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    REVEALED: The forgotten first match between a VFL team and an Aboriginal football team

    On Tuesday, September 16, 1913, something occurred that should be commemorated within the annals of Australian Rules football, but has instead been completely forgotten. The first ever match ...

    On May 25, 2017 / By Athas Zafiris
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    Cummeragunja: The Aboriginal football team that opened the eyes of White Australia

    In the 1930s, Sir Doug Nicholls was the solitary Indigenous player plying his trade in top flight football in Melbourne. But he did not come out of a ...

    On May 26, 2016 / By Athas Zafiris

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