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Kick Around Australia day

  • Thursday, August 7 marked 150 years since the first recorded game of Australian Football was played.

    To celebrate this milestone, Kick Around Australia Day was scheduled by the AFL to give all Australians the opportunity to join in the celebrations.

    Kick Around Australia was celebrated by more than 150,000 school students around the country on Thursday, August 7.

    The day also saw many organisations around Australia join in the celebrations, with employees wearing their footy scarves to work, playing kick to kick in the office and sharing birthday cakes.

    AFL players from every club visited schools in the lead up to and on August 7, running footy clinics with students and teachers.

    Footy’s birthday was also celebrated by Australian defence personnel stationed overseas, with troops playing matches in Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

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