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VFA-VFL REPRESENTATIVE UNIFORMS

The Victorian Football Association (VFA) has had a long and varied role in representative football and, together with the South Australian Football Association (forerunner of today's SANFL), in 1879 they played the very first intercolonial match of Australian football.

The VFA also served as the governing body of Victorian football from 1877 to 1896 yet many modern fans have been deluded into thinking top level football in Victoria started in 1897, when eight VFA clubs broke away to form the VFL.

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Today, after well over 100 seasons of play the VFA (renamed the VFL in 1996) currently sits on the second tier of Australian football, acting as a feeder competition for the national league (AFL). Their representative team plays annual matches against the other major State Leagues from around Australia - the SANFL, the WAFL, the TSL and the NEAFL.

VFA-VFL REPRESENTATIVE UNIFORMS HISTORY

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1877-1896
1897-1949
1950-1969
1970-1995
1996-pres.
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TIMELINE

1877-1896 - INTERCOLONIAL ERA

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1879-1881
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1886-1887
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1889 (May)
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1889 (July)
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1890-1892
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1893 v SA & Tasmania

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1893 v Port Adelaide
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1894

Click here to see the state uniforms worn by the VFL-AFL 1897-2008

1897-1949 - POST-VFL BREAKAWAY

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1897
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1900
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1902-1905
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1906
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1907-1908
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1909-1920

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1921
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1923-1927
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1931 (June)
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1931 (Aug.)
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1932
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1934-1937
NOTE - due to the photographic development techniques used prior to the mid-1930s, the colours of many representative team uniforms were inverted in newspaper photos. Click here to read more about this phenomenon.

1950-1969 - ANFC/INTERSTATE ERA

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1950
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1951
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1953-1957
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1958
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1961
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1965

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1966
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1968

1970-1995 - REPRESENTATIVE ERA

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1975-1977
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1978
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1979
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1980
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1981-1982
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1983

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1984-1986
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1987
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1988 (Pre-Carnival)
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1988 (Carnival)
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1988 (June-July)
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1989

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1990
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1992-1994
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1995

1996-present day - VFL/STATE LEAGUE ERA

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1996-1997
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1998-1999
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2001
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2002
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2004-2005
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2007

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2008
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2010
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2016

VFA-VFL REPRESENTATIVE UNIFORMS HISTORY

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1877-1896
1897-1949
1950-1969
1970-1995
1996-PRES.
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Written and researched by David Eastman
Artwork by Rob Meredith

First published 4/2/2016
Last updated 17/11/2018

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      • Frosty Miller Medal (Leading Goalkicker)
      • Norm Goss Medal (Grand Final B.O.G.)
      • Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal
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      • Seconds/Thirds
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    • NFL - 1976 WILLS CUP
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      • SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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      • VFA / VFL
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