Ron Barassi, the Glossary
Ronald Dale Barassi (27 February 1936 – 16 September 2023) was an Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.[1]
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163 relations: Adolf Hitler, AFL Grand Final, All-Australian team, Allen Aylett, Arden Street Oval, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Football Hall of Fame, Australian Football League, Australian Football World Tour, Australian pound, Australian rules football, Australian Sports Medal, Barassi (play), Barassi International Australian Football Youth Tournament, Barassi Line, Barry Cable, Barry Davis (footballer), Bravery Meeting 78 (Australia), Brent Crosswell, Bridge Road, Melbourne, Canberra, Carlton Football Club, Castlemaine, Victoria, Charlie Sutton, Chess, Collingwood Football Club, Commendation for Brave Conduct, Corowa, Currency Press, David Dench, David Neitz, Daylesford, Victoria, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia), Digger (soldier), Doug Wade, Father–son rule, Gaelic football, Gallipoli campaign, George Harris (Carlton president), George Negus, George Negus Tonight, Guildford, Victoria, Handball (Australian rules football), Harvey Dunn Jr., Ian Turner (Australian political activist), International rules football, Irish experiment (Australian rules football), Italian Australians, Italian Team of the Century, Jamie Cooper, ... Expand index (113 more) »
- Australian people of Swiss-Italian descent
- Carlton Football Club coaches
- Carlton Football Club premiership coaches
- Melbourne Football Club captains
- Melbourne Football Club coaches
- North Melbourne Football Club coaches
- North Melbourne Football Club premiership coaches
- Sydney Swans coaches
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season.
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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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Allen Aylett
Allen James Aylett OBE (24 April 1934 – 16 September 2022) was an Australian rules football player and administrator, best known for his administrator career for which he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2006. Ron Barassi and Allen Aylett are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Australian rules footballers from Melbourne, Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.
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Arden Street Oval
Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground or North Melbourne Recreation Reserve) is an inner-suburban sporting facility and sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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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. Ron Barassi 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 pound
The pound (sign: £, £A for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar.
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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 Medal
The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Ron Barassi and Australian Sports Medal are Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal.
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Barassi (play)
Barassi (2012) is a play by the Australian playwright Tee O'Neill which tells the story of football legend, Ron Barassi.
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The Barassi Youth Tournament is an international Australian rules football tournament for junior players who are up to 16 years of age.
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Barassi Line
The Barassi Line is an imaginary line in Australia which approximately divides areas where Australian rules football or rugby league is the most popular football code.
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Barry Cable
Barry Thomas Cable MBE (born 22 September 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Ron Barassi and Barry Cable are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, North Melbourne Football Club coaches and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.
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Barry Davis (15 September 1943 – 22 May 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Essendon and North Melbourne, before coaching his original team between 1978 and 1980. Ron Barassi and Barry Davis (footballer) are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.
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Bravery Meeting 78 (Australia)
The Australian Bravery Meeting 78 awards were announced on 25 March 2013 by the Governor General of Australia, the then Quentin Bryce, AC, CVO.
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Brent Crosswell
Brent Tasman Crosswell (born 8 August 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Bridge Road, Melbourne
Bridge Road is a major shopping strip in Melbourne, Australia.
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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
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Castlemaine, Victoria
Castlemaine (non-locally also) is a town in west central Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region about 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest by road from Melbourne and about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the major provincial centre of Bendigo.
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Charlie Sutton
Charlie Sutton (3 April 1924 – 5 June 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and Charlie Sutton are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees and VFL/AFL premiership coaches.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.
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Commendation for Brave Conduct
The Commendation for Brave Conduct is a bravery decoration awarded to Australians.
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Corowa
Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia.
Currency Press
Currency Press is a leading performing arts publisher and its oldest independent publisher still active.
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David Dench
David Dench (born 23 August 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Ron Barassi and David Dench are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.
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David Neitz
David Neitz (born 22 January 1975), is a retired Australian rules footballer. Ron Barassi and David Neitz are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners and Melbourne Football Club captains.
