VFL Visitors Book: Royal Visit and Notable Signatures 1956-1973

The Victorian Football League Visitors Book 1956 - 1973 :…
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The Victorian Football League Visitors Book 1956 - 1973 : Including The Visit of The Royal Family, April 1970. The large, leather-bound visitors book in which significant visitors to Harrison House (former headquarters of the VFL), the M.C.G. and V.F.L. House were invited to sign their names to record the occasion. With approximately 700 signatures on pages headed 'Australian National Football Council Executive Committee, November 1956', 'Visit of Representative Team of South Australian Football Union, June 1960', 'Annual Meeting, March 1962', '200 Club Annual Reunion, September 1962', etc. The most significant visit, uniquely recorded in the book, is headed 'Visit of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Princess Anne to the Victorian Football League match Richmond versus Fitzroy played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday 5th April 1970' with the signatures of Elizabeth, Phillip, Charles and Anne completing the double-page entry. Other signatories noted include Sir Dallas Brooks, Tom Sherrin, Lou Richards, Percy Beames, Ron Casey, Norman Banks, Doug Heywood, Doug Elliot, Ted Fordham, Bruce Andrew, T.W.Morrish, Jack Titus, Jack Collins, Albert Collier, Ted Whitten, Allen Aylett, Ward Stuchbery, Wels Eicke, Jack Clarke, Jim Cleary, John Peck, Alan Gale, Ron Barassi, Frank Gill, Harry Vallence, Hnry Pullen, Sir Rohan Delacombe, Billy Snedden, Clyde Holding, Rupert Hamer, Harry Beitzel, and many, many more.

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