Teams (1940 to Present)

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The images have been divided into chronological sections which you can access directly by clicking the following links:

  1940s

  1950s

  1960s

  1970s

  1980s

  1990 to the present

1940s

1940

Claremont1940.jpg (35259 bytes)

The Claremont team which made it three flags in a row in 1940.

1940

PMelb1940.jpg (64373 bytes)

Port Melbourne's 1940 premiership-winning side.

1944

Fitzroy1944GF.jpg (25907 bytes)

The Fitzroy players, pictured just before the start of this year's VFL grand final, in which they defeated Richmond.

1940s

WW2 Footy Team.jpg (17056 bytes)

An unknown World War Two football team.

1945

Carlton1945.jpg (110144 bytes)

Carlton's 'bloodbath' premiers.

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1946

NLaunceston1946.gif (161126 bytes)

North Launceston's NTFA premiership-winning team.

1946

Port1946Hobarttrip.jpg (18414 bytes)

The Port Adelaide team in Hobart.

1946

vfl1946.jpg (27672 bytes)

The VFL representative team, class of '46.

1947

sa1947.jpg (123759 bytes)

The South Australian team that went to the Hobart carnival.. 

1947

tas1947.jpg (285089 bytes)

Tasmania, winners of section 2 at the Hobart carnival.

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1947

vfl1947.jpg (39884 bytes)

The VFL's victorious Hobart carnival team. 

1947

West Adelaide, victors over Norwood in this season's SANFL grand final.

1947

wa1947.jpg (144767 bytes)

The West Australian state team that beat the VFL but lost to South Australia to finish second at the Hobart carnival.

1948

cwd1948.jpg (31282 bytes)

The Collingwood combination that ran 3rd this season.

1949

Brighton1949.jpg (20898 bytes)

Brighton, 3rd on this season's VFA ladder.

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1949

Turner1949.jpg (20785 bytes)

Turner, 5th out of 6 teams in the CANFL.

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1950s

1950

AustralianAmateurs1950.jpg (87380 bytes)

Australian Amateurs, section B carnival champions in Brisbane.

1950

Brighton1950.jpg (31486 bytes)

Brighton, 3rd in the VFA for the 2nd successive season.

1950

Coburg1950.jpg (21103 bytes)

This Coburg side failed to qualify for the finals.

1950

Oakleigh1950.jpg (20831 bytes)

The Oakleigh team that won this season's VFA flag.

1950

PMelb1950.jpg (27547 bytes)

The Port Melbourne team that lost the VFA grand final to Oakleigh.

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1952

cwd1952.jpg (181938 bytes)

The Collingwood team that went down to Geelong by 46 points in this year's VFL grand final.

1953

Richmond40s.jpg (31455 bytes)

Richmond's team for round 13 of this year, pictured at the Tigers' Den, Punt Road.

1954

Fitzroy 1954.jpg (20925 bytes)

This particular Fitzroy side avoided the wooden spoon only on percentage.

1954

Moorabbin54.jpg (25221 bytes)

This was the first Moorabbin team to qualify for the VFA finals.

1954

port1954.jpg (119236 bytes)

Port Adelaide, winners this year of the first of 6 successive premierships.

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1957

Richmond40s2.jpg (32351 bytes)

Another Richmond team shot, this time from round 8 1957.

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1960s

1960s

NFC A grade 60s.jpg (133351 bytes)

A Nightcliff combination pictured during that club's most successful decade.

1960

Fitzroy 1960.jpg (21504 bytes)

After qualifying for the finals in 2nd place, this Fitzroy side bowed out in the preliminary final.

1960

tas1960.jpg (101358 bytes)

The first ever Tassie team to topple the 'Big V'.

1961

wa1961.jpg (62391 bytes)

Western Australia's Australian championship winning team.

1963

PortAdel1962.JPG (1057059 bytes)

Port Adelaide, 3 point winners over West Adelaide in this season's SANFL grand final.  (Be patient as this is an unusually large image.)

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1963

Geelong1963.jpg (29199 bytes)

Geelong, victors over Hawthorn in this year's VFL grand final.

1963

Northampton Thirds.JPG (97950 bytes)

Northampton, winners of the Great Northern National Football League grand final against St Pat's College at Geraldton..

1964

sadel64.jpg (41719 bytes)

South Adelaide's 'rags to riches' premiership-winning combination.

