When was vfl changed to afl

Winter in Melbourne was dominated by football and the game had developed from a suburban game into a structured league with a legion of fans and supporters.

The VFL returned to a Victorian reserves competition for the best state league footballers across Victoria. In , a new era for the VFL began, the home-and-away season featured 22 clubs from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in a game season across 19 rounds. For the first time, six clubs from New South Wales and Queensland will join the oldest state league football competition in Australia.

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The Permit Regulations of the League were amended to provide that, in future, players could only be registered with VFL Clubs through being drafted at an Interstate Selection meeting. The VFL drops the old Form Four system previously used to recruit from interstate and moves to a draft.

First VFL draft for interstate recruits is held. Alan Johnson from WA is pick 1 by Melbourne. Only East Fremantle and Swan Districts vote against. Headliners — Birth of the West Coast Eagles.

This was made more difficult by the recruitment during the year of 17 players from the WAFL by Victorian clubs.