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Brayshaw brothers continue family football success as Andy named AFL All Australian

Wrapped in colours belonging to the Dockers and the Dees, Ian Brayshaw can't wipe the smile from his face, thanks to grandson and newly crowned All Australian Andy Brayshaw.

ABC News

Watch: Mahomes Takes Penalty to Pay Tribute to Len Dawson

The team honored their late quarterback by recreating his famous “choir huddle.”

Sports Illustrated

Bontempelli over injury, set for AFL final

Marcus Bontempelli will line up in the AFL elimination final against Fremantle despite being bothered by "a niggle or two" in recent weeks.

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New AFLW era starts in Sydney with dream debut for Swan 'fan favourite' Cynthia Hamilton

Sydney's coach believes lifelong Swans fan Cynthia Hamilton, and her red and white helmet, is likely to become a fan favourite.

ABC News

How drawn matches evolved throughout the history of Australian Rules Football and contributed to the fabric of the game

While the draw is essentially dead in AFL finals, the tied matches of the early days contributed to the very fabric of Australian Football, write Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson.

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Vahe Gregorian: On Chiefs great Len Dawson, seventh son of a seventh son and enduring Kansas City icon

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you had the happy fortune to spend time with Len Dawson on occasion, the conversation almost invariably touched on what he considered the serendipity of his own life — quirks of fate he reckoned were bestowed upon him by birthright as “the seventh son of…

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Landmark brain study stalls due to AFL's lack of support, researcher says

A million-dollar study hopes to lead to a diagnostic for brain diseases including Alzheimer's and CTE, but researchers say it's now at an impasse due to a lack of support from the AFL.

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AFL: Isaac Heeney becomes Hunter's first All-Australian

"There's only 22 of them out of the hundreds of AFL players, and to have one of them from here is pretty special."

Newcastle Herald

Underdone Fyfe keen for AFL finals crack

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe says he would have liked a better lead-in to his first finals series since 2015, but he'll do everything he can to perform well.

AAP

Tiger Martin firming for AFL finals return

Dustin Martin is back in Richmond's main training group and appears poised for a return against Brisbane, but youngster Noah Cumberland had an injury scare.

AAP

AFL snubs don't drive Rising Star Daicos

Nick Daicos is in the midst of one of the great debut seasons but the AFL Rising Star winner says he isn't driven by trying to prove people wrong.

AAP

‘I admired Len my entire life’: Chiefs chair/CEO Clark Hunt on death of Len Dawson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs franchise, and his son Clark Hunt is the team’s chairman and CEO. But quarterback Len Dawson became its first widely known personality.

Tribune News Service

Port Adelaide Football Club expands to AFLW for the first time with women leading its management team

Port Adelaide will play its first AFLW game against West Coast on Saturday and high-profile women have been appointed to the club's four key roles.

ABC News

Skill, determination and tactics you won't want to miss: The players to watch in AFLW season seven

Eighteen teams, a pay rise and more contact time. These are the players to watch as AFLW season seven is set to go to a whole new level, Gemma Bastiani writes.

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'Strategic intervention' against Murdoch by minister in chase for AFL rights, but there's one thing missing

The government has issued a stern warning to the AFL and those pursuing the rights to broadcast matches, but the next TV deal is only the start of a tense era in Australian sport.

ABC News

Shane Tuck's sister says brain disease, not mental ill-health, was the cause of her brother's death

Several past AFL players have been diagnosed with the deadly brain injury CTE, including Richmond footballer Shane Tuck. His family is now committed to raising awareness and helping other families affected by the disease.

The Guardian - AU

You can’t be what you can’t see – and that includes women in AFL leadership roles

The likes of North Melbourne president Sonja Hood have proved the adage rings true beyond the field and the coaches box

Sports Illustrated

Len Dawson’s Life Featured a Super Bowl Championship and a TV Career

Born the seventh son of a seventh son, the former Chiefs quarterback revived his career under coach Hank Stram and then endeared himself to fans on ‘Inside the NFL.’

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Patrick Mahomes Reacts to Death of Chiefs Legend Len Dawson

The franchise quarterback paid homage to one of his great predecessors in Kansas City.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback and broadcaster Len Dawson dies at 87

“Len Dawson is synonymous with the Kansas City Chiefs,” owner Clark Hunt said in a statement on Wednesday. “Len embraced and came to embody Kansas City and the people that call it home.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chiefs icon Len Dawson dies at 87

A pillar of the #Chiefs franchise has passed away at the age of 87 years old. RIP Len Dawson.

Tribune News Service

Len Dawson, Chiefs’ Hall of Fame quarterback and Kansas City sports icon, dies at 87

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl championship and was with the organization for six decades as a player and broadcaster, has died, his family announced early Wednesday morning.

Sports Illustrated

Hall of Fame QB Len Dawson, Super Bowl IV Champ, Dies

His family announced the news Wednesday less than two weeks after he had entered hospice care.

WEKU

Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and broadcasting legend, dies at 87

The quarterback won Super Bowl IV with the Kansas City Chiefs and had a long career in television and radio. He is one of three in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player and a broadcaster.

The Independent UK

Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87

Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl title, died Wednesday

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