2017

Key events in 2017:
*The AFL played it's first ever game on Good Friday
*AFLW played it's debut season
*Eleni Glouftsis made her field umpiring debut with the AFL in a game for premiership points
*The first ever AFL game for premiership points was played in China
*The first AFL game for premiership points was played in Ballarat
*North Ballarat lost it's VFL license after the season finished
*University were demoted out of the QAFL
*Tamworth AFL changed it's name to the North West AFL
*The Queensland Amateur FA was closed down
==Deaths==
*Lou Richards (Collingwood legend and media personality)
*Harry Beitzel (VFL Umpire and media personality)
*Fred Goldsmith (South Melbourne player)
*Ken Hands (Carlton player and coach)
*Daryl Sutton (North Melbourne player)
*John Watts (Geelong, East Perth and Hobart footballer)
*Ray Stokes (Richmond footballer)
*Geoff Grover (St Kilda and Port Melbourne footballer)
*Bruce McMaster-Smith (Carlton, St Kilda and Fitzroy footballer)
*Laurie Rymer (Collingwood footballer)
*David Boyd (Port Adelaide footballer)
*Frank Hodgkin (St Kilda footballer)
*Ken Feltscheer (Hawthorn and Melbourne footballer)
==Premiers==
*AFL: Richmond
*VFL: Port Melbourne
*SANFL: Sturt
*WAFL: Peel
*TFL: North Launceston
*NEAFL: Brisbane Reserves
*Sydney AFL: Pennant Hills
*QAFL: Palm Beach/Currumbin
*AFL Canberra: Ainslie
*Northern Territory FL: St.Marys
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