the entire history of the AFL, i guess

This is the entire history of the AFL, Australia's greatest sport.

[seandupont]

Much thanks from an American fan of this great sport. 👏🏻

[mgpich]

Best game in the world. I watch it since 2020 and love watching it more than all other sports by far. Greetings from Austria.

[Mauricio-bcjm]

Wills actually did not actually take much inspiration from the the indigenous game Marn Grook however he may have known of its existence. He actually took the inspiration from an early version of Rugby which was a popular football code in England for which he had attended a Rugby school in England for part of his early life. Tom Wills actually wanted to bring this sport to the new colony of Australia but with his own version of the code. You can see by the early code of the sport written in 1858 how it drew a lot of similarities and had a chance to become pretty much another code of Rugby had it not been for the intervention of other members of the MCC at the time. For example, the members discussed the addition of having to kick the ball up into your hands as opposed to picking it from the floor with your hands, this was a big rule in the old Rugby code at the time and Tom Wills was for its addition, however it was never passed. But, in some ways Australian football may taken some inspiration from Marn Grook but it's not really known how much as there aren't a lot of records about Tom Wills playing or seeing the Sport.

If anyone cares I know all this from an excellent historical book Australia's game.

[NewFalconerRecords]

Nice video, enjoyed it a lot. You touched on Fitzroy in the 1916 season winning the flag in a league of just four teams. Fitzroy have the unique honour of winning the wooden spoon and premiership in the same year. At the end of the home and away rounds they finished bottom of the ladder, but due to just four teams being in the league they made the finals and then suddenly found form. So they finished both last and first in the same year!

[TakeTwoTwins]

Again, great video, never gets me bored. Like I always say YOU DESERVE WAY MORE SUBSCRIBERS! GET THIS MAN TO 1 MILLION

[janicemcleod]

The King is back - Long live his great videos

[Sportsman-vn]

1:19 Both teams were allowed to choose their own umpires for the match if only the Crows had that choice😂

[Leowuhok]

Finally! The king is back with another ripper!

[elitomoy]

Great video one of the afl videos I watch till the end!

[Adam-XL]

Nice video dude 👍the only thing I would say is I would have liked a better explanation of the VFA/VFL as it is something alot of people (mainly non-Victorians) struggle to understand. The VFA is a completely different league to the VFL/now AFL. The AFL took the VFA over and rebranded it.

[Michael-D.-Williams]

Some nitpicking, minor errors at the beginning:
0:07 - not the 'national sport.'
0:24 - Wills AND OTHERS invented Australian football to play football, not in order to keep cricketers fit. This is one of a few origin myths running around.
0:27 - Wills played rugby and soccer in their formative years in England, and brought aspects of those games AS WELL AS Marn Grook. There was NO tackling in Marn Grook so it couldn't be the sole source.

[Henry-vswm]

The VFL wasn't created a week later than the SANFL as stated in this video... it was created 20 years later. The entire history of the VFA, including the split that formed the VFL, was completely glossed over. Twelve out of thirteen Victorian clubs (incl Fitzroy and South Melbourne; excl University) were formerly part of the VFA. It's such a shame that the VFA, as one of the top leagues in the country for many decades and with 120 years of independent history from the VFL/AFL, gets completely written out of history by so many, as if its crucial role in the formation of Australian rules football in the 19th century and its enduring strength and popularity throughout the 20th century never happened.

[lucaseric]

Mate, this is good stuff! You are a footy YouTuber, not a Historian. Your sources and script are all perfect for a short video, don’t worry about all the people nit picking at slight errors.

[sfp]

oi king kaleen I love ya vids appreciate how much effort you put into these :D

[LucUltraRWB]

He’s back with another amazing one! I already had this idea but now I can’t do it :(
I’m late to the video D:
It’s been so long since the last video (but it was hella worth it) that I’ve even changed my username lol

[lids]

Historians mainly agree that Marngrook did not influence Tom Wills in his invention of aussie rules.

[Tinys-Homestead]

Brisbane Bears was the first interstate side to win a Grand Final. In 1990, the Reserve side won the flag making them the first interstate team to win one. And it will remain the only Premiership won by the Brisbane Bears. Yes, I understand you were taking about the Seniors. But us Cheer Squad members count every Premiership or clubs have won. Senior's, Reserves. U19.

[Finlay-ov]

hey mate, great video but quick tip, you might need to remove the GWR logo at 7:17 cos theyve been striking down videos with their logo in it for the past year, this video was so good im subbing

[adamroodog]

In his exhaustive research of the first four decades of Australian rules football, historian Mark Pennings "could not find evidence that those who wrote the first rules were influenced by the Indigenous game of Marngrook".[31] Melbourne Cricket Club researcher Trevor Ruddell wrote in 2013 that Marn Grook "has no causal link with, nor any documented influence upon, the early development of Australian football."[ from wiki

[Ducatirati]

There is so much conjecture, but early Aussie rules were played on Rugby pitches, Wills went to English Schools played rugby, yet you fail to mention Harrison, arguably the most important person in football who helped codify the game before any football code, Harrison House was League Headquarters for over 100 years, there are so many factual errors I don't where to start, especially early years