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412:, which was originally awarded to the club with the highest aggregate points across the three VFL grades (seniors, Reserves and Under-19s) at the end of the home-and-away season. With the transition to a national competition, the league was renamed the Australian Football League in 1990.
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clubs over the finances of VFL clubs. McClelland continued as president of the MCC until he died in 1957.
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284:(9 February 1875 – 30 May 1957) was a medical
218:Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
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369:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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1521:Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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251:Australian Football Hall of Fame
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271:AustralianFootball.com
256:Melbourne Hall of Fame
236:VFL premiership player
1566:People from Buninyong
373:1955 Birthday Honours
342:Brighton City Council
24:William C. McClelland
51:Personal information
565:4.10 (34) defeated
479:Ross, John (1999).
76:Buninyong, Victoria
571:3.12 (30), at the
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87:(1957-05-30)
15:
1516:1957 deaths
1511:1875 births
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1452:AFL Women's
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463:"No. 40498"
247:: 1901–1904
114:Position(s)
85:30 May 1957
1505:Categories
1074:McClelland
1066:D. Wardill
836:R. Wardill
816:R. Wardill
772:R. Wardill
748:Hammersley
740:Hammersley
626:McClelland
586:Cumberland
431:References
267:AFL Tables
1322:Ditterich
1162:P. Wilson
1138:Incigneri
1031:J. Wilson
1015:W. Aitken
971:G. Aitken
904:Forrester
896:Goldsmith
880:Goldsmith
562:Melbourne
316:in 1899,
294:Buninyong
265:Sources:
161:Melbourne
156:1898–1904
1434:J. Viney
1402:Trengove
1354:T. Viney
1266:Beckwith
1218:N. Smith
1170:Chadwick
983:Morrison
872:Harrison
860:Harrison
844:Harrison
832:Harrison
812:Harrison
800:Harrison
792:Nicholls
784:T. Smith
776:T. Smith
768:Harrison
756:Thompson
752:T. Smith
736:T. Smith
298:Victoria
208:Victoria
117:Defender
1440:2020–:
1290:Johnson
1274:Barassi
1258:McMahen
1250:Collins
1234:McGrath
1082:Langley
1041:VFL/AFL
947:Rannard
939:Lamrock
923:Sillett
864:Freeman
804:Woolley
788:Woolley
723:Pre-VFA
666:Wardill
631:McGinis
611:Langley
606:Herring
591:Gardner
568:Fitzroy
449:The Age
384:cricket
288:and an
176:91 (11)
1481:Pearce
1467:2019:
1461:Pearce
1410:Grimes
1408:2014:
1398:Grimes
1388:2011:
1368:2008:
1330:Flower
1288:1970:
1248:1954:
1232:1950:
1210:Beames
1144:1915:
1136:1914:
1130:George
1122:Coutie
1112:1909:
1104:1908:
1098:Coutie
1096:1907:
1090:Sowden
1088:1906:
1080:1905:
1064:1900:
1056:1899:
1050:Sutton
1013:1892:
997:1888:
989:1887:
981:1886:
975:Franks
969:1885:
961:1884:
953:1883:
945:1882:
937:1881:
931:Bennie
929:1880:
902:1875:
878:1871:
852:Conway
842:1866:
826:1865:
810:1864:
798:1863:
782:1862:
766:1861:
746:1860:
730:1859:
651:Rippon
641:Parkin
636:Moodie
596:Geddes
487:
404:Trophy
286:doctor
165:75 (3)
150:16 (8)
1473:Scott
1469:O'Dea
1430:Jones
1422:Jones
1414:Jones
1390:Green
1370:Bruce
1362:Neitz
1338:Healy
1314:Wells
1306:Alves
1298:Davis
1194:Niven
1154:Heinz
1114:Nolan
1106:Purse
1058:Sholl
991:Kelly
888:Byrne
828:Wills
760:Wills
732:Wills
672:Young
661:Sholl
646:Purse
621:Lewis
616:Leith
296:, on
212:? (?)
187:Years
170:Total
127:Years
1489:Hore
1442:Gawn
1346:Lyon
1282:Mann
1186:Vine
999:King
848:Neal
820:Tait
656:Ryan
485:ISBN
240:1900
203:1901
191:Team
143:1894
131:Club
1023:Fox
1007:Fox
914:VFA
668:(c)
601:Hay
282:CBE
30:CBE
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318:MA
314:BA
269:,
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