Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park in Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne, and a member of the Australian Football League. Founded in the 1860s, it played on parkland close to its current base and became one of the major football clubs of the city. It was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association and won the first premiership in 1877. In 1896 it joined the breakaway Victorian Football League, now the AFL, and alongside Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond it is counted among the historical Big Four clubs. Its 16 VFL and AFL premierships are a joint record with Collingwood and Essendon. Carlton plays home matches at Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and its AFL Women's side has competed since 2017.
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is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park in Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne
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with 16 VFL/AFL premierships
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Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne
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officially celebrates anniversaries based on a foundation date of 1864
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is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park in Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne
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The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL)
View the SourceChris Judd (Wikipedia)
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and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Greg Williams (Wikipedia)
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represented Geelong, the Sydney Swans and Carlton
Ron Barassi (Wikipedia)
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Barassi left Melbourne for a lucrative contract at Carlton
Robert Walls (Wikipedia)
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represented Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League
Alex Jesaulenko (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club
Stephen Kernahan (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Stephen Silvagni (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
John Nicholls (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
Anthony Koutoufides (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club
Corey McKernan (Wikipedia)
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Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Ken Hunter (Wikipedia)
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played for the Carlton Football Club
Ted Hopkins (Wikipedia)
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played 29 senior games for the Carlton Football Club
Craig Bradley (Wikipedia)
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375 for Carlton in the VFL/AFL from 1986 to 2002
Eddie Betts (Wikipedia)
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Betts was eventually selected by Carlton with pick No. 3 in the 2004 Pre-Season Draft
Charlie Curnow (Wikipedia)
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He previously played 149 games for Carlton between 2016 and 2025
Josh Kennedy (Wikipedia)
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He previously played for Carlton from 2006 to 2007
George Coulthard (Wikipedia)
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Coulthard helped lead the Carlton Football Club to premiership success
Patrick Cripps (Wikipedia)
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playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Paddy Dow (Wikipedia)
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played for both the Carlton Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Sam Kerridge (Wikipedia)
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played for the Adelaide and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Matthew Owies (Wikipedia)
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played for the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League (AFL)
Will Setterfield (Wikipedia)
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Setterfield also played for Carlton between 2019 and 2022
Aisake Ó hAilpín (Wikipedia)
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Ó hAilpín played Australian rules football with the Carlton Football Club between 2005 and 2008.
Brendan Fevola (Wikipedia)
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He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs
Bruce Doull (Wikipedia)
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Alexander Bruce Doull (born 11 September 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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