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North Melbourne has a strong history of supporting and fostering Aboriginal footballers in the VFL and AFL. The first indigenous footballer to play for the club was Percy Johnson in the 1950s, and was followed by other fan favourites such as Bertie Johnson, Barry Cable and the Krakouer brothers in the following decades.
View history; General ... 1975 VFL Grand Final: G: B: Total: North Melbourne: 19: 8: 122: Hawthorn: 9: ... North Melbourne retains both the Winfield Cup as a ...
Includes North Melbourne only careers and spans from the season of the player's debut to the year in which they played their final game for North Melbourne Debut Debuts are for VFL/AFL regular season and finals series matches only
The North Melbourne Football Club, also known as the Kangaroos, is an Australian Football League club based in North Melbourne, just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Melbourne metropolitan area. The North Melbourne Football Club was formed in 1869. It was purportedly established to satisfy the needs of local cricketers who were keen to keep ...
The remaining VFA clubs – Footscray, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown – were given the opportunity to compete as a junior competition under and without representation on the VFL's administration, but rejected the offer and continued as an independent body. [11]
1960 – Allen Aylett (VFL); ... The North Story – Official history of the North Melbourne Football Club This page was last edited on 6 August 2024, at 02:59 ...
The VFL was formed in 1896 when Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda left the Victorian Football Association. A number of other VFA clubs were touted as becoming members of the VFL at this time, the most notable being North Melbourne and Port Melbourne.
In 1925, the VFL expanded from nine teams to twelve, with Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne each crossing from the VFA. North Melbourne and Hawthorn remained very weak in the VFL for a very long period. North Melbourne did not win more than eight games in a season until 1944, and Hawthorn only once won more than seven in a season until ...