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Keith Truscott. Since the inception of the Victorian Football League in 1897, many of its players have served in the armed services, including the Anglo–Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War (in which Melbourne's Geoff Collins served as a fighter pilot), and the Vietnam War (in which Essendon's Keith Gent, Lindsay McGie, and Ian Payne, and Geelong's Wayne Closter all served).
In his last year at University (1908), both Melbourne University and the Richmond Football Club were admitted to the Victorian Football League (VFL). One of 32 players used by the university club in that inaugural season, he played seven senior matches for the university team – making his debut in the team that beat St Kilda 8.6 (54) to 5.10 ...
This is a list of Australian rules football players who have died either during their respective playing careers or due to career-ending injury or disease incurred during their playing career. It includes both on-field and off-field deaths.
This is a listing of all players to have played in the elite Australian rules football competition that was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1897 and 1989, and currently known as the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1990.
This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
Gordon Ross Hamilton (13 July 1920 – 23 February 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] [2] He was the first South Melbourne player to die on active service in World War II. [3] [4]
Richard Henry Clough (2 March 1884 – 2 June 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), who died as a result of the wounds he sustained on active service in World War I. [1]
Australian soldiers, sailors, and airmen take part in an impromptu game of end-to-end Australian rules football in Central Australia in 1944. Australian rules football was heavily affected by both World War I and World War II. Hundreds of leading players served their country abroad, and many lost their lives.