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Daylesford, Victoria
Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, approximately 114 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities; notably, intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Federal Cabinet.
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Digger (soldier)
Digger is a military slang term for primarily infantry soldiers from Australia and New Zealand.
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Doug Wade
Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and Doug Wade are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.
Father–son rule
The father–son rule is a rule that allows clubs preferential recruiting access to the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the club in Australian rules football, most notably in the Australian Football League.
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Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football, is an Irish team sport.
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Gallipoli campaign
The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
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George Harris (Carlton president)
George Henry Harris (1922 – 26 November 2007) was an Australian businessman and sports executive who was best known in his role as President of the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1964 to 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980, and is regarded as a highly significant figure in VFL-AFL history.
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George Negus
George Edward Negus AM (born 13 March 1942) is an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs.
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George Negus Tonight
George Negus Tonight (formerly titled Dimensions) was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by George Negus, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004.
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Guildford, Victoria
Guildford is a small settlement situated on the Loddon River, north-west of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.
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The handball or handpass is a ball-passing skill in the sport of Australian rules football.
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Harvey Dunn Jr.
Harvey Dunn (6 September 1931 – 7 June 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Ian Turner (Australian political activist)
Ian Alexander Hamilton Turner (1922–1978) was an Australian political activist, serving important roles in both the Communist Party of Australia and Australian Labor Party.
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International rules football (Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules or Aussie rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players.
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The Irish Experiment is the popular name for the interest, primarily from VFL/AFL clubs, in bringing Irish sportspeople, particularly Gaelic footballers, to Australia to play Australian rules football professionally.
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Italian Australians
Italian Australians (italo-australiani) are Australian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Australia during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Australia. Ron Barassi and Italian Australians are Australian people of Italian descent.
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Italian Team of the Century
The Victorian Football League-Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) Italian Team of the Century was announced in June 2007.
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Jamie Cooper
Jamie Cooper (born 14 June 1964) is an Australian painter and former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
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Jim Stynes
James Peter Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football. Ron Barassi and Jim Stynes are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners and Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal.
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John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)
John Edwin Bertrand AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy, and the only time Australia has won. Ron Barassi and John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946) are Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.
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John Rantall
John "Mopsy" Rantall (born 9 December 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and John Rantall are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees.
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Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy
The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Melbourne Football Club throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season.
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Kingswood Country
Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1980 to 1984.
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Kokoda Track
The Kokoda Track or Trail is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs overland – in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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Leigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond Matthews (born 1 March 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. Ron Barassi and Leigh Matthews are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Australian rules footballers from Melbourne, Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees and VFL/AFL premiership coaches.
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Lewis Miller (Australian artist)
Lewis Miller (born 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works.
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This is a list of all captains of the Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's. Ron Barassi and list of Melbourne Football Club captains are Melbourne Football Club captains.
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The following is a list of Melbourne Football Club leading goalkickers in each season of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) and AFL Women's.
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List of VFL/AFL premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL premiers.
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List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons
The wooden spoon is the imaginary and ironic "award" which is said to be won by the team finishing in last place in the Australian Football League.
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Malcolm Blight
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Ron Barassi and Malcolm Blight are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, North Melbourne Football Club coaches and VFL/AFL premiership coaches.
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A mark in Australian rules football is the catch of a kicked ball which earns the catching player a free kick.
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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.
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.
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National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
The National Portrait Gallery (NPGA) in Canberra is a public art gallery containing portraits of prominent Australians.
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Neil Edwin Roberts (born 15 June 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and a Brownlow Medalist. Ron Barassi and Neil Roberts (Australian footballer) are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees and Australian rules footballers from Melbourne.
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Norm Smith
Norman Walter Smith (21 November 1915 – 29 July 1973) was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and Norm Smith are Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Australian rules footballers from Melbourne, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners, Melbourne Football Club captains, Melbourne Football Club coaches, Melbourne Football Club premiership players, Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees, Sydney Swans coaches and VFL/AFL premiership coaches.
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The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club.
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Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service.
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Philip Hodgins
Philip Ian Hodgins (28 January 1959 – 18 August 1995) was an Australian poet, whose work appeared in such major publications as The New Yorker.
