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The Victorian Football League commenced as a formal entity in 1896 with the following 8 clubs:
Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Fitzroy (now the Brisbane Lions), Melbourne and South Melbourne (now the Sydney Swans).
In 1897, the competition began in earnest with Essendon being the Champions.
In 1990, the competition was nationalized to form the AFL, with the following line up of teams at the time:
Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Brisbane Bears, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney Swans, Footscray, Hawthorn, Richmond and West Coast Eagles.
There have now been many more interstate teams added since that time.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoBefore the name changed to AFL in 1990, the competition was known as the VFL.
The first VFL season was 1897. The teams that competed in that season were:
Collingwood
Geelong
Essendon
Melbourne
South Melbourne
Fitzroy
Carlton
St Kilda
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∙ 12y agoThe oldest Australian Rules club is Melbourne, established in 1859.
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No they wern't.
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The first ever game of 'Australian Rules' football was between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College in 1858.
Who was the first AFL team?
The first team to be made Melbourne Demons!!!!!
Who were the first nfl team to lose to an afl team?
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Jason Dunstall
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Which AFL team has won 10 premierships?
Which AFL team has won 10 premierships
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No never, the lowest wins a team has had was Fitzroy with 1 win
