FEATURED PROJECTS

AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL'S FORGOTTEN PAST

Hard Ball Get aims to provide the history and statistics you won't find anywhere else – complete, correct and all in one place – so we have a reference point to work from as we look to the future. Our specific focus points are interstate and representative football, state leagues, neglected VFL/AFL history, and mythbusting.

All of this matters because the focus in Australian football, understandably, is on today and tomorrow. Players, coaches, recruiters – none of them can rest on what they have achieved in the past; one eye is always on the future. Unfortunately, this obsession with new action has meant that many significant achievements in Australian football have been recorded inaccurately or completely overlooked. Mistakes went unchecked; memories and vague recollections were allowed to become historical facts.

As a result, much of the information found today in print and online is fragmented, twisted or missing key details to the point where anyone seeking a complete picture of what happened over the past 160-plus years is often left with a jigsaw that seemingly cannot be solved. John Devaney's former website Full Points Footy (now mostly absorbed into AustralianFootball.com) made massive in-roads into righting this wrong; we at Hard Ball Get aim to continue that great work.

MISSING INFORMATION – CAN YOU HELP?

After exhaustive research, some gaps still remain. We are currently prioritising the discovery of a number of early VFA leading goalkickers and representative captains/coaches.
​To see our list of missing information, click the button below. If you can help out with any answers, please use the contact form on the right to send us a tip.

LATEST UPDATES

12-6-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (Beyond Blue Cup / Neale Daniher Trophy)

28-5-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal / Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal / Marn Grook Trophy / Yiooken Award)

26-4-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (Anzac Day Medal & Trophy / Alec Campbell Cup / Peter Badcoe Medal / Q-Clash & Marcus Ashcroft Medal)

16-4-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (HMAS Sydney II Trophy and Best On Ground Award)

4-4-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (David Parkin Medal / Ian Stewart Medal / Showdown Shield & Medal / Western Derby & Glendinning-Allan Medal)

22-3-2022: AFL Interclub Awards (Sydney Derby & Brett Kirk Medal  /  Tom Wills Award)

12-2-2022: Grand Final Sprint (2021 field, results and video added)

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