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Australian Football - the early images
For those of you interested in viewing early images of Australian Football, visit State Library of Victoria's online catalogue!
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Comment by Angelina Russo on July 22, 2008 at 4:00pm -
Mark Pennings has provided some insights into these images!
The images of footballers from the 1890s is interesting. They are like "footy card" images with their "action shots". Tom Banks is in my team of the century. A wonderful half back player. W. Warren was Williamstown's leading goal kicker in the 1890s and was also arguably their best player in this decade. He also had some brothers who played with the club. Strickland is another 19th Century team of the century member. A great player for Carlton and Collingwood. He also established Collingwood's winning culture. North Melbourne's T.C. Wilson is less known. He only captained for one year (1895) before leaving to play in Western Australia. Many of Victoria's best ('professional') players went to WA for the money at this time as there was an economic Depression in Victoria at the time.
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