Football - Australian Rules

Gary Ablett Junior kicked the first goal within nine seconds of the opening quarter in Rd 6, 2009, against Melbourne. The game started with a ball-up, tapped to Ablett, who burst through the pack to convert from 55m

Well, I'll start the ball rolling, and name at least, the early ones, but there will be others missing, I'm sure:

Gordon Coventry

Bill Mohr

Jack Titus

Bob Pratt

John Coleman

Peter McKenna

Peter Hudson

Doug Wade

Alex Jesaulenko

Tony Lockett

Jason Dunstall

Gary Ablett

Matthew Lloyd

Tony Modra

Ron Todd

Kelvin Templeton

Bernie Quinlan

Lance Franklin

Michael Roach

Peter Sumich

George Moloney

Geoff Blethyn

Larry Donohue

Simon Beasley

Malcolm Blight

Fraser Gehrig

Warwick Capper

Brian Taylor

The game of American football has been played since the mid-1800's. By the 1940s, flag football was all the rage on U.S. military bases as servicemen chose up sides and played against each other. Since America could not send football-battered soldiers into combat, tackling a ball carrier to stop him was replaced with the safer practice of grabbing a flag attached to his clothing. When the flag was taken, the player was stopped. -AJ

The term "lace out" has generally been used by commentators in the past to describe a perfect foot pass to a leading forward. The kick used is generally a drop punt, which spins backwards, the ball is kicked to a leading forward who marks it on his chest "lace out", referring hypothetically to the main laces at the area where the ball is pumped up. (Not the stitches that connect the four pieces of the ball but the main laces at the top centre.) So, when the forward has marked this ball on his chest, the back of the ball is hugged to him and theoretically the laces of the ball are facing outwards... it's not anything that is ever practised or realistically is aimed for, it is just a piece of verbal hyperbole used by the commentators when they say, "Look at that, delivered lace out to the forward", as if the delivery was perfectly crafted, gift-wrapped and delivered as if the ball was perfectly spun and landed symmetrically on the guy's chest.

The best AFL team would be either the team/s which has/have won the most premierships, or if one is meaning in current terms, then the best team is that which most recently won the premiership.

Carlton and Essendon have won the most Premierships at 16 each, but Collingwood has played in the most grand finals - at 42 and lags just behind them at 15 premierships.

Geelong, however, has won the most recent, 2011, premiership - and in fact, three of the last five premierships, and would have to qualify for current title as "the best team in the AFL".

For winning the 2010 premiership Collingwood received $1million in prize money.

Objects that are used in foot ball include:

the uniforms - Jersey, Pants, Helmet. shoes/cleats, gloves

pads

a football

radio communication devices

a tee

towels

It depends on how good they are. The highest salary at the moment is for Daly Cherry-Evans with a $10million a year deal. But some players on earn about $300 000 a year. the average would probably be around $1.5million a year.

The highest score ever in the Hyundai A-League was in the 2006-2007 Grand Final

MELBOURNE VICTORY 6 defeated

ADELAIDE UNITED 0

where Archie Thompson scored an amazing 6 goals.

Also in the 2008/09 Asian Cup the Newcastle Jets were also defeated 6-0 by the Pohang Stealers (Chinese Team).

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They go to 5 penalty kicks the team with the most goals with them wins.if theres a tie of those they do on vs one in penalty kicks.if tied they keep doing that until someone wins. in league competitions they go to extra time only and it could be a tie

18 players from each team are allowed on the field at one time.

Melbourne Cricket Ground - 06/10/1990. 1990 was the 1st year as the 'AFL'. Previously the competition was known as the VFL (Victorian Football League. The name changed due to the expansion outside Victoria). The first 'VFL' Grand final was held at the Junction Oval on Sat 24-Sep-1898. There was no 'grand final' in the first VFL season (1897).

The Eagles play the 49ers Sunday.

the Eagles season is now over. They will play again in September 2012.

Each team in the AFL (Australian Football League) plays 22 regular-season games every year. There are 18 teams in the AFL, so the total regular-season games played in the league is 396. The AFL also has one pre-season game called the NAB Cup, the playoffs (featuring the best 8 teams) and the AFL Grand Final.

umpires are usually people who cant get another job. You dont have to speak english to be an umpire but it would be helpful. you would usually get roughly $500 a game.

Glen O'Loughlin

There are 22 in total but there are 11 on each team.

The world's oldest club is listed by FIFA as Sheffield FC.

This season (2007/8) they have been promoted and are now playing in the Unibond League Div 1 South. This is the highest league position they have ever been in.

This season is a landmark for the club as they are 150 years old.

As odd as it may seem they do not now play in Sheffield but in Dronfield just outside the city

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Yes But, Notts county are the oldest football team in the world to currently play at a professional level. They were formed in 1862. 2012-13. They played a total of 4,710 Football league matches - more than any other English team!

The answer to this question depends on what level the player played at and how successful his career was. Assuming we are only talking about NFL players, realize that a backup quarterback who ends his career after two years will have far different options than a star like Tom Brady. Such lesser known players may take coaching positions or become newscasters, or they may simply move back into the general working population.

However, all players with full careers make enough money that, with careful planning, they can retire comfortably and never have to worry about working again. Still, many players do not simply disappear into obscurity. But, while football players are almost always college graduates, they do not generally use their degrees to embark on a new working-class career. Some start their own business ventures or invest in existing ones. Others sign lucrative endorsement deals. Or they may continue in sports in a coaching role. It is also common for more famous and charismatic players to become sports commentators. Some may even try their hand at politics.

Bob Pratt, playing for South Melbourne - Swans, kicked 150 goals in a home-and-away season during the early 1930's, and Peter Hudson, playing for Hawthorn - Hawks, in 1971 also kicked 150 goals during the home-and-away season. However, there were a few less games played during a season in the 1930's than in the 70's.

High Tackling

Running over the Mark

Kicking it out of bounds (On the full)

Kicking it out of bounds (deliberate, not on the full)

Pushing in the Back

Tripping/ Low Tackling

No Billy Slater does not have a brother. Billy is an Australian rugby player and he plays for the Australian national rugby league team.

There are 18 players that are fielded/playing at any one time.

It has been the practice for quite some time for AFL [Australian Football teams] to top list 25 players as being available. Over generations of the Australian football game, the number of players 'in reserve' has changed immensely. For many decades, the team was permitted only 2 in reserve, but with the ruling that once they came on, they had to stay on - there was no 'interchange'. The interchange allowance rule came about 40 years ago, initially with only the two, but then soon permitted 4 interchange players. That has also gradually increased.

The key element, however, is that for generations now, there has been only 18 players permissable on field at any one time, although one large association used to play only 16, but that was rarely followed by any other leagues

When the AFL wanted to better promote the game internationally, especially to accommodate the smaller overseas fields, smaller markets and the smaller following, playing numbers in various countries have been reduced to 15 players and, thereafter, to as few as 9 players per side (to my knowledge).

Of course, even within Australia, many of the locals or people on picnics, etc., will knock up mock games with as many as they have available, and simply shorten the field.