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BIOGRAPHIES

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As the name implies, this section is devoted to the people who make footy the unsurpassable game it is. Some of the biographical information in this section will also be found elsewhere on the site, but for convenience it has been collected together here, along with continually increasing amounts of additional information that are unique to this section.

In keeping with the general tenor and thrust of the site, most of the biographies are of football's on field practitioners and overseers - players and coaches - rather than of those whose task it is to pull the strings - financial, administrative or otherwise - behind the scenes. Furthermore, given that Full Points Footy is essentially historical in its outlook, players and coaches whose careers are still in progress are not covered, and, indeed, I have made the express decision to concentrate, initially (although less and less exclusively), on individuals whose careers came to an end in excess of twenty years ago. (This is merely a pragmatic determination which hinges on the fact that there are so many players and coaches, from all eras of the game, whose achievements warrant scrutiny.)

This is a rapidly expanding section of the site, so check back regularly if a player in whom you have a particular interest is not yet featured.

The major sources for these profiles are listed in the site bibliography, although it would be remiss of me not to mention my indebtedness to West Australian football historian and statistician Steve Davies who has been kind enough to supply some little known information about early Western Australian footballers, and to correct, in as considerate a way as could be imagined, some of my all too frequent 'unforced errors'.

In addition, a small number of profiles have been contributed by other writers - Murray Bird, Peter Blucher, Peter McConnell and Max Sayer - to whom I should like to take this opportunity of publicly expressing my gratitude and admiration. I am also indebted to Ron Fowlie, who kindly supplied material which was the basis of several profiles of former Queanbeyan players.

The biographies are arranged alphabetically according to surname (see the links above and below). You can also link to players and coaches related to a specific club from the opening page of that club's entry in the Clubs section. Moreover, if you wish to view a summary of all recent additions to this section of the site, you can do so by navigating to the Latest News section.

Recent AFL players are normally attached to a team in the local state league in addition to their AFL club. However, these state league teams are not referred to in the biographies unless the players achieve something of note (a premiership or a best and fairest award, for instance) with them.

Players who participated in the SANFL's wartime competition between 1942 and 1944, when the eight clubs were paired off according to their geographical locations, are listed under the clubs which actually held their registrations, e.g. West Torrens for Bob Hank, Port Adelaide for Bill McFarlane etc.

At present, the Biographies section contains profiles of the following individuals:

A: [Colin Aamodt] [Vic Aanensen] [Steve Abala] [Bruce Abernethy] [Gary Ablett senior] [Geoff Ablett] [John Abley] [Kevin Abley] [Owen Abrahams] [Syd Ackland] [Charles Adams] [Frank 'Bluey' Adams] [Graham Adams] [William Adams] [Brian Adamson] [Brenton Adcock] [Jim Addison] [F. 'Cocky' Ahearne] [Michael Aish] [Peter Aish] [Mike Aitken] [Frank Aked senior] [Alec Albiston] [Ken Albiston] [Alan Aldenhoven] [Bill Alderman] [Rod Alderton] [Ron Alexander] [Ben Allan] [Chris Allen] [Ernest 'Ike' Allen] [Graeme 'Gubby' Allan] [Frank Allen] [Rodney Allen] [Wally Allen] [William Allen] [Stephen Allender] [Edward Alley] [Maurie Allingham] [Tom Allison] [Stan Alves] [Tom Alvin] [Dean Anderson] [Douglas 'Duggan' Anderson] [Frank Anderson] [Greg Anderson] [Jim Anderson] [Peter Anderson] [Robert Anderson] [Bruce Andrew] [Arthur 'Skinny' Andrews] [Ron Andrews] [George Angus] [Andrew Angwin] [John Annear] [Tony Antrobus] [Merv Appleyard] [Tom Arklay] [Barry Armstrong] [Ken Armstrong] [Les Armstrong] [Lou Armstrong] [Matthew Armstrong] [Lance Arnold] [Graham Arthur] [Brian Ashbolt] [Len Ashby] [Ron Ashby] [Marcus Ashcroft] [Ken Ashdown] [Jack 'Spud' Ashley] [Pat Astone] [Michael Athanasiou] [George Atkins] [Marty Atkins] [Simon Atkins] [James Atkinson] [Malcolm Atwell] [Colin Austen] [Jack Austin] [Allen Aylett] [Ross Ayre] [Gary Ayres]