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VFL Teams of the Year Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the VFL or AFL Teams of the Year from 1982 to 1990.

A multiple-choice quiz by Wallos. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Wallos

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,302

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
744

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which team had the most representatives from 1982 to 1990? Hint

Carlton Blues

Collingwood Magpies

Essendon Bombers

Hawthorn Hawks

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which player made the most VFL Teams of the Year between 1982 and 1990? Hint

John Platten

Peter Daicos

Gerard Healy

Simon Madden

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Question 3 of 10

3. How many players from the Hawthron premiership side of 1986 made the VFL Team of the Year? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these players made the VFL Team of the Year the most times? Hint

Warwick Capper

Tony Shaw

Dermott Brereton

Dale Weightman

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which player won the Brownlow medal in 1982?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname ... he played for four VFL clubs in his career)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which player has made the VFL Team of the Year the most times for the Sydney Swans? Hint

Dennis Carrol

Greg Williams

Gerard Healy

Warwick Capper

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Question 7 of 10

7. Two of these clubs had three representatives in the 1984 VFL Team of the Year. Which of these had two? Hint

None of these had two

Collingwood Magpies

Essendon Bombers

Hawthorn Hawks

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these 4 teams had the fewest representatives in the VFL Team of the Year from 1982 to 1990? Hint

Footscray Bulldogs

Richmond Tigers

St Kilda Saints

Fitzroy Lions

9. Each year the team would sometimes have players from the same club. Going through all the Teams Of The Year and adding up all the players who were from the same club and in the same team: how many premiership players from the same club made the VFL Team of the Year in the same year? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which one of these players made the VFL Team of the Year once? Hint

Wayne Johnston

Justin Madden

Terry Wallace

Rod Ashman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which team had the most representatives from 1982 to 1990?

Answer: Hawthorn Hawks

Hawthorn had 35, Carlton 21, Essendon 18 and Collingwood 14.

2. Which player made the most VFL Teams of the Year between 1982 and 1990?

Answer: Simon Madden

Simon Madden from Essendon played 376 games, and made the team on 6 occassions. Healy 5, Dacos 5 and Platten surprisingly only 4 times.

3. How many players from the Hawthron premiership side of 1986 made the VFL Team of the Year?

Answer: 6

Gary Ayres, Robert DiPierdomenico (who shared the Brownlow medal with Greg Williams in 1986 as well), Gary Buckenara, Greg Dear, John Platten and Dermott Brereton.

4. Which of these players made the VFL Team of the Year the most times?

Answer: Dale Weightman

Dale form Richmond made the team three times (1986-8), Dermott (1986,1988) and Tony (1984,1990) twice and Warwick Capper never made the VFL Team of the Year.

5. Which player won the Brownlow medal in 1982?

Answer: Brian Wilson

Brain Wilson won the Brownlow in 1982 and was named in the VFL Team of the Year whil playing for Melbourne Demons. He also played for Footscray Bulldogs, North Melbourne Kangaroos and St Kilda Saints in a colourful career.

6. Which player has made the VFL Team of the Year the most times for the Sydney Swans?

Answer: Greg Williams

Greg Williams made the side 4 times for Sydney Swans tying Robert DiPierdomenico for the Brownlow in 1986, and then made the AFL All Australian side twice in the 1990s while playing for Carlton Blues, as well as winning the Norm Smith medal in 1995. Gerard Healy made the VFL Team of the Year 5 times (but only three of those was while polaying for Sydney Swans, the other two for Melbourne Demons). Dennis Carrol made the side only once and Warwick Capper never made the side (even though he kicked 103 goals in 1987).

7. Two of these clubs had three representatives in the 1984 VFL Team of the Year. Which of these had two?

Answer: Collingwood Magpies

Each team had three - Collingwood had Tony Shaw and D. Banks. Essendon had L. Baker, Terry Daniher, and Simon Madden. Hawthornhad had Chris Mew, Robert Dipierdomenico, and Russel Greene.

8. Which of these 4 teams had the fewest representatives in the VFL Team of the Year from 1982 to 1990?

Answer: St Kilda Saints

The Saints only had 5 reprenstatives in this time (the West Coast Eagles had the same number and were only in the competition from 1987). Richmond had 6 and Fitzroy and Footscray (now western Bulldogs) had seven.

Answer: 38

4 from Carlton Blues in 1982, 5 from Hawthorn Hawks in 1983, 3 from Essendon Bombers in 1984, (there was no team in 1985), 6 from Hawthorn in 1986, 4 from Carlton in 1987, 6 from Hawthorn in 1988, 4 from Hawthorn again in 1989 and 6 from Collingwood Magpies in 1990.

10. Which one of these players made the VFL Team of the Year once?

Answer: Wayne Johnston

Strangely enough the 'Dominator' from Carlton only made the team once, in 1987. Terry Wallace made it twice in 1982 and 1983 for Hawthorn, Justin Madden from Carlton made it in 1986 and 1987, and Rod Ashman also from Carlton made it in 1982 and 1984.

Source: Author Wallos

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