Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics (English Wikipedia)

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"Stuart Spencer Demons' Best". The Age. 23 September 1955. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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"Demonstrations: Australian Football". The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956. Melbourne: W. M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 713–714.

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"Selection of Amateur Side". The Age. 3 December 1956. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"V.F.L. – V.F.A. Combined 18". The Age. 5 December 1956. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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As an example of the less-than-favourable news coverage is the (bizarre-for-Australian rules football) press photograph in the collection of the National Library of Australia ([1]) of VAFA's Ray Pettigrove marking in front of VFL/VFA's Brian Walsh, that seems (to the uninitiated) to be showing Pettigrove scoring a rugby union/rugby league "try"
"Football urged for Games". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 November 1949. p. 20. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Exhibition for 1956 Olympics". Sporting Globe. 2 April 1952. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Aussie sport for Games". The Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania. 21 January 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Rules to be seen at Games". The Argus. Melbourne. 17 July 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"'Rules at Games". The Sun-Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1954. p. 33. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Cowley, Ern (23 October 1954). "Baseball is 'foreign sport' at Melbourne Games". The Sporting Globe. p. 10. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
"Aust. Rules at Olympic". The Age. 17 July 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Kerville, Ben (21 July 1954). "Our game might surprise 'em". Sporting Globe. Victoria, Australia. p. 4. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"VFL to put on show for Games visitors". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 May 1955. p. 29. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Taylor, Percy (19 January 1956). "Football plan for Olympics". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 20. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Football at Games plan". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 March 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Taylor, Percy (29 September 1956). "We will see Games footy". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 20. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Can Replace Injured Player Before Game". The Horsham Times. 24 August 1951. p. 4.
Andersen, Dave (16 October 1956). "Demon star in Olympic squad". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 18. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Taylor, Percy (16 October 1956). "'Spencer for captain' is Demon move". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 22. Retrieved 20 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Reynolds, Dick; Buggy, Hugh (6 August 1955). "Dons relish those wide open spaces on M.C.G." The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"Be ready for a shock in Olympic footy". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 December 1956. p. 14. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Andersen, Dave (19 October 1956). "He's a footy Games hope". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Flagpole Hazard For Footballers". The Canberra Times. 3 December 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Taylor, Percy (8 December 1956). "Yes, they saw OUR football". The Argus. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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"Duke sees National Football", The Canberra Times, (Saturday, 8 December 1956), p.1

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O'Loughlin, Heath (18 October 2016). "Farewell Twinkle Toes". NMFC.com.au. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

olympics.com.au

"Demonstration Sport: Australian Rules Football (AFL) [video]". Australian Olympic Committee. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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Jackson, Russell (25 July 2016). "How Melbourne's 1956 Olympics paved the way for AFL broadcasts of the future". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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"Plunkett, Dave". The VFA Project. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
"Woolnough, Keith". The VFA Project. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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Leonard, Andrew (26 July 2012). "Australian football on the Olympic stage". VAFA.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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Winterton, Rachel (2004). "The Amateurs March On: The Victorian Amateur Football Association at the Olympic Games" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association/Victoria University Essay Prize 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2019.

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Winterton, Rachel (2004). "The Amateurs March On: The Victorian Amateur Football Association at the Olympic Games" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association/Victoria University Essay Prize 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2019.
"Dick Fenton-Smith – Player Bio". Australian Football. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"Lloyd Williams – Player Bio". Australian Football. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"Phil Rochow – Player Bio". Australian Football. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"John Hayes – Player Bio". Australian Football. 30 January 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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"Box Hill Hawks Football Club Ltd - 60th Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Box Hill Hawks. 2010. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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