Here on our NAIDOC Week special, we celebrate the first Indigenous players to play for each of the 12 VFL teams. 

The resources we used are referenced below. 

Aboriginal People and Australian Football in the Nineteenth Century, They did not come from nowhere - Roy Hay, 2019, Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Albert Pompey Austin: a man between two worlds, Roy Hay 2020, Sports and editorial Publishers. 

The Bulldog Heritage, HIstorical player register, 2010

Champions of Essendon – Ranking the 100 greatest Bombers of all time. Simon Matthews (2002) ISBN 1 74064 081

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/717543/how-alf-egan-led-the-wayhttps://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/wally-lovett/https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/11324/norm-mcdonald-honouredhttps://www.lions.com.au/news/946288/joe-johnson-the-first-afl-indigenous-playerhttps://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/760322/a-great-bloke-eddie-jacksonhttps://www.afl.com.au/news/62018/round-16-footy-flashbackshttps://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/451644/derek-peardon-a-homecoming-herohttps://www.saints.com.au/news/266372/the-first-indigenous-sainthttps://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/946469/elkin-reilly-player-859-and-our-first-indigenous-player

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