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Player-coach
A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties.
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Pontoon boat
A pleasure boat with two lengthwise pontoons A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain buoyant.
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The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne.
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Princes Park (stadium)
Princes Park (also known as Ikon Park under naming rights) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the Princes Park precinct in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North.
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Queen's Baton Relay
The Queen's Baton Relay is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games.
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Ray Jordon
Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon (17 February 1937 – 13 August 2012) was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team. Ron Barassi and Ray Jordon are Australian rules footballers from Melbourne and North Melbourne Football Club coaches.
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Republicanism in Australia
Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's system of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic; notionally, a form of parliamentary republic that would replace the monarch of Australia (currently King Charles III) with a non-royal Australian head of state.
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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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Robert Helpmann
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE (Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer.
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Ron Barassi Sr.
Ronald James Barassi (24 October 1913 – 30 July 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and Ron Barassi Sr. are Australian people of Italian descent, Australian people of Swiss-Italian descent, Melbourne Football Club premiership players and Sportspeople of Italian descent.
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Ross Dunne
Ross 'Twiggy' Dunne (born 25 February 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Siege of Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War.
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Specky Magee
The Specky Magee series is a highly popular and best-selling children’s book series in 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. Ron Barassi and sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards are Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.
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The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria.
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St Kilda, Victoria
St Kilda is an inner seaside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km (4 miles) south-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area.
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Swiss Italians of Australia
Swiss Italians of Australia are the Italian-speaking Swiss who settled in Australia during the 1850s and 1860s and their descendants who identified as such. Ron Barassi and Swiss Italians of Australia are Australian people of Swiss-Italian descent.
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Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Tasmania
Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.
Ted Whitten
Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM (27 July 1933 – 17 August 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ron Barassi and Ted Whitten are All-Australians (1953–1988), Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Australian rules footballers from Melbourne and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees.
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Tex Perkins
Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie.
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The Australian
The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
The Daily Telegraph, also nicknamed The Tele, is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp.
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The Display
The Display is an Australian ballet produced and choreographed by Robert Helpmann to music by Malcolm Williamson for The Australian Ballet.
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TISM
TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) are a seven-piece anonymous alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia on 30 December 1982 by vocalist/drummer Humphrey B. Flaubert, bassist/vocalist Jock Cheese and keyboardist/vocalist Eugene de la Hot Croix Bun, with vocalist Ron Hitler-Barassi joining the group the following year.
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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The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition.
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Victorian gold rush
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia, approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s.
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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017
On 29 November 2017, Victoria became the first Australian state to pass legislation allowing assisted suicide.
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Wahgunyah
Wahgunyah is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia.
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in West Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
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Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)
Who Do You Think You Are? is an Australian television documentary reality genealogy series, part of the international franchise and an adaptation of the original British series on BBC of the same name, airing on SBS.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yarra River
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Kulin languages: Berrern, Birr-arrung, Bay-ray-rung, Birarang, Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
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In Australian rules football, zoning (originally called district football, or electorate football in South Australia) refers to a system whereby a given area, either region or lower-level football league, is reserved exclusively for one club.
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1940 VFL season
The 1940 VFL season was the 44th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1953 VFL season
The 1953 VFL season was the 57th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1954 VFL grand final
The 1954 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Footscray Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1954.
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1954 VFL season
The 1954 VFL season was the 58th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1955 VFL grand final
The 1955 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 September 1955.
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1955 VFL season
The 1955 VFL season was the 59th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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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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1956 VFL grand final
The 1956 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 September 1956.
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1956 VFL season
The 1956 VFL season was the 60th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1957 VFL grand final
The 1957 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 21 September 1957.
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1957 VFL season
The 1957 VFL season was the 61st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1958 Melbourne Carnival
The 1958 Melbourne Carnival was the 14th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition.
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1958 VFL season
The 1958 VFL season was the 62nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1959 VFL grand final
The 1959 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 20 September 1959.
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1959 VFL season
The 1959 VFL season was the 63rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1960 VFL grand final
The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week.
