Test Your Footy Smarts
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Test your footy smarts 1 How many drawn grand finals have there been in AFL 31 Which AFL club was once known as the Mayblooms? history? 32 Which Bulldog won the clubs best and fairest in 2016? 2 Indigenous Round is named after which Aboriginal trail 33 True or False - Gary Ablett Senior never won a best and blazer? fairest at Geelong? 3 Which year did Meatloaf play in the AFL Pre-Match 34 Who played more seasons of VFL - Kevin Bartlett or Ted entertainment? Whitten Sr? 4 How many Brownlow votes did Paddy Dangerfield poll last 35 Hugh McCluggage was taken by the Brisbane Lions with season? which 2016 Draft Pick? 5 Which team has won the most wooden spoons? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 6 Which Collingwood player famously threw his runners-up 36 What was Fitzroy footballer Wilfred Smallhorn’s commonly medal away following the 1981 Grand Final loss? used nickname? 7 Jason Johanisson was born in which country? 37 Who has been the only Adelaide Crow to win the Brownlow 8 Who was the captain of Richmond’s last Premiership side in Medal? 1980? 38 Tom Bugg plays for which AFL club? 9 The Pre Season competition was re-named what this 39 Lance Franklin recently reached which goal kicking season? milestone in the match against GWS? 10 Who is the current captain of Fremantle? 40 Bob Rose coached Collingwood to how many winning 11 How many Premierships did Kevin Sheedy win as a coach? premierships? 12 What year did Brad Hardie win the Brownlow Medal 41 Which former footballer –turned-AFL-umpire announced 13 Who is the games record holder for the Adelaide Football his retirement from umpiring in the pre-season this year? Club? 42 Stephanie Chiocchi is the captain of which AFL Womens 14 Last year Melbourne finished in their highest position on team? the ladder in 10 years - where did they finish? 43 When did the Brisbane Lions last win the Wooden Spoon? 15 Who was Port Adelaide’s inaugural coach? A) 1998 B) 1999 C) 2015 D) 2016 16 What was the Margin of last year’s Grand Final? 44 Basketballer Andrew Bogut is a passionate fan of which AFL A) 18 pts B) 22 pts C) 24 pts D) 28 pts club? 17 What year did West Coast first win the Premiership? 45 Name the indigenous footballer to have played the most 18 How many games did the Brisbane Lions win last season? AFL/VFL games? 19 Kelvin Templeton kicked 15 goals in a game for which club? 46 How many Premierships were won by non-victorian teams 20 Name one current set of twins in the AFL? between 2000-2010? 21 Which best and fairest winner was traded by his club in 47 Carlton last played Finals in which year? 2016? 48 Which team went winless through the 1913 and 1914 22 How many times did Matthew Lloyd win the Coleman seasons? Medal? 49 What sport did Mason Cox play in the US before joining 23 Who holds the record for the most goals in Sydney/South Collingwood? Melbourne history? 50 Which player won the ANZAC Day Medal this year? A) Michael O’Loughlin B) Bob Pratt 51 True or False - Len Thompson played for South Melbourne? C) Tony Lockett D) Barry Hall 52 Which Richmond player’s father represented Australia at 24 True or False? John Longmire never played in a Premiership the 2000 Sydney Olympics? at North Melbourne 53 Who kicked the first ever AFL Goal in Shanghai? 25 Kevin Sheedy began his senior coaching career in which 54 Which club will play in the most Friday night matches in the year? 2017 Home and Away season? 26 Alan Richardson played for which AFL team? 55 Which year did the VFL become the AFL? 27 Which of these players has NOT won both a Norm Smith 56 How many times did Tony Lockett win the Coleman medal? and a Brownlow? 57 Which team did Fitzroy play in its final AFL match in A) S Black B) G Ablett Jr C) J Bartel D) C Judd Round 22, 1996? 28 True or False - Brisbane Lions were the last winners of the 58 Which of these 4 players was named captain of the AFL Pre-Season Premiership? Team of the Century? 29 Sydney’s Alir Alir was born in which country? Whitten, Barassi, Jeasulenko or Coventry A) Kenya B) Senegal C) Somalia 59 Who has won Goal of the Year the last 2 seasons running? 30 Who was the last ever captain of Fitzroy? 60 In which year did Geelong last miss the finals? Test your footy smarts: ANSWERS 1 3 52 Oleg Markov 2 Sir Doug Nicholls 53 Michael Barlow 3 2011 54 Sydney Swans 4 35 55 1990 5 St Kilda 56 4 6 Peter Moore 57 Fremantle 7 South Africa 58 Ted Whitten 8 Bruce Monteath 59 Eddie Betts 9 The JLT Community Series 60 2015 10 Nat Fyfe 11 4 12 1985 13 Andrew McLeod 14 11th 15 John Cahill 16 B - 22 pts 17 1992 18 3 19 Footscray 20 Kolodjashnij and McKay 21 Sam Mitchell 22 3 23 B) Bob Pratt 24 False - He played in 1999 25 1981 26 Collingwood 27 B - Gary Ablett Jr 28 True - defeated Carlton 29 A - Kenya 30 Brad Boyd 31 Hawthorn 32 Marcus Bontempelli 33 False - he won the award in 1984 34 Ted Whitten Sr 35 C - Pick 3 36 Chicken 37 Mark Ricciuto 38 Melbourne 39 800 Goals 40 None - lost 3 Grand Finals (1964, 66, 70) 41 Jordan Bannister 42 Collingwood 43 A - 1998 44 Essendon 45 Adam Goodes (372) 46 6 (2001-2006) 47 2013 48 University - it was their final seasons in the VFL 49 Basketball 50 Joe Daniher 51 True - Collingwood, Sth Melb, and Fitzroy.