1964

Woodville1964.jpg (84249 bytes)

Woodville's first senior SANFL combination.

1966

OC1966Carnival.jpg (15114 bytes)

The 5 competing teams line up at the opening ceremony of the Hobart carnival.

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1966

bigv1966.jpg (135425 bytes)

The VFL's Hobart carnival winning side.

1967

Rchmnd1967.jpg (26074 bytes)

Richmond's first premiership team since 1943.

1967

vfl1967.jpg (49050 bytes)

The 'Big V' combination that downed SA by 6 points in Adelaide.

1968

SAdel1968.jpg (35600 bytes)

The South Adelaide team that finished 6th in the SANFL.

1968

Sturt1968.jpg (25118 bytes)

Sturt's 'hat trick' premiership team.

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1969

Tasmania1969.jpg (86027 bytes)

Tasmania's winless Adelaide carnival side.

1969/70

NFC A grade 1969-70.jpg (470681 bytes)

Nightcliff's 3rd placed team from this season.

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1970s

1970s

NFC A grade 70s 1.jpg (75335 bytes)

A Nightcliff combination from the 1970s.

1970

SthFreo1970.jpg (92667 bytes)

South Fremantle's premiership team.

1970

Tasmania1970.jpg (38609 bytes)

The Tasmanian team that downed WA in Hobart.

1970

WAdelML1970.jpg (81366 bytes)

West Adelaide mini-leaguers celebrate a premiership.

1972

Tasmania72.jpg (39626 bytes)

Tasmania's Perth carnival side.

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1975

sa1975.jpg (183917 bytes)

South Australia, runner-up to the VFL in the NFL championships.

1975

tas1975.jpg (83706 bytes)

The Tassie side which lost to SA in Melbourne.

1975

vfl1975.jpg (128827 bytes)

Australian interstate champions, the VFL.

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1980s

1980

Ainslie_1980.jpg (19609 bytes)

Ainslie, ACTAFL premiers and champions.

1981

Claremont1981.jpg (23866 bytes)

Claremont's WAFL premiership-winning side.

1981

SFreo1981.jpg (31475 bytes)

WAFL runner-up, South Fremantle.

1981

sd1981.jpg (30234 bytes)

The Swan Districts side that came 3rd in the WAFL.

1984

sd1984.jpg (60662 bytes)

Swan Districts, WAFL premiers this year for the 3rd time in a row.

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1985

EFreo85GF.jpg (124897 bytes)

East Fremantle, this year's WAFL premiers.

1985

subi85gf.jpg (112966 bytes)

WAFL grand final losers, Subiaco.

1988

PortAdel88.jpg (76786 bytes)

The Port Adelaide team which beat Glenelg in this year's SANFL grand final.

1988

sturt88.jpg (115823 bytes)

The Sturt team that bowed out in this year's elimination final.

1988-9

bhos1988.jpg (383105 bytes)

Brighton High School Old Scholars (SAAFL A2), pictured in 1988.

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1988-9

NFC A Grade 1989.jpg (134575 bytes)

Steve Abala's Nightcliff team that finished 5th.

1989

VFA1989Carnival.jpg (139567 bytes)

The VFA representative team, section 2 carnival winners in Hobart.

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1990 to the Present

1991

NorthAdel1991.jpg (70629 bytes)

North Adelaide's premiership-winning combination.

 

1992

AllStarsSquad.jpg (35808 bytes)

The Aboriginal All Stars team that defeated Collingwood in Darwin.

1992

Ainslie_1992.jpg (154561 bytes)

Ainslie, ACTAFL grand final victors over Queanbeyan.

1992

East_Fremantle_1992.jpg (125475 bytes)

The East Fremantle team which prevailed in the 'derby' grand final.

2000

Kangas2000.jpg (41387 bytes)

The Kangaroos team which finished 4th in the AFL.

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2000

Qbeyan2000premiers.gif (156874 bytes)

Queanbeyan celebrate a hat trick of premierships.

2001

EPerth2001.jpg (61227 bytes)

East Perth players celebrate their back to back premiership success.

2002

StGeorge2002.jpg (60552 bytes)

The St George side that ran 3rd in this season's Sydney Football League.

2003

Brisbane2003.jpg (17845 bytes)

Brisbane celebrate making it 3 flags in a row after thrashing Collingwood in the AFL grand final.

2004

SAdel2004.jpg (60529 bytes)

The South Adelaide class of '04.

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