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1960 VFL season
The 1960 VFL season was the 64th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1961 VFL season
The 1961 VFL season was the 65th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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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 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 grand final
The 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964.
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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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1966 VFL season
The 1966 VFL season was the 70th 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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1968 VFL grand final
The 1968 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 28 September 1968.
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1968 VFL season
The 1968 VFL season was the 72nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1969 VFL grand final
The 1969 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1969.
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1969 VFL season
The 1969 VFL season was the 73rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1970 VFL grand final
The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on 26 September 1970.
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1970 VFL season
The 1970 VFL season was the 74th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1971 VFL season
The 1971 VFL season was the 75th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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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 grand final
The 1974 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1974.
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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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1975 VFL grand final
The 1975 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1975.
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1975 VFL season
The 1975 VFL season was the 79th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1976 VFL season
The 1976 VFL season was the 80th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1977 VFL grand final
The 1977 VFL grand final was a series of two Australian rules football matches between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club.
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1977 VFL season
The 1977 VFL season was the 81st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1978 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia.
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1978 VFL season
The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1979 VFL season
The 1979 VFL season was the 83rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1980 VFL season
The 1980 VFL season was the 84th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1981 VFL season
The 1981 VFL season was the 85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1982 VFL season
The 1982 VFL season was the 86th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1983 VFL season
The 1983 VFL season was the 87th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1984 VFL season
The 1984 VFL season was the 88th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1985 VFL season
The 1985 VFL season was the 89th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
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1991 Brownlow Medal
The 1991 Brownlow Medal was the 64th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season.
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1993 AFL season
The 1993 AFL season was the 97th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
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1994 AFL season
The 1994 AFL season was the 98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
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1995 AFL season
The 1995 AFL season was the 99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
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2006 AFL finals series
The Australian Football League's 2006 finals series took place between the teams that finished in the top eight in the 2006 AFL season.
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2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006.
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See also
Australian people of Swiss-Italian descent
- Jane Prentice
- Joe Lesina
- Robert de Castella
- Ron Barassi
- Ron Barassi Sr.
- Stephen Mutch
- Steve Moneghetti
- Swiss Italians of Australia
Carlton Football Club coaches
- Alex Jesaulenko
- Brendon Bolton
- Brett Ratten
- Brighton Diggins
- Dan Minogue
- David Parkin
