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Until the formation of the VFL in 1897, the Victorian Football Association was the leading football competition in the state. Formed in 1877 the Association replaced the loosely affiliated leagues and gatherings of clubs that had been the norm since the early days of the game. The founding clubs Albert Park, East Melbourne, Essendon, Geelong, Hotham (later North Melbourne), Melbourne and St. Kilda met at Oliver's Cafe in Collins Street on May 7 to create the organisation fwhich would survive almost 125 years before disbanding.

Despite the emergence of the VFL, the Association continued to remain strong throughout the first three-quarters of the 20th century, with Sunday football as their drawcard. During the 1940's there was serious talk about a merger of the two competitions, with the VFA forming a second division, but the talks broke down when the two sides split over automatic promotion and relegation against 'playoff' matches to determine league status.

However as the VFL/AFL started to encroach on this, and the money on offer in the big leagues too much for players to turn back, clubs started to falter and attendances dropped. By the late 1980's several famous clubs had gone under and the league had scaled back from a two division operation to one competition.

In 1995 the competition adopted the name "VFL", which had been dropped by the national competition at the start of 1990. Melbourne enjoyed a successful alignment with the Sandringham Zebras from 2000 to 2008, during which Sandringham won four premierships. Since 2009 Melbourne have been aligned with Casey.

Seasons

1877	1878	1879

1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889

1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896

Records (1877-1896)

Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses
Albert Park	2	2	2
Ballarat	4	0	2
Ballarat Imperial	0	0	3
Barwon	0	1	0
Carlton	18	9	25
Collingwood	5	1	1
East Melbourne	4	0	0
Essendon	9	9	24
Fitzroy	5	5	13
Footscray	13	1	1
Geelong	8	4	26
Hotham	14	5	10
North Melbourne	9	1	5
Port Melbourne	9	0	7
Prahran	1	0	0
Richmond	12	5	6
South Ballarat	1	0	0
South Melbourne	12	6	20
South Williamstown	2	0	0
St Kilda	10	1	6
University	6	0	0
West Melbourne	2	1	2
Williamstown	10	3	6

Players

Players that played for VFA/VFL clubs before or after (but not during) their MFC career. Does not include VFL affiliated clubs while on an AFL list.

Bendigo Diggers/Bombers

Player	Years	Notes
Nick Carter
Gary Moorcroft

Box Hill

Player	Years	Notes
Matthew Bishop
Brian Cook
Simon Godfrey
Andy Goodwin
Daniel Hughes
Cameron Hunter	2005-2007
Max Jeffers
Tassie Johnson (Captain/Coach)
Matt Jones
Colin Love
Cameron Pedersen
John Quirk
Nick Smith
Kevin Webb
Adem Yze

Brighton/Caulfield

Player	Years	Notes
Eric Andersen
Dick Atkinson (Captain/Coach)
Charlie Barnes
Les Boyd
Ed Buckley
Ted Buckley
Joe Canavan
George Cassidy
Mike Collins (1971-1974)
Clem Conroy
Brian Cook
Hugh Dunbar (coach)
Ron Hall
Harry Harley
Vernon Hazel
Fred Hewitt
Alf Jones
Les Jones
George Knight
Otto Landmann
Tom Magee
Hassa Mann (Coach)
Bill McIntyre
Keith Molloy
Harry New
Ernie O'Rourke
Hughie Odgers
Jack Pickford
Arthur Pound
Hugh Purse
Alex Rennolds
Kelvin Richards
Henry Ritterman
Russell Rowe
Ralph Shalless
Bill Shelton
Les Smith
Eric Tonkin
Percy Tulloh
Darcy Walsh
Norm Wilson
Max Wright

Brisbane Lions

Player	Years	Notes
Kyle Dunkley	2023

Brunswick

Player	Years	Notes
Clarrie Abbott
Les Abbott
Jack Baquie
Ron Baggott (Captain/Coach)
Colin Bradley
Bruce Brown
Tom Flower
Ossie Green
Harry Harker
Ron Hobba
Stan Huntington
Mark Jackson
Joe Kinnear
Geoff McInnes
Jack McKenzie (Captain/Coach)
Bill McKeone
Ted Parker
Eric Parsons
Alec Proudfoot
Henry Smith
Ray Smith
Clyde Stanway
Howard Steel
Don Whitford
Rodney Wright

Camberwell

Player	Years	Notes
Bert Avery
Dave Bedford
Peter Brenchley (Coach)
Neil Chamberlain
Jim Cowell (Coach)
Hec Davidson
Dave Elliman
Tom Elliott (Captain/Coach)
Tom Flower
Lew Gough
Harry Harley
George Lenne
Geoff Mason
Ken McKaige
Terry Mountain
Jack Sambell
Ray Smith (Captain/Coach)
Bob Stewart
Bill Vanthoff
Glenn Walley
Ray Wartman
Percy Wilson
Max Wright

