership players.

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Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

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Bob Skilton

Robert John Skilton (born 8 November 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Polly Farmer and Bob Skilton are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees and sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.

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Brownlow Medal

The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as Charlie), is awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the four officiating field umpires after each game.

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Carji Greeves Medal

The Carji Greeves Medal is a name given in recent decades to an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged best and fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season. Polly Farmer and Carji Greeves Medal are Carji Greeves Medal winners.

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head.

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Division of Corio

The Division of Corio is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria.

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The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks and colloquially referred to as East Freo, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW).

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The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club based in Leederville, Western Australia, current playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

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Eric Charlton

Eric James Charlton (born 17 March 1938) is a former Australian politician.

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Fiona Stanley Hospital

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) is a state government hospital and teaching facility in Murdoch, Western Australia.

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Fred Chaney

Frederick Michael Chaney, AO (born 28 October 1941) is an Australian former politician who was deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1989 to 1990 and served as a minister in the Fraser government.

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Geelong Advertiser

The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper circulating in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula, and surrounding areas.

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The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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Gillon McLachlan

Gillon McLachlan (born 1973) is an Australian sports administrator.

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Graham Farmer Freeway

Graham Farmer Freeway is a inner-city freeway in Perth, Western Australia.

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Great Depression in Australia

Australia suffered badly during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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The handball or handpass is a ball-passing skill in the sport of Australian rules football.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia.

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Indigenous Team of the Century

The Indigenous Team of the Century was selected in 2005 to recognise the role of Indigenous Australians in Australian rules football. Polly Farmer and Indigenous Team of the Century are Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football.

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Innaloo, Western Australia

Innaloo is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, 9 km (5.6 mi) from Perth's central business district in the local government area of the City of Stirling.

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John Kildahl "Stork" Clarke (26 June 1931 – 23 March 1997) was an Australian rules footballer in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Polly Farmer and Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1931) are all-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Sandover Medal winners and west Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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John K. Watts

John Albert Watts (later known as John K. Watts, 21 January 1937 – 3 June 2017) was an Australian rules football player and radio broadcaster and television personality. Polly Farmer and John K. Watts are east Perth Football Club players, Geelong Football Club players, Geelong Football Club premiership players and west Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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John Robert Nicholls (born 13 August 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Polly Farmer and John Nicholls (footballer) are all-Australians (1953–1988) and Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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Katanning, Western Australia

Katanning is a town located south-east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway.

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Katherine Mary Clutterbuck

Katherine Mary Clutterbuck (October 1860 in Wiltshire, England – 31 July 1946 in Nedlands, Western Australia), usually known as Sister Kate, was an Anglican nun who pioneered a cottage home system for looking after orphan babies and children in Western Australia.

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Kevin Joseph Murray MBE (born 18 June 1938), commonly nicknamed "Bulldog", is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons. Polly Farmer and Kevin Murray (Australian footballer) are all-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire, east Perth Football Club coaches and east Perth Football Club players.

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This is a list of all captains of the Geelong Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. Polly Farmer and list of Geelong Football Club captains are Geelong Football Club captains.

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List of VFL/AFL premiers

This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL premiers.

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Manuka Football Club is a defunct Australian rules football club that played in the AFL Canberra from 1928–1991.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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The Miracle Match is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963.

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Motel

A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby.

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Murdoch, Western Australia

Murdoch is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville.

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Neil Trezise

Neil Benjamin "Nipper" Trezise (8 February 1931 – 20 August 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League and later a politician who represented the Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Polly Farmer and Neil Trezise are Geelong Football Club captains, Geelong Football Club coaches, Geelong Football Club players and Geelong Football Club premiership players.

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Noongar

The Noongar (also spelt Noongah, Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.

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North Fremantle, Western Australia

North Fremantle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Fremantle, a local government area of the state.

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Northern Territory News

The Northern Territory News (also known and branded as the NT News) is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Order of chivalry

An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (1099–1291) and paired with medieval concepts of ideals of chivalry.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Perth Stadium

Perth Stadium, currently known as Optus Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Burswood.

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Polio

Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Queens Park, Western Australia

Queens Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Canning.

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Retrospective

A retrospective (from Latin, "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past.

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The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Richmond, Victoria

Richmond is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area.

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Ron Edwards (Australian politician)

Ronald Frederick Edwards (born 2 July 1945) is a retired Australian politician.

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Ronald Wilson

Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, (23 August 192215 July 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.

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In Australian rules football, a ruck, or ruckman/ruckwoman, is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages (such as boundary throw-ins and ball-ups).

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Sam Newman

John Noel William "Sam" Newman (born 22 December 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Polly Farmer and Sam Newman are all-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Carji Greeves Medal winners, Geelong Football Club captains and Geelong Football Club players.

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Sandover Medal

The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League.

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Simpson Medal

The Simpson Medal is an individual prize awarded for Australian rules football in Western Australia.

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The South Australia state football team is the representative side of South Australia in the sport of Australian rules football.

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South Perth, Western Australia

South Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. Polly Farmer and sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards are sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.

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St Georges Terrace

St Georges Terrace (colloquially known as "The Terrace") is the main street in the city of Perth, Western Australia.

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State funeral

A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance.

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The Sunday Football League Western Australia, commonly known as the Sunday Football League (SFL), was a semi-professional Australian rules football league based in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Tassie Medal

The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian rules football Interstate Carnival or Australian interstate championship series held between 1937 and 1988 with the exception of the 1975 knock-out series.

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Ted Kilmurray

Ted "Square" Kilmurray (born 18 August 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with East Perth in the West Australian National Football League between 1953 and 1966 for a total of 257 games. Polly Farmer and Ted Kilmurray are east Perth Football Club players, Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football, Sandover Medal winners and west Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media.

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The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia.

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The Victoria Australian rules football team, known colloquially as the Big V, is the state representative side of Victoria, Australia, in the sport of Australian rules football.

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WAY 79

WAY 79, also referred to as WAY '79 and WAY 1979, was the official 1979 sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration of the European colonisation of Western Australia.

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The West Australian Football Hall of Fame was created in 2002 to recognise and enshrine those who have made a significant contribution to Australian rules football in Western Australia.

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The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia.

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The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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The Western Australia Australian rules football team is the state representative side of Western Australia in the sport of Australian rules football.

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1956 Perth Carnival

The 1956 Perth Carnival was the 13th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition.

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1961 Brisbane Carnival

The 1961 Brisbane Carnival was the 15th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition.

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1962 VFL season

The 1962 VFL season was the 66th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1963 VFL grand final

The 1963 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1963.

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1963 VFL season

The 1963 VFL season was the 67th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1964 VFL season

The 1964 VFL season was the 68th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1965 VFL season

The 1965 VFL season was the 69th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1967 VFL season

The 1967 VFL season was the 71st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1971 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1971 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1973 VFL season

The 1973 VFL season was the 77th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1974 VFL season

The 1974 VFL season was the 78th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1976 WANFL season

The 1976 WANFL season was the 92nd season of the Western Australian National Football League in its various incarnations.

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1977 WANFL season

The 1977 WANFL season was the 93rd season of the Western Australian National Football League in its various incarnations.

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See also

Australian rules footballers from Fremantle

East Perth Football Club coaches

Geelong Football Club captains

Geelong Football Club coaches

Members of the Stolen Generations

Players of Australian football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy

West Perth Football Club coaches

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Farmer

Also known as Graham 'Polly' Farmer, Graham Farmer, Graham Vivian Farmer.

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