- David Teague (footballer)
- Denis Pagan
- Frank Maher (footballer)
- Fred Elliott (footballer)
- Horrie Clover
- Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)
- Ian Thorogood
- Jack Wells (footballer)
- Jack Worrall
- Jim Caldwell (footballer)
- Jim Francis
- John Barker (Australian footballer)
- John Nicholls (footballer)
- Keith McKenzie (Australian footballer)
- Ken Hands
- List of Carlton Football Club coaches
- Mick Malthouse
- Norm Clark
- Paddy O'Brien (Australian rules footballer)
- Percy Bentley
- Percy Parratt
- Percy Rowe
- Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)
- Ray Brew
- Robert Walls
- Ron Barassi
- Sergio Silvagni
- Viv Valentine
- Wayne Brittain
Carlton Football Club premiership coaches
- Alex Jesaulenko
- Brighton Diggins
- David Parkin
- Jack Worrall
- John Nicholls (footballer)
- Norm Clark
- Percy Bentley
- Robert Walls
- Ron Barassi
Melbourne Football Club captains
- Albert Chadwick
- Alf George
- Allan La Fontaine
- Bernie Nolan (footballer)
- Brad Green (footballer)
- Carl Ditterich
- Colin Niven
- David Neitz
- Denis Cordner
- Dick Wardill
- Don Cordner
- Eddie Fox
- Eddie Sholl
- Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer)
- Frank Langley
- Garry Lyon
- Geoff Collins (Australian rules footballer)
- George Heinz
- Greg Healy
- Greg Wells (footballer, born 1950)
- Hassa Mann
- Hugh Purse
- Ivor Warne-Smith
- J. B. Thompson
- Jack Grimes (footballer)
- Jack McKenzie (footballer, born 1881)
- Jack Trengove
- James McDonald (Australian footballer)
- Joe Wilson (Australian footballer)
- John Beckwith (footballer)
- Len Incigneri
- List of Melbourne Football Club captains
- Nathan Jones (Australian footballer)
- Ned Sutton
- Noel McMahen
- Norm Smith
- Percy Beames
- Percy Wilson (footballer)
- Robert Flower
- Ron Barassi
- Shane McGrath (footballer, born 1919)
- Stan Alves
- Tassie Johnson
- Todd Viney
- Vin Coutie
- William C. McClelland
Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Albert Chadwick
- Alec Hall (Australian footballer)
- Allan La Fontaine
- Bob Skilton
- Carl Ditterich
- Dean Bailey
- Dennis Jones (Australian footballer)
- Eddie Drohan
- Frank Hughes (footballer, born 1894)
- George Heinz
- Gerald Brosnan
- Gordon Rattray
- Greg Hutchison
- Ian Ridley
- Ivor Warne-Smith
- Jack McKenzie (footballer, born 1881)
- John Beckwith (footballer)
- John Northey
- Len Incigneri
- List of Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Mark Neeld
- Mark Riley (Australian rules coach)
- Neale Daniher
- Neil Balme
- Neil Craig
- Norm Smith
- Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)
- Percy Beames
- Percy Wilson (footballer)
- Ron Barassi
- Simon Goodwin
- Todd Viney
North Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Alan Killigrew
- Alastair Clarkson
- Barry Cable
- Bill Findlay
- Bob McCaskill
- Brad Scott (Australian footballer)
- Brett Ratten
- Brian Dixon (Australian footballer)
- Charles Cameron (footballer, born 1907)
- Charlie Gaudion
- Charlie Tyson
- Danielle Laidley
- Darren Crocker
- David Noble (Australian footballer)
- Denis Pagan
- Dick Taylor (Australian rules footballer)
- Gerry Donnelly
- Jack Pemberton
- Jim Adamson
- Jock McCorkell
- John Dugdale (footballer)
- John Kennedy Sr. (footballer)
- Johnny Lewis (footballer)
- Keith Forbes
- Keith McKenzie (Australian footballer)
- Leigh Adams (footballer)
- Len Thomas
- List of North Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Malcolm Blight
- Norm Clark
- Paddy Noonan
- Paddy Scanlan
- Ray Jordon
- Rhyce Shaw
- Ron Barassi
- Stan Thomas (coach)
- Syd Barker Sr.
- Ted Cusack
- Tom Fitzmaurice
- Wally Carter
- Wayne Schimmelbusch
- Wels Eicke
North Melbourne Football Club premiership coaches
- Denis Pagan
- Ron Barassi
Sydney Swans coaches
- Alan Miller (coach)
- Arthur Hiskins
- Artie Wood
- Bill Adams (Australian footballer)
- Bill Faul
- Bill Thomas (Australian footballer)
- Bob Hammond
- Bob Skilton
- Brett Scott
- Brighton Diggins
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)
- Charlie Ricketts
- Col Kinnear
- Des Tuddenham
- Fred Fleiter
- Gary Buckenara
- Gordon Lane
- Graeme John
- Harvey Kelly
- Henry Elms
- Herb Howson
- Herbie Matthews
- Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)
- Jack Baggott
- Jack Bisset
- Jack Hale (Australian footballer)
- Jim Caldwell (footballer)
- Joe Kelly (footballer, born 1907)
- John Longmire
- John Northey
- Johnny Leonard
- Laurie Nash
- List of Sydney Swans coaches
- Noel McMahen
- Norm Smith
- Paddy Scanlan
- Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)
- Ricky Quade
- Rodney Eade
- Ron Barassi
- Ron Clegg
- Roy Cazaly
- Tom Hafey
- Tommy Lahiff
- Tony Franklin (Australian footballer)
- Vic Belcher
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Barassi
Also known as Ron Barassi, Jr., Ron Barrassi, Ronald Barassi, Ronald Dale BARASSI.
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