Carlton

Player	Years	Notes
Cameron Hunter	2002

Coburg

Player	Years	Notes
Tom Bush
Percy Colee
Jack Connole
Tom Elliott
Vernon Hazel
Joe Hogan
Jack Huntington
Stan Huntington
Paul Hurst
Anthony McDonald
Cale Morton
Aubrey Neal
Alec Proudfoot
Bill Ralston
Ike Sellers
Len Smith (coach)
Peter Smith
Ron Wilson
Charles Young

Collingwood

Player	Years	Notes
Tom Couch
Marty Hore
Liam Jurrah

Dandenong

Player	Years	Notes
Ray Biffin	1980-1981	Captain/Coach
Paul Callery	1981
Ted Carroll	1981
Greg Doyle	1991-1992
Tony Elshaug	1990-1991	(Captain/Coach)
Gary Guy	1978-1980
Herbie Matthews	1970-1972
Laurie Queay	1973
John Wallace	1980-1982
Chris Woodman	1981

Essendon

Player	Years	Notes
Matthew Bate	2013
Kyle Dunkley	2021
Josh Tynan	2019

Essendon Association

Player	Years	Notes
Clarrie Abbott
Albert Bickford
Doug Chapman
Tommy Crow
Alf George
Charlie Goding
Frank Harris
Percy Hordern
Stan Huntington
George Martin
George McCart
Jack McKenzie (Captain/Coach)
George Richards

Footscray

Player	Years	Notes
Bill Daly
Fred Elliott
Percy Ellingsen
Bill Fawcett
George Garlick
Bill Gillespie
Mitch Hannan
John Lord 1921-1923
Bill Lyte
Aubrey MacKenzie
Bill McIntyre
Ernie McMaster
Victor Nielson
Roy Park
Vern Rowe

Frankston

Player	Years	Notes
Luke Beveridge
Frank Davis (Coach)
Greg Doyle
Ryan Ferguson
John Fidge
Andy Goodwin
Gary Guy	1977
Bret Hutchinson
Ken Jungwirth
Darren Louttit
Brett Lovett (Coach)
Matthew Mahoney
James Magner
Rod Owen
Ken Rowe (Coach)
Russell Rowe (Coach)
Chris Sullivan
Josh Tynan	2014-2015

Geelong Association

Player	Years	Notes
Percy Ellingsen
Bill Elston

Geelong

Player	Years	Notes
Tom Couch

Geelong West

Player	Years	Notes
Nigel Kol
Greg Sizer

Hawthorn

Player	Years	Notes
Albert Bickford
Campbell Brady
Harry Bruce
Doug Chapman
Tommy Crow
Jim Fitzpatrick
Reg Gibb
Vic Gordon
Norm Henderson
Phil Hosking
Clarrie Lethlean
Fred Long
Jack McKenzie
Jack Pickford
Alex Salvado
Jack Woolley

Hotham/North Melbourne

Player	Years	Notes
Les Abbott
Albert Bickford
Percy Ellingsen
Jack Geggie
Bill Homan
Jack Johnson
Andy Kennedy
John Lewis
Herb Matthews
Archie Pratt
Jack Smith
Eric Tonkin
Tom Watson

Melbourne City

Player	Years	Notes
Archie Pratt
Billy Quinn

Moorabbin

Player	Years	Notes
Garry Baker (Coach)
Neil Bencraft (Coach)
Peter Brenchley
Tony Bull
Alf Copsey
Ben Crameri
Alan Daly
Gary Hardeman
Maurie Lehmann
Bruce Leslie
Bill Scanlon
Peter Schofield
Greg Wells

Mordialloc

Player	Years	Notes
Mark Alves
Garry Baker
John Kerr
Bruce Leslie
Kevin Moore
Charles Pagnoccolo
Peter Slade
Peter Williamson

North Ballarat

Player	Years	Notes
Mark Bradly
Darren Cuthbertson
Darren Jolly

Northcote

Player	Years	Notes
Bill Adams
Eddie Craddock
Ben Crameri (Coach)
Billy Deans (Playing coach)
Jack Hammond
Ernie Hart
Jack Haw
Bill Hore
Robert C Johnson
Roy Gray
Con Kenney
Brian Leahy
Billy Libbis
Mick Maguire
Paddy Mills
Les Minto
Len Norman
Jack O'Keefe
Archie Pratt
Alex Salvado
Len Smith
Roy Stabb
Hedley Tomkins
Herbert White
Jack Woolley

Oakleigh

Player	Years	Notes
Chris Aitken
Charlie Barnes
Paul Callery	1982-1984	(Captain/Coach)
Ray Carr
Wally Carter
Russell Colcott
Neil Crompton (Coach)
Vince Driver
Kevin Dyson
John Forster
Graham Gaunt
Jack Geggie (Captain/Coach)
Jack Harrison
Clarrie Lethlean
Tom Quinn
Robert B Johnson (Captain/Coach)
Greg MacDonald
John Murnane
Charles Pagnoccolo
Paul Payne
Henry Ritterman
Russell Rowe (coach)
Paul Rowlands
Ted Thomas
Ian Todd
Bob Turner
!!!Port Melbourne