2016

Key events in 2016:
*The Court of Arbritration for Sport reversed the AFL Tribunal decision exonerating Essendon players from using illegal drugs leading to a season long suspension for all of them
*Brent Harvey broke the AFL games played record previously held by Michael Tuck
*The AFL introduced a week off between the last round and the first week of the finals
*North Melbourne ceased it's split affiliation with North Ballarat and aligned solely with Werribee
*Frankston lost it's VFL license after the season finished
*Eastlake left the NEAFL and were replaced by a composite Canberra team
*Ainslie left the NEAFL
*The Mallee FL (Victoria) closed down
*The Leven FA went into recess
==Deaths==
*Paul Couch (Geelong Brownlow Medallist)
*Ken Judge (Hawthorn & Brisbane player, and Hawthorn & West Coast coach)
*Laurie Dwyer (North Melbourne player)
*Neville Crowe (Richmond player)
*Bill Barrot (Richmond, Carlton & St Kilda player)
*Max Walker (Melbourne player, media personality and Australian Test cricketer)
*Harvey Stevens (Footscray & Collingwood player)
*Frank Johnson (South Melbourne)
*Lance Cox (Richmond player)
*Murray Murrell (Collingwood player)
==Premiers==
*AFL: Western Bulldogs
*VFL: Footscray
*SANFL: Sturt
*WAFL: Peel
*TFL: Glenorchy
*NEAFL: West Sydney Reserves
*Sydney AFL: East Coast
*QAFL: Labrador
*AFL Canberra: Ainslie
*Northern Territory FL: St.Marys
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